Under the pitch-black sky, countless pairs of emaciated hands broke through the soil and stretched toward the sky. They twisted like wriggling maggots and spread all over the dark and putrid earth. In the distance were castles and moats. Rhodes passed through the reveling crowd,
Arrive at the hall of Blackhammer Castle. Here, the birds are singing and dancing, and it is extremely joyful. Those guests are all the upper class people of this kingdom. They are wealthy and lusty.
In visible and invisible corners, women's moans and men's screams of joy can be heard endlessly. Is this Blackhammer Castle? When did it become like this? Rhodes opened the door to his familiar room.
, full of dirty pictures. The wood elf he occasionally lusted after was sitting naked on the bedside, looking at him with a pair of charming eyes. And Caroline...Caroline was surrounded by a group of people...
…
Rhodes tried to roar and rush over to disperse the crowd. But his hands and feet were powerless. He heard the voice from deep inside. This voice was everywhere. She told him to stop and tear off his hypocritical words.
Mask, revel in the world of desire. This is the world that belongs to humans. What order, what level, what rules are all nonsense. They are imprisoning the most primitive desire deep in your heart...
Rhodes couldn't hold on anymore. He felt that his breathing became difficult, and the spiritual world began to distort. What is right and wrong? What is justice? What is truth? There is no answer to everything...
but……
A group of men wearing human skin masks walked past Rhodes. They walked towards the room laughing and joking... There were countless maids there... Rhodes suddenly woke up. The horror in the picture was not the real world. He roared like a
A giant bear roared like that. Finally, the voice burst out from the depths of his throat, tearing through the shackles of the dream. The world in front of him gradually became clearer. The straight lines on the ceiling, the weak firelight in the kerosene lamp.
Yes, this is the real world. I am just having a nightmare again.
…
"Sir, the members of the Knights of the Black Rose have arrived."
There was a report from the guard outside the door. Rhodes stood up tiredly and covered Caroline with a blanket. Then he walked into the hall and opened the door.
"Let them sit for a while, I'll be down right away."
After saying that, Rhodes came to the sink and slapped water on his face to wake himself up quickly.
When I went downstairs, everyone had already arrived.
Seeing Rhodes coming downstairs, everyone stood up. Daft was still wearing black clothes with a serious face. Venis, the leader of the Knights, was wearing a black gold armor that looked like a rock made of metal.
Different from the past, Rhodes saw a strange face among the few people. He looked about thirty years old, with rough and dark skin. The black robe covered his feet and looked like a
Priest.
"Lord Rhodes, please allow me to introduce you. This is Colinar San Antonio, from Lucini City in Tyrell. He is a devout priest, a brave warrior, and at the same time, he is also an alchemist.
.What he is best at is hunting unnatural creatures like vampires. Among the Knights of the Black Rose, he is the strongest in terms of ability to hunt vampires."
After the introduction by the leader of the Knights, Rhodes extended his right hand and shook hands with the new member in a friendly manner. Of course, this was for Rhodes, because it was the first time for Rhodes to see him. And Colinal had already
He joined the Knights, and he may have participated in the Northern Campaign. It's just that Rhodes didn't know about it before.
"Thank you, friend, for coming all the way here to eradicate vampires for us."
Rhodes said simply.
"Even if you don't cause trouble, I will come here. Wherever there are vampires, I will appear there."
Colinal answered seriously. The standard straight man's answer made Rhodes smile awkwardly.
"Back to the topic, friends, the Vampire Queen has sent out her ace army - the Tsar's Imperial Army, and the Griffin Legion. These two legions are entrenched in Grizzly Bear Castle, so for a while we can't continue going south.
Worse than this, in the north..."
Rhodes said, drawing out his sword and pointing the tip of the sword to the north on the map.
"Split Stone Castle, a large number of undead appeared in Split Stone Castle, and it was not a unconscious resurgence, but a large-scale and organized army of the undead. I guessed that it was Catalina's army. As we all know, the entire Kislev is not
She is the only vampire, there may be many, but we usually don’t know about it.”
Rhodes continued. He was a little tired. After all, for Rhodes, the threat comes not only from vampires and Snow Queen, but also from Chaos... Compared to Chaos Corruption, the war in front of him is nothing. But, come on
Rhodes cannot say at all that the corrosion comes from deep within. In the eyes of some people, this is the origin of pollution.
While Rhodes was describing the war situation, Diego was already sitting with the Moorish priest Colinal, discussing something in whispers. Obviously, they have a lot in common about hunting vampires, and they can even
Share each other's experiences.
"There is currently no lord of Split Stone Castle, and Volkuf's nephew will take over the responsibilities of the lord." Seeing everyone's suspicious looks, Rhodes paused for a while and continued - "Don't worry, he is not from the Snow Queen.
"
"Stone Castle is fine under his governance for the time being. I mean management and public support. Bannard is also helpless against the sudden appearance of the undead army. This castle is not a big castle in the first place, with only a hundred standing guards.
people."
"Is it too late to send the army there?"
Venis asked.
"An advance team of 900 people went to support us a few days ago."
Rhodes returned and took a look at Venis. The purpose of doing so was actually to hint to the leader of the Knights that the North is the North after all, and it is part of Kislev. How will Mrs. Kislev act?
There is no need to tell it in advance.
Venis was silent.
On the other hand, Colinaur on the side suddenly became active.
"You should have informed me earlier that I need those vampire heads for my scythe."
"It's not too late to tell you now. What I want to say is that the Northern Army will set off in two days to go to Crackstone Castle to eradicate this undead force. If you can't even protect your own people, why should you become the King of the North?
"
Rhodes said sincerely.
"What about the Southern Front?"
Venis asked with concern.
"My wife, Caroline, who is also the Lord of Heidelberg, will stay and be responsible for defending the north and defending our liberated territory. Of course, half of the army will stay here. This can prevent the Queen's legions from taking advantage of the situation."
Rhodes turned around and answered.
"With all due respect, Lord Rhodes, is it unwise to divide the troops into two groups at this time?"
Venis's mind is still in the south, in the city of Kislev. On the old vampire in the city of Kislev.
"I don't want this either, but the North cannot be threatened! The people in the North support us in fighting this war. If we can't even protect them, then who will support us in the future?"
Rhodes' expression was serious and his words were filled with unquestionable determination...