Chapter 236 Reward

Inside the City Lord's Mansion, Yang Qiu took off the cloak he had just put on and hung it on the coat rack, put the dragon bone staff into the space ring, and made a cup of fragrant tea with the hot water in the thermos.
With the players from the Lahong Group and the Mingfeng Chunpu Group coming to support and joining the battle, the fate of this vampire was already determined and there was no need for him to rush to save the situation.
"A hundred years old... no, he can be forcibly atomized in bat form, so he should be at least two hundred years old." Taking a sip of hot milk tea full of flavor, Yang Qiu sighed and gloated, "A dignified vampire baron was hacked to death by a bunch of dead game geeks. If I tell this to the old man, he will jump up and down and shout 'you are bragging' again."
The only time Yang Qiu intervened in the process of players hunting vampires was when the players used identification skills to scan the two men in the Gerry family's study. He promptly tampered with some of the results and replaced the text that should have been displayed as "visitors to the Gerry family" with question marks.
The identification technique, which was derived from biological detection magic, could not see through the disguise of an adult vampire, but the result of the identification technique could be changed...
What if the visitor to Gerry's house really wasn't a vampire, but a bored man who was out wandering late at night? At most, the player's reputation for injuring this man would be deducted, and Yang Qiu himself would not suffer any loss anyway...
The most effective way to identify a vampire is to attack it.
The vampire's anthropomorphic disguise can perfectly fake a human appearance, but it cannot fake biological reactions. A real human will have their skin torn and bleed when cut, but a vampire's anthropomorphic disguise will only emit black smoke when cut - vampires are originally non-material monsters, and their true bodies are just purer and more concentrated energy bodies, without normal blood vessels, muscles and other things like the human body.
It is also because of this well-known reason that most vampires lurking in human society will go to great lengths to give themselves a decent identity that cannot be easily and rudely touched by others.
Of course, minor injuries that broke the skin would not cause a vampire to fail in his disguise. There was once a vampire who got close to the king and figured out how to hide human blood under the skin. He bled out in public to prove his innocence and fooled the pope. He happily served as a minister for more than a decade until an earthquake caused the side hall to collapse and he was crushed by a stone pillar and emitted black smoke, only to be exposed...
Anyway... it's a very pleasant thing to be able to defeat the vampire who had entered the country rashly with just a few insignificant moves.
The next day, the people from Lahongge's Blood Alliance went to the Night Watch Hall to hand in their tasks and received a large amount of worthless game coins. They also brought a dozen blood essences dropped after killing vampires to Yang Qiu to hand them in and exchange them for worthless game coins and even less valuable reputation. Yang Qiu was even happier.
The people of Lahongge's Blood Alliance gained twice by killing a vampire once, which was a win-win situation; Yang Qiu earned gold coins and top-level materials , which was also a win-win situation!
The Gold Coin Church, which paid fifty gold coins to resolve the crisis of the Vampire Baron's entry, only won once. But judging from the action of the Night Watch Captain Clark who immediately drove a carriage and dragged a gold coin box to the City Lord's Mansion to exchange for more game coins...even if it was not a win-win situation, they were very satisfied.
Everyone is happy!
The Odysseus family delegation stayed in a high-end hotel in Midtown. Phoenix, Master Parker and his good friend Master Gray met in the restaurant for dinner early in the morning.
Just as the main course was served, Phoenix's personal maid walked in with a look of surprise, bent down and whispered something in Phoenix's ear.
"What?!" Phoenix cried out in surprise, startling Master Parker who was whispering to his good friend Gray with his head tilted.
Phoenix ignored his brother and asked with surprised eyes, "Is Simpson from Leo's house in Moses Port a vampire? Was he killed by the undead here last night?"
Master Parker's hand trembled and the knife fell directly onto the plate: "Wait a minute, Phoenix, what is that? What do you think Leo has?"
The Leo Shipping Company in Moses Port was their father's private property. When the visiting delegation passed through Moses Port, they were entertained by the Leo family.
Phoenix's personal maid, who was also her secretary, quickly explained, "Bishop Lee Gene sent the night watchman to explain that the vampire was a vampire baron who had lived for more than 200 years. He must have sneaked into Leo's house at some point and replaced the original Master Simpson."
Bishop Li Gene specially sent someone to deliver the message early in the morning. His intention was of course to make the matter smaller than it actually was - if the Leo family was involved, the Odysseus family behind the Leo family would be involved, and Bishop Gene was unwilling to offend a great noble of the kingdom.
It was not uncommon for a vampire to infiltrate a family and replace someone. Master Parker had seen several reports about this in the newspaper.
But knowing that such a thing happened was completely different from knowing that such a weird thing happened to a circle of people you know. The stunned Master Parker came to his senses from the shock and immediately tried hard to recall whether he had dealt with a man named Simpson from Leo's family when he stayed in Moses Port...
Phoenix thought of something, his expression suddenly changed, and he stood up: "Where is the person sent by Bishop Gene?"
"In the living room," said the secretary.
Phoenix took off the napkin pinned to his collar and glared at his brother before leaving the table: "Don't run around today. Stay in Midtown and don't go anywhere."
Normally, Master Parker would definitely talk back when he was talked into this way, but now he nodded obediently and said, "I'm definitely not going anywhere! I won't even leave the hotel!"
There were two knights of the Odysseus family who were dining nearby. One of them saw Phoenix leaving and quickly finished his grilled steak in a few bites. He wiped his mouth with a napkin while quickly following.
Accompanied and protected by his maid and secretary and the family knight, Phoenix quickly went downstairs and walked into the living room.
This luxury hotel has been booked by the delegation, and no one is allowed to come in or out at will. Waiting in the living room, apart from the delegation's servants, there was only a man wearing a peaked cap and a leather jacket.
Seeing the noblewoman walking in with great strides, the night watchman who was sitting on the sofa a little awkwardly stood up quickly, took off his hat and bowed slightly: "Good day, my dear lady."
Phoenix ignored the usual etiquette and asked solemnly , "Did Bishop Gene mention the reason why this vampire lurking in Leo's house appeared in Innadri?"
The delegation passed through Moses Port a few days ago and attended a reception hosted by Leo's family. As the second daughter of a noble family, it was hard for Phoenix not to think of conspiracy!
The night watchman immediately told the truth about the situation of Joy Rachel's family who came to ask for help yesterday afternoon...
After listening carefully to the cause and effect of the incident, Phoenix, who was full of conspiracy theories, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The vampires were not coming for the visiting delegation or for the siblings.
The other half was still holding his breath, the reason of course was that there might still be vampires in Moses Port!
Moses Port is the largest port city in the Odysseus Territory. At this critical juncture, Phoenix, as the supreme governor of the Odysseus Territory, will never allow any problems to occur in Moses Port!
At this time, the family knight who had been standing nearby and listening for a long time could not help but asked, "Excuse me for interrupting, but did the person targeted by the vampire come to Innadri yesterday? Was that vampire also?"
"Yes, sir." The night watchman said, "Our investigators went to the Darcy family to inquire. The Darcy family's housekeeper said that the man who replaced Simpson Leo did enter the city yesterday afternoon, and it is very likely that he took the same ship as Joy Rachel's family and Pastor Bert who accompanied them."
The family knight couldn't help but twitch his face. He was unknowingly on the same ship with the vampire who wanted to kill him, and he might have brushed past him several times... It was frightening even without thinking about it carefully. However, this was not the end of his concern. The family knight said incredulously: "So, the undead here saw through the vampire's disguise overnight and killed it?"
"Yes, sir." The night watchman nodded vigorously and said with certainty, "The scene where the undead killed the vampire baron was witnessed by many residents of Third Street in the Granser District and the operators of the City Hall. When our people received the news and rushed to the scene, the undead were already counting the blood essence dropped by the vampire baron after his death."
The Night's Watch could understand very well the strong knight in front of them who looked as if his worldview was shattered. When the undead solved the "Redwall Farm" incident, the "Mist Shadow Forest" incident, the "Salmon House" incident, and so on overnight, their feelings were similar to those of the family knight of the Odysseus family.
The family knight opened his mouth wide, staring blankly at the Night Watchman who had a look of certainty on his face, for a long, long time.
In the past few days after entering the city, this family knight followed Phoenix to the City Hall every day, and often saw the undead appearing or disappearing on the abrupt earthen platform in the courtyard of the City Hall.
He had absolutely no idea how those skeletons, who looked not much stronger than low-level monsters, could find the vampires hiding in the crowd and kill them overnight.
Phoenix had a different opinion from her family knight. After pondering for a while, she pointed out the point sharply: "How much did Bishop Li Gene pay to kill this vampire?"
Bishop Gene did not drive away Rachel's family who brought trouble to him. It was obvious that he intended to use this incident to take a small revenge on the Bishop of Moses Port Diocese who brought the trouble. In other words, Bishop Gene paid the reward for killing the vampire out of his own pocket - Phoenix was tired of this tactic of retreating to advance and attacking competitors.
The night watchman, who had gotten used to talking to this noble lady and was no longer so reserved, suddenly became reserved again...
Under Phoenix's scrutiny, the night watchman looked away and said unsurely, "Fifty gold coins."
"???" The family knight, who was already opening his mouth, opened his mouth even wider.
Phoenix, who was used to all kinds of scenes, couldn't help but be stunned.
After quoting this somewhat embarrassing price, the night watchman reluctantly muttered something in a low voice, trying to save face for the local church: "This is a common vampire bounty, and this vampire is a baron."
Phoenix had a blank expression on his face, and the family knight's mouth twitched.
Twenty gold coins for an ordinary vampire, fifty gold coins for a vampire baron - these were the bounties from at least sixty years ago!
So, you guys are bullying the Nightmare Butcher who has been hunted by the Church of the Fiery Sun for more than 60 years. You don’t know the current situation, right?
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