Chapter 826 Duke of Orlando
As the saying goes, those who know the current affairs are heroes, and good birds choose trees to roost in.
It's hard to say whether a vampire is a hero or not, but he is really aware of current affairs and will say whatever he asks without any reservation.
It is said that there are about fifty vampires in this castle, including forty low-level, ten mid-level, and one high-level (the Duke of Orlando).
But now only half of the people are left in the castle, and the other half are out hunting.
Due to the mandatory requirements of the Duke of Orlando, the vampires living here can only satisfy their thirst for blood with wild beasts in the mountains most of the time. Among vampires, they are middle-to-lower poor peasants who eat chaff and drink water every day.
But precisely because they rarely attack people, this place has not been truly surrounded.
Generally, only when the Duke of Orlandor is about to wake up from his slumber, the vampires will change shifts and go out to hunt mortals. They say they want to prepare the best blood for Duke Orlandor to rinse his mouth with, but in fact, only at this time can they eat meat.
Most of the time, these vampires can only huddle in the castle behind closed doors. They are responsible for maintaining everything in the castle.
The important reason why vampires are classified as undead by scholars is because, like undead, vampires accumulate a large amount of negative energy in the areas they live in, and these negative energies will quickly erode all organic matter. The manifestation is that the house decays very quickly.
So over a long period of time, everyone in this group of vampires transformed into high-quality craftsmen, and from time to time they went to the forest to cut down big trees to build castles.
——It sounds quite miserable.
If the Duke of Orlando was just a mere commander, the castle would have collapsed long ago, and the exquisite decorations would definitely not exist at all.
But when it comes to decoration, Li Chengqi pointed to the portrait of the little white-haired lolita that appeared on the wall and said:
"Who is this person? The daughter of the Duke of Orlando?"
In the entire castle, apart from the portrait of the middle-aged man, there were many portraits of the little white-haired lolita. Since there was only one high-level vampire, it was very curious who this person was.
The female vampire lowered her head after hearing this and said: "That is the true ancestor of our clan. Although the master has escaped from the bloodline of the true ancestor, he has always had high respect for the true ancestor."
"..."
No, is this the true ancestor?
All true ancestors have a minimum level of seventy, which is equivalent to a strategic nuclear weapon capable of destroying a country. Just a girl who looks like she is only in her teens?
This is because Li Chengqi doesn’t understand the setting.
True Ancestors are special human beings, and once they awaken the power of True Ancestors, they will immediately stop growing. In other words, don't look at the appearance, which is the most deceptive.
Apart from anything else, in fact, if you look at the state of the gods who occasionally come to Li Chengqi's house, you will understand that many of the painting styles are based on blowing...
Let's not talk about this first. When we went up to the third floor, we could clearly see that the situation was different from before.
There was a layer of clearly visible black smoke floating on the floor, like dry ice commonly used in stage effects, but lighter, covering everything in the field of vision with a gray-black filter.
Powerful undead creatures will accumulate the same huge amount of negative energy around them. An experienced adventurer can roughly judge how awesome the owner of this place is just by looking at the concentration of negative energy.
Most of the time, negative energy just makes people feel a little cold. Such a clear accumulation of negative energy means that this Duke is at least level 50.
The layout on the third floor is also much more exquisite than that downstairs. There are libraries, music rooms and other seemingly high-end places. Only the 10 mid-level vampires can enter the entire third floor. They maintain everything. .
"Sir, it's just in front. The master's bedroom is in front."
The vampire who led Li Chengqi was really aware of current affairs. Li Chengqi was originally wondering whether he would be led into a trap, but he didn't expect that the other party would be such a loser. It seemed that his loyalty to Duke Olanduo was limited to slogans. It's normal. Who wants to be a servant forever?
At the end of the straight corridor, you can see a double door, which may be made of metal to prevent negative energy from corroding.
The female vampire lowered her head and said:
"The master's coffin is inside. Unless the master wakes up, we are all allowed to enter the room. The moment we step in, the master will be furious."
This is a tactful way of saying that you can fight or kill Duke Olanduor if you want, but I won't go in.
It is true that vampires want to get rid of the enslavement of their superiors, and they are also very thieves and do not want to get involved.
But is this something you don’t want to do just because you don’t want it?
The vampire was about to tentatively say goodbye when he saw Li Chengqi pointing at him, which made the vampire's heart skip a beat.
The outstretched fingers were slightly bent at this time, and the vampire was lifted up by invisible force on the spot, as if it was being picked up by a pair of hands.
"S-Sir!"
The vampire panicked, especially when he saw Li Chengqi's hand pointing to it circle half a circle, and then pointed to the door at the end of the corridor.
The vampire who was picked up screamed, and flew towards the door like a javelin. With a loud bang, when the door was opened, it also melted on the spot like a dragonfly stuck on the car windshield. Make a beach.
Apart from anything else, at least it seems like there are really no traps.
Li Chengqi raised his foot and crossed the knocked down door, and found that it was a very large bedroom of nearly 100 square meters, but the furniture such as beds and wardrobes had long been decayed. This is because the sterilization effect brought by negative energy also made these The furniture was kept in its original shape, otherwise it would have been rotten.
The only complete thing was a coffin placed beside the bed, facing the door. Because it was made of stone, it looked very heavy.
While Li Chengqi was watching, he heard a "sudden" sound, and candles all over the room spontaneously ignited, lighting up strange blue-green candlelight.
The sarcophagus made a rattling sound, followed by an explosion. The coffin board was shattered from the inside. A dark figure floated out from inside, glided like a ghost, and landed on the carpet not far from Li Chengqi. superior.
Just this look, it looks very ghostly.
"Who disturbed my sleep?"
It sounded like a middle-aged man's voice, but a little hoarse.
Li Chengqi didn't bother to pay attention to him, and stretched out his hand to wave. The light ball surrounding him moved forward, illuminating the pale face of the figure.
It was the middle-aged man I had seen in the portraits along the way. This should be the Duke of Orlando.
The strong light made Duke Orlando narrow his eyes slightly. The red light in his pupils was like red-hot coals, but he suppressed it.
Compared with the younger brothers downstairs, Duke Olanduo frowned when he saw Li Chengqi. Although he was just standing there, his muscles were tense and he was very alert.
His perceptual ability is much stronger than that of his younger brothers. He should have noticed something was wrong with Li Chengqi, but he is still not strong enough.
Otherwise it should kneel down immediately instead of standing.
(End of chapter)