Journey of Vampire Lord
Copyright© 2025 by Vamp
Chapter 20
“What did you say?”
“Uh ... the Tywin family and Sir Eugene have signed a contract with me. Here is the mana stone and monster materials disposal agreement as well as the letter to prove the identity of Lord Tywin’s agent.”
Bilmoa held out a document and Priscilla’s hand trembled as she received it. She had been planning to personally sign a contract with the knight named Eugene after meeting him, but apparently, Bilmoa and Eugene had already signed a contract amidst their short meeting...
In addition, the terms of the contract were not half bad, or rather, quite good for the Palin Association.
“We have decided to lend them 5,000 silver coins with three dungeon expedition rights as collateral. It is on a two-year repayment basis. During the repayment period, we have all the rights to purify and sell mana stones from the Tywin dungeon. The materials from monsters are also...”
“I get it. Ha!”
Priscilla let out a long sigh, and Bilmoa tilted his head in confusion. This was a very good contract for the Palin Association, so why was the vice executive sighing?
“Vice executive, are you not fond of the terms of the contract?”
“I like them. Phew, it’s nothing. You can get back to your business. Oh, and please call Mister Grail in.”
“Yes, of course.”
Bilmoa stood up from his seat after answering, then walked towards the door. As his hand reached for the door, he turned his head after he suddenly remembered something.
“Ah, right. I saw Grail heading to the mercenary guild earlier.”
“The mercenary guild? Why?”
“He said he was going to see Sir Eugene.”
“What? Why is Sir Eugene in the mercenary guild?”
“Ah! So, you don’t know about it yet? A group of roamers have been spotted in the woods around the eastern outskirts of the city. The city recruiter is gathering a subjugation squad. It appears Sir Eugene is going to participate.”
“I see. All right ... W-was Mister Grail by himself by chance?”
“He was with Tevin. Oh, and I’m not sure where he found it, but he was pulling along an incredibly handsome horse with him. It even had armor, and wow, it was just...”
Papapat!
Priscilla jumped up from her seat and bolted out the door before Bilmoa finished his words.
“What the heck? Did she need to use the toilet? Anyways, no one will be able to say anything about my performance now. Hehe!”
Bilmoa expressed puzzlement when Priscilla darted out the door, but soon, a bright smile hung around his lips.
Eugene armed himself after stopping by an inn, then left Maren’s gate alongside the mercenaries.
Clop. Clop.
The horse gifted to him by the Palin Association was very much to Eugene’s liking. Although he was quite ignorant when it came to horses, he assumed his steed was quite outstanding since the man from the Palin Association had boasted proudly of the horse’s pedigree. Moreover, his horse apparently cost 300 silver coins, excluding its armor.
He once heard that no one would dare to form cavalries or knight orders, except for a few select nobles. Today, he finally understood why. Equipping a proper knight was genuinely akin to throwing money into an endless pit...
“Your horse taming abilities are amazing, Sir Eugene.”
“Well, I guess it’s not too shabby.”
Partec showed his admiration, and Eugene responded dryly.
“It’s a good thing you did as I told you, right? Huhuhuhuhuhu!”
Mirian laughed proudly while lying on the head of the horse. The horse was given the name “Silion” after one of the spirit monarchs, and although he did not answer, Eugene accepted Mirian’s words. Just a moment ago, he heeded her advice and threatened Silion.
Well, he utilized a vampire’s Fear to cause the horse to submit, rather than threatening it, but he managed to successfully establish a perfect master and servant relationship with the horse. Adding in a vampire’s excellent athletic abilities, he quickly learned to ride the horse on a similar level as a regular knight.
“Hey, hey Silion. Consider yourself the luckiest of horses. As for our Sir Eugene – he’s an amazing con man, hmm!? He pulls out the heads of trolls with his bare hands, yeah!? Hey, he’s the master of everything and anything! You’ve netted yourself a master who’s bound to lead you to greatness. Sir Eugene, the Earl of Blood! Eugene, the Count of Darkness!”
Neigh!
Silion nodded his head as if he could understand Mirian’s nonsense. It was surprising, but it seemed Silion could understand Mirian’s words on top of being able to see her. According to Mirian, special animals and monsters were able to see spirits. It appeared Silion fell into that same category as well.
‘Is it because of his extraordinary pedigree?’
As Eugene thought to himself, a group of mercenaries came running towards him while shouting. They had volunteered themselves to scout ahead.
“Sir Eugene! There is trouble!”
“Trouble?”
“Sir Madrica has been surrounded by roamers! It seems most of the mercenaries are either dead or have fled, and Sir Madrica is struggling alone...”
“Let’s go quickly.”
“Yes!”
The mercenaries who were familiar with Eugene strode forward confidently, while those who saw him for the first time began running with both doubt and expectations.
“What a mess. A huge mess.”
Eugene found himself agreeing with Mirian quite a few times today as he looked towards the entrance of the forest. He could not see about half of the mercenaries who left earlier with Madrica. Most likely, they were dead or had already fled, but the remaining survivors did not look to be in good shape either.
Firstly, there were just too many goblins. In addition, they weren’t equipped with crude weapons such as wooden clubs. Instead, they held iron weapons such as sickles and daggers in their hands. Even so, each mercenary would have been capable of handling one or two goblins at a time. But there were so many goblins that each mercenary had to fight against three or four goblins at the same time.
The only salvation was that Madrica was playing a big role with his excellent horseback swordsmanship.
“Orc!”
The orc warriors had been firing crossbows from the back line until now. But they suddenly charged towards Madrica, perhaps they noticed the arrival of Eugene and the other mercenaries. The orc warriors were holding battle axes in both hands and had long, braided hair. Their appearances were truly terrifying.
“Sir Eugene! Looks like the orcs are trying to subdue Sir Madrica to take him into the woods as they escape!”
“Take him and run?”
“They can get a ransom for a knight. Even if they can’t, taking his horse and equipment will be extremely beneficial to them ... Sir Eugene, we are running out of time!”
In the meantime, the orc warriors ran forward and arrived in front of Madrica’s horse. The frightened horse stopped and reared on its hind legs, and two orc warriors rushed to the horse’s sides.
Madrica had already used up all the javelins, so he attempted to retaliate with his longsword, but he struggled against three opponents.
“Partec, take these men and save the mercenaries. I will help Sir Madrica.”
“Yes!”
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