Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 124 The Real and Fake Chaohu City

Chapter 123

"First and foremost, we must be clear that we absolutely cannot confront each other head-on."

Rosen set his first rule in mind.

The Blood Clan's Glory Spirit Realm is at Sequence 4, which means that this Spirit Realm must have a Sequence 4.

The deaths of those nobles who died in this spiritual realm must have been closely related to this.

Then you definitely have to go to the church, but you don't necessarily have to go in person.

Rosen's true form instantly disappeared into the Void Gallery, while his self-portrait clone, posing as Sirius, headed to the church.

As he walked, Rosen noticed someone approaching from behind and placing a hand on his shoulder.

“Sirius, I know where Farah is!”

A deep voice came from behind him, and Rosen immediately turned around to see only a hunchbacked figure.

He immediately followed, his hunchback moving very fast, almost leaving Xire behind at his current speed.

Rosen followed the hunchback to a dilapidated two-story building, less than a hundred meters from Shire's house.

He knew very well who the hunchback was; it was Old Peter, who lived nearby and collected scraps.

"Old Peter, do you really know Farah's whereabouts?"

Rosen said excitedly after following old Peter into the house.

He also wore an actor's mask, which gave him an instinctive ability to mimic.

Therefore, his imitation of Sirée was no different from the real Sirée.

"Don't go looking for her, or you'll die..."

Old Peter recounted his story with a sense of dejection.

It turns out that when he was young, old Peter had a very happy family.

His parents are alive and well, he has a virtuous wife and a lovely son.

One night, Peter's wife and children suddenly disappeared, and even his parents didn't remember them.

However, Old Peter discovered that although the person was gone and no one else remembered her, the things left behind by his wife and children were still there. After Old Peter's repeated insistence, his parents believed his story, and the family began to try to find his missing wife and children.

Peter's older father, with his rich life experience, persuaded Peter to pretend he didn't remember his wife and children.

The one who truly remembered old Peter's wife and children was his older father, and it was also old Peter's father who went out to inquire.

Although the young Peter did not understand, he was a dutiful and obedient son and did not argue.

As a result, the old father accidentally fell and drowned that day, and old Peter couldn't even find the body.

The surviving mother and son knew that the old man's death might be related to the search for his missing wife and children. Terrified, the mother and son did not dare to openly continue to search for the truth. They simply lived in grief and continued to search for the truth in secret.

Years later, old Peter unexpectedly discovers a nun in a church who looks exactly like his missing wife.

However, the ages didn't match, so old Peter didn't suspect anything at first.

But he couldn't help but get to know her and gradually discovered that the nun in the church looked exactly like his wife in his memory.

He couldn't help but tell his elderly mother, who died unexpectedly the next day.

Only then did old Peter realize that his mother must have gone to the church to seek confirmation, and like his father, she had died in an accident.

Old Peter wanted to know the truth and, even more so, wanted revenge, so he couldn't resist going to confront them.

As a result, the nun in the church admitted that she was his wife and even confessed to killing his parents.

Even their children were killed by her own hands.

She was smiling triumphantly as she said these things, but tears welled up in her eyes, filled with pain and despair.

Old Peter instantly understood that the woman in front of him was his wife, but also not.

She still has feelings, but those feelings are suppressed by evil forces.

Old Peter was just an ordinary man; he didn't know what he should do, much less what he could do.

He angrily wanted to confront the bishop at the church, but his wife broke his spine.

Old Peter was paralyzed in the house, going from anger to despair and finally to numbness.

Only after he completely gave up the search for the truth and revenge did his spine heal itself and gradually return to health.

This made old Peter realize that he, an ordinary man, could not resist the legendary murderer who possessed extraordinary power. Gradually, old Peter lived numbly, except for occasionally going to the church to see his still-living wife from afar. He lived numbly every day.

However, people are not stones after all, and old Peter really liked Shire's sister, Farah.

The young and energetic Farah is very similar in personality to the kind wife whom old Peter remembers as his childhood friend.

So when he heard that Farah was missing and that Shire was inquiring about it, he finally couldn't help but come to warn Shire.

Farah might be dead or have turned into a monster, and he didn't want to see Siri die in the church as well.

After hearing Old Peter's story, Rosen realized that Old Peter's wife must have become a vampire or a vampire slave.

They must be blood slaves; if they became vampires, they couldn't retain their own identity.

Becoming a vampire means becoming a completely new life form; past memories are nothing more than watching a movie.

Only blood slaves can retain some selves, but they cannot escape the control of their vampire masters.

If it were Shire, what would he choose after receiving this warning from old Peter?

Like old Peter, numb and resigned, he continued towards the church...

Rosen looked at old Peter, who was lost in painful memories, pondered for a moment, and then went forward to knock old Peter unconscious.

Sylvie is no benevolent character. The fact that two orphans could survive and that her younger sister Farah could grow up innocent and happy suggests that Sylvie is not someone to be trifled with. In fact, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe him as having a dark and cunning heart.

Even though Xi Lei wasn't a good person, he wouldn't show his true self in front of Farah.

She was even friendly to her neighbors and didn't want to affect Farah because of herself.

However, in other parts of Chaohu City, Xi Lei did quite a few bad things.

This is considered a dark chapter in the Simmons family's history, and for some reason, they don't seem to care at all that other nobles know about it.

Rosen moved old Peter to the basement of an abandoned house, carefully tied him up, and set up a timed killing trap.

Then he pulled a treasured copper ring off old Peter's neck, put it on, and went to the church.

If he hadn't replaced Siré, the real Siré would likely have made the same choice.

Half an hour later, Rosen, who had been sitting in the church for a while, sensed someone approaching.

This was a nun he didn't know. She stared at the ring on his hand and reached behind him to press her hand against his head.

Rosen did not resist and pretended to be unconscious the moment he was slapped on the back of the head.

When his arm was pierced by sharp nails, and a blood vessel was pulled out and he was sucked alive.

Rosen pretended to wake up in pain, looking angrily and terrified at the nun who was sucking his blood from his veins.

Where is old Peter?

The nun asked through gritted teeth.

Where is Farah?

Rosen growled, "Old Peter can only live if Farah lives. Give me back my Farah."

The nun's expression darkened further; she was merely a blood slave and did not possess any significant supernatural power.

Killing Shire was easy, but getting information about Old Peter's whereabouts was not so simple.

But she was even less likely to hand over Farah, because Farah faced a completely different future than she did.

Vampires and vampire slaves—a difference of just one word, yet their status is worlds apart.

"Fara has become a vampire..."

The nun said helplessly, "A newborn vampire is equivalent to a newborn life..."

The Farah you knew no longer exists!

"Even if you find a new Farah, you'll be lucky enough to be turned into a blood slave by her."

"If you're unlucky enough to end up as a dried-up corpse, I don't think that's the result you want."

Despite the nun's earnest and heartfelt persuasion, Rosen remained unmoved.

The nun had no other choice but to suggest that he let old Peter go, and then she would take him to find Farah, who had become a vampire.

"Do as you say."

Rosen put on a resentful look and said fiercely.

Under Farah's guidance, Rosen soon saw the true face of Chaohu City.

Beyond the surface-level Chaohu City, lurking in its shadow lies another Chaohu City belonging to the vampires. Chaohu City is bordered by mountains to the left and a lake to the right. Without the lake, the city is crescent-shaped; with the lake, it becomes a full moon. Rivers extending from the lake further encircle the entire city.

The main body of Chaohu City, the city of the vampires, is located on Chaohu Lake.

That was a vampire castle built on the lake, and another church could be seen in the shadows.

According to the nun's explanation, all the vampires in the vampire castle can freely use the waterways in Chaohu City to come to the surface of Chaohu City to feed. Everyone is a blood food raised by the vampires.

On the way to the vampire castle, Rosen witnessed vampires capturing real humans through water currents.

After the hunt is over, a special blood spell is cast, and those around the person immediately forget about them.

That's just a Sequence 9 vampire; it's impossible for them to achieve that level normally.

Rosen roughly deduced that it was likely a powerful vampire who had constructed a massive magic circle using the water system surrounding Chaohu City. They might have also tampered with the drinking water in Chaohu City, and by activating the magic circle, they could manipulate the memories of ordinary people.

Along the way, many vampires saw the nun with Rosen, but none of them bothered to stop her or ask questions.

Rosen asked in a low voice, and the nun gave an unexpected explanation.

Normal humans cannot enter the shadowy Chaohu City. The humans who can be brought into the vampire castle by the blood slaves are basically vampires of some status who are too lazy to go out and hunt for food, so they order the blood slaves to capture humans and bring them to the vampire castle to eat directly.

With hundreds of thousands of blood creatures in the entire Chaohu City, it's not worth dozens of vampires losing their dignity for a single food.

Rosen followed the nun into the vampire castle and was then brought before Farah.

At this moment, the simple, innocent, and lively Farah of the past has disappeared.

The newborn Farah wore a magnificent long dress, adorned with spiritually imbued jewels, and looked noble and aloof. When she saw the nun appear before her with Rosen, she even tossed the nun a red gem as a reward.

The nun knelt on the ground, deeply grateful for the blessing, and then left Rosen behind to rescue old Peter.

After entering the castle, Rosen revealed Old Peter's hiding place.

“I am not Farah, Farah’s sister, and you are not Farah’s brother, Farah.”

Farah, with her back to Rosen, looked in the mirror and spoke calmly.

Rosen's pupils contracted instantly. As far as he knew, only divine perception could see through the disguise bestowed by the spiritual realm.

Farah has just been transformed into a vampire, and at Sequence 9, she has gained divine perception?
This is obviously impossible. Could it be that the Farah in front of us is not a newly born vampire at all, and the consciousness within her does not originate from Farah at all, but rather that a vampire demigod has bestowed his divinity upon Farah, just like what Gray Rat did in the Spiral Sea battle?

Rosen was about to make the first move when he suddenly felt that Farah, who had her back to him, was gentle, generous, and irresistible.

He even experienced love at first sight for the first time, and was willing to kneel down and offer his loyalty to Farah.

At that very moment, Rosen himself in the Void Gallery immediately noticed that something was wrong with the self-portrait clone.

It is obvious that the spirituality of the self-portrait clone has been corrupted.

Rosen arrived at the wall of the studio, and immediately a self-portrait made of a white bone frame and human skin paper appeared on the wall.

At this moment, on the drawing paper, Farah, wearing a crown, is gradually emerging from the depths of the paper.

Rosen finally understood that Sequence 4 of the Blood Clan Glory realm was Farah.

The Simmons family's ancestor, Sirai, after obtaining this spiritual realm, may have used some means to give Farah an independent self and life, allowing Farah, who had become a vampire and disappeared from history, to live again in this spiritual realm.

Therefore, the entire Spirit Realm might be under Farah's absolute control.

Whether any outsiders who come to this spiritual realm can leave alive probably depends entirely on Farah's mood.

It was obvious that Farah harbored deep hostility towards him.

Rosen instantly dispersed the self-portrait clone outside the Void Gallery, and then activated the emblem lock formed by the Glory Blood Seal within the painting.

Then a nightmare chain materialized, removing the entire picture frame from the wall and locking it in layers.

Both the Emblem Lock and the Nightmare Chain have a sealing effect.

However, this was merely a drop in the ocean and far from enough to resist Ferrari's invasion for an extended period.

Seeing that he had no other choice, Rosen quietly opened the secret study and threw the self-portrait inside.

Farah's physical form in front of the dressing table instantly sensed that her spiritual connection to the Void Gallery had been severed.

She picked up a needle with surprise and doubt, and with a gentle flick, pierced the Void Gallery itself deep within the void.

The Void Gallery, capable of defending against Sequence 5, was easily pierced through by this needle.

However, Farah was once again surprised that she could not get through the gallery maze.

She finally got serious, and a scarlet longsword instantly appeared in her hand as she thrust it towards the Void Gallery.

At the same time, she chanted a vampire sealing spell, a sealing spell that takes a long time to chant even for a Sequence 4, which can have a certain effect even on a demigod. So no matter how special the Void Gallery is, it can't escape Farah's grasp.

As Rosen watched the surface of the Void Gallery being torn apart by swords, he immediately hid in the Mysterious Study and retrieved the Void Gallery.

Farah's sealing magic missed its target; she couldn't pinpoint where the Void Gallery had gone.
Despite Farah's best efforts, he could not find a single clue.

At this point, Farah finally realized that things were serious.

The little painter she didn't take seriously actually possessed a hiding method that even a Sequence Four expert couldn't overcome.

If that glimmer of her intelligence is captured, her hidden secret will immediately become a fatal weakness.

Inside the mysterious study, Farah's figure in the self-portrait was doing everything she could to break free of the double seal.

Rosen is the owner of the self-portrait. Previously, Farah continuously infused the painting with spiritual power, and the Sequence 4 self-portrait naturally could not resist Farah's erosion. However, now that it has lost contact with Farah herself, the little bit of spiritual power that has seeped in has become a caged bird.

On the wall next to the self-portrait, a white bone frame and a human skin paper inside appear.

Nightmare chains locked the picture frame ahead of time, and Rosen began to paint Farah's portrait.

Rosen now strongly suspects that Farah himself is the person depicted in the painting.

Even a Sequence 4 vampire could not theoretically erode his self-portrait instantly through the self-portrait clone and the Void Gallery.

Unless Farah has mastered the painter sequence, or is a figure in a painting created by a higher-level painter sequence.

Rosen spent two days painting a portrait of Farah, then infused the painting with Farah's spirit.

Only then did they use the main god's computer to identify the attributes of this spiritual painting.

As expected, his analysis was correct. Not only was Farah a figure in the painting, but the entire Vampire Glory Realm was a painting.

This must be a painting of a spiritual realm commissioned by a demigod painter from Sylvie.

That's why it's such a coincidence that the story of this spiritual realm is closely related to Xi Lei.

This is why Farah was able to easily hack into his self-portrait.

In addition to these, the main computer also extracted a small part of Farah's memories from Farah's spirituality.

Through these few memories, Rosen actually learned how to control the spiritual painting of Blood Clan Glory.

Once you find the original painting of the Spirit Realm, you can control it.

This entity is actually hidden in Xi Lei's house.

This is a case of the blind spot being right under one's nose. All the foreign nobles who come to this spiritual realm and obtain Xi Lei's memories will definitely try to follow Xi Lei's storyline to the church. Who would go to Xi Lei's house to look for a painting?

However, within his limited memories, he unexpectedly discovered his own fatal weakness.

No matter how you look at it, this seems like a trap.

Rosen looked out the window; two days had passed and Farah was nowhere to be found.

Although his extraordinary intuition could sense danger, it was clearly not very effective against Sequence 4.

Rosen sensed all the dreams in Chaohu City through the mysterious study and quickly located an ordinary person near the Xi Lei family. With Freddy's ability to control nightmares, he easily hypnotized this ordinary person.

However, the moment this ordinary person approached the Xi Lei family, he was captured by the vampires who appeared instantly.

It was a vampire, not Farah, who knew the painting was a weakness but didn't take it.

Rosen immediately realized that if it weren't for the trap, Farah might not have been able to get close to the Shire family.

Therefore, he could only command the vampires to deal with any threats that wanted to get close to the Shire family.

Luo Sheng once again targeted someone to invade his dream, but this time he sent a self-portrait clone into that person's nightmare.

Freddy's ability allows him to completely enter the nightmares of others.

Although Rosen cannot yet make the human body spiritually merge into dreams, his self-portrait clones have an advantage in this regard. As long as they do not stray from the maximum control distance, the self-portrait clones can descend from other people's nightmares into reality.

Using the ability to conceal himself through shadow cloning, the self-portrait clone quickly approached the Xi Lei family.

However, under the observation of the God-Hunter's Eye, the entire Siré family was sealed off by layers of magical barriers.

Breaking these magical barriers would inevitably alert the vampires guarding them.

The only good news is that the highest sequence of vampires discovered by the Hunter's Eye is only Sequence 7.

Of course, it's also possible that the Hunter's Eye cannot see vampires above Sequence 7.

After considering it, Rosen decided to try to force his way in.

Anyway, it's just a self-portrait clone, so even if it dies here, it's just a matter of putting in some effort to re-enact it.

(End of this chapter)