Chapter 54

Although living in a society ruled by vampire nobles, they are united and love each other. But this does not mean that Qiao Xiaoxuan can relax and do nothing about rice worms.

Because he is a vampire nobleman. And it is the heir of an aristocratic family. This identity destined him to join the army at the age of 16 and become a soldier. Fight to expand the territory and protect the territory.

The sword is eyeless on the battlefield, and those enemies don't care what your identity is. Qiao Xiaoxuan's biological father, who was also the count before the Qiao family, died six years ago, two months before Qiao Xiaoxuan's birth. The young count was finally cut in two by a green orc war chief with his axe.

At that time, the count was concentrating on commanding his army. Because the necromancer must rely on the command of the necromancer to act. Because he devoted too much spirit to commanding the army, he had no resistance to the sudden appearance of the green chief. And the vampire warriors and senior undead guards around him are not the opponents of the war chief.

In this way, the previous generation of Count Castein was killed, and a total of 15,000 undead soldiers under his command also lost their commanders and became a pile of immobile bones. The battle ended with the fiasco of Capricorn Van Moya.

The battle named the Battle of the Southern Wasteland was completely defeated because of the defeat of the former Count Castein. In the end, the country lost one-tenth of its army and one twentieth of its territory. And put out the large plain** that is not dangerous and put it in the ravages of the green orcs. It can be said that the losses are heavy. And Qiao Xiaoxuan also gave birth two months prematurely because of the excessive sadness of his biological mother - this may be the reason why Qiao Xiaoxuan still has the memory of his previous life.

Although he is destined to become a vampire nobleman, the head and count of the Joe family. But this does not mean that Qiao Xiaoxuan is willing to recognize his parents. Although from a technical point of view, without them, there would be no Qiao Xiaoxuan. And the count's death, from a certain point of view, made Qiao Xiaoxuan relieved.

He called Qiao Yalin, who called her by her name when she was his sister. She is rarely called sister. When he called his biological mother, Countess Windsor, he only respected his wife. Such a slightly cold name naturally made his sister and mother unhappy.

The countess feels that her son doesn't seem to like herself very much. Maybe it's because I treated him a little coldly. But there is nothing we can do. After the count's death, she had to take control of the great family business. Although relatives and other families will help. But some things about the core of the family are still inseparable from her.

And in addition, there is another reason. It is Qiao Xiaoxuan who fully inherited the handsome appearance of his biological father. As he grew older, coupled with some of the countess's subjective consciousness. When she sees her son, she often thinks of her dead husband. Therefore, the countess also tried her best not to contact Qiao Xiaoxuan intentionally, so as not to make herself more sad. Of course, this is also a good thing for Qiao Xiaoxuan.

As for Qiao Yalin, she was unconvinced and felt that her dignity as a sister had been trampled on. Therefore, he always tries to trick Qiao Xiaoxuan to force him to call himself his sister.

Of course, a 12-year-old prank is a joke for Qiao Xiaoxuan. Those traps, baits, lies and so on, you can even know that they are fake without serious discrimination. Qiao Xiaoxuan even felt that if she continued to play with her cheap sister like this, her IQ would decline.

For Qiao Xiaoxuan, the real difficulty is not how to deal with his sister. But how to pretend to be inadvertent, or try to think hard to crack her so-called conspiracy and tricks. What must be done is like a very smart child, but not too smart. Such a balanced life will drive Qiao Xiaoxuan crazy.

Fortunately, after a period of summary, Qiao Xiaoxuan also summed up a simple and convenient way to counter Qiao Yalin well. That is to pretend to be trapped and seriously injured. You can also cry twice when necessary. Then Qiao Yalin will believe it and appear with great concern. After this, there are still conditions for revenge.

Speaking of which, it's quite interesting to tease Lori like this. And in the eyes of outsiders, this is a normal game between children. Adults can only say when they see it: Ah, ah. The relationship between the two sisters and brothers is really good. Such a plausible conclusion. So Qiao Xiaoxuan doesn't need to be too polite at all.

Thinking of this, Qiao Xiaoxuan, who looks like a pure and cute child, showed a pure and lovely smile. The next moment when the laughter was noticed by several servants outside the door, a slight pain hit their necks. Let them sleep more deeply. Most of the time, when Qiao Xiaoxuan wants to go out, he will use such a move to greet these servants guarding outside.

It's not Qiao Xiaoxuan who thinks that they dare to disobey their orders. I just don't want them to talk about going out to reduce unnecessary trouble.

Among this group of maids, one exception is Li Lihua. This is not because Qiao Xiaoxuan looks at her differently. Instead, after serving Qiao Xiaoxuan's dinner, she had to sleep well in order to restore her strength. In order to ensure the quality of sleep, she will take a special sleeping pill. So there is no need to make it up.

In the whole Capricorn Castle, in addition to these few servants, there are only Qiao Xiaoxuan and Qiao Yalin. As always, the countess is not at home, mostly busy with family territory or working for the citizens' assembly. Other members of the Joe family either have their own castles or live in cities, and some work in the civic assembly system. None of them are here.

Of course, this does not mean that the great castle lacks manpower and defense. In fact, compared with a small number of creatures with self-awareness. There are many more undeads in this castle.

is different from ordinary skeletons that can't even be beaten by the most ordinary human soldiers. These undead soldiers guarding the castle are all elites among the elites.

Before their death, they were all elites in the army, or soldiers with a certain reputation, or perhaps hard-trained knights. After their death, their bones were obtained by the vampire nobles and made them into powerful undead creatures through special reincarion methods.

Although there is only one skeleton left. But with the support of the dark power of undead magic, the power of these undead is even stronger than when they were alive and than in their heyday.

Faster speed and higher attack power. These undead eyes flashed with green phosphorus fire, wearing black iron plate armor with magic lines, holding black iron halberd with ominous light, or long swords and shields in both hands. They are the elite, the main force of the vampire country, and the guard of the vampires. He is an excellent warrior named Tomb Guard.

These are terrible-looking, and a large number of ancient tomb guards tirelessly roam the castle of Capricorn to patrol to defend their lord's fortress. Destroy the enemy. Or wait for the call of your lord and form an array to enter the battlefield...

They have a clear attitude, well-equipped and tireless, and make a painful blow to any enemy who dares to risk the Joe family. However, now, when Qiao Xiaoxuan walked beside them, they still maintained a patrol. As if I didn't see him.

Because Qiao Xiaoxuan is not the enemy.

Or on the contrary, Qiao Xiaoxuan is also a member of the Capricorn Castle and the future count of the Joe family. It is the object they want to protect. The machinery and rigid board of the undead soldiers can be seen here. They won't stop Qiao Xiaoxuan like a real person and ask, "My little master, what on earth do you want to do when you come here without sleeping?" Then take him back to his room.

The undead soldiers are indeed very obedient. However, at some point, it seems to be a little too obedient. If some abnormal undead wizards want to do an experiment, order his undead warriors to give them: "Kill me." Such an order. Then the undead soldiers will definitely wave their weapons to attack him without hesitation. Until he is killed. Or the undead wizard changes orders, or is killed by the undead wizard.

This is the undead. Like a mechanical, meticulous and dogmatic puppet. However, thanks to this, Qiao Xiaoxuan was able to freely enter and exit the Capricorn Castle during this period. Not only that, he, who cracked the family's undead manipulation magic password, and could even mobilize the whole ancient tomb guard army in this castle. Of course, this is actually unnecessary.

"It's just an ordinary adventure. A team of guards is enough to use. Qiao Xiaoxuan muttered to himself like this while trying to control his path, one by one by one. The invisible silk thread formed by the magic wind gathered around him spiritually connected Qiao Xiaoxuan with these terrible-looking undead soldiers.

The manipulated undead soldiers changed their direction. He broke away from the patrol troops, followed Qiao Xiaoxuan's front body and escorted him in the middle.

In this way, when he reached the gate, Qiao Xiaoxuan had gathered 16 ancient tomb guards. On the innermost side, four guards holding irium-shaped shields and swords gathered around him and surrounded him in the middle. Be ready to raise a shield when you are in danger to block the attack against Qiao Xiaoxuan.

And in a further circle, there are also four undead soldiers. Two undead archers with heavy crossbows and waist-hanging machetes walk in front, and two corpse demons in black robes, holding the book of the dead in their right hand and oak staff in the left hand. Six guards with two-handed long halberd and the taller ancient tomb halberd walked on the outermost side. In front of this team, there are two wolves who open the way. As scouts, they use their sense of smell left over from their lives to find the enemy in advance.

This is Qiao Xiaoxuan's temporary team, who used the ancient tomb guard troops in the castle to piece together. Both offensive and defensive, both far and near. This made Qiao Xiaoxuan feel a little proud. It seems that the military knowledge he learned in his last life is quite useful.

In this way, under the dark red moonlight, a small crack opened at the front door of the Capricorn Castle. This capable small force filed out one by one. After coming to the open space at the gate, he protected Qiao Xiaoxuan in the middle and continued to move towards the wilderness at the southern end of the castle.

Seeing all this, another guard of the castle came out. It was as fast as a sharp arrow and as light as a butterfly. Suddenly, it jumped from the top of the castle at a height of dozens of meters and landed in front of Qiao Xiaoxuan.

Unlike those simple-minded undead, this is a highly intelligent creature. A dark-skinned cat with red eyes. The cat took a breath, and then opened its mouth to Qiao Xiaoxuan, throat**, and made a grunting sound of warning. It means to ask Qiao Xiaoxuan to go back quickly and don't cause trouble for it.

However, it is not the first time for Qiao Xiaoxuan to deal with it. He spread out his hands to show that he did not mean hostility. After that, a small piece of magic crystal fragment that had already been prepared and held in the palm of his hand was thrown out. The force was just right, just in front of the strange black cat.

The black cat's head leaned over and sniffed the magic crystal fragment. After confirming that there was no problem, he opened his mouth, creaked, as if eating sugar beans, chewed the extremely hard magic crystal, and then swallowed it. After that, he nodded to Qiao Xiaoxuan and climbed to see that he had accepted his bribe. Qiao Xiaoxuan was relieved. But I'm also a little curious.

"Do you always neglect your duty like this? Ms. Cecil?"

"Meow?"

"Meow your head! Speak human language! I knew you could talk!"

However, the cat no longer paid attention to Qiao Xiaoxuan, but continued to pretend to be stupid. Just like an ordinary cat, lick your paws and start washing your face.

"...Forget it." Qiao Xiaoxuan shrugged his shoulders and felt that there was no need to fight with a kitten. Then he stood up and returned to the protection of the ancient tomb guard. Then a magical wind gathered around him and held him up little by little. Qiao Xiaoxuan floated in mid-air to avoid the fatigue of walking and get a better vision - after all, his body is only six years old now.

After this incident, Qiao Xiaoxuan continued to command these undead troops and continued to move towards the wasteland south of the castle. The black cat kept looking at Qiao Xiaoxuan's back and watched him leave. Until the distance is too far away. Then he withdrew his sight and continued to wash his face.

It is an ally of the vampire nobles of this castle and also serves as a guard. After accepting the invitation of the Joe family, he has stayed in the castle of Capricorn for hundreds of years. It is one of the few intelligent creatures in the country that are not human, undead or vampires. The vampires in the castle all called her Ms. Capripeye. Although it looks no different from ordinary black cats. But Qiao Xiaoxuan has heard that her strength can even be comparable to that of a giant dragon. It is one of the most powerful magical creatures.

"It won't happen... It's still a child." While thinking about this, the black cat found a reason for himself and walked leisurely into the grass next to the ancient castle. It seems that he wants to catch a few voles for tooth sacrifices.

The vampire country, Capricorn Vanmoya, once had a huge, strong and rich empire in this land. What the aristocrats of the empire like to show off most is the tombs after their death. They use this as capital and compare with each other. The tomb will be built bigger and bigger. There are also more and more slaves and warriors with funerals and martyrs. The most prosperous era of the empire. The huge tombs are absolutely not inferior to any other country's architectural miracle from afar.

The vicissitudes of the sea and the mulberry fields. The great empire perished, a large number of people were lost, and the originally fertile arable land was abandoned. The fortress originally used to resist foreign enemies has become an ancient castle where vampires live. The originally spectacular tombs have also become one of the important soldiers of vampires.

Perhaps from the beginning, vampires used this place as a base. I just like the huge tombs here. This is a deep buried wealth for ordinary grave robbers. For vampires who are proficient in undead witchcraft, it is a potential reserve force.

At first, the vampire army could get tens of thousands of troops by discovering them casually in this wilderness. A mountain of money. Even martyred, precious magic weapons and even magic guide books. And other rare treasures. Vampires armed again and again with these resources and launched an attack on the so-called "living country". To establish the eternal rule of their faith.

Of course, the efforts of these predecessors have failed without exception. Just like what I said before. No creature is willing to be ruled by the dead. The efforts of the vampire nobles only cost them heavy losses and increased the burden on Capricorn Fanmoia. The soldiers were depleted in vain. And the originally powerful undead empire eventually became a second-rate force in the old world. And most of the huge tombs stretching thousands of miles have also been hollowed out. There are no more enough soldiers for Capricorn Fanoa.

In order to ensure the number of soldiers, the vampire nobles had no choice. Start digging the dead bones of other regions, or forcibly order the people in the country to hand over the bones of their dead relatives. Or go to other neighboring countries to rob graves. In addition, merchants from other countries can help smuggle dead bones through trade to maintain the country's army to fight.

Desp, the soldiers of Capricy Van Moa are still tight. Especially the corpses obtained by smuggling - transporting some dead bones. Mom. You can get money. There are still people who dare to bargain for such a good thing. Trade monopolies are really terrible. Countless vampires hated those treacherous smugglers to death in their hearts and had to welcome them with a smile. The bitterness of it can be imagined.