Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 486 Silence is also fear
The foolish servant led them to Kazadul's study, then left immediately, leaving the two outside the study.

Asdalen glanced at Petras beside him. The tension in his expression had calmed down, but Asdalen knew that he was just pretending to be calm. His still slightly trembling thighs revealed this.

Realizing that he could not rely on Petras, Asdalen could only sigh silently in his heart, then slowly stepped forward and spoke.

"…We are here, Master."

Outside Cazador's study, Asdalen was very careful and tried to lower his voice to the lowest level possible, making it definitely not loud but not inaudible either.

This is Asdalen's survival wisdom, because when facing Cazador, you never know what to do to be considered right. If your voice is too low when communicating with him, he will say that you are not neat enough and too loose, but if your voice is a little louder, he will cut off your tongue himself.

So Asdalen came to the conclusion that in any situation where he might talk to Cazador, he should lower his voice as much as possible. Although this might lead to abuse, compared with the real offense, this little damage seems so insignificant.

"Oh... my good-for-nothing playboys are finally back. What are you still doing standing outside the door? Are you waiting for me to ask you to come in?"

Petras' thigh trembled violently, and Asdalen's pale face became even paler at that moment. He immediately explained in panic.

"No! Of course not! How dare we expect such disrespect? Please forgive us, Master."

Kazador did not respond. This silent silence made them even more anxious. They all knew that according to Kazador's character, the longer they stood outside the door, the worse they would face when Kazador spoke again. So Asdalen could only think quickly and quickly continue with Kazador's previous words.

"...According to your order, we will come in right now."

Asdalen mustered up his courage, reached out and pushed open the half-closed study door. Petras, who was standing beside him, was so frightened that he dared not breathe, but he could only lower his head and silently follow Asdalen into the room.

"Master Zale."

The two bowed their heads and did not dare to say a word. In the spacious and dark study, there was only a pinprick of candlelight, illuminating the figure who was sitting on a chair, crossing his legs, silently flipping through a book.

The figure was wearing an elegant black and red court gown, had long straight hair that was carefully groomed, and his pupils were glowing red in the darkness. His face looked somewhat oriental, but his cheeks were covered with deep wrinkles, which made him look mean and cold.

The owner of this face is Cazador Zar, the honorable Lord of the Zar family, one of the most powerful high-level vampires in the world. He is also the nominal "father" of Asdalen and the other six derivative brothers, although this father only brings them fear.

Rustle... Cazador turned the pages of the book in his hand. He originally thought that no matter what kind of creature it was, their hearts would almost stop beating completely after they were transformed into vampires. But with the sound of Cazador turning the pages, the two people's hearts, which seemed to be dead, tensed up nervously and began to beat unnaturally again.

This is the pressure that Cazador has brought to them over the past 200 years. For them, the horror of being in the same room with this demon is something that others cannot imagine. This pressure will only become heavier as time goes by, until they can no longer bear it, and finally passively show their incompetent side in front of Cazador, and then...

Asdalen shuddered slightly. He never wanted to recall that scene again, let alone experience it again. But now he could only pray that what he did just now was right. He could only stand there and wait silently for Cazador to judge them both.

However, the thoughts in Calzado's mind at this time were far less complicated than what Aspiron and the others thought. He was not deliberately torturing them, although in the past, he would occasionally use this kind of silence to deliberately torture their hearts, but today was different.

Calzado seemed to be flipping through a book, but in fact, he was secretly transferring his spirit to his servants, and then using the servants' eyes and hands to count the prey that Asdalen and his men had brought this time.

And when he had a thorough inspection, he had to say that Cazador did feel a kind of satisfaction that he had not experienced for a long time. He liked this batch of goods very much. They were young, fresh, and full of vitality, and most importantly, they perfectly met his own ritual requirements.

During this period, the situation in the outside world has become somewhat too rapid. Some newcomers who have never been heard of before have gradually emerged in this city. Although Cazador was reluctant to admit it, he did feel a sense of crisis, which accelerated his ascension plan.

For his ascension ceremony, he had been secretly planning for more than 200 years. During this period, he had been very cautious and only captured immigrants, vagrants and merchants from the outer city as ritual materials. Only occasionally would he let his derivatives enter the upper city to lure some fresh ingredients for his own enjoyment.

Although the final destination of these ingredients is still the dungeon below, even though he has been so frugal, based on his past efficiency, he will have to wait at least another two years to collect enough materials for the ceremony.

Originally, Cazador had enough patience, but his dark colleagues in the outside world who were quickly defeated during this period sounded a deep alarm for Cazador.

Relying on his intelligence network, he collected all the information about the tiefling in advance. After learning about everything that guy had done, Cazador really felt a strong sense of crisis, especially after nearly 200 years of development. When his plan was about to succeed, this variable suddenly emerged, which greatly increased his anxiety.

This forced him to abandon his previous more stable development strategy and speed up the steps of his plan, changing from the previous slow deception to a more radical outing of looting and plundering.

Such an action is undoubtedly very radical, but compared with the slow capture in the past, this action is indeed full of efficiency, and the targets they choose are also very accurate. The targets of attack assigned by Cazador each time are wanderers with no background like the Gur people.

Even if you catch a lot of weaklings like this, you don't have to worry about causing any huge trouble.

Now, Cazador only needs to spend a little more time to complete the conversion of these children. This group of more than 20 children will greatly fill the gap in his ascension ceremony.

If he continued at this efficiency, together with the remaining hundreds of servants in the castle, he would be able to fulfill his 200-year-old wish in less than two months.

(End of this chapter)