Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

354. Fisher Barony

Elsa carried Alman, Tricia took Charlie, and the four of them flew directly from high altitude to the Barony of Fisher.

Facing the wind and snow, the higher the altitude, the lower the temperature. The coolness that penetrated the skin pressed on Alman's face like a knife. Even a superior vampire like him felt a hint of irresistible coldness - Tricia opened a magic barrier for Charlie, blocking the biting cold wind. They flew steadily and quickly under the blessing of Tricia's magic, but Alman did not have such a good treatment. Elsa didn't bother to care about him at all, and Elsa's flying style was very rough, and Alman was thrown around.

Alman, who had been swallowing animal blood for a long time, was already malnourished and his strength had declined. Now he was in Elsa's control and could not release magic. He could only stand in the cold wind and pray to the goddess that the journey would end as soon as possible, otherwise he would be frozen into an ice sculpture.

Although freezing blood is not fatal to vampires, the feeling is very uncomfortable.

"It's just ahead..."

When Aisha heard Alman's distressed voice, she quickly lowered her altitude and landed steadily in a forest.

This is a larch forest. In late autumn, the larch forest is a golden forest with distinct layers. It looks quite desolate because of the accumulated snow.

The first thing Alman did upon landing was to dispel the cold. His blood began to boil, burning his magic to provide him with warmth. Then he immediately said, "I know how to find Baron Fisher, but there should be more than one person here who knows me. To avoid alerting them, I need to disguise myself before going in... Considering that he might be suspicious of my presence, I have a humble request..."

"You said."

"If a fight breaks out, I'm worried that I won't be strong enough. I hope Lady Faris can take him down..."

Aisha gave Alman a scrutinizing look, which made Alman feel guilty.

"You are a high-ranking vampire, right? With your strength, you can't even handle a baron?"

"This, this is because my strength has declined..."

Yarman said, trying to appear sincere.

In the past, Alman would never have said such words to a mere Baron Fisher.

But things are different now. Alman's strength has declined due to the secret technique of clones. In such a long time since he was arrested, he has not tasted even a drop of human blood or monster blood. The smelly animal blood can only barely fill his stomach, and his strength has been reduced again.

Furthermore, it would be bad if too much noise was made during the battle. Who knows if the clone would place spies here and learn that he is still alive? Therefore, Baron Fisher must be eliminated in one blow and controlled. Alman believes that he cannot do this with his current strength.

Of course, there was another consideration, which was that Alman hoped to win some "allies" for himself. At night, Alman thought a lot and for a long time, and he also clearly realized a fact: Becky was obviously impossible to stand on his side, but was loyal to serve Elsa Faris. In this case, he and Becky became potential enemies.

This is not good news.

In terms of strength, he is only slightly stronger than Becky. Becky's presence will undoubtedly hinder his escape plan, so he must find a way to check and balance Becky, or even expand his own power.

And the present opportunity is a good one: Alman believes that Baron Fisher will be shocked by Elsa's power. Under such power, no one will have the idea of ​​resisting, and will inevitably be afraid and want to escape. In addition, not many people can see the things that Baron Fisher did in private. Baron Fisher has no idea how much human and subhuman blood is stained on his hands. With Elsa's upright character, she will inevitably sentence Baron Fisher to death. At that moment, Elsa personally pushed the baron into the same situation as Alman.

At that time, as long as Alman came forward to intercede and used the information that Baron Fisher had as a bargaining chip in exchange for Baron Fisher's brief chance of survival, Baron Fisher would definitely be grateful to him and completely turn to his side. Compared to Becky, Baron Fisher, who was in the same situation, would obviously become a very suitable partner.

This was the first step that Alman planned.

But all this was buried deep in Alman's heart, and he didn't show it at all.

Elsa looked at him deeply, which frightened him deeply, then she smiled and said.

"You lead the way."

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In fact, Alman has always had a question - how did his clone get involved with Baron Fisher?

The chief is a very cautious, even a little pathologically cautious weirdo. Even Alman feels that the chief is a little too cautious. The chief has almost no trust in his subordinates, so the chief never really delegates power to anyone. Naturally, the chief always manages important subordinates like Baron Fisher himself.

In the past, Alman had rarely had contact with Baron Fisher and was just an acquaintance - so where did the clone get the power to give orders to Baron Fisher?

Could it be that the leader has finally made a change, or does he have some new plan?

Considering that all this was related to the clone, Alman decided to ask Baron Fisher about these things.

With such doubts in mind, Alman brought Elsa, Tricia and Charlie directly to Baron Fisher's territory. Baron Fisher's territory was not large. It looked like a small-town-sized settlement of vampires and humans. The town was surrounded by simple walls and built on a high slope outside the forest, facing a cliff. On the edge of the cliff was Baron Fisher's residence - a huge, dark and gloomy castle.

Arriving in the town, Aisha discovered that the town itself was actually not much different from other human towns in the empire in terms of architectural style. The people here also spoke the Imperial language and used the Imperial script. There were also farms, ranches, taverns, bakeries...

Although there were no churches or monasteries, since vampires hated the Holy Light, there was an Adventurer's Guild. The pedestrians you met on the road were all ordinary humans: old men and children, merchants, farmers, hunters, adventurers, patrolling soldiers, singing poets, and hawking vendors...

Everything was normal. Apart from the fact that there was no monastery, if it hadn't been explained in advance, Elsa would have had no idea that this was the territory of the vampires.

Only Baron Fisher's castle has the typical vampire architectural style, and the overall style is very gloomy. This is also because vampires, especially low-level vampires, hate sunlight and prefer darkness, so most vampires live in the cold north.

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355. People in the Sheepfold

The territories of vampires are usually desolate, remote or dangerous places - just as the empire would not entrust important strategic locations to the church, the empire would not hand over rich land to vampires for management.

But it doesn't matter. The vampires don't care about these things. The relationship between them and the empire is like the two parties in a transaction. The vampires help the empire to rule a place in disguise, and the empire tacitly allows some people to voluntarily provide blood to the vampires as a reward. The preferential treatment for this part of people is exemption from taxes in the usual sense. The benefits the empire gets are order and stability, as well as the potential benefits brought by the continued increase in population, or the nourishment of the earth veins.

The Barony of Fisher is such a place. The territory is developed around a small town on the cliff. It is surrounded by rocky cliffs, and larch forests are farther away. The area that can be cultivated is limited, and there is no flat and fertile land.

The only surprising thing was that Baron Fisher discovered a mithril vein somewhere under this cliff, but he did not let the empire know about it, and sent people to mine it secretly - no one would be indifferent to a mithril mine, and everything he did eventually made Alman's organization target him.

"Since it's a mithril mine, I don't think the Empire will sit idly by after learning this information."

Tricia seemed to have seen the future of this land at a glance. Relying on the benefits brought by the nearby mithril veins, the empire would definitely develop this place and soon build a prosperous city based on mining.

Mithril is a precious metal. Many magical equipment and magical devices require mithril as raw material. Its extremely high magical conductivity makes it widely used in all aspects of magic and sorcery. It is also a precious material that cannot be avoided in alchemy and alchemy. Its magical suitability and plasticity are only slightly inferior to the moon-patterned steel that is widely found in ruins, and it is stronger than any other metal. Even in a powerful country like the Empire, only the most powerful Imperial Royal Knights are equipped with equipment based on mithril alloy, which shows how precious it is.

"But this matter needs to be handed over to the Empire after the dust settles here. Otherwise, if the Empire takes any action, it will inevitably alert the vampires, and tracking them will become even more difficult."

Aisha said.

At this time, Alman had led the way to the bottom of the castle. There were almost no human figures here. At this time, a few figures happened to pass by Elsa and the others. The leader subconsciously looked up at Elsa and the others, and immediately stopped the step he had just raised.

"Please stay."

The leader turned around and said.

Vampires are very territorial. A vampire who rules a territory will also have a basic understanding of his subjects, just like a shepherd will always count how many sheep he has. The territory is like their own pasture to them. Of course, even a shepherd will not specifically distinguish the appearance of each sheep or whether they have different names.

For the vampires, the humans living here are livestock used specifically to produce food - although this analogy may be a bit of a generalization, most vampires do not have "feelings" or attitudes towards individual humans that go beyond those of pets. This is a very subtle relationship.

But...if a shepherd finds an individual with unusually beautiful fur or a very strong body among his flock, he will certainly notice it.

Just like right now—

Four "people" blocked Aisha and the others' way - three men and one woman. They were dressed very... classically and gorgeously, their clothing style was out of tune with the residents living here. Their white hair blended with the snow, and their blood-red eyes were their striking mark.

It was obvious that all four of them were vampires.

"Oh, beautiful lady, let me guess, are you visitors from outside?"

The leading male vampire smiled politely, saluted to Elsa like a gentleman, and stared at Elsa with eyes full of interest.

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a beautiful guest like you. Please allow me to express my welcome to you."

The other two men also glanced at Charlie and Tricia. Compared with the leading vampire, they seemed a little helpless and lazy. There was also a woman who, after seeing Alman, began to pass shampoo to Alman with interest, her eyes revealing charm and tenderness.

Charlie and Alman were both disguised, and no one knew they were vampires, let alone Elsa and Tricia.

This scene made Alman's scalp numb.

He himself is a vampire, and he knows exactly what the blood man in front of him wants to do - it's nothing more than discovering that a few very good-looking wild species have run into his "flock of sheep", so he came to take a look with the attitude of wanting to try something new.

For the vampires, humans living in their territory are like vegetables in the garden and sheep in the sheepfold.

It's a simple truth. Ingredients with beautiful appearance will naturally arouse people's appetite more easily. However, if the ingredients have flaws in appearance, it will be difficult to be recommended unless they are really delicious or have unique advantages in other aspects.

What's more, under the restrictions of the empire, the vampires cannot force buying and selling, so the blood of some "handsome humans" naturally becomes a limited treasure. Generally speaking, those good-looking men and women in the vampire territory will be treated specially, and even recruited into the castle to be raised specifically.

Just like a pet.

And now Elsa and the others were obviously regarded as "humans with the potential to become pets" - Charlie and Alman were both disguised, and it was impossible to tell from the outside that they were vampires, so the vampire men in front of them naturally regarded them as humans.

"You are vampires, right?"

Aisha glanced at the man and asked directly.

The leading man smiled and did not hide it - things have been uneasy recently. Lord Fisher suddenly became irritable and abnormal, and specifically told them to be wary of humans coming from outside. This was one of the reasons why he suddenly stopped these humans. Of course, the main reason was that he had his eyes on these "beautiful prey."

The man smiled and said, "Yes, we are all vampires. So, since you are here, you must know where this place is, right?"

"This is the territory that the empire has entrusted to the vampires for management."

"Uh...yes..."

The leading man was stunned. What Elsa said was right, but something seemed wrong. However, he still smiled and extended his hand to Elsa in a gentlemanly manner to invite her.

"Well, I wonder if I have the honor of inviting you to dinner. Of course, I'm very impressed by your beauty, young lady, and my friends would love to have a pleasant time with you all. So, if you're willing, I can pay you an additional fee to purchase your evening—I promise it's a fortune you can hardly imagine, and all you have to exchange is a little blood and some pleasure."

In the man's eyes, Elsa was dressed simply and was just an adventurer with great looks - otherwise, if she was a suspicious person, he wouldn't have to take any action at all, the guards in charge of checking at the gate would have passed the news on.

And since he is an adventurer, he will definitely be tempted by wealth.

The man's arrogance was evident. He neither bothered to ask Elsa's name nor introduced himself. His gentlemanly appearance was undoubtedly just a facade.

Seeing this, Alman on the side couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

Let's not talk about whether people like Elsa are short of money, but nuns will never be interested in men, so the invitation of this vampire is bound to fail and cause Elsa's dissatisfaction - ingredients with stunning appearance are indeed more likely to arouse appetite, but many of these things are highly poisonous.

The more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is.

In fact, all of this was intentional by Alman, including the encounter with these people. Alman deliberately did not step forward to dissuade these vampires in order to intensify the conflict between Elsa and them, and make Elsa have a preconceived aversion to Baron Fisher and other vampires, so as to better pave the way for the next plan.

However, it was necessary to pretend. After the vampires finished speaking, Alman immediately stepped forward to "scold" them, but Charlie stepped forward faster than him.

Charlie stood in front of Elsa, and with a snap of her scabbard, she slapped the man's hand away.

"If you dare to say something rude again, I'll cut your tongue off! Disgusting bastard! Has no one ever taught you what manners are?"

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356. Three Times Never

Charlie stared at the man in front of her with a bad look on her face, which surprised the man. He looked at Charlie with a little surprise and amazement - he was a vampire, and he was the best person here. Few humans would speak to him like this.

"Oh, what a character, what a beautiful young lady, a gorgeous flower with thorns."

The man withdrew his hand and smiled even more. He felt that he had gained a lot this time.

"It seems I was a bit reckless. It seems that you don't like the way we spoke. So I apologize to you and your friends."

"That doesn't cover up your rudeness."

Charlie was not moved at all. On the other hand, Elsa was not angry at all. She glanced at Charlie, who was blocking her way like a kitten protecting its food, and then glanced at the vampire in front of her with an ambiguous look. She smiled and slowly spoke:

"Do you vampires always speak so directly?"

Elsa's voice is soft, yet clear, like the early summer breeze with a warm and gentle feeling.

The vampire man seemed to be more satisfied with the "foreign sheep" that entered the pasture.

"Oh, of course. Everyone wants beautiful things. But if you can't even express your desire openly and honestly, and you shrink back like a timid mouse, then that gives others the opportunity to get there first, doesn't it?"

The man seemed to admire his style of doing things, and Aisha gave Charlie a meaningful look, while Tricia beside him was also watching with great interest.

"So all vampires are like this." Elsa nodded seriously.

"what?"

Charlie was stunned for a moment, then she saw the mischief in Elsa's eyes and the smile in Tricia's eyes, then she realized that Elsa was talking about her.

"Elsa~!"

Charlie pinched Aisha's palm complainingly, and suddenly felt her cheeks getting a little hot.

"Okay, okay, I was just kidding."

Elsa laughed and touched Charlie's hair. She didn't continue teasing Charlie, but looked past Charlie at the vampires in front of her. The smile in her eyes did not diminish, but that smile was superficial, making people feel that there was some inexplicable meaning in it.

"I'm sorry, but I won't sell my body, so please allow me to refuse."

With that, Elsa ignored them and walked around them, but the man followed with a smile and stopped Elsa again.

"Don't be so quick to refuse. You can think about it."

"Don't think about it, please let me pass."

Aisha still ignored him, Charlie glared at him, Tricia followed suit silently, and Alman simply marginalized himself.

But the man still didn't give up.

"Wait, you can..."