The Unemployed Demon Lord

Chapter 15: The Hunter

Merlin and Alice stopped showing their affection and looked at Arnold and Jenna opposite, wondering if it was finally unbearable?

Even Austin, who was sitting at the main table for dinner, was taken aback by his children's sudden behavior, and asked in surprise.

"What happened to you two?"

The glass-hearted Arnold couldn't bear it at first, and ran out crying, "Damn it! Why doesn't Miss Alice like me..."

Austin was taken aback suddenly, confused by what his son said, and didn't know what to say?

Although he knew that Arnold liked the girl Alice, she was obviously married.

Poaching is obviously immoral, and he is not very supportive of his son's thoughts on Alice.

Moreover, Arnold's sudden departure made Austin very embarrassed, and he was too rude in front of the guests.

Seeing her brother fleeing, Jenna sighed secretly that the mud could not support the wall, so she said loudly, "You guys are almost done! They are obviously fake couples, don't act like they are real!"

"We are a real husband and wife. I don't understand what you're talking about?" Merlin spread his hands, feeling very happy.

"I don't understand~" Alice echoed.

The appearance of the couple seemed to be provocative, and a sense of shame came over their faces.

"You little vixen is never finished, tell me! How much do you want to leave Lord Merlin?!" Jenna stared at Alice, and said the classic Mary Su declaration of No. [-] Lost Dog Girl.

"Jenna! What are you doing!? What's the point of yelling here?!" Austin patted the table, and the curvy beard around his mouth straightened out of anger.

"Father, I..." Jenna wanted to explain herself.

"Get out! You will be fined to stay at home for three days and you will not be allowed to go out, and you will copy the teachings of the Goddess of Light three times!" Austin revealed a bit of his father's coercion, and severely suppressed Jenna's arrogance.

"I...I..." Jenna felt aggrieved, and immediately ran out wiping her tears, muttering, "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, Lord Merlin, idiot!"

The two brothers and sisters fled one after the other, and the hall immediately returned to silence, and there was no longer an atmosphere of intrigue.

Merlin and Alice secretly smiled at each other, the trick finally succeeded, the stalker was gone, and the air to breathe became much cleaner.

"That's great, the siblings are gone." Merlin muttered secretly.

"Yeah, my head hurts from being entangled." Alice rubbed her temples, feeling deeply tired.

Earl Austin slowly turned his head to look over, and said in an apologetic tone, "Sorry, my child has caused you trouble."

"No...it's nothing..." Alice smiled awkwardly and waved her hands.

"I know that Arnold is also an adventurer in your guild, and he has received a lot of care from you on weekdays. I didn't expect him to make a fool of himself in front of you today." Earl Austin paused, and continued, "Don't worry, Arnold has this Such a disrespectful behavior, I will teach him a lesson later."

"Isn't that necessary?" Alice dripped a drop of cold sweat on her forehead, "Arnold and Jenna didn't mean anything malicious, we can all understand."

"Yes...is that so? No wonder Arnold likes Miss Alice, you are indeed a good and considerate girl." Austin wiped the sweat from his brow with a handkerchief, "But seeing you and Your Excellency Merlin being so affectionate today, I I knew that Arnold would not have a chance, and I will bless you both from the bottom of my heart, and I will make Arnold give up on Miss Alice."

Alice didn't refute anything, thinking that it would be good if Arnold didn't pester her to death in the future, and it would save a lot of headaches.

"Lord Earl, it's better not to talk about these trivial matters. Don't you have something to do with us? Let's talk about it now." Merlin asked straight to the point. Now that he is full, it's time to hear what Austin's request is?

"About this..." Earl Austin sat upright, looked at the surrounding servants and waved his hands, "You all go down."

The servants quickly cleared the dining table and cleaned the room before retreating with a slight bow.

Merlin and Alice frowned, thinking to themselves, what are they going to talk about in such a mysterious way?

"You two, please come with me." Earl Austin got up and walked towards the depths of the hall.

The two looked at each other, communicated with each other for a while, then got up and followed.

Count Austin came to a cabinet with oil and decorations, twisted a few times, and suddenly there was the sound of rumbling organs colliding.

Not long after, a secret passage appeared on the wall not far away, and there was even a basement here! ?

Earl Austin picked up the oil lamp and stood at the entrance, gesturing to invite in

"Two, please."

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As the three of them entered, the deep and dark tunnel was full of unknowns.

Austin carried the oil lamp, walked on the strongest side, and went deeper along the stairs.

The footsteps of several people echoed around, coupled with the heavy dust, Alice couldn't help coughing a few times.

It's hard to imagine how long no one has been here, like a monument hundreds of years ago.

Austin came to the bottom, lit a torch, and then dozens of torches lit up sequentially in a ring.

The underground situation suddenly became clear, and people could see the situation clearly

There is no treasure here, but more like an armory.

There are all kinds of weapons, placed on both sides, ranging from swords, guns, swords and halberds to relatively ancient muskets.

And it looks like it's made of silver, the surface is a little black, but a sharp cold glow can be vaguely seen.

At the top hung a relatively large portrait of a ferocious-looking man with an unshaven beard.

If it is placed outside, no one will be surprised even if it is regarded as a highway robber.

But the eyes of the man in the portrait are very similar to those of Austin and Arnold.

Merlin speculated that the man in the painting should be the ancestor of the Austin family.

"Merlin, look quickly, there are several demon heads on the wall over there." Alice quietly reminded.

Merlin followed Alice's line of sight, and was suddenly taken aback, his whole heart skipped a beat.

On the wall hung the head of a monster with gray skin, a hideous face, and pointed ears, which had been hollowed out and made into decorations.

Merlin was frightened at first, but soon calmed down and answered Alice in a low voice.

"This is not a devil. The devil's skin is deep black, and its ears are not so sharp. The biggest difference should be the teeth. We don't have such protruding and sharp fangs, it's just like a habit."

"Then...what the hell is it? It looks a little scary..." Alice muttered.

"If you want me to guess... vampires?" Merlin replied, thinking that vampires are a relatively special species, very hidden, and there have never been examples of large-scale appearances.

However, relying on some historical records, it is still proved that they have appeared. Although they look similar, they are definitely not demons, and are closer to humans and undead.

"Suck... a vampire?!" Alice's eyes widened, and it was the first time that she saw the special species that really existed in the story.

"I think you two have seen it..." Austin interrupted Merlin and Alice's thoughts, and said in a calm tone

"All the weapons here are used to deal with the legendary vampires."

"This portrait is of my grandfather, a legendary vampire hunter."

"Dracula, who used to be all-powerful, was killed by himself..."

Chapter 16: The Curse (Monthly Pass Plus Changes)

Although Merlin had guessed a long time ago, he was secretly surprised when he heard Austin's definite answer.

He turned his head again, looked at the heads of those vampires, and felt that such things were not very common, comparable to rare monsters.

The position of vampires in the history books is very low-level, they do not belong to any of the thousands of races, but are treated as mutants of humans and undead.

According to the legend, vampires did not exist in the first place. After being abandoned and cursed by the goddess, they became immortal, evil beings who were hated by people.

However, it is difficult to judge the authenticity of this statement. Even the classics of the demons have doubts about it, because the demons and the goddess have fought for countless times, and the evaluation of the goddess of light is cold-blooded. It is hard to imagine. People hated by the goddess can continue to live forever?

But most people believe that Dracula is the oldest blood race. Although there are many versions of the story, it can be summed up that God let Dracula continue to suffer and did not allow him to die.

Fuck!There is such a cool punishment method, don't BB, give me a full set of services, I am always worried that the curse of the heart will arrange myself...

Merlin was full of malicious complaints in his heart, thinking that he was also a villain, how could he live forever and face death threats all the time, the difference in treatment was huge.

Merlin did not underestimate the vampires, because the ancient books recorded their relatively bug-like racial abilities

One is bloodthirsty. Vampires survive by sucking blood. While sucking blood, they can stimulate their potential, move extremely fast, and gain part of the power of their prey.

In layman's terms, blood sucking can make them stronger, and can also absorb the strength of the enemy. It is a two-way ability to enhance themselves.

Vampires have a strong, almost pathological thirst for the blood of powerful races, especially demons.

They may regard human blood as simple food, but demon blood will be treated as a strengthening agent and fed.

Because the compatibility between demons and vampires is so good, they can achieve perfect synchronization, and if they drink the blood of demons, the strength of vampires will increase several levels.

The other is self-healing. If there is no exaggeration in the demonic classics, then the self-healing ability of the vampires is absolutely god-level. Except for silverware and sunlight, nothing can kill them!

According to legend, as long as the vampire is not completely killed, leaving a drop of blood, a piece of flesh, or even a single cell can be restored to its original perfect state, and its strength has reached its peak.

This is also the basis for the saying that the vampires are cursed by the goddess, because no race has ever possessed this perverted self-healing ability. Self-healing power, just in line with the curse of the goddess.

The super-speed regeneration and perfect self-healing are all weak, and they can't compare with the abilities of the blood race.

On which race is the most tenacious vitality?Once the blood race appeared, the other races had no choice but to bow down.

It was hard for Merlin to believe it when he saw this kind of record. If it was really such an exaggeration, he would not be able to kill the blood clan with hundreds of millions of knives, unless he paid attention to the method and used silverware.

Weird bloodthirsty, perverted self-healing, no matter how you look at the blood race is perfect, but Merlin is always skeptical, feeling that something is not right.

Compared to Merlin's calmness, Alice was extremely shocked, pointing to the head of the vampire over there, "Then...that's really a vampire!?"

"That's right, it's true. Grandfather is an expert in dealing with vampires. Those few specimens have been specially treated, so they don't pose any threat." Earl Austin said seriously. The special treatment in his remarks may be that even the cells were destroyed Kill them completely, otherwise those vampires are in danger of being revived even if they only have skins left.

Alice's eyes widened, her expression was a little dazed, and she couldn't even close her small mouth.

It was the first time in her life that she encountered a vampire. She never thought that this kind of creature that appeared in legends really existed!

Moreover, the ancestor of the Austin family turned out to be a vampire hunter, and even killed the famous Dracula! ?

Even if Alice didn't know much about vampires, she had heard the name of this monster before. It was probably the only thing that could scare humans apart from demons.

Austin looked at the reactions of Merlin and Alice, which he expected, and continued, "It must be the first time for the two of you to see a vampire, right? It's normal for you to find it difficult to accept for a short time."

"Well, the first time I saw it, it was hard to imagine that it really existed. I thought it was all fiction in the story, or it belonged to the category of demons." Alice nodded.

"What belongs to demons? There are no such low-level creatures as vampires among demons." Merlin frowned, retorting Alice.

"If you don't belong, you don't belong. Why are you excited?" Alice rolled her eyes, thinking that Merlin had a sense of belonging to the devil, and he was obviously kicked out.