For Hiiragi Shinoa, the thing that gave her the biggest headache was writing reports, but for Hong Lian...
"Good grief... The old men are definitely going to blow their tops this time."
Looking at Hiiragi Shinoa's report before him, Hong Lian revealed a wry smile and muttered to himself.
Ordinary people did not know this, but Hong Lian knew very well that the so-called Patrol Team was actually nothing more than a smokescreen. On the surface, the Patrol Team existed to protect those who went out mining from vampire attacks. But in reality, it was a tacit understanding between the Elder Council and the vampires—the vampires entertained themselves by hunting down the Patrol Team, thereby giving up on completely besieging the City of Glimmer. In exchange, the City of Glimmer would send out Patrol Teams to satisfy the vampires' need for entertainment.
The reason was quite simple. It was like how, even though domestic pork was obviously more tender and delicious, some people still enjoyed hunting wild boars.
It was simple. What mattered was the thrill.
This also counted as a tacit balance between the upper echelons of the Elder Council and the vampires. After all, if they fought with real swords and guns, humanity definitely could not defeat the vampires. So the humans would send a few people out as sacrifices to let the vampires have their fun, while the vampires would show mercy and leave them a way to live... That was more or less the arrangement.
But now... that tacit understanding had been completely shattered.
If Hiiragi Shinoa's report was accurate, it meant that nearly thirty vampires had died at the hands of Duanmu Huai. Of course, to the vampires, thirty people was not an especially large number, but losing thirty people at once during a hunt