Chapter XXXVI Negotiations in the Chamber
Moments later, two unbridled guests were ushered into the council chamber.
Walking through the terraces, Cassius had an extremely depressed feeling, more than half of these terraces were empty, but on the two people in front of him, the cold expressions of a man and a woman made Cassius feel a chill. The appearance of these two people is similar to the strong enemies described by Joyka, Ray and others, and they should be the two vampires who followed the vampire prince to Hansha City that day, and the red-haired man's burning gaze made Cassius have the illusion that if he looked at him, the blood on his body would be sucked out.
Fortunately, walking beside Owen gave Cassius a reassuring sense of security. Now that he and Owen have a lot of wounds on their bodies, but Cassius just thinks that as long as he stays with Owen, he will never be killed by vampires.
In contrast, the man with his eyes and the impression of a scholar, although his eyes never took his eyes off the book in front of him, Cassius felt that there was a darkness deeper than the black fox hidden from him. The eyes hidden behind the reflective glass lenses are so mysterious and disturbing that they are invisible.
One of the Eight Sages, Ionik, who symbolizes the spirit of "power", walks in front of the two as a guide. His right arm had been restored to its original state, and his clothes had been put back on, indicating that his duties as a warrior had ended, and he had returned to his original position: the steward in charge of the affairs of the Dawning Villa. Therefore, the job of leading the guests naturally falls to him. In fact, as the only strong man among vampires, how could he be trapped by the ice? Uonik pushed out a little harder, Cassius's ice was like glass and shattered, the reason why he didn't continue to fight was because he heard the order of the vampire prince from the council hall behind him: agree to the other party's request for negotiation.
The three of them came to a terrace at the end of the council hall. "The host, the guest has been brought. Uonic bowed slightly to the man on the terrace, then turned into a bat and returned to his own terrace.
He ...... He's the Vampire Prince?" Cassius asked Owen in a dumb whisper. Although he had never met the Vampire Prince himself, the royal temperament that naturally flowed from the man, as well as his position in the council hall and Ionik's attitude just now, were enough to explain his identity to Cassius. Cassius asked Owen just to confirm.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cassius felt an extremely powerful pressure coming from above his head, making him almost breathless. Obviously, the vampire prince was very unhappy with the fat man's daring to question his identity, and deliberately unleashed coercion to embarrass Cassius.
Cassius was almost suffocated, cold sweat dripping, his legs limp, and he almost fell to his knees. Although the power of the vampire prince is not as strong as the power of the dragon, the power of the dragon is a threat from the outside, and the power of the prince of the vampire seems to suddenly rise from the depths of his heart, which is why Cassius has directly suffered the power of the dragon, but he is still unable to resist the pressure of the prince of the bloodsuck.
Fortunately, he is not alone. Owen put his hand on Cassius's shoulder, and a steady spiritual force entered Cassius's heart through Owen's hand, although it could not completely offset the pressure of the vampire prince, it had already made Cassius feel much better.
"That's it. The Vampire Prince waved his hand to stop the pointless fight.
It's too easy to kill these two humans, but since he has just agreed to negotiate, the vampire prince can't go back on his word because of his identity.
It took Cassius half a day to recover from the coercion. He knew that this was a disadvantage of the vampire prince, and he couldn't escape, and since the attack of mental coercion was almost completely ineffective against Owen, he was the only one who was unlucky.
"Your Royal Highness, in Lower Owen, this is my friend Cassius, and we are all companions of Sophia, who is a guest at your place. In order to pick up Sophia, the two of us took the liberty of interrupting, so please forgive me. Owen bowed to the vampire prince sitting on the high terrace, but did not kneel, with a humble attitude, neither humble nor arrogant.
"Don't say extra polite words. The Vampire Prince waved his hand, "Your cousins are beyond my expectations. When I was in Hansar, I was surprised by the back-to-back defeats of Leon and Melissa. And you," the prince pointed to Cassius, "are so young that you can force the black fox to exhaust the magic power that has accumulated for thousands of years. But the one that opened my eyes the most was you. With that, the prince turned his gaze to Owen.
For this murderous compliment, Owen smiled and nodded, and accepted it generously.
"Regarding the situation of Dawning Mountain Villa and the details of the Eight Sages, you are actually like a few treasures and familiar with it. Sue me, who provided you with this information, Carlovin or Little Jack?" said the Prince why he was interested in Owen. Obviously, the only people who know so much about their vampire clan are the other two guys who are also part of the undead triumvirate.
"It was the Lich King who sued me. Owen replied truthfully.
"Hmph, I should have guessed it was him. The Death Knight is no meddler. ”
Hearing the conversation between the two, Cassius, who was standing next to him, suddenly realized. On the way to the Blood Mountains, Owen would meditate for hours at night without being disturbed. At first, Cassius thought that Owen was boosting his mental power for the next battle, but now it seems that Owen used the Soul Separation Technique to visit the Lich King in his soul state to obtain information about the vampire clan. Thinking of this, Cassius couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, Owen took great pains to save Sophia, and his vision was far greater than himself, and he complained that Owen was walking too slowly along the way.
Owen said, "The Lich King also said that His Royal Highness the Vampire Prince would not be confined to such trivial matters. ”
Delkra sneered: "The dignified Lich King will actually help you, it seems that you have a good relationship with Karloven." But it has nothing to do with me, don't think that connections on the Isle of Death will work here at Dawning Heights. ”
Owen never thought so. Before entering the realm of the Blood Mountains, I had never thought of relying on the Lich King. Owen replied humbly.
"In that case, then you should leave the Blood Mountains. For the Lich King's sake, you can be temporarily dismissed for trespassing and injuring your fellow Blood. "The vampire prince mercilessly issued an eviction order.
"Prince of Blood, you should know the determination of Owen and me, why do you still say such meaningless words? Cassius, who was very nervous, continued to grab white, and he was determined not to hit the south wall and not look back.
But Cassius was not the only one who grabbed the white, and before the vampire prince could reply, Leon couldn't help it, he slapped the barricade of the terrace, stood up and shouted: "Which green onion are you! The master is merciful and lets you live, but he doesn't know how to lift it." Even if the master doesn't change his mind, I'll kill you!"
"Those who are already out of the game should not make a big splash in this game. In contrast to his politeness and humility to the vampire prince, Owen was a merciless retort and ridicule of Leon.
The defeat to Joyka a few days ago was a hurdle in Leon's heart, and now Owen's words directly pierced the sore spot, making Leon suddenly angry: "Look for death!" Leon's appearance changed, and powerful magic was released from him, and he had already begun to vampire, and all the murderous aura was directed at Owen......
Just then, someone stopped him. "Do you want to bring yourself to shame again?" Melissa stopped Leon at the last minute.
"Melissa, what do you mean, can't I beat these two little beasts?" Leon was unhappy with Melissa's obstruction.
"Think of the sparrow, the muffle, the black fox, they don't all think the same way as you, but what about the result? don't forget that you had the same idea when you lost to that human. Melissa gave Leon a reason that Leon couldn't argue.
"You ......" Leon was annoyed, but Melissa was not unreasonable, if he lost again, it would be a loss of face for the Eight Sages. Seeing that Ionik and Orom were not willing to make a move, Leon weighed for two seconds, then left a cold snort and an angry look, and used spatial magic to teleport out of the council hall.
The matter was settled, and Melissa returned to her seat and sat down again.
This episode did not affect the negotiations between Owen and the Vampire Prince.
"Your Royal Highness, Cassius has made clear the purpose of our trip just now. We hope you will give us an answer. After running away from Leon, Owen changed to a polite smile again.
"I see your determination. But it is an unchangeable fact that Korista has been appointed as the new owner of Dawning Heights, and that she will become the Vampire Princess, the next leader of the Bloodline. "The Prince of Vampire seals off any room for negotiation.
"Yes, Your Royal Highness, have you ever thought that Sophia has the right to choose her own path in life, rather than being arranged by others to take a path that she does not want to take? Even if Your Highness uses strong means to force Sophia to comply, when she truly becomes a vampire princess, will she sincerely serve as the leader of the Blood Clan? Owen reasoned and reasoned with the vampire prince what was at stake.
But the Prince of Vampire smiled at Owen's words, "The power to choose your own destiny? Did I become a vampire prince in the first place, and I also chose it myself? You must know that some people's fate is arranged from birth, and no matter how they subjectively choose, they will end up on the path of being arranged by fate. ”
"I know a lot about fate. I very much agree with what His Highness just said, but there is one thing I think you are mistaken, the vampire princess was not a fate that Sophia had to face in the first place. "Owen is unrelenting and argues.
"You're bold, but you're in the wrong place. Whether fate changes or not is not decided by one or two sentences, but whether there is the strength to change fate. The prince looked down at Owen and Cassius, and the atmosphere of murder suddenly rose again. "Since you dare to come to this Dawning Villa to negotiate with me, you must have some confidence. I was trying to see if you had any bargaining chips with me. ”
"Yes!" Owen didn't even think about it, and the affirmative answer rushed out, "Our chip is: your son." ”