Alien world

Chapter 41 Chapter 41. New Friends

Tasia was taken away by the tauren group.

But they brought a new friend -- the vampire.

Although Annan and it were not harmonious when they met for the first time, and the vampire is an evil creature, but with Tasia's precedent, it is not impossible to become friends.

The vampire who escaped from hunger started with some talkative words.He followed the Tauren tribe from Iska County to Prangsun County, almost across the entire northern part of the Kingdom of Rikan.I heard that there is a snow mountain fortress further ahead, so I was forced to stay.

"Have you really never killed anyone?" Annan pressed the wound with a pale face.

"no!"

The vampire, who immediately denied it, felt a little guilty. It muttered in a low voice that when the tauren marched north, there would be unscrupulous thieves and robbers who tried to attack the camp, and then they were solved by the tauren without accident.They don't eat meat, so the vampires will come to drink some of the blood of these dead people who are still alive...

"They were already dead at that time, so I didn't count them as the ones I killed!"

An evil vampire struggles to prove his innocence.

Annan believed it.The light barrier has faded, night is covering the town, and the vampire who can kill himself at any time has no reason to lie to himself.

But Annan is going to work now.Worried that the vampires would attack the residents after he left, he reminded again that the vampire hunters were in town.

"I'm not going to run around!" the contented vampire hesitated. "Uh... are you coming back later?"

"No, but I can come and see you at this time tomorrow."

"You won't tell the truth, will you?"

"Neither."

"Well...can you bring some more blood when you come here?"

Annan just wanted to refuse, remembering that blood is equivalent to food for vampires, and vampires will do the same things that people do when they are hungry.Regardless of whether they will attack people when they are insane like they are now, but the livestock in the town will suffer...

And it's obviously not a good idea to approach a vampire who is starving and losing his mind.

"can."

Annan was wondering where to get blood for vampires.

Walking out of the abandoned alleys without any twists and turns, Annan returned to the tavern with only a few minutes left before opening, changed into an apron and started working.

"Your juice, ma'am."

Annan handed the juice to the lady at the wine table with a smile.When she took it, her fingers deliberately caressed the back of Annan's hand, and the scent of perfume adhered to it.Go back to the counter and pick up another glass of juice, and send it to the other side, a fat lady who looks like Aunt Susan, but has more fat than muscle, stepping over the protruding calf under the table without a trace.

Regular customers like to hide in the corner to drink, and those near the counter are all for Fast or Annan.Staring at the chest exposed by Fast's unbuttoned shirt, he occasionally looked at Annan for adjustment.

There were not many guests today, but Annan was busy all the time, because Martin was sent to lay raincloth on the roof with Soluman Bronzebeard.

The rainy season is coming.

The rainy season in the north is not as rapid and continuous as in the south, but it will become more frequent.

After serving the last beer, Annan leaned against the counter.The blood loss and busyness made him a little dizzy.

"Are you unwell?" Evelyn asked worriedly.

"It's okay, there should be some low blood pressure... It just means that I haven't eaten enough."

"Give you this."

Evelyn handed Annan a candy, and Annan withdrew his hand immediately after taking it.

"Thank you."

Evelyn's reply was as low as a mosquito: "No, you're welcome..."

It was just a piece of ordinary cane sugar, but it did make Annan feel better.Taking advantage of the fact that there was nothing wrong with the tavern, Annan moved to Faster's side.

The ladies who listened to the bard's story and tasted the juice suddenly became excited.

"Mr. Fast, do you know about vampires?"

"I know. They are flooding like ratmen in southern cities, and they are getting less and less as you go north." Fast didn't ask Annan why he asked this - he was used to Annan popping up a few questions without reason or logic.

"Are there vampires in secret societies?"

"Of course. But I haven't seen it."

Then Annan approached the bard again, and he sang while playing: "Oh~ The Vampire and the Hunter~ The severely wounded female vampire softened the hunter's heart~ The hunter took care of her, and they fell in love~ On the night when the female vampire recovered~ She killed herself Lover~in Crimson City~don’t fall in love with vampires~”

After the bard's performance ended, Annan asked him what the Crimson City was.

"The court of the vampires."

In the middle of the night, a large cloud blocks the moonlight.

Annan and Martin returned to Aunt Susan's house.Martin skilfully got into the firewood room, Annan returned to the room, filled the cauldron with water, poured a portion of magic ingredients, then stuffed firewood and coal into the bottom of the pot to start a fire, and entered into meditation.

I thought it would be difficult to concentrate due to blood loss, which would make the effect of meditation worse, but my mind was unexpectedly clearer than ever.A steady stream of magic elements poured into the magic vortex, strengthening Annan's magic power.

In the morning, Annan, who was packing up the crucible and ashes, recalled last night, blaming it on the magical collision when the vampire released unknown power.

After coming to the library and cleaning up, Annan leaned over to Mr. Victor: "Mr. Victor, I have a friend who knows a vampire. That vampire looks harmless and has never killed anyone."

"Blood servant?"

"My...friends don't know."

Victor looked away from the book: "Did you get bitten by it?"

"It's not that I'm my friend." Annan tried to explain, "The vampire only drinks the blood of beasts and dead people, uh... It won't bite people even if it drinks the blood of living people. In this case, it will hurt people." my friend?"

"The third shelf."

Mr. Victor continued to read.

Annan searched the third shelf according to the guide, and found a copy of "Crimson Night", written by a vampire named Ulu Radek.

It described in detail the royal court of vampires, Crimson City, which the bard briefly brought.The story is full of complicated love-hate entanglements - vampires seem to really love love and have strong emotions.

Through the profile, Annan learned about some habits, such as a sentence about the flood of vampires in the south: "In the southern city-state of Blue, every human being will carry a silver coin on his body."

In addition to being afraid of silverware and sunlight, which is almost common sense, vampires keep humans in captivity and "protect" humans——

When a rat swarm was about to overwhelm a town, nearby vampire families would come in droves to disperse the rat swarm and then capture the residents.

The captured human beings may be reduced to blood food or transformed into blood slaves. Annabella, the heroine of "Crimson Night", fell in love with a blood slave, and because of this blood slave and a female blood slave Kill him with one word—

In the evening, after locking the library door, Annan went to the market next door first, and asked for a bowl of sheep's blood and pig's blood while the butcher looked at him strangely. vampire friends.

The vampire did not reject the blood of cattle and sheep, but just hiccupped to make him nauseous: "It's like eating a moldy rotten apple..."

With the afterglow of dusk, Annan could clearly see the vampire's thin cheeks, broken collar, and yellowed fangs.

(End of this chapter)