Chapter 1391: Chapter 118: Villain
For the Marquis of Guda, the moment where this group of upper-level aristocrats fall into hesitation, wavering and endlessly discussing, seems the longest.
Bloodsuckers can argue over a trivial debate for decades or even longer—ultimately never reaching consensus.
He chose to leave his seat—if he can’t get more than seventy percent approval from the upper-level aristocrats, he wouldn’t choose to wake the Clan Duke willingly.
After leaving the discussion area, the Marquis of Guda immediately summoned a trusted aide.
He was conveying something to this confidant, “This group inside needs a bit of stimulation to possibly reach consensus. I need to give them a little push… take care of things, cleanly.”
The confidant soon took the mand and left.
At this moment, a team of soldiers hurried through the palace corridor. The Marquis of Guda directly clarified their intention… this team of soldiers was specifically sent here under Bazby’s orders.
The purpose was to notify the aristocrats residing here about a powerful vampire slayer appearing tonight at the Farm, and that twenty to thirty vampires have already been killed.
Besides notifying, the soldiers also intended to reinforce the palace’s defenses… knowing the cause and effect, the Marquis Guda’s heart tightened, “I understand about this… the other aristocrats are inside, I will notify them. As for patrolling outside the palace, I leave it to you.”
The soldiers accepted the mand and departed.
After the soldiers had left, the Marquis of Guda leisurely returned to the area where the aristocrats were discussing—looking at this group who had veered far from whether to awaken the Clan Duke to other unrelated matters, the Marquis of Guda remained silent and did not intend to speak.
Vampire Slayer?
He was not particularly concerned about this slayer appearing here… the Marquis of Guda suddenly chuckled.
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Power is the best remedy for tempering fear and weakness… David walked calmly through the town within the Farm.
Having left the storeroom in the seventh dormitory, he pondered many things… selling off his memories gave him an unprecedented feeling of relief—but the knowledge he had learned during his life at the Farm was not forgotten due to this sale.
In his memories, he simply excluded the sound and images of those who grew up alongside him.
All his past recollections bee scenarios of him alone.
Alone in the classroom, staring at the chalk-filled blackboard… running on the playground, watching people around him disappear one by one until, finally, the entire school was empty, except for him.
In the canteen, people disappearing one by one… on the roads, people disappearing one by one.
Those eighteen years seemed akin to living in a world with only himself—like a machine, quietly learning.
No joyous events, no sorrowful incidents… no one who must be recalled, nor anyone who must be resented.
His life seemed to start from that accidental chance to escape the Farm, from the encounter with the Revolutionary Army humans, from meeting the leader of the Revolutionary Army… from meeting that woman.
——Your world no longer exists, right?
——Would you try living for me first?
The sale of memories made the past memories blur; it also meant that the current memories became exceptionally emotional—after all, everything remembered now begins from that encounter.
“Stop!”
In the night, a heavy shout echoed beside David… was it the bloodsuckers from the town’s soldiers, or members of the patrol team?
No, it was only members of the Inspection Group… two humans, and one lower-level vampire.
David stopped at the shout, raising both hands… he calmly observed the rapidly approaching Inspection Group members.
Even if not this time, after joining the Revolutionary Army, he had plenty of experience infiltrating various Clan Farms, knowing the best course was to remain calm… trying to even out his heart rate.
The bloodsuckers have exceptionally strong hearing; they can easily deduce a human’s mental state by listening to their heartbeat.
“Who are you? Why are you wandering the town so late… look up, let me see clearly!” inquired the leading lower-level vampire.
David slowly raised his head… the bloodsucker suddenly furrowed its brows, coldly barking: “What are you carrying? Take it out!”
“I picked this up on the road, I was really about to turn it over to the Noble Master.”
David finally allowed his appearance to fall into their line of sight… they quickly recognized it was not a familiar face.
A pletely unfamiliar face—clearly not a male human working at the Farm!
“Capture him!”
Amidst flickering cold light… when the two human members of the Inspection Group approached David, their steps immediately slowed.
Another step forward and their heads suddenly fell… blood spattered—at the same time, David swiftly dashed out from between them, launching a strike at the lower-level vampire!
Indeed, still not matching the bloodsucker’s physical attributes, but his speed, undoubtedly beyond mon measure… nonetheless, faced with David’s current ambush, the vampire evidently didn’t take it too seriously.
For it, the attacker’s speed was annoyingly slow… it casually drew its sword, swung it up—just a bit of force could sweep this human aside, right?
Humans remain frustratingly fragile beings.
But what this lower-level bloodsucker didn’t anticipate—its weapon would next be effortlessly sliced open by the odd straight blade in David’s hand.
Easily cut—momentarily stunned, it felt a cool sensation on its neck… looking down, it saw its neck had been slashed open, blood flowing profusely.
Yet the vampire’s formidable life force didn’t rob it of mobility—it sneered, its arm extending, sharp fingers clutching David’s shoulder!
“Nobody told you vampires don’t die even with their necks severed?” it sneered… though the voice sounded terrifying and grating, due to the broken vocal cords.
Like steely talons, its fingers dug deeply into David’s muscle, an expression of pain flickered through his eyes… when in this critical moment, something from David’s sleeve fell!
A gleaming dagger… grasping the dagger, David didn’t hesitate, stabbing directly into the lower-level vampire’s heart.
As the dagger sunk into the vampire’s heart like penetrating soil… it hadn’t yet reacted—unable to understand how this human possessed a weapon capable of harming it!
A vampire’s heart isn’t genuinely fragile… indeed, it’s the most resilient part of a vampire’s body!
At the heart, there naturally forms a layer of keratin like a shell, preserving this vital organ… this dagger?
But apparently it can’t get an answer… because at the moment it fell, it was already dead!
David gasped heavily, forcibly pulling out the vampire claw from his shoulder, then stepping on its body, he forcefully withdrew the dagger… David looked at what he held in his hands.
The Tang Sword he had bought back, and… the dagger he had secretly taken when Ann and that merchant weren’t paying attention upon leaving!
That’s right… he walked off with the dagger! And that merchant didn’t even notice!
He did it! Truly did it!
No need for schemes, no need for planning, not even sacrifice… in a one-on-one duel, successfully killing a vampire—he did it!
He did it! David’s heart surged with a frenzy of joy!
But he restrained himself from bursting out laughing at this moment.
Yet the muscles on his cheeks twitched as if spasming… gradually, gradually calming down.
He quickly left this place.
There are no tools here to handle these bodies, the smell of blood will soon attract vampires nearby… David evidently doesn’t plan on dealing with multiple vampires alone: despite having tasted the victory fruits of killing a vampire.
Just as he turned to leave, a small stone suddenly rolled out… David instinctively looked towards the direction from which the stone rolled.
He heard three cat-like calls — of special lengths.
This is a means used by the Revolutionary Army to municate with each other — David frowned, during this infiltration of the Torrido Clan Farm, everyone was captured, only four managed to escape during the chaos later.
He has already met Meila… but Meila suddenly gained massive strength. David speculated that Meila might have also encountered that mysterious traveling merchant, and like him, traded her memories; thus, Meila reacted entirely differently when he recognized her.
While pondering darkly, David already followed that signal, and shortly arrived on another street — ahead of him, a figure kept walking briskly, at quite a speed.
The figure ahead stopped at a stable.
“David!” The figure turned around at this moment, simultaneously flipping open the cloak… a garment likely soaked in horse manure and urine, incredibly foul-smelling!
David opened his mouth — this was indeed one of the panions in this operation, one of the four who successfully escaped!
“It’s really you, David!” The panion now charged over to David with an agitated expression, grabbing David’s shoulders vigorously, “I saw it! You personally killed a vampire! Oh! David, you are our hero!!”
— Truly stinks.
— Don’t touch me.
“Yes, finding you is wonderful.” David also showed excitement, “Are you alone?”
“No!” The panion quickly said, “Ah Lai is also here! But he’s badly hurt, I could only hide him in this stable… And David, did only you manage to escape?”
David discreetly freed himself from the panion’s grip, “Let’s skip this for now, take me to see how Ah Lai is! I still have some recovery medicine!”
“That would be fantastic!” The panion was ecstatic, promptly leading David into the stable.
David unintentionally asked, “How did you two escape, did you see anyone else?”
The panion shook his head, “No, we didn’t dare hide in the dormitory, thinking vampires would surely search all dormitories. So we simply hid in the stable, waiting for daylight to find a chance to leave!”
David nodded, already seeing the panion named Ah Lai—he was hidden amidst a pile of hay. His abdomen had a very deep wound, currently only crudely bandaged, unable to truly stop the bleeding.
At this moment, Ah Lai couldn’t even open his eyes, looking drowsy.
“Let me see him.” David stepped forward, squatted down, and carefully began to unwrap the cloth tied around Ah Lai’s abdomen.
“We really pletely failed this time.” The panion sighed heavily at this moment, “We let our fellow panions down… Now, leaving alive is still uncertain.”
“Are you afraid?” David suddenly turned and asked.
The panion shook his head, “After being caught and tortured for so long following the action’s failure, have you ever seen me beg for mercy? Would I fear death? I’ve only felt anger!”
“Angry at your own weakness?” David said calmly.
The panion didn’t catch the change in the tone, just nodded, “Yes! I resent my weakness! Not only that, I also resent the traitor!”
“Traitor?” David frowned involuntarily.
The panion said, “That’s right! Traitor! David, haven’t you thought about why our action failed this time? We’ve operated many times before, even if we didn’t achieve ideal results, we never ended up all getting caught like this! So, surely a traitor is among us! We were sold out!”
David furrowed his brow, “Who do you think among us it could be?”
“Not from among us.” The panion said sternly, “I suspect it’s the person we were supposed to meet… Do you not remember? On the night of the operation, the contact from the Torrido Clan didn’t show up at all! And we were pletely ensnared!”
David mused quietly, “The Leader said that every Farm has our panions infiltrating… But to assure these infiltrating panions’ safety, their identities are absolutely confidential, only a very few can know. Even I, before this action, wasn’t told who the contact was, I was only given the rendezvous signal…”
“In any case, I’ll definitely find this traitor!” The panion said through clenched teeth.
David stood up, patting the panion’s shoulder as if to fort him, “Rest assured, I can definitely leave here safely.”
The panion was slightly startled, then smiled, “David, you speaking wrongly, it’s ‘we’ actually!”
“Is it?” David smiled slightly, then suddenly his expression turned cold, “What did I say wrong?”
“David… you?!!”
The panion now widened his eyes, lowering his head, clearly seeing a bright dagger, right now piercing through his heart…
The dagger twisted a few times at the panion’s heart… David watched the figure slowly fall before him, calmly speaking, “I alone will be safer, so I didn’t say anything wrong.”
Later, David found some kerosene at the stable, and directly set it ablaze… Probably yet another chaos?
He thought about it, then donned the stinking garment used initially to mask the scent, and quickly left.
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