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Section XVI Decisions

In the last rays of the setting sun, Ashruphat saw the portal towering over the middle of the new city.

The portal looked like a stone arch - maybe it was made of stone. In the middle of the arch, there is a visible energy that is suspended in the air like a film.

Around the portal stood a handful of ogres, each wearing armor and holding a mace in their hands. But they looked laid-back, boredoming with sticks dangling. This wooden railing is erected directly in front of the portal, dividing the portal path into two, one wide and one narrow. At the end of the fence there was a large table, and on the edge of the table was a hill of quill - gold coins and paper/coins were piled up haphazardly, turning into a green and golden hillock.

And in front of the table, there were three or five young girls. Two of them were dressed in the kind of armor that Eshurufat had ever seen - there was no doubt that these vampire guards were here to maintain order.

Ashrufat clearly saw a single guest with no luggage coming to the table. He handed over a Gioli and was let go, all the way to the portal, or rather, to the film-like energy in that arch. His form dissolved into the thin film of energy. It feels like it's been swallowed up by a portal.

"This is to Meno. Fuer, who was beside him, explained to Ai 10∫ Xiulufat. "The cost is one person and one Kioli. This is a very good deal, because if you walk, it will take many days, not to mention the delay of time, just the food, clothing, housing and transportation along the way is a lot of money. ”

"Over there...... What is it for?" said Ashrufat, pointing to the wider section of the road that was separated by the fence.

"That's a passing car, fifty quiolis a car. After all, it's getting late now, and if you come during the day, you'll find a lot of cars that want to take shortcuts. Fuer's voice was full of envy, jealousy, hatred. "You don't know how lucrative it is...... And this is a business that has no capital, but it can make people pay willingly...... If one day, I can make money like this, I will die willingly......"

Ashrufat finally confirmed that this Fuer did indeed have the same bloodline as Akin. It's not just about how you look. You must know that as long as a person is willing to eat and sleep, he can gain weight.

In the distance, you can see that there are other portals, each of which looks the same: stone arches, a group of heavily armed ogre guards, fences, and toll points.

Faure counted there with envy and hatred as he estimated the value of the mountain of gold, while Ashrufat considered the military use of the portal. According to Faure, the portal was made by vampires - after conquering and controlling all of West Vania - which means that vampires have far more power than you think.

If nothing else, its significance in siege warfare alone is amazing enough. This means that Sivania is not afraid of any siege - even if it is heavily surrounded, people and supplies can still be freely mobilized through portals. In the future, if humanity starts a war against the vampires, it will either have to lay siege to all the cities of Sivania in one go, or storm it at all costs, paving the way to the walls with corpses. Otherwise, it's a complete waste of time.

On top of that, this portal can also be a powerful tool for quickly moving troops. Think about it, it only takes a small number of people to set up a portal somewhere. Then, in a very short time, the huge undead army rushed out and launched a ferocious offensive against the unprepared enemy...... Immediately after the battle, the undead left through the portal, without a trace......

Difficult to deal with...... It's hard to deal with! At least Ashrufat couldn't think of any way to restrain this tactic. Unless there are vampires, there are only a few portals, and there are only a limited number of them.

Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to have fantasies about it. If there were only a few vampires, he wouldn't be stupid enough to use these portals to collect tolls. Looking at such a rich land, Ashruphat knew that vampires would never be short of money.

Unless an unusually large army can be assembled, in line with the idea of "casualty for casualty", not seeking victory in any battle, but purely relying on absolute numerical superiority to crush, drag, and grind down the vampires - in fact, this is the idea of Bayral's expedition to Callean. But this time the humans can outdo each other? Through these portals, vampires can break into enemy rears at any time to carry out a massacre and replenish armies with corpses.

During the expedition to Callean, the vampires were unprepared for human warfare. They miscalculated both the actions of humanity and the power invested by humanity, which led them to choose the expeditionary force to be hard to wear. But now Sivania ...... Ashrufat bet that the Scarlet Duke had at least enough psychological preparation and countermeasures for the war with all mankind, even if he did not have a detailed plan for the war with all mankind.

In this way, some things can be understood. Although the vampire's expansion in southern Ryan was kept as secret as possible, allowing the lords to pledge their allegiance to him "in private". But Ashrufat didn't trust the nations (or the others, how could the Ryans?) go so far that he couldn't even inquire about the secret.

It's not that you don't know, it's that you pretend not to know. Because the current Central Seven Kingdoms have no extra strength to wage war with vampires due to various reasons such as internal friction and external enemies. If a vampire secretly expands its power, it expands and expands, and the degree of influence is limited after all. If the vampire is in a hurry, and he really leads the undead army to attack in an all-round way, the Seven Kingdoms may not be able to fight.

In other words, humanity needs time to regain its strength. As long as the vampire is not fully proactive, then it is better to turn a blind eye. Similarly, the Scarlet Duke is not sure of victory, so he uses this in turn to build up enough power before touching the opponent's bottom line.

From this point of view, if the vampire senses this peculiar situation, then he chooses to kidnap Princess Gruni...... It's possible!

"Shall we go back?" Fur reluctantly took his eyes off the pile of Kinori and suggested to Ashrufat. In this regard, Ashrufat naturally agreed.

They soon returned to the temporary residence of Ashrufat, an ordinary mansion in the new city. In particular, the twins did not go out today. Because after a long journey, Hoshimi has no physical strength and needs to rest.

While the guests of honor were having dinner (and to note that there were only Ishrufat and Fur), Eshurufat brought up the matter of magical communication to Fur. He explained that he had an urgent matter and needed to find Ah Jin. Fuer said that it couldn't be easier, and that he had prepared enough teleportation scrolls here to sell them to Ashrufat at the market price. Moreover, he assured that Ah Jin would never mind such a disturbance. Faure was even willing to provide Ashruphat with a magician for free to enable instant messaging. Ashrufat accepted this courteous request. Because he didn't want to reveal that he knew magic.

The news that Eshuruphat sent through the magic teleportation scroll was simple: "Is there anything special happening to Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Although he believed that he saw the little girl at dusk, deep down there was always a bit of luck in his heart, hoping that it was just an accidental appearance similarity.

The news from Ah Jin quickly broke this last bit of luck.

"Her Royal Highness has been missing for many days, and the entire Eagle Falcon City is in chaos, and her traces are being searched everywhere. But so far nothing has been found. ”

It was getting dark.

Ashrufat pushed open the door and walked into the twins' room.

"What's wrong?" Hoshimi immediately sensed something was wrong from Ashrufat's movements.

"I have something. Ashrufa fixed his mind and said. "Faure has already arranged that he will come forward tomorrow and contact the vampire about the treatment. He assured me that it couldn't have been easier - vampires never cared about who came to ask for treatment, they only cared about money. I hinted to him that there was something wrong with you...... He said that vampires could be cured of anything, as long as they could pay a million gold ollies...... When it was over," Ashrufat paused. "Return yourselves. ”

"So Ashrufat...... What about you?" Hoshimi asked with a slight stammer. From the atmosphere on Ashrufat's face, she realized that something was not quite right.

"Maybe I'm going to do something stupid. Ashruphat said with a smile. He remembered Faure's assessment of infiltrating the Dark Citadel today.

"Ashrufat...... Don't do dangerous things......"

"It won't be more dangerous than me going to the Chaos Realm. Ashrufat said softly. "Besides, I've got a trick! I'm just worried...... Retaliation after the fact. ”

"Once the treatment is complete, don't wait for me, leave as fast as you can. Ashruphat said to Starke. "With your strength, you should be able to protect Hoshimi home. ”

"What the hell is going on?!" As Ashruphat was about to leave, Hoshimi suddenly grabbed Ashrufat's clothes from behind. She had waited so long in her trepidation that she could no longer bear the painstaking wait.

"I'm afraid the vampires have captured ...... Our little princess. Ashrufat concluded. "She was led into the dark castle. Perhaps, I am the only one in this world who can save her. ”

He originally thought that Hoshimi would cry and make him give up, but unexpectedly, Hoshimi finally gritted his teeth.

"Please...... Be sure to watch your own safety!" she said.

"Will the vampires know about our relationship?" Starmoment asked suddenly.

"I estimated that there were at least 10,000 people arriving in the new city in one day, not counting those who came through the portal. If a vampire can track everyone, then he's not a vampire, he's a god. "As long as he wasn't captured alive by the Scarlet Duke, it would be impossible to trace his origins.

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