The First Vampire

Chapter 666: 664 Initiation_1



Chapter 666: 664 Initiation_1

The dim glow of the setting sun illuminated the vast expanse of land.

Colin and his party arrived in Springs Town just before nightfall.

Gazing at this town perched by the East Springs River, Colin felt a surge of emotion.

This was because just a year ago, he had been here.

At that time, he had accompanied Vera back to the North Territory from Dragon City, making a detour to Springs Town on the way.

It was because of Baron Heidegger, the Prime Minister’s suggestion, that Colin found Bachelor Sunny Grant, the former Minister of Agriculture of the Empire, in this town, setting the stage for the agricultural reform in the North Territory.

Today, the North Territory has been able to recover rapidly from famine and even had enough food to sustain the North Territory Army in its campaigns, all thanks to the new agrarian-pastoral system formed by this reform.

So for the Grant family, the lords of Springs Town, Colin harbored a fair amount of goodwill.

It was a pity, however, that Baron Grant tragically died in the orc war, and to worsen matters, his death occurred in the Sky Breaking Mountain Range.

Therefore, when Colin revisited the town, the Grant family were not particularly welcoming.

They evidently attributed the death of Baron Grant to the North Territory.

However, the citizens of Springs Town were still very welcoming to Colin, regarding him as a hero who had saved the Empire from peril.

Upon entering the castle, despite the humble conditions, the Grant family still offered the greatest hospitality to the party escorting the remains of Emperor Reinhardt.

Of course, out of respect for the fallen emperor, no one drank wine at the banquet, and it ended early.

Just past eight o’clock, Colin returned to his residence.

After a bath and a change of clothes, Colin stood by the window, gazing dazedly at the deep night.

He didn’t know where the Royal Family was planning to make their move, but the journey from the Luwal Valley to Dragon City was not far, just a two or three days’ march.

The hostility of the Grant family of Springs Town towards Colin made him think that there was a high probability of the Royal Family choosing to act here.

Additionally, he was pondering why Bachelor Yerug risked warning him during the day.

He had never had any relationship with this confidant of the Duke of South Border, so why would he do so?

Could he be a mole planted by the St. Hilde family in the South Border?

However, this confirmed one thing – Duke St. Rands had been won over by the Royal Family and the Church.

This was, in a way, expected.@@novelbin@@

After all, when Duke St. Rands approached him previously, Colin had declined his terms.

He hadn’t thought that the Royal Family would agree even to split the Empire in order to deal with the threat of the North Territory.

Perhaps Fred was just pretending to comply with Duke St. Rands, and it wasn’t impossible that he would default later…

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The night was deep, the silver moon hung low.

In the quiet castle, only the faint hooting of an owl could be heard.

This time, Colin had brought three hundred soldiers of the Blood Knight Army with him, who were stationed in a simple camp on the west side of the Grant family’s castle.

A figure edged carefully towards the camp, found the guard post, and then, like a ghost, crept past it.

There were two soldiers from the Blood Knight Army in the guard post, covered in red armor, still as dolls.

Knight Johnny knew that these were the elites of the Blood Knight Army, the most powerful armed force under Count Angler. It was said that these men were all professionals, fearless in battle, always at the forefront of the charge. No matter how formidable the enemy formation, they could easily tear it open.

This had been proven on the battlefield of the Luwal Valley, even against the most powerful War Song Tribe of the orcs, the Blood Knight Army never fell short.

Truth be told, Knight Johnny admired these warriors of the North Territory, but it was a shame…

It couldn’t be helped, given his surname was Lorenzo.

Knight Johnny suppressed his mixed feelings, his eyes becoming sharp!

The next second, a cold light pierced the darkness, plunging deep into the back of one of the Blood Knight Army soldiers.

Before he could scream, a big hand grabbed his throat like a lightning flash.

With a crisp crack, a neck was twisted and snapped.

Knight Johnny exhaled only then, and turned to look at his companion. His partner had already taken care of the other guard and was now looking back at Knight Johnny.

But the next moment, his companion’s eyes suddenly filled with abject terror.

As Knight Johnny was still puzzled, he suddenly felt a piercing pain in his heart.

Lowering his gaze, he was shocked to find that the Blood Knight Army soldier who was supposed to be dead in his arms, was still looking at him with blood-red eyes.

Those emotionless and irrational eyes made Knight Johnny feel like he had encountered a wild beast in the mountains.

How is this possible?

Knight Johnny couldn’t believe it until his death.

Before he lost consciousness, he heard his companion, who had been in the action with him, let out a brief scream of horror.

Are all of the Blood Knight Army immortal monsters?

Unfortunately, Knight Johnny is destined to never get the answer to this question.

After his death, agile silhouettes swiftly surrounded the camp of the Blood Knight Army from all sides.

Regrettably, what awaited them were not sleeping knights of the Blood Knight Army as they had expected, but fully armed, prepared killing machines.

Accompanied by brief, suppressed screams, a fierce slaughter began under the cover of night.

Atop the walls of Springs Town.

The guards, for once, weren’t dozing off.

This wasn’t because they had suddenly become devoutly dutiful. It was because Knight Vito, the leader of the guard patrol, had come up to the wall personally for inspection.

Usually, Knight Vito would be drunk every night but today was an oddity…

The soldiers speculated that Knight Vito might have wanted to show off in front of the passing dignitaries.

But the dignitaries were resting in the castle, who would know whether you were doing your job outside or not.

Knight Vito, of course, didn’t know that the soldiers were grumbling and complaining in their minds. Holding a torch, he patrolled back and forth on the city wall, alert to any movement.

In reality, the reason he was so diligent was entirely because Benson, the young master, mysteriously told him something big would happen tonight, and demanded that he must guard the city gate nothing less than his best.

Knight Vito wanted to know what the so-called big event was, but the young master wouldn’t say a word.

If it had been any other time, Knight Vito would have dismissed the young master’s words and even if he’d worked, he probably would have slacked off somewhere. But today was different; there were so many important guests in the castle.

Knight Vito didn’t want to embarrass the Grant family, and his intuition was telling him that something important would really happen tonight.

During the patrol, Knight Vito suddenly heard a commotion coming from inside the city.

He looked confusedly towards the southwest corner of the castle, called a soldier over, and ordered:

“Go there and see what’s happening.”

“Yes.”

No sooner had the soldier gone than there came another noise from outside the city, sounding like muffled footsteps.

Knight Vito was startled and hurriedly rushed to the edge of the city wall, lifting his torch to look down.

In the deep darkness of the night, nothing could be seen clearly.

But the footsteps sounded louder and louder, even causing the ground to tremble slightly.

“On guard!”

With a holler from Knight Vito, the next moment, he saw tall figures rushing under the city wall from the shadow of the night.

With the dim light of the torch, he finally had a clear look at those horrid and hideous faces at the bottom of the city tower.

A second later, a sharp roar echoed over the city head:

“Orc… Orc! It’s an Orc! We’re under attack!”


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