Mythology: Ragnarok

At this moment, Heya seemed to see through everything and judged: "If I'm not mistaken, Ike recently added another ceramic jar from the last century to his house. Did he spend all his money on that?"

Ike scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Heya, you are indeed an elf, you are knowledgeable and recognized me at a glance."

Agreed scolded helplessly, "Why are you buying so many antiques? You'd be better off buying yourself a good set of equipment to protect your life."

Ike retorted, "Captain, how can you say that? It's just a hobby of mine, okay? Besides, Sophie likes to collect divine weapons, Rayleigh loves to visit brothels, and Shakda is still conducting his money-burning and useless research. Compared to them, my expenses are relatively small. Why are you only talking about me?"

Agreed retorted, "Well, it's just you right in front of me. Who else should I talk to? None of you give me a moment's peace. The other day, Rayleigh got involved with someone else's wife and was caught in bed with her husband, running around naked in the street. I had to beg and plead to save him. I'm really amazed that at his age, he still doesn't have a brain and doesn't even realize he's been scammed. Then there's Sophie, whose house is full of junk, and she's always asking me for those broken enchantments I give her. And Shakda is even worse; the other day, his research went wrong, and if I hadn't rushed over to put out the fire, the whole neighborhood would have been engulfed in flames. As for Heya, needless to say, that girl has never given me a moment's peace. How can anyone tell she's an elf who's lived to be 120 years old?"

Heya immediately retorted unhappily, "Elves are considered adults at 110 years old, okay? I'm not that old, you guys are just too short-lived. I'm still a young girl who has just come of age."

“Very well, young lady. A ‘young lady’ who can tear goblins apart with her bare hands and trample ogres under her feet,” Agreed said sarcastically.

Hea immediately stared at Agreed with a resentful, even curse-like gaze, and Agreed could only apologize helplessly.

Chatting and laughing all the way, the three arrived at Shabal's mansion, a private mansion covering hundreds of acres. It would take Agreed and the others ten minutes just to walk from the entrance to the house.

The three were led to the reception room by a servant, where Shabal, who had been waiting for them, warmly welcomed them. After they sat down, Agreed asked directly, "Old friend, just say what's on your mind. We're all family, no need to be so secretive."

Shabal chuckled and waved for his servants to leave. Then he leaned closer and whispered, "Vampires have appeared in our town!"

At this moment, Hea cried out in fright, "Vampire!" Then, feeling embarrassed and impolite, she fell silent and sat down to the side.

Agreed, unconcerned, asked, "Vampires? You saw them, or did someone recently die on the roadside after being drained of blood, but you and the city lord suppressed the news? They are very rare. Long-lived beings generally don't like to come to human towns, even vampires who crave human blood." (Note: Vampires and bloodsuckers are not the same thing, but their habits are very similar.)

Shabal said mysteriously, "I've seen him. Although I didn't see his face, his mysterious, shadowy movements definitely make him a vampire. If we let him drink human blood here, something terrible will happen."

Agreed continued to inquire, "Are you sure it's a vampire and not a lesser demon or a vampire? Intelligent vampires and vampire subspecies that only know how to drink blood are not on the same level at all, and some high-level lesser demons can also possess some of the abilities of vampires."

But Shabal simply shook his head and said, "I don't know anything else. Let's wait for the city lord to come here and explain in detail." Before he finished speaking, a rough voice rang out from outside and shouted.

"What are you talking about? Just come and see for yourself, and you'll know everything!" With that, a muscular, 1.9-meter-tall, broad-shouldered, and powerful middle-aged man pushed open the door and entered. The city lord was a Holy Knight-level powerhouse who had served in the army of the Kingdom of Avalon in his early years and made great contributions. After retiring, he was assigned by the kingdom to serve as the city lord here.

Argreed then stood up, bowed, and asked, "Greetings, Your Excellency. So... you've captured him?"

The city lord shook his head and said, "No, but I caught those victims whose blood he had drained."

So Agreed led his team to the city lord's mansion. The city lord's mansion was no smaller than Shabal's mansion, but it was certainly not as lavishly decorated as Shabal's. As they entered the courtyard, Agreed saw the lesser demon locked in a cage by the city lord, with several soldiers in iron armor standing guard around the cage.

Agreed approached the cage, and the lesser demons immediately rushed forward, reaching out to grab him, their rotting, foul-smelling mouths snapping and biting in mid-air.

However, Agreed remained calm, having seen many storms. Most inferior demons were vampire subspecies resurrected from the corpses of vampires after they had drunk blood. Since they were not actively transformed by vampires, but rather the vampires accidentally left behind a little of their own blood while feeding, these impure bloodlines and intelligence-less subspecies were born. Their flesh would rot and become putrid over time. Although they could survive for at least a hundred years, even vampires were unwilling to acknowledge the existence of these failed creations. Therefore, vampires would usually exterminate these accidentally created inferior demons themselves.

Then, Agreed, watching the lesser demon darting around the cage as if teleporting, asked warily, "Are there any people in the city with tense relations or grudges against vampires? This high-level lesser demon was definitely created intentionally. If left unchecked, the people it kills will become new lesser demons, spreading from one to ten, from ten to a hundred, eventually becoming a disaster far worse than a plague. More importantly, there's probably more than one of these high-level lesser demons..."

The city lord frowned as he looked at the lesser demon in the cage and said, "You mean... this could potentially escalate into a massive catastrophe that wipes out the city and destroys the country!"

Agreed nodded and replied, "The only way to solve the rampant infestation of lesser demons is to kill them all, leaving no one behind. But if someone is there continuously creating them, it will be a battle that can never end. But... why? Vampires won't actively persecute humans. After all, destroying potential food supplies is a detrimental thing for them. Have you found out the reason?"

The city lord shook his head solemnly and said, "No, so I want to entrust this matter to the top adventurer team. I'm sure that with Lord Demon Witch's help, you can definitely capture the vampires behind the scenes and protect this city, right? Please rest assured, the reward we offer you will be very substantial. I'll offer 50,000 gold coins! As long as you solve this incident, I will give you 50,000 gold coins as a reward."