The First Vampire

“I’m planning to take down Silver Moon City, what do you think?”

Knight Lyle turned around and addressed several accompanying military officers, his opening statement almost stunned them.

“My, my lord…That might not be a good idea…”

“What’s not good about it?” Knight Lyle glared with his eyes, his gleaming bald head reflecting the rosy sky, making him look especially ferocious.

“We only have a thousand men, can we really take down the city?” one officer cautiously asked.

Knight Lyle scoffed, “Isn’t Silver Moon City known for surrendering without a fight? Perhaps they will surrender as soon as we launch our attack.”

The officers were all momentarily at a loss for words.

If Silver Moon City surrendered to their small army of a thousand without a fight, then the Half-Elf Kingdom might as well disband altogether.

“My lord, if nothing has actually happened in the city, and the city is just on high alert because of the wedding, our rash attack would be a terrible joke…”

“Yes, my lord, besides, our men have been traveling long distances and are too exhausted to siege the city now!”

“My lord, why don’t we send someone back to the North Territory with a message? If something has indeed happened in Silver Moon City, Duke St.

Hilde will surely do something.”

Hearing his subordinates unanimously opposing the attack, Knight Lyle grunted in dissatisfaction.

Nevertheless, he was not the kind of daredevil who would act recklessly. He could accept others’ advice and nodded, saying:

“Fine, we will set up camp outside the city and rest for now, keeping an eye on the movements inside the city. As soon as something happens, we’ll storm in!”

“Yes!” The officers immediately breathed a sigh of relief and promptly answered.

“My lord, should we send someone to Winterfell City with a message?” another officer suggested.

Knight Lyle shook his head, “No need, Viscount has already made arrangements.”

He was clearly thinking about the carrier pigeon that Colin had asked him to take back to Ice Rock City before setting off.

If something did happen to Colin in Silver Moon City, and Ice Rock City couldn’t receive a message on time, they would naturally know what to do.

“Yes.” The officer was somewhat confused, but still nodded in agreement.

Knight Lyle turned around, looking at the heavily fortified Silver Moon City with a worried face, and sighed:

“Ah! I hope Viscount doesn’t suffer any grievances in the city.”

“Ah–— refreshing! !! ”

Colin drank a cup of chilled Deer Blood Wine and let out a sigh of satisfaction.

“I didn’t expect you to enjoy Deer Blood Wine so much.” Vera, resting on her cheek, looked curiously at Colin, “Do you need more ice? I can make some for you.”

“There’s enough ice. Actually, I learned to drink deer blood from my father.” Colin used his late father as an excuse, “He said, a real knight should drink fresh blood!”

“Why?”

“Because…” Colin scratched his head, made up a reason and said, “Because fresh blood is the essence of life and contains a variety of… beneficial substances.”

“I see. I remembered I saw my father drinking bear blood when I was a child…” Vera suddenly realized that the symbol of the Angler family was a white bear, she hurriedly apologized, “Oh! Sorry, I didn’t mean that…”

Colin waved his hand, “It’s okay, I’m not that sensitive.”

In fact, he had been considering to replace the family symbol for a long time.

The roaring white bear?

It looked so uncouth, no elegance at all…

“So all you need is Deer Blood Wine? You don’t need to eat anything else?”

“I don’t need to, you go ahead.”

Since Vera was pretending to be dead, the food that was brought in was only enough for one person, so Colin gave it all to Vera.

“But there’s too much for me to finish, you should eat some too.” Vera pushed the half-eaten plate in front of Colin and encouraged with a smile.

Colin knew she meant well, although he really didn’t need to eat regular food, he decided to relieve Vera’s worries by politely consuming the rest of the food.

“Are we just going to wait for the Northern armies to reach Silver Moon City now?”

“Yes.”

“But the Modewen family has locked down Silver Moon City, we can’t pass the message back to Winterfell City, right?”

“Hmmm, can they keep the city locked down forever?” Colin sneered, “Moreover, a lack of a message is a message on its own.”

Only then did Vera realize: “Oh right! If my father doesn’t receive the news of my marriage, he will surely understand that something has happened in Silver

Moon City.”

Colin nodded in agreement.

Although what he meant was something else entirely.

The current situation in Silver Moon City wasn’t progressing the way Colin would have liked.

According to the current scenario, even if the North Territory’s army reached Silver Moon City, the Modewen family still had a way to retain the throne.

The Miller family would likely be made the scapegoat, with the charges of killing Vera enough to completely eradicate their family from the face of the earth.

However, this clearly was not in Colin’s best interest.

Firstly, Queen Isa was also from the Miller family and Colin would not want to see his second bloodline just be abolished this way.

Moreover, Colin was actually not willing to let the Half-Elf Kingdom fall into the control of the St. Hilde family.

This wealthy but weak small kingdom had already incited Colin’s greed.

He wanted to control this kingdom personally!

Moreover, Colin now had a perfect chess piece – Queen Isa.

If he didn’t make good use of her, it would be a waste.

As long as he could control the Half-Elf Kingdom, Colin would no longer have to worry about the issue of funding for the cavalry.

“Perhaps, it’s time to encourage some ambitious person…” Colin murmured quietly.

“What?” Vera was about to ask Colin what he said, but she heard the door being knocked.

Colin swiftly picked up Vera and put her into the coffin.

Then he leisurely opened the door, letting in the Half-Elf female slave Kathy.

“My lord, have you finished your meal?

“Yes, you can clean up.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Watching Kathy cleaning up the table with her head down, Colin suddenly said,

“You must have a way to contact the outside of the royal palace, right?” Kathy glanced at Colin carefully and hesitated but did not dare to speak.

“Don’t be afraid, now we’re in the same boat.” Colin smiled.

Then, regardless of whether Kathy believed him or not, he continued:

“I know your Savoy family wants to reclaim the Half-Elf throne. Killing Vera in the royal palace is indeed a good method. The Modewen family would likely be abolished under the anger of the North Territory.

But obviously, the Modewen family will not sit and wait for death.

Would you like to know what their countermeasure is?”

Kathy’s hand noticeably trembled, and a struggle flashed across her face.

After a while, she finally raised her head and looked at Colin.

There was no longer the deliberately feigned timidity in her eyes. She straightened her chest, seemingly unwilling to show any fear in front of Colin.

But her immature face and simple dress still made her look somewhat lacking in confidence.

“My lord, I wonder what kind of information you have obtained?” Colin smirked playfully, “So, you’re admitting who you are?”

Kathy pursed her lips and did not speak.

“It doesn’t matter even if you don’t admit. But, I can’t give you my information for free.”

“What would you want, my lord?”

“I want to know, is there an army from the Angler family outside Silver Moon City right now?”

Kathy frowned: “Sorry, my lord, Silver Moon City is completely sealed now, we cannot contact the outside world.”

“I’m not asking you to contact them, just to confirm their presence. Don’t tell me you can’t do such a simple thing.”

“Okay.” Kathy finally nodded, “Then, what’s the bad news you mentioned?”

Colin showed a brilliant smile, “You go and tell Cis that the Modewen family has already imprisoned the Eastern Envoy, probably intending to use this as a bargaining chip to completely side with the North Territory.

So, if the Savoy family does not hurry to do something, then most likely, the Half-Elf throne would still end up in the hands of the Modewen family. And you all, after losing your value, will be completely liquidated!” Sure enough, after hearing this news, Kathy’s eyes widened instantly.

“Is… is this true?” She didn’t seem fully convinced yet.

Colin spread his hands: “You can have Cis check it out. Don’t you have any other informants in the royal palace?”

As expected, Kathy left in a hurry with an anxious look on her face.

Vera poked her head out of the coffin and asked curiously: “Colin, you’ve been locked up here all the time, how did you know that the Eastern Envoy was captured?”

Colin smiled mysteriously:

“I have my ways of knowing..”