The Original Vampire

The night is getting darker.

There is no moonlight in Ice Rock City tonight, only a few stars.

Colin stood on the balcony of the Red Fort and looked into the distance.

To the north lies the cold and barren sky ice field, and to the east, the edge of the forest can be seen.

In that pitch-black forest, I don't know how many beasts were hidden.

After crossing the dark forest, you can enter the territory of the half-elf kingdom.

The footsteps sounded, and the Ciel Knight appeared behind Colin: "Sir, are you looking for me?"

"Sit down." Colin turned around and pointed to the red wine glass on the table, "Have some."

The Ciel Knight hesitated: "Sir, I'm ready to quit drinking."

"It's okay, drink less." Colin insisted.

The Cavalier Ciel lifted his glass, touched Colin lightly, and put it to his mouth.

Colin drank the red wine while paying attention to the reaction of the charr knight.

The glass of red wine he gave Shire was poisonous.

Of course, this is not Colin deliberately cheating his own blood.

It's just that he's doing an experiment.

And he had already experimented on blood slaves before, and found that they were all immune to highly toxic substances.

Therefore, he felt that the more advanced blood descendants should also be protected from the poison.

"How's it going? Has your body changed in the past few days?" Colin put down his glass and asked.

Ciel put down his glass and reported his findings to Colin excitedly.

Through the other party's narration, Colin learned that the current changes of the Ciel Knight are very similar to him.

Photophobia, bloodthirsty, undead...

Yes, Ciel, this ruthless man, began to experiment with his own body after finding that his severed finger had grown back.

Then, he found that he was completely free from fatal injuries.

Of course, unlike the blood slave, Ciel's pain is still there.

Colin rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

He now wants to know whether the bloodborn can also be promoted by sucking the blood of the high-ranking knights.

However, Ciel is now a third-order knight, and Colin doesn't have the blood of a fourth-order knight to experiment with.

"Can you control your teeth?" Colin asked again.

"Tiger teeth?" The charr knight looked puzzled, then opened his mouth, revealing two inconspicuous tiger teeth, "It seems... not possible."

"kindness……"

Ke Lin guessed that if the blood descendants could not control the elongation of the tiger teeth, they would not be able to release the blood poison through the tiger teeth, and they would not be able to create blood slaves.

Of course, it is even more impossible to carry out a complete first embrace and create the next generation of blood descendants.

Afterwards, Colin chatted with the Shire knights about some cavalry construction matters. Seeing that the other party had always looked as usual and was not affected by the poisonous wine at all, Colin also confirmed the fact that the blood descendants were immune to the poison.

"Oh right, do you like hunting?" Colin asked suddenly.

The Charles Knight was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I like it very much."

"Well, last time I went hunting with Knight Rego, this guy ran into a mysterious knight, got beat up, and couldn't enjoy himself. I was going to go with him again, but I've been too busy lately. If you have time , just accompany him to play."

After borrowing blood from Rego last time, Colin was successfully promoted to Tier 2.

However, he felt that Rego's blood should be able to help him advance to Tier 3, so he wanted to borrow it again.

But Colin didn't plan to lead Rego to hunt by himself again, which would easily arouse suspicion from the other party.

If he was attacked every time he went hunting with Colin, no matter how stupid Rego was, he would suspect that the attacker was probably related to Colin.

Therefore, he planned to let the Ciel knight lead the Rhaegal knight out.

"Okay." The Ciel knight naturally nodded his head without doubting him.

After sending the Ciel knight away, Colin picked up the other party's wine glass,

He poured the remaining poisonous wine into his own mouth.

Both blood slaves and blood descendants are immune to severe poison, so they should be fine.

Colin thought so.

Just as he was feeling the changes in his body, the footsteps sounded again, and Butler Aemon appeared on the balcony: "Master, are you looking for me?"

Colin nodded: "Sit down."

The two sat down on the balcony, and Colin clapped his hands and asked the maid to serve two glasses of red wine and some dried fruit again.

Of course, there was no poison in the wine this time.

The maid gently placed the things on the table and left quickly.

"You changed all the servants in the castle?" Colin asked after drinking a sip of red wine.

"No, I just changed the personal servants around you. This is also for your safety, and it doesn't cost much." Aemon quickly explained.

Colin nodded and said nothing.

The current servants of the Red Fort are basically the ones left by the Suduo family. Colin did not plan to replace them all. After all, the recruitment and training of new servants cost money, and the current financial situation of the Angele family is not good. well-off.

He needs to save every money as much as possible and use it in key places - such as military construction.

However, he also knew that the old housekeeper was out of good intentions, so he did not reprimand.

"How's the new tax officer, Quincy, doing so far?"

"Very good." Aemon nodded with a smile, "Master, you have found a very good tax officer."

"Well, that's fine. However, you have to keep an eye on him, I can't fully trust him yet."

"I see."

Seeing that Aemon understood what he meant, Colin felt relieved, took out a letter from his jacket pocket, and handed it to the old butler:

"Just received a reply from Marquis Dawson, he agreed to provide us with war horses and armor. However, the price... is a bit too high, you can see if it is suitable."

Aemon carefully read Marquis Dawson's reply, and after thinking for a moment, said:

"Master, we can ask Marquis Dawson to provide a batch of samples. If the quality of the samples is as he said, no less than the standard equipment of the Black Cavalry, then the price is indeed not high."

"Okay, let him send a batch of samples first." Colin rubbed his forehead, feeling a little distressed, "But our family's finances... can we afford this expense now?"

"It's difficult." Aemon said truthfully.

Seeing that Colin was in deep thought, Aemon persuaded again: "Master, with all due respect, is it a little too anxious to form a cavalry now?"

Colin was silent.

He understood that what Aemon said made sense, and he was indeed a little anxious.

If you wait a year or two, wait for the territory to resume development, and wait for the tax revenue to become abundant, it may be more appropriate to form a cavalry.

However, Colin couldn't wait that long.

He knew that the rift between Duke St. Hilde and Marquis Garcia had already formed.

Although Marquis Garcia seems to be doing nothing at the moment, he seems to have endured his brother's betrayal.

But who knows what crisis will occur in the north one day. At that time, will the black cavalry army stand on the side of Duke St. Hilde unreservedly like the previous two times?

Therefore, Colin felt a deep crisis.

He must quickly develop his own power, lest he is not even qualified to stand in the team at the time, and can only follow the trend and be slaughtered by others.

Thinking of this, Colin gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

"We can borrow money!"