The Death Knell

Below the sinkhole was an area the size of a football field. Su Ming calculated the speed and time of his landing and concluded that the spire was about 800 meters high.

At this time, at the bottom of the sinkhole, piercing sirens echoed, and some pale people were busy with various instruments and equipment, as if checking what was wrong with the minaret.

"Leave it to you." Su Ming turned to the Ghost Rider aside.

The evil spirit's flaming eyes glanced at him, and the skull nodded. He loosened the reins of the horse and pulled out a lever-action rifle from the saddle bag.

As the fire of hell spreads, the weapon becomes larger and more ferocious. The complicated patterns outline the beauty of violence, and the caliber of the gun increases like blowing air.

Half a second later, he was holding a grenade launcher with a bunch of skulls on the muzzle.

"drive!"

He suddenly clamped the horse's belly, and the burning horse speeded up instantly, and the fire in the cave quickly fell downwards.

The vampires naturally discovered this light source, but it was too late. Giant bullets wrapped in hellfire suddenly exploded in the crowd.

Anyone touched by a trace of flame will instantly spread the flames to the whole body, turning the vampire into a human-shaped torch.

Accompanied by gunshots, Su Ming landed at the bottom of the minaret. Here was the console used to monitor the status of livestock on the entire minaret.

From the display, the spire looks like a long bunch of upside-down grapes. At this time, the positions of the 'grapes' all show red dots, indicating that they are dead.

Su Ming stabbed several vampires in the way to death with the God Killer. Su Ming searched around, but just like Satana said, there was nothing for the vampires.

Apart from a few bottles of what looked like red wine but were actually collections of virgin blood, there were only a few scattered dollars.

These low-level vampires have no real background. If they want to get some wealth easily, they still have to kill several vampires that are over a hundred years old.

Who knows whether the vampire scientist is not here or has been killed in the chaos just now, but the upper entrance of the spire is a fake sewer. In fact, it is just a place for maintenance and filling. The entrance and exit below is the real line of movement.

After walking along the largest pipe, Su Ming discovered a huge pool of blood, which was filled with dark, sticky paste. This was a sign that the blood was about to dry up.

Next to the blood pool is a modern filling line. In this underground factory, vampires will fill the blood into prepared wine bottles and then distribute them somewhere.

The pungent fishy smell made Su Ming's desire to kill rise like a tide, and he resisted his original impulse and continued to check.

He discovered that anticoagulant, which is vampire saliva, is injected into the blood pool before filling. Do consumers really have no objection to this kind of wine?

Su Ming shook his head and walked forward along the assembly line. Finally, he saw a mountain of wooden boxes, which were thrown into a huge cave that looked like a warehouse. The faint sound of running water could be heard on the other side of the cave. It was very possible that It's an underground river.

After prying open a box and peeling off the straw covering, Su Ming was very dissatisfied with the packaging on the wine bottle. These vampires were actually counterfeiting Skywalker's wine.

He opened the bottle and smelled it. In addition to the smell of blood, the vampire actually added some flavoring to it. The blood smelled sweet.

The Ghost Rider came to him at this time: "The trial is over."

"Turn off the flame and wait for a while." Su Ming nodded, threw away the bottle, found a box and sat down: "The warehouse is almost full. If there is someone to pick up the goods, they should be here soon."

Parham extinguished the flames on his body. He took a few sharp breaths and gradually calmed down.

"That's the underground river over there?" The knight raised his chin towards the darkness in the distance.

"Yes, the underground temperature is higher and it won't freeze in winter. Logistics can be kept flowing all year round." Su Ming handed him a cigarette and motioned for him to take a rest: "Through the network of underground rivers, they may travel from the city to Come out from under any manhole cover here or in the suburbs."

"It may also lead to another pier and switch to tunnel transportation." He took the cigarette and knocked it on his knees to make the tobacco firmer.

"Yes, there are many possibilities, so we have to wait for the vampires to receive the goods. Don't worry about life and death. Anyway, Hela is here. Just don't burn the body. She should be able to read the memory from the brain."

Su Ming leaned back, hiding in the darkness. The environment here was much more peaceful.

"That sounds disgusting."

"Fortunately, she is the God of Hades, so I don't bother to find out what her abilities are specifically."

The two of them smoked cigarettes together and waited, while there was silence outside. A moment later, accompanied by the sound of footsteps, the two women also found them.

"Is the performance over?" Su Ming glanced at them and continued to smoke with his head down.

"We were wrong, don't be angry." Satana immediately clung to her again, her blood-red lips rubbed against Su Ming's ear, and she whispered: "At worst, I'll let you first...then... .....How about it?"

Watching her biting her lower lip, looking at him with big eyes, showing a shy and charming look, she also slowly unzipped her coat...

Su Ming didn't bother to answer at all, he turned his attention to Hela.

"Let's see when the delivery person comes. I've left a few relatively complete bodies."

Hela sat on the wooden box beside her and stretched out her two long legs. She waved her hand, and soon a corpse with a hole in its chest knelt staggeringly in front of her. She put her legs on it. On the shoulders of the corpse.

"There are twenty-four hours in a day in Midgard. When is one thirty?" After a silent exchange, Hela asked Su Ming about the time.

"It should be East Coast time, so we still have about ten minutes." Su Ming raised his hand and looked at the watch. Strangulation was more convenient than when he wore armor before. At that time, he had to take off his gauntlet. Now it will directly reveal the dial: "Listen to the movement of the underground river over there and try to catch them alive."

"I know, I'll do it." Hela turned the body on the feet into black ash, stood up and strode into the darkness.

.............................

"Are you sure he's still alive?"

Ten minutes passed quickly. During this period, Su Ming and others heard the sound of the steamboat, and the screams that followed. Everything did not last long, and then the sea pulled a huge black spiral back to several places. among people.

Like a roasted chicken, the spiral penetrated a vampire's lower back and passed out of its mouth. All his limbs were missing, and the black and red blood dragged out a wide red carpet.

Hela was very calm when she heard Satana's question: "If I don't want it to die, it will be difficult for it to die."

Su Ming bent down and observed. The vampire's consciousness was already a little blurry. Now was a good time for interrogation. Hela was quite knowledgeable.

"The interrogation is also left to you. Ask where the wine is sent and who the leader is."

Before Hela answered, Satana added another sentence: "By the way, I want to ask if any of their vampires have souls, thank you."

Hela raised one hand, with a cloud of black smoke condensed on it. She directly tore open the vampire's nose and poured the black smoke in.

Soon, the bleeding from the limbs stopped, and the bloodthirsty light in the vampire's eyes was replaced by green firelight. Hela squeezed his head and communicated with him silently, which was more efficient and reliable.

"I asked, but I doubt it has anything to do with Dracula. The elder of their clan is Duke Joe Varney. Recently, this person started calling himself King Varney. These blood wines will be transferred several times to a fortress, where This is King Vani’s headquarters.”

"Location." Su Ming stood up.

"It only knows that it is roughly Richmond, Virginia." Hela named a place name. The name was a bit convoluted to her, and she didn't know where it was specifically: "By the way, vampires are very concerned about souls." There’s no understanding of this thing at all.”

Su Ming looked at Parham, threw away the cigarette butt and stamped it out. A black and yellow mask covered his face: "Are you ready to meet President Jefferson?"

Parham smiled bitterly and shook his head. Richmond was once the capital of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and Jefferson was the only president of the Confederacy.

Richmond originally refers to Richmond County in the United Kingdom. However, during the colonial era, many North American cities were named after British place names, like New York. In fact, they just added a new in front of York to represent New York County.

Richmond is the only city to host it, and there are a total of 27 cities and towns named Richmond in various states in the United States alone, which can be described as a mess.

"Jefferson still has statues and monuments, but what about the people who died in the Civil War? No one knows." Parham also threw away his cigarette, mounted his horse, and the flames instantly engulfed him.

Su Ming asked Satana to prepare the portal while he looked at Ghost Rider: "It's not easy to find castles in the United States. Fortunately, there are many fortresses left by the Confederate Army near Richmond. Think about it. Where is most likely."

"Not only the Confederate fortresses, but also the fortresses from the colonial period and the War of Independence." The voice of the burning skeleton became like a demon, but this did not affect his thinking: "If the vampire chooses the oldest castle, then it is Harry. Fort Sen, if they had to choose the most luxurious, it would be Fort Vian.”

Su Ming turned his attention to the two women: "What do you think?"

"The oldest." Hela gave this answer. She believed that if a vampire wanted to be king, he must show that his blood was ancient and pure, and a castle with a sense of history would be more suitable.

Although hundreds of years of history are not worth mentioning to her, don't expect too much from humans.

Satana objected. While making spelling arrangements, she turned around and said, "The most luxurious one."

Vampires are hypocritically noble, flashy and depraved. They will definitely choose a magnificent and best-decorated castle, so that it can match their vanity.

If a castle doesn't even have room to hold a ball, vampires will definitely not live there, and a military fortress should be next on the list.

Although both are Lords of Hell, their views are exactly opposite.

In fact, the most reasonable way is to go there during the day. As long as you are not dealing with Dracula, no matter how many vampires there are, they are no match for a few people during the day. Just ask two women to demolish the house and lift the coffin out of the basement to bask in the sun. .

It's a pity that now time is running against time, not only to stop the vampires' plan, but also to stop the aliens' plan, and they can't wait until the sun rises.

"Lead the way, knight." Su Ming pointed to the flaming portal: "Go and take a look."