Chapter 571 Forbidden Land (1/2)

GOR Chapter 571 Forbidden Land

Half an hour later, Chen Xiaolian walked through the street as he pulled Soo Soo along with him. Soo Soo had a ridiculously shaped hat on her head and a vampire’s cloak over her body. The little girl appeared to be in a pleasant mood and there was a bounce in her every step.

At that moment, she had seemingly recovered a portion of the innocence that a ten-year-old girl should have.

At a souvenir shop, Soo Soo had casually pointed at a shelf inside and the show owner took out the terrifying looking toy for her, a pair of vampire fangs. After putting them on, the two sharp fangs protruded out from her mouth.

After accepting the item, Chen Xiaolian had released a sigh.

Something so small was priced at 10 Euros – back in his own country, he could casually get it in one of the smaller shops for just 2 RMB.

After checking the box, sure enough, there was the fine print in the corner: Made in China.

However, since Soo Soo had taken a fancy to it, Chen Xiaolian did not mind.

A few moments later, Soo Soo bought another bag of strange looking candies. After putting the candy into her mouth for a while, both her teeth and tongue became blood red in colour.

At the same time, at the other end of the town…

An Asian young man in grey coloured sweater had both his hands inside his pockets as he made his way through a ramped walkway. As he did so, he watched as a group of tourists stood beside a stone stele to take pictures.

The young man observed his surroundings for a moment before pulling out a mobile phone.

“Boss, I have checked the layout of the area and finished mapping it. I will be sending a 3D map for you soon.

“Good,” A voice answered him through the phone. “You head to the castle and check the layout there first.”

“Mm.” The young man slowly said, “We will make it. We still have more than one day.”

“Be careful not to expose your identity. By now, others must have arrived as well. Make sure you do not expose yourself before others like us. I do not want to have to get into a fight with others outside before it starts.”

“Understood.” The young man hung up and kept the mobile phone.

The entire conversation was held using Chinese.

The young man then turned around and continued moving up the ramped walkway as he made his way to the large and ancient looking castle.

On the back of his sweater was a tiger head pattern.

…

In one of the vampire themed restaurants inside the town…

“Teacher!” A young woman’s voice could be heard. It was filled with displeasure. “Are you still wasting time here?”

“Aiesh, there is still over a day’s worth of time left. Let me savour the delicacies here first.” An old man sat before the dining table as he casually produced a mobile phone out. He snapped a picture of the Romanian foods placed on the table before him and sent it to his Twitter feed.

“I am of the opinion that we should seize this time to make preparations. You cannot treat this as child’s play, teacher!” The young woman who sat opposite the old man clenched hard on a fork.

“Calm the mind and breathe.” The old man gave off a leisurely smile. “When you have lived as long as I have, you will understand. Enjoy the process instead of chasing after results. That is the meaning of life.”

The young woman put on a face. It was clear that she did not believe a word her teacher had just said. Instead, she suppressed her temper and withheld the urge to flip the table.

…

Bran Castle.

Chen Xiaolian brought Soo Soo along and they moved up the ramped walkway. They then arrived before the gate of the castle.

Bran Castle was this town’s biggest and most famous attraction.

According to legends, the figure who inspired the legend of vampires, the famed historical figure of ancient Romania, Vlad III, was the master of this castle.

Of course… that was bullshit.

Chen Xiaolian was well aware of that.

As a webwriter, he had read up on various books. Due to his work in the webwriting scene, he had read up a lot about the legend of vampires.

He knew that this Bran Castle was not actually built by Vlad III.

This castle was built in 1377. Back then, even Vlad III’s father was not yet born.

This castle was originally built to resist the Turks invasion. It was built to be a military castle.

It was not even owned by Romanians in the beginning. It was in 1406 that the King of Hungary had bestowed the castle to a Romanian noble.

As for the model figure for the legend of vampires, Vlad III, he was one of the nobles of Romania.

To be exact though, the model figure for the legend of vampires had actually stayed in Bran Castle for a time.

However, it was not for long.

Moreover, Vlad III died at the age of 31.

He was killed on the battlefield.

Historically, he had never drank human blood – forget human blood, he did not even drink animal blood.

Vlad III was an extremely powerful figure. He had a fiery character and a warmonger. Additionally, he was extremely cruel toward his enemies. The actions he took was most brutal.

His nickname was ‘The Impaler’.

Because he came up with a very cruel way of punishment, one used especially for his enemies. He would make wooden piles with sharpened tips and ram it into a person’s *** until it came out from the person’s mouth.

Just like making pork skewer, he would skewer humans on those wooden piles and erect the wooden piles on both sides of a street.

According to the legends, once, when he fought against the Turks, he found himself on the losing end and had to retreat to the fortress. However, he decided to ‘impale’ the thousands of captives his side caught, killing them in the process. Next, he sent his men to put up the wooden piles with the impaled corpses in tow on both sides of the street that the Turkish army would march upon.

In the end, when the pursuing Turkish army saw the impaled corpses on the wooden piles, the brutality of the scene caused the soldiers in the Turkish army to fall to their knees. The sight shattered their morale and they no longer dared to pursue him. Instead, with their broken morale, they turned away and ran.

This was Vlad III’s most famous battle strategy.

He also utilized this savage method against all his enemies, regardless if they were external or internal. He would utilize this vicious method of punishment against anyone who dared to oppose him.

Due to the cruelty of his ways, the more it spread, the more terrifying and bloody of a figure he became. In the end, he somehow became a flesh eating, blood drinking monster.

This Bran Castle had once played host to him for some time. As a result, it became a famous tourist attraction, the birthplace of the vampires.

…

When Chen Xiaolian was leading Soo Soo through the gate doors of Bran Castle, he walked past an Asian youngster in sweater. He was the only other Asian there. However, they failed to notice each other.

Pulling Soo Soo’s hand, Chen Xiaolian entered the famous fortress castle.

Naturally, the castle was not small. However, it was also not as large as he had imagined it to be. The main castle also sported four corner towers. It was after all, once used as a military staging point. External wise, the building appeared very unrefined but very solid.

He could feel a sense of ghastly gloominess when walking through the castle.

This atmosphere of gloominess gave an invisible form of support toward propping up the ‘legend of vampires’ atmosphere.

Chen Xiaolian however, felt that this was nonsense – this was a building that had weathered through hundreds of years. Additionally, it had also taken part in the many wars throughout history. Thus, it was practically an old and worn out antique.

Any building left for decades alone would end up with an aged atmosphere of gloom.