Ashen Dragon-Chapter 359 - 283 Vampire Night Visit

Chapter 359: Chapter 283 Vampire Night Visit

The night was dark and the wind howled under the overcast sky.

The northern wind continued to whimper.

Upon the tall and solid castle walls, the soldiers patrolled restlessly, but they were unable to see everything hidden in the darkness.

In the shadows beneath the walls, rustling sounds arose, followed by the glint of eerie blood-red eyes.

Their skin was pallid, dressed in all-black tailcoats, bearing a blood-red crest of crossed daggers and violins on their chests—this was the “Nocturne” unit in the shadows.

However, the vampires present were all players.

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The player known as “Wolf of the Dark Night” touched the castle wall and asked nervously:

“Brother Lang, this is a whole castle with tens of thousands of people inside. Are we really going to take it with just our small group?”

“Who told you we were going to attack the castle head-on?”

Swashbuckler replied disdainfully, giving the head of the recently duped junior brother a hefty slap.

“Ouch!”

Swashbuckler shook his head, looking as if he hated iron for not being steel: “Do you even understand what assassination is? We are vampires, the elegant assassins of the night. Sneaking into the city to kill a few nobles should be a piece of cake.”

“And another thing, don’t call me Brother Lang, call me Boss. You’re so clueless even after joining Nocturne.”

“Then Boss, isn’t it still assassination if we get discovered?” Wolf of the Dark Night asked, clutching his head.

Swashbuckler smiled and said: “You idiot, of course, it doesn’t count! If there are witnesses, how can you call it assassination?”

“According to Nocturne’s doctrine, if our actions are discovered during a mission, we must immediately cease all activities.”

Wolf of the Dark Night pointed upwards and whispered: “Then we might not be assassinating, it seems we’ve been noticed because of the noise we made.”

Swashbuckler’s smile froze on his face, and he quickly turned his head to look upwards.

A soldier was looking down, meeting those crimson eyes head-on.

The soldier shuddered in fear, letting out a startled cry: “There’s, there’s…”

“Swish—”

Before he could finish, a sharp black arrow pierced through his throat, tearing through his vocal cords, rendering him unable to make any sound.

Swashbuckler lowered his hand crossbow, turned around, and showed a chilling smile: “Well, now it’s assassination again.”

He patted Wolf of the Dark Night on the back and said earnestly:

“Little Wolf, you still lack experience in the missions. How can you make noise during an assassination?”

“But Boss, it was obviously you…

“Alright.”

Wolf of the Dark Night was about to retort but swallowed the latter half of his sentence upon seeing Swashbuckler’s smiling face.

Swashbuckler glanced at the twenty-some vampire players he had brought, lowered his voice, and said:

“I killed the sentry, the patrol will soon notice, so we must quickly sneak into the city.”

“Yes, Boss.”

The vampire players utilized the race’s “Spider Walk” ability, swiftly climbing the castle walls.

However, their posture was far from elegant, looking like a group of human-shaped spiders with their rears stuck to the wall.

Soon, the players reached the top of the wall, about to go over as planned.

But then, a complication arose.

“George, wake up.”

“If the Guard Captain finds you, he will smack you hard, he’s in a foul mood lately.”

“George?”

A patrolling soldier with a lantern approached the figure lying on the ground.

As of now, he hadn’t realized it was a corpse, merely assuming it was a dozing sentry.

Wolf of the Dark Night, clinging to the wall, whispered: “Boss, what should we do?”

“That’s a witness too.”

However, as the patrol soldier got closer, the scent of blood hit his nose. He finally sensed something was wrong.

“This is…George, what happened to you?”

“Are you hurt?”

“Kill him.”

Swashbuckler’s voice was almost guttural.

“Roger that.”

A vampire player nearby climbed over the wall and silently approached the patrol soldier from behind, swiftly slitting his throat.

“Snap.”

The soldier collapsed, falling right by the sentry’s side, the two bodies laying together.

However, the patrol soldier’s cry was quite conspicuous in the silent night, naturally drawing attention from the sentries in other towers.

“David, did you hear that?”

“It sounded like Stephen’s voice.”

“Could it be an enemy?”

“Is there anything unusual? We need to check it out.”

Amidst the noisy discussions, dozens of nearby soldiers started approaching the players’ hiding spot.

As a novice, Wolf of the Dark Night became flustered.

He turned to Swashbuckler nervously: “Boss, it seems like we have more and more witnesses. What should we do?”

“Isn’t the mission supposed to be canceled if the assassination is discovered?”

“No, who told you we’d been discovered?”

“Kill them all, and there will be no witnesses.”

Swashbuckler gritted his teeth, eyeing the approaching soldiers.

Wolf of the Dark Night immediately caught on, nodding repeatedly: “Boss, you’re absolutely right. Why didn’t I think of that?”

“Eliminate all witnesses.”

At Swashbuckler’s command, the vampire players charged towards the soldiers.

They swiftly moved through the shadows, firing arrows from their hand crossbows, killing soldiers before they could even react.

“David?”

“Watch out, it’s arrows! Enemies!”

The soldiers finally realized they were under attack.

But it was too late by then; the vampires were already among them, hidden in the shadows.

“Huff, huff…”

Wolf of the Dark Night panted, his hand trembling on his dagger.

“Swish—”

He closed his eyes and thrust the dagger into a soldier’s right chest from behind, eliciting a groan.

Yet the soldier didn’t die.

In the next moment, an arrow went through the soldier’s throat.

Swashbuckler, adeptly hiding in the shadows, casually slashed a soldier’s throat before saying, somewhat exasperated: “Damn it, a human’s heart is on the left side.”

Wolf of the Dark Night awkwardly smiled: “Sorry, Boss. It’s my first kill, not very practiced.”

The vampire players used their racial advantage to patrol through the darkness, effortlessly dispatching one soldier after another.

“Monsters! There are monsters in the dark!”

“What are those things?”

“Help me!”

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“Oh, heavens, they’re all dead!”

Vampires roamed through the shadows, killing while the soldiers floundered in panic and disarray.

They cried out and prayed in terror, but all their efforts were futile, only amplifying their fear and nightmares.

Soon, the area filled with the stench of blood, and the castle walls were strewn with hundreds of bodies, with no soldiers left standing.

“Hell, now there are no more witnesses. Nosy bastards.”

“The infiltration mission is perfectly accomplished.”

Standing among the corpses, Swashbuckler wiped the blood off his forehead with annoyance.

“Yeah, Boss…”

“It was a perfect infiltration.”

Wolf of the Dark Night echoed from the side.

He felt that something was off but couldn’t pinpoint it, so he kept nodding in agreement.

However, the noise from the massacre on the walls attracted the attention of the soldiers inside the castle, and now a squad was preparing to climb up and inspect the situation.

“Damn it, more work.”

“Kill them all.”

Swashbuckler sighed, looking down at the approaching soldiers.