Miss Witch’s Devotion Has Gone… Twisted

Chapter 223: Ultraviolet Lamp

Loren entered the room with the secret tunnel. The bed had already been overturned, revealing a tunnel beneath it just large enough for one person to pass through. Anyone slightly taller would have been unable to enter. In the end, the Bishop sent a nun down to investigate.

"This vampire might be female…"

Loren approached the tunnel entrance and spoke. The opening was very close to the wall. It was at that moment his Intuition sent a warning. In the next instant, a figure burst through the wall, pressing a dagger against Loren's neck.

Loren could have dodged, but he didn't. He remembered his persona was that of someone utterly powerless.

"Don't move, or your Master Mentor will die."

Loren's guess was correct. The voice coming from behind him was indeed female. When Loren turned his head, he saw her face—half of it was already rotting.

"Gah!"

Movila became restless, but Loren promptly placed a hand on her head, signaling that everything was still under control.

"Master Mentor!"

The Bishop appeared exceptionally furious at this moment, wishing he could tear the vampire to pieces. But the moment he took a step forward, the vampire's blade pressed deeper, causing Loren's skin to indent.If she had pressed just a little harder, she would have discovered she couldn't pierce Loren's skin at all.

"All of you, step back, or he dies."

With no other choice, the Bishop could only retreat with the others. When he saw Loren's calm expression, he suddenly felt a sense of reassurance.

"Now, all of you, commit suicide. Once you're dead, I'll let your Master Mentor go."

Hearing this, some Church members already raised their weapons to their own necks. Even the Bishop began to hesitate.

He wasn't thinking about his own survival; he was simply waiting for Loren's instruction.

"All of you, stop. Do not commit suicide."

Loren suddenly issued the command. The Church members immediately halted their actions, awaiting Loren's next order.

"Do you want to die?"

The vampire's blade pressed deeper. With Loren deliberately relaxing his defenses, she finally managed to break the skin slightly.

"I am a person who always repays both favors and grudges. I despise being threatened, and I hate being used to threaten others."

Loren directly turned his head, staring into the vampire's red eyes. The whites of her eyes were partially burned away, making her look extremely unsettling.

"I am not afraid of death. But you need to understand one thing clearly: if I die, what awaits you will be the frenzied retaliation of the Eight Great Orthodox Gods' Churches. At that point, not just you, but everyone connected to you will die."

Loren pulled a dagger from beneath his clothes and directly stabbed it towards his own neck. In the next moment, the vampire grabbed Loren's wrist, even dropping her own knife to the ground in the process.

Her entire body trembled. She could feel the force Loren used was truly enough to kill himself. If she had reacted even a moment later, it would have been over.

It was also in that instant that the Bishop acted. Thick, dense brambles sprouted from all directions, instantly binding the vampire. The thorns pierced her skin. The Bishop's hands were also trembling, but unlike the vampire's fear, his tremors were born of rage.

"Alright. Now I will ask you some questions. Answer truthfully, and you might live. Understand?"

The vampire nodded. She looked utterly defeated. After all, she had calculated so much, even predicting that Loren would personally come to inspect the tunnel. But she never calculated that Loren would be unafraid of death.

She lacked the bloody-mindedness to take someone down with her. Every choice she made was for her own survival. Just like moments ago, if she let Loren go, she might still live. But if Loren died, she would definitely die. So she had no choice.

The same applied now. Refusing to answer served no purpose.

"How much do you know about the hunting of vampires in the Uridia Kingdom?"

"This matter is related to a high-ranking vampire. He invented a new method to deal with vampires, hired many monster hunters, and even caused the death of a Count."

The vampire had resigned herself to her fate. Whatever Loren asked, she would answer honestly.

She knew that even so, Loren might not spare her. But this was the only path to possible survival.

"What is this new method for dealing with vampires?"

"They carry something like a flashlight, but the light it emits is a strange color. Being exposed to this light feels like being exposed to sunlight."

"Ultraviolet light?"

Loren guessed what it was, but it was genuinely hard to keep a straight face. He hadn't expected they could actually use this method against vampires.

However, if the vampire high command found out, they would undoubtedly spare no effort to destroy all ultraviolet equipment. This was a fatal threat to vampires.

So, the reason this item wasn't in Loren's memories was most likely because the vampire high command had suppressed all knowledge of it. Given the Uridia Kingdom's technological level, developing such a thing wasn't impossible.

Loren felt he needed to get his hands on some ultraviolet equipment, preferably with the manufacturing method. Loren was a science and engineering guy; with the right equipment, building an ultraviolet lamp wouldn't be difficult.

He could even develop an ultraviolet magic spell and directly "sun" the vampires to death.

"What do you know about that high-ranking vampire who wants to hunt his own kind?"

"He was originally human, then was turned into a vampire. That's why he harbors hatred for them."

"…"

That narrowed it down, but not by much. While vampire reproduction mostly relied on sexual reproduction, and the best method was to grant the right of creation to one's own descendants, there were also many humans who had been turned.

However, most people who were turned into vampires were grateful. In the Uridia Kingdom, a land without sun, their few weaknesses were eliminated. Becoming a vampire offered countless benefits with no drawbacks. There was no logical reason for hatred; many people would beg for the chance. Besides, vampires typically only turned people they trusted.

Furthermore, vampires had a certain degree of control over those they turned. Even if the turned individual wanted revenge, they couldn't act on it.

"Do you know anything else?"

"No."

This vampire was very pragmatic. If she said no, it was most likely true.

"Alright."

Loren drew Requiem. Before the vampire could even register an emotion, her head fell to the ground.

In truth, Loren's movement wasn't particularly fast, but Requiem was too sharp. The Church members were also aware that Loren possessed a powerful weapon, which was why he could use Requiem so openly.

"I will go to the Uridia Kingdom tonight to eradicate this problem. You all go and handle the vampires in the other cities."

Loren had gained another urgent reason to go to the Uridia Kingdom. He wanted to obtain the ultraviolet lamp technology before it was destroyed.

"Yes."

Loren's recent performance had completely won everyone over. They felt only someone like Loren was worthy of guiding humanity.

The title of "Master Mentor" was one Loren truly deserved.