Tome of Blood

There seems to be something strange about the Hortosh clan.

This is Charlotte's first impression after seeing this team.

Looking at the Vampires resting in the woods, Charlotte's mind flashed with the idea of ​​directly controlling these people with bloodline suppression, and then using the innate magic of the spiritual path to pry out information from them one by one.

However... this bold idea was quickly rejected by herself.

This is the North after all, and even if these vampires are of low strength, they are still members of the Scarlet Queen Rowena.

Not only that, Charlotte could also faintly feel that the blood power of these people was somewhat special, as if it contained some kind of power that could be isolated and investigated.

This power of isolating detection seems to be specifically aimed at bloodline suppression. It not only isolates detection, but also seems to suppress "bloodline suppression", or to be more precise, it seems that the "bloodline power" is restricted in some way.

This may also be the reason why these vampires can walk in the sun. The vampire's photophobia comes from the curse of the bloodline, which suppresses the power of the bloodline and also suppresses the curse to a certain extent.

In addition, this may also be the reason why the strength of these vampires is not high. After all, the curse of the vampires is connected with power, and suppressing the blood curse is a double-edged sword.

As for this "mysterious suppressive power", the feeling it brings to Charlotte is very similar to the restriction that hangs over the northern border, or... it is very likely that it is part of the restriction.

It was just a trick that she could sneak into the depths of the northern border without anyone noticing. Now that she is in the northern border, the strength of the restriction is far from what it was last time. Any movement that is too big will definitely alert the existence behind the restriction.

Charlotte's advantage now is that the opponent is in the light and she is in the dark. In this case... she might as well use this advantage.

Thinking of this, Charlotte looked at the resting vampires again.

The souls of these vampires seem to be protected by "forbidden". They are now acting together and want to roughly leave mental marks and directly conduct collective mental control, which is very risky.

But if instead of collective control, you select a lucky person... the risk will be much smaller.

"Find a way to keep one of them here, or... wait until someone is alone."

Charlotte thought.

Thinking of this, she quietly hid, and at the same time quietly mobilized her divine power, preparing to summon a lemure to see if she could distract the attention of these vampires.

However, just when she was about to take action, she saw one of the vampires stand up.

Charlotte paused slightly.

She saw the vampire come to the female vampire who was obviously the leader and whisper a few words.

After the female vampire nodded with a frown, he quickly turned around and left the crowd.

Although the two lowered their voices,...Charlotte, who has strong perception, still heard the conversation clearly:

"Um...Ms. Sophia, I'm a little anxious."

"You are the only one with a lot of things! Got it, go back quickly and remember to erase all traces!"

Charlotte looked confused.

Isn't this... an opportunity coming?

She did not hesitate, continued to hide her figure and breath, and followed quietly.

The vampire who is facing a life emergency does not know that he has been targeted.

He stayed away from the team and looked relaxed after solving the three major urgent matters.

After blowing a whistle, the vampire cast a dark spell to eliminate the traces, then turned around and prepared to return to the camp.

But when he raised his head, he met a pair of golden-red eyes.

Looking at the beautiful girl who appeared in front of him, the vampire was obviously stunned for a moment.

"you……"

He was about to say something, but he only felt that the other party's deep pupils seemed to have a flash of light, and he only felt that his consciousness was in a trance for a while, and then fragmented.

"Done."

Looking at the vampire who fainted under her own spiritual magic, Charlotte nodded slightly.

She stretched out her hand to cover the other person's forehead, and then began to "invade".

The Vampires have many innate magics for mind control, some are violent, some are gentle, and what Charlotte is using now is a relatively mild one.

This is a kind of magic that puts the target into a deep sleep, and then enters the other person's "dream" and browses the other person's memory. It is also one of the innate magics of the spiritual path that Charlotte mastered after going to the territory.

This kind of magic will not directly interfere with the opponent's soul, so the resistance encountered will not be too strong. At the same time, there is no need to pull the opponent into one's own spiritual world, and it will not cause a strong reaction of "forbidden".

Of course, the shortcomings of this magic are also obvious.

It consumes a lot of magic power, requires a lot of mental energy from the caster, and can only be used on one person at a time.

Not only that, when browsing memories, if the target memory is too large, it may confuse the user's own memory and even affect self-perception.

It can be said that the conditions are very harsh and the risks are also high.

But for Charlotte, who is now a demigod and whose spiritual strength has been baptized by the network of faith again and again, it is just right.

The magic power circulated, and Charlotte entered the "dream" of the vampires, and the memories of the vampires poured into Charlotte's mind like water.

She saw this vampire's life.

This vampire's name is Sigurd, and his strength is at the first level of the Stars. He is a seventh-generation descendant of the Hortosh clan and has lived for more than 200 years.

Sigurd was born in the "Holy Land" and is the offspring of a blood union.

His memory is not complicated, and even relatively simple. In his memory, he spent most of his time in his family's village.

Sigurd's family village is the most populous village in the "Holy Land". It is said that there are 1,500 registered vampires, and there are more than 300 awake vampires still living in the village. .

He learned winemaking from his father since he was a child, and he was also the most skilled winemaker in the village. During the two hundred years, except for periodic naps, he spent most of his time in the winery.

Three years ago, he was called up by the Queen's Palace and became a palace guard.

In three years, Sigurd mastered many vampire fighting skills and participated in many crusade against the fallen vampires.

Two days ago, Sigurd received an order from the Queen's Palace to leave the "Holy Land" with Viscount Sophia, the captain of the palace guard, and went to the outer world to perform a secret mission...

…

The memory was interrupted, and Charlotte also opened her eyes and left Sigurd's dream.

"Village, Holy Land,...Queen's Palace?"

Charlotte was thoughtful as she recalled the memories she had just seen.

This vampire named Sigurd is not an important figure, and he doesn't know much.

But as a blood descendant of Hortosh, the information about Hortosh in his memory far exceeded Charlotte's expectations.

First of all, as Charlotte knew, the Hortosh clan was indeed in collective seclusion.

They live in a different space that is somewhat similar to the Miria continent. That different space is called the "Holy Land" by the Hortosh clan.

The person who rules the "Holy Land" is the demigod of Hortosh, the Scarlet Queen Rowena. She leads the Hortosh clan to live in seclusion and is also the faith leader of the Hortosh clan.

What surprised Charlotte was that, except for the Hortosh clan, there were no other intelligent creatures, including humans, in the "Holy Land".

Not only that, the Hortosh clan living in the "Holy Land" is more like "ordinary people" than the vampires Charlotte is familiar with.

They live in the "holy land", work like "ordinary people", hunt like "ordinary people", and live like "ordinary people".

If you don't take into account the bloodline of the vampires, it is not even an exaggeration to say that they are like ordinary villages where humans escape from the world.

But they are vampires.

A vampire who is feared in the continent of Miria, lives in the shadows, and likes to control the nobility and royal family.

However, although they are vampires, they seem to be deliberately avoiding using the power of vampires.

No, in other words, the Queen's Palace does not allow them to use the power of the vampires.

Even Sigurd was only allowed to use it after he became a palace guard.

As for why the Scarlet Queen Rowena led the Hortosh clan to escape from the world... in Sigurd's understanding, it was to avoid the "curse".

The "curse" spreads like a plague. The "curse" makes the vampires go crazy and degenerate. The "curse" turns the vampires into monsters who only know how to kill and devour...

This kind of monster is called "Fallen Vampire" by the Hortosh clan.

"A curse..."

After browsing Sigurd's memories, Charlotte frowned slightly.

Sigurd's memory contains many fragments of battles with the "Fallen Vampires".

After reading the memory, Charlotte also had a clear understanding of the "fallen blood clan" that the Hortosh clan was so angry about, and that the "Queen's Palace" would kill on sight.

only……

"This should just be the vampire after the bloodline went berserk, right? Just like when I was addicted to blood."

Recalling the appearance of those "fallen vampires" in Sigurd's memory, Charlotte frowned.

"So... the Hortosh clan is hiding from the world to suppress the blood curse of the vampires? In order to suppress the curse... they will even eliminate the vampires who are addicted to blood?"

"No... Judging from the restrictions in the North, they do seem to have found a way to suppress the blood curse to a certain extent, but... those vampires who still go berserk under suppression will be dealt with by them."

"What...what's going on? After you become addicted to blood, as long as you drink blood again, you will return to normal after going through the crazy period. You won't kill him directly, right?"

"Or...is there some reason that I don't know about?"

Charlotte was confused.

However, another thing she knew from Sigurd's memory made her relieved, that is, the Scarlet Queen Rowena did not become a god.

He was indeed trying to attack the true God.

But He didn't succeed.

He lives in seclusion in the Queen's Palace and issues orders to the Hortosh clan through oracles. He has not appeared directly for three hundred years.

When the Scarlet Queen Rowena led the Hortosh clan into seclusion, she promised the vampires that on the day when she becomes a god, she will completely end the curse of the bloodline and save the clan from the nightmare of the vampire bloodline...