Chapter 013: Pay to Win

On the fifth floor of the castle, after Wang Bo chopped off the vampire's head, he pushed open a door at the end of the corridor. Behind this door were rows upon rows of cages.

Inside these cages, one after another, young maidens were imprisoned.

These were all maidens captured by goblins and hobgoblins, each one pure and chaste.

Only such blood was Vlad III's favorite.

The maidens' eyes were vacant, numb and indifferent, as if they had lost all desire for life and submitted to fate.

But in reality, these were just a pile of data.

Just rendered too realistically.

Wang Bo swung the Pale Sword, breaking the locks on the cages and liberating one maiden after another. The maidens raised their heads, their eyes fixed on Wang Bo, a light seeming to burn within their pupils.

Wang Bo said, "The vampire has been slain by me. You can go back now."

A golden-haired woman said, "I... we can really go back?"

"Of course."

The golden-haired woman suddenly burst into tears, sobbing, "Thank you, thank you, Sir Adventurer, thank you for saving us." The other maidens seemed infected and began to cry as well.

Wang Bo said, "The vampire's companions will be here soon. If you don't leave now, you won't be able to escape."

The golden-haired woman immediately snapped to attention, quickly stepped out of the cage, bowed to Wang Bo, said a few words of thanks, and hurried away.

The others also bowed to Wang Bo and turned to leave.

After seeing off the imprisoned maidens, Wang Bo did not turn to leave but waited inside the castle.

He hadn't lied just now.

Vlad III of the Roya Empire was the most powerful vampire, and most vampires in this country were his descendants. He could sense the death of every vampire.

In this mission to expose the king, after killing the first vampire, Wang Bo had set himself against this king.

Next, the king would send a horde of vampires to kill Wang Bo.

This pursuit came in three waves: the first wave was one vampire, the second wave three vampires, and the third wave nine vampires. Over ninety percent of players would fall in this pursuit.

Only by surviving these three waves could one enter the next stage of the mission.

Wang Bo waited in the castle for over an hour before a pale, indifferent man appeared. The moment he entered the fifth floor, Wang Bo, who had been lying in ambush, swung the Pale Sword without hesitation and slashed out.

After killing the previous vampire, Wang Bo had leveled up again, becoming stronger and faster.

Caught off guard, the indifferent man nearly had his head cut off. Although he reacted in an instant and dodged Wang Bo's attack, Wang Bo still managed to slice off one of his arms.

The indifferent man let out a scream.

Meanwhile, Malthus and Caroline, lying in ambush on the other side, seized the opportunity—one shot an arrow, the other swung a hammer, coordinating perfectly.

The arrow pierced the indifferent man's throat, and the hammer smashed into his head.

The indifferent man was severely wounded almost instantly, but as a vampire, his vitality was strong, and even such attacks did not kill him on the spot.

But he could only linger on.

Wang Bo didn't even give him a chance to linger. He stepped forward, closing in on the indifferent man, and the Pale Sword in his hand traced graceful arcs of sword light, slashing at the indifferent man's body.

Malthus and Caroline assisted from the side.

In less than five minutes, the indifferent man had his head chopped off by Wang Bo.

But even so, he still managed to force out a sentence: "Lord Dracula will not forgive you." Then he turned into a pile of experience, allowing Wang Bo to take a solid step forward on the path of leveling up.

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Meanwhile, inside the palace, Vlad III sensed the death of another of his dispatched minions, and his eyes nearly dripped with blood.

He hadn't expected his minion to lose contact so quickly.

Could someone be targeting him?

This time he was cautious. Since one vampire couldn't deal with this mysterious enemy, he would send three.

But just then, Vlad III's eyes flickered a few times, and lines of data flashed through his gaze. Coming to his senses, Vlad III decided to send five vampires to kill those people.

He would use overwhelming force to eliminate all those who had killed his descendants.

Meanwhile, Wang Bo had already left the castle.

Because there was a ten-hour gap between the first and second waves of pursuit. This ten hours was given to players to purchase a batch of weapons specifically effective against vampires.

For example, silverware or weapons infused with holy water could help players better defeat vampires.

Wang Bo was confident but not arrogant. The next wave was three vampires, so he needed to quickly purchase some vampire-specific weapons to make the upcoming battle easier.

At this moment, Wang Bo employed his divine skill... the Pay-to-Win Method!

He took Malthus and Caroline to the cathedral in the capital of the Roya Empire, donated a large sum of gold coins, and was then received by the bishop.

At this point, Wang Bo spent a considerable amount of gold coins and obtained ten bottles of holy water and a blessed cross sword from the bishop.

This cross sword was practically a bane to evil spirits.

Vampires were no exception.

Then, Wang Bo spent another sum of gold coins to have the bishop add the attribute of "evil-breaking" to Malthus's hammer and Caroline's arrows.

The bishop was a bit reserved at first, seemingly reluctant, but after seeing the gold coins, he lost his reserve.

When he saw Wang Bo out of the cathedral, his face was beaming like a flower.

Wang Bo even saw in this bishop the shadow of a brothel madam, as if smiling and saying to him, "Sir, come play again next time."

After obtaining what he wanted, Wang Bo left the capital and returned to the castle, waiting for the second wave of pursuit.

It wasn't that Wang Bo didn't want to stay in the capital.

It was because the capital was a trap.

Many players who were hunted by vampires in the capital, after barely managing to kill the vampires, were caught by the city guard that appeared out of nowhere.

The charge was destruction of property and harming innocents.

And then there was no "then"; after being taken away, they disappeared.

Vlad III was the king of this country; killing a few players caught by the city guard was a piece of cake.

If any player tried to resist, they would be surrounded by an endless stream of city guard members and eventually killed.

So fighting in the capital was a trap.