Chapter 40: The Crimson Vampire
The ship returned to the underground base and docked in the armory next to the pyramid, which was already a large metropolis surrounded by various industrial and military facilities.
"I didn't expect this outcome," Selene said to Gallence in the elevator, "is he trying to usurp the throne or really wants to save Atlantis?" β
"Yes, but probably both," Garence responded.
"It's funny, isn't it, when power and kinship collide together, when crisis and glory collide. Selene sighed.
"Glory?" said Garence in a cold tone, "his glory will not save anyone," he said what he had said to King More, "it is only a self-consoling joke, and if Atlantis wants to continue, it must listen to me, this is the sorrow of weakness." β
"Yes, the sorrow of the weak. β
Council Chamber
In the center of the table sat the Book of Darkness, with Garence, Apocalypse, and Selene sitting aside.
"So what's your solution, how do you stop those ghost riders?" asked Garence.
"The power of the Evil Ghost Rider mainly comes from Hellfire, and its effect on soul attacks is much greater than the effect of its own flames, which is why Evil Ghost Rider can punish demons, so if we want to deal with these guys, we have to start from the soul level, I don't know if you remember those vampires I said, I think they can be properly transformed. β
"Transformation, you mean transforming their souls?"
"That's just part of it, I think we can work together to transform vampires from body and soul, I came across one many years ago, I have to say that the vampire's combat power is too weak, if you can, I mean hypothetical, the body of the vampire has been connected to the magic of the Dark Divine Book, if you can inject your crimson magic into their bodies, I think they will be a lot stronger, the Dark Divine Book is a good thing, but it is not suitable for all the time, long-term use will make our souls fall, even you can't, but the crimson magic is different, as long as you are still there, the vampires will continue to absorb manaI've heard that the vampire ancestor Valne can be resurrected indefinitely, maybe we can apply this spell to all the vampires, and even create a few more vampire ancestors, as long as we have the Dark Divine Book, they will definitely obey us, but the energy required for this spell is probably only what you can consume. β
Garence pondered for a moment, then said, "The plan works, but how do we get all the vampires here?
"It stands to reason that the Dark Book can respond to your needs and give you the corresponding power, as long as your magic dog is strong enough, it can't control you, so if you want to summon them all, open the Divine Book. Selene pointed to the Divine Book, and her attitude was obvious, she would never touch the Divine Book, and if she wanted to achieve her goal, she had to come by Gallance herself.
Sighing helplessly, Garence had to make up his mind, open the book of gods, the texture of the book is very cold, holding it is like touching some kind of terrifying existence, Gallance opened the book of gods, inside the withered yellow parchment in complex ancient Egyptian characters written spells, as well as records about ancient times.
"Use it to your heart's content~"
A voice came into Garence's ears, and in his field of vision, a black dwarf popped out, his eyes greedy and evil, and his face was hideous, "Use it~"
The sound was like a hypnotic incantation, Garence felt a wave of dizziness, he quickly closed his eyes to stabilize his mind, the core of the apostle in his body released a large amount of life energy, when he opened his eyes again, "Get out!" He shook his head violently, the crimson magic and the apostle's energy guarded his soul together, the dwarf also disappeared from his vision when he saw this, Gallance knew that he had succeeded.
Turning to the second page, it recorded the history of vampires, and at this moment, the Divine Book suddenly released a large amount of dark magic, the magic rolled into a ball and broke through the window of the council hall and landed outside the pyramid to condense into a ball, and the people of Gallence hurriedly flew over when they saw this, and the black smoke spread out and filled the entire venue.
"What did you do?" Selene watched warily at everything in front of him, "I don't know, I just saw the history of vampires, and then it all happened." Garence shook his head, but then they knew what was going on.
The first to come out was a young man with a cold face, his face was bloodless, and the skin of his whole body was as pale as a dead man, and then a young girl, also the same skin color, and then countless people came out of the black smoke in succession, without exception, they were all the same pale, and then they looked at Gallence as if they had found the culprit and showed their sharp teeth, and the original human face suddenly turned into a hideous monster, all of which proved their identity - vampires.
Before they could attack, Garence recited an obscure incantation in ancient Egyptian, which was like a tranquilizing spell, and after he said it, all the vampires stopped moving, "You controlled them?" Selene asked, "Yes, the Dark Book responded to my request and taught me this spell, not just this spell, of course," Gallance snorted triumphantly, and then he recited an ancient incantation, "You will be connected to me, and you will be faithful to my blood!"
Gallance opened his arms and roared to the sky, black and red magic intertwined flew out of his mouth and eyes, hovered in the sky and poured into the bodies of all the vampires present, the bodies of the vampires who received the power split countless holes, the red power in the wounds rushed wildly and made their bodies like volcanic eruptions, the ghosts were roaring, they felt a strange but incomparably strong force like a steel wall poured into them, this will be their new life, their hearts were rewritten before surrendering the curse, as long as Gallance is still alive in this world, as long as they still have vampire blood flowing in their bodies they must obey Gallance's ordersγ
After a long time, the vampires finally fully fused with the crimson magic, and the newborn they stood up again, their skin was no longer dead but still pale, and the real change was indeed in their bodies, whether it was a newborn vampire who had just been transformed, or an old guy who was thousands of years old, they all felt a huge change in their bodies, although their original bodies were far beyond humans, but now their bodies were invulnerable after the strengthening of crimson power, in order to deal with the evil spirit riders, Garence also gave them high magic resistance, fire resistance, and lightning resistance, although there is no specific value, but Gallance reckoned that each of these vampires could easily tear apart a tank and crash through a wall.
"A new era has begun, the old king, the new king lives forever!" the passion of the demons ignited by Garence's proclamation, and he pointed directly at Varne in the field, the ancestor who could easily distinguish him, for he was the only one who was a huge red-skinned fat man, sitting in the center of the field like mud.
"Vampires will no longer belong to you!" Garence's voice was like thunder, he clenched in the air, Valnet's heavy body hung in the air, he did not struggle because of the control of the spell, and then his body shattered piece by piece, leaving only a cloud of blue energy, "This is the secret of his immortality," Garence held the energy in his hand, and then cast a spell, this energy was copied into six, he floated over the whole field, after looking around, he locked on a few people, "You guys, come here!"
Referring to four men and two women, who seemed to be of ancient European blood, he put this energy into their mouths, "From now on you are the new ancestors, you are the family of the ancestors." β
"Thank you, my master. β
Then Garence flew back to his place, he still had two things to do, "You will have six bloodlines, each belonging to the six ancestors, your life will also be connected to the ancestors, and eventually to me, every vampire you transform will receive the power of crimson magic, and your soul will not need to exist in your body, they will be stored in the Dark Divine Book." "Every word of Garence became a spell, a law of reality for the vampires.
As soon as his words fell, a new page appeared in the Book of Darkness, and from that page on, all the names of vampires were recorded in the book, and none of them corresponded to the soul of a vampire, and from now on, vampires would be soulless.
"The last one. This time Gallance did not speak, but closed his eyes to feel the surrounding buildings, and then countless metal materials flew into the field, Gallance urged the magic, the metal melted and turned into silver rings, which fell on the hands of each vampire, and it is worth noting that the front of the ring is engraved with an inverted blood-colored evil pentagram.
"This is the Betrayer's Ring, which can help you be immune to sunlight, of course, their more important role is to seal the Evil Ghost Rider, you will be my soldiers, from now on, go to find the Evil Ghost Rider in the world, seal them with the power of the ring and bring them back here!"