murder poppy

Mass squatted in front of the gate, and the continuous rain was mixed with the sound of footsteps splashed with raindrops.

"Meow!" Misa scratched at the door, lightly jumped up and hung the whole cat on the handle.

"Crack—" The door opened with a sound.

Andre held the handle with his front paws, and looked at Mass with the cat's eyes in blank dismay.

"Your cat can open the door?" Dai Zhu poked his head out from behind, water droplets flew up his long hair, and wet Mass's fur.

Andre glanced at the handle in his hand, and carefully judged the size of the force used, and replied: "Obviously it thought it would."

Among the three of them, except Andre, the other two were all wet, looking like a typical drowned vampire.Sheltering from the rain is not difficult for the blood race, but Dai Zhu is obviously a freak.

Being in the rain made him feel novel and pleasant, especially when blood mixed with rainwater would make the taste even more "wonderful".Of course, this is just a personal taste, and Andre is indifferent to it.

And Lyons, as a vampire who has not yet gotten used to his identity, is not clear about how to use his ability to avoid the rain.So he was forced to enjoy the unique delicacy of rainwater and blood with Dai Zhu.

The drops of water trickled down the hair and the corners of the clothes and fell to the ground. Dai Zhu shook his cloak gracefully, and the splashing drops of water fell directly on Misa's body, causing Juan's ear to grit his teeth.

"Relax—" Dai Zhu twisted the corner of his clothes, and the rain fell on the floor, soaking the carpet.

Andre glanced at him, and Dai Zhu savored it for two seconds.Sensing the threatening aura emanating from the other party, he stood at the edge of the hall honestly holding his clothes.

"Roy and Samus said that the Pope is going to declare war on the blood race." Lyons took off his cloak and said, "What should we do?"

"It will take a few days for Samus to travel from the main city to the dense forest." Andre said as he opened the window and welcomed a fat bat with a letter hanging from its head and water dripping from its head. "It seems that the information has already reached the blood clan went there."

Because the bat is larger than the average bat, its wide wings and belly perfectly cover the letter after being spread out.

The letter was not written by Vijorel or any of the Kindred, it was signed by the royal family.

Andre quickly finished reading the letter, handed the letter to Lyons and said: "Gavin is very smart. He announced all the church affairs and all previous cases related to the blood race, and determined that the blood race broke the contract. This letter is It is used to condemn the blood race for breaking the contract."

"According to the characteristics of human beings, even if Gavin's excuses are full of flaws, they will win the trust of the public. The pope who was appointed in a crisis sounds really just and holy." Dai Zhu said.

"It is true. The fear and anger of the human society towards the vampires has been aroused. They can't wait to drive away the monsters."

The fat bat opened its eyes to the figure that suddenly appeared behind Dai Zhu, spread its wings, and jumped over happily.

Dai Zhu, on the other hand, was taken aback.

"Vijorel!? Can't you come in through the gate?" Dai Zhu glared at Vijorel, then hid away while stroking his heart that was not beating.

"Why are you here?" Andre asked.

"Something happened to the blood clan." Vijoler said, "I need to be more familiar with my enemy. There are very few records about Gavin in the blood clan. He has always been low-key and cautious. He was ridiculed by his peers as a weirdo or a coward. But there is no direct record of his ability and bloodline. Even in the genealogy, this person has been obliterated. Have you found any new information?"

"He did it himself," Lyons said. "All family records, including genealogy and notebooks, were burned by him."

"Why do you know this?" Vijorel asked.

"I was there while he lit the bonfire and threw the notebooks into the fire," Lyons said. "Gavin Meredith is my father."

Vijorel narrowed his eyes, looked at Reins, and saw some clues: "Vampires and humans?"

"It's a vampire and a hunter." Lyons said, "In order to cultivate a body beyond the curse of the vampire, Gavin found my mother's family, a bloodline that was born to kill the vampire."

"He trained me to fight vampires so that I could kill vampires. And one day he deliberately let me know the truth and tricked me into killing him," Lyons said.

"Gavin is very afraid of death, why would you plan to kill him?" Vijorel asked.

"Gavin is a corpse now," Lyons said.

Vecjorel said, "Like Waldron..."

Lyons nodded: "Gavin has been obsessed with the spell of bringing the dead back to life for a while. Death means that the nature of belonging to the blood race is also eliminated. But this method does not seem to last long now. His body is already decaying, even though he retains his strength , but sooner or later it will collapse.”

"So what he needs is a skin that won't inherit any racial shortcomings and can live forever."

All eyes were on Lyons, and Vijorel looked at him and asked, "What do you eat?"

"Obviously not blood," Lyons said. "Today I had a medium-rare steak and some slices of bread."

"Strigoi are always greedy, Lyons, you have to figure out what you need and what you feed on," Vijorel said.

Lyons looked at Andre, "I know exactly what I need. But I don't need to suck blood."

"And you won't grow old." Dai Zhu added, "It seems that you are Gavin's favorite skin."

"Is Gavin declaring war on the blood clan related to his need to change his body?" Andre asked.

"Roy is still in the main city. That's the back road he prepared for himself." Dai Zhu said.

"The declaration of war has other purposes." Vijorel took out a scroll, "There are some problems within the blood clan."

He unrolled the scroll.The old parchments rolled from one end of the coffee table to the other end.There are many names engraved on it.

"What's this?" Lynes asked.

"The roster." Vijoler said, "The system of the blood clan is not very stable. After the ancestor lived in seclusion, the major families divided their power and strengthened the ethnic groups. After melee and massacres, a unified situation emerged. Therefore, the blood emperor was born. This roster is A contract of loyalty to the ethnic group. When the head of the family dies and changes positions, the name will also change. Unless the family dies, the roster will be recorded forever."

The parchment scroll is full of spots, with black and red characters interlaced.Only a very few vacancies survived, and nothing was left.

Vijorel looked down at the scroll: "The vacant position means that the family that was written on it has perished, and these red names represent that they betrayed the ethnic group. These names have been changed recently, and the blood clan has begun to waver. It’s not about being hidden from the world, but about the transformation of oneself.”

"Gavin." Andre said, "It's not just that he wants to get rid of the blood clan. He wants to create a country of his own. He needs soldiers, believers, and citizens."

Vijorel showed an expression of approval: "The division has been very serious, and the contradictions within the blood clan have been accumulated for a long time. Gavin took this opportunity to lobby the family that was already ready to move. Power, resources, no matter what he promised, at least these families take the initiative heart."

"His ambitions are also expanding." Andre looked at the names, "During the divine blood test, what he attracted was the downcast nobles who had a miserable life because of their blood, and there are many people with a long history and rich background in it." Profound family. Vijorel, how many people are on your side?"

"It's not on my side, Andre." Vijoler said, "The separation of blood clans is an irresistible ending. These families that have not betrayed are not for loyalty, but to replace the newly appointed Blood Emperor. Seeking power. You should have known that there are only monsters with fur and blood in our group, and there are no loyal dogs."

Andre looked at Vijorel suspiciously, then remembered something, and asked with some doubts: "Adrian?"

Vijorel nodded politely in the affirmative.

"I can guess that Adrian must be going crazy in the dormitory now." Dai Zhu said, "With his mind, it is too difficult to deal with those old foxes who are the masters."

"That's not the case," Vecjorel said. "Cole has experience with how to calm Adrian. He also has a unique understanding of politics."

"And you, what are you going to do, Vijorel?" Andrea asked.

"When a group is going to perish, it is always difficult to stop it. Because there are too many and complicated things that cause it to rot." Vijorel said, "It is easier to let nature take its course. But Gavin made him less easy."

Vijorel rolled up the scroll: "Family fights, poor and weak, and stupid vampires leave, leaving behind the selected vampires to form a new political structure and formulate new plans. This is the reincarnation that vampires should go through. If there is no Gavin, Soon one family of the Blood Race will take the lead in rebelling, overturning the rules of Masquerade, and overthrowing me. But Gavin changed his trick."

"Attracting these vampires to be partisans may not be a wise choice. As far as I know about vampires, they will not take orders from a walking dead. What's more, his identity in human society is still the pope." Lyons said.

"But he owns the ring." Andre explained, "The blood of the Patriarch is stored in the ring, which is an oath and a bondage for them. To betray the blood emperor means that they have betrayed the oath. Although it is only a small punishment, But it didn't feel that good either. Gavin got them on."

"These traitorous blood races also have different ideas. They may want to stand on their own, or they may want to replace Gavin. Believe me, no blood race is willing to be inferior. But traitors always have to pay the price." Vijorel threw the scroll into his arms at will. , "My duty is to punish traitors."

"You can leave things to me about the vampires, I can't do anything about the humans," Vijorel said.

"Roy and Samus are ordinary people, and it is basically impossible to fight against the transformed soldiers." Dai Zhu said.

Lyons looked at Dai Zhu, "Actually, I have a good candidate."