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Chapter 128: Lady Ellen Nosferatu
🕑 Added 2025-01-02 15:07:47 +0000 UTCPerhaps it was Vito and his team's unprovoked act of killing two dormant vampires that set off a chain reaction.
As they emerged from the small building, just as the team left behind had reported, the once-quiet town suddenly became restless. Shadows flickered faintly on the surrounding buildings.
Even the previously clear weather became incredibly dark, with occasional swarms of bats and flies flying across the sky.
All the velociraptors seemed agitated, shifting their claws nervously and letting out menacing growls from time to time.
"We seem to have stirred up the vampire nest! Brothers, are you afraid?" Vito sneered, operating the Tesla Coil in his right hand, which crackled with electric sparks as he shouted.
"For Hydra!" the Tesla troopers responded in unison with a resounding cheer.
"Come on, you scum!" Vito taunted again.
The words and actions of the Tesla troopers clearly enraged the vampires hiding in the buildings.
As the sky went completely dark, a figure immediately jumped from the second floor of a nearby building and charged at Vito and his team.
In response, Vito raised his hand and fired a electric energy bolt.
The attacking vampire was instantly reduced to ashes.
No kidding, the electric shock emitted by the Tesla coil is, to put it bluntly, a miniature lightning bolt.
When a powerful electric current forms visible lightning, it produces a large amount of ultraviolet light, and the instantaneous burst of light even exceeds sunlight.
Such a powerful ultraviolet attack was far beyond what these low-level vampires could withstand.
Taking out one per shot was quite normal.
That was why Josh had equipped the strike team with Tesla Trooper Armour instead of traditional weapons such as silver bullets, garlic essence, or holy water.
Silver bullets and garlic essence were on hand as backup, but only for occasional use.
Clearly, the vampires hadn't anticipated that weapons capable of harming them so easily would exist in this world.
Their oversight cost them dearly.
They only saw flashes of light and the sound of electricity crackling in the dimly lit city.
One by one, the careless vampires who rushed out were reduced to ashes.
By the time the remaining vampires realized the danger, they had already lost hundreds of their kind.
The surviving vampires, now witnessing their companions being slaughtered so effortlessly by these humans in strange suits, became fearful.
Although these low-level vampires were driven by instinct and lacked high intelligence, they weren't mindless zombies. Of course, they felt fear.
They immediately fled toward the center of the city.
"Hunt them down—don't let them escape!" Vito shouted when he saw the vampires trying to escape.
This game was started by them, but it wasn't up to these monsters to decide when it would end.
He led his team in pursuit.
Though slower in speed, their weapons had considerable range. Several vampires who lagged behind were also reduced to ashes as they fled.
Instantly reducing legendary monsters to ashes brought immense satisfaction to the action team members.
Since their defeat by the Americans and subsequent recruitment, they hadn't fought such an exciting battle in a long time.
They were amazed at the power of their equipment. With such devastating electrical attacks, it wasn't just vampires—humans hit by it would probably turn to charcoal.
Besides, the crackling and sparking sensation of electricity was quite addictive—wouldn't you agree, Professor Yang? (TL/N: Don't have enough context may change the name in the future)
Even the previously agitated Velociraptors seemed to share the excitement. Seeing the strange humans that posed such a threat being eliminated, the dinosaurs began to leap happily, leading the team forward.
The team quickly followed the vampires through the small town, killing as they went, until they reached a group of houses and finally a castle built into the mountain.
The remaining vampire townsfolk had all fled into the castle, sealing the heavy doors behind them.
But would that help?
Under Vito's command, the team quickly brought out a pile of C3 plastic explosives.
Yes, C3 - not C4.
Plastic explosives were never a single type, but a series that evolved over time. By the 21st century, there were six formulations, from C1 to C6.
C4, developed in 1956, became the most widely used. Before that, during World War II and the Korean War, C3 was more common. However, with the development of the more powerful and versatile C4 after the Vietnam War, C3 fell out of use.
After setting up enough C3, there was no need for detonators. A single blast of electric energy triggered them directly. Like C4, C3 couldn't be ignited by bullets or open flames, but it could be detonated by high-voltage electricity (A/N: as proven by MythBusters with C4).
With a massive explosion, the once impenetrable wooden gates were easily blown open. Vito led half the team in, leaving the other half to guard the castle's perimeter and prevent any survivors from escaping.
Inside, the arcs of electricity and crackling sounds of the Tesla Coil synced with the dying screams of the vampires.
"Enough!!!"
A piercing scream suddenly echoed through the castle, stopping the carnage.
The intense sound wave left Vito's team dizzy and disoriented.
"Inject the first dose!" Vito, the first to react, immediately ordered over the comm.
All operatives immediately followed orders and used the automatic injection device on their battle suits, selecting the first dose, which was the BrightLight Potion.
The BrightLight Potion has a certain mental recovery effect, and is actually a powerful combat stimulant that can effectively alleviate the discomfort caused by this sonic attack.
"Who's there?!" Vito demanded, scanning the area warily.
"I am Lady Ellen Nosferatu. Outsiders, why are you slaughtering my people?"
The female voice came from the second floor of the castle hall. Vito looked up, but only caught a glimpse of a white figure.
"Turn off those lights you're carrying. They cause me great discomfort. Perhaps we can talk properly," the voice continued, this time from the other side of the second floor.
Such speed, combined with the earlier sonic attack—Vito realized they were now facing the true leader.
"If you want to talk, let the people you've captured go first," Vito said coldly, his voice amplified by his suit's speaker.
"So you're here for them..." Lady Nosferatu's voice softened. "I apologize, but that wasn't my doing. Let's discuss this-if you kill us all, you still won't find them."
Her words made Vito pause.
"Your weapons are powerful and lethal to us. Even without the lights, we're no match for you, are we?" she added.
"Fine. Come out," Vito relented and ordered his team to turn off their ultraviolet lights.
