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Seeing this, Josie and General Fletcher, who had been on edge, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"So? Is it those things?" General Fletcher asked before Josie could even finish asking when Vito was brought over by Ophelia.

However, Vito ignored him and looked at Josie instead. After Josie nodded, he said with a little excitement, "Yes, boss, just as you predicted, it's a vampire."

"Oh? It looks like the operation went smoothly? Hugh Jones has been found?" Seeing his excitement, Josie couldn't help but ask.

When Josh asked Hugh Jones, Vito's face stiffened, even though he had been somewhat excited.

"What's wrong?" Upon seeing this, Josie and the others felt a sudden unease.

"Um, boss, things are a bit complicated," Vito said with a strange expression.

"...Then stop keeping me in suspense and tell me everything from beginning to end!" Josie said irritably.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Vito chuckled awkwardly before recounting their ordeal in detail.

From discovering vampires in those cellars to how their weapons could easily slaughter them, and finally meeting Alan Nosferatu in the castle, he recounted the whole story.

The key point is Alan Nosferatu, and Vito's negotiations with her.

Alan Nosferatu, whose original name was Alan Hurt, Hurt being his husband's surname in human form.

She was originally the wife of Hurt, a middle-class real estate agent in the small town of Weinsberg in the 1830s, and was famous throughout the town for her beauty.

But one day, Hert received a business deal from a Romanian nobleman, Count Orlov, who wanted to buy a castle in Germany, and the castle in the town of Weinsberg just happened to meet his requirements.

Because the reward for this deal was so lucrative, Het disregarded the long journey and quickly traveled up the Danube River from Germany to Romania to meet Count Orlov.

Count Orlov also gave Hert a very warm welcome.

Little did they know that Count Orlov was not human at all, but a high-ranking vampire.

His real name is Nosferatu, and he is an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years.

His bloodline can even be traced back to Vlad III the Impaler of Romania, the famous Dracula.

At first, Nosferatu, who was hiding in the world, really only wanted to buy a castle in Germany.

However, during his conversation with Hurt, he suddenly noticed a picture of Allen on the cover of Hurt's pocket watch, and that's when he started having wicked thoughts.

Aside from feeding on blood, possessing supernatural powers, and having various weaknesses, vampires are quite similar to humans in other aspects. They also have emotions and desires, including lust—Dracula, the legendary vampire, would find himself a vampire bride every few decades.

After seeing Allen's photograph, Nosferatu, like most men in the world, was inspired to emulate the ambitions of Cao Cao.

He immediately drained Hurt dry, then went to Winsburg, transformed Allen into a vampire, and made this beauty his own possession, even to prevent her from feeling too lonely.

Nosferatu even used sorcery to transform the entire town into low-level vampires through a plague—transforming direct bloodlines is a very energy-consuming process even for high-level vampires, so they often prefer to use magical means to transform low-level vampires.

While the vampires created in this way may not be very intelligent or strong, they are numerous enough and require minimal consumption.

From that time onward, Ellen Hurt ceased to exist for a century, and only Nosferatu's vampire bride, Dame Ellen Nosferatu, remained.

This is also the truth behind the destruction of the town of Winsburg more than a hundred years ago due to the plague.

When Josie heard the name Nosferatu, she already knew what she was up to: an old and somewhat obscure vampire movie called Nosferatu.

Josie knew about this movie not because it was particularly good. In fact, it was a 1922 black-and-white silent film, and by 21st-century standards, its sets, props, costumes, acting, plot, and other aspects were extremely crude.

However, this film is significant in film history because it was the first vampire-themed film in human history in Josie's previous life.

However, it is clear that Vito's account of what happened differs greatly from the story Josie knew.

In the movie, Nosferatu didn't kill Hurt, but instead locked him up. Then he went to find Allen, and Hurt escaped. Using Allen as bait, he made Nosferatu forget the rooster's crow, thus being exposed to sunlight and dying very hastily.

Although Alan dies at the end of the movie, the town is saved.

Clearly, a movie is just a movie, and what Vito said is the truth.

A powerful vampire could not be so easily killed by an ordinary human, and there was no reason for Nosferatu to keep Hut alive after harboring such treacherous intentions—unless Nosferatu liked the current culprit.

However, after converting Allen into his own bloodline and making him his own possession, Nosferatu did not reside in Weinsberg for long.

This vampire count was also a playful person. His theoretically infinite life and noble title allowed him to accumulate a huge amount of wealth, so he owned dozens of castles throughout Europe.

They are mainly concentrated in the Balkan countries, with a small number distributed in other parts of Europe.

Each castle has one or two vampire brides, so its harem system is very large, and it is impossible to focus all its energy on Allen alone.

When Nosferatu is not around, Allen, as the lord of Weinsberg, has absolute control, so he can restrain his vampires from wantonly slaughtering humans, and at most they can only secretly collect some blood.

That's right, the incident involving the women's camp at the Rhine Camp was actually orchestrated by Allen.

So the female prisoners were only anemic, and no one died.

As for the five missing hunting soldiers, it wasn't actually the vampires' fault.

Rather, they were just unlucky to run into a group of werewolves who were trying to cause trouble for Allen.

Well, with vampires, it's not surprising that werewolves exist as well. Moreover, the feud between vampires and werewolves is quite a complicated history—some high-ranking vampires keep werewolves, but most werewolves and vampires are still enemies.

So the reason why Colonel Ward found nothing when he first sent troops to search the town was because Dame Ellen Northferatu had her vampires deliberately avoid it.

But Hugh Jones, who later arrived in the town with his men, was not so lucky.

He bumped into Count Nosferatu himself, who had come to check on his beloved concubine after learning of the werewolf attack on Weinsberg.

"So you believed what Dame Ellen Nosferatu said? Hugh Jones was killed by that Earl Nosferatu?" After hearing Vito's words, Josie was completely bewildered.

"Well, I don't believe it all, but I can tell they're quite sincere. Also, Mr. Hugh Jones isn't dead. Dame Ellen handed him over to me directly, but his condition is probably worse than if he were dead!" Vito said with some helplessness.

"What does that mean? What do you mean it's worse than death?" A very bad feeling rose in Josie's heart.

“He was transformed into a low-level vampire by that Nosferatu…” Vito said hesitantly.

Good heavens, upon hearing this answer, both Josie and General Fletcher felt their hearts sink.

According to Vito's previous statement, low-level vampires are simply low-intelligence trash driven by instinct in most cases.

Now that Hugh Jones has turned into this inhuman creature, how can we possibly return him to the council?

“But Dame Ellen said that it’s not impossible to change Mr. Hugh Jones’s current situation and make him a vampire with full self-awareness!” Vito said hurriedly when he saw the grim expressions on Josie and Fletcher’s faces.

"What method?" General Fletcher asked again, interrupting from the side.

“That is to feed him the blood essence of a high-ranking vampire!” Vito said without hesitation this time. “As long as he is fed the blood essence of a high-ranking vampire, he can regain his full consciousness, but the fact that he has become a vampire is probably unchangeable.”

"Heh, good heavens, this Dame Ellen is probably plotting to use someone else to do her dirty work, isn't she?" Upon hearing this, Josie suddenly sneered.

For him, whether Hugh Jones becomes a vampire or not is not important.

The problem now is that Dame Ellen clearly wants to use them to deal with Count Nosferatu.

Allen is indeed a descendant of Nosferatu, but don't assume that bloodlines are immune to thoughts of betraying their blood ancestors.

In Blade, Underworld, Twilight, and even Dracula from Marvel comics and various other vampire films and television shows, there are countless vampires who do this.

After all, we are all individuals with our own independent thoughts, so why should I be inferior to you?

Especially given that the two sides had deep-seated hatred from the very beginning.

So whether or not someone betrays another ultimately comes down to a matter of strength and strategy.

Allen certainly couldn't betray Nosferatu on his own merits.

But it's not surprising that she had this idea after witnessing the power of the Magnetic Storm Troopers.

“But isn’t this lady thinking a bit too simply? Since any high-level vampire’s blood essence can restore Hugh Jones’s sanity, why can’t we use hers instead of Nosferatu’s?” Josie said, a cold smile on her face.

“…But if we kill Countess Ellen, then we’ll still have to face Count Nosferatu’s revenge, won’t we? So why not just kill Nosferatu outright!” Just as Josie was thinking about how to deal with Damess Ellen, Ophelia’s question made Josie’s face freeze.

Yes, killing Dame Ellen and obtaining her essence would certainly allow Hugh Jones to regain his senses.

However, Nosferatu was unaware of the Dame's intentions in betraying him.

If his concubine is suddenly killed, is it possible that he wouldn't seek revenge?

Josie was stunned. Dame Ellen had used a clever, open scheme!

I'll start with 4,000 words, then go out for dinner and continue when I get back!

Chapter 125 Dracula

"Roar!" In the dimly lit temporary barracks, Hugh Jones, who was originally an extremely gentlemanly man, now stared at Josie and the others outside the cage with a pair of blood-red eyes, letting out a bloodthirsty roar like a beast.

"Tsk, how pitiful..." Josie looked at Hugh Jones in the cage and shook her head with a sigh.

Just as Vito and the others behind him thought Josie would continue to marvel, they saw Josie change the subject and order Ophelia, "Ophelia, go find a camera!"

When Josie asked for a camera, General Fletcher was a little confused, but Ophelia and Vito already knew what he was up to.

Ophelia, in particular, immediately recalled those unbearable days and the photos Josie had taken of her, and her face stiffened as she went to get the camera.

After Josie took a series of photos of Hugh Jones, who looked like a wild beast, even the slow-witted General Fletcher knew what Josie was up to and almost buried his head in the ground.

After all, Hugh Jones is his boss.

But he didn't dare to stop them.

Whether it's organizational status or social standing, Josie is someone he can't afford to offend.

And it was Josie who rescued him.

What right does he have to stop me?

So, all I can do is pretend to be an ostrich.