Chapter 218: People are precious in self-knowledge
Late at night.
The clouds are light and thin, and the crimson moon hanging high in the sky and thousands of bright stars reflect each other, covering the earth with a crimson veil.
Lilith sat silently by the campfire, adding the dead grass she had picked up to the fire.
On the campfire is a simple barbecue grill made of fresh bones, and Lilith is turning over the grill as she adds firewood to evenly heat the wild boar's thighs on the barbecue.
Smelling the aroma of barbecue, Lilith licked her lips, opened her rosy little mouth and took a hard bite and chewed slowly.
Quite different from the smell of meat, the meat of wild boar is very woody, very hard, and even has an unpleasant fishy smell.
But for a young girl who hasn't eaten for a long time, it's already a rare delicacy.
Ember looked at the girl who narrowed her eyes slightly and asked:
"Have you ever heard of elves?"
Lilith chewed in small gulps and explained as best she could:
"Sister Dorothy said that at the eastern end of the continent was the sea, and at the end of the sea there was another continent, which was said to be the home of all the giants. But the giants are not the only rulers of the continent, and the elves born to the East are divided against the giants. β
Ember pondered for two seconds, then asked:
"Have you ever seen a transcendent race other than dragons? Like giants, immortal birds, or elves? β
Lilith recalled for a moment and whispered:
"I've only seen giants, and they have the appearance of humans, but they are much larger than humans. They have blue skin and a large vertical eye...... Sister Dorothy tried to communicate with them, but they were as brutal and irrational as dragons, and killed many of their people......"
"As for the immortal birds, legend has it that they are in the far south continent, but I have never seen ......"
Ember's answer to Lilith was not surprising, the oldest giants were more like monsters than sapient beings due to the contamination of their extraordinary properties in different ways, they were cruel, tyrannical, and insane. But even such giants have the same instinct to mate and will give birth to offspring.
Occasionally, sane 'aliens' will be born in the offspring, and these 'aliens' will reproduce offspring, so that the number of 'aliens' will become more and more numerous, and the entire giant clan will become more and more out of the category of monsters.
Of course, just like the giants, so do the dragons.
Chaos and madness are the main tone of this era.
And compared to these crazy transcendent creatures, the Bloodline is an outlier.
Because according to Lilith's words, it is very rare for the Bloodline to lose their minds. Even if there are occasional ones, it is due to the fact that some Bloodlines do not heed the advice and use the 'Bloodborne Essence' of other races of creatures without authorization.
"What did I find? A poor little outlier. β
As she spoke, a playful voice suddenly sounded in Lilith's ear.
The girl woke up suddenly, looking warily to the right.
In the darkness on the right, three figures slowly appeared under the crimson moonlight.
They were all male, and all of them had blood-red pupils, which were the hallmarks of the Bloodline!
"Outliers!"
Lilith's heart suddenly became nervous, and her little face turned slightly white.
Just like she said just now, taking the 'Bloodborne Essence' of other transcendent races without permission will cause the Bloodline to lose control and go crazy, but the 'BloodSource Essence' of the same Bloodline will not!
This discovery inevitably led to a period of civil strife within the Bloodline, with power-seeking Bloodlines constantly slaughtering their own kind, collecting and devouring their extraordinary traits. But fortunately, this chaotic phenomenon was quickly stopped by the upper echelons of the Blood Clan.
After all, the higher-ups knew very well that if this continued, the bloodlines who had managed to survive the threat of dragons and other transcendent creatures would also perish due to cannibalism. Those power-hungry bloods certainly don't rest on their laurels, which leads to a fierce war between the two sides!
Eventually, the power-hungry Bloods were exterminated by the Bloods who opposed cannibalism, and cannibalism was listed as an absolute prohibition.
But there will always be bloodlines who will take risks, and there will always be bloodlines who will do whatever it takes for power. These Bloods know that once their affairs are revealed, there is only a dead end, so they will often quietly leave the clan before the East Window incident and become 'outliers'.
For most of the Bloods, these outliers are often more dangerous than the Dragons!
The three outliers stared at Lilith closely, constantly closing in on the fire, laughing lewdly:
"Little sister, did you accidentally get separated from the rest of the clan? How can you be alone, what's your name? β
"It's so pitiful, don't you even have to drink blood? Come, let my brother hug you. β
"Big brother, big brother, I really like this, let me come first!"
"Hahahaha, Sith, what are you anxious about? Well, then let you come first, the first sip of blood will be given to you, but the first child born will be mine! β
"Okay, thank you, big brother!"
The three Bloods talked about what to do with the girl in front of them as if they had won the battle.
As for the embers, none of them had ever looked at them again. After all, Ember doesn't have the Bloodline's signature red eyes, and they only think of Ember as Lilith's blood food - the Bloodline feeds on spiritually rich blood, and human blood is the best of it, so each Bloodline will nourish a portion of the blood food in case of emergency.
Although Lilith's behavior of letting the blood go and not sucking it, but instead sacrificing the essence to eat meat made them a little strange, they could only think that Lilith was soft-hearted and couldn't do anything to a human, and would not think of other aspects.
After all, humans are only blood food, and who thinks that a blood food can pose any threat?
"How...... What to do? Lilith leaned towards Ember, her lips trembling slightly.
"Cold salad."
Ember glanced at the three Bloods who were approaching and said calmly, "It's still the same as before, I'm sure you can solve it." β
"Even if you say so......"
Lilith's spirit was still tense, and she was obviously not confident about it.
This is not surprising either.
Not so long ago, she was just an adult of blood, and she had been surviving under the protection of her sister Dorothy. Anyway, this kind of situation is a bit reluctant for her now, after all, there are three people on the other side!
Ember looked at Lilith's unconfident appearance, and although she could understand it, she couldn't help but shake her head.
According to the division of the bloodline in the later generations, the adult bloodline corresponds to the extraordinary one in sequence 7, and the previous Lilith and the three bloodlines in front of him are all at this level. Above Sequence 7, the blood families of Sequence 6 to Sequence 2 are divided by the title of Duke and Uncle.
Now Lilith has swallowed the extraordinary properties of being purified by embers, and is a true 'baron', a Sequence 6 extraordinary. In the face of the three-person Sequence 7 blood clan, it is completely possible to crush it directly.
However, in the Second Period, when the division was not yet clear, the hierarchy of the blood clan was rather general and vague. There are only titles such as different family patriarchs, different regional chiefs, etc. Because of this, they don't have a clear understanding of their own strength, and to put it mildly, they don't have self-knowledge.
So as the 'Baron', Lilith is still afraid of the three outliers, and the three Sequence 7 outliers have taken Lilith as their prey......
This kind of behavior also highlights a commendable courage.
"I ......"
Lilith looked at Ember who was still sitting by the campfire, and knew that this time she might have to rely on herself, so she couldn't help but purse her lips.
"Whew!"
The girl took a deep breath and stood up and walked towards the three outliers.
This was a somewhat 'abnormal' move in the eyes of the outliers, but it made the three of them stunned for a moment.
But one of them quickly reacted and said with a lewd smile:
"Little sister, you really take the initiative...... Goo ......"
Corrosive claws slashed across his throat, sending hot blood pouring into his trachea and drowning out his voice.
This injury is undoubtedly fatal to ordinary people, but to vampires, this injury is nothing at all, and the tenacious vitality of the transcendent creatures is enough for them to ignore most fatal injuries.
Lilith understands this too, so she doesn't plan to give them time to recover.
Click!
The claws crossed and stabbed into the outlier's bloody neck, tearing it to the sides with all the forceβ
Sting!
The flesh of the neck was uprooted, even the bones were completely severed by the corrosive claws, and the head with a broken trachea fell down, rolling twice on the ground with a visibly shocked expression, allowing the blood and grit to 'stir' to the fullest.
It was only at this point that the remaining two outliers finally reacted and were furious:
"Stinky bitch, what did you do?!"
Lilith's wine-red eyes flashed with a chill, and her petite figure flashed in the crimson moonlight. When she reappeared, she had already pierced the corrosive claws that were tens of centimeters long like Wolverine's steel claws into the other party's heartβ
Sting.
The claws of corrosion pierced the vampire's heart from the bottom up, slicing the opponent's neck and tearing the outlier's body to pieces!
The outliers are not defenseless, as hunters, they deeply understand the truth of 'trapped beasts still fight', and their frivolity does not mean that they are also negligent in their hearts. But even if they were prepared, it wouldn't help, because Lilith was so fast that they couldn't even react!
Lilith withdrew her palm, glancing warily at the dismembered outlier.
Heart trauma can be fatal, even for the Bloodline. But the other party, as an outlier, may have some means beyond her expectations, and she can't help but guard against it.
After making sure that the corpse of the other party was completely lifeless, and there was no sign of the corpse, Lilith turned her attention back to the last outlier.
The blood of the outliers wet her dress, and even half of her fair cheeks were soaked with blood. This made her look a little depressed, like a lonely homeless person, weak, pitiful and helpless......
"Damn! Are you kidding! β
The pupils of the remaining outliers shrank sharply, and they took a few steps back in horror, what kind of monster is this?!
Obviously they just want to come for a tooth sacrifice, why did it become like this?
Lilith's mood was unexpectedly calm at this time, and the death of two outliers in a row made her realize a reality - what, isn't I quite strong? Maybe she should have a little more confidence in herself, which isn't a bad thing.
Because she knew she was going to get stronger and stronger, if Ember hadn't lied to her......
With this in mind, the girl turned her gaze back to the outliers on the other side.
This is the last one.
The outlier looked at the girl's indifferent eyes, and suddenly realized his situation, and his pupils shrank sharply.
He swooped to the side, a thick black aura emanating from his back, forming a pair of illusory bat wings.
He wasn't trying to escape, because he knew he was no faster than Lilith, or he wouldn't even know how she killed his two companions!
His target was the human who was still sitting in front of the campfire, ignorant of anything!
Because he could see that Lilith attached great importance to that human blood food, and even asked the other party for advice before doing it-
The strong attach too much importance to the weak, which may be the so-called 'love' in those fairy tales.
In the past, he might have laughed at this innocent girl's love and sneered.
But now it's his only chance of life!
As long as you can kidnap that human, you can force Lilith to let him go!
Sure enough, when he saw that his target was Ember, Lilith's originally calm little face changed color slightly.
Lilith thrust her knees and kicked her feet, almost dragging her back at high speed. And in the process, a black mist also quickly filled her back, condensing a bunch of bat wings to assist her in accelerating her sprint!
"Don't come here!"
The outlier's face changed abruptly, and the claws on his hands reached out to the embers, trying to threaten Lilith with it, and screaming a warning.
Lilith was still a long way from him, and he was already close to the embers. He was confident that he would be able to hold this human blood food hostage before Lilith could make a move, and make the other party throw a rat trap!
Lilith's eyes were cold, and the illusory wings behind her instantly turned into a thick black mist, and then turned into palm-sized illusory bats, weaving an impenetrable net in groups in front of the outliers.
Stab!
The claws easily pierced through the large web formed by the bats, but they eventually got stuck in it, unable to move.
This discovery made the outlier's expression change drastically, and he subconsciously wanted to leave.
But taking advantage of this opportunity, Lilith had already come to him.
Sting!
In front of the corrosive claws that were enough to pierce the dragon's scales, the flesh of the Bloodclan was extremely fragile, and it was instantly torn to pieces.
The large net formed by the black bats also split at this moment, and the bats flew back to the girl one after another and disappeared.
The bloodied girl cautiously glanced at the embers around the campfire, as if she was afraid of reproach, and seemed to be expecting something......
Seeing that Ember didn't say anything, Lilith's eyes darkened, and she silently walked over to the corpse of the outlier, picking up a fist-sized item from the pool of blood that had been rendered. It is bright red, like a heart, slightly expanding and contracting, and its surface is translucent, with a faint liquid flowing inside.
This is the blood-derived essence of the blood clan, and if it is a later life, it will have a more professional term-
Sequence 7 'Vampire' is an extraordinary characteristic.
(End of chapter)