Time always flies by, and happy times fly even more. In the blink of an eye, most of the day has passed. It is almost dusk and the sun is setting in the west.
Allen and others’ original plan was to ride along the hilly roads. If they encountered a small village, they could stay overnight and continue on the road the next day. After all, when it comes to camping in the wild, it’s not bad to experience it once in a while, every day.
, but it is very uncomfortable.
However, Allen and others are all from the Holy Roman Empire, and the map in their hands is no longer detailed and the information is vague after crossing the border. Moreover, since the Ottoman Empire occupied the Balkan Peninsula, many cities and places have changed their names.
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Finally, the group of people saw an unknown small village in the distance along the road. However, what they saw in front of everyone was billowing black smoke...
"What's going on!?" Tina shouted first.
"Is this!? The village has been burned down!" Allen looked at it from a distance and immediately judged the situation.
"We haven't fought for many years. What is going on?" Kevin was also surprised. As a Templar of the Holy Light Church, if there is a war, he must have responsibilities and obligations. Moreover, if it is
If there is a planned war, then mobilization should have been carried out at least a few months ago.
"We'd better go over and take a look before talking." William said simply.
The group of people quickly entered this small village and saw that among the dozens of buildings in this small village, several of them had been scorched black by the fire. The fire had stopped, leaving only the charred buildings that were still smoking and burning.
Ruins. More buildings had their doors forcibly opened or destroyed, and the streets were in a mess.
The scene does not look like a large-scale war...
"Is this a robbery by bandits!?" Kevin murmured in surprise.
"No, look at the ground." Allen pointed to the ground and said.
You can see debris scattered everywhere, including many silver utensils and various daily items. You can even occasionally see a few silver coins lying quietly on the ground.
"When robbers rob, they will basically take whatever they can get. Based on our previous experience in carrying out missions, wherever robbers have robbed, anything of any value will be swept away." William said seriously. Obviously he also
I feel that the situation in front of me is not robbery.
"Yes, and the most important thing is that there are a lot of blood stains everywhere, indicating that the village residents had resisted, but there was no body seen at the scene..." Alan analyzed, frowning, and then he
Added: "And this scene gives the impression that it is a well-trained army that basically solved the village without any effort."
"There is indeed no body, it seems that all the people were taken away..." Tina also felt incredible.
"Army? What is going on?" Kevin was very confused. It was obviously not the Ottoman Empire's own army, but there was a high probability that it was not the Holy Roman Empire's army. Who is it?...
As a vampire, Allen had a much deeper understanding of many vampire matters because he had read many vampire books when he was at Rose Castle.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Allen's mind, could it be?...
However, Allen did not say his guess immediately. He had a very bad premonition. Then he said: "No matter what, let's rush to Sarajevo as soon as possible."
Obviously, Allen doesn't want to cause trouble. After all, if his guess is true, then there must be at least one extremely powerful vampire there, at least at the earl level! And the bloodline ability of that vampire must be a type that is good at fighting, and with
The memory-manipulating madman in Lost Paradise is completely different. Once they meet, it will be absolutely difficult for their group to resist, and they will probably be in danger.
"Tina, what are you doing?" William asked suddenly, with a very strange expression on his face.
"It's time to pick up money! Anyway, there's no one around anymore." Tina said happily, picking up various things she thought were valuable along the way.
"You..." Everyone was speechless.
"How can I get a war puppet to play with if I don't have money?" Tina looked disdainful and said: "You poor people, stop talking nonsense and help me pick it up..."
What Allen and others didn't know was that a dark scene was unfolding not far from where they were, forty or fifty kilometers away...
This black curtain is about ten kilometers in diameter, completely covering a small village.
More than three thousand blood knights have completely surrounded this small village and are slaughtering the poor local residents.
Under the black screen, a strange giant chariot is very conspicuous. This chariot is eight meters long. Above the chariot is a huge upside-down cross! Like a giant sword pointing straight into the sky! The cross is inlaid with
Thirteen obsidians, these obsidians are emitting billowing thick black fog. The black fog rotates and condenses together, slowly rising into the sky, supporting the black curtain in the sky.
Right below the cross is a metal boiler with a diameter of about three meters, filled with blood! The blood slowly climbs up along the cross and flows into the inlaid obsidian, causing the obsidian to glow red.
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From time to time, blood knights walk back and forth, adding blood to this boiler to keep it running.
This is the mobile shady and shady chariot that the vampires must accompany after they leave their own shady territory and go out collectively!
At this time, Patton was inspecting this shady chariot, and the noisy cries and screams in his ears made him feel very unhappy.
"Your Majesty, are we really going?..." said the Baron, who had been accompanying Barton. He was always worried and obviously still wanted to dissuade Barton from his plan.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Patton said in an arrogant tone, impatiently: "How many shady tanks have been built?"
"Four...four have been built..." the baron replied tremblingly.
"Slow! It's still too slow!" Barton was very dissatisfied and his tone was extremely urgent.
After all, they had entered the hinterland of the Ottoman Empire for more than a month. The longer the delay, the greater the chance of being discovered. Moreover, when Patton made up his mind to go to Sarajevo, the urgency in his heart became stronger.
It was a big city with a population of half a million, and the blood essence that could be harvested must be extremely rich! The best option was to finish the fight quickly and evacuate quickly. Barton really didn't want to wait any longer.
However, the coverage range that a single shady tank can deploy is only more than ten kilometers. To cover Sarajevo, a large city with a population of more than 500,000, at least ten shady tanks are needed. And because there were no previous
We were not prepared to plan such a large-scale operation. The original plan was just to act secretly, and it would be easy to be discovered if the shady scene was too large. And in order to attack the city of Sarajevo, now we can only temporarily build shady tanks.
Barton was very depressed. If he had known that he shouldn't have gone out in such a hurry when he was still at Rose Castle, he should have been more prepared and planned, so that he could act more smoothly.
"And build me more siege equipment!" Barton ordered again. At the same time, his mind was already thinking about how to conduct the next war.
It seems that just relying on these people is not enough...