Chapter 9: Imminent

"That crimson and delicious blood, like the most sacred elixir in the world, I can't extricate myself......" - "A Kiss from Dracula"

The strong are proud of the mortals under their feet, and the mortals can only survive. Ordinary people don't know the struggle between the strong, and sometimes they don't know the reason for even dying. Therefore, this cruel law and fate drove countless people to the road of the strong, so countless people became nameless skeletons on the side of the road. Time, Opportunity, Luck, Talent...... It takes too many factors to become a strong person, and at the same time there are too many reasons to die, but there are still countless people who are unwilling to be an ordinary person who is slaughtered by others, and there are too many stories on this road, we can only pick the stories of successful people to tell.

When Furcy awoke again, he found that he was not in his own bed, but in a bath that resembled a grave pit, the water of which was deep black and had a strange smell, like the strange aroma of some bluegrass mixed with the smell of sweat on his body.

"You can really sleep, but you can still sleep so soundly under the stimulation of Long Lan, you are also a rare 'talent'. Before Furcy could react, he heard Deno's voice.

"I felt the vitality and strength of the muscles under my skin as if I was putting something in the water in this pool. When Francie heard Deno say this, he immediately felt a change in his body, and he felt that he seemed to have become more powerful and more resilient than before.

"This is a potion that our Scarlet Knights have specially prepared in order to exercise the physique of recruits, and this time you are only using the most inferior Longlan Black Elixir, of course, your physique can only withstand such stimulation. The so-called dragon orchid is the orchid grass that has been contaminated with dragon breath, and it is used to make body forging elixirs, which is a few points better than the blood of other demonic beasts. This time, William specifically asked me to bring some dragon orchid potions, which are all used on you. Deno's words made Furcy suddenly pause, it turned out that his uncle was not trying to drag him down with high-intensity training, but to use this method to stimulate his potential.

"You don't have time to delay, once the blood cup enters the city of Constantine, it is the plan to speak at the same time, Francie has also stood up from the pool, put on the clothes that have been put aside, he is not worried about how long the plan will be carried out, it is better to grasp the present than to worry about the future.

"Try to feel your body and the rhythm of the sword, don't be controlled by the sword pose, and let the sword in your hand move with your body. "In the empty room, there were still two people with swords opposite each other, but this time it was Deno and Foxie. Moreover, Furcy's hands, legs, and waist were tied with weights and sandbags, and the weight of the whole person increased all of a sudden, and now he has no way to adapt to such a change.

"It can be seen that you have worked very hard in the training of the sword style and have a certain effect, but you have to do more than that. The iron swords collided, and the room was filled with the sound of metal clashing again.

Fontaine Empire, Great Library of the Holy Gospel. Today, there is a solemn atmosphere in the Great Library of the Holy Gospel, where scholars are still hungry for knowledge, and monks are content to sit down and contemplate the divine will after finding the books they want. But some people still noticed that the old people who used to be seen in the great library of the Holy Gospel have all disappeared today. Of course, the people they thought had disappeared were now sitting in a huge council chamber in the library.

"The Church has begun a 'bloodbath' project, and it seems that they are starting to worry about their current weakness. "Three of the five old men sitting in the middle of the entire council chamber were the three old men who had observed the awakening of the first day of the apocalypse on the top floor of the library when Furcy was awakening his occult talents.

"In fact more than that, we have already received positive news. The Patriarch had made a new breakthrough on the path to godhood, and he decided that he would go on a long retreat, so this time it was before he had retreated, to clear the obstacles of the Church on the continent and to deter other heresies. One of the old men couldn't help but sigh when he said this, although the patriarch of this generation said that he was still their junior, but he had surpassed them on the road to becoming a god.

"This is not good news for us, as the church has become more and more aggressive in recent years. It wasn't a day or two since the Patriarch wanted to take control of the continent, and if he really gained something in the retreat, then when he came back to earth, it would be the time for the war to resume. The other old men couldn't help but be worried.

"We must find a way to protect ourselves from the destruction of the Fontaine Empire. At this time, a middle-aged man sitting in the front row stood up, he was the youngest vice president of the Holy Gospel Great Library and the only rune master in the Fontaine Empire.

"So what do you mean?" the old man in the purple robe on the stage squinted at the middle-aged man.

"Support a college or turn the power of the Great Library of the Holy Gospel into combat power. The middle-aged man said without hesitation. Although the Holy Gospel Library has always advocated peace and stability, at some point in history, the Holy Gospel Library also represents one of the strongest combat forces on the mainland.

"This ......" The five old men all groaned, although it was certain that the patriarch was in retreat, but now he was still the strongest person on the continent on the surface, and he was in control of the most powerful force on the continent, and now was not the time to be hostile to the church.

"So be it. In the end, the white-robed old man who was sitting in the middle spoke, "We are secretly restarting the 'Sky Survey' plan within the empire to cultivate a new generation of strong men. ”

"So be it. Seeing that there seemed to be people in the council hall who had different opinions, but the other four old men did not give them a chance to speak, five white lights flashed, and the center of the council hall was empty.

Not only in Fontaine, but almost every empire and principality sensed the movement of the Church, and a large number of powerful people came to the churches in the city and entered the Inquisition, and for a moment the sky over the continent seemed to stir up a huge cloud. It's just that the blood clan, as one of the parties involved, doesn't seem to notice anything, in order to teach different bait, many strong people of the blood clan who have not been seen for a long time have also begun to appear frequently in various parts of the mainland, and a chaotic war is about to begin.

In the southern part of the continent, the towering Gaia Touch Mountains almost completely separate the Cologne Empire from the Charlemagne Empire and the Rainforest of the Humble Ones. There are so many dangers hidden in the rainforest, all kinds of magical beasts will make it impossible for you to walk in it, and it is said that there are still living dragons living in the depths of this dense forest, in short, this is the same place as the snow circle, it is a place that the strong do not want to set foot in. But just after crossing the Colondo Pass in the mountains, there was a great place of death buried in the bones, the vast expanse of the land was only dim black and dark red blood, and there were nameless tombstones everywhere, and the place was shrouded in fog all the year round, and no one knew what was inside, for almost all the people who entered it never reappeared. However, it was in such a place, after passing through a thick fog, that a huge black fortress hung above the central basin of this place. The fortress exudes a terrifying smell of blood, and the occasional black raven flying by is the only creature that exists in this place. And this is the seat of the Blood Council, one of the sources of evil in the mouth of the Church.

"Distinguished Elders, please allow me to disturb your slumber. The Church has now begun their 'bloodbath' program on the mainland, and Patriarch Fernando has confirmed that he will go into retreat to the throne after the program is over. "In the middle of the great hall in the center of the fortress was a half-kneeling man dressed in a classical aristocratic dress, his bare skin was extremely pale, and his eyes were bloodied from time to time. In front of him, there were three sarcophagi soaked in blood, and above his head hung four blood cocoons that kept trembling slightly.

"My junior, you did a good job this time, and I will reward you when the time comes, now you can leave, you can now go to 'Diego' to report. Suddenly, an old voice came from one of the three sarcophagi, and the half-kneeling man had a slightly excited expression on his face when he heard the voice, and then got up and disappeared into the entrance to this suffocating and unsettling dark hall.

"Fernando, that guy really thinks that he can do anything on the continent, if it is really so easy to achieve the god position, why should we hide ourselves for a hundred years, waiting for the most perfect time to appear. Just as the man had completely exited the hall, there was a slight noise in the three sarcophagi, the four blood cocoons, and the sound in the other sarcophagus.

Maybe his years of searching and understanding have really made him gain something. According to the information obtained a few days ago, it seems that the Church has found traces of the ancient icons and one of the volumes of the Gospels copied by Peter, the head of the Twelve. In this way, Fernando's retreat was not a casual decision, and perhaps he could really go further on the road to godhood after he reappeared. There was also a sound from the blood cocoon hanging above the hall.

"Now is not the time to discuss Fernando, they really don't know what their Church thinks they are planning for their 'bloodbath', and our Blood Council is not some other idiot xenomorph who doesn't do anything. Their 'bloodbath' will only help us to complete the first step of the 'bloodbath', and if they want to kill us, why don't we use them to eliminate the useless and unruly 'traitors' by the hand of the Church, and also temporarily weaken the Inquisition. It's just that the church still thinks that it can suppress our bloodline, which is really stupid. A caustic voice came from a blood cocoon hanging on the roof of the hall, and in his words, they were fully aware of the church's 'bloodbath' plan this time, and even the bloods used this 'bloodbath' plan to carry out one of their own shocking plots.

"Don't think of the church too simply, remember the last time the Bloods suffered at the hands of Shylock? Do you really think that the Inquisition's Judge is your brainless descendants? Even in the Dark Ages, we Bloodlines couldn't completely weaken the Church, and now we are still in a weak position. "The sarcophagus in the middle of the three sarcophagi came from the voice of an old man, but the cold voice of a man who seemed to be young.

"Vladimir is right, since the Church wants a weakened Bloodline, we will give him a 'weakened' Bloodline. But we must now be more careful not to get caught. I think that the other forces on the continent will also be worried and worried because of the Church's plan, and we should take advantage of this opportunity to turn our strength into combat power. As the three "people" in the sarcophagus spoke one after another, the blood cocoons hanging in the hall did not say anything more, and for a moment the entire hall fell into the silence of the past. Only this silence may be the last quiet before the storm.

The crescent moon was like a hook, and in the blink of an eye, the first quarter moon had become the second quarter moon, hanging high in the sky of the city of Constantine. William stood in the bell tower at the top of the church, looking at the peaceful city of Constantine at night, with no expression on his face. In fact, this time the Church's plan in Constantine City was not completely clear to him, and in the Church's order, the Northern Inquisition also sent another team to carry out the secret plan in Constantine. He vaguely felt that the 'bloodbath' plan was not the whole of the church's plan, but his level was not enough to know this. And this is exactly what he fears, this team is the most uncontrollable point when the plan is executed.

"What are you looking at, could it be that you can see the bat through the night. Deno's voice came from behind William, who had unknowingly spent twenty days in the city.

"What is the matter with Furcy?" William did not express his concerns, such a thing could not be speculated on, and sometimes it was not a good thing to be too inquisitive, especially in a place like the Inquisition.

"That kid can only be described by the word 'desperate', if the Scarlet Knights recruited all newcomers like him, I'm afraid it would have been the number one knight in the continent long ago. There was no longer the contempt in Deno's eyes, but he gave Furcy a very high evaluation, and you can see how determined and hard Ferssey has been in the face of such a torturous hellish training these days.

"Now that he should have reached the first order of strength, it seems that he should also teach him some basic fighting skills, otherwise he will still be quite different from those wealthy noble children. William nodded, affirming Furcy and making a decision.

"The basic fighting skills in the Scarlet Knights are all used to kill people, and except for the general fighting skills, the others are also secret......" Deno could finish his words when he was interrupted by a few words from William's mouth.

"A burst step, a quick cut, standard sword skill XIII, a slash, an air shield block, and a martial art. William seems to have arranged it a long time ago, and reported five nouns in a row.

"Are you crazy?!Explosive steps and extremely fast cuts are forcibly damaging their own bodies for a teenager like him who is not fully developed, although the air shield block and attached martial arts are already the least required air shield blocks, but with his first-order strength, it is almost impossible to use them successfully. Not to mention the slashing and slashing, it is to exchange life for life, and the standard sword technique - Thirteen is a sword skill that requires extremely high physical fitness to be able to use. Has this little nephew of yours offended you, if you don't like him, you might as well hand him over to our Scarlet Knights. Deno looked at William's back, and his heart froze, he couldn't understand this guy's mind now.

"But this is the most effective set of skills, which can give him the strength of the average second or even third order when he is in the first order. And......" William suddenly turned around and took out an ordinary glass jar, in which lay a drop of dark red blood.

"Snow Wolf's Essence Blood?" Beast blood is also an item that can strengthen a person's body, and different beast blood has a chance to give a person's body some different qualities. But when Deno said the name suspiciously, William shook his head.

"Madness turns the blood of the snow wolf. William's words were like a thunderbolt in the quiet night sky. For a moment, no one at the top of this little bell tower ever uttered a word, except for the dim moonlight shining on William's face, as if the sun had shone through the window that afternoon on the face of the Icon of the Virgin Mary.