A few minutes later.
Selene and her two companions, led by a female vampire servant, arrived at the [Lord's Hall] on the third floor.
Since the [Centennial Conference] stipulated that only vampire leaders were allowed inside, Selene left her two subordinates outside the hall and entered alone.
The interior of the hall was simply decorated in a retro style.
The walls were all made of uneven stone blocks.
Every two meters, a torch filled with animal fat and rosin was set up for lighting.
On the ceiling, a crystal chandelier filled with candles was hung!
Below, in the center of the hall, was a huge mahogany round table large enough to accommodate a hundred people.
However, there were only 51 chairs placed around the round table.
Fifty of the chairs were made of mahogany, symbolizing the most powerful vampire sects and clans from the 50 states of the United States (excluding [Washington, .]).
Different from the others was the stone chair made of gray-white rock, placed in the main seat.
The back of the chair was cast from 50 silver long swords, symbolizing power, blood, and unity!
The person who created this [Lord's Throne] seemed to be using this method to warn the leaders of other sects that even the noble pure-blooded vampires were not qualified to sit on this chair!
Because the silver swords behind it would take their lives.
Only the true heir with the blood of the [Dracula Clan] flowing in their veins was qualified to sit on it and lead the entire vampire empire!
Soon.
The vampire leaders from various states took their seats one after another under the guidance of the servants.
But Selene keenly noticed an abnormality.
That was, Sals, who was sitting in the first chair on the right side of the “Lord’s seat”, no longer had the arrogance of yesterday, but revealed a complex expression of trepidation, expectation, and fanaticism.
Not only him…
Selene glanced around almost imperceptibly, and saw similar complex expressions in the eyes of nearly half of the vampire leaders.
From this, she couldn't help but come to a very startling conclusion: these guys were probably going to make trouble at the meeting!!
Thinking of this, Selene quickly called Karl in her heart, and after receiving a response, briefly explained her guess.
“Boss, what should I do if there is a real riot later?”
At this moment, Karl, who was on the luxury yacht, said with some surprise: “It seems that these brainless guys are planning to usurp the throne directly at the meeting!”
“But that’s fine, it saves us a lot of time…”
“Selene, even if there is a conflict later, don’t do anything, don’t interfere in their infighting, just wait and see.”
“After all, the more trouble they make, the more beneficial it will be to our plan!”
Previously, Karl had been constantly guessing what means Lilith would use to lure Dracula out of [Impossible City] and complete her revenge.
Now it seemed that she had probably colluded with Sals in secret, and then attempted to eliminate Dracula through internal and external cooperation, each taking what they needed.
I have to say.
This was indeed a very safe and good method.
Based on Selene’s simple description yesterday, Karl could judge that Sals was an ambitious and unfilial son who was eager to replace his old man and take the throne.
There was no doubt that this kind of idiot was the easiest to be used.
However, if there was only Sals alone, I am afraid that he would not be able to complete such a difficult task.
Because [Impossible City] was Dracula’s lair.
And the sect leaders, including Sals, could only bring two accompanying warriors, and were not allowed to carry weapons.
In this case, even if nearly half of the people chose to support Sals, the number was far less than the number of guards in [Impossible City].
Choosing to do it directly in this situation was simply courting death!
Therefore, if Sals wanted to ensure that his “coup” could be 100% successful, there must be a high-ranking “internal agent” to do it.
And the best candidate was naturally…
“Hehe, the situation seems to be getting more and more interesting!”
Karl was naturally very happy to see this kind of “father’s kindness and son’s filial piety” situation.
Because only with the help of Sals and Lilith could he successfully “kill” Dracula, and then he would have the opportunity to seize the [Immortality Trait] from the other party.
A mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!
At the moment, the altar on [Belle Isle] had been successfully activated, and the real show was about to begin. Even Karl, who had always been calm, couldn't help but feel a little excited.
After all, this time, in order to successfully seize the [Immortality Trait] and the [Pocket Dimension] where [Impossible City] was located, he had mobilized all the core combat power under his command!
Even he himself had entered the game.
For Karl, who was an ordinary person a few months ago, this could be regarded as the first “war” since his time travel!!
After thinking about it, Karl reminded: “Selene, be careful of that butler. If I’m not wrong, he is probably Sals’s internal agent.”
“Ah? Oh, I understand.”
After hanging up the “cross-dimensional communication”, Selene’s face already had a bit of composure.
Although she still couldn’t figure out why her Boss was so sure that Butler Alfred was Sals’s internal agent.
But she couldn’t help but feel a little curious, would the development of the situation really be as her Boss predicted?
Before long.
Accompanied by a series of footsteps approaching from far away, a middle-aged man in a burgundy evening dress, with a burly figure, black shoulder-length short hair, and a goatee, walked in from outside the hall and sat directly on the Lord’s seat.
He was [Ghost King] Vlad Tepes Dracula!!
The hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their heads to wait for the man in the main seat to speak.
Dracula calmly glanced around.
His gaze lingered for a few more seconds when it passed Selene and several other sect leaders who were attending the [Centennial Conference] for the first time, but that was all.
“Okay, let’s begin…”
Selene didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that this mysterious Ghost King seemed to be in a bad mood, and even had an unspeakable sense of weariness and exhaustion.
Like an old man who was a little tired of the world because he had lived for too long?
Anyway, there was a huge difference from the [Ghost King] who commanded an army of tens of millions of vampires that Selene had imagined.
It would even make her wonder if this guy was a fake!
After the meeting officially started, Dracula was like a group boss doing an annual summary.
First, he reviewed the situation of the vampire empire in the economic field, military field, and the relationship with the human ZF in the past century.
Next, he focused on emphasizing the goals and plans for the “next century”.
He pointed out that the leaders of the major congregations attending the conference should be brave to shoulder the heavy responsibility of maintaining the current stable situation.
The core point was to minimize the direct conflict between vampires and human ZF as much as possible!
Continue to ease the tense relationship between humans and vampires!
Strive to maintain the “ceasefire treaty” from being broken!
Actively promote the smooth development of the “principle of peaceful development and non-interference” between humans and vampires!
When resolving the issue of territorial disputes between humans and vampires, it was important not to actively intensify conflicts, and appropriate concessions were allowed when appropriate…
In short, one sentence: everything should be done in harmony!!
During this process, Selene keenly noticed the sarcasm and disgust in Sals’s eyes.
When Dracula talked about the issue of “territorial disputes”, he nodded almost imperceptibly to several vampire leaders across from him.
One of them immediately stood up, pretending to be indignant and interrupting: “Lord Ghost King, I have a different opinion on the issue of territorial disputes.”
“Oh?” Dracula was not annoyed by someone interrupting his speech, and looked at the other party with little interest. “Leader of the [Mad Claw Sect], speak!”
“Lord Ghost King, in the past century, human technology has ushered in unprecedented growth, which has caused their pace and ambition for external expansion to become greater and greater.”
The vampire leader of the [Mad Claw Sect] spread his hands and accused loudly with a face full of grief and indignation:
“In this process, relying on the protection of the ceasefire treaty, they continue to encroach on our territory, plunder our wealth, compress our living space… and deliberately allow vampire hunters like Blade to carry out massacres against our people.”
“If we continue to choose to endure as before, I am afraid that it will not be long before the entire vampire race will be completely destroyed by them!!”
Although his words were alarmist, they were basically true, so they immediately aroused huge resonance among the other leaders attending the meeting.
Everyone whispered to each other about how many dependents they had died in the past century, how much territory had been seized, and how many assets had been forcibly confiscated by humans, and other unfair encounters.
The originally serious meeting place had become a “complaint meeting”!
In the past hundred years.
With the successive outbreaks of World War I and World War II, humans have achieved extremely dazzling results in many fields such as military and technology.
In one fell swoop, they surpassed the vampire race, which dominated the “Cold Weapon Era”.
Such a huge change made many pure-blooded vampires, who had always regarded humans as food, unable to accept it for a while.
If Dracula had not issued a warning with sufficient deterrence, “the vampire sect that first breaks the ceasefire treaty will be completely wiped out”, I am afraid that the war between humans and vampires would have already escalated.
But now, the situation has undergone extremely subtle changes.
When vampires watched humans become stronger day by day.
Their mentality has gradually changed from the previous contempt to worry, and then further transitioned to deep fear and fear!
Fearing that one day, humans would be unhappy and directly wipe out the entire vampire race from the earth.
It was based on this fear.
When Sals found them in private and proposed that “as long as they help him overthrow Dracula’s rule, and when he comes to power as the new [Ghost King], he will lead the vampire army to reveal their existence to the world with practical actions, and make the entire blood clan great again”, most of the leaders agreed without hesitation.
They looked forward to the day when they could live the good life of killing humans at will and drinking a delicious sip of virgin blood every day like they did centuries ago!
At the same time, almost everyone pointed the finger at Dracula, believing that the decline of the vampire was caused by his outdated ruling strategy.
“I understand your worries, but war can’t solve the problem…”
Dracula still had that unenthusiastic poker face, and patiently persuaded:
“Humans have the world of humans, and vampires have the world of vampires. We should not interfere with each other… What’s more, this world originally belongs to humans!”
Dracula’s words were not exaggerated at all.
Because including him, most of the pure-blooded vampires present who had lived for more than a thousand years were once human beings centuries ago!
“Hehe, it’s that rhetoric again.”
At this moment, a slightly sarcastic voice suddenly rang out from beside Dracula.
Sals stood up with a sneer, directly attacking him face-to-face in a strange tone.
“I said, Father, you have probably been staying in [Impossible City] for too long, and have completely lost the ability to feel external threats?”
“Now, times have changed… The old-fashioned ideas you adhere to are no longer in line with the situation.”
As the unfilial son spoke, he slowly approached Dracula.
Even in the face of such naked provocation, the latter still had that completely unenthusiastic look on his face, and asked Sals:
“Then what good suggestions do you have?”
“Of course.” Sals walked to Dracula’s back, patted the silver back of the chair, and replied with a grin:
“The solution is naturally… I will sit in this seat!”
“Don’t worry, Father, I will lead the blood clan to glory again.”
This time, there was finally some change on Dracula’s poker face. He tried to squeeze out a not-so-cold smile to make the expression on his face look like a loving father.
He shook his head slightly with a somewhat complicated expression and said: “Child, things are not as simple as you think… Puff!!!”
However.
Before he could finish his words, a sharp wooden stake had already been nailed into his heart.
Although such an attack was not enough to kill Dracula, it could put his body into a brief state of paralysis and prevent him from using his “shapeshifting” ability to escape.
However, it would return to normal immediately after being pulled out.
This was probably one of the few weaknesses on Dracula’s body.
And among the entire vampire empire, only the old butler Alfred and his son Sals knew about this weakness!
"You... how dare you?"
Dracula's pupils widened abruptly, and an expression of disbelief finally appeared on his usually expressionless face.
Although he was well aware that his reckless son had always coveted his position.
He never imagined that the other party would actually dare to take action?
This was simply outrageous!
"Sorry, Father, I've heard enough of your nagging over the years."
Saros didn't give Dracula any chance to retaliate.
Immediately, he broke off a relatively complete section of the sword from the back of the chair, and with a swift motion, he directly chopped off his own father's head and held it in his hand!!
