Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"I just want you to understand what kind of enemy you are about to face," Ye Ge said calmly.

"So what are your plans?" Long Ying asked, looking at him.

"Strike first to gain the upper hand; capture the king first to capture the thief."

"To catch the thief, first catch the king?" Long Ying frowned. "The problem is, we're in Dark City right now and we have absolutely no information. We don't even know how many enemies there are, the specific details of their troops, their overall strength, their troop deployment, or who their commander is. How can we strike first?"

"Of course I know all this, that's why I said it."

As Ye Ge spoke, he raised his hand and pressed a few buttons on his watch, immediately releasing a holographic projection.

This is a map, a model of the mountains and forests surrounding Dark City.

"It's a map of the area around the Hundred Souls Forest..." Nangong Qiuyue stared blankly, then suddenly realized something and asked in confusion, "Huh? Didn't the watch lose its network signal? How did you open the map?"

"I downloaded this map model before I came here, just in case of such emergencies." Ye Ge glanced at her helplessly: "That's why Teacher Cang Feng told you to reflect on why you didn't prepare anything before the mission."

“…” Nangong Qiuyue blushed immediately.

Night Song manipulated her watch, placing small red dots on the map model, and then explained, "This shows the distribution of the vampire forces. There are approximately four to five hundred vampire warriors, divided into twelve squads, each led by at least one vampire baron..."

Everyone was very surprised, except for Gao Shenxue and Xia Xiyao.

This intelligence information was naturally collected by Takayuki's mechanical reconnaissance insects.

"Where...where did you get this information?" Yang Yin stood behind Bao Bingqing, looking as if he had seen a ghost.

Even this group of wilderness thugs, who have been fighting a guerrilla war against the vampire forces outside Dark City for the past few days, have not been able to fully determine the number of vampire forces!

And this Night Song, she's clearly been staying in Dark City these past few days...

Ye Ge glanced at him: "Want to know?"

Yang Yin nodded vigorously: "Yes."

Night Song: "Secret."

Yang Yin: "......"

Bao Bingqing gave Ye Ge a deep look.

As expected of a family of demonized mutants who made their fortune through war, the Night family must have unique investigative methods.

"The class division among vampires can actually be seen at a glance by their clothing. Their nobles, according to their rank, have corresponding lapels, pins, buttons, and patterns," Night Song said. "The lowest-ranking vampire warriors wear the simplest black clothing, and their clothes are only one color, which is black."

"And those baron captains, although their clothes are also black, have a very obvious bat wing pattern on their cloaks."

"And our target is the only vampire viscount among these twelve vampire squads."

Ye Ge placed a photograph on the table.

This photo was taken by Takayuki Takashi's mechanical bee.

The photo shows a handsome male vampire who looks like a young man in his twenties. He is very good-looking and would definitely be an idol star in human society.

“His name is Brian,” Nightsong said calmly. “He is one of Count Nicholas’s men and the commander of these twelve vampire squads.”

Yang Yin and the others stared even wider, unable to understand how Ye Ge had managed to get his hands on a photo of the enemy leader.

"It's him!" The madman was so angry when he saw the photo that he gritted his teeth and his eyes almost spit fire.

Bao Bingqing looked at him: "Do you know this vampire?"

"Fat Dragon died at his hands!" The madman's eyes were filled with hatred as he clenched his fists. "He injured me too!"

“I see,” Ye Ge said. “If you lost to this guy, then you didn’t lose unjustly.”

The madman frowned: "What do you mean?"

“I also know this vampire.” Long Ying said, looking at the photo. “I saw him before on the battlefield of ten thousand races. He was an extremely intelligent vampire warrior. He was smart, arrogant, conceited, and invincible. My Imperial Army squad was defeated by the team he led.”

Ye Ge smiled and said, "Arrogance and haughtiness are common traits among these vampire nobles."

Viscount Brian the Vampire is considered a minor boss in the game.

These unknown, self-taught thugs from the wilderness were naturally no match for him.

Long Ying said seriously, "But he is indeed very powerful. He is not just a pretty face. He is also a tactical master. Back in the battlefield of ten thousand races, our army of three thousand fought against the blood race of one thousand, but in the end we suffered a great defeat."

He chuckled softly in the night.

To deal with smart people, you naturally need to use the methods that smart people use.

"Therefore, once we take down their commander, these vampire troops are not nearly as scary as we think."

Long Ying looked at him: "You have a solution?"

“This map clearly shows the distribution of these vampire troops and their encampment locations,” Night Song said. “We don’t need to engage them head-on; we can go straight into their heartland.”

......

Hundred Souls Forest.

Vampire Camp.

Inside a tent, Viscount Brian, dressed in a magnificent dark brown velvet coat, placed his left hand, gloved in a deep red, on his chest and bowed slightly: "My lord, I have now completely surrounded Dark City and am ready to launch an attack at any time."

Count Nicholas's holographic projection was still in front of him, sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, swirling a glass of red wine filled with blood: "Is there any news about the Holy Soul?"

"Not yet, but it's confirmed to be within Dark City," Brian said. "Rest assured, I will definitely help you obtain the Holy Soul."

“Hmm. But besides the Holy Soul, there are a few other people you need to be careful of.” Nicholas said, showing him several photos via projection communication.

Brian: "Who are these people...?"

Nicholas gave a brief explanation.

"So that's how it is, the young master of the demonized Ye family..." Brian said respectfully, "Don't worry, my lord, I will take care of all these people."

"I trust you to handle things." After saying that, Nicholas's projected communication gradually disappeared.

Brian picked up the few photos he had just printed out and examined them carefully, memorizing the faces of the people.

Although he is the young master of the demonized Ye family.

But they're all just a bunch of kids?

"Master Brian!"

At that moment, a low-ranking vampire warrior rushed in from outside the tent: "It's terrible! Our left flank camp has been attacked by those humans from Dark City!"