Morion Had to Be a Blood Prince, One Way or Another

This intense sense of Terror made the mayor tense all over, and a chill would occasionally creep up his spine.

Even though the mayor, out of personal motives, didn't want the city-state and the Holy Rite Church to send a large number of people to investigate, he now had to prioritize saving his own life.

"No problem, but you need to commission the engineer to repair the bridge first, otherwise the city-state's reinforcements will not be able to arrive smoothly."

Dekan said with a solemn expression.

He appeared exceptionally professional.

"But what if the bridge is destroyed again?"

The mayor asked with concern.

He was very worried that the bridge, which had just been repaired, would break down again in the blink of an eye if he didn't keep an eye on it.

At this moment, Morion approached the mayor with a smile, handed him a document with a price list, and said:

"You can choose the warranty service. For an additional 300 Holy Gold Coin on top of the basic cost of bridge repair, we will guarantee that the bridge will be repaired immediately if it breaks down within one year."

"This..."

The town mayor thought for a moment.

This time, he could still manage to get another 500 Holy Gold Coin from the town.

But if the bridge breaks down again in the future, even he wouldn't dare to take the money like that again.

Let's not even talk about whether the town's reserves can hold out.

They repeatedly used bridge repair as a pretext to extract funds from the town.

When the provincial authorities reviewed the accounts at the end of the year, they noticed several large expenditures on "bridge repairs" in the town, which easily led them to suspect that the mayor had "abnormally withdrawn public funds," and an investigation was launched.

This is something the mayor absolutely does not want to happen.

"Okay, then let's add the warranty service."

The mayor, with a pained expression on his face, agreed.

This time, he even had to pay out of his own pocket 100 Holy Gold Coin.

But as long as we can get through this peacefully, it's fine; consider it a loss to avoid further trouble.

Morion quickly presented the mayor with a new contract, waiting for the mayor to sign it with a businesslike smile.

"After you make the payment, our chamber of commerce will repair the bridge for you within two days."

"Two days? No way! That's too slow!"

The town mayor immediately exclaimed in surprise.

In just two days, their small town might be completely destroyed.

"Then you can choose the express service."

"Express?"

"Yes, for an additional 300 Holy Gold Coin, we will have the bridge repaired before nightfall today. At the same time, we will use the Merchant Guild's Wyvern to send the priest back to the city-state as quickly as possible so that he can bring you reinforcements."

"..."

The town mayor hesitated greatly; he would have to pay for the express courier service himself, which was tantamount to taking his life.

Just as the town mayor was hesitating...

"Mayor, Blood Race operate at night. You don't want the entire town to turn into dried-up corpses tonight, do you?"

Dekan whispered something to himself, sounding quite serious.

This caused the town mayor's face to turn several shades paler, and even his fingers twitched slightly.

He gritted his teeth and stamped his foot, saying to Morion, "900 Holy Gold Coin in total, right? I'll get them for you."

Then he hurriedly left the church.

"That old man has a lot of Gold Coin hidden away. The ones I saw in his attic last time weren't cash."

Morion watched the mayor walk away and laughed mockingly.

This time, the corrupt town mayor will have to pay out 400 Holy Gold Coin.

To come up with so much money all at once, the town mayor must have a secret slush fund.

"Looks like I can suck a few more mouthfuls of his blood."

Dekan nodded, clearly satisfied with the mayor's financial resources.

"You two... meow..."

Cat Teacher felt that today it had witnessed both the fake Blood Race and the real Blood Race.

"Cat Teacher, thank you for your hard work from now on."

Morion said with a smile.

Cat Teacher: "?"

What are you standing there for?

Seeing how relaxed the Cat Teacher looked, Dekan squatted down and poked the Cat Teacher's head.

Cat Teacher: "Why did you poke me, meow!!"

Dekan: "Go quickly and follow the mayor to find out where his secret stash is!"

If this time they only swindled the mayor out of 100 Holy Gold Coin, the mayor could probably just use half of the 200 Holy Gold Coin he embezzled last time to make up for it.

However, this time the mayor was swindled out of a full 400 Holy Gold Coin, and the mayor would definitely have to go to his hiding Gold Coin to retrieve such an amount.

"This, this is wrong, meow! I'm a teacher, how could I do such a thing, meow!"

The Cat Teacher hid its tail behind its back, showing great resistance to Dekan.

"Let's put aside our Holy Kingdom Luxury Seven-Day Tour for now. What's wrong with finding the location where this corrupt mayor is hiding his ill-gotten gains? As a noble priest, I have a duty to investigate thoroughly!"

Dekan's words were forceful and clear, leaving Cat Teacher somewhat stunned.

Why is this guy suddenly acting all righteous?

The logic is sound.

Then Dekan pushed the bewildered Cat Teacher directly out of the church and shouted:

"Cat Teacher, could you please teach us what justice is?"

"Meow!"

The Cat Teacher spun around in place, seemingly going through a quick internal struggle, before finally running out of the church courtyard to chase after the mayor.

Dekan: "Once we've finished the remaining objective 2, we'll help the mayor clean out the attic and restore his integrity."

Morion: "But do you have any clues about mission objective 2?"

Mission objective 2 remains locked.

Its clues are most likely with the city-state.

For the first three days of the mission, Dekan and his two companions mostly stayed in the small town.

They also failed to make contact with other challengers, so intelligence was completely lacking.

"I've made a slight guess, but I think mission objective 2 should be to find the vampire count hiding in the city-state."

Dekan said with considerable confidence.

After successfully verifying mission objective 3, he also drew several conclusions.

Since mission objective 2 is hidden.

This suggests that it's unlikely to be a progress-based task like "exploring a certain percentage of the map" or "collecting a few clues."

There's no need to hide such a mission.

The situation that requires concealment is always when the mission objective specifies that the information cannot be disclosed.

For example, mission objective 3 reveals the name of Marquis Roderick and the existence of this hidden boss, so it needs to be hidden.

Therefore, mission objective 2 is very likely to contain the real name of a vampire, and their identity should be that of a regular boss in this Shadow World.

Therefore, Dekan boldly speculates that mission objective 2 is likely to find a hidden vampire count in the town!

Dekan sneered:

"This count is probably still foolishly plotting to revive the Marquis Roderick."

Morion adjusted the glasses that had originally belonged to the engineer:

"Since this vampire count is still so energetic, shouldn't we squeeze out as much of his remaining value as possible? Otherwise, it would be such a waste."

Dekan: "As expected of you, you immediately started talking about old street lamp ornaments."