Just That Willful

Without capturing them alive, it's impossible to study whether the vampires from the two worlds have anything in common, and with insufficient information, it's difficult to analyze Dracula's strength.

Intelligence is very important!

The three Vampire Brides are a good example; their strength is considerable, comparable to that of the blue-skinned hybrids, and they are no weaker than Amelia and Lucian in a one-on-one fight. Even if they can't win, they possess outstanding flying abilities, so no one can stop them if they want to leave.

Therefore, Russell decided to wait and see what Count Dracula would do next. With his three beautiful wives killed, he would definitely seek revenge.

Dracula disappointed Russell. For the next three days, apart from sending out a Werewolf to harass the town each day, he made no other move, as if it were someone else's wife who had died.

Something was amiss, and the situation had become unfavorable. Russell didn't want to wait any longer and gathered everyone together to discuss countermeasures.

"But we don't know where Dracula is. For over four hundred years, no one has been able to find his lair," Wickham and Anna explained to everyone, one after the other.

Dracula was originally a member of the Veleris Family. According to the family genealogy, Wickham and Anna should call him Great-Great-Grandpa.

After Dracula's death, he made a pact with the devil, betrayed his faith in God, and became a blood-sucking demon.

This is why the Veleris Family would rather be an entire family of loyal martyrs than not fight against Dracula; if there are devil's minions within the family, they are not qualified to enter Heaven.

At that time, the leader of the Veleris Family, a powerful knight, was capable of killing Dracula, but because he was his own son, he couldn't bring himself to do it. Instead, he sent Dracula through a magical door that could only be entered and not exited, exiling him to the Frozen Castle.

"Where is the Frozen Castle?" Van Helsing asked.

"It's in the snow-capped mountains, but the exact location is unclear."

Despite achieving nothing in four hundred years, Wicken was self-righteous. The harsh climate of the Snow Mountain Range made it an insurmountable Extremis zone for ordinary people. The Veleris Family spent a lot of manpower and resources, but they just couldn't find it.

Where is that magic door?

"Have no idea!"

A moment later, the group arrived at the castle armory. Anna pointed to the mural map on the wall. "The gate to the Frozen Castle is marked on the map. My father often stared at it, but unfortunately, he couldn't find it."

Russell looked up and saw a map on the wall depicting crisscrossing mountains and rivers winding through cities, forests, and lakes, drawn in great detail.

In one corner of the map, there is a Latin inscription, but a section is missing.

Russell remembered this part of the story; the map was the gate to the Frozen Castle. Just as he was about to offer a reminder, Van Helsing strode forward, staring thoughtfully at the missing corner.

"Van Helsing, is something wrong?" Anna leaned closer and asked.

With a stern face, Wicken pulled his sister aside and squeezed between the two of them. "What's wrong? What did you find out?"

"Your father was right. This mural is the gate to the castle, but he didn't know the right way to open it." Van Helsing smiled slightly at Anna and took out the scroll given to him by the red-robed priest from his pocket.

A tattered triangular scroll, inscribed with Latin, perfectly filled in the missing part of the map.

"Van Helsing, how did you come to have anything from our family?"

Anna and Wicken asked in unison, but their tones were completely different. Anna was surprised and delighted, while Wicken was wary.

Van Helsing ignored Wickham and whispered to Anna, "Who knows? Perhaps it's fate that I'm entangled with the Veleris Family."

Anna blushed upon hearing this and quietly lowered her head.

"No, no! Impossible! Don't talk nonsense!" Wicken was furious when he saw this, snatched the scroll, and pieced it onto the map.

With the map pieced together, Van Helsing examined the string of Latin and instinctively uttered the key incantation to activate the teleportation spell. "In the name of God, open this door..."

Russell reached out and gripped the Cross necklace tightly. This wasn't the first time the necklace had been brought to Van Helsing. Considering his identity God's Left Hand, one could tell the necklace was a valuable treasure.

God's right hand represents righteousness and justice, while his left hand represents cunning and treachery, signifying rebellion and evil, as exemplified by the goat and Satan.

Van Helsing's "God's Left Hand" did not come from doctrine, but from the Archangel Gabriel standing on God's Left Hand!

Russell had studied the Cross necklace, attempting to decipher its secrets and make them his own. However, despite his best efforts, the necklace did not respond in any way and could not be stored in his Space Ring, treating him purely as a mobile display stand.

As everyone knows, Russell is petty. The Cross Necklace treated him like a sycophant, not even giving him a chance as a backup option, so of course he wouldn't give the Necklace a friendly look.

Does the necklace want to return to Van Helsing?

Dream on! Not a chance!

If you don't let me be happy, I won't let you be happy either. That's how willful I am. Russell would rather have it rot in his hands than let Van Helsing use it!

Getting back to the point, after Van Helsing finished reciting the incantation, the mural suddenly lit up with a faint light. With a series of cracking sounds, the map gradually disappeared, the mountains and rivers vanished, and finally turned into a bright white mirror.

"The passage to the Frozen Castle..."

Russell's eyes lit up with blue light as he examined the teleportation array in front of him. It seemed that the big shots in the mystical world all liked this style.

Van Helsing walked up to the mirror, and with his skill and daring, he reached out and touched it. His palm passed right through the mirror, and when he withdrew it, a layer of white snow had settled on his hand.

"It's snowing over there!"

Having confirmed his guess, Van Helsing's eyes gleamed with joy as he strode inside.

Russell didn't waste any words. He called his underlings to follow, and his body passed through the mirror. The surrounding atmosphere changed instantly, and when he opened his eyes, he was in a snow country.

Amidst the vast white mountains, a towering peak stands majestically, its summit dominated by an ancient castle frozen in ice and frost. It is unimaginable how human beings could have built this magnificent city.

Russell and the others stood halfway up the mountain, facing the stone gate below the castle. Behind them on both sides were cliffs and precipices, with millennia-old ice stretching down to the bottomless abyss at the end of their sight.

He glanced behind him and saw that the portal was a huge stone tablet. He reached out and touched it, and it was a one-way portal.

"There's no way out. We have no choice but to defeat Dracula!" Anna gripped her longsword tightly, her fighting spirit high. After she finished speaking, she noticed the strange looks in the eyes of Van Helsing, Russell, and the others.

"What's wrong?"

How did you get here?

Van Helsing was dumbfounded. The Frozen Castle was Dracula's stronghold, a place fraught with danger and hidden threats. He himself wasn't confident he could leave alive, let alone Anna.

To make matters worse, the teleportation array was one-way, and it was too late to send Anna back.

What's done is done. Van Helsing sighed, trying to look on the bright side—at least The Wickham hadn't followed.

Crack!

The portal clicked softly, and Wickham walked in carrying a pile of scrap metal. "Anna, this is too dangerous. Come and put this armor on."

"No, none of us are wearing armor."

"Stop messing around, listen to me! Come on, let me help you put on your breastplate!"

Van Helsing: "..."

Russell patted him on the shoulder. "That's a good thing. At least we don't have to worry about the siblings being captured by Dracula because they have no one to protect them."

"That makes sense!"

Van Helsing nodded, his eyes lighting up, and said quickly, "Keep Anna and Wickham with you. If Dracula wants to kill them, he'll have to get past us first..."

Van Helsing fell silent mid-sentence, as Russell and his group of ten had already gone far away. He stared speechlessly at the two siblings; it seemed they were continuing to act as nannies!