The First Vampire

As it tumbled in mid-air, the eye on the skull that still wouldn’t close in death stared at the city gate that still hadn’t been closed behind it.

Thud!

The skull hit the ground.

Knights Palon’s consciousness finally began to disperse, the last thought lingering in his mind was—

Riverside City, was done for.

This knight from the east paid his life as the price, but it only delayed the Blood Knight Army for less than a second.

The raging cavalry rushed over his corpse towards the open city gate.

Within the city gate, the soldiers of the city’s defense force had long run away, no one dared to stop the oncoming cavalry.

Colin stopped before the Knight Palon’s corpse, in his gaze were admiration and a bit of regret.

If his head hadn’t been severed, Colin would have tried to convert this brave knight from the east into a blood slave, but now, it was definitely impossible.

The Blood Clan are not zombies, they can’t revive the dead.

However, he didn’t allow this corpse to be trampled on, but ordered his soldiers to clean it up and bury it in the public cemetery inside the city later.

He was a true knight, deserving of such treatment.

Soon after, Colin followed the main force into the city.

Even though he had expected the weakness of the eastern armies, the situation in the city was a shock to Colin.

The city’s defense force could hardly organize a decent resistance, the Blood Knights drove them around like sheep, and even scattered resistance was easily suppressed.

You know, Riverside City was already one of the larger cities in this region, yet the city’s defensive forces were this way.

Moreover, the situation in Alfalfa City that night was too chaotic, many of the Pegasus Navy escaped, they should have spread the news of the Blood Knights Army crossing the river, yet it seemed like no preparations had been made.

It was said that the east had been at peace for too long with lax military preparedness, but Colin hadn’t expected it to be so lax.

Sure enough, an undefeated country breeds internal decay and ultimately destruction.

He fought his way to the gate of the City Lord’s Mansion without encountering any organized resistance.

Looking up at the luxurious city lord’s mansion, Colin gave a cold laugh and ordered,

“Break down the gate!”

This city lord’s mansion was actually the castle of the Yaga family. Although it couldn’t compare to the city walls of Riverside City, it still had some defensive ability. A dozen or so Blood Knights soldiers couldn’t break the gate open all at once.

Colin raised an eyebrow, had the soldiers retreat for a while, and then summoned the blood slave Lucien.

This sixth-order warrior was wrapped in armor, wielding a white gigantic shield almost as high as a man. Facing the castle gate, he had no hesitation and stomped his foot on the ground, leaving a deep hole!

Boom!

With a strong reaction, he rushed towards the castle gate like a cannonball.

Thud!

There was a shaking of the earth and mountains, and the gate collapsed.

Without Colin giving an order, the soldiers of the Blood Knights Army followed suit and entered.

There was an immediate cacophony inside. Some spirited eastern soldiers wanted to take up arms and fight, but were quickly cut down by even more fierce Blood Knights soldiers. As for more eastern soldiers, they chose to kneel and surrender instead.

These soldiers, who have not experienced brutal warfare, are unlikely to cause trouble for the wolf-like Blood Knight Army.

Colin dismounted and, under the protection of his soldiers, walked into the castle.

Inside the castle, it was densely packed with people kneeling. There were also many injured who continuously screamed out.

Colin kept moving, heading straight for the inner courtyard.

He had already heard the music coming from inside, it seemed that the city lord was really fearless in the face of danger.

Was he deliberately displaying this attitude to gain respect, or was he trying to provoke him with disdain?

But when Colin entered, he couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

They were just partying so hard they couldn’t stop!

Even under the cold gaze of the Blood Knight Army, these Riverside City aristocratic lords continued to do all sorts of indecent things, oblivious to what was happening around them.

At this moment, a half-elf merchant from the crowd pushed aside a dancing girl wrapped around him, fawningly came before Colin, and reverently saluted,

“Count, you finally arrived!”

Colin cleared his throat, took back his astonished gaze, and said: “You must be Mr. Sass right?”

“Yes, the motorcade at the city gate was arranged by me. Did it meet your satisfaction?”

Colin nodded, pointed at the obscene scene in front of him, and asked, “Did you also arrange for this?”

“Yes, sir. I’ve added a hallucinogenic potion to the wine, so they will not recover their senses for a while.”

Colin disdainfully waved his hand, and ordered the soldiers behind him: “Get them all out, and when they sober up, have them come to see me.”

“Yes!”

After the hall was cleaned, Colin took his seat at the head.

Sass immediately had a maid serve red wine, of course without any additives.

Colin was thirsty from the continuous charge, he picked it up, drank it in one gulp, and then said to the half-elf merchant: “Mr. Sass, I need you to help me with something.”

Sass immediately replied: “Count, just give the order!”

Actually, in the half-elf business world, Colin’s reputation was bad, whether it was compulsory low-price acquisition of food, or the establishment of a half-elf foreign trade company, all this made the half-elf merchants very resentful.

However, the biggest problem with this class was their inability to unite. As long as there’s enough benefit, causing discord and winning them over was easy.

Moreover, now that Silver Moon City is firmly controlled by the North Territory, combined with the miserable end of the legendary half-elf merchant Haver, the majority of half-elf traders have awakened to reality and see Colin as the one to ingratiate with.

This Mr. Sass is the forerunner and leader among these half-elf merchants.

This time, by helping the Blood Knight Army capture Riverside City, Sass had completely boarded the ship of the North Territory and from now on he would have to cling tightly to Colin’s coattails.

“I need you to help me seize the food in the city. All of the food belonging to the Yaga family must be collected, and for the commoners, take half, leave them half.”

“Count, you really are merciful! You’re actually leaving half for those lowly easterners.”

Colin gave a faint smile, without bothering to explain.

Actually, he did this for two reasons. On one hand, he didn’t want to do something as graceless as robbing food from the common people’s mouths, on the other he didn’t really lack food.

The food bought at a low-price from Silver Moon City plus the food conned from Count Evan’s hand with bonds is enough for the North Territory to get through this year’s famine.

After entering the East this time, the reason he indulged the Blood Knight Army in plundering was to create the illusion that the purpose of the Blood Knight Army’s expedition to the east was food.

“The Blood Knight Army will assist you in confiscating the food, but the transportation afterwards will need to be done by your own caravans, understood?”

“Understood!”