Chapter 31：Mastermind (1/2)
Letting Lucius come forward, arresting Van Helsing, and stirring up the townspeople's feelings of opposition toward Anna and her family were naturally all Roy's ideas.
Since Roy had decided to take Anna's soul that could possibly become a noble soul, he naturally had to cooperate with Dracula's actions and even assist him. It was also a good way to separate Van Helsing and Anna.
Roy had two goals. One was Anna's soul. Let Dracula test Anna, and if she was really willing to sacrifice herself to save her brother, then the noble soul might be able to form. But on the other hand, if Anna was unwilling, then even if she died, it would be another ordinary low-quality soul and not worthy of Roy's attention.
The second goal was, of course, the soul of the fallen Lucius. Roy had greater confidence in that. Although Roy himself could not directly make a move against Lucius because of the demon contract, he knew he could make use of Dracula and even Van Helsing to get rid of Lucius.
And letting Lucius and Van Helsing meet was an extra guarantee. It was impossible for Van Helsing, a monster hunter, to miss the demonic aura on Lucius.
Regardless of who killed Lucius in the end, Roy would be able to achieve his goals. He realized that he quite liked the feeling of being the mastermind behind the scenes!
Of course, Lucius was cunning, and no one could guarantee that he would not kill Van Helsing in order to not expose his dealings with a demon. After all, Van Helsing was sent by the church.
Whether or not Lucius made a move did not matter to Roy. If he could really kill Van Helsing, then it would be beneficial to Roy.
The critical problem now was that Roy needed a little time for Dracula to carry out his plan…
The townspeople tied Van Helsing and Carl to wooden crosses with both their hands and feet bound and left them in the wilderness. This town had commonly used this method to execute prisoners for years. As night fell, hungry beasts would appear and roam here to find food! All the townspeople had to do was to collect Van Helsing's body the next day and then use his head to claim the bounty!
While the others left, Lucius stayed behind. He waited until there was no one around before saying to Van Helsing, ”I guess when the people from the church see your body, their expressions will be marvelous!”
Van Helsing was expressionless as he calmly said, ”You reek of a demon. I could smell it from afar. I did not expect to find another person who made a deal with a demon apart from those vampires occupying this place. The church indeed made the right decision to send me to cleanse this place!”
”Hmph, so what if you know?” Lucius fiercely said. ”The church hasn't cared about our lives for years, and now it wants to play the role of a good person? How am I wrong for seeking help from a demon for self-preservation?”
”This isn't a reason for your depravation!” Van Helsing said. ”I will kill you and expel that demon, regardless of what kind of deal you had made with him!”
”Yet another self-righteous face!” Lucius shook his head. ”However, you must be able to do it. You better pray that it's a ferocious beast that comes here tonight for food. This way, you can at least have a quick death!”
With that, Lucius left without looking back.
After Lucius left, Carl looked at Van Helsing with a dismayed face. ”Van Helsing, what should we do? I don't want to become food for wolves!”
Van Helsing struggled but found that he was so tightly bound that he could not free himself. But he was not disheartened. ”Don't worry. That blonde beauty is a descendant of the Villelis family. Since she knows my identity, she'll know that we are sent by the church to help her. She won't watch us get eaten by wild beasts. She may come to save us after night falls!”
”What if she doesn't come?” Carl asked worriedly.