"The wound is deep......"

"Well, it's okay, you just get the antidote. ”

In the Chena drugstore, the witch hunter Diego dropped a bag of silver shillings on the counter, and after weighing the amount of silver coins, the drugstore owner entered the house in a hurry and took out the medicine that was designed to treat vampire wounds. He looked at the wound on Yeskovich's neck, his face full of confusion. It stands to reason that being bitten by a vampire like this would make normal people cripple if they don't die, but the tall northerner in front of him has no problem at all, and even his wounds have begun to heal themselves slowly.

"Where did you meet the vampires?"

The disapprehensive pharmacy owner then asked, however, Diego didn't seem to want to tell him the truth.

"In a small alley. ”

The witch hunter replied simply, and lit a cigarette by the way.

The owner of the pharmacy helped Yeskovich with the medicine, "Change the medicine once a day, and it is estimated that it will be fine in about a week." The boss said.

"It won't take that long. ”

The witch hunter read, snatched the potion bottle from the drugstore owner's hand, wrapped his black coat tightly, and was about to leave.

"Friend, if you need it, I can help you with some other medicine necessary to hunt vampires. ”

Diego and Rhodes were about to leave when the owner of the pharmacy stopped them again. There was a sly sly grin on his emaciated face. It made Rod feel uneasy.

"No, we're not going to look for that guy. ”

Diego read this, and walked out the door without looking back.

......

"Why don't you dare tell him the truth?"

After coming out of the pharmacy, Rod asked about his new partner curiously. Although the Tao is different, there is an old saying - the enemy of the enemy is the ally. As a result, Rhodes and Diego the Witch Hunter formed allies and partners under special circumstances. It's just that witch hunters have always had their own style of doing things, and it will take some time to get used to it.

"Be careful with the people in this castle, they are not as kind as they seem, and I have seen some strange phenomena in the more than a month that I have been here. ”

Diego's expression was rather mysterious.

"What weird phenomenon?"

Rod asked.

"For example, the owner of the castle has ever taken real substantive measures against vampires. Those animals seem to have been specially prepared for these vampires. Because even if they were attacked and reported to the lord, the owner of the castle would only settle it with some money. It was never traced to the end. What does that prove?" Diego continued, "and it proves that the entire castle may be a backup food for vampires." ”

Rod frowned, he had this suspicion, but there was no evidence. Could it be that the lords of Crypt have become one of the vampires, but the vampires of House Strygg have never been mixed into human society, because they don't look like humans at all. If the Lord of the Castle of Codes was a vampire, then what was his speech in front of the people? Also, what happened to the injured vampire who sneaked into the castle to take refuge that day? Thinking of this, Rhodes once again felt that he had made the right choice to arrive here early, otherwise, if Dafert and Pirno arrived with a large army in a high-profile manner, the vampires lurking here might abscond again. In that case, the pursuit will be frustrated. Perhaps the best thing to do is to be like a witch hunter and investigate before acting quietly.

"If so, it seems that this is really a feast of flesh and blood, and the whole town of people and livestock will be enough for them to suck for a while. ”

Yeskovich said coldly. Dotted Library

"And they also know how to control the frequency of eating, and they will not kill chickens to collect eggs. ”

The witch hunter read along.

"But that's just your guess. ”

Caroline muttered.

"So, we have to keep investigating. Rod turned his head and said. "I figured it was time to go inside the castle and investigate. ”

"So, you could have gone in a long time ago?" asked Diego, turning his head.

"Well, as I told you, we were ordered to hunt down vampires, but the situation was unknown before, but now it is almost clear that the vampire plague here is inextricably linked to the lord of the castle. And the wounded vampire sneaked into the castle and we had to go inside to check it out, and I had a feeling that maybe the vampire's lair was inside the castle. Or, the owner of the castle has been corrupted. ”

Rhodes said.

......

Blackhammer Fort.

The newly built deep-water wharf welcomed its first trading merchant ship. After two years, the Flying Giant finally sailed into the Dongquan River for the first time. From here, cargo can be unloaded directly at Blackhammer Castle without the need to transport it overland.

Captain Roberts was in a good mood and spent two years on the trade route between Blackhammer and Imperial Port Baker, and his income had already allowed him to squeeze into the ranks of the nobility. All that was needed was the lord's approval, and of course, he believed that Lord Rhodes would not spare the power in his hands, and that it would not be a bad thing for another knight to be loyal to him.

canvas, 200 rolls, 15 gold crowns;

linen, one hundred and twenty rolls, 50 gold crowns;

Cashmere, 60 rolls, 35 gold crowns;

velvet, 60 rolls, 70 gold crowns;

lace, thirty rolls, 68 gold crowns;

Sitting in a rocking chair on the shore of the docks, his clerk was reporting to him on the harvest of this trip to the Empire. A dazzling array of goods fills the newly built marina. Dense buildings stretched from the banks of the river to the walls of Blackhammer Castle. The scene in front of Roberts made Roberts feel a lot of emotion, once upon a time, this place was still desolate. He remembered that when he first arrived two years ago, the shore was still desolate, and that goods arriving from Kislevif Bay had to be transported to Fort Blackhammer through the docks of the open sea for two days and two nights, and now the river had become the inland river of Fort Blackhammer. Although the residential area is messy, it is very lively and prosperous.

The most intuitive feeling is that there are more commodities in demand, and it turns out that the goods traded are only limited to a few, transporting ore, furs, timber, and medicinal materials from Black Hammer Fort to the empire to sell, and then buying wheat, low-grade cloth, and wine from the empire. And now, all kinds of goods are basically in demand and have a market.

There were four or five more varieties of fabrics alone, and goods such as velvet and lace were basically not in demand. Even the wealthiest residents can barely use cashmere-made clothes and blankets. And now, velvet has a market here, too.

Looking at those consumables, wheat and flour account for less and less, while almonds, walnuts, figs, hazelnuts, and all kinds of nuts are in greater demand, which reflects the life of the inhabitants from another aspect, and only the improvement of the quality of life will buy these "non-essentials", because with the extra money, it is no longer necessary to spend all the income on the purchase of staple foods.

"Captain, Lord Muros, please. ”

Just as Roberts was in a happy mood admiring the bustling scene in front of him, the guards from Blackhammer Castle came up to him and conveyed to him a message from Muros, the current manager of the castle. He knew that the old butler was not knighted, but he had more power than the nobleman in the castle, and Rhodes gave him the responsibility of managing the castle before leaving. Roberts knew that in the Black Hammer Castle, he could put anyone's words aside, but this old man's words must be taken seriously.

"Okay, I know, I'll be right away. ”

The old captain nodded respectfully to the guards who were briefing.