Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 226 The Blood Hunters Arrive, A Beautiful Misunderstanding

"Quick! The pastor has started delivering eggs again! If you're late, they'll all be gone!"

"What? It's started again today? Wasn't it supposed to be the 15th of every month when they give out eggs?"

"You don't know this, do you? I heard that Lord Heran's divine grace has advanced another step, so the old hens in the priest's backyard may have started laying eggs. I heard they're laying three eggs a day!"

"What? Three eggs? Didn't I hear that a person can lay ten eggs a day?"

In the slums that resembled shantytowns, many people walked in groups of three or five towards the south.

Many of the emaciated people had excited expressions on their faces.

"Ten eggs? That's outrageous! How does the priest feed so many chickens?"

"Hmph, you don't know that, do you? Lord Heran is the mortal walker of the great dragon god. With the dragon god's protection, I bet those old hens will still grow fat and plump even if they don't eat anything."

"Huh? There's such a thing as gaining weight without eating?"

It was obvious from the person's attire that the person asking the question was a street vendor, doing business in the slums.

"Heh, you don't know that, do you?"

"The Dragon God is the only deity in this world who can save us."

"It is because he saw the suffering in our world that he bestowed divine grace, allowing the pastor to help us poor people."

"Dragon God? What kind of god is that? I've never heard of it before!" The small vendor was clearly stunned.

"So, you outsider don't know how great the Dragon God is. You have no idea how many people the priest has saved these days."

"From minor ailments like colds and fevers to serious wounds and even grave illnesses, all pain will disappear in no time after just a gentle touch with the pastor's cane!"

"What else could this be but a miracle?"

"???"

The small vendor was stunned.

Is that really so bizarre?

In the Crimson World, in the Adams Empire, humanity has no orthodox faith.

Of course, in some local areas, all sorts of strange and unusual organizations and churches also exist.

However, most of these organizations and entities are demagogues, and many are even just tactics used by local city halls to win people over.

Now, what could this small border town of Brighton possibly have to do with that would attract the attention of important figures?

After all, those who could be exiled to such dangerous border regions were almost all descendants of criminals in the empire.

Therefore, people here have almost no civil rights.

So how could any important person do something so thankless and exhausting?

The small vendor was puzzled.

Some even thought that perhaps a small squad from one of the Blood Hunter Legions had taken a charitable stance and was doing charity work on the border.

After all, those who can become members of the Blood Hunter Legion, even if they don't all have a great background, at least have a clean background, and are even known only to small merchants.

Many of the Blood Hunter Academy students who are just starting out in the Empire are very kind-hearted.

After all, they had been educated in the capital of the empire since childhood, and the people they met and even the scenes they saw were all full of goodwill.

The benevolent environment, and even the prosperity they witnessed in the Empire, led many Blood Hunter students to believe that the entire Empire must be so prosperous.

But reality is cruel.

Apart from the capital of the Adams Empire, most other cities, except for a few major cities, were unsatisfactory.

Even more so in border cities, it is a luxury for human residents to have enough to eat.

After all, wars between humans and vampires frequently occur on the border.

The land has long been heavily polluted by some force, resulting in very few crops that can be grown, and the yield is pitifully low.

Therefore, having enough to eat is a luxury in many cities.

It's a miracle that Brighton, such an unassuming little town, can support a population of nearly five thousand.

Of course, all of this is thanks to the geographical advantages of border cities.

After all, wars between the Empire's humans and vampires frequently take place along the giant walls of the border, and the people here can do things like repairing the walls or even cleaning up the battlefield, so they can barely make a living.

However, it is also quite dangerous.

However, overall, the Adams Empire is currently relatively stable.

After all, since the founding of the Adams Empire, humans and vampires have fought two major battles.

Now, the empire's border walls have not been breached for at least fifty years.

Therefore, in such a stable environment, even with shortages of food and clothing, the population continued to rise steadily.

As for the technology of this empire.

It's actually similar to the level of the first industrial revolution on Earth.

Therefore, overall, the current environment of the human empire is not bad.

This also provided convenience for Hean and his two companions.

No one paid any attention to the slums, neither the so-called city hall nor the Blood Hunter squad stationed there.

After all, these powerful people, whose status can be described as noble, would never enter the filthy and stinking slums.

However, these people don't focus on the slums, but rather on the human traffickers who work for the city government.

However, they had already noticed everything that was happening in the slums of southern Brighton.

In fact, some smugglers even tried to extort money from others.

But clearly, anyone who goes looking for trouble will not have a good ending.

In some cases, smugglers are even found dead in their rooms the morning after they cause trouble.

Therefore, the snakeheads and gang members who frequent the slums were already terrified of the Dragon Church that had appeared in the slums of the South District.

Let alone causing trouble.

Even many members of gangs started going to collect eggs themselves.

Similarly, whenever they are injured, these gang members will immediately seek healing from a priest.

As a result, in just 100 days, the entire southern slum could be said to have become the exclusive territory of the Divine Dragon Church.

Yes.

In the shadows, the gang forces in the South District had long been controlled by Potter, one of the three, who had even become their eyes and mouthpiece.

This is not.

On that very day, outside the simple church that the common people of the South District had spontaneously built for the Dragon God Church, a young gang member hurriedly squeezed through the crowd.

"Your Excellency, Priest!"

"Something terrible has happened!!! Our people just saw three members of the Blood Hunter squad enter our slums."

"Judging from their appearance, it seems they came specifically for the church."

Outside the church, Hean, who was arranging for the helpers to distribute eggs, paused.

He then exchanged a glance with Helen beside him.

"Did you find it?"

"It wasn't entirely unexpected; in fact, it was quite some time later than we anticipated."

"So let's see how things go first."

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Soon, right outside this little chapel.

Surrounded by a large crowd of civilians, three members of the Blood Hunter Legion entered the abbot's quarters outside the church.

Coincidentally.

The blood hunters who came this time were people that Hean and his group knew.

Indeed, the newcomers were Abby and two other young men and women from his team.

At this moment, Abbi and the two young men in the team are not having an easy time.

Because right outside the courtyard, all the shantytown dwellers were staring at them with unwavering eyes.

They showed no curiosity or desire to watch the spectacle; rather, they seemed more inclined to rush in without hesitation should they discover that the three blood hunters posed a threat to the three priests.

How can I describe this feeling?

These civilians posed no threat to the Blood Hunter trio, at least not compared to the vampires.

Being stared at by at least several hundred people was incredibly uncomfortable. Faced with this situation, Abi looked at the three leaders, including Hean, and sighed involuntarily:

"The three of you certainly have some impressive skills."

"If my information is correct, the three of you have only been here for about a hundred days, right?"

"It's beyond my imagination that the three of you have won so many hearts in just a hundred days."

"However, I'm not here today to do anything too extra; I just want to confirm the identities of the three of you."

Hean smiled unconsciously.

"So, have you all made up your minds?"

"That's certainly true, otherwise we wouldn't be standing here having such a peaceful conversation with the three of you."

Abby is very direct.

Hean and the other two just smiled at this.

Isn't this a normal procedure?
If a seductive cult suddenly appears in a place, it's perfectly normal for a blood hunter to suspect that lurking vampires have entered and send someone to check the situation.

However, Hean and the other two also knew this.

This was definitely not the main purpose of the trip for the three of them.

After all, these blood hunters must have already found out by some means whether Hean and the other two were vampires.

If they weren't sure, Blood Hunters weren't stupid; why would they send three people to brazenly enter a shantytown that had already been 'bewitched'?

"This gentleman is quite direct."

"But I think you all came here not simply to confirm your identities, right?"

"It seems quite obvious to you gentlemen that you are very interested in our Dragon God Church, isn't it?"

Abby glanced at Hean in surprise, then couldn't help but smile.

"This pastor is certainly quick to speak his mind."

"Since that's the case, then I'll be frank with you!"

"You may not know this, but this area is actually under the jurisdiction of my squad patrolling the city."

"And I have received a great deal of information about what the three of you have been doing these days."

"If my information is correct, the three of you must have very unusual identities, right?"

Upon hearing Abby's words, Potter, who was standing to the side of Hean, laughed.

"What this gentleman said is quite strange."

"Our identities are naturally not simple. After all, we are priests of the Dragon God Church, earthly travelers chosen by the great Dragon God to save the suffering people of this world."

"We haven't hidden anything from outsiders about this. Do you gentlemen not trust us?"

Dragon God?

Who will be chosen?

Not only was Abby speechless, but even the two young men behind him had expressions that said, "You're kidding me."

At this moment, Abby spoke again.

He looked at Potter, then said seriously:
"I don't know which important figures in the empire these people belong to."

"But there is one thing I must tell you: this is not one of those cities in the heart of the Empire. Here, our Blood Hunter Legion will absolutely not allow any unexpected situations to occur."

"Therefore, if those important figures are trying to test some results on the border, then you should be careful with your words and actions."

"After all, I think no matter which faction you belong to, you could never withstand the wrath of the Imperial Military."

Uh.

Upon hearing what Captain Abi said...

Hean and the other two were stunned.

So, this is what the captain came here to say?
What did he misunderstand?

Of course, the three of them also gleaned some information from the captain.

That is to say, there were clearly factional struggles within the Adams Empire itself.

Besides the power of the Blood Hunters, there must be some other departments within this empire researching other powers.

Otherwise, there would be no way this person would have such a misunderstanding.

Faced with this result.

The three of them, Hean, looked at each other, their eyes showing a mixture of surprise and amusement.

Forget it.

Since this misunderstanding has arisen by accident, let it continue.

After all, promoting faith is a serious matter.

If anything really happens, let's wait until at least 80-90% of the common people in this small town are religious before making any decisions.

After all, it's better to avoid trouble.

Although the third-tier Heran did indeed possess the power to not fear the blood hunters in this small city, unnecessary conflicts should still be avoided as much as possible.

Therefore, in response to Captain Abi's words, Hean immediately smiled slightly:

"It seems this gentleman has misunderstood something."

"But none of that matters, since we really didn't intend to do anything bad."

"In that case, if the three of you don't believe me, perhaps you can come into the church and let me explain the doctrines of our Dragon God Cult to you properly?"

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Time passed by unnoticed, and soon it was almost sunset.

Abi and the other two finally walked out of the church.

After the three of them had walked for quite some time in a daze...

After looking at the baskets of eggs he and the other two members were carrying, Abi finally came to his senses and said helplessly:
"So, are we here to warn these people or to collect eggs?"

The blank-faced boy and girl looked at their captain.

The boy said with a strange expression:

"Looks like they came here to collect eggs."

"However, Captain, this Dragon God Church is really sinister!"

"Especially that bishop named Heran, I always feel that as soon as he opens his mouth, he makes people feel at ease, and even makes them want to get closer to him."

"Captain, would you consider this a form of hypnosis?"

As soon as the boy finished speaking, the girl immediately replied:

"Yes, it's really strange. We actually spent the whole afternoon in this little chapel of the Dragon God Church."

"Now all I can think about is that bishop's smile, and even more so, all those doctrines about the Dragon God's grace, saying things like promoting faith is for the purpose of bringing more miracles and saving our suffering world."

"Captain, are these three really test subjects created by the Imperial Research Institute? I don't think so at all. Instead, it seems like there's a god-like being behind them, like the 'Blood God'."

The boy nodded unconsciously upon hearing this.

Abby was stunned for a moment, but quickly shook his head.

"A god similar to the Blood God? How is that possible? There has never been any record of such a thing in the Empire or among the vampires."

"These three are clearly trying to confuse the issue."

"Alright, everyone, perk up and stop being so paranoid. Anyway, just have the other kids keep an eye on these people."

“If they are just preaching, ignore them, but if they do anything outrageous or even do anything shady, then expel them immediately.”

"We are not qualified to participate in the struggles within the empire, but they should never try to disrupt the giant walled cities on the border."

"Moreover, these three are definitely not simple, especially the female bishop named Helen. I found that her physique and blood energy were inexplicably strong, and even my blood and bone weapon was trembling."

"In short, these three are definitely very strong, so don't provoke them unless absolutely necessary."

"I will report this to the Hummingbird Group."

As soon as Abby finished speaking, the other two nodded seriously.

"Okay, Captain, we understand."

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(End of this chapter)