When Nathan left the target location, he felt a little confused. Because during the subsequent investigation, he discovered that there were more than just four vampires in the building. There are dead and fallen figures of vampires on the second and third floors, seven or eight in total.
Yesterday seemed to be a small gathering among vampires.
This was an unexpected situation for Nathan. If nothing happened to these vampires, he would have carried out his hunting plan. After rushing through the window, you will most likely face a group of low-level vampires besieging you.
This is almost a fatal situation.
He is self-aware. In a one-on-one encounter without sneak attacks, he is not a low-level vampire opponent.
Not to mention being besieged.
Thinking of this, Nathan was also very scared, and the clothes on his back were wet with cold sweat. Although every mercury hunter has the awareness of mortality, this does not prevent people from fearing death.
Rather than dying heroically, he wanted to live well.
Thoughts were swirling in his mind, and Nathan remembered the question in his mind just now. What force is hunting these vampires?
Judging from the death scenes of the low-level vampires in the building, they were unable to fight back at all, and they were clearly being tortured. That force was as easy and calm as crushing an ant.
These vampire corpses showed no signs of being weakened by the thorns and mercury, and it seemed that they had not even had time to display their powerful immortality. Because their clothes showed no signs of damage or tear, they died wearing straight formal clothes.
And, most importantly. The way these low-level vampires died, their skin was gray and their bodies were stiff and wooden.
It looked like it had been drained of energy.
It is surprisingly similar to the appearance of human beings who have been drained of blood by the vampires and turned into mummies. So, is this retribution?
Nathan felt very uneasy inside. The scene he just saw had a huge mental impact on him. I quickly left the place where I left the place anxiously and unknowingly came to an underground bar.
Of course, this is also a place to drink, but the location is quite secretive, and you need a pass to enter.
Nathan took a deep breath and walked down the stairs around the corner into the darkness. After walking around for a few times, I soon saw the door of a bar open underground. At the door, two black-clad bodyguards wearing sunglasses stretched out their hands to stop him.
Nathan took off his sunglasses, revealing his pass. A pair of azure piercings were revealed, like pure sapphires. In the dim environment, there is a faint gleaming light.
This is the identity mark of the blue-eyed hunter.
"Yeah." "Go in."
The two people at the door nodded and returned to their original positions.
Nathan opened the door and walked in. It was a space with an ordinary bar layout, but it was a little more elegant.
It is more like a community of cafes and bars, with load-bearing columns and partitions dividing the space, and tables and chairs set up at regular intervals. At this moment, many people gathered together in twos and threes to chat, or went to the bar to get a cocktail.
There were generally a dozen or nearly twenty people, which was quite a lot at this point in time. Because everyone here has blue eyes.
This underground bar is actually an important stronghold for the mercury hunters. It can be used to communicate and deliver messages, repair equipment, issue notifications, etc. Mercury Hunter is divided into two parts: strict and loose, just like the direct and branch lines of the vampire family.
A person has been trained militarically since childhood, as if he were the most elite army. One walked alone after training and turned into a lone wolf to track the vampires. Both have the same purpose but different methods.
Mingshan City is a large stronghold because it is very close to the Alfama Mountains where the direct blood clan is located. Therefore, the mercury hunters deploy a certain amount of force here all year round as an observation.
At the same time, it also regularly eliminates the large number of branch blood clans who come to Mingshan City to maintain order in the darkness.
At least don't let these vampires get too arrogant.
Nathan was very familiar with this location, so he went directly to the bar and ordered a cocktail. Holding the wine glass, he went to a crowded place to listen to other people bragging and calm down.
"Drink, finish it in one gulp!"
Among the crowd, there was a bearded man who was the most generous, holding a glass of strong liquor in his hand. While greeting others, he raised his head and drank. After finishing the glass, he took the bottle and poured more wine.
After two or three glasses, the wine became richer.
"Kurt, why did you drink so much today?" A man at the bar who had just come in and ordered a glass of wine seemed to know this bearded man, so he slowly walked over and sat next to him.
"In a bad mood? Failed to hunt the target?"
He took a sip of wine and continued.
"Neil, you guessed it right." The big man named Kurt shook his head and let out a long burp with a somewhat unhappy expression. He exhaled the breath of alcohol and continued: "But it's not because I failed in the hunt that I was in a bad mood and came here to drink..."
"It was because I was frightened. I almost pissed myself from fright!"
Kurt put down his wine glass and rubbed his face vigorously with his big, hairy hands, sobering up the drunkenness in his eyes a little. He opened his mouth and cursed: "Damn, I was almost scared to death last night. I couldn't sleep no matter what, when I thought of that scene..."
A hint of lingering disgust flashed in Kurt's eyes. Nathan, who was listening next to him, rubbed his chin, inexplicably feeling that the beginning seemed familiar. It seemed that he was also frightened, so he subconsciously ran to the bar where hunters gathered to relieve stress.
This will make him feel a little more secure...
"Stop being so pretentious and tell me." People around him cheered.
"Wait until I take another sip to calm down the shock." Kurt rubbed his red nose and poured himself another glass of wine. He took a gulp of half the cup before continuing: "Do you know about turtles?"
"?" Several hunters around looked at each other and nodded.
"What I saw last night was the turtle." Kurt gritted his teeth and stretched out his hand to press the throbbing veins on his temple: "A low-level vampire died. Before death, all his limbs and head were hammered into the body from the joints. Looks like a turtle!"
He paused slightly and began to describe in detail the miserable and lifelike death of the vampire he saw.
"There were some vampires nearby, all with traces of torture and interrogation. In fact, for these inhuman monsters, I was quite happy when I saw the tragic death of them at first sight. But then when I carefully examined the traces, I was disgusted and had to wait a moment. slow…"
Curt picked up the wine glass and drank the rest of the drink.
It seems that because he raised the topic, some hunters around him also started to talk about their experiences in the past few days, which were vaguely similar to them.
"At dusk the day before yesterday, one of my targets on Fania Avenue in the eastern suburbs of Mingshan City was also killed in advance. The vampire died before it even had time to resist..."
"Me too, I was following a target at noon yesterday and suddenly disappeared. On the way back, I actually saw a body in the river beside the road. It was the vampire who had been followed..."
"Listening to you guys talking like that, I feel like..."
"..."
In a few words, everyone vaguely sketched out a mysterious force. It seems that in the past few days, they have been frantically targeting the Mingshan City branch vampires, using the most cruel and cruel methods. And he made no secret of it, as if he did it deliberately to show the direct vampires.
Nathan listened attentively and was secretly frightened.
Suddenly, the door of the bar was pushed open again. A team of four walked in from the outside. The leader was a one-eyed visionary wearing an eyepatch, exuding a fierce and cold aura.
"Brother Ossie..."
"Brother Ossie is back."
"How is the situation over there in Falk Town in the western suburbs?"
Many hunters greeted him one after another. It was obvious that this bald man was quite famous in this stronghold. Nathan has also heard that the team led by Ossie has been active in Shire County frequently in the past two years, and the success rate of hunting targets can reach more than 70%, which is quite impressive.
It is a mercury hunter team that is somewhat famous in the region.
"Brother Osi, what do you say? Did those branch blood clans get together for a blood feast? The newspaper said that many people died. I'm afraid half of the town is gone... Damn it..."
A mercury hunter spat, not hiding his disgust for these vampires who were enemies of mankind.
"Are there a lot of vampires? Or are there higher-level vampires appearing? If there are not enough people, you can call us..."
There are people who care about the development of the situation and come forward to fight.
Ossie, the bald man, didn't answer anyone. He just walked to the bar, ordered a glass of strong drink, and drank it all in one gulp.
He wiped the wine stain on the back of his hand before saying: "There are indeed a lot of vampires in that town, and there are also vampires above the low-level vampires. However, they are the dead ones. The major murders mentioned in the newspapers are dead. They are all vampires!”
"!
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Nathan's eyes shrank, the mercury hunters sitting there became silent, and there was an inexplicable sense of oppression in the air.
"What...what do you mean?" a hunter muttered to himself.
"What do you mean? It's just a literal meaning. I fucking saw Count Anders in the pile of dead people..."
The strong man Ossie turned around and slapped the wine glass on the counter to signal for more wine. His voice was very strong and he seemed to be unable to control his strength.
"Count Anders?!"
"Fuck! The leader of a blood clan died like this?"
"That's already a high-level blood clan! This..."
Suddenly, the underground bar felt like a vegetable market. There was a lot of noise and the sound of exchanges like flies flying around.
"Okay!" Osi suddenly said loudly: "These people seem to only target the vampires, and they are powerful and have mysterious origins. This is good news. I think we need to report this matter to the headquarters as soon as possible and try to contact these people. touch…"
"What do you think?" He glanced forward with one eye.
"Agree." "Agree." "I think so too." "..."
Nathan shouted the same, his eyes flickering. He always felt that there seemed to be some undercurrents lately and that something big was about to happen.
The current series of shocking events seems to be just the aftermath before a complete and massive eruption of the volcano.
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In the past few days, Kaxiu has been busy replenishing goods. What is coming is not food weapons, but medical products. The magic healing medicine that solves the problem from the root: vampire life vibration energy.
This is a good thing.
It is indispensable before entering ancient ruins.
No one knows whether these dangerous venues will pose a threat to veteran fighters. Traps, ancient poisons, dangerous alien species, sleeping high-level vampires... It can be said that they have to be on guard, so Ka Xiu swept away the dark creatures in Mingshan City. Most of them are low-level branch vampires.
The training materials are of little use, but healing is okay.
In addition to this, there is another reason for embarrassment.
Ka Xiu doesn't know the way.
The map displayed in the Devil's Book only shows the general location of the Yaqaba ruins and the route within the ruins. However, the Alfama Mountains are very large, and the search may take a lot of time.
The last time he returned to Shuo, there was heavy fog when Kaxiu entered the mountain. He arrived under the guidance of a strange black shadow.
When I came out of the ruins, I only remembered the path from the exit of the ruins to the place where the Blood Clan's Immortal Blood Ceremony was held.
At that time, Ka Xiu and Domeng were chased by scarabs. They hurriedly went to divert the trouble eastward, and soon got into the forest and descended the mountain in darkness.
After such a long time, the forest environment has no characteristics, and I can't remember the specific route. So they planned to capture some vampires for torture, but these low-level vampires didn't know. The few high-level ones I occasionally caught were also clueless.
The direct bloodline of Alfama seems to have always been very secretive.
But this is normal, after all, there are a bunch of sleeping old immortals lying in the ruins. The true heritage of the Vampire Clan is hidden there.
How could it be possible for outsiders to know the location casually?
So later, Kaxiu and the other three felt that they could make the matter a little bigger. The direct blood clan of Alfama, who was secretly monitoring Mingshan City, could not hold their breath. As long as a trace was revealed, things would be easy to handle. Both torture and tracking are feasible.
September 21, 6 p.m.
A villa in the suburbs, in a low-key and luxurious building.
Peng!
The flesh of a Vampire's cheek rolled, and his deformed head was violently knocked out. The floor-to-ceiling window was smashed into pieces, and it fell heavily among the broken glass that filled the sky. The dregs were scattered all over the floor.
It was delirious and still wanted to struggle, but the skin all over its body split into nearly a hundred holes in an instant, as if something inside was trying to squeeze out. Crackling, blood vessels burst, and blood shot out like a water gun, staining the surrounding area red.
boom!
The masonry cracked and a hole exploded in the thick wall.
The blond man slowly walked out, his black boots making a crisp sound when he stepped on the broken glass. His right hand drooped, holding a vampire like a dead dog with his five fingers.
Pulling his hair, he dragged out a winding trail of blood.
"Snapped."
With one slap, the vampire was awakened again.
"I ask, you answer."
"Resistance will lead to death, lying will lead to death, speaking without hesitation will lead to death..."
Strong arms lifted the vampire's entire body up.
Two minutes later.
With a gentle press of his palm, the head exploded like a watermelon, splattering on the ground to form an oval shape.
"The desire to survive is quite strong, but the lies are poorly crafted." Card Xiu slowly stood up and looked at the clear sky.
"This bunch of garbage from the direct blood clan can really hold back. Don't they even dare to come to the discovery site to take a look? They are a bunch of shrinking turtles." He lightly stomped his feet, shaking away the blood droplets on his shoes.
Just as he was about to return, a figure fell over the wall.
It was St. Feinan. He took a few slow steps and came to Kaxiu's side in an instant: "Good news, we have found the leading party."
"The interrogation is out?" Ka Xiu raised his eyebrows.
"No, it's not the blood clan. It's a group of mercury hunters who came to the door. They said they knew where the direct blood clan's immortal blood ritual blood ceremony was. They could serve as qualified guides, and they didn't ask for any conditions. They said they knew they I just like to lead the way, and I have been unhappy with the Vampire clan for a long time..."
