Although they had just suffered a tragic defeat and most of the hunters were injured, they all began to get busy and prepare to defend against the vampire's attack.

Most of the hunters who were not injured or slightly injured went to bed immediately after lunch. In the past few days, they would be responsible for night defense and needed to recharge their batteries.

Some servants with poor combat effectiveness walked out of the guild compound and buried rune stones with defensive functions throughout the city of Constantine. These rune stones can form a holy barrier, weakening the power of vampires.

Some attendants brought large bags of salt to the church to exchange for holy water.

Jiang Xiaotan watched as the attendants put the large buckets of holy water brought back into sheepskin water bags and distributed them to each hunter to use them to fight vampires.

He was also given a bag.

"How did you get these 'holy water'? Why do you need to exchange it for salt?" The noble man opened the water bag, licked it with his tongue, and asked Haite.

"It is said that it is made by adding salt to the water blessed by the priest, so it needs to be replaced with salt."

"Really?" Jiang Xiaotan licked it again, and doubts arose in his heart.

This saltiness always feels familiar.

It seems that one year during the scorching heat, the hospital's air-conditioning system was undergoing maintenance. In order to replenish electrolytes for the doctors who were dehydrated by the heat, the department drew some glucose solution and...

Normal saline!

"Holy water can not only deal with vampires, but can also be used to clean wounds. Not only is it less painful..."

"And the wound heals quickly, right?" Jiang Xiaotan continued with a hint of helplessness.

"Yes, it turns out that Mr. Kain knows."

The noble gentleman shook his head helplessly, this is physiological saline!

"As for the priest's blessing, it won't be a magic purification spell on water, right?"

"There seems to be such a rumor, but how to prepare holy water has always been a secret of the church. In fact, the most critical thing is the ratio of water and salt."

"Just use nine parts of salt and add a thousand times of purified water." As a laboratory doctor, Jiang Xiaotan naturally knows the ratio of physiological saline.

After hearing this, Manager Haite's eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered his attendants to trial-produce some.

"Take out a few blood curse stones from the loot and pour them with our homemade holy water!"

The Blood Curse Stone is a ruby ​​that has been cast by a vampire with an evil spell. It is used to increase the power of blood spells and can be purified with holy water.

The attendants quickly reported the results: "Master Steward! The purification was successful, we made holy water by ourselves!"

The manager was overjoyed when he heard this: "Hurry! Add some more quickly and put them in buckets and put them on the courtyard wall!"

While he was overjoyed, he also secretly cursed the church for not being a thing and treating holy water as a treasure to make money. Even though a small amount of salt can be used in a large bucket, believers are still required to bring a large amount of salt in exchange every time.

Jiang Xiaotan was not so happy. What he was thinking was: What kind of messed up world is this? Why can saline become holy water to kill vampires? He is afraid of saline and silver. Are vampires bacteria?

However, he quickly gave up the idea in his mind. Did he make a mistake in seeking the rules of physics in the magical world?

At this time, Steward Hayter had finished working on the holy water, and was instructing his attendants to soak the precious whale oil on the cloth, and then wrap it around wooden sticks to make a torch.

"If only there were brighter torches."

One of the great advantages of vampires in night fighting is their night vision ability, while humans can only point to torches for lighting.

The whale oil torch is currently the brightest torch, but its brightness is actually limited.

"By the way, Supervisor, what was the crystal ball made of when Father Suez took it out last time? Is there such a thing in the guild?"

"That? If you can test the properties and strength of the spell, it should be a gemstone that is sensitive to spells such as alexandrite. There are some in the guild."

There is another thing that Manager Haite is embarrassed to say. These magic stones were purchased with the money Mr. Kain "lent" to the guild last time.

"Can you give me a piece? It might come in handy in battle."

After getting a piece of alexandrite from the warehouse, Manager Haite also gave Jiang Xiaotan a brand new silver light sword.

"I will let Eveli protect you when the time comes, but for self-defense, it is better for you to hold this."

"Okay." Jiang Xiaotan took the silver sword and swung it in the scabbard a few times.

The blade of the sword is as light as nothing, but the sound it makes when it cuts through the air is very sharp. It is obviously a good sword.

It's just that he doesn't know how to use a sword. If he swings this thing around, he will probably hurt himself.

However, since this was the good intention of Manager Haite, he still accepted it.

His gorgeous belt actually has a sword buckle for hanging his sword. It was just a decoration before, but now it actually has a function.

"Also, since you are also going to participate in the war, it is best to take a rest and recuperate your energy."

"I am quite energetic and can stay up late," Jiang Xiaotan said. He thinks this may be related to the fact that he is a Blue Star person with a rich night life.

Manager Haite nodded. Most people who are good at magic are energetic, and the incident of Mr. Kain staying up all night and holding back a huge fireball was still vivid in his mind.

The manager then devoted himself to his work.

The bloody setting sun gradually disappeared behind the horizon, and night fell.

Surprisingly, the first night passed peacefully.

The vampire did not attack, but the body of a hunter who escaped in the middle of the night was found outside the city of Constantine.

On the second night, the vampire army attacked the city of Constantine.

Relying on the family members who had sneaked into the city, the vampires easily opened the city gate.

After entering the city, they did not rush to Mithril Street to seek revenge from the hunters, but instead plundered the city wantonly.

Many civilians were poisoned. Those who were lucky were sucked out of their blood and died, while those who were unlucky were tortured and then killed and eaten.

The hunters lit torches on the courtyard wall, and Jiang Xiaotan also stood on the fortress, observing the situation outside.

Eveli had already put on her armor and stood majestically beside him holding a silver sword.

Soon, a large number of people gathered outside the hospital, but they were not vampires.

Some vigilant civilians heard that there was a vampire invasion and immediately fled to the church for refuge. However, the church was afraid that the refugees were mixed with vampires and refused them entry, so these civilians had no choice but to come here for help.

Originally, Manager Hatter was afraid that vampires were mixed in and did not allow the hunters to open the door. However, Jiang Xiaotan asked the hunters to pour a large bucket of holy water into the crowd, causing several vampires who had mixed in to be instantly burned to ashes. Manager Haite then allowed the hunters to open the door.

Open the gate and let these civilians in.

However, before the civilians were completely contained, vampires appeared.

In Jiang Xiaotan's imagination, the vampire army should be a group of grotesque monsters, gathering together like a group of gangsters and rushing over in a mess.

However, those vampires were wearing uniform black armor, holding giant shields, and advanced in a neat formation.

It looks like a phalanx of well-trained swordsmen.

What is different from humans is that these swordsmen have red eyes and exposed tusks.

They soon discovered that the guild door was open, and civilians were hurriedly squeezing in.

The vampire swordsmen in black launched a charge, and hundreds of people rushed over in neat steps. The scene was very shocking.

Those civilians who had not yet entered the guild panicked and squeezed in regardless of the lives of others.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Xiaotan immediately condensed the two runes [Fire] and [Gathering] in his mind. He deliberately did not condense the last two runes, just to make the fireballs gather larger in his hands.

Then, a huge fireball shot out and hit the street.

Although this blow did not cause any casualties to the vampires, it successfully blocked the road. The hunters at the door took this opportunity to yell and kick the civilians who were crowding around, and finally contained the last wave of civilians inside.

into the courtyard.

The big iron door closed with a clang, and the hunter behind the door then pressed the heavy objects prepared beside the door to block the iron door.

The vampire army reorganized their battle formation behind the flame-sealed street. The swordsmen raised their shields and stepped aside, revealing rows of archers behind them.

"Be careful." Eveli stretched out her hand and pulled Jiang Xiaotan to hide behind the arrow stack of the fortress.

Dense arrows flew in, and several hunters who were unable to dodge were shot down on the spot.

After the first wave of arrows, Evely stuck her head out from behind the arrow stack to check the situation. She screamed and then retracted.

A second wave of arrows followed closely, and an arrow flew past her scalp and broke off a bunch of her hair.

Several hunters who wanted to fight back with bows were also shot down by the second wave of arrows. If Eveli hadn't reacted quickly, she might have suffered the same fate as them.

The vampire archers lined up in several rows, firing waves of arrows continuously.

"Awesome, these are baron-level vampires?"

Jiang Xiaotan asked, suppressed by the rain of arrows and unable to raise his head.

"These are just the baron's soldiers, they are all low-level vampires."

"Are low-level vampires so powerful?!"

Jiang Xiaotan finally realized that he still underestimated the power of vampires in this world.

In fact, these low-level vampires are not very strong individually, and two or three of them together may not be able to defeat Eveli alone. However, after undergoing military training, the vampires are integrated into a legion, which is very terrifying.

Although this world is a magical world, it is still in the age of cold weapons. In the absence of aircraft and artillery, discipline and morale can make a qualitative difference in the combat effectiveness of an army.

In contrast, vampire hunters who only focus on personal quality training have become a rabble.

"If this continues, the outer wall will soon fall, right?"
To be continued...