Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 500: The Final Adjustment of the Derivatives

Time can dilute all pain, unless the wound will open up on its own from time to time. Dozens or hundreds of years have passed, and many of these people may not even remember the appearance and names of Asdalen and others, but they all know Cazador, because he is the demon who opens their old wounds from time to time.

They could not bear the torture and ridicule of Kazador. Their hatred for Kazador was so pure that after seeing Kazador's miserable end, their anger was finally calmed down to a certain extent, and they finally had the energy to listen to Noshir's promise to them.

And they knew that they might have the chance to start a new life and escape from this situation worse than death. For a moment, they even felt that even the horrible hunger that had tormented them for hundreds of years was no longer unbearable. For the future promised by Noshir, they were willing to put aside their temper temporarily and be more patient.

Anyway, they have endured for hundreds of years, and they will not collapse in the last few days. As for how to vent their hatred towards Asdalen? ... It doesn't matter. Anyway, they have a lot of time.

The only benefit of becoming a vampire is that it makes their originally short lifespan become long, even so long that there is no end in sight. During such a long time, they will have plenty of time to consider a series of related matters.

As for what the final outcome between them would be? After being rescued, would they choose revenge or forgiveness? This was not something that Noshier could decide.

After all, he had no right to make decisions on behalf of these victims. Although he had been paying attention to the progress in this regard, this was not something he could interfere with because he was just an outsider. If an outsider rashly interfered with the final outcome of such a complicated incident, it would only lead the situation to a more chaotic level in the end.

He could only hope that Asdalen and the others would be able to make good use of their already good eloquence during this period, try their best to persuade them, and thereby achieve a good result. However, having said that, it was impossible to completely ignore it. He had to ensure that the situation would not slide in the worst direction, and when he discovered this sign, he would nip it in the bud even at the cost of using force.

Therefore, whenever Noshil has time, he will immediately observe whether the derivatives have any excessive reactions. Fortunately, judging from the current situation, the relationship between them is developing well. Although there are still occasional frictions, most of them have shown patience and restraint, which allows Noshil to perform the task of collecting blood with greater confidence.

This collection took a full seven days. In the first three days, Noshir visited several slaughterhouses in the outer city and collected enough blood to fill 60 huge wooden barrels in his own name.

This number was definitely not small, but compared with the nearly 7000 derivatives, it was still a drop in the bucket and could not fill the stomachs of all of them. It was not until the fourth day that everything finally took a turn for the better.

That day, a dazzling lighthouse suddenly lit up on the gray port that was about to be closed. Noshiel learned about this at the first time, and he also knew what it meant. It meant that his wait was not in vain. The sea hunting fleet returned, and like in previous years, they successfully hunted a powerful sea monster, a giant dragon turtle that was more than 20 meters long and wide, could spit out hot steam, and to some extent even had very abundant dragon blood. When the fleet hooked the dead head of the dragon turtle with the hook of the giant bed crossbow and pulled the monster to the side of the port, the whole Baldur's Gate was boiling because of this. People all thought that this was a good start, and the three armed merchant ships of the Otak Chamber of Commerce, the Sea Razor, the Breaker, and the Bird, became famous because of this.

Their fruitful results this time will bring them even more abundant rewards in the coming year, but for Noshir, it only means that he no longer has to worry about how to feed his derivative bodies.

The dragon turtle is an extra-large dragon monster. The blood in its body possesses extremely powerful magic, so it is also very valuable. For creatures like vampires, inhaling the blood of powerful creatures is an incomparable enjoyment for them. Even if they only suck a small sip of the dragon turtle's blood, they can directly feed a hungry derivative.

But this also means that the blood of the dragon turtle is extremely precious. Although the captains immediately took action after killing the sea monster and tried their best to collect the blood that flowed into the sea, even if the captains drained all the blood from the sea monster's body, they only collected less than 20 barrels in the end, and the selling price of each barrel was as high as thousands of gold coins.

This was expensive, very expensive, but for Noshil, who was already completely financially free, he could still afford this amount. He spent a huge amount of money to buy five barrels of dragon turtle blood. Noshil estimated that this was enough to feed those derivative bodies, and this was indeed the case.

These five barrels of dragon turtle blood were enough to feed 3000 derivatives directly. In order to make the migration smoother, Noshil deliberately chose to use this magical blood to feed those derivatives with higher obedience, more stable mentality, and more rationality, while those who were more irritable only used ordinary livestock blood.

This is to prevent possible riots on their part. The magical blood can make the derivative body more powerful, but if this power appears on the bodies of rioters, it would be counterproductive. So again, Noshil does not want these back-up plans to be used, but he has to make these preparations.

Fortunately, no derivatives expressed dissatisfaction with this unfair distribution. Firstly, those troublemakers who dared to make trouble at this time had already been beaten up by Noshil in advance. Yes, that's right, although he did say before that he would not care about the grudges between these derivatives and Asdalen and others, if they dared to cause trouble to him, Noshil would definitely not tolerate them.

The second reason is that for these derivatives who have been hungry for who knows how many years, having something to eat is already very good. After all these years, this is the first time for them to satisfy their inner hunger, get rid of the crazy thirst for blood, and experience the feeling of being full for the first time.

This feeling alone was wonderful enough to bring them back to their senses from hunger and to carry out the plan more properly. However, in the process, Noshil discovered that many derivatives did not calm down after drinking the blood. Instead, they became more violent and more eager for the next meal.

(End of this chapter)