Warhammer Seal

Chapter 40 Swartz Harbor
"Wow, halflings are really a magical race."

"Yeah, I was shocked too!"

Due to the stupidity of that fat Emperor Ludwig back then, all the fattest land became the territory of halflings.

Originally their thin bodies were not suitable for farming and grazing, but.

"Oh my god, I really confirmed it, it's an ogre!"

After reaching Mutland, Karl Franz's army began to rest on the spot, which will be their only rest period afterwards.

Since Wen De and Ruixi did not directly lead the army's salary, they did not have to consider whether to leave the formation at all.

They were standing next to a halfling farm, looking at the ogres working in it.

The giant beast more than three meters tall actually worked hard under the command of a halfling who was less than one meter tall, and then got his favorite food.

This is probably the embodiment of being full and full.

The culinary skills of these little guys are very good, not only have a good relationship with humans, but also have established a very close relationship with the dwarves in the mountains, even the ogres who eat everything.

But even with the help from the empire, dwarves, and ogres, the elders of Mutland looked sad.

Finally, he plucked up the courage to tell his request to Karl who had just come to Mutland, hoping that he could help halflings fight against vampires.

In return, the halfling will cook the best food, so that the soldiers forget the pain of homesickness and the exhaustion of marching.

In the previous time, the vampires in Sylvania were particularly fond of family infighting, and they didn't have any time and leisure to think about the Mutter Territory.

But now it was different, and the whole of Sylvania was under the rule of Manfred von Carstein and his family.

His bald head is still very distinctive among vampires.

The vampires who had gathered all their power had the same purpose as Karl Franz, which was to expand their territory.

Similar to human provinces, almost all the residents of Sylvania are ordinary humans, and they also have standards for paying taxes.

Unlike the metal currency of mortal regimes, in this land full of black magic and death, taxation is its own blood.

The more people there are in the territory, the more blood tax they can get.

What is the curse of the four evil gods?If Bretonnia's farm tax and Sylvania's blood tax were combined, even Khorne himself would be scared out of two catties of shit.

Humans and elves will never be able to match the strength and agility of vampires, if at all.

Humans of the same level cannot defeat vampires of the same level without the blessing of magic and equipment.

Fortunately, all vampires suffer from the blood curse imposed by Nagash, which imposes six restrictions on vampires, and these six restrictions are the best way to kill vampires.

One: Cannot pass through running water.

Two: The inability to reflect one's own appearance or shadow.

Three: forever tormented by thirst for blood.

Four: Fear of all sunlight.

Five: Fear of silverware, and fear of being pierced by a stake in the heart.

Six: The Empire can never be defeated.

Of course, the sixth point is likely to belong to Nagash himself who is flattered about vampires, an inferior creation created by himself, but the first five points are the truths that have been tried countless times by countless witch hunters.

This is also the knowledge that Wende needs to teach Ruixi. Afterwards, their enemies are not ordinary people with mortal bodies, but vampires full of black magic and their servants.

Moreover, as an elite combat force, it would be too wasteful of resources for the two of them to go out with the army.

No, Karl has already hired a witch hunter from Rickland. That guy has quite a lot of hunting experience and is best at cleaning up vampire corruption and assassination targets.

He may have already arrived in Sylvania. If he meets that witch hunter, it will surely bring a lot of help.

It's a pity that there are no clues now, and no common people are willing to mention the profession of witch hunters.

If you want to get relevant information, you can only leave the land of Moot Territory first.

Karl Franz is going to northern Sylvania to recover the silver seal, while Wende is going to Swartz Harbor in southern Sylvania to collect further information about vampires.

All you need to do is put on a helmet for Ruixi to perfectly hide her elf identity.

After all, Swartz Harbor can be regarded as a human city.

But why it is called a port, Wende doesn't quite understand it.

Dark and withered trees filled the cracks of the entire city, and pedestrians wandering slowly on the road couldn't tell whether he was a living corpse or a living person.

All the residents in the city wear a black cloak to cover all their faces. Although the business in the city is not in a good mood, they are still operating.

The tavern is still a rare and comfortable place for the remaining human beings. The backward cultural system makes everyone believe that after being drawn blood, they must drink more wine to replenish their body fluids.

"Eight hundred milliliters!??"

Looking at the talking skeleton at the gate of the city, Wende opened his mouth in fright.

The entrance tax needs to be filled with a cup of blood, and this cup has a volume of [-] milliliters at first sight. As a person who is weak after being drawn [-] milliliters of blood, wouldn't it be good to be drawn [-] milliliters at a time? Just let him die.

Oh, there are also many people in the city who were directly pumped to death when paying the blood tax, and converted into shriveled zombies to continue to repay the taxes they need to pay.

Those who are disobedient, whether they are living or dead, will be hanged on the branches of a withered tree, and those who are not dead are still stretching out their hands to beg for mercy.

"Can I spend money?"

Where there is a transaction, it is naturally the role of money.

The skeleton guard's eyes with blue flames looked at Wende, and then moved away as if struck by lightning.

"Yes, if humans enter the city, the tax will be twenty copper coins."

"That's great."

Wende immediately took out forty copper coins, worried that the skeleton guard's hands would not be able to catch all the copper coins, and kindly put all the money in his pocket.

But after paying the entrance tax, the skeleton guard still held out his spear to block Wende's way into the city.

Hey, is it possible that this skeleton frame will also be ripped off?

Fortunately, Wende thought too much, the skeleton guard just glanced at Ruixi, and then slowly opened his mouth, even if it spoke by magic, it still retained the habit of speaking and opening its mouth.

"The elves need a tax of thirty copper coins to enter the city, and the dwarves need ten copper coins."

"Give, give."

It seemed that Wende couldn't afford the money. Once the money was paid and the spear was raised, the whole picture of Swartz Harbor appeared in front of Wende.

Because this place is still doing business with dwarves and humans, the degree of vampire corruption is not that high.

But even this not completely dark environment still made Wende feel panic.

There was even a gloomy feeling of death coming from his back.

(End of this chapter)