"What are you talking about!" said Carrie, exclaiming. "If you don't have that confidence, then leave everything to me. ”

"Over to you?"

"Well, while I'm now your coach, babysitter, advisor, and staff officer, that's not my job. My job is 'management', and that's why Kotoshin-sama created me in the first place. It was with my help that Kotoshin-sama was able to rule Kalyan smoothly...... Managing such a small territory is just a piece of cake for me!" said Carrie triumphantly. "I can turn Sivania into a land entirely at your disposal...... You will be the sole and supreme ruler here, and everything else will have to bow down in front of you. ”

Ashrufat did not answer, but used his dark vision to watch the battle beneath his feet.

The battle for Castle Square is over. The soldiers who rushed out were repelled by the endless stream of zombies and were forced to retreat back to their respective camps, taking advantage of the terrain to hold on. Ostensibly, they were given more favorable terrain and were able to hold the fight on, but in reality, they were surrounded by zombie divisions. It was a forced drink to quench their thirst, and for them, it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed. There was no magical support during the entire battle, which means that Neil's message was correct, and the mages in the excavation field who belonged to the church left with the person in charge.

At this moment, at the entrance in the distance, the magic bell sounding the alarm was ringing. I don't know what method the Ludao Church used to spread the bell so far. But the sirens were in vain. At this time, the destruction of the castle itself is only a matter of time, where can there be spare time to take care of the crisis around the distant entrance?

There was only one person in Ashrufat, so in that direction he simply gave up specific control over the zombies. He just pointed in one direction, letting a large group of zombies attack the entrance area, and the rest was handed over to the zombies' instinct as undead. But it seems that things are going well over there. In fact, the situation at the entrance to the excavation site is worse than here at the castle. Because here in the castle, the soldiers of the church are trapped by the walls of the castle and have nowhere to escape. And at the entrance, once the situation really deteriorates to the point of no return, then the defenders will at least have a chance to escape outside.

It was finally dawn.

The remaining defenders realized the desperation before them, and countless dead staggered towards them. Although the battle has been going on all night, more zombies continue to pour into the castle every minute. Some people recognize these zombies as the same convicts who had died here and were hastily buried, and this caused even more fear. When the crimes committed by a person or a group of people are made public, the fear and remorse caused can often directly break people's hearts. Many of the soldiers gave up the fight, retreating in their cries, and that only further squeezed the little space they had left. And the dead, though slow and faltering, never flinched.

A bipedal wyvern condensed by the winds of shadows has also been spotted. Some of the remaining defenders realized that the enemy was directing the battle from above, or at least observing. But there's nothing they can do about it at this point.

"Master, over there, on your left, on that hillside, there's a man over there!" Carrie suddenly warned.

Ashrufat followed Carrie's guidance, and there was indeed a man there. Specifically, a rider on a horse. I don't know where he came from, but he seems to have been standing on a distant height, observing the battle in the castle.

"Well, master, it seems to be Eric. Carrie said. "Let's go down and meet him, and this magic is almost running out. ”

Ashruphat descended on his magical mount. Carrie was right, it was Eric who was here. Although it is a bit strange that he is here at this time. However, Ashrufat guessed that the other party might have come after the zombie horde attacked the entrance level. Regardless of whether the defenders resist the attack or flee through the gates, the untargeted zombies will soon lose their target and scatter. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Eric can easily come here even if he is alone.

There was no suspense in the battle in the castle, and it didn't even need the command of Aerufat. The spontaneous instinctive actions of the zombies are enough to deal with this situation. It's just a matter of time.

The magic mount descended to the ground, and after Eshurufat left, it dissipated into the air in a black puff of smoke. Eric turned his horse's head and looked at the vampire descending from the sky.

"Duke Scarlet, you've already won, why do you have to cut down the grass and eradicate it?" asked Eric emotionlessly.

"Because ......," Ashrufat wanted to answer, but for some reason, he couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation. He could only face each other with a smile.

"They don't have any chance now," Eric continued. "Killing them all won't bring you more glory and victory. ”

"Master, this is an opportunity!" Carrie whispered in her mind. "You can tie Eric and us tighter together. Since you value his abilities, you shouldn't miss this opportunity. ”

"I don't want to do such a despicable thing. Ashruphat replied in his mind.

"Master, this is not meanness, but necessary political wisdom. Just like deceiving the enemy on the battlefield, it is not a despicable action. Besides, in this case, you don't have a second choice. ”

Eric stared at the vampire in front of him. Now the other party didn't show his fangs, so his face looked exactly like a human, maybe because of what he just said, a smile appeared on the corner of the vampire's mouth.

"I can give them this opportunity. The vampire replied. "If they choose to surrender, then they can live. However, this matter requires a messenger of persuasion. ”

"I can act temporarily. Eric replied. Of course, he knew that in this way, everyone would think that he was a vampire's subordinate. Although he is likely to be seen as a vampire's subordinate due to his planned escape, once he tries to persuade the vampire to surrender, this perception will go even further, enough to make any future justifications futile. But he knew he had no choice.

The vampire pulled a piece of fabric from his body and shook it vigorously to reveal a banner with a red dragon in front of Eric.

"Take this flag with you. This is my Blood Dragon Banner. Take him with you and the zombies won't attack you. ”

Eric picked up a branch from the side of the road, trimmed it with his sword, and hung the flag. As he did this, Ashruphat used his will to give the zombies in the distance an order not to move. He knew that Eric's persuasion would be successful, as the remaining defenders had no choice.

Eric arrives, indicating that the door to the entrance to the excavation site is now open. And his men outside the excavation site should be there soon. The rest of the work can be done quickly.

......

Mir City is an important city in the southern part of the Kingdom of Ryan. Originally, it belonged to the kind of remote area that was only suitable as a noble domain, but now, with the development of the southern region of Sylvania, it has become an important transportation hub in the southern part of the kingdom. Taking advantage of an inheritance dispute, the king took the reins of the city back into his own hands and appointed a governor to rule the city.

This decision proved to be the right one, and for nearly a decade the kingdom was able to receive large commercial taxes from Mill every year. Although Sivania is a newly developed and remote area, there are many specialties that are rare elsewhere. Mill City's vantage point gives it an advantage in related business activities. A blockade order issued by the governor directly deprived many businessmen of the opportunity to make money. But if these merchants had cursed the new governor so many times, they are now praising the wise official just as much. For it was the wise governor who kept them from an even greater danger.

In the official residence of Mill City, one by one the men with ordinary appearance, simple temperament, and simple dress, in short, the kind of man who passed by the crowd and you can't remember his characteristics are looking at a large map hanging on the wall.

This man was none other than Beror, Tiberius' general, and now the acting governor of the city of Mill. He had a pen in his hand and a frown, as if he was carefully considering a complex issue in front of the map.

He pondered too much, until a cry of "adult" came from behind him, and his whole body shook and came back to his senses.

"Ah, Robin, it's you. ”

"My lord, the latest military situation!" Robin's face was an unusually anxious look. He did have reason to be anxious, and the bad news from Sivania came one after another. And the information he brought with him was the worst and worst result. In the West Vania region, the city of Via, which belongs to Tiberius, has also been captured by vampires.

Bayral picked up the letter, glanced at it slightly, and returned to the map. This time, though, instead of continuing to meditate, he wiped off some of the lines he had drawn with a cloth.

"The action is really fast. When Bayral had done this, he smacked his mouth and let out an exclamation. "The timing is impeccable, the right time and the right people are available. He is really worthy of being a disciple of Thomas, the Scarlet Duke. Robin, you should learn. ”

"My lord, this is not the time to praise the enemy. That's a vampire!

Robin didn't know how much he regretted it, he knew that Ashrufat was a vampire who started a rebellion in Sylvania, so he should have killed him directly at that time. However, this is not confirmed at the moment, and perhaps the vampire and the traveler have the same name. However, if the two were the same, the cup should have been poisoned when the wine was poured for him.

"My lord, are you here watching the vampires conquer all of Sivania, while you have nothing to do here? I told you that we should go to Sivania!" said this, and Robin regretted it. It's no wonder that Bayral is doing this. How could Béral send troops to West Vania with only a small force barely able to maintain law and order (and the command was not strictly his)? No matter how capable Bayrell is, he can't stand up to the vampire's huge undead legion in the absence of troops.

But it's not too unfair to blame Ryan's top brass for this. The story of vampire seditions has been going on for years. Although the higher-ups are aware of it, it seems that the vampires are weak and weak, and at most they are just harassing and harassing, and they can't become a climate. It will take a lot of effort to eradicate the vampire rebels, so it is better to leave this problem to the local lord. Besides, Sivania has multiple troops, which should be more than enough to deal with a single vampire. No one expected that the vampires would suddenly gather a large army and occupy the whole of Sivania in one fell swoop.

Speaking of which, it's all because the vampire is too cunning.