“Are you so short-handed?”

As he followed Walter and Intergula to the reception room, Fang Zheng asked in surprise. He had the impression that a secret organization like HELLSING should be very particular about confidentiality. In Fang Zheng's opinion, those who could join HELLSING, except for "strange people" like himself, should have passed strict political review and guaranteed their loyalty to the country. But now... what the hell is this hiring a group of mercenaries?

Anyway, Fang Zheng asked himself, there was no way he would hand over the protection of Tiandao Palace to a group of guys who cared nothing but money.

"We are indeed a little short of manpower at the moment, but these people are not ordinary mercenaries."

Walking in front of Fang Zheng, Walter also answered with a smile.

"They are professional mercenaries. As long as they sign the contract and pay the money, they will never betray us."

"…Forget it, as long as you are happy."

Fang Zheng thought about it and felt that he had no right to say anything. After all, he was also a "mercenary" and his position was not much different from others. Since neither Integula nor Walter thought there was anything wrong, there was no need for him to waste his words.

Soon, under the leadership of Walter, the group came to the corridor on the first floor, and at this moment, they all heard noisy sounds coming from the half-open door not far away.

"Captain Bernadotte, what is going on?"

"Will the war start in London? When did we become guards for the rich? Which rich man wants to set up a private army or something?"

“No, no, no…”

And among these voices, a somewhat lazy voice sounded.

"Although I don't know what's going on, it seems that our job is to destroy monsters."

"Destroy the monsters?"

Hearing this answer, the other mercenaries seemed quite surprised.

"What era is this? Is there still anyone who believes this?"

"Hahaha, Captain, have you lost your mind? Do you believe such nonsense?"

"It's true."

Just as the mercenaries in the reception room were arguing, everyone arrived at the door of the reception room. Then Fang Zheng saw Intergula, who was walking in front, stride forward and push the door open and walk in. Then she looked at the mercenaries in front of her with a sneer on her face.

"Your enemies are vampires who become immortal after sucking blood. Throw garlic and holy water at them, drive white wooden stakes into their hearts, chop off their heads, burn their bodies into ashes and scatter them at the crossroads. This is our job - please refer to the fairy tale book for details."

“…”

Hearing what Intergula said, the mercenaries in the reception room were all stunned, and Fang Zheng also twitched his mouth.

Apart from anything else, this young lady is really good at making conversation die.

"That's ridiculous!"

Soon, the mercenaries also reacted.

"Vampires don't exist in this world..."

"It's just that you don't know it."

Integra sneered and interrupted them.

"No, to be more precise, I won't let you know. Our Royal Ecclesiarchy Knights HELLSING, which was established a hundred years ago, has been operating in secret for a long time just to fight against vampires. If you don't want to believe it, then I will let you see it with your own eyes!"

Having said that, Intergula suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the corner next to him.

"…That's your enemy, the vampire!!"

Did Integra bring out Akkad to scare people?

Fang Zheng was also startled when he heard what Intergula said. He quickly turned his head and looked in the direction Intergula pointed. Then Fang Zheng saw that in the corner of the reception room not far away, there stood a man in uniform with an awkward smile... Silas...

“…”

Miss, you didn't take the wrong medicine.

Looking at Silas standing in the corner, leaning against the wall and smiling awkwardly, Fang Zheng couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead and sighed. Even if you find a ghoul, it will be more intimidating than this silly, innocent and cute policewoman!

"vampire?"

The mercenaries seemed to have the same idea as Fang Zheng. The mercenary captain with a cowboy hat and long braids stood up with a surprised look on his face, walked up to Silas and looked at her carefully. Facing the mercenary captain's probing, Silas greeted him with a cautious smile.

"Hello..."

"Miss, are you a vampire?"

"this……"

Apparently, Silas herself was struggling with the answer to this question, but she finally nodded.

"This... is about the same."

"……Ha ha ha ha!"

As soon as Silas finished speaking, the mercenaries burst into laughter. Fang Zheng just shrugged his shoulders. This was normal. After all, a girl like Silas, who seemed to have big breasts and no brains, had nothing to do with the ferocious vampires in various movies, TV shows, and legends.

"Master Integra... As expected, they laughed at you..."

Listening to the mercenaries' laughter, Silas' face turned red - this was simply like playing a shameful game!

"Then let them see the evidence."

Compared to Silas who felt like he was being publicly executed, Intergula remained calm - of course, Fang Zheng suspected that it was because she was not the one making a fool of herself.

"Okay, okay..."

Hearing Integra's request, Silas laughed dryly, then she looked at the mercenary in front of her and snapped her fingers.

"Please!"

"……Ha ha ha ha!"

Looking at the silly and cute policewoman in front of him, the mercenary also laughed, then he opened his arms and pounced towards Silas.

"If you are a vampire, then I am Frankenstein!"

Although the mercenary captain's movements seemed very casual, Fang Zheng could see that his moves had blocked all possible escape routes for Silas from top to bottom and left to right. In other words, if this silly policewoman was an ordinary person, she would probably be held in the arms of the mercenary captain and would have no chance of escaping.

But unfortunately, Silas is not human.

Facing the mercenary captain's attack, she dodged suddenly, then stretched out her hand and hit the mercenary captain on the forehead with a flick of her finger, and the next moment she flipped him back. Before the mercenary captain could react, Silas hit him on the forehead twice in a row, and with a scream, the unfortunate mercenary captain fell to the ground while spinning, and blood was flowing from his forehead.

"team leader!"

Seeing this scene, the other mercenaries were also horrified and hurried to their captain and helped him up.

“Is this guy a monster?”

At this moment, the mercenary captain no longer looked at Silas with the contempt he had before. Instead, his eyes were filled with an unspeakable fear.

"I couldn't see her movements clearly, nor could I sense her presence. It was just a snap of her fingers, but I felt like my head was about to explode! Is this guy... really a vampire?"

"That's right."

At this moment, another figure appeared, and Arcade came out of the wall. Seeing him, the mercenaries trembled... Whether it was Arcade's appearance or his performance when he appeared, he was obviously more intimidating than that stupid policewoman with big breasts and no brains.

"Although she is only a low-ranking vampire, she is a genuine vampire."

Having said that, Arcade glanced at these people and then sneered.

"What a bunch of cowards! Can they be of any use?"

Hearing Akkad's complaint, Integula glanced at him, and Walter next to him hurried over.

"I'm so sorry, miss, I tried to stop him..."

"These are the people who are going to protect my nest."

Arcade stared coldly at the mercenary in front of him.

"So I wanted to see what kind of guys they are... What do you think, Fang Zheng?"

"Um?"

Hearing Akkad's question, Fang Zheng had no choice but to come out from the back. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the group of mercenaries carefully.

"You're quite skilled, but the problem is that when fighting monsters, skills and weapons alone are useless."

"oh?"

Arkad raised the corner of his mouth slightly and turned to look at Fang Zheng.

"so what?"

"Ms. Integula."

Fang Zheng did not answer immediately, but looked at Intergula first.

"If you don't mind, I would like to test these mercenaries, is that okay?"

"this……"

In response to Fang Zheng's words, Intergula was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Of course there is no problem, but what do you want to test them on?"

"will."

Fang Zheng raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then extended a finger.

"When humans face monsters, the most important thing is not skills, nor strength, nor weapons, but will. They will instinctively feel that the other side is a monster they cannot match, so their body will give up fighting and choose to escape. For now, their strength and skills are not within the scope of my test, but I want to see how strong their will is. When facing those monsters, what can they do."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Intergula also raised her eyebrows with interest. She certainly understood that what Fang Zheng said made sense, but the problem was that willpower was difficult to judge. Although it was said that one could hone one's willpower through extreme sports or super training, as Fang Zheng said, it was still unknown whether such training could overcome the instinctive fear and awe of humans towards unknown and powerful beings.

But, does Fang Zheng have a way to judge this? Thinking of this, Intergula quickly nodded.

"Of course not."