Vampire Hunter D, Vol. 14: Dark Road, Parts 1 & 2

D has crossed over the southern border into the domain of the cruelest and most evil of the royalty General Gaskell. On the way he picks up a "victim" - one of the few survivors in the villages - and makes way with her and the Deliverers. Along the way he is attacked by the Drowned and fights many more unspeakably horrible enemies. All of this suggests that Gaskell - who was supposed to have been put to death under the light of the sun - is still very much alive. But why?