"Ladies and gentlemen, is there any result from today's conversation with the lord?"

Diego the Witch Hunter walked in through the door, carefully closed the door, and then walked up to Rhodes and asked in a low voice. In the morning meeting, they split up, with Rod and Caroline as guests of honor, meeting with Lord James in the hall. Diego, on the other hand, excuses himself to go to the toilet and go deep into the castle to investigate. With decades of experience in demon hunting, he knows how to hide himself while chasing his targets. As it turned out, he did find something.

There weren't many results, but from his words and deeds, it could be roughly judged that he was lying. There must be a secret in this castle. ”

Rhodes said. Seeing this, Caroline walked to the door and cast a small spell - Silence. Silence the whole room and block out the sound to prevent the partition wall from having ears.

"There's a secret, I found this in the back kitchen pantry. ”

Diego said, pulling out a badly damaged skull from his arms. There was no flesh left on the bones, perhaps because they had been discarded for too long, and the skull had turned yellow, the most notable feature was that the skull was small, like a child's skull, and a large hole had been pried open at the back of the head, and the surrounding area was full of cracks. One can imagine how tragic and painful this young child was before he died.

Caroline gritted her teeth in hatred.

"They must have done it!"

She read indignantly.

"Not necessarily, even if it is, we don't have any direct evidence that it has anything to do with vampires. It's just that, in my experience, this is no ordinary wound, and the boy may have had his head bitten off while he was alive and then eaten. Jagged tooth marks can prove something from the side. ”

Diego said calmly, his face unwavering, as if this was not the first time he had seen such a thing in his long hunting career.

"Eat, do they like to devour the living?"

Caroline asked angrily.

"Maybe it's not all, they like what's inside their heads. ”

The witch hunter said, tapping his finger lightly on his head. After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel numb...... A bloody and brutal picture is generated in everyone's mind.

"So, we've actually come to the right place. ”

Rod said calmly.

"Yes, but there are too few of us, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to continue the investigation. If he does harbor vampires, or if he is a vampire himself, then we will be in a very dangerous situation. ”

The old witch hunter said, walked over to the table, and poured himself a full glass of wine. The corners of his eyes were wrinkled, and he looked very vicissitudes and deep. Each witch hunter has his own story, whether mad, cruel, or loyal, but Diego has not yet told everyone his story, and Rhodes believes that after this cooperation, the old man's heart may be opened a little.

"It's because there are so few people that we have a chance to really get close to vampires. The reason why this operation had to be teamed up, rather than chased and killed with great fanfare, was to worry about scaring away vampires. Too few people are our weakness, and at the same time, our advantage, at least, the enemy will not pay attention to us. That's the opportunity. ”

Rod explained.

"You already have a plan of your own?"

The old witch hunter took a sip of wine and turned his head to look at Rod.

"No, no plan. My idea is to confirm that there are vampires hiding in this castle before Pirno's reinforcements arrive. That way, once the army arrives, we can legitimately search the castle. "Reading the book nest

Rod said with a frown.

"Idea, good, but hard. ”

"It's not difficult. You have the opportunity to go deep into the back kitchen and prove that they aren't really watching out for you. ”

Rhodes said.

"But it's just the back kitchen, and further down, you'll be discovered. ”

Diego returns.

"Then we can stay here for a few more days and continue our investigation, as long as there is direct evidence of vampires haunting the castle. Rod, didn't you say that Kislev's reinforcements would arrive soon?"

Yeskovich interjected.

"It's very soon, and it's probably only a few days. So, in the next few days, we have to be a little more cautious. ”

Rod replied worriedly. This is the most effective solution, but it is not the safest solution. However, in special times, using the safest solution may not be the best solution. Rhodes knew that the bloody Ice Queen Caterina had been staring at him ever since he became famous in the Battle of the Whispering Forest. If she doesn't prove her loyalty to her in the shortest possible time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to live under the eyes of the queen in the future. And the best way to prove it is to carry out her orders desperately, even if you are in danger......

Alas, thinking of this, Rod couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The struggle for power, it's really hard to survive. Erlengrad's gang probably rebelled when they couldn't bear it anymore.

......

Inside a dark room.

"Are you sure they'll come tonight?"

The witch hunter lowered his voice and confirmed with Rod again in the smallest voice possible. The hunt plan was impromptu in the evening, and after an afternoon of thinking about it in the room, Rhodes finally came up with a way to catch the evidence. That is to take advantage of the enemy's carelessness and counter-capture the opponent.

It is almost certain that there are vampires lurking in the castle, from the day the vampire escaped from the sewers and had the key to the iron door of the sewers, to Diego searching for the horrific bones in the castle, all this has proved that there are ghosts in the castle. What they lack now is nothing more than direct proof. Rode's idea was that if he caught a vampire or a creature related to a vampire in the castle, their servants, puppets, or something, he could directly prove that there were monsters hiding in the castle. And to guess that the vampires will do something is to think from their standpoint, because they already know that the hunting party is coming, and they can only continue to hide in this castle if they kill it......

The only thing Rhodes wasn't sure about was why this James Lordship was hiding these vampires, could it be that he worshipped their power and wanted to be one of them. But that's not important for now.

"Nine times out of ten, there's nothing wrong with preparing in advance. ”

Rhodes gasped as he helped the witch hunter set up the trap.

"Then why didn't you inform the dwarf?"

The witch hunter asked curiously.

"He's a very good and brave warrior, but it's not appropriate to use it at such a time, tell him that he'll be so excited that he won't sleep all night, and that vampires aren't stupid, they'll notice it. ”

Rod sighed back.