Chapter 70 69. True unity must be built on blood, either his or yours! 【960】
(Additional update for the ‘Frostfang Claw’ brothers [4/5])
Murphy left the house.
He took the bottle of "Day Potion" given to him by Jed, which is specially used to weaken vampires, and swore to join Jed's group fighting for the final power of the Blood Vulture Clan.
However, Jed didn't really trust him, and Murphy could feel that the guy was just treating him as a chess piece and using his future power to trick him into betraying his current friends.
This is quite normal.
Especially in traditional vampire society, it is absolutely impossible for one vampire to completely trust another vampire.
What flows in their veins is not low-level stuff like blood, but a highly toxic substance formed by mixing conspiracy and malice in proportion and fermenting in the night.
If you touch it, you will die, and the blood will seal your throat.
Tens of minutes after Murphy left, the door of the house was pushed open again.
This time it was Maxim who walked in.
The latter covered his eyes and face with his hood and held a bottle and seven goblets in his hands.
It is not easy to find these flashy things in the current Cadman City. Fortunately, Lord Murphy's warriors are talented enough in searching, and Miriam also has a lot of supplies stored there.
"Sir, let's have a drink."
Maxim poured the crimson liquid in the bottle into the cup and handed it to Jed. The weak vampire moved his throat and took it, unable to maintain the hypocritical etiquette.
At this moment, like a vulgar greedy man, he raised his head and drank the blood in one gulp like fine wine.
"Well"
When the blood enters the mouth, it turns into real power and merges into the thirsty body, causing Jade to let out a long moan, just like drinking jade liquid and nectar makes the aging and wrinkles on the face visible to the naked eye.
It's just that the gray hair can never return to its original dark color.
Injury to the blood essence is not an injury that vampires can recover from in a short time, just like men who unfortunately suffer from kidney disease.
Being anxious won't solve the problem!
This kind of thing that hurts the origin has to be healed slowly.
"You didn't tell Murphy that I had woken up a long time ago. It seems that you are still loyal, Maxim."
Jade whispered.
The voice was no longer as dry as before and seemed to have the viciousness and gloominess that a vampire should have. Maxim, who lowered his head, did not answer, but poured him another glass like a servant and took it from the virgin in the camp.
of sweet blood, and offered it to Jed with both hands again.
"He trusts you."
This time Jed was not as rude as before.
He seemed to have regained the manners expected of a midnight noble, gently shaking the sweet thing in his hand, and observing Maxim's expression through the waves of blood.
He said:
"He also told me something about you, hoping that I could give you to him as a gift. He really thinks highly of you.
but me
I also suddenly realized that I had made a mistake.
Just as I failed to discover Murphy's hidden talent, I also failed to discover that there is an outstanding individual like you among my servants. So, Maxim, are you willing to follow Murphy?"
"I am your servant."
Maxim said in a deep voice:
"I still owe you a life. This is a favor that cannot be forgotten. I must repay it with this life!"
"good!"
This answer made Jed very satisfied.
Maxim did not hide his appreciation for Murphy and his willingness to follow him, but he also expressed his thoughts honestly. A vampire who knows the human heart well knows that this kind of entanglement is the normal state of fragile creatures like humans.
The more determined or loyal Maxim is, the more doubtful he will be.
"Then, I need you to do one last thing for me. In the name of a servant, this is a certain ritual that must be performed in order to gain freedom."
Jed took a small sip of blood, flicked his fingers, and a familiar bottle of daytime potion fell into Maxim's hand.
He said:
"Murphy is an outstanding junior. I guess he agreed to cooperate with me just to stabilize me. What he expected was to get offers from both sides before selling.
If it were me, I would do the same.
But now the conditions don't allow it, I have to 'help' him make up his mind. You go and put this medicine into Ms. Tris's drink, and then hide her.
Don't hurt her until it's over.
I don't need you involved in this, Maxim.
I just need Murphy to feel a little bit of pressure, and when I'm done with him, you get what you want, and we, we all get what we want."
Maxim nodded.
He seemed unable to understand, and finally asked:
"My lord, you clearly have the advantage. Femis is just a lone person. She is only at the Black Iron level. Any of your companions can kill her.
Why do you still have to”
"This is not what you should know, Maxim. You are not one of us yet. The secrets of the night are not something humans can pry into!"
Jed glanced at the servant indifferently.
The latter immediately bent down and left. Before leaving, Maxim said to him:
"I have been selecting 'food' for you that suits your taste and will deliver it to you early tomorrow morning. Please be patient for now."
"Um."
Jed watched Maxim leave. After the room became quiet again, he stood up with his heavy body, picked up the blood bottle Maxim sent, and selected from the dozen children lying on the ground behind him.
After a while, the blood was finally poured on a tall heir.
The latter soon came to life under the nourishment of blood, and then heard Jed whispering in the dark:
"Arthur, my best son, go! Watch Maxim, I remember that you are very familiar with him. If he completes my instructions, you will take over the care of Mrs. Tracey and let him return to me.
Return here.
But if he did something he shouldn't have done
Get rid of him!"
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Maxim walked on the ashes-covered ground of Cadman City.
He was annoyed that he was still too upright and failed to ask the source of Jed's concerns about Miss Femis.
He didn't believe that Jed's decision to ask Mr. Murphy to execute the eldest lady was harmless in itself. The cunning old man must have wanted Mr. Murphy to bear the terrible guilt.
Perhaps there are other more dangerous factors.
He had to find a way to obtain more benefits for Mr. Murphy in this unexpected incident.
Unfortunately, his brain was really not suitable for these thoughts. After thinking for a few minutes, he felt like his head was going to explode. At this moment, Maxim suddenly stopped and looked left and right.
He heard a very artificial chirping sound, and then discovered that in the dark alley ahead, Lord Murphy's warrior Miss Yanghen was gesturing to him to let him pass.
After confirming that he was not being followed, he quickly stepped forward.
"Jade asked me to poison Lady Tris!"
He whispered to Yang Hen:
"Tell Mr. Murphy the news immediately. Jade will use Mrs. Tracey to force him to submit. Mrs. Tracey must be transferred immediately."
"You exposed yourself by doing this!"
Lumina is so smart, she understood it as soon as her little head turned, and she whispered:
"I'm here to convey Sir Murphy's instructions. Sir Murphy said that he trusts all judgments you make and allows you to move freely until the matter is over. Do not contact him to avoid dragging you into danger.
He also said that you don't have to worry about Jade, as long as you protect Mrs. Tracey.
This is an opportunity to pick you out."
Lumina admired the loyal blood servant warrior in front of her. She said to Maxim:
"You should take advantage of the situation to take Mrs. Murphy's weakness away from the whirlpool of this family conspiracy, and don't let her fall into the hands of Jed, who doesn't look like a good person at first glance."
"This is not enough."
Maxim shook his head and said:
"Mr. Murphy is under too much pressure. Jade and his accomplices are very powerful. I have to think, maybe you guys who are inconspicuous are more suitable.
Ah, being stupid, I finally understand what adults often mean when they say you must learn to use your true power."
He looked at Lumina Yanghen in front of him, then handed over the bottle of daytime potion that Jed gave him, and whispered:
“Go to the survivor camp!
Dilute this thing with water and put it into the 'food' prepared for those vampires, but not too early or too late, they are very vigilant. Gather the other warriors, there are 40 of you! You are brave enough and not afraid of death,
An ambush should be able to barely injure those already weak guys.
Lord Murphy's great achievements cannot be stopped!
Whether it’s a witch hunter or a vampire, kill them if they stand in your way!”
A fierce light flashed in Maxim's bloodshot eyes, and he said to Lumina in front of him:
"Go to my soldiers, open the armory we keep and take out the best weapons in it to arm you. If you win, those exquisite weapons and armor will be yours!
Mrs. Tracey will be guarded by me.
She will not be harmed, I will guarantee it with my life!
I've learned that I don't need anything from Jade!
I am a Transian.
So, I will get what I want myself!”
"Ding!"
A mission prompt pops up on Lumina’s player interface at this moment:
[The group mission ‘Loyal Fangs’ has been triggered (can be shared)]
——
"boom"
The milky white day potion was placed on the corner of the table.
In the tower where Femis had been hiding these past few days, Murphy stared at the eldest lady who was holding a book and reading with her back to him. Mrs. Adele was guarding outside the passage on the highest floor of the tower.
She knew that she should not participate in the conversation between the two people inside.
She only needs to do what an heir and a steward should do.
"You've hidden a lot of things from me and Tris! You! You're not honest at all."
Murphy said to Femis unceremoniously:
"You confirmed a long time ago that your father is not dead, right? You also know very well what happened in the Blood Vulture Corridor. If Jed and his gang hadn't unexpectedly appeared, I would have been kept in the dark by you.
I guess you must go to the Blood Vulture Corridor because the desire fragment representing the position of clan leader is there. As long as you can get that stone tablet, you can rebuild the clan!
What you say to help me build new power, what you say is just to confirm the truth are all lies!
Maybe you and Jade are just the same thing, and he was right when he called you a 'little bitch' and a 'little bitch'.
Perhaps the reason why you try your best to help me collect these survivors is just to transform them into a new batch of members of the clan after everything is over.
Let me ask you, Femis, is the Blood Vulture Clan really that important to you?"
"Of course it's important!"
Femis no longer pretended to read. She dropped the book and turned her head, staring at Murphy with her bloody eyes. She took a deep breath and knew that the showdown time had come, and said in a deep voice:
"Family is very important to every vampire! Only outliers like you and Tris will not care about the demise of their family and only want to establish a force that belongs only to you.
However, you have ignored the malice of the world itself towards vampires. Only by staying together can we survive in the dark night!
The family is the gathering of this concept of survival.
But you're wrong, Murphy.
I don't regard you and the poor people in the survivor camp as victims. I really want to go to the Blood Eagle Corridor just to find out my life experience.
I know you have been guessing, so I will simply tell you!
I'm not a vampire!
At least not an ordinary vampire!
I can't fall in love with Adele for the first time and can only ask for your help. I think you must have noticed this with your thinking. You are just pretending to be stupid, just like a wily guy waiting for this moment to blame all this on me.
I was scolding me for not being honest.
However, don't you also hide something from me?
I don't believe that a person who has been marginalized in the family for more than a year will be transformed in a few days. You have a secret too! And your secret is buried deeper than mine.
In your words, please clear yourself of any suspicion before humiliating me!
But I don't care about this. We, the sons of midnight, should not take the initiative to explore other people's secrets if they are unwilling to share them. Crossing the line that we should not walk is to promote malice, and that is a signal to start war.
I tell you the truth!
I just want to know the truth now!
Only my father knows that truth, and maybe your elder Tris also knows it, but the Scarlet Witch has no intention of saying that she is torturing me!
She clearly knew how to torture me better, just like an outstanding blood torturer, knowing what to do to inflict more pain on the prey that fell into her hands.
But I don’t even know why that vicious woman you love hates me so much?
Obviously I have never met her a few times.
As for the tragedy that happened in the Blood Vulture Corridor, I admit that I saw some, but that is not something you need to worry about!
You can't solve it either.
I am not trying to fish by hiding here these days.
I have tried hard to contact the Blood Knights through the token of the heir of the Blood Eagle Clan, and the Blood Knights under Lord Paying are already on their way to Transia.
I promise you, Murphy!"
The eldest lady took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"Those horrible things in the Blood Vulture Corridor are not troubles you need to worry about. I will help you solve them! This will also be your territory. I promised you that no one can take it away.
But now, Jade is our collective problem!
He shouldn't have escaped!
I saw with my own eyes my father's loyal servants draining all their blood. I don't know what my father was doing, but he sealed the secret door of the Blood Vulture Corridor with Desire Shards.
Since they escaped, it means that they stole the Grand Duke's certificate from my father and chose to betray the family.
I don't want to know why, but they must die!
These are the rules and cannot be broken."
She glanced at the daytime potion that Murphy placed on the corner of the table and said:
"He gave you a price, right? Did you come here expecting me to give you a price too?"
"No."
Murphy pulled out the Blade of Desire from his waist and plunged it into the ground with a bang.
The handle of the swift sword vibrated and buzzed at high speed. Murphy moved his neck, and his eyes flashed crimson in the darkness.
He said:
"It's like a plot option
If I had to choose a collaborator between you and Jed, I'd have to be a little more cautious. I'd have to know who I could trust! To be honest, I now have a plan and have put it into action.
I am considering whether to continue to cooperate with one of the two parties of yours who have their own agendas.
Or, let’s just take this opportunity to deal with both of you, who are obviously not good people!”
"Um?"
The eldest lady looked at Murphy.
She wondered if this guy had gone crazy due to too much pressure. How could a rookie vampire like him, who hadn't even passed the Black Iron Trial, be so loud? Even with Tris' help, it was absolutely impossible. Wait!
As if lightning flashed across the eldest lady's heart, she immediately thought of a crazy possibility.
She widened her eyes and scolded:
"You want to cooperate with those witch hunters? Murphy! You are crazy!"
"I didn't just start cooperating with them now. You, who personally experienced that night in Smuggler's Wood, should know this better than anyone else!
But am I not what you call an ‘alien’? Any crazy thing done by an unpopular alien is not worthy of the surprise of a ‘noble bloodline’ like you, right?”
Murphy showed a playful and cold smile in the darkness.
He pointed to the sword stuck in the ground in front of him, and said to Femis, who had already grasped the psychic sword at his waist and was retreating:
"Either you risk all your reputation and work with me to work with the witch hunters to get rid of Jed and his gang, and let us stain our hands with the blood of our own race and become the 'traitors' in others' mouths, thus forging a despicable unity in which we can trust each other!
Or I can only use your noble blood to complete my black iron trial here, and then use your miserable death as bait to send Jed and his gang to where they should go.
you're right.
That arrogant idiot really shouldn't have appeared at this time. He actually wanted to seduce me with clumsy language and barged into the game without being invited.
He is so indifferent!
Just like a certain stupid young lady who is not honest at all and does not realize her true situation. Even now, she still doesn't know who is the leader?
Really shameless”
"Your tone is too loud."
Femis gritted his teeth and said:
“Even a mere professional dares to do so”
She stopped mid-sentence.
Because she saw Mrs. Adele slowly appearing in the darkness behind Murphy. The latter held a thorn sword in her left hand and a scarlet handgun in her right hand. Her precise position blocked all routes leaving the tower.
.
Adele's body was shaking.
She found herself resisting what she was about to do.
However, how can a vampire refuse an order from his elder?
Murphy pulled out a chair and sat on it, even relaxing with his legs crossed.
He stared at the silent eldest lady in front of him, spread his hands, and said:
"Phemis Cecilia Lesembra! You have to recognize your situation! And time is passing like precious life. Now, make your choice!
