Ever since the last time he reported the "haunted" place to the police station, perhaps as compensation for him, Luo Wei was moved to a dormitory in another location, closer to the police station.
He went out as usual and had no intention of staying dormant because of the previous turmoil.
Go for coffee in the morning and go to the pub in the evening.
These two places are where Dunling news comes in the best shape.
Dunling is the center of Europe in every sense. As long as the bankers in Dunling sneeze, the entire European financial market will catch a cold.
Of course, Luo Wei couldn't find out any information about the vampires here, but violence and conspiracy have always been related to money.
Money is the source of all evil, and all evil is often for the sake of money, so the two are born from the same mother and are deeply connected.
In the morning, Luo Wei sat by the window near the street and listened to all kinds of gossip in the cafe.
There are anecdotes about a certain countess, the secret past between the butler and his wife, and some news from West Asia.
Of course, those who can talk about these things loudly here are just megaphones.
Perhaps they heard it unintentionally, or perhaps someone deliberately let them hear it, so that these news, whose authenticity was unknown and passed on several times, spread through their mouths on the streets of Dunling, and were processed and fabricated at will.
"Sir, please buy a newspaper."
Luo Wei turned his head and saw the newsboy with red hair and brown eyes, who was not even as tall as his waist. People here seemed to call him Xiao Doubao.
"If you buy two, you can get a free illustrated magazine."
"Why would I buy two identical newspapers?"
Luo Wei smiled and said, "I don't plan to take bread or bacon with me."
"Perhaps it can be put to other use."
Xiao Doubao blinked at him and moved his green shoulder bag closer to Luo Wei, creating a gap.
Luo Wei glanced inside and found several pictures of beautiful women in cool clothes in Xiao Doubao's bag. These were the pictorials he mentioned.
"Monroe, Anna, and Laurentana are all popular actresses nowadays. There are also swimsuit photos at the bottom."
The little bean bun's smile became even brighter, revealing a few missing teeth in his mouth.
Luo Wei shook his head. "I only need one copy. One copy is enough."
As he said this, he took out a copper coin.
"Ok."
Xiao Doubao was obviously disappointed, but he still took the money and said to Luo Wei seriously: "Good morning, good afternoon, and good night, sir."
"Thank you."
Luo Wei patted him on the shoulder, sighing in his heart that children from poor families have to grow up early. Even in Dunling, where there is gold everywhere, there are people who have to work hard for two pieces of bread.
When he finished a cup of coffee and was about to get up, Xiao Doubao ran back and stood in front of his desk.
"Don't tell me it's time to sell the evening paper again, or that there's some big headline and the newspaper has printed more copies?"
Luo Wei was somewhat helpless, "I am not interested in those beauty magazines, so I won't buy an extra copy of the newspaper."
However, Xiao Doubao shook his head and said, "It's not a newspaper. Someone asked me to give it to you."
He placed a manila envelope on the table.
"Who gave it to you?"
"I didn't see it clearly. It was a lady. She gave me a dollar and asked me to give you this letter."
"Oh," Luo Wei nodded, "Anything else? Like, anything you want to tell me?"
"No."
Xiao Doubao was still busy selling newspapers. "She just asked me to give it to you, that's all."
"Okay, thank you."
Luo Wei took the envelope, looked around, and when he found that no one was paying attention to him, he began to open the envelope.
He opened the envelope and what fell into his hand was a Five Emperors Coin.
……
The daytime in Dunling is a peaceful and tranquil place that is exquisitely decorated and harmless to humans and animals.
However, at night, the sins gathered from all over the world made the night darker and deeper, and the street lights on the roadside could not illuminate the turbidity.
The Black Rose Club is one of the many luxurious private clubs in the eastern part of Dunling. It is located in the suburbs, and is separated from it by a church cemetery.
Baron Joseph of the Nicholas family was sitting here, drinking but not talking, together with Baron Renault Dracula, who also came from an ancient vampire family and had a distinguished family background.
Joseph has typical Caucasian facial features, with blue eyes, a hooked nose, thick lips and a pair of protruding ears.
He twirled the wine glass in his hand, and the red wine dyed his pupils red.
"I don't have that much time to waste here."
Joseph said coldly: "I originally thought that all the descendants of Dunling should have gone to Eastern Europe, but I didn't expect to meet the leader of the Dracula family here!"
Renault didn't care about the sarcasm in Joseph's tone.
He just smiled faintly, "Eastern European affairs are important, and Dunling's affairs are equally important.
I told you before that everyone is looking for Count Nicholas now, hoping to reach an agreement with him. As the son of the Count, you should know his whereabouts, right? "
"The Count will not negotiate with any traitor."
Joseph glanced at him, “We Nicholas are from a great family, the heir to the blood prince.
In order to protect the honor of his family, the Earl has decided to fight the Red Emperor to the end."
"Fight to the end?"
Renault's smile became ambiguous, and it was unclear whether it was a hint of ridicule or a feeling that it was unreasonable.
"Joseph, I consider you as my friend, so I am not hiding anything from you, because I am doing this for your own good and I don't want you to be doomed.
After the Red Emperor started this vampire war, the four major blood families, including the Nicholas family, weakened in a short period of time.
Your brother, Sir Richardson, took a group of people to the Far East, intending to start a new business in Hong Kong Island. However, somehow their ship capsized in a ditch, and no one came back alive.
You should know that the Tribunal has not set up any bases there, but in Dunling, the Tribunal has as many as seven trial centers. "
"Oh?"
Joseph was very indifferent to Luo Lichen's death. Not to mention revenge for him, he didn't even care who killed him.
Because to him, Luo Lichen was just one of his many stupid brothers, and because of his excessive stupidity, his death did not surprise Joseph.
What concerned him was the seven courts mentioned by Renault.
"The Inquisition has always been in league with the dark world. Isn't this common sense?"
Joseph snorted coldly, "It would be surprising if you said that the Dunling Inquisition has been mobilized to deal with the Red Emperor."
"Where is it, Count?"
Renault was almost losing his patience. "Let the Count come out and settle all the disputes.
As long as he is willing, the noble blood of the blood descendants will no longer be wasted. I can tell you that the Red Emperor does not want the blood descendants to be his slaves, he just needs allies.
If Count Nicholas wants, he can continue to maintain his original status like our old man and Count Magnus, or even become more detached.
Because the Red Emperor's subordinates include not only blood descendants, but also werewolves and even liches, and these guys are also serving the Red Emperor."
"Then if you say so, wouldn't we become the same lowly creatures as werewolves and necromancers?"
Joseph bared his teeth. "Renault, we are a noble blood family. Even if we die and turn to ashes, we can't get involved with those despicable things, let alone cooperate with an outsider. As far as I know, the Red Emperor is not even a vampire. How can he rule all the blood descendants?"
"Don't worry about it, because it's none of your business, Joseph."
Renault stood up. Behind him, on the wall illuminated by candlelight, many shadows were stretched out and looked hideous and terrifying.
It seems that he has made sufficient preparations and brought all his men with him.
If the negotiations go well today, ask Joseph to take them to see Count Nicholas.
If things don't go well, leave Joseph here.
Obviously, facing Joseph's tough attitude, the only thing that can be done now is the latter.
Feeling the many auras around him, Joseph still sat in the chair, his expression as calm as before.
"Aren't you afraid?" Renault asked him.
"afraid?"
Joseph sneered, "You seem to be joking. Don't you know that a vampire's heart barely beats? I'm not even breathing, what can I be afraid of?"
As he spoke, his face gradually turned as pale as paper, his pupils became thinner, his cheekbones rose high, and his fangs were exposed.
“I came here today, and I will leave the same way I came.
Do you think everyone is like you, afraid to go out without so many people around?
I tell you, my carriage is waiting outside the woods. I will walk out like this. If you dare to stop me, the Nicholas family will break the tacit understanding between the blood families for thousands of years and go to war with the Dracula family with all their strength.
Anyway, we are about to fight, aren't we? The glory of the Bloodline Family is almost over, and we will all be completely sent into the abyss by the Red Emperor. It's all over!"
Joseph stood up and threw the wine glass lightly. The red wine splashed along the glass and landed on Renault's shoes.
At this time, Renault's face as a vampire appeared, which was hideous and terrifying.
However, even though he was angry, he had to admit that he did not have the courage to break the "truce agreement" between the blood families.
Before, it was the werewolves and the vampire families outside the blood families who dealt with the four major blood families. As for the real blood families, they just stood by and watched without getting involved.
This is what is written in the "Armistice Agreement", and no one has crossed or broken it for thousands of years.
Therefore, even though Renault had previously threatened to keep Joseph, it was only a threat and a test.
"Okay, then..."
The moment Renault raised his hand, a dark shadow descended from the ceiling, stepped on Joseph's head, kicked over the table, and pressed Joseph's head heavily into the ground, with gravel flying everywhere.
"Renault, do you really dare to break the truce agreement of the bloodline?"
Joseph looked up, spitting out words and blood from his shattered mouth, his eyes full of resentment and shock.
However, Renault was also surprised and could hardly speak. After a while, he remembered to get angry.
"You bastard!"
He poked his finger at the face of the man in front of him, "I didn't say I was going to do it, why did you..."
"what!"
Renault's fingers deformed so violently that it made people feel cold in their bones. The person in front of him pinched them lightly, and the vampires were bent over by the huge force. Even though they were not sensitive to pain, they felt the long-lost pain at this moment.
"Who are you calling a bastard, huh?"
Yin Xiu glanced at him, then kicked Joseph, who was trying hard to raise his head, into the ground, causing the latter's jaw, which had just recovered, to be shattered and dislocated again.
"Your turn will come later. Now I have to deal with this decent bastard in front of me."
Yin Xiu tapped Joseph's head lightly with his boots, as if asking him to reply.
Joseph could only whimper in response, not sure whether it was a curse or an expression of understanding.
However, Yin Xiu didn't care how he answered.
As soon as he removed his boots, many wolf slaves and blood slaves came out of the door on both sides of Yin Xiu and rushed forward.
Apparently, Renault had just given orders to these guys.
"You think you're smart?"
Yoon Soo nodded his chin at him.
Renault smiled. Although he was still controlled by Yin Xiu, he seemed ready to make Yin Xiu suffer.
"Who are you anyway?" he asked.
However, the only answer to Renault was the sound of breaking wind. Yin Xiu grabbed Renault with one hand as if he was holding a chicken, and the other hand flew up and down, striking in all directions, with such speed that it seemed like a rain of rain.
Every time he threw a punch, a wolf slave or blood slave's head would explode under his fist, or be kicked four or five meters away by Yin Xiu.
At first there were only a few victims, but as Yin Xiu became more and more skilled in fighting, and even took the initiative to attack, the room was gradually filled with corpses, so that Renault had nowhere to step.
"Where is the Red Emperor?" Yin Xiu asked him.
"who are you?"
As soon as Renault finished speaking, Yin Xiu's hand flew over, and the vampire's head was cut in half like a watermelon, with dirty blood splattering everywhere.
"Don't answer a question with a question."
Yin Xiu shook the blood off his hands.
[Milestone reached: Eliminate vampires 8/13]
[Start a random decision event, you can choose one of the following three skills to gain some vampire abilities]
[Shadow Servant]: Vampire magic, active skill, activated by consuming blood, requires consuming a corpse.
A skeleton soldier can be summoned from a corpse. The number and strength of the soldiers increase with the level of the spell, and a maximum of five can be summoned.
[Death Seal]: Vampire magic, active skill, activated by consuming mental power.
When you kill an enemy, you can cast a spell to keep the target active. The duration and distance of the activity are determined by the mental energy consumed.
Cooling time: three minutes
Maximum duration of skill: 1 minutes (LV)
Objects that can be released simultaneously: 2 (Lv1)
[Bloody Spear]: Dark magic, active skill, activated by consuming mana.
Can summon a spear and throw it out, which has a 100% chance of causing poisoning, mental attack, slowness, corrosion, and damage to the enemy when the attack hits.
Cooling time: 30 minutes (end of this chapter)
