Tome of Blood

"Great master, I have already interrogated clearly, those two blood races are aiming at you."

"Their purpose is to assassinate you, and then blame everything on the Duke."

Sebastian said with a solemn expression.

"Assassinate me? Put the blame on the Duke?"

The goblet in Charlotte's hand paused slightly.

"Yes."

Sebas nodded respectfully.

"Who gave them the order?"

Charlotte became serious and continued to ask.

Sebastian had a troubled expression on his face.

Charlotte instantly understood:

"died?"

Sebastian sighed:

"Yes, they are dead."

"When I planned to continue to interrogate the culprits behind them, they died. They died from the burning of the blood of the blood race, leaving no soul behind..."

"They are not only blood servants, but also blood slaves. They are slaves of higher-ranking blood clans. They have a contract of death if they violate it! They are taboo blood servants of the dark clan!"

Taboo blood servant...

Charlotte thought about it.

After possessing the "Sacred Book of Blood", she also has some understanding of some titles and levels of the blood race.

The vampire level forest can be divided into seven levels from bottom to top:

Blood squire, blood baron, blood viscount, blood earl, blood marquis or duke, blood grand duke or prince, and true ancestor.

Corresponding to non-advanced superhumans, first-level stars, second-level silver moons, third-level blazing sun, fourth-level legends, demigods, and true gods.

Among them, the titles of marquis and duke, as well as the title of grand duke or prince, depend entirely on the identity and position of the blood race, as well as the status in the blood race group, and belong to the same rank in terms of strength.

Besides the seven classes, there is also a special class called blood servants.

Blood servants usually refer to those beings who are first embraced by blood clans, but not fully endowed with the power of their blood clans.

They are generally just non-level transcendents with some blood clan power, and are not recognized by the blood clan as the same race.

And the biggest difference between them and the lowest-level blood servants is that they cannot embrace others for the first time.

Every blood servant has signed the most stringent bloodline contract with its "master", which is as strict as the final oath of the servant of the god of the contract. The master can end the life of the blood servant within a certain distance at any time.

They are the most basic servants of the blood race.

But there is an exception.

That is, some vampires will apply the contract originally applied to vampires to other vampires, turning other low-level vampires into their own slaves.

In other words, simply raise the power of the blood servant to the level of the blood family.

Thus, slaves with blood power appeared.

They are called taboo blood servants.

Charlotte learned from church books that this practice is also forbidden among blood clans.

Because in the eyes of the vast majority of blood races, this kind of behavior that leads to class confusion is a great insult to the noble blood races, and it also poses a huge hidden danger to the social stability of the blood races.

The vast majority of blood clans are firmly against this and strictly prohibit it.

Except for one clan.

Clan of Darkness - Shedet.

And the ruler of the Dark Clan is none other than Charlotte's "old acquaintance", Lord Abaddon of the Gorefiend.

Obviously, it was the Gorefiend Cult who had targeted Charlotte and wanted her to die.

Charlotte was not particularly surprised by this. After all, she wanted her to die once when she crazily criticized the old hag, and the old hag was a member of the Gorefiend Cult.

However, the old woman sacrificed for the sake of blood. She held the pages of the cursed book for a long time, so her mind may not be so clear, or her actions may be completely contrary to the blood demon sect.

But now that the Gorefiend Cult has made another move, it at least shows that the Gorefiend Cult doesn't want Charlotte to live.

So the question is, what good will it do for the Blood Demon Cult if she dies?

And...why did the other party blame the duke?

After thinking about it, Charlotte asked:

"I heard that there was a deal between the Rose Society and the Blood Demon Order. How much do you know about the Blood Demon Order?"

Sebastian thought for a while and replied respectfully:

"The Gorefiend Cult is an underground secret sect that believes in the Grand Duke of Gorefiend. It has always been active in the West Unite region, especially the New Moon Kingdom."

"Almost all of their core members are blood races, and they will also absorb some humans as peripheral members. They are also the blood race church that once overthrew the New Moon Kingdom in history."

"The blood race is called blood-born ghosts in the New Moon Kingdom, and it is also because of them."

"Oh, by the way, great master, these lunatics also like to collect cursed pages, I think you should also be very interested in them."

Remnants of the holy scriptures...

Charlotte's heart twitched slightly.

I have to say, she did start to be interested.

Seeing the girl getting more and more serious, Sebas continued:

"It is said that there is only one purpose for the Gorefiend Cult to be active, and that is to find a way to bring the Gorefiend Grand Duke into the present world."

"The Balrog disaster ten years ago was a disaster planned by the Gorefiend Cult."

"It is said that they bewitched Earl Broglie at that time, with the purpose of summoning the Balrog Vallaroka under the seat of the Gorefiend Grand Duke, and then made the Gorefiend Duke use the body of the Balrog Vallaroka as a holy body to descend into the incarnation of a god! "

"Of course, they failed in the end, and even the half-fallen Balrog Valaroka was sealed."

"However, in the past six months, the number of missing persons and murder cases in Boulder has increased sharply, especially in the outer city. There are almost blood clans behind them, and traces of shadow magic and necromancer magic are very common..."

"So, we have always suspected that the Gorefiend Sect is about to move again."

"It's also because of this that we will make deals with existences that may be members of the Blood Demon Sect."

"Of course, to be more precise, it is to make a deal with the blood clan of the Dark Clan, because we are not sure which blood clan is a member of the Blood Demon Cult."

"You know, even if they are in the same clan, it doesn't mean that they will be loyal to their prince and grand duke, let alone join the corresponding sect."

"Speaking of which, in fact, what we do with the Blood Clan of the Dark Clan is just some ordinary information business or serious goods trading, and our real purpose is to take the opportunity to infiltrate the Blood Demon Sect and figure out their identity. Purpose."

"After all... In a sense, they are also enemies of the Rose Society."

Charlotte was a little surprised:

"An enemy of the Rosary?"

"That's right."

Sebas nodded and continued:

"The Rose Society is the underground ruler of Boulder, and maintaining the underground order in Boulder is one of the responsibilities of the Rose Society."

"We don't care about vendettas, duels, etc., and we don't care about the battles between supernatural beings, but if someone stretches out his tentacles from the dark to the bright side and uses superhuman powers to harm innocent civilians, Then we'll take care of it."

"Obviously, the Gorefiend Cult has crossed the line. Ten years ago, the Rose Society hadn't been established, and their activities have nothing to do with me, but it's different now."

Hearing this, Charlotte was a little surprised:

"I didn't expect you, Rose, to have such a side. Aren't you gangsters?"

Sebastian laughed and said:

"Of course it's a gangster, but gangsters have gangster rules. We have collected money, so naturally we have to provide protection."

"Even if it is a beggar who can only hand in three copper thanas a month, as long as he pays the money and is located on the border of our Rosary Society, we will provide protection."

"Of course, our protection is for the extraordinary power. If other beggars bully him, we won't care, but if there is an extraordinary power, then we will take care of it."

"The Balrog Valaroka has been sealed. The Gorefiend Sect probably didn't intend to summon the Balrog like it did ten years ago. They must have another purpose."

"For the purpose of investigating the Gorefiend Cult and maintaining order in the outer city, we have also conducted relevant investigations, but in the end all the clues were cut off halfway...just like this time."

"The Blood Demon Cult is obviously more cautious than in the past, and it is difficult to find their feet."

"In addition to this, we are often interfered by nobles or churches during our investigations. It seems to be a coincidence every time, but there are too many coincidences, and it is no longer a coincidence."

"So... I have always suspected that the Gorefiend Cult is inextricably linked with the nobles and even the church."

After hearing Sebastian's words, Charlotte's heart skipped a beat:

"You mean to say that there are members of the Gorefiend Sect in the nobles and churches?"

"Not necessarily, it may be a cooperative relationship, and it is a very deep cooperation."

Sebastian thought for a while and said.

After hearing Sebastian's words, Charlotte's expression became serious:

"Do you have any evidence?"

Sebastian thought for a while, then shook his head:

"No, just a hunch."

"In other words, do you suspect that the attack on me by the Gorefiend Cult has something to do with the nobles or the church?"

"You have ostensibly turned to the church, and the church has also sent protectors, so it is more likely to be a nobleman."

"Noble..."

Charlotte thought about it.

After thinking about it, she suddenly asked:

"If I were to die now, who do you think would benefit the most?"

"a lot of."

Sebas said.

"First of all, the church will definitely suffer, because the promise between you and the church cannot be realized until you inherit the territory."

"It happened before you inherited the territory. The duke and the duke's nobles can completely deny your proposal to the church on the grounds that you have not officially inherited the territory."

"Of course, this also means that the relationship with the church has deteriorated, so... the mastermind behind the scenes is obviously not afraid of the deterioration of the relationship with the church, or more precisely, the relationship with the great priest is not afraid of deterioration."

"The duke will also suffer, especially this planting is very clever, because he really has the motive to assassinate you... After all, even if you fell to the church, you didn't really inherit the territory."

"Of course, this is definitely not done by the Duke. Not to mention that the target of the frame is the Duke. The high priest also has the right to withdraw the sacramental blessing to Leno at any time, because this is not so legal at all, but violates the "Holy Code" side-kick..."

"In general, the most likely to benefit are the nobles in the principality, and they are also those big nobles. Like the duke, they also have the same motive to assassinate you."

"Once something happens to you, although the Duke's Mansion is Castel's first successor, it will definitely be interfered by the church. In the end, I am afraid that the duke's nobles, and even the great nobles, will get the benefits."

"In addition to your current status, there are six vassals and earls in the Principality of Boulder. Each of these six nobles is suspected."

After hearing Sebastian's words, Charlotte's heart skipped a beat:

"I fell to the church, do they still dare to make a blatant move?"

Sebastian shook his head:

"It may not have been in the past, but the timing is delicate now."

"Master, do you know that your recovery was observed by the church's sedative clock and the news was suppressed?"

Charlotte nodded:

"I've heard about it."

She had heard from Nice about this.

"Then do you know why the church suppressed the news?"

Sebastian asked again.

Charlotte replied subconsciously:

"Of course it's because the great priest is preparing to be the officiant, and he doesn't want to cause extra problems at this juncture..."

Having said that, she was slightly taken aback.

Suddenly, a light flashed in her mind, and she vaguely knew why the Blood Demon Cult left behind the holy emblem of the Rose of Thorns after committing the crime...

"So... they faked the scene, threatening the great priest with the resurrection of the evil god?"

Charlotte narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Yes, once it is exposed that the great priest suppressed the evil god's recovery, no matter how much credit he has made, his dream of the priest will not be fulfilled, because this is a matter of principle."

Sebas said.

Charlotte understood immediately.

I gave the great priest a big gift.

But a certain nobleman connected with the Blood Demon Sect, or simply a certain nobleman who is a member of the Blood Demon Sect, also holds the handle of the great priest to conceal the recovery of the evil god.

After discovering that Charlotte had fallen to the church, the other party made a decisive move, designing a case with thorns and roses at the scene, with the purpose of warning the great priest.

"Does anyone know about the Rose of Thorns?"

Charlotte narrowed her eyes.

"You have to ask your pet cat about this. Not too many people will know the news of the evil god's recovery, maybe even only a few people, and the source of the Rose Society's news is that it was resold on the black market half a month ago."

Sebastian gloated and chuckled.

Charlotte: ...

At the same time, the black cat Niss, who was panting heavily beside Quasimodo, suddenly shivered coldly.

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