Chapter 012: Vampire

On the fourth floor of the castle, only two goblins used black powder. Wang Bo aimed at one and hurled the Pale Sword with force.

The longsword let out a shrill whistle as it pierced the throat of a powder goblin with ease.

The goblin stared at Wang Bo in disbelief, the black powder in his hand clattering to the ground.

At the same time, Caroline fired three arrows in rapid succession, each one powerful. More exquisitely, the three arrows struck simultaneously—one in the throat of the other powder goblin, and one in each shoulder.

The immense force sent the goblin flying, pinning him to the wall.

The goblin let out a scream and died instantly, the black powder in his hand falling.

Without the two goblins who could use powder, the remaining goblins were no threat. Wang Bo and his party slaughtered them all like cutting vegetables.

After all, their combat awareness far surpassed ordinary people; these beginner monsters couldn't cause Wang Bo any trouble.

On this floor, Wang Bo's reward was black powder.

Wang Bo took the black powder and proceeded to the fifth floor of the castle, the final floor.

This floor had only one monster.

It was a vampire, also an elite monster ruling over all goblins and hobgoblins. The reason a vampire appeared here was mainly due to King Vlad III of the Roya Empire.

That guy was a vampire, and vampires need human blood.

But as king, he couldn't suck blood in the palace, so this castle became his breeding center.

The vampire in the castle was his subordinate, responsible for helping Vlad III cultivate blood sources.

Every so often, the goblins and hobgoblins in the castle harassed surrounding villages to find virgins, capturing them and raising them on the fifth floor.

To avoid suspicion, besides capturing maidens, the goblins also captured ordinary humans, but these humans were killed as soon as they were brought back.

As for the maidens, they were sent to the fifth floor of the castle, where the vampire living there would fatten them up for Vlad III to feed on.

As Wang Bo entered the fifth floor, a cutscene began.

A swarm of bats flew in from all directions, landing on the ground and forming a pale, thin man.

The man glared angrily at Wang Bo and his party. "How dare you kill all my subordinates? You're walking to your doom."

The next second, he appeared before Wang Bo like a ghost, five fingers gleaming with black light, stabbing at Wang Bo's throat.

Wang Bo mentally complained that the cutscene was too short, and casually swung his sword. The sharp blade struck the vampire's five fingers, producing a clang of steel and a shower of sparks.

At the same time, Maltus stepped forward and smashed his iron hammer at the vampire's head.

Caroline raised her bow and fired a rapid volley of arrows.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Caught in a pincer attack, the vampire was forced to retreat quickly, leaving a trail of afterimages as he dodged the hammer and arrows. A cold smile appeared on his pale face.

"Excellent. It's been too long since I've savored the blood of adventurers, especially ones as strong as you. I'll drain every last drop of your blood."

Wang Bo rolled his eyes. "You're just an elite monster. You're overacting."

The next second, he shot forward, appearing before the vampire in an instant, his longsword already piercing the vampire's throat.

At the critical moment, the vampire's five fingers caught Wang Bo's sword.

The sword could advance no further.

In this game, the vampire was much stronger than Wang Bo in terms of strength.

Whoosh!

Just then, an arrow flew toward the vampire's eye. Forced to act, the vampire jerked his head to the left, and the arrow grazed his right cheek, leaving a small wound.

In an instant, the vampire's eyes turned blood-red.

"Bitch! How dare you harm my noble self!"

He was about to shake off Wang Bo and attack Caroline, but Wang Bo released the sword hilt and quickly retreated, returning to his original position in an instant.

The vampire was stunned and about to speak when a bang erupted from beneath his feet. The terrible explosion engulfed the vampire, who let out a piercing scream.

Just now, while the vampire was distracted by Caroline's arrow, Wang Bo had secretly activated the black powder and thrown it at the vampire's feet.

The power of black powder was enough to take down any adventurer. Even the vampire, hit directly by a charge of black powder, was badly injured and screamed miserably.

When the smoke cleared, a tattered vampire stood before Wang Bo.

The vampire's right leg was gone, blown to pieces; his right arm was half-destroyed, missing below the elbow. Moreover, large patches of skin were scorched, and his once pale, handsome face was pitted and burned, revealing the flesh beneath.

It looked disgusting.

Wang Bo was also startled. This game was too graphic.

Having lost a leg, the vampire couldn't stand, so he spread a pair of bat wings, but they too were damaged by the black powder, riddled with holes.

"Die, die, die! I'll kill you all!!!"

Having lost half his life to a single charge of black powder, the vampire went berserk, losing all reason, and charged at Wang Bo's group.

But unfortunately, the explosion had dealt him too much damage.

Not only was his speed greatly reduced, but his strength had also dropped to a freezing point.

Wang Bo, undaunted, joined forces with Maltus and Caroline. After five minutes, they depleted the vampire's last health bar, and Wang Bo ran his sword through the vampire's head.

Before dying, the vampire stared wide-eyed at Wang Bo.

Then, he said reluctantly, "I'm sorry, Lord Dracula. I can no longer serve you..."

Pfft!

Before he could finish, Wang Bo chopped off his head. "You're about to die, why force so many extra lines?"

Meanwhile, in the palace of the Roya Empire, King Vlad III, who was handling state affairs, stopped his work. His blue eyes suddenly turned blood-red.

The next second, the shadow beneath him churned, and a cold-faced man emerged from it.

"Garcia is dead. Go and tear apart those who killed our kin."

The cold-faced man nodded, transformed into a bat, and flew out of the palace.