The two people in the bushes were startled.
When they turned around, they saw a vampire hovering in mid-air not far from them.
He did indeed look similar to humans, except for his red pupils, sharp fangs, and black wings on his back.
Unlike the handsome vampires in movies, this vampire wasn't attractive at all.
Gu Wanyin had no time to think about these things and shouted to the two people, "Come here, quickly!"
At this point, the two people couldn't think too much either. They ran towards her carriage while screaming in terror, stumbling as they went.
The vampire wasn't in a hurry; he just hovered in the air, watching them with leisure.
After the two people climbed onto Gu Wanyin's carriage, panting heavily, he laughed wickedly, "Hehehe, I saw you hiding in the bushes long ago. I was just using you to attract more humans! Now, you four are perfect..."
His face gradually twisted into a grotesque expression: "Time to offer your blood to me!"
"Your dialogue is too cringeworthy; you won't get any blood talking like that!" Gu Wanyin suggested seriously.
The vampire: "..."
The two people who had just gotten onto the carriage were almost in tears.
Why weren't they leaving quickly? Why were they chatting with a vampire? Did they have a death wish?
"You're asking for death!"
The vampire roared and charged straight at their carriage.
"Garlic! Where's the garlic? Didn't you say you had garlic?"
"Don't worry, he won't be able to..."
Before Gu Wanyin could finish speaking, she saw an iron arm suddenly emerge beside the carriage.
It was a complete arm with a shoulder.
The Merciless Iron Hands swung with tremendous force, and the moment the vampire charged over, it sent him flying, turning him into the brightest star in the sky.
Gu Wanyin: "..."
Merciless Iron Hands indeed!
"System, who came up with such a merciless defense?" she asked internally.
"Of course it was me!" the system said proudly. "Don't worry, host, it's absolutely safe!"
Gu Wanyin: "You're truly a genius system."
"You flatter me, host."
Bai Shuwen was fine, but the two people who had just gotten on were completely dumbfounded.
"Did you just... send that vampire flying?" the girl asked with wide eyes. "What was that? Are you... are you a witch?"
"Of course not. I'm just an ordinary human like you," Gu Wanyin continued driving the carriage. "However, I've been blessed by the gods and received a magical castle. This carriage came as a bonus."
Gu Wanyin knew that people in this era were highly superstitious and believed in divine beings.
So when she said this, it seemed perfectly reasonable to people of this time.
"Really?"
Sure enough, after her initial shock, the girl looked at her with admiration: "If you received gifts from the gods, you must be an amazing person!"
"I suppose so," Gu Wanyin smiled.
The boy was clearly more cautious than the girl. He asked suspiciously, "So where are you taking us?"
"We'll look for more human survivors and then take you all back to the castle," Gu Wanyin said.
Bai Shuwen added, "As you just saw, vampires can't harm you while you're in the carriage. Similarly, the castle is absolutely safe, and there's food available. However, you'll need to exchange Blood Element Pearls or gold and silver jewelry for points, which you'll use to pay for room and board and food."
"Absolutely safe? As expected of a god-given castle!" the girl exclaimed again.
If Bai Shuwen had just told them this directly, they definitely wouldn't have believed it.
But they had just witnessed the Merciless Iron Hands sending a vampire flying...
So now, they were genuinely curious to see what this castle looked like.
"What are these points you speak of?" the boy asked.
"Hmm... just think of them as money or currency, something you use to pay for things."
"Do you know of any other places where there might be people?" Gu Wanyin asked.
The girl's expression fell as she lowered her gaze, "We were originally with some friends, but we got separated a few days ago. Now it's just us siblings left. We haven't seen any other survivors recently, probably because everyone's hiding very carefully."
After all, vampires had keen eyesight.
Once discovered by a vampire, it meant certain death.
"It's okay, let's keep going and see what we find."
They hadn't gone far when they heard a scream from up ahead.
