This is a majestic and solemn palace.
Black curtains covered the surroundings, making the already dark palace even more depressing. Under the curtains, a rectangular table was placed in the palace, with quaint stone seats on both sides.
Several tall shadowy figures sat on both sides of the long table. Their faces could not be seen clearly, only their scarlet eyes flashed a deep light in the illusory curtain.
Suddenly, a dark red light bloomed faintly on the stone seat on the side of the long table.
Along with a distortion of space, a new tall shadow slowly solidified in front of the long table.
Seeing the newly appeared tall shadow, many shadows in front of the long table bowed their heads slightly and saluted respectfully towards him:
"Lord Hall."
Only the two shadows at the front of the long table simply glanced at the newly appeared tall shadow and nodded slightly.
"Lord Hall... you were a little too slow in joining the guild this time."
The figure at the front spoke softly, his voice was majestic and contained a hint of dissatisfaction.
Earl Hall was silent for a moment, then said in a heavy voice:
"Your Excellency, Lord Ulster, this impromptu meeting was too hasty and I didn't have time to prepare, so it was quite late."
"Earl Hall" is naturally La Hire in disguise.
However, at this moment, Lahail's heart was not as calm as he pretended.
While he was controlling the illusory figure to talk with the Earl of the Nice Clan, he couldn't help but look at the figure sitting high on the Blood Throne behind him.
Beside him, Agnès, who was touching the illusory crystal to maintain the communication, was already stunned.
She had to be stunned.
Although the moment Charlotte opened her spiritual world, the girl knew that her sneaking behavior would fail, but when she and La Hail officially activated the crystal and disguised their identities to join the club, she found that the other party's power was even more outrageous than she had imagined...
There was no other reason. Lahail did not enter the communication crystal with his consciousness as usual. Instead, he directly materialized the virtual venue of the communication crystal!
At this moment, above the communication crystal, the crimson mist made the venue appear like a projection, as if you were there in person.
Just like a 3D video conference, a solemn and majestic palace descended in the spiritual world. The shadows of the Ness blood clan and the disguised figure of La Hail appeared at the same time, while Agnes and others were watching them outside the projection like onlookers.
Including Lahail, who operated the phantom of the initiation.
Judging from the scarlet eyes of the vampires in the meeting room, they seemed to have completely failed to notice that this online meeting had been projected into their spiritual world by some existence, nor did they notice the three guys who were watching their meeting.
This secret online meeting was projected into a 3D "movie" for Charlotte!
"Don't be nervous. Continue to talk to them the way you did in the past. I want you to extract any possible intelligence."
"Don't worry, they can't see us or hear us."
Charlotte sat high on the throne, watching with interest the Ness remote meeting that she had directly projected through mental connection, and gave orders to Lahail, who was disguised as Earl Hall.
Lahail forced himself to look away.
He suppressed the shock in his heart, focused his main attention on the meeting venue, and soon discovered the problem.
The position that originally belonged to Earl Lachlan... is empty!
"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting."
The shadowy figure at the front of the long table, Earl Yust of the Ness clan, spoke in a deep voice.
However, just as he finished speaking, the shadow on the other side of the long table, who had not saluted La Hail just now, asked La Hail's curious question:
"Your Excellency, Lord Ulster, you seem to have forgotten that Lord Lachlan has not yet arrived."
The shadow representing the Earl of Ulster glanced at him and said:
"Your Excellency the Earl of Nottingham, Lachlan will not come. He has already sacrificed himself for Ness and returned to the kingdom of our Lord."
As soon as these words were spoken, the remote conference venue suddenly fell into commotion.
Lahaie and Agnes were both stunned for a moment, and then they couldn't help but turn around and look at the beautiful figure sitting high on the Blood Throne.
Having attended the last remote meeting, they certainly knew what Earl Lachlan had been doing before.
However, they originally thought that Earl Lachlan had only been defeated in the confrontation with Earl Castel, but they never expected that he would die directly!
That's a Blood Count!
The real blazing sun!
Even though they once murdered the real Earl Hall, they were well aware of how lucky their action was.
Even if they succeeded in killing Earl Hall, it was only after they gained his trust, and they did it by poisoning and attacking him while he was in a regular sleep.
Even so, they almost lost half their lives when they killed the opponent!
Earl Lachlan is even more different. He is completely different from Earl Hall who parted ways with the Blood Demon Cult. He is a vampire from the Nice clan and has a backstage. Behind him stands a vampire of the duke level!
Killing such a vampire would probably be much more difficult than killing a Chiyang!
Who did it
Is there a powerful secret protector behind Count Castel
Or…
Agnes and the other girl couldn't help but look at Charlotte, and they were frightened by a ridiculous thought that came to their mind.
However, looking at the spiritual world of the castle around them, looking at the projection of the meeting that Charlotte had pulled into the spiritual world, and looking at the many vampires in the meeting hall who were being watched without realizing it, it was hard for the two of them not to have a question in their minds:
Count Castel... is he really just a star
"Lord Lachlan has fallen? How is this possible?"
"His strength far exceeds that of an average Blazing Sun, and there are no more than five Silver Moons in the Castel Territory. How could anyone possibly be able to kill him?"
"What exactly is going on?"
At the meeting, the Earl of Nottingham's eyes changed slightly and he asked in a serious voice.
Lord Eustace sighed and said:
"The Duke told me about this. I don't know the details yet, but... judging from the Duke's attitude, there seems to be a power hidden in the Castel family that even the Duke is afraid of."
A power that even the Duke is afraid of
The vampires in the venue were all shocked, and then fell into commotion again.
"The Castel family? But hasn't the Castel family already declined? They even have only a young earl who has just come of age left!"
"Yes, I heard that Earl Castel was almost killed by the Blood Demon Cult when he was in the Principality of Boulder. How could he pose a threat to Lord Lachlan?"
"Wait, could it be that the Holy Court has taken action? I heard that the young earl of Castel is the saint of the Holy Court. Could it be that the Holy Court is secretly protected by a powerful person?"
"Impossible! If she is really the Saint of the Holy Court, she would have been personally escorted by the Knights Templar before she entered the Earldom of Castel."
The vampires at the meeting were talking about it.
Looking at the chaotic meeting place, the leading Earl of Ulster knocked on the table and said:
“Solemn!”
The Blood Count's immense mental power swept across the venue.
Except for Nottingham, who was also an earl, the illusory projections of other vampires trembled and soon fell silent.
Lahail also felt the other party's incomparable mental power.
However, the moment the mental pressure swept over him, he felt a soft crimson glow enveloping him, which did not bring him even the slightest pressure.
He couldn't help but glance at the small figure on the throne behind him, and felt that the other party was becoming more mysterious and unfathomable...
Count Yust glanced across the room, and when he saw that everyone was quiet, he nodded with satisfaction, and then said in a deep voice:
"I urgently charged the communication crystal to summon you all here, and also to convey the Duke's order..."
"The Duke has ordered that from now on, all infiltration plans into Castel must be suspended. No more actions should be taken against Castel nobles, especially the Castel family!"
After that, he looked at the Earl of Nottingham:
"Mr. Earl of Nottingham, you are closest to Castel. From now on, you will take over all the work of Earl Lachlan. However... you are not to continue to advance, but to reestablish contact as soon as possible, restrain the descendants of the blood and the blood clan, avoid the sharp edge for the time being, and do not become an enemy of Castel!"
After these words were spoken, all the Ness vampires present were stunned again.
"Suspend the infiltration plan? But... the plan has reached the most critical moment, and I have received intelligence that the young Earl of Castel is planning to take action against our people!"
The Earl of Nottingham couldn't help but say.
"Then order your men to withdraw first! Anyway... the Duke has ordered that we must not become enemies with Castel before he issues new instructions!"
Lord Ulster said in a serious voice.
Then he looked at everyone again:
"In addition, His Excellency the Duke has also issued an order for us to use all available resources to investigate the intelligence related to Count of Castel—Charlotte de Castel!"
Investigating Charlotte
La Hire and Agnes were stunned.
They subconsciously turned their heads and glanced at someone behind them at the same time with strange expressions.
"Investigate Charlotte de Castel? Is she related to Lachlan's death?"
At the meeting, the Earl of Nottingham's voice sounded somewhat surprised.
The Earl of Eustace nodded slightly:
"I'm afraid so. After all... the day Lord Lachlan fell, it was because of her that he was killed."
After saying that, his eyes fell on the vampires:
"Everyone, many of you have successfully established intelligence points in the Crescent Kingdom. What information do you know about Charlotte of Castel? The more detailed the better!"
"Charlotte of Castel..."
At the meeting place, many blood descendants fell into deep thought.
"I heard that she inherited the Castel family's consistent beauty and was known as the Pearl of Bolder. She is the most beautiful girl in the Silver Moon Kingdom."
A vampire thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.
"If I remember correctly, the ancestors of the Castel family once married elves. She has some elven blood, although it is sparse, but she should be considered half-elf."
Another vampire pondered for a moment and said.
"I've heard a rumor that Count Castel's mother is from the Fallen Star Kingdom, and... seems to be from the Fallen Star royal family..."
Another vampire couldn't help but speak.
After these words were spoken, many vampires looked at the Earl of Nottingham.
The Earl of Nottingham's eyes flickered slightly, and he said:
"It's Anne, the 'devout' of the Roman family. It's a secret of the Roman family, and not many people know about it."
"Anne the Pious? Anne the Lord? The half-sister of Henry the Fool? The half-sister of Edward III? Didn't she die of a cold?"
A vampire asked curiously.
"Feng Han? Didn't Henry the Fool poison her to death because he was worried about the threat she would pose to the throne?"
Another vampire said doubtfully.
The Earl of Nottingham shook his head.
"No, that's not it. Anne the Pious fell in love with the last Earl of Castel during his visit to Falling Star. She then gave up her right to inherit the throne and followed him to the Crescent Kingdom incognito."
After hearing his words, some vampires' eyes flickered:
"So... Count Castel is likely to be protected by the Roman family?!"
The Earl of Nottingham shook his head again:
"No, it's impossible. The Roman family is now ruled by Lilac. Although Edward III and Anne the Pious are related by blood, they don't have much affection for each other. Not to mention that Anne the Pious chose Crescent, which makes her more like a betrayer to the Romans..."
"If there really is a force behind Count Castel that even the Duke is afraid of, it must be something else."
After hearing the words of the Earl of Nottingham, the vampires in the meeting hall fell into discussion again.
La Hire and Agnes, who were watching the meeting, looked surprised.
Anne the Pious
Princess Anne
Count Castel... turns out he has such a powerful background
Charlotte's eyes were also twitching.
She didn't expect that her original life experience, which she was curious about, was revealed at the meeting place of the Ness blood clan.
And wow, she really is the princess of the Falling Star Kingdom, and she’s even the sister of the former king and the current king!
It’s just… it sounds like your circle is really messed up.
Looking at the vampires who were caught up in the discussion, Earl Yust glanced at the whole audience and said in a deep voice:
"These are all old stories. Apart from that, do you know any other information about Count Castel?"
The vampires fell silent.
After a moment, a vampire said uncertainly:
"Come to think of it, I have heard a rumor..."
"When Count Castel was still in Boulder, he seemed to be involved in a case of the advent of an evil god..."