The guest who came alone was standing in the middle of the hall on the first floor. Even after entering the tower, she didn't intend to take off her hood. She still covered herself tightly.
Two girls dressed in tight clothes and preparing to go out to train the dogs came to the hall. At the same time, the two big dogs, Gray Hoof and White Nose, responded to the call from before and just happened to block the door. They sniffed at people they had never seen before, smelling the familiar scent.
The guest noticed the two large magical beasts at the door, but she didn't panic. She just turned her head and looked at the two girls who had just come out of the stairwell. She said, "Good day, I am Lady Dorothy's descendant, Cortlandt. My master asked me to come and visit the Tower Master. "
"Dorothy?" Halloumi tilted her head, a little unfamiliar with this name. After a while, she seemed to remember something and asked, "Vampire?"
"It's the Blood Race. Okay, there's nothing wrong with vampires. "The guest's voice was a little helpless as she admitted the contemptuous name. "Please don't worry, I came here with no ill intentions."
The girls looked at each other and ran up to the third floor at the same time, ready to pull their teacher's blanket. The two big dogs didn't get permission to leave, so they simply sat down and blocked the door. They recognized the smell. It belonged to meat that couldn't be eaten, so they lost interest and yawned.
The guest didn't seem to care and stood quietly in the same place, waiting. Before she came to the Tower of the Great Sage, she had received strict instructions from her master that she was not allowed to do anything to anger the Tower Master. Because that tower was like the natural enemy of the Blood Race. Killing vampires, no matter how many there were, was only a snap of the Tower Master's fingers.
As one of the few powerful warriors in the clan, she subconsciously looked down on the mages who were still stuck in the human level. But the possible reason for her appearance here forced Cortlandt to restrain her arrogance and face the Tower Master with a proper attitude.
Not long after, the adult male Tower Master walked out of the central stairwell, wearing a bright mage robe. His face was radiant and full of energy. In fact, the person on the third floor was sleepy, with messy hair and a sleeping robe, hugging his pillow. Of course, on his head was the helmet that controlled the doppelganger.
Kao Tao Lin tried to find something special about the person in front of her. However, no matter how she looked at it, other than being a little spirited, compared to the outstanding human beings she had seen before, this person in front of her could be said to be nothing special. There was no domineering aura, no handsomeness, and no shrewdness. To be honest, he was just an ordinary person in a rural area who relied on his mediocre craftsmanship to manage a small shop.
Lin obviously did not have a good impression of the dark creatures that had caused trouble twice. After he appeared, he immediately asked, "Dear guest, what brings you here?"
Hearing the obvious displeasure in her tone, Caitlin was slightly angered. "Your Excellency, I'm here on behalf of Lady Dorothy Nagy to convey her goodwill. You don't have to be so hostile. "
"If you really have good intentions, then show yourself. People who hide their heads and show their tails are not trustworthy. "
In response to such a request, the person in hiding stretched out her slender arm, intending to point at the ceiling. However, in an instant, as if she had been burned, her skin split open. She quickly retracted her arm and said hesitantly, "Then the lights in your Excellency's tower …"
"My apologies, my mistake." With a snap of his fingers, Lin lowered the brightness of the tower and said, "This is the wavelength of the simulated moonlight. It shouldn't affect you."
Caitlin reached out once more to probe. This time, there was no sign of burning. Only then did she remove her hood to reveal her pale, bloodless face. She sensed the light within the tower and unexpectedly found that the power in her body had grown slightly. She said in astonishment, "Is this the full moon?"
Sunlight was fatal, but moonlight was helpful. This was especially true of the light of the full moon, which could increase the strength of the two major dark races, the vampires and werewolves. If it wasn't for the fact that the Tower Lord could change the lights in the blink of an eye, Caitlin would've tried to capture him.
But this wasn't the goal of this trip. Besides, there was no point in capturing the Tower Lord in the current situation. Caitlin glanced at the smiling Tower Lord, but she found it odd that the other party's expression and tone were different. But she still asked about the purpose of this trip, "Your Excellency, I wonder if one of the four southwestern vampire elders, the Ancient Marquis Mesarosh, has come to visit your tower?"
"Mesarosh?" Lin couldn't recall the name. "Who is that?"
Caitlin replied awkwardly, "It's the clan head of Marton Borlaug, the one who offended the Tower Lord."
"No such person has come to visit me. But there was a group of people who attacked this tower before, and there were vampires among them. I still remember that your lady promised me that the vampires wouldn't come looking for trouble over that matter. In the end, a large group of people came charging over. How do you explain this matter? "
"Was it Marquis Mesarosh's army?"
"I don't know. They came charging over without announcing their identities, and they didn't wear any insignia. I don't know who is who. "
"Then where are they now?"
"Hmm, the netherworld. Or is it that the god you believe in is collecting the dead? "
Caitlin was stunned for a moment. She suppressed her astonishment and said calmly, "Then I wonder if there are any relics that can prove their identities." As if to cover up her original intentions, Caitlin explained, "Because the whereabouts of every ancient is very important information to us. And a while ago, the marquis also lost contact with us, and his whereabouts are unknown. That's why we hope to confirm his identity. "
"Yes." Looking at the female vampire in front of him who couldn't be considered beautiful, but could be considered heroic and tall. Thinking of the conversation with the lady before, this person's background could be said to be enemies with the marquis. So even though he felt that the other party was trying to cover up something, Lin still nodded and said, "Come with me."
The place where the spoils of war were stored was in the corner of the weapons room. Lin's clone waved his hand and opened the locked door.
The shelf that had been swept clean more than a year ago was still empty. The only things that were replenished were the crossbows used by the two girls for hunting. According to the new ideas and designs, two new crossbows with different characteristics were made and enchanted with a lot of magic. He didn't expect to receive praise from his disciple, only some peace and quiet.
When he sold the things back then, the atmosphere of the entire tower was resentful. When the two slingshots were made, the resentment doubled. Now, the two slingshots had run off to who knows where and could no longer be seen.
And in the corner of the weapons room, the spoils of war that had been sorted out before were piled up in different categories. There was a pile of weapons, a pile of armor, and some small trinkets on silver plates on the shelf, similarly placed in a disorderly manner.
Lin waved his hand, indicating for the guest to look at it herself and said, "The things that are still intact are all here. I've already dismantled or recast the remaining damaged items. You can look for them as you wish. If there's nothing here, then there's nothing. Perhaps it means that your marquis didn't die in the previous attack. "
Nodding slightly, Caitlin walked past the tower master and came to the pile of weapons and equipment that were haphazardly piled up. The closer she got, the more items she recognized, the more shocked she became.
There were wings on both sides of the helmet to protect the ears, the back pointed upward, and the front of the helmet to protect the nose. This was a powerful armor called the King of the Mountains. The original owner was a weapon master among the gray dwarves. At the same time, she saw the arm-length warhammer. The handle of the hammer was made of several intertwined strands of old vines called Lusang. The head of the hammer was flat at the front and pointed at the back, and could be smashed or nailed. This was also the weapon master's proud work, and it was also a weapon that he carried with him.
There was a two-handed greatsword with no edge at the base of the blade, and it was also for people to hold. The end of the hilt was inlaid with a yellow gem the size of a pigeon's egg, and the workmanship was exquisite. This was a legendary weapon called the Star of the Rising Sun. The last owner was a dark elf martial arts master, and also the strongest of the dark elf family among Marquis Mesarosh's allies. Relying on this weapon with the divine power of sunlight, he became the marquis' strongest killer against traitors.
There was a huge bud with several sharp thorns inserted in it. It looked very crude, but it was a terrifying weapon. With half of an ancient dragon's leg bone as the foundation, it was paired with meteoric iron thorns that had been cursed by different dark gods. Every time it took a hit, it would produce a different negative effect. It could be said to be the enemy's nightmare. This was the weapon of Marquis Mesarosh's most trusted servant, the werewolf patriarch's personal weapon.
There were also several famous weapons and defensive equipment, but now they were casually piled up like groceries. It was completely impossible to see its former illustrious reputation, and it was hard to imagine where its owners, those warriors who were so powerful that they were admired by others, were now.
It could be said that if he wasn't mistaken, all of the core forces that Marquis Mesarosh relied on were here, not a single one of them had escaped.
However, the characteristics of these weapons were quite obvious. He, who regarded the Mesarosh clan's power as an imaginary enemy, was quite familiar with the details of these weapons and their owners. The chances of him recognizing them were not high.
In other words, regardless of whether the Marquis personally came or not, more than half of his forces had been crippled.
He then looked at the plate of lighter items. There were earrings, rings, necklaces, waist buckles, arm rings, wristbands, and so on. At a glance, Catherine saw the large golden ring engraved with a complicated shield-shaped emblem. That was the clan patriarch's ring that Marquis Mesarosh never left his body. It was proof of his status as an ancient and, at the same time, a symbol of his authority as an elder.
Had that powerful ancient fallen in the Tower of the Great Sage?
In fact, thanks to Dorothy Nagy's propaganda, all the vampires in the Southwest Peninsula knew that the interior of the Sage's Tower could emit light that had the same effect as sunlight. Hence, everyone agreed to avoid entering the tower as much as possible.
But no one had expected the Tower Master to be so deranged as to modify the outer walls of the tower into something like a large flashlight, capable of emitting light of the same wavelength as sunlight. Against vampires, it was a one-on-one kill with no blind spots. Even if they were wearing daytime clothes like Catherine's original attire, they still couldn't block out the sunlight emitting from the floor.
Even a laser net could be set up, so what was a bit of ultraviolet light?
But Lin had no obligation to explain these things to the vampires. This dark race, which used to be humans, had the same deep-rooted bad habits. No matter how much he explained, it would all be intimidation, excuses, or boasting. Only after experiencing true pain would it leave a deep impression.
That was why Lin didn't choose to believe in that bullshit treaty when he met with Dorothy. Killing the other party until they were terrified was much more effective than a piece of paper.
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