Chapter 133: Understanding Nobility (1/2)

The appearance of a human-vampire girl inside an orc outpost was strange. While it would have been possible for a human to appear, one that is a vampire is rare.

”A vampire?!” Gregory and Scarlet exclaimed.

”Yes! It's definitely a vampire! What could she be doing in this orc fortress?”

”She's very weak as a vampire...” Scarlet observed.

”Oh? A human Vampire? That's quite rare. My... my Avary... Quite naughty!” Diana laughed.

”La-Lady Diana! I am still the son of a noble! I would never...”

”I'm just joking, Avary. Check her bloodline. Wait. I think it's better if the three of you try. Scarlet, try to find if she is the reason why Fate brought us here.” Diana instructed.

The three nodded, and Avary used his sword to make a small cut on her arm.

Each of the three took a drop of blood and consumed it.

The three gazed at each other, and Diana watched expectantly with her arm on her sword.

”Anything?” Diana asked.

”No. Her bloodline is very, very weak.” Avary concluded.

”This should be a Dhampir.” Scarlet confirmed.

”Right. I can't sense any power at all from her.” Gregory added after taking another drop of blood from the small wound.

”Her bloodline seemed even weaker than Zid Blood Blade.”

”That explains her very faint power of darkness. You three have a very potent form.”

”Lady Diana! You can detect darkness?! Isn't that what only Paladin's can do?”

”When your master, my disgusting son, showed his full power, I could sense the properties of Darkness. You then became the next ones that I kept observing. From you two, I could roughly gaze at the darkness. I had been thinking of this ever since Kyros showed his true dark powers. If I can't sense when a being of such darkness was standing before me claiming to be my son, how can I call myself a Paladin?”

”I... I see...” Avary didn't know what to reply.

”Scarlet. What of Fate?”

”I don't know. The whispers seemed less clear now...” Scarlet sighed.

”Let's see what we can do. Leave the vampire to me.” Diana answered.

”As for you, see what you can find in this outpost. Why did Fate lead us here? Why did it whisper that we should not leave any survivors despite Kyros's plan? Try to see what you can find.” Diana ordered.

The group nodded and began their search.

Diana brought the vampire and placed her on a pile of hay made into some form of bed and observed the little girl's wounds.

”This girl should be a year or two younger than Scarlet. No slave marks, tattoos, or any signs of manual labor. This girl also had fair and flawless skin. This human should be another high-born human. But where?” Diana thought.

Diana noticed how untouched the young girl was, and all the wounds she had were recent.

”Was this girl captured?” Diana considered another possibility.

The Coven continued to look all over the base. They found a lot of odd ores of which they had never seen before. But the group continued to look for more objects. What was odd was that the belongings of the orcs had been packed.

Soon, they found a group of dead bodies deep inside the jail cell, and it was as if they were burned.

A few human objects and a few dwarven materials were found.

The three later reported to Diana.

”It seems they burned all the humans and dwarves they captured since they could not afford to kill. Otherwise, they would be food for the Blood Calamity. So this outpost must be a unique outpost that made the orcs delay in abandoning it. This also explains the mystery of why this outpost should have more orcs, but we don't see any signs of any troops moving outwards of this place.”

”That's right! Where did they go?”

”The answer should be down the mountain. There must be a secret passage for this outpost. We've long believed that there was another secret path leading in and out of this mountain. Unlike the path that we used, this path is known to all orcs. Or at least to any orc of repute.”

”What do you mean, Lady Diana?” Avary frowned.

”How was Myas captured? How have orcs managed to sneak into Airom Vagat without being noticed? Those slaves too! Our armies are constantly watching the entrance to Airom Logat and would notice any troops moving in and out. And yet, we still have raids, ambushes, and the like. This outpost is the answer. They sneak out of this place, enter Airom Vagat by scaling the mountain with a small team. After whatever raid, they return to this place and hide the slaves they capture.” Diana explained.

”So this is why Fate led us here!”

”Yes.” Diana confirmed.

”Then this Vampire?”

”She must be someone they captured. Does this girl bear any resemblance to any nobles in Airom Vagat towns?”