Don't move, it's a robbery!

Tulisa felt that she should be in a good mood right now.

The reason I say "feel" is because Tulisa now finds it very difficult to feel positive emotions.

That's just how vampires are; even when good things happen, they rarely feel happy. Tulisa can only imagine that if she were still alive and experienced the same thing, she would probably be very happy.

She's had some good news, something wonderful.

Many people have died in Linde City recently. With so many deaths, there are not enough cemeteries. Many poor people and unclaimed corpses have been buried in mass graves. In such poorly managed places, the sudden appearance of a large number of corpses will naturally attract scavengers.

A small group of ghouls arrived here.

Ghouls are an unnatural race; no one knows how they are born or how they reproduce. These monsters, which resemble humans and even have their own language, often act in family groups.

Generally, a ghoul group consists of 8 to 10 ghouls, including 2 to 3 ghoul leaders who are not only the leaders who rule the group but also the elders of the family.

Quite coincidentally, although the number of ghouls that came to Linde City was slightly smaller, only seven, they only had one leader, and Tulisa was very lucky to succeed in charming this ghoul leader.

Since ordinary ghouls will obey the ghoul leader 100%, as long as the leader is charmed, the ghouls can be considered to obey Tulisa 100% of their orders.

In other words, she has a group of ghouls as her minions.

Tulisa had been hungry for a long time, but only dared to find some dead blood to eat in the cemetery. It wasn't that Tulisa was particularly kind, but Linde City was far from the area where ordinary people lived, and was the hunting ground of other vampires.

Without sufficient force, venturing into other vampires' hunting grounds to hunt will be considered a provocation.

She was just a newborn and had no ability to fight against other vampires.

What? You're asking why she didn't target some of her neighbors?

Yes, the no man's land is indeed not among the hunting grounds of other vampires, but no one who dares to live in the no man's land is easy to mess with.

Of course, things are different now. As long as she feeds the ghouls and has them as her henchmen, she will never be afraid of anyone else again.

Tulisa was very happy, and she even put on makeup, using cosmetics left over from her time as a prostitute, all for her upcoming dazzling appearance.

However, upon reaching the vicinity of the cemetery, Tulisa smelled something strange.

There was a faint smell of blood in the air.

It's not uncommon to smell blood in mass graves, especially with ghouls lurking here. But this faint smell of blood is very fresh, and it's also mixed with the stench of ghouls. It's clear that it doesn't come from the long-dried corpses.

Someone killed a ghoul here! And they cleaned up the blood, otherwise the smell of blood wouldn't be so faint!

Upon realizing this, Tulisa's pupils contracted rapidly.

She's getting ready to run away.

Tulisa was terrified of death; even though she was already dead, she was still terrified of dying.

Or rather, it was precisely because she had experienced the terror of death that she was so afraid of the feeling that everything would vanish.

"Tsk, so cautious, she got away."

Several well-equipped warriors emerged from the cemetery. Unlike ordinary mercenaries, there were only five of them, three of whom were women. One of them even had pointed ears, clearly indicating that she was an extremely rare elf.

"As I said before, March's armor makes such a racket, it's hardly the look of stealth, there's no point in hiding."

"What did you say?"

The short woman pointed at the chainmail-clad female warrior, seemingly trying to shift the blame onto her teammate, but she only received a headbutt as a warning.

"It's not because of March. March didn't make a sound just now."

The leading knight stroked his chin, as if he had seen something amusing, pulled his two teammates apart who were fooling around, and then looked at the female elf, asking for her opinion.

"Eve, you elves can see very clearly at night. Did you see what that thing that just ran away was? It shouldn't be human, right?"

"Hmm, completely pale, without a trace of blood, and exuding an aura of death, it must be a vampire or a necromancer."

"That must be a vampire; necromancers aren't that agile."

The knight nodded, then suddenly smiled.

"Vampires? This is my first time dealing with one. What are their weaknesses? I heard that you have to drive a wooden stake into their chest to kill a vampire."

"Yes, vampires have many weaknesses. They are afraid of light and flowing water. They cannot enter someone's house without permission, and this can even work inside a completely enclosed carriage or tent. However, vampires can charm humans and animals. How is your willpower? Are you confident you can resist the charm?"

The four of them shook their heads in unison, which made the female elf Eve sigh.

"Let's wait until daytime to take action. Anyway, that vampire has already stepped on the fish-light powder, so tracking him won't be difficult."

"How reliable! How should I put it? No wonder you're an elf; living so long has brought you so much knowledge. Ah! Why did you knock on me?"

"Leos, no woman likes to hear others say she's old! And I'm only 67 years old! That's equivalent to 22 for you humans!"

The remaining people all exclaimed in amazement, and some even started counting on their fingers the age ratio between elves and humans. The scene was quite joyful, and the cemetery was filled with laughter.

The night passed quickly, and as the sun rose, the group began their operation. The short man in charge of tracking observed for a while and determined that the vampire from the previous night had gone to the no-man's-land.

"Huh? Where did she go?"

"What's wrong?"

"When we were gathering intelligence before, didn't we find out about the three Kelly brothers? We heard they were in the no man's land."

"Hey, are those three brothers with a bounty of over a thousand gold coins?"

"Yes, I heard they robbed the Silverwood Merchant Guild and killed all the caravans on that trip, including the younger brother of the Silverwood Merchant Guild leader. That's why the Silverwood Merchant Guild offered a very high price. But these three brothers seem to be very powerful; they've even killed fully armed knights."

The group looked at the leader, the knight Leos, as if seeking his opinion.

"Let's forget about it. Let's not cause any more trouble. I've heard there are a lot of bad guys in the no-man's-land. If we anger the crowd and get surrounded, we might not be able to escape."

The others nodded and then continued to follow the trail. Before long, they found the house where the vampire Tulisa was.

"The traces have disappeared."

"Did she stop, or what happened?"

"The footsteps here suddenly became chaotic, and then the tracks disappeared. Either she suddenly learned to fly, or someone carried her away."

The soldiers looked at each other, then started cursing, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"This place is really chaotic. Even vampires can get kidnapped if they go out at night."

"Wouldn't we be considered as having our deal snatched away?"

Unlike the others who were both amused and exasperated, Eve's expression was quite serious. Knight Leos noticed this and couldn't help but ask her about it.

"What's wrong, Eve? Is something the problem?"

"What's this mark? It's this thin, long mark."

The group looked at a small puddle that Eve was pointing to. Since it had rained recently, there were quite a few puddles like this on the road. However, they stared at it for a long time but couldn't see anything. Only the little guy lay down on the ground and saw the trace that Eve had mentioned.

"It looks like the trace of a coin rolling. Eve, your eyesight is amazing! You can even see such a tiny trace."

Are you sure it's a coin?

"Yeah, what's wrong? Is there a problem?"

"I remember that method. It was that guy who took the vampire away."

"What, that guy? Oh, you mean the bandit you mentioned? He's pretty famous, known as the Robin Hood of Falter. Speaking of which, his bounty has been ridiculously high lately. What on earth has this guy been up to?"

"It seems he stole military pay that was being transported by the army. This guy is really brave. He dared to rob a transport team protected by more than 20 fully armed soldiers all by himself, and he even killed them all."

The soldiers all turned to look at Eve, seemingly in astonishment at her words.

"Really? One person robbed more than 20 people?"

"That's not right. If he killed everyone, how would others know it was him?"

"Because someone distributed half of the stolen military pay to the local poor, something only he would do, the lords of several city-states ordered a joint operation to wipe him out, but they still failed to capture him."

"In other words, it might not actually be him who did it. After all, it's too far-fetched for one person to kill more than 20 people."

"Others might not be able to do it, but he might not."

"You seem to really respect his abilities. Speaking of which, Eve, the reason you joined us was because you were robbed while on a mission alone. You're talking about him, right?"

Eve's expression wasn't good, but she still nodded.

"Well, don't be sad. In a way, you're pretty lucky. You're so beautiful. If you had met an ordinary bandit, you might have been sold to a brothel long ago. It's fortunate that you met a chivalrous thief."

"Leos, even ordinary bandits wouldn't be a match for Eve."

"That's true. Let's go back then."

"Huh? They're leaving already? Didn't we just come all this way for nothing?"

"Well, it wasn't a complete waste of time. Our mission was to clear out the things causing damage in the cemetery. Anyway, we've taken care of the ghouls in the cemetery, so we can barely get it over with."

Seemingly worried that Eve might not want to leave, Leos even tugged at her sleeve.

"Eve?"

"Okay, let's go."

The group began to return, and as they walked out of the area, Eve turned her head again and looked towards the deserted, uninhabited area.

"I'll get my revenge next time."

"Achoo!"

"Oh my god, you've caught a cold?"

I blew my nose and then smeared my snot on my female neighbor's clothes. Anyway, she was still unconscious, so she probably wouldn't mind.