Journey of Vampire Lord
Copyright© 2025 by Vamp
Chapter 4
At first, he thought about disposing of the mercenaries in the village. There were thirty villagers, and to kill them all, there would be at least five or six mercenaries, or even more than ten.
No matter how many times he thought about it, there was no possibility of killing all the mercenaries without ensuring no harm would be done to the villagers.
So there was only one way.
He would kill all of them in the middle of nowhere.
“W-what is it!?”
The young mercenary was located right behind Eugene. He shouted in panic and pulled out his short sword. Eugene quickly turned around and dug his arms into the mercenary’s body.
Puck!
“...!”
The mercenary took on a shocked expression as the long nails pierced through his heart. At such a close distance, it would have been much better to put up his shield instead of choosing his sword. It seemed he was rather lacking in experience compared to the other two.
“Hiek!”
“You fucking monster!”
The reaction of the remaining mercenaries was divided. Eugene’s bare body was covered in black scales, and he was like a monster as he instantly slaughtered three mercenaries.
“Huaaagh!”
“Sa-save me!”
Three of the remaining mercenaries fled without looking back. It was obvious from their poor equipment that they were inexperienced. However, the other two rushed in with expressions of fear and excitement.
“Kuaagh!”
“Die!”
A wooden club embedded with sharp, metal pieces flew towards Eugene.
Clang!
Eugene avoided one strike and deflected the other with his arm. He pierced his dagger into the jaw of the surprised mercenary and flung him away.
Boom!
“Uagh!”
A mercenary collided with the body and rolled on the ground. A vampire’s brute strength was not to be underestimated.
Fwoosh!
Eugene’s black nails clawed across the fallen mercenary’s face and throat, and the man was dead in an instant.
“Krrrr...!”
Eugene brushed off the blood and flesh on his claws, then turned around.
“Fucking hell! I-I can’t see anything! I can’t see! Kuaagh!”
A red-haired mercenary shouted in frenzy. He had lost his eyesight after having his face clawed at the very beginning.
Thuck!
Eugene knocked out the red-haired mercenary with a well-placed kick to the throat, then shot off towards the rest of the escaping mercenaries. Each stride allowed him to cross a distance equivalent to five or six steps.
In an instant, Eugene narrowed the distance between himself and the mercenaries, then drew his claw horizontally while emitting a glow from his red eyes.
“Kuaagh!”
“Argh!’
The mercenaries fell forward while letting out terrified screams, blood erupting from their backs.
“Hiek! Please, please...”
“Sa-save me! Let me live!”
The young mercenaries begged for their lives while blood soaked their backs and piss drenched their pants. But the vampire had been hunted by humans in his past life. Their pleading words meant nothing to him.
Eugene slashed with his hands.
The three bodies were completely split from top to bottom, then fell to the ground one by one.
“So, you were trying to feign the one named Ziegler as a bastard son? You were going to kill all of the villagers and even your young underlings to frame them as perpetrators?”
Ziegler was the name of the young mercenary whom Eugene took care of the third.
It was ridiculous.
In the past, the villagers of Broadwin had been slaughtered, which had, in turn, led to his identity being discovered and him being captured, which finally resulted in him being beheaded after a long chase.
Everything was triggered by the greed of the mercenary named Timothy and his men.
“P-please forgive me! I wanted to create a scene because I thought it was a good opportunity. If I knew that someone like you were in B-broadwin, I would never have done such a thing! Never! Please, spare my life!”
The red-haired mercenary, Timothy, who was now blind as well, begged for his life.
If you tell me everything you know, I will spare your life.
It was a boring line Timothy used countless times until now. Of course, he never actually spared anyone’s life. But when the same line was used against him after he lost his eyes and became subjected to torture, he realized why all of them would say anything at all with tears and snot running down their faces.
“Did Lord Tywin make the request himself?”
“N-no. Lord Tywin fell ill last year due to a disease. I received the request from his two sons.”
“Sons?”
“Yes, yes! Camara Tywin and Bertel Tywin. The d-daughter have all been married off, so the two of them practically manage the land.”
Bertel Tywin.
In the past, he had persistently chased after Eugene. Although they never faced each other in person, Bertel Tywin was a young knight who appeared quite strong.
“Please, please! I will live quietly from now on, so please spare my life...”
Timothy pitifully kowtowed towards the wrong direction while begging, and Eugene slowly approached him. He could not believe that he had been discovered and chased because of stupid, greedy humans like Timothy.
A long black fingernail pierced Timothy’s head.
“...!”
Timothy died without ever getting a chance to scream. Eugene searched Timothy’s body.
‘This is it.’
He did not know how to read, but he knew the coat-of-arms of the lord’s family. He had seen the same symbol on the surcoat worn by Bertel Tywin in the past. After finding the letter of instructions, Eugene gathered the bodies of the dead mercenaries in one place.
Afterward, he ran towards a mountain in the distance. Only the faint outlines of the mountain could be seen.
The black wolves of the nearby areas were feared by even experienced mercenaries. They were big, strong, and agile, and they always ran without hesitation when faced with an enemy stronger than themselves. They were sneaky as well.
But for an awakened vampire during the night, they were nothing more than just a couple of tricky, wild ‘muts.’ Eugene spent a couple of hours roaming the mountains with his five senses exerted to the max. As a result, he was able to find a group of five black wolves.
Two were fully grown, assumed to be the parents, and three appeared to be cubs. The wolves growled and showed their teeth even though they felt instinctive fear. Eugene used his dagger to catch the two mature wolves, then let the three remaining wolves escape. They were almost fully matured anyways, so they could live independently in the wilderness.
He only needed two or three fully grown wolves anyways. With a large wolf on each of his shoulders, Eugene returned to the place where he killed the mercenaries. He then used the mercenaries’ weapons to carve wounds all over the wolves’ bodies, then damaged the corpses of the mercenaries with the claws and fangs of the wolves.
After scattering the bodies of the humans and animals, Eugene took a step back and examined the scene of his creation.
This would be a perfect crime.
After returning to the cabin, Eugene headed to the village chief’s house along with Mirian.
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