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Vampires are vampires

Chapter 9 - The Trap

Chapter 9 - The Trap

Apr 17, 2025


  After saying this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn upwards, revealing a smile that was considered to be smug. If such an expression appeared on a well-dressed, young and capable youth under the age of thirty, it might appear handsome. But on the face of a small child who was just six years old, it would appear incongruous.
  Of course there were no mirrors or anything here. Nor was there any other than Varede who could breathe. It wouldn't be up to anyone to judge him.
  That being said, this was one of the reasons why Varede liked undead soldiers. Because of his status, he was careful when interacting with the rest of the family. Making himself as much as possible, appearing similar to a normal child. Luckily, he had an older sister who was only a little bit older than him. So where he couldn't understand, he would just try to imitate his sister as much as possible.
  Even though the genders were different, at this age, sexual development and such hadn't started yet. Aside from the different head shapes and clothing, there basically wasn't much difference between small children.
  There was one thing that Varede had obviously forgotten, though. He and her sister were six years apart. It hadn't been a problem in the beginning. But now, six years later, Isabella was twelve. Vampires didn't develop at a rate much different from humans between the ages of one and twenty. Coupled with the fact that Isabella was slightly precocious ...... was it really okay to continue mimicking it?
  “Uh-huh uh-huh, I'm just too smart. This kind of thing is not difficult for me at all.” Perhaps it was because of what stimulation was received when the soul traveled through the wormhole. Indeed compared to his previous life where he was only slightly intelligent and had mediocre grades inside the military academy, this life's Varede appeared to be much smarter and more calculating. This kind of character, coupled with the combat ability from the future world, as well as a physique that was kind to the winds of magic. I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to have a career in this world.
  While thinking so, Varede's footsteps became lighter and his speed increased quite a bit. However - right at this moment, when Valade took a new step and stepped on a floor tile in front of him, and then took another step and stood on it completely - the floor tile suddenly turned downwards, and all that could be seen were sharp iron cones below ten meters. Between the iron cones, several white bones were dotted. The four walls are all grainless, smooth flies can not stop the lime stone walls, simply can not climb!
  This was not all, but the most important thing was that as soon as Varede entered with half a foot, he felt that the connection between himself and the wind of magic had been broken all of a sudden! The magic power stored in himself also seemed to have solidified! There was actually something inside the trap that could close off the use of magic!
  “Awesome!” Varede's heart thumped, and when it was too late, his body leaned back, did a backflip and braced his hands on one of the stone bricks behind him, and was about to leap up again. However, he felt that his body's balance was once again destroyed - his hands supported the floor tiles and even flipped downwards!
  “Good plan!” Unexpectedly, that mechanism was actually a chain! The front one was linked to the one behind it. It's hard to defend against! It's just that Valeed had been through fire and sword in his previous life, and in this life, he even got the advantage of having a vampire body with a physique that far exceeded that of normal people. Although he was just a little kid who was only six years old, some physically loaded movements could already be used.
  Varede shouted, with the help of the sound to match the force, concentrated all the strength of his body in his left hand, and before the flap fell, pressed the smooth, originally should not be able to borrow the force at all, impossible to use as a pivot point of the trap's enclosure, his arm slightly bent, and then fiercely tensed up. Out of the ten points of strength, nine points were used to hold onto the wall, and only the remaining one point was used to throw Varede high into the sky.
  Because there was no way to be sure that if he landed somewhere else, another flap would appear. So just so less than a second in mid-air, Varede waved his hands in succession, casting six magical gestures in a split second, and Mo sent a floating spell, floating in mid-air. Only then was it considered safe.
  Varede escaped, however, before that, none of the several tomb guards and skeleton wolves that followed him were spared, not even their corpses. Speaking of which, the tomb guards under the vampire's command were all great heroes in their lives, and after their deaths, they were even strengthened by the secret method of the undead. No one could hurt them. However, in that instant, the magic power that supported them directly disintegrated, causing these powerful warriors to instantly become ordinary dead bones. Along with their weapons and equipment, they fell down. It was actually in the first moment that they were all killed in battle.
  Varede hovered in mid-air, on guard for half a day, hanging on for dear life before he breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking back again, it was even more fearful - that trap was like having its own sentience, the undead in front of it walked past and nothing happened, until Valed stepped on it when it worked. Valed's method of using these ancient tomb guards as cannon fodder had become useless.
  There were sixteen High Undead missing at once. The tunnel became even emptier all of a sudden. Waleed was also in a difficult situation, and in his heart, he was calculating: after entering the tomb, he had encountered two sets of organs in a row. There was no telling how many dangers he would encounter ahead. The degree of difficulty would have to be even higher than breaking through the outer layer of the boundary.
  At this moment, the cannon fodder that had shielded Varede from the wind and rain had all disappeared at once. I'm afraid that if something happens next, it's going to be really bad. Although the treasure is good, but you also need to have the life to enjoy it. ......
  “However, if I really want to retreat back just like that, I'm still a bit unwilling.”
  Varede thought again, muttering to himself and uttered these words, “In addition to that, losing those skeletons, it's not easy to explain after going back ...... To buy that cat will also cost money. There is also Isabella ...... she asked me to borrow several sums of money, up to now have not paid back a dime ...... “Thinking about it like this, Varede felt very difficult to do.
  “I really don't know after going back, how to explain to the family ......” Two fireballs thrown down ‘rumble’ sound, will not have any defense measures of the flap blasted open. See that the following scattered into a full of bones, long ago has not been put together the ancient tomb guards. Varede thought for a while, and afterward tried to see if he could pull those skeletons up. But any magical power disappeared without a trace when it entered the three-foot-square pit inside the trap. One couldn't see anything using arcane vision either. Therefore, Varede had to give up.
  “It's really troublesome ...... Forget it.” Thus, after considering it for a while, Varede decided to move on. It was just that there were a few less undead guards this time around, and he had just suffered a not-so-small loss. This made him act more cautiously.
  While Valed continued deeper into the catacombs this moment, his attitude became even more solemn. With every step, he threw his table knife, testing the tiles in front of him for loose floor tiles or any other machine-primed crossbow bolts. Sorcerous vision was even added all the time. Looking ahead to see if there were any other magical traps.
  However, all of these careful actions were useless - Varede walked forward again for about twenty meters, but did not encounter a single trap. This made him very strange. And he doubled his caution.
  Look at the posture of the owner of this tomb. It could be some royal family of the ancient empire, or the head of a family. It was even very likely that it was simply an emperor.
  If that was the case, the previous arrangement would be somewhat inadequate. Although the process was menacing, it seemed that these were just equipment to deal with a single grave robber. It was completely inconsistent with the atmosphere of an ancient empire.
  “What will pop up next?” While entertaining himself with sneers like this, Varede cautiously moved forward. If he could, he would have liked to continue maintaining his levitation stance, but this tomb didn't know what was going on, and the wind of magic was as thin as it could be. It was almost impossible to borrow magic from the outside world.
  Of course, perhaps, it was also possible that the blow that Varede had used to break through the outer boundary of the catacombs before this was too shocking. This moment, the reason why the wind of magic within the confines of the tomb still hadn't returned.
  However, no matter what. Right now, Varede's condition wasn't even good. His biggest card, his powerful magical energy, had very little left at this moment, and he needed to be careful in using it. Even maintaining a lowest level floating spell was not allowed.
  Other than that, Valeed's skill was not bad - but it was only “good”. Against ten, twenty, or even a little more enemies, it was fine. But when it came to the above standard, the real elites, or when it came to a sufficient number of professional troops, he would die a horrible death. As usual, they would die a miserable death.
  “That's why, in reality, right now, I'm in a very dangerous situation. As long as something goes slightly wrong, this little life will be accounted for here. It's really ......” Varede shattered his thoughts as a way to dispel his fears while continuing onward - pause! At the end of the long tunnel was an extremely empty hall - the same as the dimly lit tunnel from before, the magical light source shone down directly from the zenith. It illuminated the entire hall as brightly as a cloudless summer day.
  Speaking of which, Valeed, who had already become a vampire, was still a bit uncomfortable with such bright light. Especially before, he was still using witchcraft vision. And the most important point was - Varede could guarantee that before he stepped into this hall, it was still dim and pitch black. The moment it became so, the moment it became illuminated with an intense, ghostly blue light source, was the moment after Varede stepped into this hall.
  “Danger! On guard!” Valed reacted immediately, gesturing as fast as he could, using what little magic power he had left to enchant himself with a piece of sorcerous armor, his left hand reached for his waist, and with a swipe and a snap, three silver table knives appeared between his fingers. The right hand, on the other hand, wiggled its five fingers a bit, stretching them out in preparation for condensing a magical gesture. His body was slightly bent, his arms stretched out, and his entire body was in an arch shape, half crouching on the ground, ready to rise up and injure the enemy at any time.

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