The full moon was in the sky, and the pale moonlight filled the city of Sonderborg.
The outer walls of Sonderburg were bloody, with broken limbs, holes, and torn soldier corpses scattered everywhere like rag dolls, as if it were the work of a child with a dark mind.
Byron vampires are alien creatures and are much more powerful than ordinary humans. Even if soldiers wear armor, they cannot resist their sharp claws. Soldiers' weapons are also difficult to cause fatal damage to Byron vampires.
When less than two hundred soldiers met hundreds of Byron vampires, the outcome was completely conceivable. It was not an evenly matched battle at all, but an inhumane massacre.
The cries of the soldiers before they died were the most beautiful music to the ears of Byron the vampire.
They didn't even use sonic attacks, they just used their claws, teeth, and skin to hold the soldiers' weapons, just to appreciate the soldiers' desperate eyes and their cries before they died.
Blood covered the ground and slowly flowed down the wall tiles. The rich and fresh smell of blood in the air made the Byron vampires look happy.
Their cruelty and violence come from their love for blood, and the fragrance of blood makes them unable to stop.
One by one, the Byron vampires swam among the corpses on their tiptoes, sniffing constantly and licking their lips with their scarlet tongues.
The blood on the ground attracts them, making them want to lie down on the ground to suck and lick it, but now is not the time for carnival, the real feast has not yet come.
Several vampires flew down from the city wall and arrived at the unguarded city gate. They came to the mechanism and pushed the wheel vigorously to open the outer city gate.
With a creaking sound, the outer city gate opened, and Byron's bloody corpses waiting outside swarmed in and rushed into the city of Sonderburg.
Just like the wails, screams, and cries in the suburbs, they sounded again, but this time, the sounds came from within the city, not from outside.
The vampires who were bleeding corpses into the city soared into the sky and made a sharp cry high in the sky, notifying their companions to prepare for the next round of attack!
The Byron vampires on the city wall raised their heads one after another, looked at the sky, then spread their bat wings and flew into the air, directing the bloody corpses to rush to the inner city wall.
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Every night, the inner city is always brightly lit.
As for nobles, the most important thing is face. The untouchables outside can only prepare things to ignite the fire, but the inner city must be brightly lit every day. As for the consumption of resources, it is not within the scope of the noble master's consideration at all. As long as he is safe,
That's it.
They like to party all night long, even at night, the drinking party and banquet should continue, how could they stop for the vampire monster.
The inner city has tall walls, elite guards, lights that never go out at night, magical buildings, and the most important temple!
The temple will protect everyone in the inner city.
They are safe, and the blood-sucking monsters have never harmed any residents of the inner city.
This has been the case since the inner city was built.
It didn't happen before and it won't happen in the future.
The aristocratic elders think so, and so do their children. They are aristocrats, people chosen by God, and even vampire monsters cannot get close to them.
Tonight was the same as usual. At the banquet, people tasted delicious food and wine and chatted about boring aristocratic gossip. At the banquet, the aristocratic masters laughed loudly, completely ignoring the possible dangers in the dark night. They just wanted to use their voices to show their status and themselves.
Fearless.
The alarm bell has sounded, and the sound has reached the inner city.
The aristocratic gentlemen in the happy moment were only calm for a moment, and then resumed chatting and laughing, doing whatever they needed to do.
Vampire monsters attacking the city?
Very dangerous?
What does that have to do with noble lords like them?
Oh, no, I'm afraid the city lord, the pastor, these people will feel very uncomfortable, hahaha, they won't be able to enjoy the beauty of this night.
These damn blood-sucking monsters disturb the big man's relaxing moment, hahaha.
As for the people outside the city walls, hey, why should we care about the lives of those untouchables?
Just die, those guys are just like weeds, not only cheap and useless, but also very tenacious. If one group dies, another group will come soon, and they will never die completely. So what is there to pay attention to?
Torento Manor Villa.
Dang Dang Dang——
The rhythmic bells rang. Li Ziyu, who was chatting with Torento while enjoying tea and desserts after the meal, frowned, "What's the sound? Is it telling the time?"
When Torento heard the sound of the bell, his expression suddenly changed, his brows furrowed tightly, he stood up suddenly, and saluted Li Ziyu, "Master, something big happened, I need to deal with it, please accept your permission."
The peaceful atmosphere was disrupted, and Li Ziyu was somewhat unhappy. He also wanted to learn more about the world by chatting with Torento. Although Torento was just a pastor of a city, he knew a lot.
Very useful to him.
But as everyone said, if something big happened, it would be hard for him to stop it, so he nodded and said, "Well, in that case, go and get busy. By the way, do you need my help?"
Torento hesitated for a moment, then finally shook his head and said sincerely, "Master, I don't know what the situation is yet. If necessary, I hope that the master will not hesitate to help."
oh?
It seems like it's not a small matter.
Li Ziyu raised his eyebrows, and if Toronto could say such a thing, things might really be in trouble.
After getting in touch with him, Li Ziyu felt that Torento was very nice and sensible. He was qualified as a family member and it was not impossible to help him. He nodded and said, "Okay, if you need anything, just ask someone to tell me."
Torento immediately saluted and said gratefully, "Thank you, Master, then I will go over first."
Li Ziyu waved his hand, indicating that Torento could leave.
When Torento left quickly, he did not forget to instruct the butlers to obey Li Ziyu's orders and never disobey them.
He is very careful, no wonder he is from a noble family.
Li Ziyu was secretly satisfied and turned to look at Elena, only to find that she was looking out the window with a worried look on her face. She couldn't help but shout in confusion, "Elena, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah?" Elena seemed to have regained consciousness, lowered her head and said softly, "No, it's nothing."
Li Ziyu blinked and asked, "Do you know what the bell just means?"
Alina nodded, "Yes, everyone knows."
Tsk, these words don’t sound so comfortable. It feels like you are scolding me. After all, I don’t know.
Li Ziyu looked at Elena helplessly and spoke again, "Tell me, what does the bell mean? Why does it ring at night? Aren't you afraid of Byron vampires? Oh, it's the blood-sucking thing in your mouth.
Monsters, wouldn’t ringing the bell at night attract them all?”
Elena raised her head again, looked out melancholy, and murmured, "No, the vampire monsters have come, many of them, otherwise the bell would not ring. That is the alarm bell. When the bell rings, it means
With a large number of blood-sucking monsters coming, I wonder if they can escape."
Now Li Ziyu understood why Elena looked worried and melancholy. It turned out to be the Byron vampire.
As for her last words, she was probably worried about her neighbors on the street.
Li Ziyu picked up the tea cup, took a sip of the fruity tea, and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, the bell has already sounded, and the soldiers will drive away the monsters."
Elena shook her head and said to Li Ziyu, "No, the soldiers will not care about us. Whenever the blood-sucking monster attacks the city, we become sacrifices. It is the blood sacrificed by the nobles in the inner city to the monster."
Eat, use our lives to feed the monsters, and they will leave and will not invade the inner city again."
Li Ziyu's hand holding the teacup was fixed in mid-air. After a few seconds, he exhaled and slowly put the teacup down.
Do you feel comfortable?
Naturally it is uncomfortable.
Anyone with a slight sense of justice will not feel comfortable hearing such things.
Is this fair?
Of course it's unfair.
But how can there be so much justice and fairness in the world?
Li Ziyu is not a saint, and the profession of saint has long been out of fashion. No stall owner would say that he is a saint.
Besides, even if he wants to take care of it, is he capable of taking care of it?
The Castle of the Undead is not here, and he only has about twenty black warriors in his hands. Even if he arranges them all to go out, he can't save the people in the city.
Sonderborg is not under his jurisdiction, and he has no obligation to take charge of it.
If it was a family member of the undead, like Toronto, he could lend a helping hand. As for the others, he could only say that he was asking for more blessings.
Not long after Toronto left, a strange energy swept through the entire city of Sonderborg.
Li Ziyu, who was closer to the center and closer to the temple, suddenly turned her head and looked in the direction where the energy was coming from.
It feels so familiar, it is the unique energy of the undead, mixed with wisps of soul energy.
As an ordinary human being, Li Ziyu's understanding of soul energy is naturally not as deep as that of the undead, but after spending time with the undead for a long time, he can still understand it more or less.
He turned to look at the black warrior standing aside, and saw the black warrior nodded, and a thought was passed into his soul, "The protective power of the Temple of the Dead."
"Hahaha……"
The sound of heavy breathing caught Li Ziyu's attention. He turned around and saw Elena holding her chest, breathing hard, her face turning red.
what happened?!
Li Ziyu noticed something was wrong and looked at the housekeeper and maid next to him. Sure enough, their condition was not right either. Their breathing became much heavier, but they were much better than Elena.
Is it because of the soul energy just now?
Li Ziyu frowned and turned his attention to the Black Warrior again.
The black warrior gave a timely answer, "They are not dependents. The guardian force has a suppressive effect on them. It is not fatal, but it will make them uncomfortable."
I see.
That makes sense. The Temple of the Dead was originally designed to protect the family members. When the protective energy is turned on, it is naturally to expel other people.
Humans like Elena have lived within the confines of the temple for a long time and have become somewhat immune to the energy of the temple. Therefore, when the temple releases its protective power, they can barely resist, otherwise they may not be able to save their lives.
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As for why the housekeeper and maid are in better condition than Elena, first of all, their physical fitness is not comparable to that of a girl from the slums like Elena. Secondly, they live closer to the temple and have been disturbed by trace amounts of energy for a long time.
, the body has developed stronger adaptability, so it can perform in better condition.
It seems that the temple discovered the invasion of Byron vampires, so it released its protective power in order to expel those annoying things.
Torento came out of the manor and hurried to the city lord's mansion.
Not long after he walked out, he felt the power of the temple passing through his body. He was startled for a moment, and then a look of joy appeared on his face.
With the power of the temple as a blessing, you will be much more confident in dealing with blood-sucking monsters.
When we rushed to the City Lord's Mansion, although it was getting late, the place was still lively. Because of the invasion of Byron's vampires, Sundburg's officials all rushed to the City Lord's Mansion, walking in and out in a hurry, everyone's
There was tension and worry on his face.
Looking at the faces of these people, Torento's heart tightened, and he realized that things seemed not to be optimistic, so he quickly got out of the carriage and entered the city lord's palace.
He was the last one to arrive. The city lord and other pastoral guards were already in place and were having a meeting to discuss how to deal with this Byron vampire invasion.
"This time it's not just the blood-sucking monsters, there are also living zombies killing people everywhere."
"The outer city wall has been lost. The blood-sucking monster killed the city defense soldiers and let the living corpses in."
"Are you kidding? How can a vampire monster be so smart? I don't believe it. It must be those useless soldiers making excuses for themselves!"
"Don't worry about those useless things. The zombies are coming towards us now. We have to find a way to stop them!"
"The blood-sucking monsters are troublesome enough, but where are so many living corpses coming from? We don't have enough soldiers!"
"How about mobilizing the nobles, gathering private soldiers, and killing all the living corpses in one go."
"Are you kidding? How could a noble lend us his private soldiers? Even if it were you, would you use your own private soldiers to defend against living corpses?"
"I……"
There was a lot of noise in the room, and several shepherds were already quarreling. The Lord of Sundeburg sat on the main seat with a frown on his face, listening to the quarrel of several shepherds without saying a word.
When Torento came in, he first saluted the city lord, then found a place to sit down, and had someone send him the information, which he quickly browsed.
Looking at it like this, my heart suddenly skipped a beat, and my whole body felt bad.
Contact was lost in the suburbs, and the exact losses are unknown.
The outer city wall was breached, and more than two hundred soldiers defending the city were slaughtered.
The blood-sucking monster opened the city gate, and living zombies invaded in large numbers.
There were wars in the city, and the citizens were slaughtered by living corpses and blood-sucking monsters.
The other party's route is towards the inner city.
No matter which one it is, it's not good news.
Big trouble!
Torento turned the information to the end and looked at the number of enemies. There were hundreds of blood-sucking monsters and nearly a thousand living corpses.
Grass!
His head felt like he had been hit, and there was a buzzing sound. Torento felt his hands and feet were a little cold.
How to fight this?!
Are you kidding me?
On the surface, the total strength of the defenders of Sonderburg was only over a thousand men. Adding in the roughly three thousand serf soldiers who had received rough training, the total was only four thousand men.
The one thousand defenders were not gathered together, but were scattered throughout the entire Sundburg City. As for the three thousand serf soldiers, their combat effectiveness was really unsatisfactory. It was okay to fight with the wind, but against the blood-sucking monsters,
It was the result of morale collapse and massacre.
Just like this, the soldiers defending the city were reduced by two levels in the early stages of the battle. The exact casualties are not yet known, but such large battle losses will have an impact on the morale of the soldiers.
If we don't come up with a solution quickly, there will be big trouble.
There are three knight nobles below Sonderburg. Each knight noble has its own village and maintains dozens or hundreds of servants. These people can be used as soldiers, and there is no problem in going to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
But water from a distance can't quench the thirst of the near. Even if we send people to invite the knights and nobles to come over now, they still have to be in a hurry for manpower. It's late at night, and the battle will be over when the knights and nobles come over.
The only people we can count on now are probably the private soldiers of the nobles.
If the private soldiers can be gathered together, they will be a powerful force that cannot be ignored. Their combat effectiveness is several levels higher than that of the soldiers defending the city.
Torento himself has raised many private soldiers, and he is very aware of the combat effectiveness of the private soldiers. It is not an exaggeration to say that one of them can equal eleven.
The private soldiers eat well every day, do not have to work, and practice combat skills every day. Their combat effectiveness is naturally stronger than that of the soldiers defending the city.
The only trouble is that the nobles are unwilling to help!