"Stop!" Glass shouted weakly. No one stopped, and Glass knew that no one would listen to his cry for a stop. He could only watch helplessly as several crossbow bolts were fired at Yun Zhe, who turned around and used the vampire's corpse to block the arrows.
"Damn it!" One hunter drew his dagger and charged at Yun Zhe, while the other hunters tacitly guarded several key points to see if anyone was coming.
Indeed, many civilians and soldiers were rushing here, leaving the hunters little time to silence them.
But the hunters were confident that they could take down a vampire, let alone an ordinary person, especially a seemingly weak Aruru.
Glass, standing to the side, was caught in a dilemma. He wanted to stop this act of murder to silence witnesses, but he was also afraid of becoming the next target. In his hesitation, he witnessed a scene that shocked him.
The hunter with the knife suddenly fell backward, two crossbow bolts lodged in his throat and body. Yun Zhe then leaped out from beneath the corpse, holding a strange crossbow he had never seen before, and began firing arrows in rapid succession!
Soon all five hunters fell to the ground. Yun Zhe put away his crossbow, drew his longsword, and pinned Glass down.
Glass was panicked and offered no resistance until he felt the chill emanating from the sword. Only then did he regain some consciousness and stammer, "I...I...it wasn't my idea."
Yun Zhe narrowed his eyes, a dangerous glint in them. "Was that Sinde's idea?"
Glass panicked completely. He stammered and stammered, unable to utter a single useful word for a long time, and his reaction hardly needed further explanation. Yun Zhe sheathed his longsword. "Think of a reason," he said, pointing to the crowd that had gathered around.
"It's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding..." Glass shrank back, even his stomach looked smaller.
Yun Zhe ignored him and walked over to the dead vampire, severing the ring-wearing finger of the vampire with a single sword stroke.
Inside the Duke of Field's palace, Tedler was enduring the Duke's wrath. The Duke cursed and swore for nearly an hour. Tedler remained silent until the Duke grew tired and returned to his seat, at which point Tedler knelt on one knee and began to speak eloquently.
"My lord, Your Grace, I have figured out Yun Zhe's tactics. It's a new phalanx formation combining shield bearers, crossbowmen, and spearmen. This formation is effective against cavalry charges and infantry attacks. It's indeed very difficult for ordinary troops to break through."
The Duke gasped for breath, "I know, I know, I already know. What should we do? Is there any way?"
Tedler hesitated for a moment. "Sir, I've thought of a way, but..."
"But what? Tell me!!"
"The solution is to send heavy cavalry to directly break through the enemy's square formation. However, this tactic is only useful in truly large-scale battles. It's too wasteful for small-scale operations with around a thousand men..."
Tedler's words calmed the Duke of Field. "Does it need to be large-scale? Wait, wasn't this method of heavy cavalry charge also the idea of that Yun Zhe?"
Tedler hesitated for a moment, just as he was about to say that this was also what he was worried about, when he heard the Duke's hearty laughter, which caught Tedler off guard.
"Hahaha, how ironic! You didn't expect we'd use your own methods to break your own military formation, did you? Hahahaha." The laughter abruptly stopped, and the Duke's mood darkened again. "So, unless there's a full-scale war, we actually can't gain any advantage on the border anymore, is that it?"
Tedler lowered his head tightly and repeatedly admitted it.
"Yun Zhe, Yun Zhe..." The old duke sat in his chair, gripping the armrests, repeating through gritted teeth.
Overnight, the vampire affair came to an end. Although the vampire hunter didn't gain much fame this time, and was even disliked by the citizens because of the misunderstanding with Yun Zhe, the calls for establishing a vampire guild still increased sharply. In order to prevent possible bad situations, many people began to discuss the necessity of establishing a vampire guild in the streets and alleys.
Serena asked Yun Zhe for his opinion on this matter. To Serena's surprise, Yun Zhe agreed to the suggestion of establishing a headquarters for the Vampire Hunters Guild. However, to prevent a recurrence of incidents like last night where a vampire hunter nearly killed the Count's most important assistant, the Vampire Hunters Guild must be under the Count's absolute supervision. In other words, the guild, located on the Count's land, must be completely under Serena's leadership and obey her orders. There must be absolutely no wrongful attacks against Serena, her close assistants, or other vassals.
Things had become complicated, finally giving the overconfident Vampire Hunter's Guild a bitter taste of their own making. If they refused Serena's proposal now, the guild's previous emphasis on the safety of the citizens would become a hypocritical excuse with ulterior motives. If they agreed, the very reason for the Hunter's Guild's existence would vanish. Worse still, even if Serena's demands were made public, the public wouldn't think she was being unreasonable, given the obvious crossbow bolts on Yun Zhe's body.
The people welcomed the proposal, the Earl agreed, but the Hunter's Guild hesitated. So they resorted to delaying tactics, verbally agreeing to Serena's demands but completely slowing down their actions. The guild intended to use this delaying tactic to wait for a more advantageous opportunity to rebuild the vampire hunter network in Donic City and throughout Serena's territory.
Upon learning the whole story, Sind was enraged. He hysterically vented his anger in the basement of his room, tearing the bodies of three young girls to pieces before calming himself down. He knew that the matter he had initiated was essentially over. The only consolation was that the other group's plan was progressing even worse, which made him feel somewhat better.
In Donic City, besides discussing vampires and hunters, the most talked-about topic on the streets was Yun Zhe's crossbow that could fire in rapid succession.
"I saw it with my own eyes. Lord Yun Zhe took the crossbow handle and pulled it back and forth, and soon all the hunters were taken down... *hiccup*" A drunkard boasted loudly in the tavern.
The reactions of those around him seemed different from what the drunkard had expected, but given that he had only heard rumors, he lost the courage to continue proving them. Yun Zhe, who was in a private room on the second floor of the tavern, shook his head helplessly after hearing the drunkard's loud pronouncements.
He took out his crossbow and placed it on the table. Next to the table were Blake, Andrew, Philby, and a middle-aged man with a weathered face and a robust build.
“McClron, the craftsman who forged this repeating crossbow for me, and this repeating crossbow will be our most important weapon in the future!” Yun Zhe introduced the blacksmith McClron to everyone while pushing the repeating crossbow towards Blake, “A genius design, impressive power!”
All three cast admiring and appreciative glances at McClane, while McClane himself seemed rather nervous and hesitant to accept. The truth was, Yun Zhe hadn't revealed it: he was indeed a skilled craftsman, and he had indeed forged the repeating crossbow, but the person who provided the design concept wasn't himself, but rather the very person praising him—Yun Zhe.
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