The autumn night should have been a night sky with bright stars, but at this time it was pitch black and extremely dull. There was a faint red light in the night sky, hazy, as if covered with a thin layer of red gauze. That

It's fire! Fire like blood! Looking from a distance, this crimson color makes people feel a sense of desolation and chill. The fire lingers for a long time, and finally spreads with a helpless sigh...

On the Balkan Peninsula...

An unknown small village was burning with fire. Countless black-armored knights surrounded the small village. They seemed to be arresting the people who were running away in the village. The scene was extremely chaotic, with wailing, crying, and screaming.

One after another, the sound is endless...

"Report to the Earl! All the more than a thousand people in this village have been captured, and there are no more fish that have slipped through the net!" A blood knight loudly reported to a man in black.

This man is tall and tall, has handsome features, and has short red hair that is very eye-catching. He is wearing a gorgeous black dress, with a red rose on his left chest. He is holding a crystal cup that is about half full in his hand and is slowly drinking

Shaking, the liquid in the cup was red and thick, and it was clearly blood. And this person was none other than Barton!

"Throw them all into the blood furnace." Barton straightened the collar of his shirt with one hand and ordered, with a hint of arrogance in his tone.

"It has only been a little over a month, and we have already collected an amount of blood essence that is equivalent to what the clan would have accumulated in ten years." A baron following Barton said slowly, his tone seemed a bit flattering, but also seemed to be.

Have some worries.

Barton's trip was on the order of Queen Catherine to collect blood essence.

Barton glanced arrogantly at the baron who was complimenting him, as if he could see the man's worries. He swept his eyes coldly and felt that the man was as timid as a mouse, so he ignored him. In fact, Yeka

Jelena's original intention was also for him to act cautiously and not to make a big fuss, or in other words, it would be best if he could do it secretly. But it was better for Barton. As soon as Fang left the clan, he was like a fish entering the sea and a dragon emerging into the sky. What is cautious and cautious?

All things like doing business have been forgotten. Now the sea and sky are vast, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and this is the biggest place for him!

Barton was very proud. He had been holding it back for hundreds of years in Castle Rose. He was a genius who was confident that he was born for war. He was already hungry and thirsty to be able to go out and fight.

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Therefore, since Barton received the order from Her Royal Highness the Queen, he did not delay for a moment. He took more than 3,000 blood knights and headed south without stopping.

At the beginning, Barton was quite cautious and tried his best to pick some scattered small villages on the fringes of the Ottoman Empire. But as time went by, Barton couldn't help it anymore. First of all, it was the humans in these small villages.

The number is too small, and some villages only have a few dozen people. If this continues, it will take fifty years of blood essence to be collected. Secondly, Barton also has his own selfish motives. Just imagine

When performing such a task, how could there be no reason not to privately occupy some of the essence and blood? Barton hopes to use this rare opportunity to be promoted to Marquis in one fell swoop!

But Barton's massacre of scattered small villages in the fringe area was really difficult to attract attention. As time went by, Barton's nerves began to become numb and careless. He was a very conceited person, and as time went by, his courage became

It's getting bigger and bigger.

In the end, Barton ignored everyone's dissuasion and led the Blood Knight troops into the hinterland of the Ottoman Empire. However, he still had some brains. The terrain of the Balkan Peninsula was mountainous, so he only focused on the inconspicuous small villages in the valleys.

Carry out the massacre and leave after the fight. Unexpectedly, after more than a month, no one discovered it, and the harvest was quite rich! The small villages here basically have thousands of people, far from the sparsely populated small villages in the border areas.

Can be compared.

At this time, a giant metal boiler with a diameter of about ten meters was placed on a wide chariot. There were eight metal wheels on each side of the chariot, and the size was much larger than what is usually seen. On top of this boiler

What is steaming is not water vapor, but surprisingly it is blood! And in front of this giant chariot, it is actually being pulled by hundreds of blood servants! Several blood knights are holding long whips in front, as if to maintain order.

This is the Blood Furnace! Surprisingly, it is a mobile blood pool!

Forced by several black-armored knights holding long swords, the captured village residents lined up helplessly and were thrown into the blood furnace one by one. There were old people, women, and even children...

These people were so frightened that they burst into tears and trembled. Many people even fainted from fright and were dragged like livestock by the blood knights. However, everyone seemed to accept their fate and did not dare to go any further.

Scream, because Barton doesn't like noisy sounds, and every scream will only get a whipping.

Above the blood furnace, countless strands of blood condensed rapidly to form a huge blood ruby. As people were pushed into the furnace, the blood ruby ​​slowly grew larger bit by bit at a speed visible to the naked eye.

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The operating mechanism of the blood furnace is slightly different from that of the blood pool. The blood furnace condenses blood essence much faster and produces blood essence gems that are easier to carry and absorb. Ordinary blood pools contain a large amount of unrefined ordinary blood.

When absorbing blood, vampires need to spend a lot of time feeling and looking for pure blood essence. The blood furnace directly generates pure blood essence gems! Not only is it much more convenient than the blood pool, but the advantages are also very obvious. However,

This price is very expensive. The blood furnace needs to consume about three times the amount of ordinary human flesh and blood in order to obtain an output equivalent to that of an ordinary blood pool.

Barton walked slowly to the blood furnace. He was not affected by the bloody and cruel scene in front of him at all. With an elegant posture, he raised his glass and took a sip of blood. He frowned slightly and said, "Slow! It's still too slow!"

"Your Majesty the Earl...this has gone very quickly..." the baron beside Barton said cautiously, with cold sweat faintly breaking out on his forehead.

At this moment, a knight in black armor ran over on horseback and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Earl! Her Royal Highness the Queen is asking about the current progress of collecting blood essence!"

"Ten years!" Barton said coldly without looking back. Queen Catherine is really famous for her short temper. It has only been more than a month. If she hadn't been brave enough to go straight into the hinterland of the Ottoman Empire,

It probably doesn't even have hair now.

"Her Royal Highness the Queen ordered that the existing blood essence be turned over! Miss Edith is in sight of a breakthrough, and there is an urgent need to increase the blood essence!" the blood knight said loudly.

There was a click! The crystal cup was instantly crushed by Barton, and a burst of strong anger spread instantly. Everyone present was a smart person, but everyone was silent and did not dare to say another word.

For a moment, the scene was silent...

Barton is not an idiot, so he naturally knows that the behavior he showed at this time is disrespectful. If the news reaches Her Highness the Queen, he will be dead!

"Take them all! Bring a team to escort you!" Barton pointed at the huge blood ruby ​​gem above the blood furnace and shouted loudly. Then, without saying a word, he turned around and left. Everyone present secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

,Fortunately, no conflicts occurred...

Barton was furious. He had spent so much effort to collect the blood essence of the past ten years. He originally wanted to enjoy it first and then consider handing over some of it. He didn't think there was anything wrong with this. As the saying goes,

It is a matter of course to say that the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. However, now I have not tasted even a little bit of the sweetness, and the fruits of more than a month of hard work are about to be given away in vain. Moreover, it is still the same thing all day long.

Edith, who could enjoy the service of others without doing anything, was the woman he loved and hated.

What makes Barton even more angry is that Edith is actually on the verge of a breakthrough! The void force is about to break through! And he is just an earl, damn earl! Once Edith is promoted to a marquis, he will also be promoted to a marquis.

The Marquis will still be suppressed by the force of void. After all, that woman will not look at him. Unless he can be promoted to Duke, Duke... Barton's throat feels bitter when he thinks of this... Duke, he needs three hundred

Years? Or five hundred years?

No! We can't go on like this! Barton gritted his teeth. He was furious and paced back and forth. Several people around him saw the Earl acting like this. Although they were worried, no one dared to persuade him.

Suddenly, Barton turned around, pointed his finger, and shouted loudly: "Go! Get me a map!"

Naturally, the black-armored knight took action immediately without saying a word. After a while, a map made of parchment was quickly delivered to Barton.

Barton held the map and thought hard. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he immediately had an idea.

"Your Majesty the Earl?..." the baron who had always followed Barton asked cautiously, feeling a little uneasy.

"Let's go! Let's go to Sarajevo!" Patton said with firm eyes.

"What!? Sarajevo!?" The baron was shocked when he heard this, and immediately sifted through the chaff. He quickly advised: "You can't do it!!! That's a big city in the Ottoman Empire.

, the population exceeds half a million!"
Chapter completed!