Everything went smoothly, incredibly smoothly.

Although I feel I have an advantage in the current situation, for some reason, the sheriff has a vague sense of unease.

The battles along the way went too smoothly, completely different from the combat situation he had imagined.

The monsters blocking the way are mostly goblins, with some slimes as well.

Those monsters that should have been the main force—minotaurs, gargoyles, or other powerful demons—were hardly seen.

The adventurers advanced the battle line with ease, cutting through enemy lines like butter. Even the militia, originally intended to clear out mobs and later cheer on the enemy, had not suffered a single death.

This is outrageous. The situation is indeed very good, but it's so good that it seems unreal.

Their chosen direction was indeed a weak point; their advance from the goblin settlement was a blitzkrieg tactic to avoid reinforcements from other directions.

"But the enemies here are too weak, completely different from what I expected..."

He glanced at the ranks and even prepared three light cannons, which he had several soldiers push around to quickly kill gargoyles and minotaurs.

As a result, the cannon has not been fired a single shot since the start of the battle; it has been completely useless.

There are also some magic scrolls and magic potions that have not been used and are still in their fully configured state.

"This is outrageous! What is this vampire thinking? We're practically at its doorstep, and it hasn't even sent any monsters to attack?"

It's not that this kind of security is bad, but I always feel like there's some kind of conspiracy involved.

"Could it be that the vampires have positioned their main forces around the castle, waiting for us to arrive so they can surround us and wipe us out in one fell swoop?"

He had to consider this possibility, otherwise there was no way to explain the sharp decrease in the number of monsters!

Yes, he strongly suspected that was the case; the vampire had chosen to use a scheme.

They deliberately lured them over, then unleashed a surprise attack by the minotaurs and gargoyles, using F2A to disrupt their formation and wipe out the entire extermination squad.

"Everyone, slow down. We're getting closer to the vampire castle. We need to be careful from here on out."

As you can see, the number of monsters here is unusual. Our target is probably waiting for us there with a large army.

The assassin should expand their reconnaissance area, paying particular attention to the presence of minotaurs…

The sheriff began his tactical deployment. Meanwhile, because the blitzkrieg was so fast, most of the monsters that came into contact with the extermination team were wiped out.

In addition, the gargoyles, fearing some unspeakable monster killing machine, have become lazy in their patrols.

Therefore, it was only at this point that the vampire castle received news of the enemy's invasion.

"It's terrible, sir! A large group of humans are attacking from outside!"

A gargoyle rushed into the castle, waking the dormant vampire viscount.

"What's going on? Humans have attacked? What are you guys doing?"

"I just took a nap, and the enemy sneaked into my hometown. Is this how you do things for me?"

The vampire viscount opened his eyes and heard an explosion from a certain direction—a fireball from a mage.

"What's going on? You couldn't even hold on for ten days, and you're still one day short, stuck in this limbo..."

"Resurrect now? No, I still have a chance to stall for time. Monster army, I still have a monster army!"