Chapter 56: The General Assembly
It took a week to cross the English Channel and arrive in France, passing through Switzerland and finally arriving in Venice, one of Italy's most famous water cities.
The half-month-long journey finally ended at the moment when Bedren got out of the carriage.
As far as the eye can see, the colourful buildings rise and the waterways crisscross to form some of the most unique streets in Venice. On the large and small waterway streets, there are "gondola" boats that belong to this place.
In addition to the many waterways, there are various bridges connecting the city, and all other means of transportation in the city are prohibited by order, except for small boats.
Riding a boat through the winding alleys of the water, the bustling and tranquil atmosphere of this place makes Bedren feel relaxed and happy.
They are like fish swimming in the blue waves, led by the skilled paddle rowing of the captain, and appreciate the unique charm of the city.
In a housing cluster, the boat stopped.
Bedrun walked straight through the narrow streets to a red-walled, green-roofed building with dark red oak doors carved with delicate patterns.
Lifting the door buckle, Bedren slammed the door.
A short time later, a waiter greeted him and walked into the building.
As soon as you enter the house, the carved marble floors cover all the places, the walls are covered with all kinds of oil paintings, and the light from the delicate glass lamps is bright and vivid.
The waiter led Bedren up a simple but atmospheric marble staircase to the second floor of the building, where the vermilion door was opened, and there was a large hall.
In the center is a long table of exquisite workmanship and inlaid with stones of various colors. It can accommodate nearly 20 people to sit together.
The huge lanterns on the ceiling decorate the whole hall magnificently, with some stone carvings placed around, and the walls are still stylish oil paintings and murals.
Between the long tables, there were already seven guys with different looks.
They are the elders of the Seven Clans, representing the supreme power of the entire Secret Alliance, the seven highest magistrates elected by each clan, and they will occasionally tour each of the cities under the jurisdiction of the Prince.
Once a problem is discovered, it has the right to convene a general assembly and act as the presiding officer, with supreme jurisdiction, and the princes and lords of the realms cannot disobey their will.
They were the eldest of the clan, arrogant, and a bunch of old fellows who weren't easy to deal with.
Judging from the position near the door, they are the Elder Dole of the Bruhe Clan, with a burly figure, and their blood clan is the most brave warrior in the Secret Alliance, with superior combat effectiveness, and a force to be reckoned with.
In order, there are Elder Allen of Gangaro, who are animal-like bloodlines who reveal their bestiality in their blood at night.
After losing control, the body will irreversibly grow animal characteristics, but fortunately, this elder did not have such a bad situation, and it is normal.
Next up was Elder Ryo of the Mykawi, a nervous fellow with great insight and wisdom.
Their bloodline is the insanity of the wise, and the symptoms of the insanity of these guys are varied, ranging from madness to delusion to multiple personalities.
Fortunately, this elder's symptoms were not too serious, otherwise he would not have been able to sit in his position today.
To say that McCarvey, who is dominated by sudden desires and fantasies, is an uncontrollable madman, madness makes them lose their fear of pain and death, so it is difficult to subdue them.
Then there was Elder Kino of Nophil, an ugly-looking guy who had been hiding in a black robe all his life.
Their bloodline has become ugly day by day since the first embrace, and can only live in crypts or cemeteries, but they are very united intelligence workers, and it can be said that most of the reliable information of the secret party is provided by their bloodline.
Then there's Elder Sean of Toledo, a guy who loves the arts, and he helped design this building for the Secret League meeting place.
Participating in this rally is quite boring for him, and if he can, he can choose to close his eyes, turn a deaf ear to everything, and immerse himself in his own fantasy art world.
Their blood clan is a group of passionate art creators, full of passion for everything, enjoying the attention and praise of high society, but quite dislike boring officialdom entertainment.
Then there is the Elder Schiller of the Sinmores, a man of all who is proficient in magic, a deep and scheming Blood, who carries the Secret Party on their backs and uses even more magic for themselves than the Secret Alliance.
Mysterious and difficult to provoke, maybe the disappearance of one of the bloodlines will become the guinea pig on their cold experimental bench.
The last one was Elder Lauren of the Van Zhuo clan, a refined nobleman.
The Van Zhuo clan is the leader of the secret party, maintaining the foundation of the secret party, and most of the princes of the city are members of the Van Zhuo clan, and the new members have to be selected from among the nobles, wealthy merchants, and members of the upper class.
It is the mission of the Fanzhuo clan to strictly supervise the implementation of the blood precepts, and they also determine the direction of the development of the secret party, so arrogance is a label often given to them by other blood clans.
Each of the seven Bloodlines has its own different personalities and temperaments, and plays different roles in the Secret Party.
Seeing Bedren's arrival, they reacted differently, except for the elders of the same clan, who seemed to be more enthusiastic, and the rest were lukewarm, or even too lazy to pay attention.
The elders of the seven clans are at the top, and the vacant heads are left to the princes who have not yet arrived, according to the distribution area of the blood clan society.
With the exception of Bedren in Croatia, the other five princes have not yet arrived, and all are expected to arrive by tonight.
Since Bedren was the first to arrive, he naturally had to face the "torture" of the seven elders in turn.
These guys like to spend their boring life in their comfort zone like Venice, and in their eyes, it is the easiest and happiest thing in the world to easily govern a group of young bloods.
In a social system where the elders of the blood clan are respected, the age of blood is always stronger than the ability, and the day the elder is there, the younger are always limited by it.
Their unanimous questions all revolve around the emerging power, the demons. This is a potential threat, there is no doubt about it.
A series of recent changes have reached their ears, and for the normal operation of the blood clan society, they have specially convened an internal general assembly that only belongs to the upper echelons of the blood clan.
"I heard that your son Galo had close contact with the demons, right?"
A man in a wide robe with a thick beard spoke, he was the Grand Elder of the Sinmore clan, Schiller.
Beckren gestured to him and spoke, "Dear Elder Schiller, as you know, yes. ”
"In your manor, it seems that there are still two mutated blood clans imprisoned, is there really such a thing?"
Keno, the elder of Nofila, asked in a low voice through his wide robes.
"Yes, Elder Kino, that's true!"
Bedren replied respectfully.
The elders present, with the exception of Toredo, who had no quarrel with the world, all asked Bedren some questions.
Bedren also patiently and meticulously told all the information he knew about the demons.
Since it was not a formal meeting, they did not discuss too much, only discussed sporadically for a while, and then took a break for a while.
After a long wait, the other five princes also arrived at the meeting site one after another.
A rally on how to deal with the rise of the emerging demon party has finally begun.
First of all, Bedren gave a brief introduction to the information about the Demon Party.
The princes reported the traces of the demons and the turmoil found in the territory.
One of the biggest problems is that not only the human society in the territory is in turmoil, but also within the blood society, members continue to disappear.
In addition, the turmoil in human society has caused a strong response, and now the survival of the blood clan in the human world has become more severe, it can be said that the demon clan is hidden in the dark, disturbing the normal order of the human race and the blood clan, and causing both sides to fall into dire straits.
If this cancer is not removed, it will be difficult to recover and maintain normal development, so it is necessary to find out the true purpose and identity of the enemy.
For now, it is only known that the demons will make people the walking dead, and assimilate the blood clan into their own kind. The rest of the purpose and true identity are unknown, where they came from, and how to deal with them.
After some discussion, the elders of the Seven Clans took Elder Lauren of the Fanzhuo Clan as the core of their speeches and announced the results of the discussion at this meeting.
"Princes, go down and look for excellent members, form an intelligence team, and find out all the information of the demons as soon as possible, our secret party must formulate a response plan as soon as possible to prevent the demons from eroding our entire secret party alliance.
Prince Bedrun, having experience in this area, set out his mission with his region as the core.
In addition, all clans and blood clans strictly abide by the precepts, and during this period, do not have any conflicts with the demons, nor do they have conflicts with human society, and avoid unnecessary sacrifices. During this time, it is only necessary to recuperate, prepare the necessities for wartime, and wait for news from the intelligence team. ”
The princes agreed without any objections.
The meeting seemed to be over, but it was pushed to another explosive point by a word from Elder Dole of Bruch.
I saw him raise his eyebrows and stare meaningfully at Bedren, who was in the limelight at this meeting: "I heard that Prince Bedren has a son named Galo, who actually fornicated with a human woman and gave birth to evil seeds, is there really such a thing?" ”
Bedren's smile instantly froze on his face, and he looked at the ill-intentioned Dole, knowing that he was trying to drag himself into the water so that he could elect the people of Bruch in the land of Croatia to take over his throne.
But at the moment, Bedren couldn't lie about Dole's attack, so he could only nod his head: "What Elder Dole said is the truth. ”
"So there is such an indecent son, how can you, as a father, be responsible?" Dole continues to be aggressive.
All the blood clans present had different expressions, each with their own thoughts, and none of them opened their mouths to mediate this accident.
As a member of the adjudicators, Lauren naturally can't open his mouth to show favoritism, even if he is of the same race, he has to treat everyone equally. Most of the rest of the princes are also from the Fanzhuo clan, and if they open their mouths, they are even more suspected of favoritism, and they dare not speak.