Chapter 1 Friend or Foe Relations
Neville, along with Mina and Mesaal, escaped from the tunnels and headed north.
As it was almost dawn, they had to find a hidden place to hide, and when they looked back, it was a small hillside, and the hillside was covered by a dense grove of trees, which were like an impermeable wall blocking the secrets behind the dark forest.
Seeing Neville's look back, Mina explained as she walked, "Our secret abode here is within the enchantment protected by the Great Elder's illusion, so even if anything happens over there, it won't affect the city here. ”
The sky is gradually getting brighter, and now they are in the area around the city, where some people have turned on the indoor lights, and those who like sports are ready to go outdoors to recuperate.
Chusang, who was following behind, asked anxiously, "It's almost dawn, what should I do?" ”
Tu Dun ran down the street and said, "Why don't we break into a house with a basement and kill all the people inside!" With that, Tu Dun shook the pistol in his hand.
Mina looked at Neville's face and said resolutely, "No, we would get the attention of our neighbors if we broke into any house like this, and besides, we couldn't do it casually at dawn." ”
Of course, Neville was not happy to hear that Tu Dun was going to kill someone, and Mina may have said this on purpose, because they needed him now, and only he could go in and out of the streets during the day, whether this was the case or not, Neville still asked, "I'm not very familiar with the terrain here, is there a movie theater here?" ”
Mei Sha'er's heart moved, and she replied, "When I secretly came down the mountain before, I knew that there was a small movie theater near here, Neville, your head is really bright, like ordinary houses, there is no light, only a place like a movie theater can block the light. ”
Mina glanced sideways at Meisa'er and said, "You are really ignorant, how can you go down the mountain without permission." ”
Like a child who has made a mistake, Mesaa playfully sticks out her tongue, and Mina knows that this is not the time to care, so Neville said, "Let's go to the cinema first, no matter what happened to her before, the result is always good." ”
A group of five of them quickly rushed to the cinema here.
The movie theater is indeed very small as Mei Sha'er said, even the entrance door is very small, the entrance door has been locked, Tu Dun wanted to break the door lock with a gun, Neville was quick with his hand, and he pressed Tu Dun's hand to hold the gun and said: "You are crazy, there is no silencer on the gun, this will alarm many people, every movie theater has a safety exit, we enter through the back door." ”
Mina and the other three nodded, and they sprang into the air with a kick from their feet.
That's when Neville realized that he was inferior to a vampire, as the four of them quickly stepped on the wall and ascended, the bouncing power and technology that humans could not possess.
They circled the small movie theater for half a circle, and finally found the back door of the movie theater, and Tudun used his violence to unscrew the lock handle of the back door, and Neville climbed to the iron ladder erected at the back door of the movie theater.
By the time Neville entered the cinema, the first rays of light had already drawn an indescribable light, and as the sun rose, the heat gradually ran through the land and houses.
The cinema can already be seen, through the windows in the house can clearly be seen, the outside is already a glorious earth, they are very fortunate that there is no caretaker in this cinema, the reason is very simple, one is very close to the city, and the other is that this cinema is very small because of the current trend, generally only the popular films are played, once this trend passes, there is basically no patronage here, after the latest films are shown here, the film is sent back to the film company, so here except for special days, Outside of new films, it's usually closed and fits the consumer trends here, so there's nothing valuable, except for a projector.
They were in the screening room, and when they looked out of the small opening of the screening room, they could directly see the 500 seats in the theater hall and a wide screen on the stage.
The five of them sat in this small room, where only Neville breathed heavily, except for the light, because after the vigorous exercise just now, he needed to use the rhythm of his breathing to calm his mind and regain his strength.
Neville was still a little clue how things had gotten to this point of uncontrollable situation, and he wondered what he was doing now.
Mina sat down in a chair reserved for projectionists, and said to everyone, "It's safe for the time being, and no one will come here depending on the situation, and there is this cinema where you can get out of the sun, but I guess those people will soon catch up and find us, and they know that we can't get away, and it's hard to say whether they can survive this day." ”
Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere remained depressed, and they all didn't know if it was a good feeling.
Neville finally broke the silence and said, "Aren't they here for the Holy Grail, what's the use of that thing?" ”
The Holy Grail had been on Mina's body since she escaped from them, and Mina took out the Holy Grail hidden on her waist, only to see that the cup made of gold was still shining in the light.
Mina carefully examined the Holy Grail and said, "Our clan is one of the most secretive clans of all, because we have been responsible for guarding the legendary holy weapon in the blood clan for thousands of years, and we have lived a life without hesitation to isolate ourselves from the world for this one, but I have never seen what this holy weapon is when I was a child, no one has ever mentioned the appearance and name of the holy weapon, and the only person who knows about this is the Great Elder who has died, but we all know that our mission is to protect this thing, and now our clan is almost completely destroyed, But I still don't know what it does. ”
Neville held out his hand and asked, "Can you show me?" ”
Mina handed the chalice over, Neville carefully rubbed the chalice as the others admired the unique and luxurious appearance of the chalice in the light, the body of the chalice was inlaid with four rubies in different directions, and the relief pattern carved from the rubies along the rubies was more than a rare treasure or a work of art, which could only be treasured in museums and admired by the world.
With a reverent look on his face, Chusan begged, "Can you let me take it in my hand and see it too?" ”
Neville looked at Mina's pretty face, which was growing pale, and Mina nodded, signaling yes.
Neville handed the chalice to Chussan, who took it with both hands and looked at the chalice up close with Tudun, his expression of joy and love overflowing.
Neville folded his hands around his chest and asked, "You said you don't care about death, as far as I know, you need a lot of blood to survive, and I have seen a lot of people in your clan, and you don't go out to suck other people's blood, how do you survive?" ”
Mina explained: "The races that can protect the Hallows are the oldest races, and their status within us is above the other races, and they have the most primitive noble bloodline, so most of the blood we drink and feed on is provided by the lower races than us, so our diet is all bought blood, and the blood that we can easily obtain from the lower races." ”
Neville continued, "What do they trade with you for the people who provide your blood?" ”
Mina replied, "Because since there is a distinction between high and low, there is a difference between strong and weak fighting power, and there is a great deal of internal contradictions and hatred, we provide combat power to assassinate disobedient humans or internal opponents, and we also provide research on blood and information on the development process of ancient blood and their desire to maintain the purity of the bloodline. ”
Neville understood, and asked, "Are you using each other now?" ”
Mina nodded and said: "Yes, it turns out that some lower races are still subordinate to us and provide blood unconditionally, but due to the passage of time, we gradually lose control of them, blood is much more important to us than water to human beings, so when they have a large amount of blood sources, they negotiate with us to make deals, and we are not good at finding blood sources safely and without being noticed by the world, so gradually this relationship has been formed, and more because' The rules of escapism are something that our own race cannot break at will, and they are now restrained by some of the new generations, and have become assassins hired by them, so as to ensure our common interests, we only kill internal rebels, and we will not take action against ordinary people, but people who are not in our own race, no one understands that no one can control anyone, but they are in a state of mutual containment. ”
Neville didn't expect that even the vampires had such a complicated situation, and thought they could "get along".
Mei Sha'er, who had been sitting beside Mina, said: "The big boss led some of the people who fled to the Tairo tribe, the provider of our blood, and the Duke of Tainan there has always wanted to marry his sister, which is one of the reasons why the Tairo tribe provides us with blood. Then Mesa added: "Because the big boss has not agreed to this matter, he has not had a very pleasant quarrel with the Taylor recently, and they are now getting more and more inched." ”
Neville suddenly wondered if Mina said that it was a little unnatural to maintain the purity of the bloodline, of course, this also showed that Mina was a pure-blooded vampire, which was completely different from those vampires who were first embraced or bitten and turned into slaves.
At this time, the sun was already scorching outside, except for Neville, the rest were dead at the sight of the light, but fortunately, this unmanned movie theater was relatively safe.
The five of them took turns looking at the Holy Grail and still didn't notice any special function of it, and Chusan said, "Isn't it said that if you get it, you can live forever? Can it be brought back to life? ”
Tu Dun picked up the gun and pointed it at his head and said, "Okay, I'll kill you now and see how you can come back to life." ”
Everyone laughed at Qiu Sanna's embarrassed and innocent expression, Tu Dun was still in the mood to laugh at this time, which showed that he was not an ordinary mediocre hand, otherwise there were so many people in the clan, why would they choose him to see the underground cell and do it on the monitor?
In the end, Mina put the Holy Grail at her waist, which everyone could not figure out, and the black dress she was wearing had a white rope the thickness of a little finger around her waist, just enough to tie the neck of the Holy Grail, but she didn't know what the rope did.
Mina stroked her brown hair back and said to Tu Dun, "It stands to reason that if you are a good player in the clan, I should have seen it, why have you never appeared?" ”
Tu Dun shook his big head with neatly trimmed short black hair, and said with a smile: "Miss, because I have never participated in any assassination missions, and I am only responsible for guarding the basement, and the Great Elder only summons me alone, so unless I am the one who does the work of guarding this aspect, it is difficult to know that there is a person like me." ”
Qiu San looked at Mina's pair of wonderful eyes and immediately said, "I've only been a guard with Big Brother Tudun in the last few months, so it's normal that you haven't seen me. ”
Mina suddenly asked, "Do you still have weapons on you?" ”
Neville, Meshar, Tudun, and Chussan each stretched out their hands and flashed their two pistols, and Mina nodded and said, "Very good, you are well prepared, load the bullets, the enemy has already chased here." ”
We were shocked when we saw that the lights in the screening hall had been turned on by someone, and the sunlight was shining through the open door of the hall downstairs.
Looking through the small hole in the screening room, neatly arranged in the aisle of the chairs in the screening hall, three people walked in, they were dressed in black, and they seemed to be the same group as the people who attacked the villa last night, and they could only see their backs at this time, so they were not sure who they were, and it was obvious that although they knew that they were hiding in this movie theater, they didn't know where Neville and the others were hiding, and they were looking around blindly.
Seeing that the situation was favorable, Mina had a plan in her mind, and gestured to the other four to come over, whispering for a while, Neville was the first to walk out of the screening room and go downstairs.