Zach felt... uneasy.
This feeling lasted until Benjamin and Martin returned from solving the commission perfectly, and Martin insisted on treating Benjamin and Zach to dinner.
Obviously this is not the first time that Martin has hosted a meal for a foreigner. In his guest room at the Yuri Hotel, he took out vampire blood to entertain Zack. Not to mention Benjamin, Benjamin who has not turned into a wolf can eat anything.
Zach looked at the blood of Refro, which was served by Martin in an exquisite wine glass.
"Why do you have Revero's blood?"
The answer was simple, "Protect yourself. After all, I am leaving the west on a business trip. I need to cross the chaotic west and enter the unknown east. I need some means of self-defense."
The reason here is okay, vampire blood can protect yourself. Needless to say, the healing ability~it can also be traded and used as a bargaining chip. Isn't it? In the central part of the country, the vampire blood market is very big~
But Martin shouldn't use it in front of Zach, because don't forget, the Sabbat has stopped trading vampire blood with humans! Just to prevent the central wizarding families and werewolves from demanding vampire blood!
So Zach has to ask, "Did you buy it? Where did you buy it?" As soon as Zach gets a name, he will immediately make a call to Allen Funeral Home, and then be notified by Nenad, the current leader of Allen Funeral Home. Sabbat, go deal with this 'merchant' who is already trading vampire blood.
"Ah, no. It was me..." Martin blinked, "The boss gave it to me. He is Refro."
Well.
Zach tilted his mouth and said, "So this blood is not for you to entertain others, it is for your own use, right?"
"Well... that's right." Martin nodded and looked at Zach, "The Refro clan is using the security industry to expand the surveillance network throughout the federation. Every security company in the west has an airborne Refro boss or informant. Of course, there are also people like me who were directly selected to become Revro in the future.”
That's a waste of time. Returning the blood and drinking away someone's future immortality is not Zach's style. However, Zach looked at Martin again, "So the expansion of the special security market is not as simple as you confessed before. It is just that the special security in the west has made huge profits. It is just a step in the expansion of the entire Revro security, right?"
"Yes, uh, not really." Martin was very honest. "It is true that all security markets will expand, but the Refro clan also knows that Barton belongs to you and Toledo, so it is true that I am in Barton. It’s just a simple special security business inspection, Revero has no intention of getting involved in Patton.”
This attitude is right. But Martin, as a person, cannot continue to stay in Barton. Zack just used Hank as an excuse to send Barton's Revro away. Is it necessary to leave a descendant of Revro in Barton? Zach is less conflicted about things now.
"I understand. Now that your market inspection in Barton is over and the business has been taken over, go back to the west as soon as possible." No need to stay, Zach took Benjamin and left the Yuri Hotel and returned to the Grand.
On the way back, Benjamin briefly talked about the progress of Aix Security. Aix Security took over Martin's agent, took the initiative to contact the residents in the southeast who had previously given up Aix Security, and agreed to provide low-cost compensation for those residents. Make new security configurations.
Generally speaking, it is a win-win situation. Martin's security company in the west officially has Aix Security as its agent in Patton. There is no need to care too much about profits for this first batch of business. X Security not only kept its customers, but also legitimately continued to introduce vampires under the 'General' to control the security of humans in the southeast against aliens. In the end, the human residents in the southeast were protected as they wished, and they were relieved of their previous life in a foreign country. In any case, it was one less burden.
After saying this, Benjamin was a little unhappy, "Why are the guys that I think are good ones picked out in advance by you vampires?"
It’s quite funny to say that Benjamin’s affection for Martin is entirely based on Martin’s cooperation. I never felt that Benjamin had any need to be obeyed by others. Look at Matthew, Benjamin also specifically told Matthew that if he made any inexplicable requests as Alpha, Matthew should ignore them and concentrate on living his own life.
So Zach just thought this was Benjamin complaining, "You have a son, a real son, do you still care about the so-called wolves like those ordinary alphas?"
The orientation of this statement can be big or small. The big thing is that Benjamin's current rank has exceeded the limits of werewolves and alphas. For those wolves who still struggle with hatred (vampires and wizards), he is already an existence in another dimension. The small thing is that Benjamin is a man with a real family. The 'curse' of being a wolf every month is really not worthy of defining Benjamin's life at this time, so there is no need to worry about those boring little things.
Benjamin did not continue to complain, but instead said something that might represent some fact, "Refro's descendants are destined to save my son, your godson, Adam, you'd better remember this."
Zach will remember. If Zach doesn't remember it himself, then this matter will become a bargaining chip in the hands of others. Isn't it? As the story develops, there is nothing pink, beautiful, or independent in the world. Everything is a node that triggers the next event. Either Zach controls this node and leads the future direction. Either this node is controlled by others, and Zach becomes passive.
Then, there was no exchange of words on the way back. Zach and Benjamin returned to Grande and directly attracted Nick and Roy, who had ended their fight at some point and were sitting together peacefully.
The topic was very serious, "If the god of this world wants me, will you protect me?"
Benjamin and Mokawi were about to return to their ancestors' office, but when they heard Zach say such things in the office, they refused to leave.
"What are you talking about?" It doesn't matter who asked.
Zach was not prepared to answer directly, but said, "Now that I think about it, the Holy Lord's plan has never ended with a failed colonial war." Let Zach slowly explain the reason for his anxiety.
"Colonizing this continent four centuries ago, using vampires to fight against the wizards on this continent, using war to compete with the original gods of this continent for ownership, was never the final plan of the Holy Lord. Papa Midnight is just the Holy Lord There is a god to deal with in this world, a god that can almost be ignored, because there is only one Papa Midnight. If the Holy Lord believes in the most powerful fighting force in the world, the vampire, even Papa Midnight can be ignored No single god can crush it." Zach paused, "The Holy Lord's faith predicted his own end as early as four centuries ago. No, it was earlier, a thousand years ago, when the Holy Lord discovered that vampires have full physical strength. The journey to purgatory was foreseen, otherwise, the Holy Master would have no reason to make the decision to go to purgatory when there are still so many human souls that can be harvested in this world, right?"
"I..." It was Nick who spoke, probably for the first time on behalf of everyone under the Grand roof, "We don't know what you're talking about."
Yes, Zach can't just immerse himself in his emotions. He needs to explain the inheritance and transformation to these people.
"I can create gods." Zach looked at everyone who was watching him, "Vampire, Toledo, can create gods and destroy gods."
Benjamin was the first to get impatient and walked away. Benjamin had no problem doing this, but when Zach suddenly claimed that Barton was his, Benjamin couldn't stand Zach's 'arrogance'. Benjamin walked away then, and he's gone now.
But Mokawi stayed.
Mokawi can tell Benjamin what Benjamin missed on his pillow, so there is no need to worry.
"The current me, the current Toledo, can instantly change people's memories and consciousness over a wide range." Zach looked at Roy, "Roy, you have admitted that the ability of imaging is the most suitable Toledo, right? Because among the many vampires, the one who has the ability to "function when meeting" is Toledo. The image of Toledo preserved and disseminated by modern technology can ignore space and time. .”
"Tsk." Roy's reply.
Zach picked up today's newspaper at the right time, "Just like this." Today's Barton newspaper contained news that the Republic High School Group contacted a local charity to establish an orphanage in Mrs. Quinn's name. Is this the third generation of the West End using the name of Mrs. Queen to continue to gild their bodies? No, we know that this is Mrs. Queen's way of changing everyone's impression of her.
The photo of Mrs. Quinn in the newspaper is no longer the Mrs. Quinn we once knew, but a strange old lady.
But no one felt any disapproval that this stranger had 'become' Mrs. Queen.
"Changing people's sense of Toledo himself has always been the most ridiculous application of Toledo's ability." Remember, we mentioned a story about a long and ugly Toledo who charmed others at a banquet and made others The joke about thinking that I am as beautiful and handsome as other Toledo, "What if we change our understanding of God?"
Someone understands what Zach is talking about. Nick, "Are you saying that Toledo can change people's views on faith?"
Zach nodded, before Nick's eyes lit up, "Don't think about Sissy again." This was what Nick wanted to do when Sissy started spreading Zach's secrets. In order to prevent Toledo from being targeted by other clans for receiving the Holy Lord Faith reward, we first created public opinion and let the vampires target Sissi, the sender of the reward. "We vampires have just successfully severed ties with the Holy Lord Faith. We will wait until the Soul Dagger is recovered. When the matter is over, the era when vampires existed for the Faith of the Holy Lord has passed. We are an independent race, so don’t let the Faith of the Holy Lord have the opportunity to involve us."
Nick nodded reluctantly.
Mokawi spoke without changing the topic, "Ah! I understand! You are saying that the Holy Lord thousands of years ago 'saw' the present, saw the redistribution of heaven and hell, and saw the separation of vampires from the Holy Under the control of the main faith, I saw the gods in this world, and Papa Midnight is the most harmless one. The ones who really have a profound impact on the souls of humans in this world are the gods who were 'born' in the Republic~~"
Sometimes I have to admire Mokavi's efficiency in thinking that jumps as he pleases.
Nick and Roy are the only people here who are still trying to follow Zach's thinking, so they can't find resonance with Zach and Mokawe, and they look at each other and stare.
Zach, on the other hand, looked at Mokavi, the only one who thought about what he was thinking, "Yes. Papa Midnight has never been an opponent worth fearing. The reason why Papa Midnight became a god is because he cheated death, and he He created a tradition and made this way of cheating death his own." Regarding why most wizards hate Papa Midnight and reject the Banshee, "Papa Midnight is unpopular. The souls of Indians have faith in the Holy Lord. In other words, if you reach out and grab something, you will definitely get it. It’s just a matter of how much you can get. There should be no difference between using war to rob and using education to slowly erode the faith of the Holy Lord for four centuries. .”
At this point, Roy began to understand the meaning of these words. It may be that he stayed with Zach for a long time in Barton and experienced some specific events. Er and the wizard had previously studied and finally created the technology of the wizard ghost. It is the real enemy of the Holy Lord Faith. Souls without the earth-binding spirit stage cannot be judged by faith and belong to them! The Holy Lord Faith regards the wizard faith as its opponent... It is a cover-up ! When the Holy Lord appeared in this world, it should have been clear that the real enemies of the Holy Lord’s faith in this world are those souls that cannot be obtained by the Holy Lord’s faith! The souls of the republicans!”
Zach was very satisfied, "And there is another thing, which is what happened before you came to Barton. The Holy Lord's faith desire that happened in Barton affected Grande's Phantom Man Danny, and now Father Stone, murdering the Republic In the incident, the soul of a republican was forcibly thrown into hell, but this process was unsuccessful. The soul of the republican was repelled into hell, stuck in the world of time, and became a hellhound living in the cracks of the world."
Nick joined the discussion without any intention of mocking Roy, "And I believe that when Roy came to Barton, he also carried the mission of Lutresembra to find out the reason why the God of the Republic contacted Toledo in Barton." (Luo Luo) Yi actually fled to Zac as a political asylum. In order to keep the past on the stage, Root covered up his conspiracy to control the civil war among the Zmich clan and gave Roy the task of being forced to do it.)
Roy glanced at Nick and finished, "I have completed this task. The God of the Republic, the 'Jian', the reason for being in Grande is to obtain the technology of the Holy Lord's faith to create a world beyond the timeline, the key to the door of heaven. .”
Zach felt that he could sum it up, "Thousands of years ago, the Holy Lord Faith knew that its ultimate enemy was the Republic Gods on the continent on the other side of the world, because the souls on that continent were something that the Holy Lord Faith could not touch. . And those republic gods also know that the Holy Lord Faith has what they want, the past and the future, and a world that escapes the constraints of time."
Mokavi deserves praise today, not only because her painting of Zack is 'perfect', but also, "Then the Holy Lord prepared his own method to avoid this ultimate conflict thousands of years ago and used vampires to hide in purgatory. And , and leave the vampires in this world to face those republican gods~~"
"Yes." How abominable the Holy Lord's faith is can be revealed at this time. "Thousands of years ago, the Holy Lord continued to experiment with vampires and alien souls in this world, and finally created a large number of vampires with their own characteristics. clan, and most importantly, the vampire clan that was able to deal with the Republic God and became a god, Toledo. When the vampire clan gradually gained status and influence among humans, it formed the thirteen clans and used Papa Midnight In the land where the vampires are located, throwing the most powerful clans of vampires onto this continent to engage in the coolest trial of the colonial war? No, it is the reward for snatching this image. The Holy Lord faith has been encouraging the Sabbat to find paradise after the colonial war. The key to the door is the proof, right? Everything is for." Zach paused and shamelessly said, "Create me now."