― Spain, where the Manzanares River runs through Madrid. On the outskirts of Madrid, on the banks of the Manzanares Valley, a majestic castle rises.

The coolness of the early morning and the slightly bright sky make the whole castle full of vicissitudes and mystery.

Outside the castle, on the banks of the Manzanares River, a wooden platform two meters wide and three meters long stretches out to the surface of the river through which it flows. A burly man with a mustache was sitting quietly on a folding chair on a wooden platform fishing.

He has dark hair, blue and deep eyes staring at the float on the river, the bridge of his nose is straight, his facial features are angular, and he looks like he is in his fifties. Holding a fishing rod in one hand, gently kneading the corner of his beard with the other, and wearing a loose priest's robe, his demeanor and temperament are unusually gentlemanly.

His name was Auston, and he didn't look to be in his fifties, but his actual age was terrifying. His background also does not match his unusually gentlemanly appearance, if Prince Clark is the regent of Camarilla, then he is the regent of the other faction of the Bloodline, the 'Demon Party', Prince Auston.

'Jingle Bell...... The bell tower of the castle behind him would ring briefly every ten minutes, day after day, year after year. If it doesn't ring, it means that something is happening inside the castle.

Not far away, Prince Xia Zuo, a white-haired old butler, slowly walked out of the castle with a black cloak in his hand, walked up the wooden platform along the path among the weeds, stood behind the angler and bowed slightly and smiled: "Sir, it's almost dawn, you should go back and rest." ”

'Shh' Auston raised an index finger to his lips and made a silent motion, and then the fishing rod in his hand suddenly shook, and the water surface 'banged', and a crucian carp was caught by him casually, leaped out of the water, and fell into his hand accurately.

He had a wooden bucket with a small half bucket of water beside him, and after unhooking the crucian carp, he did not put it in the bucket, but threw the crucian carp back into the river.

'Puff' crucian carp enters the water and shakes its head and tail. It quickly disappeared into the water. The old housekeeper Xia Zuo looked at the wooden barrel with only clear water and no fish, and asked with a smile, "Sir, how is today's harvest?" ”

"The harvest is good, including this one just now, I have already caught eighteen." Alston smiled and glanced at the sky, handily setting the rod aside. Wash your hands in the water of the barrel.

Pick up a towel and wipe your hands. Finally stood up from the folding chair, and stretched his chest and muscles against the cool breeze blowing from the river. ()

The old butler Xia Zuo shook off the black cloak in his hand and draped it over his shoulders. Auston tugged at his cloak with both hands and turned to stroll back to the castle.

The old butler, Xia Zuo, quickly gathered up the fishing tools on the wooden platform and took them, and followed behind Auston.

The two of them walked on the path among the weeds one after the other, looking leisurely and quiet, but after walking on the road to the castle, the two suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky one after another.

I only heard a faint 'whirring' sound of flapping wings. As the bells on the castle's bell tower rang again, something seemed to be attracted by the bells. Soon, a group of dense black shadows appeared in the sight of the two, only to see a group of bats flying densely in the faint sky.

After a large group of bats flew over the castle, they refused to leave, and kept circling over the castle. There seems to be some inseparable magic force that attracts them, making them constantly change formations in the air, constantly forming a set of plausible patterns, which is magnificent.

Auston and the old butler Xia Zuo looked at each other with a look of shock in their eyes, because the pattern formed by the bats above the castle turned out to be a name. The name 'Auston' is repeatedly presented in the air by the group of bats, scattered and then formed again. As if summoning Prince Auston.

Auston's indifferent expression suddenly became solemn, and he walked briskly towards the castle, gradually trotting, looking up at the sky from time to time. A black cloak fluttered behind him.

After the two of them ran into the castle, they kept moving their steps in the wide and empty siege to look up at the bats in the sky above, and this time the name 'Auston' became more and more clear, and the bats were indeed calling him Prince Auston.

Soon, the eyes of the two of them were drawn to a blood-red bat as big as a dove in the air, which was much larger than ordinary bats. The blood-red bats diligently shuttle through the air, and it is under its drive that the bats continue to form summoning words in the air, and the situation is very strange.

Alston's pupils narrowed, staring at the red bat. The old butler Xia Zuo was the same, and said in a deep voice: "Sir, this is a blood bat, only a high-level blood clan can use its own blood to cultivate it for more than a hundred years to understand human nature, it obviously already has this ability." However, there are not many people in the history of the Bloodline who can communicate with bats, especially to domesticate them into messengers, and they must have strong communication skills with bats, and only the King of the Bloods can do this. The noble bloodline of the Clark clan made it possible for them to comprehend a strange talent after reaching a certain level of strength, and the talent of the king of the blood clan

The supernatural power is to be able to use sound waves to communicate perfectly with bats. So it's very likely that this blood bat is a messenger sent by the King of Blood, but isn't he imprisoned? ”

Auston took a deep breath, suddenly ripped off the black cloak on his body, threw it to the ground on the side, shook his head and opened his arms suddenly, and roared with a 'ho', the whole person quickly went berserk, black earthworm-like lines quickly appeared on the skin of his face, his pupils narrowed and became as black as ink, and the corners of his mouth showed two Sensen fangs, and the fierce aura permeated him.

His roar immediately sent the swarms of bats over the castle scattered, and they no longer accepted the red bat, the size of a dove, and soon dispersed. Only the red bat was still hovering in the air, without the slightest fear.

Auston had quickly pulled up the sleeve of his left hand, exposing his bare arm, and he opened his fangs and bit directly into his arm.

After releasing his mouth, blood flowed from his arm, and two holes had already appeared.

Auston raised his bleeding arm into the air and shouted majestically into the air, "Auston! ”

The red bat hovering in the air immediately responded with two 'squeaks', and seemed to have finally found its target, flew down, and lay firmly on his arm.

When Auston raised his arms across his eyes, the Blood Bat was already lying on his arm, greedily sucking the blood from the wound, and it seemed to like to suck the blood of the High Bloods.

It wasn't until the belly was rounded that the blood bat raised its head and squeaked twice, crawled to the other end of Auston's forearm, began to feed back the blood in his stomach, and wrote a line on his arm with his mouth, the handwriting was blatant 'sos Huaxia'.

Auston's frenzied state gradually died down, and he turned back to his normal appearance, staring at the handwriting on his arm for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "The distress signal, the location is Huaxia...... It should be a distress signal from the 'king' who was trapped in China. He stretched out his other hand and stroked the hideous-looking blood bat like a pet, "It seems that he can lead us to the location where the 'king' is trapped." ”

After reading the handwriting, the old housekeeper Xia Zuo frowned and said: "It is not easy to domesticate a blood bat, it should be unlikely that the 'king' is in a trapped environment to domesticate a second one, if there is only one, why doesn't the 'king' let the blood bat go to his son Clark, but let it come to us?" ”

Auston said indifferently: "If Clark doesn't receive a distress signal, it means that Clark has lost the trust of the 'king' in him." And the noble Lesensen family will never betray their solemn promises, this is the charm of our Lesenlu family, the real noble and incomparably noble charm! ”

There was another 'jingle bell' sound from the bell tower, and Auston looked up at the golden sky, stroked the blood bat on his arm with one hand, and turned to walk towards the castle.

After the two returned to the castle hall, Auston was sitting on the sofa and stroking the blood bat on his arm in contemplation, but Xia Zuo came over with his hand on the microphone and interrupted his contemplation in a low voice, "Sir, Clark personally called to talk to you." ”

"Huh?" Auston frowned and said, "Could it be that our judgment was wrong, and he also received a distress signal from the 'king'?" After hesitating, he took the phone to his ear and said indifferently: "Clark, are you looking for me?" ”

Clark's hoarse voice came from the phone, "Auston, on behalf of Camarilla, I invite you 'Demon Party' to go to Huaxia to find the legend together. ”

Auston asked, "What legend?" ”

Clark said bluntly: "My father went to Huaxia to find the legend that met with bad luck, and now I have a definite clue, and I am very sure that I will find that legend, but the Huaxia Guardian is a powerful obstacle." Therefore, Camarilla is willing to cooperate with your Demon Party, join forces to tear apart the guardians of Huaxia, and share that legend together. ”

With a meaningful smile on his face, Auston said, "If I were you, I should find a way to save your father first." ”

Clark sighed: "You know, I tried it a hundred years ago, and I tried again some time ago, but I was still defeated at the hands of the Huaxia Guardians, and their strength is very strong, so I invited you demon parties to join forces against the enemy, and saving my father is also one of the purposes of this trip." I don't think your demon party will give up that dream that made the blood of the entire blood clan boil! ”

Auston pondered for a while and said, "The Demon Party will become your powerful ally, see you Huaxia!" ”

"Very good, get in touch again!" Clark hung up.

Auston slowly turned his head to look at the blood bat on his arm, he did not tell Sù Clark about the blood bat's distress, since the 'king' did not believe his son, then he had to keep it a secret from Clark.

He picked up the phone and dialed another number, put it to his ear and waited for a while, after a hard voice came from the microphone, he smiled and said, "Balke, it's me ......"

Although he is the regent of the Demon Party, the Demon Party has two main families, he is the leader of the Lesensen family, and the Balk who is contacted on the phone is the head of another family, the 'Jimi' family. ______________________