I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

"No, it's just a guess. After all, these things are just a little trouble. Don't take it to heart."

"Ok!"

While a few people were chatting, a silver space crack suddenly opened in the air not far in front of them, and then several figures were spit out like garbage and fell into the forest below.

"My dear hero, was that just now... a human?"

Istina seemed a little surprised, as she didn't expect that there would be other people, especially humans, in the blue sky.

"Well, I think so. Although he's probably not a good person."

Among the human race, the only ones who dare to enter the blue sky are explorers or lunatics who regard life and death as nothing, or the slave-hunting teams that smuggle themselves into the elves.

Thinking of this, Eve looked at Melsis awkwardly. Although she was now a vampire princess, she was still a human before. It was still a bit embarrassing for her to bump into the face of the God of Elves like this.

But considering that I heard from Melceris before that the human race has stopped sending slave-hunting teams to the elves, so now they should be encountering the former?

"So, do you want to go and see how they are doing?"

"Hmm... Let's go take a look. It's on our way anyway. From now on, let's call ourselves researchers exploring the azure sky."

After hesitating for a moment, Eve frowned and said hesitantly.

Since the place where the other party fell happened to be on the route that Eve and the others were taking to the blue sky, taking a detour now would take a lot of time and there was a possibility that the other party would discover some traces of them, so it would be better to continue moving forward.

If the other party is really a scholar who has fallen into trouble accidentally, throw them out of the blue sky. If they are people with malicious intentions, kill them and remind the elves that the human race is starting to make small moves again.

"When you make contact, pay attention to the other party's identity. If they are a slave-hunting team or someone with bad intentions, just eliminate them immediately."

After adding another sentence, Eve looked in the direction of Melxia again, stretched out her hand and cast a layer of camouflage magic on her.

"As for Shia, just pretend to be human for now."

"Well, Eve decides."

"Huh—then let's go and see who these guys are."

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"Ahem, ugh, ugh."

While spitting out the leaves and dirt that were forced into his mouth during the fall, and reaching out to remove the dead branches stuck in his head, Elend, the captain of the slave-hunting team, frowned and looked at the surrounding situation.

At this time, most of his team members were hanging on the surrounding big trees, looking quite embarrassed, but it seemed that no one was injured. He was lucky, otherwise he would have been hung there too.

Due to the sudden appearance of the space rift, he and his team were directly caught in it without any ability to resist. Two of the unlucky guys were directly minced into pieces by the turbulent space turbulence and died in it. They were lucky to be able to emerge alive.

Fortunately, the space rift opened again early, before the space turbulence swallowed them all. Fortunately, the location was just above the forest, not high in the sky or underground, otherwise they would have joined the list of missing people.

However, the current situation is not optimistic. Judging from the much closer Biluo, they have now gone deep into the forest below Biluo. In other words, the map is no longer useful, and they can only take one step at a time.

In this forest full of dangers, without the guidance of the map, their fate would be to turn the death penalty into a suspended death sentence. The next moment, the monsters might sense the movement and attack them.

Due to the lack of food, some monsters living in this forest have the habit of storing food. If you are unlucky, you might be eaten bit by bit while still alive. If you really encounter that kind of monster, it might be a more comfortable choice to just die in the space turbulence.

"Come down and gather quickly."

While throwing his men who were hanging on the tree and unable to move down, Elend said in an unhappy tone.

The side of the blue sky they saw from their current perspective was no longer the one they were familiar with. If they were on the side closer to the elves, it would be fine. However, if they were thrown to the side closer to the vampires, the trouble would be even greater.

"How's everything going?"

"Ahem, it's okay, boss. Except for the two who died in there, everything is fine."

Deputy Scarface reported after checking everyone's condition.

"Where is your current location?"

"It seems to be near the vampires and elves. Boss, look over there."

Scarface pointed in the direction of Biluo and continued.

"The fact that we can see that cliff means we're still in the direction of the elves' territory, so we just need to head in that direction, and then head away from the blue sky, and we should be able to leave."

"Okay, let's leave quickly. This place gives me a bad feeling."

Dusting himself off, Elend said with a frown, then he pulled out a throwing knife from his waist and threw it into the bushes not far away.

"Ready to fight!"

But the next moment, four beautiful girls appeared before the eyes of the people who were waiting in full vigilance...

§13 Acting Competition

"Ah."

Raising his hand to signal the people behind him to remain alert, Elend held his weapon across his body and asked Eve and the others.

"Don't move! Who are you?"

Rather than asking who Eve was, it would be more accurate to say that he wanted to use this opportunity to test whether Eve and the others were human. After all, there were monsters that used mimicry to lure prey. The combination of a young girl and three little girls was really too weird, which made him wary.

How could a child possibly be in a place like this? This wasn't a joke. The ears weren't the conspicuous pointed ears of an elf, and it wasn't daytime, so it couldn't be a vampire. It didn't have the signature animal ears and fur of an orc. Could it be a human? This was truly bizarre.

Moreover, even though they were in the dangerous Biluo Forest, the clothes they wore were all designed to be easy to move in, but also had a lot of meaningless gorgeous decorations. If that light and fluttering fabric was not attached with magic, then they must have a problem with their brains.

Just look at the leather armor and thick cloth on these people, which seem to cover everything except the head, and you will know that in this forest, sometimes even a small insect has the power to kill people.

Moreover, these people were quite beautiful in appearance. They were definitely the most beautiful people he had ever seen. Even the elves could not compare to these four people. Even in this strange situation, he couldn't help but feel moved.

"Huh? Shouldn't we be the ones asking the question? It was you who suddenly fell from the sky in front of us, blocking my way."

The little girl with silver hair among the four people put on an arrogant look and retorted Elend's question. She looked difficult to get along with.

"..."

His brows furrowed slightly. Due to the suddenness of the incident, Elend had not been able to carefully observe whether there were other people around during the short time when he fell from the sky. However, judging from the other party's arrogant look, what he said should be true.

Elend had seen some guys who liked to look down on others with this kind of arrogance, most of them were nobles with some wealth. Those guys often had some strange ways of doing things, which was completely incomprehensible to him, at least.

But given the current situation, if the other party is really a noble, then maybe he can take them away from this hellhole.

After all, the rich ladies who dare to come to such a place must have a lot of life-saving things on them, but I don’t know why they come to this place.

At the moment, Elend no longer expected to complete his mission to the elves. It was already a blessing to be able to leave the forest alive. However, he would not return empty-handed. After all, the extra money was coming to his door.

Such a rich lady must have a lot of good things on her body. Although she is a little petite, many people like her, so it is not a problem to sell her at a good price.

It’s a pity that our group of people can’t try it first. After all, the price is quite different if they have it for the first time or not.

I heard that some of those rich people like to play something called "cultivation"? Those three little girls are just right for it.

However, we cannot be too careless. We should at least try to find out some of the other party's background, and then decide whether to take action, so as not to lose everything.

"Hey, I'm asking you a question!"

"Ah, ah, sorry, my lady."

As if changing his face, Elend instantly put on a fawning look and spoke in a flattering manner. Eve frowned inwardly at the speed of his voice. It seemed that the other party was good at saying different things to different people.

Both sides are now in a state of acting. It depends on who can find out the other's background first. However, for Eve, with the guarantee of absolute strength, she can choose to overturn the table at any time.

"As you can see, we are an expedition team. We were just affected by the disaster here and were suddenly dropped here. If possible, could you please tell us our current location?"

Pointing the sword in his hand to the ground to indicate that he had no intention of attacking, Elend continued.

"Humph, you're incredibly lucky to be caught in a natural disaster with your strength and still be alive."

After saying that, Eve coughed lightly and continued.

"This is the side close to the vampires and elves. If you want to return to the human side, just walk in that direction and you will reach the Fallen Plain."

Sure enough, he behaves like an aristocrat.

Seeing Eve answering his questions obediently, Elend secretly thought he was lucky.

Even though what you say may sound a bit harsh, as long as you show enough respect, the other party will provide some help, and you should be able to earn some extra money this way.

Although they could no longer go to the elves' tribe, they had prepared a lot of things to complete the abduction, which could be used now.

But we still can't be too impatient. At least we have to let the other party relax their vigilance first. Thinking of this, Elend continued.

"As you can see, although our team survived the disaster, we also suffered heavy losses (referring to the death of only two unlucky people). If possible, please allow us to leave here behind you, as a reward..."

Having said this, Elend paused deliberately, as if he had made a great realization.

"I have signed a slave contract with you and become your most loyal servant! As for my teammates, I'm sorry I can't make decisions for them."

As he spoke, Elend began to gesture to others behind Eve's back, which made everyone understand and start to act out and echo Elend.

"team leader!"

"Me, me too. I can sign a slave contract with you as long as you take us out!"

"I'll take the captain's place, just sign it with me!"

Some people pretended to be about to cry and looked at Elend, as if they were moved by his self-sacrifice. Others also followed Elend's example and hoped that Eve would take them out in exchange for a slave contract.

People who don’t know them might really think that they are a group of good teammates with a touching and unbreakable bond.

Of course, they had the confidence to do so. After all, a slave contract could not be concluded under the current circumstances. They did not intend to sell themselves. On the contrary, they intended to sell these seemingly innocent noble ladies.

§14 Contract

The so-called slave contract is a kind of magic used by the human race. Its effect is just as its name suggests, which is to make one person become the slave of the other party.

After signing the contract, the slave will not be able to resist the orders of the master. Other restrictions include not being able to attack the master, which are similar to those Eve saw in the story in her previous life.

However, in this world, the status of slaves is not so low that they are not treated as human beings, because some poor people will choose to sell themselves and redeem themselves in the future, or sign a contract that automatically terminates the relationship after working for a certain number of years.

Beggars who are unwilling to do even something that can be done with healthy hands and feet are at the bottom of the society despised by people.

And only the most stringent kind of contract will include all of the contents mentioned above. Generally speaking, the more commonly used contracts are no different from the employment relationship of farmhands, except that the status is lower, there is no labor remuneration, and the binding is more rigid. Some of the master's orders that will obviously hurt oneself do not need to be obeyed 100%.

As long as the contract has not been terminated, even if the master's family falls into poverty, the slave has no capital to resign voluntarily. He can only wait until the contract expires or the master takes the initiative to terminate the relationship to gain freedom.

The implementation of a slave contract is not that simple. In order to prevent someone from having bad intentions, the contract will only be valid if both parties are conscious and not interfered with or manipulated and signed in front of a notary. Otherwise, they will be arrested and imprisoned on the charge of a private contract.

When signing a contract, part of the notary's magic plus the names and date of both parties will be incorporated into the magic of the contract as something like an identification code. The magical characteristics of each notary, whether in office or retired, will be recorded to prevent those who have retired from signing contracts for others without permission.

Although it seems to be perfect, there are actually still many loopholes in this system.

For example, if both parties are sober, if one party resorts to off-field threats, as long as there is no immediate conflict, it is a tacitly accepted tactic.

In addition, many notaries in office will take on some shady private work in private and force some people to sign the most stringent contracts.

In short, this system is quite common among humans and has become a part of people's lives. There are also many people like Elend who use their freedom for a period of time as a bargaining chip to be rescued.

Even the country itself will take this approach. For example, when sending people to rescue people who are in crisis due to their own actions, as a price they will need to temporarily work as slaves of the country for a period of time.

Of course, having money is another matter.

Looking at the pretentious appearance of these people in front of her, Eve also lived up to her character as a noble lady, snorted coldly and continued.

"I haven't finished what I need to do yet. I don't have time to care about you, and I don't need people like you to be my slaves."

"Then can we follow you? Without your help, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave here."

Hearing that Eve rejected his proposal, Elend immediately chose to settle for the second best and asked if he could follow Eve.

"Don't get within a hundred meters of us, don't disturb us, otherwise..."

At the end of her words, Eve pretended to chant magic and summoned the second-level fire magic flame in front of her to intimidate.

"Yes, yes, thank you for your kindness."

Hearing that the other party agreed to his proposal, Elende smiled brightly on his face and in his heart.

As expected, she is still a young lady who is naive and thinks that she can intimidate others as long as she shows that she has magic.

Although it is very rare for her to learn second-level magic at such a young age, and her chanting speed is also very fast, so what?

As long as her movements were more agile, it was unknown whether she could finish chanting the magic.

It would be better to say that the title of a magic genius can further increase her value and make her more money.