"How long ago did they show up?

Rod continued to ask, munching on the nuts on the table and pretending to be deaf.

"A month ago, it was serious, it was quite serious, but there weren't many people killed by vampire attacks, more livestock. ”

The tavernkeeper replied.

Caroline and Bogur had a look of disdain on their faces, and it looked like it was those disgusting ghoul kings who would do such a thing. As long as there is blood to drink, any animal will do......

"Oh, that's right. "I'm curious, the vampire haunt doesn't seem to have had much of an impact here, I mean, a lot of people are still living normal lives, and there hasn't been a mass exodus. I was worried about this before I came. ”

"Flee? haha, where to flee? Now that there is war everywhere, where can penniless civilians go? Maybe they will starve to death on the way to the next castle, let alone be safe in the next place. Vampires, it's a little scary, but the Secret Word Castle as a whole can still live. ”

The tavernkeeper laughed.

Rhodes suddenly felt a little bitter, indeed, how far can ordinary people run without money and without guards? If it was two years ago, it would still be a little possible, but now, the Erlengrad rebellion has entered the white heat, and the situation is chaotic. In the castle, there is a house to live in, there are many people, you can huddle together to keep warm, and when you go out of the city, you have to face the darkness alone. Even in the city of Erlengrad, where the vampires are so bad, how many of them actually escape from the city? Moreover, many of them are nobles......

"It's not too far from Kislev City, just escape to Kislev City and you'll be safe. ”

Caroline chimed in.

"Madame, don't you know that the city of Kislev is being conscripted? Flee to Kislev? Haha, are you loyal to your country?"

The tavernkeeper laughed and said, "Hey, friend, you've protected your wife too well, it's not good, it's a very dark world." I can see that you are also the one who mixed up. Kidd, the boss, said with a smile again.

Caroline was about to refute her defense, but Rhodes grabbed her wrist, and when she turned her head, she saw Rhodes winking at her. I have no choice but to continue to do a good job as a businessman's wife......

"By the way, doesn't the owner of the castle react to the vampire haunts, like stepping up the guard patrol or something?"

Rod turned his head and continued to ask the owner of the tavern.

"What's the reaction? Yes, Lord Caspar has stood up and spoken, and he will do everything in his power to protect everyone. ”

Tavernkeeper Kidd read nonchalantly.

"That's it, didn't do anything substantial?"

Bogur couldn't help but ask.

"What do you expect him to do? Vampire troubles are not something that a local lord can control in the first place, even if he sends out a patrol, what is the use? At night, those soldiers themselves are one of the food for vampires. Oh, maybe in the vampire's recipe, they also like the flesh of fat soldiers. ”

Kidd quipped.

"Also, there is no one in the human race who can fight. ”

Bogur said casually, probably realizing that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly stuffed food into his mouth. Pretend you weren't there.

......

The Great Camp of the North.

Flowers, wine, and gold vessels were piled up everywhere, soft velvet blankets were laid on the beds, and gaudy carpets with floral and bird motifs covered Dean's tent. When Alves entered the tent as the chief advisor to Fort Hoop, young Dean Aubrey was lying on a Nanmu bed, mingling with a few military prostitutes.

There is no taboo even the arrival of someone. Alves coughed a few times and signaled that his nephew was almost there, so that Dean could recover from his beauty and look at his deformed uncle in front of him with an unhappy expression. He was only a little taller than his desk, and he had to stand on his toes to climb into a chair.

"You should be a little more restrained, there are people outside, people from the northern cities, people from the Queen, people from Kislev, they are all watching. Your father is fine, but at least he is not so blatant, and the maids have always been cautious when he is there. It's time of war...... "QQ

Alves drove away the military prostitutes around Dean, all of whom were sexy and seductive, but Alves suspected that the women did not know how many people they had sex with in private.

"Don't use my father to press me, I know what kind of person he is. ”

Dean, the new owner of the Hoop Castle, was upset by his uncle's words, and he unceremoniously murdered Alves in front of several ministers and knights. In Dean's eyes, his uncle was simply a humiliating freak, he didn't understand why his father should trust such a dwarf, in human society, deformed people should have been killed long ago, and the most merciful parents also threw deformed children into the forest to fend for themselves. Instead of reusing a dwarf like his own father. Even though he was his uncle, Dean wished that this uncle would disappear from his eyes and not stop for a moment.

"In addition, in the future, you must inform the guards of my big tent before you can enter, and you can't trespass without my permission!"

He continued to yell in a commanding tone.

"I reported, but I don't think I'll hear anything the next day if I have to wait until you agree. Am I going to wait outside all night?"

"That's a must! I'm the lord, I'm the master of the Ring, and you have to wait for the master's order before you can come in. ”

Dean yelled. He looked for clothes for himself, but he never found the right clothes, and on the bed, it was either a woman's erotic underwear or his own open crotch shorts...... To get down to business, such an outfit is obviously not okay.

"Give. ”

Seeing his nephew's embarrassed appearance, Alves couldn't help but walk over and throw the clean sweater coat on the ground to Dean. It was probably taken off on the ground as soon as he came back, because there were so many fancy clothes on top of them that he couldn't find the formal clothes for a while.

"Say, what's the matter?"

Dean asked impatiently after getting dressed. He sat in an office chair outside, and several attendants followed him. They had been brought out of the Ring Castle, but these were unfamiliar faces, and even Alves, who had been in the Ring Castle for half his life, had never seen them.

"Her Majesty Caterina, the Snow Queen, intends to march tomorrow on Fort Wallenmere, an important stronghold of the rebels in Kislev Bay, and she has asked our troops to be the vanguard. ”

Alves reported.

"Then let Sir Cooper lead the siege. ”

Dean said impatiently.

"No, you don't understand, Valenmere Fort is not an ordinary castle, it is built on a headland, there is only one way into the city, this road is swallowed up by the high tide every day, and only two to three hours are exposed, that is, if we are going to attack the city and there are no ships, we can only advance our troops under the city in these two hours, but then we will undoubtedly be attacked by the dense long-range attacks of the defenders. ”

Alves replied one after another that he was like a worried military advisor, a truly dutiful uncle and minister, but that, in Dean's eyes, he was nothing more than a dwarf.

"Cooper will have a way. ”

Dean was impatient.

"No, you don't understand, you have to be personally involved in these things, this is your army, your people, they are shedding blood and sacrifice for you, you have to think about them, personally participate in the formulation of battle plans, and even personally go to battle to inspire the morale of the army. At the very least, pretending is also a matter of wanting. ”

Alves took a step closer, leaned on the table in front of Dean, and said loudly. He really can't stand his nephew's temperament, he doesn't care about anything, it seems that in the eyes of his nephew, only women are the most important.

"Pretend? Oh, sorry, my uncle, I can't pretend like that. Besides, I'm not good at military command, so I'll let Cooper do it, isn't there still Maktuan? This old guy has been helping my father run the army for many years, and he can. If you think it's too dangerous to go to war, you can skip it. I allow it. ”

Dean said with a smile narrowing his eyes.

"Dean, my dear nephew, why don't you understand? Your father entrusted you to me on his deathbed, because there are no more of us in the Ring Castle, and you are in danger and you don't know it, and I am your only uncle, the only person you can trust, and everyone else, all approaching you with a purpose!

Alves was on the verge of an emotional outburst, and he couldn't stand it. That Cooper, that Makthun, they were indeed the right-hand men of Lord Aubrey, but times have changed, Aubrey is dead, will his people change their minds after he dies? After all, power and wealth are always the most tempting, and smart people can see that the once loyal servants may no longer be so loyal.

"No, I don't have an uncle like you, you're just a deformed freak who wants to teach me?

However, in the face of Alves's angry roar, the young lord of Hoop Castle, Dean, looked arrogant, and he angrily pushed his uncle back......