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The gaunt man stood with his hands in his pockets, watching his subordinates groaning on the ground, and walked over with a feigned expression.

"Even though you're disgusting enough to make me want to vomit."

"You shouldn't have let a Strigoi attack us."

"Unless you, the person involved, have also been blinded by the rumors."

Liana curled her lips, her gaze towards the gaunt man filled with undisguised disgust and hatred.

The man before her was none other than:

Balthasar Zacharias, the arms dealer who destroyed their Calyana family and took everything from her and her sister.

Zacharias, the current chairman of the temporary autonomous government of Nilapsi, the leader of the Strigoi vampires.

Strigoi and vampires are both vampires.

However, there is a world of difference between the two, the difference being that Strigoi do not have Familiars to control.

You should know that although vampires possess immortal life and extremely strong magic power,

vampires have no means of attack. They have no way to use magic or use incantations.

Familiars are the only means of attack for vampires.

Therefore, if you cannot summon your own Familiar after adulthood, such vampires are not recognized as vampires by other vampires.

Such vampires are also collectively referred to as Strigoi.

Of course, normally speaking, there are very few vampires who cannot summon Familiars, but the problem is that vampires have extremely long lives, and over time, a considerable number can accumulate.

With the accumulation over time, not only has the number of Strigoi accumulated a lot, but the conflict between vampires and Strigoi has also deepened.

After all, Strigoi are not recognized by vampires.

They do not have their own territory and exist in the form of tribes all over the world.

Moreover, there are long-standing conflicts between Strigoi tribes, and because they are all weak, it is quite common to oppose each other and compete for resources.

Zacharias is the one who united such Strigoi and won the war with the Calyana territory, and finally seized most of the Calyana territory and established a Strigoi territory called Nilapsi.

His race is only human, and he is not a politician at the national level. He is just a merchant, a merchant who sells arms.

Of course, what he sells is not ordinary guns and ammunition, but magical items with extraordinary magic power.

The reason why the Strigoi were able to win the battle against the vampires of the Calyana territory is because Zacharias made full use of his advantages as an arms dealer, providing the Strigoi with a large number of powerful magic items, allowing the Strigoi to embed them into their bodies and improve their individual and overall combat effectiveness.

However, even if the Strigoi are equipped with powerful magic items and their combat effectiveness is improved, at most they can only defeat those low-level vampires.

It is meaningless to Liana and her parents, who are mid-level demons.

What really defeated them was the Empty Body that Zacharias held at the time.

The Empty Body of the Fourth Primogenitor was what really gave them a heavy blow.

"Of course not, but now that you don't even have an Empty Body, you no longer have any value worthy of my attention."

"I'm here to find that Empty Body."

"Step back if you don't want to die."

Zacharias stepped forward with a sinister smile. At this time, two blonde girls, about ten years old, suddenly appeared on both sides of him.

Most importantly, these two little girls look exactly like Aurora in Akatsuki Kojou's hands.

It's even more excessive than twins, as if they were perfectly copied one-to-one from a factory assembly line.

"You still want to disturb His Majesty."

"Arms dealer, even if I die here today, I will not let you take another step forward."

All the vampires formed a circular battle formation, drawing their swords and aiming their crossbows at the Strigoi.

"Your spirit is commendable, but we won't need you this time."

Just as the situation was about to erupt, a faint voice sounded as the mysterious purple magic circle lit up, and two figures, one tall and one short, appeared at the same time when the magic circle appeared.

"If it's not a problem you can solve, there's no need to risk your lives to solve it."

Zacharias' originally casual gaze suddenly became sharp.

"'Witch of the Void' Natsuki Minamiya!"

Zacharias' gaze lingered on the purple figure, and finally fell on Akatsuki Kojou.

"This is the Empty Body No. 12?"

"No wonder there are rumors that something is wrong with the Empty Body No. 12."

"It's actually an Empty Body, and it possesses such intelligence."

"In that case, who has the dominant power?"

Zacharias said this to both Akatsuki Kojou and Natsuki Minamiya at the same time.

Obviously, the current situation seemed to be beyond his expectations, making him feel a little caught off guard.

"It seems you haven't met Shizuka Yukina."

"Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to say such ignorant words, arms dealer."

Natsuki Minamiya's arrogant words were full of contempt for Zacharias.

"I understand."

Zacharias seemed to be completely indifferent to Natsuki Minamiya's contempt.

His gaze did not linger on Natsuki Minamiya, and completely focused on Akatsuki Kojou.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to offer you my sincerest respect."

At Zacharias' signal, the Strigoi under Zacharias' command all withdrew their ready-to-go magic items.

Zacharias also bowed respectfully, first bowing to Akatsuki Kojou.

"Your Majesty, I am an arms dealer named Zacharias."

"The reason why I participated in this Flame Feast is because I have a wish to fulfill."

"Now that you have awakened, I have something I want to make a deal with you."

"If you agree, I can give you all the Empty Bodies in my possession."

Zacharias behaved quite respectfully.

Although you can't see much sincerity in this respect.

Akatsuki Kojou didn't react, just looked at Zacharias with a sneer, as if watching a joke.

"I have a sister."

"Due to some special reasons, my sister has fallen into a coma."

"I really can't bear to see my sister leave me, so I chose to participate in the Flame Feast."

"And the purpose of my participation in the Flame Feast is to save my sister."

"If Your Majesty can agree to save my sister."

"I will give you all the Empty Bodies in my possession."

"Pfft—!"

Unable to hold back, Akatsuki Kojou laughed directly.

Looking at Zacharias' eyes, he became more and more playful.

"Give me all the Empty Bodies, fully assist me in fusing other Empty Bodies, and then, when I am fusing, use the cannibalism of the same race to completely devour me, and you will replace me and become the Fourth Primogenitor, build your own night empire, right?"

"Are you taking me for an idiot?"

At this moment, the fake smile on Zacharias' face finally couldn't hold on, and he felt like he couldn't hold on.

However, it seemed that he still wanted to try his best to maintain it, so he quickly twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Your Majesty, you are joking. I am just an ordinary human. How can I devour you like a vampire?"

"Even if I really have such an idea, I can't do it."

At this time, Natsuki Minamiya's eyebrows moved slightly, and she couldn't help but speak when she saw a white thing in Akatsuki Kojou's palm.

"What is that?"

Liana and her maids were also confused.

Because when they looked at the one in his hand, it looked a bit like a human bone.

"You're talking about this!"

"It's that guy's rib!"

"Of course, this rib wasn't originally his."

The rib, like Ying Yu, shimmered in the sunlight.

Akatsuki Kojou turned to look at Zacharias, who was confused, and couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile on his face.

"You're calculating better than anyone else, but you can actually find out that they used to be transformed from my ribs."

"It can be considered that you have a bit of a brain."

"You want to use the replacement of ribs to control the Primogenitor's Familiar."

"Pfft—!"

Scarlet blood spurted out of Zacharias' mouth like a fountain, dripping onto the ground, blooming into dazzling blood flowers.

The sense of existence on his body was like a rolling stone falling from a high mountain. Once it started, it would never stop unless it completely fell into the abyss.

"How… could you… when… how come I didn't… see it."

"My… Familiar."

It was not just his aura, it was aging.

Time seemed to be flowing frantically from Zacharias' body, and his dark hair quickly turned white.

It was vitality flowing from his body.

"I can't completely order these Familiars, but I have a thousand ways to make them hesitate for a moment."

"Do you understand, you idiot."

Chapter 225: The Electors

"Just relying on forcibly usurping and putting ribs on yourself to turn yourself into a blood servant, do you really think you can make these Familiars listen to you?"

In just a few seconds, Zacharias, who was still a young man just now, was about to become an old man with white hair.

From the first time he saw Zacharias, Akatsuki Kojou had already seen the problem with this guy.

First of all, he was not like what the information gave him, an ordinary person.

The smell of magic on his body was so strong that it was about to pierce his nose.

However, the magic power on his body was not normal. For normal people like him, the magic power exists in his whole body, in every cell on his body.

Because neither humans nor demons have organs to store magic power.

But Zacharias obviously couldn't.

In Akatsuki Kojou's perception, the magic power on his body was all emitted from the position of his chest, spreading to his whole body.

So instantly, Akatsuki Kojou understood what was going on.

—Blood Servant.

That is a pseudo-vampire created by vampires giving a part of their body to others.