Chapter 35: The Wise Man of the Bloodline
Looking at the red burning clouds in the sky outside the window, Luo Liya secretly breathed a sigh of relief and closed the roof of the building. The slightly arched fan-shaped canopy gradually closes under the action of the mechanism.
She now sits on the roof of a high-rise building, covered with frosted floor-to-ceiling windows and a steel leaf ceiling that creates a large rooftop lobby. The hall is fully equipped with several large areas separated by screens, and the lounge area has a plasma TV, combined stereo, and a pine bed. The activity area has leather sofas, a mini bar, a pool table, a piano and even a small swimming pool.
"Ding!" The elevator on the top floor rang a crisp bell, and the girl who had been following Luo Liya strolled into the lobby on the top floor.
The original tuxedo has been replaced by a short-sleeved T-shirt and denim shorts, a pair of flat-heeled sandals on her feet, black hair tied into a ponytail at the back of her head, and red nail polish on her toes, looking like a girl next door.
"Your Excellency, you're back!" Luo Liya turned around and bowed respectfully, and presented the disc from Xu Mo with both hands.
"Well, get ready, we have another VIP coming!" The girl casually took the disc and threw it on the table, as if the disc that everyone was fighting for was of no importance to her, and was not worth a second glance.
Hearing this, Loria agreed, took out the wine and drinks from the bar and put them on the low table in front of the sofa, took out all kinds of fruits and desserts from the double-door freezer, and began to make various fruit platters with her own hands, humming elegant tunes from time to time, obviously enjoying this kind of work.
After a while, the girl was piled up with a dazzling array of fruit plates in front of her, and the girl picked up a fruity cake between her fingers and put it into the cherry mouth, closing her eyes and tasting it. The sweet and smooth taste has been penetrating from the tip of the tongue into the throat, and after holding the wine glass, after drinking a sip of Lafite, the taste of the red wine is slightly astringent mixed with the sweetness of the cake, which has a general flavor.
"Luo Liya, you have more and more tricks, I'm afraid that the professional pastry chefs in French restaurants don't have your pastry skills." The girl sighed with emotion.
"Hee-hee, as long as adults like it!" Luo Liya straightened the wide hem of the whalebone skirt, sat opposite the girl, and tasted a glass of red wine, "My lord, when is that VIP coming?" ”
"He's already here, and when you were making dessert just now, he was still watching the floor-to-ceiling window for a long time. It's just that you were too attentive and didn't sense his presence, Luo Liya, you haven't fought for too long, and your sensing power has dropped! The girl put down her glass and sighed.
Luo Liya's face changed, and then she immediately relaxed, "There are adults here, what am I worried about, hehe!" ”
"Alright, Master Cole, come out!" The girl leaned slightly to the side, folded her hands on her knees, and nodded ladyfully towards a corner of the room.
The void rippled like a wave of water, and a sturdy man with a red upper body suddenly appeared in the hall, and a cold mechanical voice sounded, "Which prince of the thirteen blood clans are you?" ”
"I am the patriarch of the Fanzhuo clan, my name is Erwin!" The girl said with a smile.
"Prince Elwin!" Xu Mo frowned slightly, he didn't feel any threat in this girl's body, on the contrary, he had a good feeling of harmony and closeness, which made him feel very bad.
He remembered the first time he met Victor, at that time, compared to Victor, Xu Mo, who was like an ant, also did not feel the threat brought by Victor, and even had a sense of safety and comfort. This is the result of too much difference in perception between the two sides and being completely suppressed.
"Your Excellency, you have brought me here, is there anything you want to talk to me about?" Xu Mo cautiously took a few steps back, bringing his body closer to the floor-to-ceiling window.
"Don't be so nervous, Mistress Cole!" Prince Erwin, who looked like a girl, narrowed his beautiful eyes, and a sly smile appeared on his delicate face like a flower, "I didn't bring you here, you followed me all the way and came here!" ”
"Your Excellency, for people like us, language is just a tool, let's waste our tongues!" Xu Mo said lightly.
"Lord Cole, this is not the attitude towards beautiful women! Could it be that I have a few more wrinkles on my face, and it is not attractive? The girl frowned, touched her cheeks, and sighed, "Alas, I'm old, I can't help it!" ”
"My lord, you are still very young, and now you are getting more and more feminine!" Luo Liya said flatteringly.
"Really? Loria, your mouth is getting sweeter! The girl's big eyes narrowed into a crescent moon shape, and she covered her mouth and smiled.
"Your Excellency, I have other things to do!" Looking at the girl in front of him, Xu Mo began to feel a pain in his brain.
"Hee-hee, Master Cole, for an undead race like us, there's no need to rush anything!" The girl's eyes flashed, "Back then, I was in Corsica, and I didn't see you as a racial taboo, I must first determine your identity, are you really Cole?" Why do I feel like your body is no older than 30? ”
Xu Mo Ran, his law body is to take away other plot characters, and his real age is indeed only in his twenties, "I am a human being, and I am not an undead creature, and the body will die naturally!" As for whether it is Cole or not, Your Excellency the Prince still needs to judge for himself! ”
"Oh, I believe Loria, since she said you're Cole, then you can't be wrong!" Prince Erwin pondered for a moment, and no longer asked Xu Mo how he spent thousands of years as a human being, "I brought you here because I wanted to ask you for help!" ”
"Your Excellency, please speak!" Xu Mo's heart jumped suddenly, trying to calm his tone down, he had a hunch that this young prince was very likely to unlock some of the secrets about the blood clan in his heart.
"The war between the three clans a thousand years ago, in fact, could have been avoided. At that time, I had made some efforts to unite the three races in Corsica, and the tragedy of Sonia and Garcia did not necessarily fail to become a comedy, but unfortunately when I left for San Cice, all my efforts were in vain because of your intervention! A cold glint flashed in the girl's eyes.
"Your efforts have only made the rule of the Bloods more mild, and the fact that humans and werewolves are enslaved cannot be changed!" Xu Mo said lightly.
"Mistress Cole, you're right! But now that you humans have been freed from slavery? Isn't there no human blood sucked by humans today? A sarcastic smile appeared on the Maiden Prince's face, "It's just that the people who enslave humans and suck human flesh have been replaced by you humans yourself." In this sense, humans are more cruel than the Bloods, at least the Bloods don't suck the blood of their compatriots! ”
Xu Mo was speechless, he couldn't refute the words of this blood prince, because she was telling the truth. After a long time, Xu Mo sighed, "What do you want me to do?" ”
"Don't worry! What I want you to do is only good for humanity......" Prince Erwin blinked and chuckled, "but first you have to take off that nasty iron mask on your face, I'm not used to talking to an iron mask!" ”
Xu Mo let his body relax and sink into the leather sofa, one hand resting diagonally on the back of the sofa, clutching his steel mask, and the other hand supporting his chin, and began to think about the information that Prince Erwin had just revealed.
Caesar once mentioned to Xu Mo that after entering the modern world, the blood clan changed its way of life in a timely manner, no longer pursuing the domination of the world, but hiding in human society and began to coexist with humans. This change was echoed by seven of the thirteen clans, who formed a party, known as the Secret Party, which passed down the Six Commandments with the main purpose of "escaping the world".
Four of the thirteen bloodlines did not join the Secret Order, but instead pursued a life of freedom and pleasure, and although they were unwilling to obey the many commandments of the Secret Order, they also acquiesced to the supreme purpose of the "escapism" precepts, and these Bloods were called neutrals.
In addition to the eleven blood clans mentioned above, the last two remaining blood clans still did not give up the struggle for world domination. They advocate the use of fear, violence, and destruction to disintegrate human society, incite internal wars among the human race, accumulate the power of the bloods, and reclaim the world by force. These two blood clans formed a demon party with the opposite purpose of the secret party's "escape from the world", and its leader was none other than Prince Victor.
After entering the modern world where human force is powerful, the Demon Party has almost completely ceased hostilities. However, in recent years, the Demon Party under the leadership of Prince Victor has resumed some clandestine activities. Correspondingly, the secret party was soon aware of these activities.
Because the secret party has a commandment that their own people cannot kill each other, Prince Elwin cannot stop Victor's actions. However, the secret party is also worried that Prince Victor's actions will cause the entire blood clan to face annihilation, and the mortal enemy Holy See and the Exorcist Guild will not be able to communicate, so Erwin wants to use Xu Mo's power to eliminate the racial crisis brought by Prince Victor.