Werther's magic stopped the rain. The ground was still muddy, but the horses and people would not get wet, and the marching speed accelerated a lot.
Recalling the vision he encountered in the sky on the way, Werther was always uneasy, so he asked Edmure to fly the raven to King's Landing, and recruited Qyburn and Thoros in the name of the chief assassin. They traveled lightly.
, if you ride a horse, you should be able to meet the army halfway.
As the army went north along the muddy King's Road and passed through the Wycombe Valley at Seven Bridges, the local lords saw that Edmure, Werther and Jaime were all there, and they also brought their knights to join the army, and waited after passing the Heron Ford.
Coburn and Soros also caught up, and the number of troops had reached about 1,500.
Aoda Weiying flew slowly in the air, circling and alerting within Witte's sight.
Werther was riding a skeleton horse in the procession. James and Edmure rode side by side, one eye facing the direction of the skeleton horse covered by their horses. Edmure liked to have fun, and James traveled around.
Witte was well-informed from all over the world. In the past few days, the three of them talked about everything from women to magic to money.
Qyburn did not ride a skeleton horse, but followed behind Thoros on an ordinary war horse. There might be a fierce battle along the way. Werther asked the two of them to keep their magic power and not waste it needlessly.
James saw the young men who had delivered food to Werther all day long and asked him for martial arts lessons, so he asked them to serve as Werther's temporary knight attendants, taking care of Werther's food and daily life. He also set up tents and delivered meals.
For the girls that day, meeting unknown magicians or vampires was no child's play. James was very chivalrous towards the girl who admired him, and James arranged for them to be protected in the army.
"Is this thing really useful?" Edmure played with a sterling silver dagger in his hand.
Witte: "You know the news about the parade in King's Landing these days, right? As long as it is silver, it will be effective."
"To use a dagger, you have to rush to those monsters. I'd definitely prefer a long sword." Edmure disliked the silver daggers in his hands. They were all improvised products made by the blacksmiths who followed the army using silver deer. Their appearance and quality were only
Just making do with it doesn't suit his status as a duke.
Werther smiled and didn't reply. Edmure was not very skilled in martial arts, and the knights and soldiers fought first. When he used the dagger, Werther thought it would be better for him to wipe his own neck with it.
Edmure put the dagger on the saddle: "Speaking of weapons, I decided to buy a Valyrian steel sword from you this year."
"If a vampire really appears, the price of Valyrian steel swords will skyrocket. You should bring more money to Tyrosh!" James straightened his body on the horse.
The Valyrian steel sword Sunset Beauty on his waist was not ridiculed by anyone for his failure in the duel with Wirt. Instead, the ice effect on the sword was greatly praised. He will never be able to buy it for 400,000 gold dragons. Before, Tywin
I've been feeling pain for a long time and now I know it's time to make a fortune!
Werther remembered something and turned to Edmure: "Last year the Tyrell family didn't buy the sword, but the James family bought it. This year they will participate in the auction."
"Haha, at the auction, anything can happen, maybe they won't buy it!" Edmure said this but felt discouraged.
Edmure understands that his financial resources are not comparable to those of the Tyrells. Next year! He must buy one next year! Among the current dukes, only he, Arryn and the Tyrells in the Vale do not have Valyrian steel swords.
Give it to the Tyrell family this year and compete with Aelin next year. They may not be richer than you.
"There's a situation ahead!" Werther said suddenly.
In the distance, Odaweying hovered over a mill by the river. By connecting with its magic power, Werther sensed its irritable mood. The only things that can make the dragon irritable are the undead creatures.
"Attention! The whole army is on alert!" James reacted first after hearing Witte's words, and immediately issued an order to the herald beside him.
The marching troops stopped, and the soldiers picked up their weapons and shields and gathered around the baggage carriages to form small square formations. The knights of the West began to turn their horses and run toward the grass outside the King's Avenue, and soon gathered into a group.
A cavalry force of nearly 600 people.
"Qyburn! Thoros, you two follow me! James, Edmure, you each take command!" After saying this, Werther put on his helmet, and Avak, the skeleton horse under his crotch, relied on his unlimited physical strength if his magic power was not exhausted.
Start running wildly out of the military formation at the speed of a charge.
The people from the West were all knights, commanded by James. Two to three hundred noble knights from the Riverlands gathered around the carriage with Edmure. When they saw Witte and the others going to check the situation, they also brought a dozen knights with them.
Up.
Avak ran wildly in the fields where various vegetables were grown. At this time, Werther had no time to trample the vegetable fields because the farmer who planted them was already dead.
A swollen corpse was pressed on several vegetables. His identity was known from his clothes and the hoe that fell aside. Werther stopped in place without dismounting to observe. There was still something going on at the water-powered mill not far away.
Cobain and Soros rushed to Witt's side. After seeing the body, Cobain immediately dismounted and turned the body over with the white wand in his hand.
"Witt, this is what the vampire did!" Qyburn shouted. When studying the corpse, Qyburn was the most authoritative person in the Seven Kingdoms. He had seen the vampire in King's Landing and studied the manuscript given by Werther. He only took a look at the state of the corpse.
I made a judgment.
At this time, James and Edmure arrived with the knights.
"Master Qyburn, what I just heard you said was a vampire? But isn't a vampire's prey a mummy?" Edmure did not dismount, and a group of people formed a large circle around the corpse.
Qyburn walked up to the corpse, a white light flashed on his hand, and the transformation magic shield covered his entire arm like a glove. He lifted the swollen head of the corpse and showed Edmure the two holes in the neck:
"He should have been dead for about five days. The vampires sucked all the blood out of his body. He is indeed a mummy."
Cobain raised his head and looked at the clear sky.
"There is no Werther's magic here. It has been raining. A few days after his death, the rain soaked him into this kind of virtue. Soros."
Thoros and Cobain had worked together for many years to study magic. There was a tacit understanding between the two. Thoros jumped off his horse, drew his sword, and chopped off the corpse's arm with force.
Coburn picked up the arm on the ground and pinched the broken part with magic power: "What was squeezed out was all oil and water, not a drop of blood."
"How disgusting!" None of the onlookers wanted to be like this, their faces turned pale, and James also opened his mouth to curse.
Werther turned on the magic of detecting undead creatures: "Everyone, take out your weapons and follow me. There is a vampire over there at the mill!"
A group of people rode horses and rushed to the mill. Werther took off his giant sword and jumped off the horse. The mud at the entrance of the mill was very muddy, and it was obvious that many people had trampled on it.
"Be on guard, you guys are dismounting with me!" James followed closely behind Coben with a long sword. When fighting a vampire, he knew that he might not be his opponent, and protecting the magician was the most important thing.
As he led everyone closer to the mill, he found that the wooden door panel was also damaged. Witte saw that the damage was still new, and it should have been broken a few days ago.
The outer room of the mill is very small and only contains some sundries. The spacious inner room is connected to the waterwheel and the millstone on one side. There should not be too much wind on the grinding surface. Several small windows are opened near the eaves, allowing light to enter.
Darkened, Werther flicked his finger, and a white ball of light flew out and stuck to the wall.
"Ha"
A huge and ear-piercing woman's scream sounded, giving James and others a splitting headache. They squatted on the ground holding their heads in pain.
Werther put down his giant sword and said behind him: "Qyburn."
"Understood!" Qyburn walked towards the vampire woman.
There was indeed a female vampire in the mill, but she was nailed to a broken table leaning against the wall. Cobain walked over and pinched her throat before she screamed.
After regaining their composure, James and others stood up and approached slowly. They were all amazed when they saw the vampire.
James looked around. There were broken wooden blocks everywhere in the mill, and there were traces of fighting on the walls. There should have been many people gathered here at that time. The blood everywhere on the ground had dried, but there was no body.<
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The female vampire on the broken wooden table only has a mutilated body. She maintains the monster form of a vampire. Her limbs have been chopped off and there are no traces. Even the two secondary limbs on her back only have two bloody holes left. Her upper body is wearing a peasant woman's linen cloth.
clothes, a few iron nails were hammered into her shoulders.
After seeing a living person, she was extremely exhausted and longed for blood treatment. She opened her mouth wide and screamed at the person with her fangs exposed. She instinctively mobilized the magic power in her body to make a sound that ordinary people could not bear.
The bottom tip of Cobain's wand was made of sterling silver. He touched the green skin of the female monster with the wand, and a burst of green smoke suddenly came out. The pain made the female monster start to scream again, but this time Cobain's magical hand
The pinching will stop.
The transformation magic used by Cobain expanded again, covering the whole body of the vampire. Cobain raised his hand and lifted it into the air: "Her limbs and the two auxiliary limbs behind her were torn off forcibly.
Of!"
"Oh!" Werther, who was studying the dried blood on the ground, stood up and came to the vampire: "Qianbain, let go and let me do it."
Werther's more powerful magic covered the vampire, making her unable to turn her head. Werther put her in front of him: "The blood on the ground is the blood transformation ceremony. Your family and friends are all transformed into vampires here."
Right?"
The vampire couldn't speak, and her eyes slowly changed from greed when seeing a living person to fear.
"The ones attacking you are not humans, but your kind, vampires!" Werther let go of her head.
"I'm not a monster, I'm not.
"The female monster has regained some sanity.
Werther: "Perhaps you have heard of my name. My name is Werther Baratheon, and I am here to deal with these monsters."
"Duke Werther? I'm not a monster," the female monster began to cry, but the vampire couldn't shed tears.
Werther gently moved her head so that she could look at her body, and then took off her clothes: "Look at yourself, I don't know whether you were deceived or came on your own initiative. You have become
A monster! If you can provide some useful information, I promise to kill all these things! By the way, I will give you a good time!"
The female monster looked at her waist, which was thicker than her original husband, and her blue skin, her face filled with pain: "Can I still become a human?"
Werther: "I'm sorry, I can't. I can't let you suck human blood either, you're going to die."
The green-skinned female monster was sad for a while and then said: "Holy Son, that monster who bit me has been talking about Holy Son."
"Holy Son? As far as I know, there is no such thing as a Holy Son among the vampires of the Cold Harbor variety. Maybe they have developed a religion that confuses people." Witte pinched his chin, saying these words to those who were confused.
Everyone listens.
Then the female monster slowly told her story.
Her family lives near Silver Spring Town, and her husband and children have been farmers here for several generations. A few months ago, her husband fell off and broke his leg while repairing the roof. Most of the food they grew was handed over to the lord.
I can't even afford a magician's treatment to buy alchemy potions, so I can only apply some picked herbs.
Seeing that her husband was getting weaker and weaker, and when the neighbors began to help cut wood to build a spiritual ship, a mysterious priest came to the house and used mysterious magic to revive her husband.
For a period of time after that, her husband got very close to the priest in a robe and a hood, and he also attracted many young people in the village to join an organization called Black Swamp. She heard that she could get free magic treatment, and soon she herself
Later, he joined in. There was nothing unusual at that time. The pastor just treated people and brought them together to talk about the benefits of the Black Swamp Organization.
Until five days ago, the priest brought the villagers to this mill, and then the priest showed his original shape and turned into a monster, and her husband and son were also willing to be transformed. She was very scared at the time and did not want to become a monster.
Monster, the priest ordered her to be torn into pieces and nailed here.
"Win people's hearts with free treatment! These blood-sucking monsters really think it through, t!" Soros is very annoyed. Currently, a large part of the income of magicians comes from making potions, but these monsters are free!
Werther: "Do you have any last wishes?"
"I want to scatter my ashes in the Green Fork River." This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation, and the same goes for female monsters.
Werther: "Edmure, you are the Duke of the Riverlands. Come on, use a silver dagger."
Edmure took out a silver dagger from his waist and walked over, raising his hand and pointing the tip of the dagger at the female vampire's chest.
Edmure felt a little scared at such a close distance. He turned around and saw that there were more than a dozen people around him and Werther was there.
Demu, forgive your crime."
After Edmure finished speaking, he held the dagger with both hands and thrust it into the vampire's heart.
"Ah" the vampire kept screaming.
The vampire's tough skin blocked it, and Edmure's posture was wrong and his strength was weak, so he could only advance the dagger slowly. The pain caused the vampire to scream loudly, and everyone covered their ears. Werther could only use magic to pinch his throat.
The monster shrank in size at a speed visible to the naked eye, lost its ferocious and terrifying face, retracted its fangs and sharp teeth, and its skin turned yellow and white like a human. She returned to the appearance of a peasant woman in her thirties or forties.
Seeing that her skin became human again, the peasant woman smiled. After shouting with her last strength, her body began to burn with fire. Along with the magic flames that emerged from all over her body, it turned into a human within a few seconds.
A pile of blue-white ashes fell to the ground.
Except for Werther, the people present were only Qyburn and Thoros who had seen vampires in King's Landing. Several young men from the Lannister family were inexplicably uneasy when they saw such a dead state, and some young knights' hands began to tremble with fear.
Edmure, who executed the execution himself, was speechless for a long time. He forgot to put away the dagger and leaned over to look at a pile of strange ashes.
Everyone was quiet and Werther did not disturb them. Suddenly Edmure shouted:
"Witt! How much does a pound of vampire ashes cost?"