Looking at the soldiers all around, Yun Zhe picked up a shield from the ground and began to carry out his initial plan.

Yes, although Yun Zhe didn't think too much when he came, he did consider several scenarios and coping strategies for how to break through the encirclement.

The worst-case scenario is what we're in now: a person in an open field, surrounded by hundreds of people.

Yun Zhe was forced to reveal his speed and strength, moving rapidly within the encirclement. Arrows flew everywhere, but most struck the Kurman soldiers themselves. Longswords flashed, often futilely slashing at the air. They tried to block, but their formation was repeatedly disrupted by a strange, powerful force. Several soldiers managed to engage Yun Zhe, but the results were either broken arms or pierced through the chest.

This bizarre situation immediately caught the soldiers' attention. They had never seen such swift, ghostly movements, nor such immense strength, comparable to that of a Hercules. Most soldiers were bewildered, simply marveling at the assassin's prowess. But some soldiers had already realized, or rather, Yun Zhe's performance had awakened their deepest fears.

"A vampire! It must be a vampire!"

"This assassin is a vampire! A vampire!!!"

"A vampire? That speed, that strength, it's definitely a vampire! Run! What are you waiting for? Run!!"

The soldiers' morale went from initial dissent to complete collapse in just a few shouts.

This was exactly the effect Yun Zhe wanted. Although he had planned to demonstrate it himself if the other party didn't realize it, even though such a demonstration might cause him to lose control, he had achieved the desired effect without demonstrating it himself, which was truly commendable.

As this fear and chaos began to spread, Yun Zhe knew that the battle between the attackers and defenders had turned. The prey that had been surrounded just moments before had now become the hunter that everyone feared most.

Yun Zhe picked up a long spear and hurled it. The spear transformed into a bolt of lightning in mid-air, instantly pinning a soldier clad in magnificent armor to the ground.

The scene became even more chaotic. The soldiers no longer had the will to stop Yun Zhe; they were only thinking about how to escape.

Yun Zhe thought for a moment, then killed the several captain-like soldiers he had been watching. Taking advantage of the chaos, he jumped to the south gate.

Not far from the south gate, there stands a cross. On the cross is Mobius, nailed to the ground. He stands there all alone, like a signpost, pointing one finger towards the south gate of Dornisburg.

Yun Zhe, who had just calmed down a little, felt his mind explode again when he saw this scene.

"Kill them, kill them, they all deserve to die, they all deserve to die!!" A familiar, hoarse voice murmured from the depths of Yun Zhe's mind. The voice grew louder and louder, until it echoed in Yun Zhe's mind like the tolling of a bell.

Yun Zhe turned around abruptly and saw two soldiers trembling as they held up their bows and arrows, the arrowheads gleaming in the firelight, appearing extremely sharp.

Yun Zhe lunged at the two soldiers, and soon, both soldiers were decapitated.

Yun Zhe crawled down, about to draw the blood. But then he heard Ellie's voice in his heart.

Yun Zhe stopped what he was doing. The voice in Ellie's heart and the hoarse voice in her mind rose and fell, making Yun Zhe sway from side to side.

"Aaaaaah! It's a real vampire! It's a real vampire! He's sucking blood! He's sucking blood!!" A heart-wrenching scream rang out not far from Yun Zhe. Yun Zhe looked over and saw a soldier scrambling up the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs, several figures were moving about.

"Kill them! You can't expose your vampire identity!!!" The voice in her mind suddenly rose a crescendo, completely drowning out Ellie's voice in her heart.

Yun Zhe pounced like a ghost, his eyes bloodshot, and like a vampire, he wiped out the soldiers.

"Yes, that's it, that's it!" The voice in my mind was full of smugness, even letting out a chilling long laugh.

Like a walking corpse, Yun Zhe followed the voice in his mind and began a wanton massacre of the people in the castle.

Yun Zhe felt his power returning, and he felt like he could roam freely in this ancient castle, omnipotent and all-powerful.

Suddenly, Yun Zhe saw a strange yet familiar shape. Strictly speaking, the shape was something that had been pieced together by chance from the shadows of the wall and the terrain. Yun Zhe stared at the shape, as if something was about to emerge from the depths of his heart, yet it was shrouded in layers of mist, and he couldn't put it into words.

Yun Zhe's unusual behavior aroused the curiosity of the surrounding soldiers and puzzled the voice in his mind.

"What are you looking at?! Don't you dare act! Some of them have already escaped the castle. If you don't chase them now, you'll never catch them! What are you standing there for? Chase them! Kill them! Don't leave a single one alive!!!"

Yun Zhe didn't move. He was still thinking about the image. Strangely, the obscure image looked so familiar and so dear to him.

"What are you standing there for? What, are you going to study for a bachelor's degree and do some research?! What's so interesting about researching this? Hurry up and catch up with them, you don't want your vampire identity to be exposed, do you?"

"Bachelor, research?" Yun Zhe was taken aback. These two words were like a ray of light, instantly dispelling the fog in Yun Zhe's heart.

Strange yet familiar fragments of images flashed through Yun Zhe's mind: a huge ancient castle, a seaside promenade, red-roofed houses, a huge book sculpture in the square... as well as images and sounds of many people.

Those things were so distant, yet they were things he had experienced and felt, and things he was very familiar with.

The red in Yun Zhe's eyes vanished abruptly. He breathed heavily, staring at the scene before him with a mixture of fear and confusion, as if he had just arrived there.

"Kill! Kill! They're all insignificant bad guys, perfect for unleashing your true nature, kill! Kill!" The voice in his mind rang out again after it had abruptly stopped.

Yun Zhe struggled to sit down against the wall. At this moment, the voice in his mind was very loud, but Yun Zhe was no longer controlled by the voice; instead, he just found it very noisy.

Although the bloodlust and rage were intense, Yun Zhe seemed to shield himself from them. He had finally remembered the meaning of the symbol: it was the image of Avery, the image of the Avery school flag.

“Averick…Averick…” Yun Zhe murmured to himself. He stood up again, looking at the empty castle around him and the corpses in front of him. The voice that had first resounded in Yun Zhe’s mind was still frantic and loud, but to Yun Zhe now it sounded as if it were coming through countless blankets and doors, very close, yet very far away.

Yun Zhe no longer cared about those noisy voices.

“Averick…Averick…” Yun Zhe kept repeating these four words, a bitter smile spreading across his face, and then tears suddenly streamed down his face uncontrollably.