I became a vampire princess and then a dragon girl?

"what happened?"

Hearing the voice of the person in charge of observing the barrier, the person nearby hurriedly asked.

"Ah, nothing much. The warning barrier just fluctuated for a moment, then recovered on its own. I guess it's going to need maintenance soon."

"Ha, what are you thinking? We'll be moving after this, so there won't be anyone to repair the barrier."

"That's true, but how long will it take before someone comes to take over from me?"

"Is it almost time? Another hour? Just hold on a little longer."

After thinking about it, the man returned with some uncertainty.

"Ha, someone should come and take over quickly. It's so boring to just stare at a forest every day."

"You're talking as if there's only one person in charge, even though no one can escape. Hurry and keep a close eye on it. If someone accidentally lets them in, you'll be in trouble."

"I know, I know, there can't be any problem."

At this time, the "problem" had already been delivered to the entrance of the stronghold.

"Wow, you didn't even use any magic to cover it up?"

Eve was a little surprised when she saw the entrance in front of her, because this entrance was completely hidden on the rock wall by optical illusion, and there was not even a single covering magic. Was it because they were too confident in the warning magic outside?

"Forget it, it saves me some trouble."

As she spoke, Eve pressed herself close to the entrance, closed her eyes, and transformed her perception into fine threads that spread into the interior of the stronghold.

The focus of her investigation is on the innocent hostages who may be inside the base. After all, she is a serious person and not the type who is responsible for rescuing hostages.

As for how to distinguish between the devil's followers and ordinary people, it is also very simple. If you feel absolutely disgusted when you get close to them, they are the devil's followers. Otherwise, they may be ordinary hostages.

"They're all underground? This is annoying. Looks like I need to sneak in."

Eve seemed a little irritated when she opened her eyes. At the bottom of the mountain, she felt a lot of breaths that might be those of ordinary people, and they were all very weak. And above, she felt the disgusting feeling of the devil's believers. It seemed that she had to dive a long way.

"Ha, I really want to rush over. If it's Wei Ya, I'll just go back to the engraving and hide."

"Ah."

After making one last complaint, she took Ilvia back, and Eve's figure turned into a black shadow and silently merged into the shadows in the cave.

"Shadow Dive"

A very useful magic, very suitable for stealth, especially inside a dimly lit cave like this.

There is absolutely no trace of any man-made creation inside the cave. If Eve didn't know that this was the stronghold of the devil's followers, she would probably have mistaken it for a natural cave.

After searching for a long time, she finally found a small hole that was just big enough for a person to crawl into.

"Ugh, I'm getting claustrophobia."

Staring at the dark cave with no end in sight, Eve couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. Although she used Shadow Dive to transform into a shadow and enter it, she still felt the fear of being suddenly stuck.

After moving forward for a while, there was a big right-angle bend below. After turning around and walking down a little bit, Eve finally officially entered the stronghold of the demon believers.

"Tsk, you don't even turn on the lights? Never mind, it makes it easier for me to move."

The interior of the Demon God's stronghold is extremely dark, with only one light source at a considerable distance. In addition, it is located deep in the mountains, making it quite damp and dark.

There were some empty rooms on both sides of the corridor, all of which were carved directly out of the mountain. Eve randomly picked a few rooms and walked around, but she didn't find anything useful.

Continue down the corridor, and occasionally some demon believers will pass by. At that time, Eve will find a shadowy place and hide quietly aside, and will continue exploring after the other party leaves.

So, the hostage bureau is troublesome, otherwise we could just blow it up.

As she went deeper, finally, a big door guarded by several people appeared in front of Eve. There were even some defensive and warning magic on the door, and the breath of those normal people that Eve had felt before was also behind the door.

§ 15 Cage [Part 3]

After waiting for a few minutes in front of the gate deep in the Demon's stronghold and observing the surroundings, Eve originally wanted to sneak in when the door was opened, but it seemed that not many people went in and out of this door frequently, so she had to find a way to solve it herself.

Thinking of this, Eve slipped into an empty room on this floor and began to explore the interior of the mountain below.

"Hmm... there's no reaction from the barrier, so let's go here."

As she spoke, the black flame condensed into a thin needle in her hand, and then under her control, it pierced through the mountain and opened a small hole leading to the bottom.

"Oh, I really don't want to drill."

Looking at the small hole that was not even as thick as her little finger, Eve felt a little annoyed, but she still turned into a black shadow and disappeared into it and came down.

"Is this... a prison?"

Glancing around the place where she had come out, Eve said uncertainly.

It’s not that I have any doubts about the function of this place. After all, you can tell at a glance from the fences that this is a prison, but what are these demon believers planning to do by capturing people?

Of course, as a prison, the environment here is naturally not very good. There are only stone beds, stone chairs, and stone tables carved directly from the mountain. There is nothing else. There is also a covered small bucket in the corner of the room, which is probably used to solve physiological problems. At least Eve doesn't plan to open it to take a look.

After all, if she doesn't cancel the shadow stealth, she can only go over and watch directly. At that time... ahem, she doesn't seem like the guest star from another world, Old Eight.

At this time, a young girl was curled up on the stone bed in the room with her hands on her knees. Her head was buried deeply between her knees. She was motionless, like a stone statue.

However, to be on the safe side, Eve did not rescue directly, but quietly went around to check the situation in other cells.

"Hmm... The situation in each room is pretty much the same. There are probably over a hundred people imprisoned there. There are patrols patrolling the corridors, but I don't know if there are any other surveillance spells."

Since there were many kinds of warning magic in the cell, Eve was much more restrained in her actions. After all, she didn't want to alert the enemy rashly. If the hostage died, all her efforts would be in vain.

The cell area is divided into four floors. The top three floors are similar to the previous room layout, but not every cell is occupied. However, the conditions in the occupied cells are basically the same. They all look like they have lost all hope in life, either standing there in a daze or repeating the same action rigidly.

In addition to the vampires, Eve also saw the beastmen and succubus here. She wondered what those demon followers were up to.

The last one is the fourth level of cells, which is the most special area. There are extra people guarding the door and there is a warning magic circle. Eve decided to explore there later. For now, let's save the people outside first. She hopes that they are not cursed with any death curse if they leave.

If possible, Eve wanted to find someone she could communicate with to ask for some information, but looking at the expressions of this group of people, it seemed that communication would be a problem.

Thinking of this, the black shadow that Eve transformed into came to the feet of the first person, and then pulled her into the demiplane, leaving an illusion disguise in the place to deceive the patrolling guards and possible surveillance magic.

Since this group of imprisoned people did not move at all, this illusion magic was quite easy to use. After all, there was no need to do any complicated movements, just act like wooden men.

In the demiplane, Eve's figure also appeared and looked at the first person she rescued.

"'Tears of the Savior'"

As soon as they entered the demiplane, Eve slapped a highest-level healing and curse-removing spell on the girl just in case, and then continued to ask.

"Hey, are you okay? You've been rescued. Can you still talk?"

"..."

"Tsk, is that not possible?"

Eve seemed helpless as she looked at the unresponsive girl in front of her. She didn't know what had happened to them to cause them to become like this, but now the only thing she could do was to rescue everyone first and then comfort her.

"Okay, I'm going to go rescue other people next, you just stay here."

"..."

After saying that, Eve's figure disappeared again in the demiplane, and the rescued girl had no reaction to her disappearance, and still sat there in a daze.

The only good news is that these people probably don't have any instant death curses that would take effect immediately.

When she returned to the demiplane again, the phantom she had just left behind still retained the appearance of the girl, and there was no chaos in the prison, and it seemed that she had not been discovered by the other party.

After a successful attack, Eve began to do the same thing. The girls trapped in the cages were rescued one after another using the same method and transferred to the interior of the demiplane. Of course, each of them was given a Tear of the Savior.

After all, Eve couldn't be sure of everyone's condition, so she could only take the safest approach.

But unfortunately, although they have been rescued, these girls are still in the same state as when they were in the cage and are completely unable to communicate. However, this can only be solved by people who are proficient in psychological counseling. At least Eve herself knows nothing about this.

At this time, two of the three floors of the prison had been emptied by Eve, leaving only the last floor.

Brush - Tears of the Savior.

After the usual set of combos ended, Eve was about to save the next person but was suddenly stopped by someone.

"Wait a minute! Are you really here to save us?"

Eve was a little stunned when she suddenly heard others calling her. Then she realized that she had met someone with whom she could communicate.

"Yes, I'm a member of the Blood Patrol, and I'm here to rescue you. Could you please briefly tell me what you know?"

She didn't directly say she was a vampire princess, as such an outrageous identity might arouse suspicion. Instead, Eve claimed to be a member of the vampire patrol team. But that didn't seem to be a problem. After all, she was the nominal team leader.

"Those guys seemed to be doing some experiments on us after they captured us, but I'm not quite sure what their purpose is."

"Is that so... Then are there any restrictions on you, like not being able to leave a certain distance, or being bound to someone else for life and death?"

"Um...I don't know."

After hearing Eve's question, the girl looked embarrassed and shook her head.

"Do you know anything about the fourth floor?"

What surprised Eve was that this time the girl actually knew something.

"There seems to be a very special prisoner locked up inside, and she seems to be the first person to be locked up there."

"Okay, then you can rest here. Do you need anything else?"

"Ah, I'll just rest here. Sir, go and save the others first."

"Okay, don't worry, it will be over soon."

"Ah."

In this way, after obtaining some information, the remaining girls in the third floor were rescued by Eve one after another. At this time, she also came to the prison door of the last floor. Behind the door, the original prisoners were waiting for her rescue.

§ 16 The Unexpected Person [Fourth Update]

"Hmm...how do I get in..."

The defense on this gate was even tighter than the guards who initially entered the cage area. Various warning arrays firmly blocked this place from all sides, leaving no loophole for Eve to escape.

But at this moment, several footsteps that were obviously different from those of the guards suddenly came from the stairs leading up.

Eve raised her eyebrows and went straight into the shadow in front of the gate, ready to hitchhike.

As the footsteps approached, an old figure and two guards walked to the gate.

"grown ups!"

Seeing the old man coming, the guards at the door immediately bowed and saluted, then opened the door behind them.

"Please come in!"

"Ah."

The old man nodded rather arrogantly and entered the house with the guards beside him, while Eve also quietly hid in their shadows and sneaked in.

"Huh? This is a prison cell?"

Eve was confused when she saw the scene inside the door. With such luxurious configuration, you told me this is a prison cell?

Do we have any misunderstanding about the definition of a cell? Even if the people here are imprisoned, it is at least house arrest, which is the highest level of treatment.

"Wait, why does that portrait look like me?"

But then Eve discovered something even more wrong - in the most conspicuous place in the center of the room, a huge portrait of her was placed there, with many red love patterns painted on it, and a video crystal next to it was constantly playing her speech at the Awakening Ceremony a few days ago.

“…Someone please explain to me what’s going on.”

Eve was silent in the shadows, not knowing how to complain.

At this moment, the prisoners here seemed to have heard the old man's arrival, and a voice came from the room.

"I should have told you not to cooperate unless you let me out to see the princess."

Eve frowned slightly at the sound. She felt as if she had heard it somewhere before. It sounded quite familiar, but where?

Fortunately, she quickly saw the owner of the voice, and then...

"Huh?!!! Why is it this guy?!!!"