Chapter 81: The Bloodline (I)

Hearing this sudden voice, although I don't know why, Elsa's head unconsciously lowered. When the hostess's eyes met the black cat's, time seemed to stand still in Elsa's subjective senses. She couldn't feel anything else, only the red cat eyes in her eyes, which took over the boss's entire vision, making it impossible for her to think about anything else.

"Wake up. Cheese's voice was like a thunderbolt that shattered the huge pupils in front of the proprietress in front of her, and as the mage's voice sounded in her ears, Elsa could finally feel her presence again.

"I'm ...... What's wrong?" the proprietress said confusedly, looking blankly at the snacks that fell on the ground and the cheese standing in front of her. Her last memory paused in grabbing the black creature, and then she didn't remember anything.

"It's okay, you're just hypnotized by that wild cat. It would be nice to take a little rest. With that, Cheese helped Elsa to the chair in the room, and then turned to pick up what had fallen on the floor.

"I remember, I grabbed something, it was a cat?" the proprietress held her forehead, trying to remember what had just happened.

"A vampire who transforms into a cat, to be exact. "I put the snacks scattered on the floor on the small table, fortunately these snacks were wrapped in a layer of paper bags and were not stained with dust, but there were also a few paper bags that were opened due to the collision, and the food inside could not be guaranteed to touch the floor.

"What are you talking about, vampire!" Elsa exclaimed, not daring to check the packaging of the snacks.

"Be quiet, you're going to wake up the others. Closing the door, Cheese sat down on the edge of the bed and said.

"But you said it was a vampire! How could such an evil thing appear here?" However, for those who actually live in a world where these night predators exist, vampires have never had anything to do with romance. What they can bring is not the sweet dream of a young girl's dream, only one corpse after another with dried blood. Vampire, the name is synonymous with danger and uncleanness.

"It depends, it looks like that guy should have been here years ago, but I've never heard of Iron Keep being the hunting ground of any Bloodline. So it can be seen that he is just a small character. Opening a bag of well-wrapped pastry, Cheese took a bite and said.

"Small roles...... I don't know what a vampire is in your eyes, but you have to know that this guy is as terrible as the plague itself! Why didn't the lord of the city burn him to death? This guy will destroy the city! Gods, why is there such an unclean existence in this world!" It can be seen that although she has a fear of vampires, the short contact with the black cat just now really frightened the proprietress .

"That's enough!" Cheese said in a rare tone to his companion, "I can understand why you have such a big opinion about vampires. But don't get so excited, vampires aren't hard monsters to defeat, and in fact, those guys aren't much better than a normal person when you understand the weaknesses. And...... Some of them didn't become that way of their own volition. ”

Frightened by the mage's tone, Elsa looked at the really annoyed expression on Cheese's face and realized that this time the mage was probably really angry. She suddenly remembered that when she was chatting with Gloria before, the other party had mentioned that it was a woman of the blood clan who took care of her in the gray tower where the cheese grew up, and it was said that this woman also took care of the cheese. Then the mage must have extremely close feelings for this lady, although his words in fear just now did not refer to a specific bloodline, but it is no wonder that Cheese is angry when he scolds the entire vampire population like this.

"Sorry...... I was so excited. Looking down at her toes, Elsa whispered.

The mage also realized his gaffe at this time, and he was also annoyed by his impulse just now, knowing that the proprietress was not referring to An Lina, but he didn't hold back yelling at Elsa. He didn't look at the proprietress anymore and responded.

"I'm sorry, too, I'm too excited. I'm very close to a Bloodline, so I can't help but ...... what you just said It was my fault. ”

"So, can you tell me about this Bloodline? I'm curious. Elsa said.

Cheese chuckled when he heard this, he half lay down on the bed, leaned his back against the wall, took another bite of the pastry in his hand, thought for a moment, and spoke.

"I'm afraid I can't tell you about me and her now, it's too long. However, if you'd like to listen, I can tell you a little bit about what those vampires are, and maybe you'll have a different impression of them after listening to them. ”

"Say it, I'd love to hear it. ”

So the mage cleared his throat and began to explain how vampires he knew were different from those in the eyes of ordinary people. In Cheese's dictation, the bloodlines are different from what ordinary people think are all loners, and although the vampires have no concept of age, they still have the difference between the transformed and the transformed, and according to this special relationship, they form a large or independent "family". The world is cruel, even for the Bloods, whether it is an attack from other beings in the darkness, or a competition from the same clan for territory, or even a counterattack from their prey, the "humans", all of which are enough to kill the weak Bloodline, so the vampires have a deep dependence on their "family". They are like wolves living in nature, forming groups with different divisions of labor to live in the dark, and as the leader of the group, it is often the one with the highest rank and the oldest bloodline in the "family", who is the source of blood for all members of the "family", so he also has the power to command other members.

The power from the bloodline is irreversible to the vampire, and even the bloodclan with the power to slaughter cities and destroy the country will become extremely vulnerable to his transformers. This phenomenon has created a rigid hierarchy among vampires. Therefore, it is possible that the ruling effectiveness of the Bloodlines is more orderly and efficient than that of humans, a species of rapid change of power. In short, since the vampires are gathered in family units, they must need a large number of humans to feed the family members, which makes it necessary for each vampire family to have its own territory, which is what they call a hunting area. These hunting areas are often cities or large settlements, and only the lonely wandering bloods will choose to hunt in places like the countryside where human relations are simple, and the close interpersonal relationships brought about by the sparse population can make every hunt for these vampires very dangerous. If they are not careful, they will be crucified to a poplar cross by the villagers with pitchforks and hoes.

The vampire family, which occupies the huge population resources of the city, is much less stressful in its natural life, and the mobile and permanent population of a small city is enough to feed about twenty vampires of a medium-sized vampire family without attracting anyone's attention. Not to mention the outsiders who disappeared and no one cared about them, the people in the city who died naturally every day alone were enough to keep the vampires alive. However, there are only so many cities in a kingdom, so wars between vampire families over territory are often the root cause of a large number of vampire deaths.