These vampires were much weaker than Bald, making them easy to deal with.
The one who taught the Light Magic was Su Yao himself—how could he not keep a “trump card” for himself?
Both Chlorel and Sofia wielded Silver Mithril Swords mixed with silver.
Unlike the knights who engaged in straightforward frontal attacks, Su Yao played some simple but effective tricks.
For example, the sword in his hand was just a “phantom.” Its real position was about thirty degrees toward the center of his body.
That was why it looked like he struck the vampire’s arm, but in reality, it was a fatal blow.
There were twenty-five vampires in the small building in total.
Except for the “slave trader” who led them here, all others were eliminated.
The reason for sparing him was simple: Su Yao needed information from his mouth.
“Why did you capture us? Normally, nobles who come for trade should be important clients, right?”
“The Master recently started collecting pretty girls, and since you are well-mannered nobles, you perfectly fit her requirements.”
Good news: even without Lilith, this guy could still answer questions. Bad news: he didn’t know much.
So, it wasn’t a shop used for “fishing,” but simply because that “suspected True Ancestor” was collecting girls…
“Is your Master the one who ordered this?”
The male vampire shook his head.
Got it. That “suspected True Ancestor” only told him what she needed but never explained how to do it—completely hands-off.
This unlucky subordinate took it upon himself to capture every beauty he saw to please her, only to land in hot water.
Ugh, how stupid. Su Yao had overthought it all—worrying about revenge from powerful nobles, victims being rescued only to be caught again and harmed by corrupt elites…
It was all unnecessary! Turns out these guys just handed themselves over to be “black-eaten” by her.
Her cautious plans were no match for impulsive Chlorel.
Wait, then how would she explain all this to Chlorel later?
That she was outwitting thin air? She’d definitely be laughed to death!
Tired of it, she decided to end it here. This idiot probably had no useful information anyway.
“Wait! You can’t kill me! I’m the guard of Her Highness, the Third Princess of Vichy Kingdom! Killing me will anger Lady Mary…”
“What did you say?”
Su Yao was about to press further, but like Bald before him, the man’s features twisted as if he said something forbidden.
“The guard of the Third Princess of Vichy means she knows you’re vampires? ‘Mary’ is the name of that True Ancestor?”
No answers yet—the male vampire was already dead.
Su Yao tried recalling the details of her previous meeting with Eveleel…
“Let’s free these people. They were never meant to be slaves.”
Chlorel urged beside her. She had been thinking about this since stepping into the dungeon.
“That makes sense. This building should have the keys to the cells and their shackles. Let’s release them first.”
They found the keys to the girls’ shackles in the room behind the door where the vampires burst out, and all the cell keys on the dead vampire’s body.
Of course, that room also held many strange tools that made the young girls blush deeply—no wonder it was a slave shop in the red-light district.
There was also a strange mirror and a large basin of some unidentifiable creature’s blood.
Surprisingly, the blood hadn’t coagulated at all.
Aside from a sweet metallic scent, it had no other peculiar odor.
If possible, Su Yao wanted to ask them how they preserved blood.
He wanted to try summoning a vampire loli in his own dungeon.
“Chlorel, what are you daydreaming about? Hurry and come out.”
Her gaze seemed fixed on various torturous devices unfamiliar to a noble lady. He hoped she wasn’t about to awaken any terrible XP. Better pull her back quickly…
By the way, what was that mirror for? These vampires didn’t go out during the day—did they need to dress up?
Couldn’t be a communication mirror, right? Wait, that True Ancestor’s name was “Mary”?
Mary, girls, mirror…
Could it be a coincidence? This room felt a bit chilly. Better get out quickly.
Freeing the beautiful young slaves took almost the entire afternoon.
The cell doors could be broken down, but the shackles had to be unlocked one by one with the keys.
Quite troublesome.
There were forty-seven victims in total, mostly young girls in bloom from the city and surrounding villages, with a few “illegal slaves” purchased from black-market slave traders.
What comforted Su Yao was that there were five “debt slaves” sold by slave owners. Their creditors had just been dealt with.
One could say he was now the master of these five. Although he could have just let them go, he had secretly planned an “employee experience program” for the Labyrinth Tavern.
If these girls were willing to accompany him to the dungeon, he was confident his offer would move them.
Now, it was time to introduce a beautiful elf lady. Naturally, she came from the Elf Nation, located southeast of the Empire, under the distant World Tree.
How far exactly, Su Yao didn’t know. According to her, it was very, very far.
Her country had erupted into civil war. It was said that the current Elven Queen’s younger brother, unhappy with her policies, allied with the Dark Elves to stage a coup.
The conservative faction supporting the Elven Queen was desperately fleeing, and she was accidentally captured by a group of slave traders within the Empire.
For an elf species with high magical talent, just wearing a Magic Restriction Collar on her neck wasn’t enough—they also sealed her mouth to prevent spellcasting.
Wow, so harsh. No, cruel.
Who knew what was happening on this continent, everywhere was filled with gunpowder smells.
Su Yao didn’t want to judge right or wrong, but this elf said she wanted to leave to find the Elven Queen, which was beyond his ability to help.
For now, she would come back to work. If she wanted to leave, she’d need money, right?
He wasn’t a great philanthropist. Giving away money for free… well, it wasn’t impossible, but he simply wanted a pretty elf with pointed ears in his shop! Was that so wrong?
Fortunately, the elf sister was quite sensible and agreed to his request.
Great! He had unlocked a new race of cute girls in his Moe Girls Encyclopedia.
“All right, please stay here quietly for a while. After all, no one wants to run naked on the street.”
Calming the victims, Su Yao called Chlorel and Sofia over. “I’m going to buy some clothes on the street. You two stay here and keep them company.”
Almost forgot, “Oh, Chlorel, give me some gold coins…”