The dull and loud noise attracted the attention of the guards. At first, no one dared to step forward to check the situation. They were afraid that another person was dying and being cannibalized by the vampire monster.
However, the expected sound of vampires sucking flesh and blood was not heard, and there was deathly silence around the entire castle.
Finally, the guard captain mustered up the courage, grabbed his spear and shield and stepped forward to check.
Under the moonlight, in the castle ditch covered with spikes, a fat body with bloody flesh suddenly appeared.
It was a strange thing that the captain of the guard had never seen before. Because the mass of flesh and blood was so disgusting, it was like a skinned corpse. There was not an inch of complete skin visible above and below the mass of flesh. In other words, it had no skin at all, only
Skeletons wrapped in rotten flesh.
When he got closer, the captain of the guard was startled by the monster in front of him. It was not a ball of pure flesh and blood, but a monster head that had been chopped in half. The mouth and nose had been split open, and blood covered the wound.
The rotten flesh made the entire face a bloody mess, and behind the bloody head was a huge corpse that was no longer moving.
The guard captain suppressed the fear and vomiting in his heart, and shouted hello to the soldiers behind him——
"Come here, you cowards! The vampire has been killed!"
Even though the guard captain shouted loudly, the soldiers behind him still didn't dare to step forward. They couldn't believe it was true. In the past three years, since this monster appeared here, no one has been able to come out of the top floor of the castle alive, let alone
Kill it.
But the captain's tone was so firm.
This is an order.
The guards cautiously approached the trench. When everyone saw the dead and unrecognizable vampire lying in the trench, everyone had to believe this fact.
"Quick, go upstairs! That knight!"
The guard captain suddenly remembered something and took steps to climb towards the top floor of the castle.
Yes, he changed his name to knight...
At first, the guard captain even regarded the man as a tramp and a lunatic, but now it seems that it was his own short-sightedness. He deeply blamed himself for his performance during the day and hoped that the warrior was still alive.
Fortunately, he is still alive.
Talinnam was lying half-lying against the battlements, his face pale and his expression solemn and painful.
He didn't have any missing arms or legs, but his expression was even more painful than the broken arms and legs.
When the guard captain arrived, they saw the northern human, who claimed to be a Bretonnian knight, covering his abdomen with one hand and leaning weakly on the corner.
"By the gods, you are truly a hero! Hero of Helgaard!"
The captain of the guard looked at Talinnam's wounds and couldn't hide his words of praise.
"Call the doctor quickly!"
he shouted loudly.
"Is that monster completely dead?"
Talinnam asked in a weak and tired voice.
"Yes, it's dead, motionless, lying in the ditch. Its body was pierced by wooden stakes, and its face is disfigured."
The captain of the guard answered honestly word for word.
"Go, take my sword and chop off the monster's head. Then pierce its heart with a wooden stake."
"But...the monster is dead..."
"Go quickly!" Talinnam interrupted the guard captain, "They are vampires, just in different forms. To kill a vampire, you must cut off his head and burn the body with flames until it turns to ashes. Only then is it truly safe."
"Okay, I'll go right away..."
The guard captain took the silver sword and said tremblingly.
When the next morning came, the whole city of Helgaard was already boiling. All the people and all the soldiers regarded Talinnam as the real hero and the real Bretonnian knight.
It's just that they still don't know the name of this mysterious knight. William, the owner of the castle, visited many times and failed to get any information from Tarynham.
Talinnam was lying on the bed recuperating from his injuries, not because he didn't want people to know, but because he didn't dare. To him, the name Talinnam was not an honor, but more like a kind of irony and a kind of humiliation.
He did not dare to tell anyone that he was the lord of Gray Tree Castle because he failed to protect his people and the knights who followed him. In the battle of Death Valley, most of the knights of Gray Tree Castle perished.
Talinnam keeps dreaming about that tragic and bloody battle.
In order to cover his retreat, the peasant army volunteered to sacrifice themselves in the rear. In order to protect him, the knights escaped from the battlefield and charged towards the dying Green Army. Why was he the only one who survived in the end? Every time he thought about this, Talinnam felt miserable, as if living was the right thing to do.
His greatest suffering.
He regarded this extended life as the punishment given to him by the goddess. Yes, I must accept the punishment, and I must spend the rest of my life to atone for my sins. Talinnam said to himself...
"You don't have to say your name, warrior, but you must accept this bounty."
The lord of the castle, Fernandos William, came to visit his sick bed again.
It has to be said that William is still a qualified lord. Although he is not very capable, he abides by the most basic integrity and etiquette.
Tarynham once imagined the possibility that the castle owner would cheat and not pay him, or even secretly kill him in order not to pay the bonus. But fortunately, the fat owner of Fort William was quite sincere.
Perhaps he would need to go to his own place in the future. Tarynham felt that the Lord of Fort William was hesitant and there was something in his words——
"Warrior, then, where do you plan to go next?"
"I don't know. I will pray and accept the will of the Lake Goddess. I don't know where she will take me, but no matter where, I will go."
Talinnam replied weakly and tiredly.
He really didn't know that the world was so big, he didn't even know what was to the south of the sea and what was to the east of the Badlands? He had imagined going to the desert to explore and pursue the truth like Lord Bertol. However,
That must be approved by the goddess.
"Well, a great knight, a knight with true faith. You are the purest knight I have ever seen. Although you are not the most powerful, I promise you are the purest."
William said with a laugh.
"hope so."
"By the way, great knight, I have a merciless request, I don't know..."
"Say it, my lord."
"It's like this... Two months later, it will be my wedding with my fiancée. The wedding will be held at Helgaard Castle, right here, in my hall. I hope you can be there to witness my wedding.
Wedding. Anyway, you need a place to rest well now. You have just been recuperating in my castle for the past two months, how about it?"
The castle owner's words were well-founded and sincere, and Talinnam could not refuse. Of course, Talinnam also knew the intention of the castle owner William. Witnessing the wedding was a pretense. I am afraid that the "good old man" William's real intention was to make the unknown warrior
Defend the castle again.
After all, no one knows whether vampires will come back, or if a vampire dies, its kind will come to seize the territory. Or, it is just pure revenge. The castle guards seem to be dealing with monsters of this level.
Talinnam knew that William's purpose in letting him stay was more to protect Helgaard's safety until he, William, completed his wedding.
Talinnam smiled and did not refuse. After all, as William said, he did need to cultivate for a while.
As for the bonus, Talinnam didn't care. He thought about giving it to the poor people in the city, but think about it, this will definitely make his reputation in Helgaard skyrocket. Doing such a thing under the eyes of the castle owner is simply asking for death.
.No lord would let a stranger be more famous than himself.
Talinnam, who had also been a lord, knew this truth very well. Although he didn't care about it, it didn't mean that others didn't care either.