Chapter 216: The Mysterious Bloodline

Ryan and the others continued on the road with Captain Kibula, and after hearing Ryan's rumors of vampires, they did not dare to fall asleep on the back of their mounts, for fear that if they closed their eyes, they would be attacked by vampires bursting out of the darkness. As they walked along www.biquge.info official road, Harvin asked, "Why haven't we heard of vampires for nearly two hundred years, and why are the records of those demon hunters stored in the secret archives so that they can't be known?"

Ryan said, "Indeed, because the records of demon hunters are basically recorded in truth, and there are no bloody and horrific records. For most civilians, that may cause panic and uneasiness, and not knowing this will make them think and fear. For more than 200 years, why vampires have disappeared is related to one of the precepts of this mysterious clan, that is, 'escape from the world'. Although the members of the Vampire Family have more power than humans, due to their limited number, they have been wiped out in large numbers, and the betrayal of many involuntary family members has caused serious losses to the family. In order to protect the few people of their own family, they choose to escape from the world, the so-called escape from the world, that is, they cannot blatantly show their true colors to non-vampires, especially humans. As soon as this ring came out, it almost made the vampire clan disappear from this world, and even if they saw them by chance, they had to kill them, so that for nearly a hundred years, many people have doubted whether vampires really exist, thinking that it is just an old legend. ”

Long Cheng said: "In this world, there is still such a mysterious clan, it is really frightening and incredible. ”

"yes. Ryan added, "But Dragon City, in this world, there are not only vampires, but also more mysterious races, but they are not known." ”

"Is there a more mysterious race than the Vampires?" Ryujo asked.

Jili also replied, "Yes, all the way south from Canossa City, hundreds of miles away, among the mountains, there is a shady peak, called Roaring Wolf Mountain. It is said to be the home of the sacred werewolf tribe, and it is now the source of all sorts of rumors of rural horror. According to some adventurers' "Adventure Handbook (Night Wolf Chapter)", no one knows why it became what it is now, and Night Wolf Cliff seems to have turned into a hell overnight. ”

"Sacred werewolf clan?" Ryujo asked curiously, "Master Ryan, what kind of race is that?"

Ryan replied, "It's also a terrible and mysterious race, and many of the people who went to Roaring Mountain never returned, and the manuals don't know whose records they were. In this world, human beings live in the sun, and there are many races that live in darkness, so the races that are not known to us humans are not only vampires. ”

Haven asked, "Vampires are so powerful and fast-moving, mostly at night, so aren't humans allowed to kill?"

Ryan looked at the night and said, "I know from the records of demon hunters that vampires have a long history like humans, so they also have their own precepts and precepts, and they can't go out casually and deliberately kill people. There are six main precepts of the vampire family:

The first precept is what I just said about escapism, not to show your true colors to non-vampires, especially humans, who will discover the true existence of their race, which will bring disaster to their race, and other vampires will cut off all relations with you. The first is the most important and central vampire precept. Vampires who violate this tradition are punished the most severely, and the entire vampire community can also suffer as a result.

The second precept is the right of the vampires in their own territory, and the vampires who are new to the territory must respect this right. In this territory, other vampires cannot go against the words of the territory. Vampires mostly have their own territory, and the purported vampire realm usually refers to the prince's territory. In some places, the patriarchs are not able to catch up, and the jurisdiction will be temporarily divided into elders, which is mostly politically interactive. Some young rebels twist the original meaning of this tradition and want to form factions to form local powers. Like street gangsters, these little gangs often fight each other. But as long as they don't violate the hidden precepts and the orders of the patriarch, and don't let things get too big, the elders won't be overly restrained on this point. In fact, patriarchs usually manage to keep these street gangs at odds with each other and rebellious vampire members to suppress each other's power. ”

Puth replied, "It's just like the legion system of our human kingdom. ”

Ryan replied, "Indeed. The third precept is the Descendant, and new vampires can only be created with the consent of your elders. If you create new vampires without the consent of the elders, both you and your descendants will be put to death. In this tradition, the term "elder" originally referred to one's own elder, but now the secret party is usually interpreted as the patriarch of the place. In other words, if a vampire wants to create a new bloodline, he must ask for the consent of the patriarch of the territory to which he belongs. The patriarch has absolute control over newly created vampires, and he can recognize their qualifications, adopt them for himself, exile them, or even kill them. The family gave the patriarch this power to control the number of rebels.

The fourth precept is duty, and the vampires you have created are your juniors. Before they are surrendered, you should teach and direct them in all respects. Endure their sins as your own. Vampires are obligated to take full responsibility for the younger generations they have created, until they are introduced to the patriarch to release their identity. This is the same as the mentors and apprentices in our human kingdom, and the mentors are responsible for the students they instruct.

The fifth precept is that there should be mutual respect for the authority. When you arrive in an unfamiliar city, you should introduce yourself to the administrator there. You can't do anything there without his approval.

The sixth precept is to kill your relatives, and it is strictly forbidden to kill your own kind. The power to hunt belongs only to your patriarch. Only the eldest of the elders has the authority to issue a hunt order. In other words, only the patriarch has the power to execute the vampires under his jurisdiction, and this power is recognized by the family, and as long as the patriarch uses this power to uphold tradition, the elders usually support him. ”

Ryujo asked, "Why do those demon hunters know this? They hunt vampires, and they are not vampires, so why do they know the precepts of the vampire family?"

Ryan said: "According to their records, they learned from the vampires, and in the long battle with the vampires, they should also be able to get some information about the vampire family from them, there is no doubt about it." And I also believe in the authenticity of those records, although they were written nearly 200 years ago, but the fact that the king and many of his ministers kept them in the secret archives as very important is enough to prove that they were indeed what happened. And what we are seeing today confirms this. ”