Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 222 I was the one who went first!

"Lady Lilith, this is the place."

Dill led Ember and the other man to the castle at the back of the town and respectfully said:

"The Lord Balard and the others lived here before they died."

"Before he died?"

Lilith looked at Dill with a half-smile, until cold sweat broke out on his forehead, then casually waved her hand:

"Okay, you can leave now. We'll rest here for the day and leave when it gets dark."

"Yes...yes, sir..."

Dill wiped the cold sweat from his brow and watched the two enter the house and close the door before daring to turn around and leave.

Dill was very familiar with the roads in town, and he navigated through several alleys before turning into an unremarkable, low-rise house.

Snapped!

Dill pushed open the door and glanced into the living room, where more than ten people had already gathered.

They were all members of the town guard, and without exception, all were Blood Servants. Perhaps to avoid attracting attention, the room was unlit, but as Blood Servants, they all possessed excellent night vision and could see everything around them without any light.

"Brother Deer."

A blond young man stepped forward and whispered in Deer's ear, "There are only two of them, and the other one is an ordinary person. Should we...?"

He made a throat-slitting gesture.

His voice wasn't loud, but the people in the room were all Blood Servants, so how could they not hear him?

Even when they heard it, they didn't react; they simply stared calmly at Dill. It seemed that if he gave the order, they would grab their weapons and storm into the town's most luxurious building, killing the two outsiders.

Deere's expression immediately changed, and he angrily rebuked:

"Arsen, are you crazy? Those are vampires!"

"I'm not crazy!"

Arsen, instead of calming down after being reprimanded by Dill, became even more agitated: "So what if they're vampires? They're only two people, and the other one is just a burdensome food source! You know, we have more than thirty of us, as long as..."

Snapped!

Before Arsen could finish speaking, a slap landed on his face. He felt a burning pain on his left cheek and stared at Dill in disbelief.

"You dare hit me?"

Deer said in an icy tone:

"Arsen, don't think I don't know what you're thinking! Your family used to be nobles, ruling this land for generations, but now you're no different from us! You think you can become the ruler again without vampires? Wake up, even without vampires, it wouldn't be your turn."

"And you all."

Dill's gaze swept over the others, and he said coldly:

"Don't forget, we are merely blood servants! Even if Lord Barard and the others are dead, how do you know that she can't reclaim our power? You think we can succeed with just her? Don't forget, she killed Lord Barard and the others all by herself!"

"Besides, how do you know that everything we're doing right now might be being watched by that person?"

Those who were swept by Dill's gaze lowered their heads guiltily; they had clearly already been bribed by Arsen.

"Think about it yourselves."

Deer looked away from them with some disappointment, sighed, and turned to leave.

Arsen covered his left cheek, watching Dill's departing figure with an extremely cold gaze.

"Young Master Arsen."

A member of the town guard leaned forward and whispered:

"Maybe we should just forget about it, Brother Dill..."

"Snapped!"

Arsen slapped him across the face, roughly interrupting him, his expression ferocious. "What kind of bullshit Brother Dill is this? Don't forget, I'm the nobleman! Give him face, call him 'brother,' or I'll send him to his grave!"

"He likes being those vampires' dogs, doesn't he? Then let them all die together!"

-

"Lady Lilith."

Inside the castle hall, the maids knelt in two rows, trembling with fear, to welcome their new master.

"Who's in charge here?"

Lilith glanced around the hall and asked casually.

Before even asking the question, she had already vaguely guessed the answer—

Among the many maids, only one was quite special.

The other person had dazzling blond hair. Just as red eyes and bat wings are the iconic features of vampires, dazzling blond hair is also a symbol of nobility and the ruling class among humans.

Moreover, compared to the maids dressed in coarse linen, their attire was quite magnificent.

Before she even asked the question, the other maids had almost instinctively turned their gazes toward the blonde woman.

The blonde woman's expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly pointed to another maid beside her:

"She, she's the head maid here!"

The silver-haired maid being pointed at looked somewhat taken aback, her eyes quickly dimming, but she still stood up and whispered:

"Lady Lilith, I am Aleka, the head maid here."

"Head maid?"

Lilith's eyes were playful. The silver-haired woman was the head maid, so wouldn't you, this elegantly dressed blonde woman, be the mistress of the castle? How dare you play this game in front of her? Do you think she's stupid or blind?

Lilith, who saw through everything, didn't expose her. Instead, she smiled and lifted the chin of the still-attractive silver-haired maid, giving the order:

"Aleka, prepare a new room for me; I need to rest."

"Yes, Lady Lilith." Aleka obediently stood up and led the two upstairs.

The blonde woman, watching Lilith leave, thought she had finally escaped a disaster and breathed a sigh of relief. But soon, as if remembering something, her expression changed, and she hurriedly left the castle hall.

Walking down the corridor on the second floor of the castle, Lilith suddenly asked:

"Aleka, are there only maids in the castle?"

Yes, yes.

Aleka felt a little flustered, but quickly calmed down and explained, "Lord Ballard and the others do not allow other men to enter the castle."

Lilith nodded thoughtfully, then asked:

"I told everyone in the castle to gather in the hall. There shouldn't be any exceptions, right?"

"Of course not..."

Aleka whispered, "How dare we disobey the orders of the vampire lord?"

"Oh, really?"

Lilith gave her a deep look, then suddenly stopped in front of a door.

Snapped!

The door was suddenly pushed open, revealing a silver-haired little girl curled up by the bed, her wine-red eyes filled with fear as she looked at the two people outside.

Lilith withdrew her hand and asked with a playful expression:

"Then how does she explain it?"

Aleka's body trembled violently, her face filled with astonishment and disbelief, and she blurted out:

"What are you doing here?"

A moment later, she suddenly understood something, her eyes filled with utter despair, and a bitter smile appeared on her lips:

"She clearly promised me..."

"I think you need to explain yourself properly."

Lilith didn't show any anger at being deceived; instead, she smiled and said:

"Based on what you've said, I'll decide how to deal with you."

A bitter smile appeared on Aleka's lips:

"As you can see, she is my sister's daughter."

Who is her father?

Lilith was not surprised by this and pressed for an answer.

Blonde hair is a symbol of the ruling class in human society, and the same is true among vampires.

Silver hair is rare among both humans and vampires. Since Aleka and the girl both have the same silver hair, it's not hard to guess that they are related by blood.

The other person's red eyes proved that their father was one of the three "Guardians".

This is not surprising.

Those three vampires ruled this place for a long time; it's impossible that they didn't leave behind any offspring.

"It's also Lord Ballard." Aleka lowered her head silently, her tone complicated, "But Olnia won't be recognized, so she's just a servant's daughter."

"Huh?"

Even Lilith was taken aback for a moment, but quickly realized the reason and stopped asking.

She entered the room, knelt down in front of the silver-haired girl, and asked with a smile:

"Little sister, what's your name?"

The little girl's eyes still held fear, but she weakly replied:

"My name is Olnia..."

"You said your name is Olnia?"

Yu Jin raised an eyebrow slightly and suddenly asked.

The little girl was startled and lowered her head, shrinking into the corner of the wall.

"You scared her," Lilith said, turning around with a disgruntled expression.

"Are you getting cocky again?"

Yu Jin glanced at her and said indifferently.

"Ugh!" Lilith's momentum crumbled instantly, and she said weakly, "I didn't mean to, I'm sorry~"

Aleka was somewhat bewildered by the scene before her. Why would this vampire lord be so afraid of an ordinary person?

"Your name is Olnia?"

Ember approached the little girl, gently stroking her silver hair, and asked softly.

The little girl seemed less afraid and whispered:

"This is the name my mother gave me."

"Olnia, isn't this a coincidence?"

Ember glanced at the little girl, then at Lilith standing weakly to the side, and suddenly chuckled softly.

Lilith, the progenitor of the vampires, along with her follower goddesses, the future "Goddess of Beauty" and the Blood Moon Queen Olnia—isn't that a complete set?

Aleka didn't know what Ember was laughing at; she just said somewhat nervously:

"My lords, Olnia did not inherit the bloodline of those three; she is not a vampire."

Lilith glanced at the head maid by the door. She knew Aleka was worried that she would eliminate any remaining vampires. After all, she had just killed those three vampires, and eliminating any potential descendants to prevent revenge was perfectly normal. Lilith didn't mind doing so, but it wasn't her decision now.

Thinking this, Lilith secretly glanced at Ember, asking for his opinion.

Ember noticed the questioning look in Lilith's eyes and said calmly:

"I told you, I'd leave it to you to handle."

Lilith blinked, then looked at Aleka with a smile:

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to her. But in exchange, you have to tell me the whole truth."

Aleka's expression darkened, and she nodded bitterly.

For Olnia's sake, she had no other choice.

"Ballard..."

Aleka paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "The three guardians have a total of seventeen offspring, one of whom is Olnia's. Among them, the most esteemed is Lady Aisha's son, Young Master Camillo, who inherited Lord Balard's noble bloodline."

Lilith was somewhat surprised, and even Ember was taken aback.

After all, adult vampires are only equivalent to Sequence 7, and at Sequence 7 and below, extraordinary traits are generally not inherited by offspring. Although not absolute, the probability of inheritance is extremely low.

However, only when sequence 6 and sequence 5 are naturally inherited will that part of the child be born with certain extraordinary abilities, approaching those of sequence 9.

Furthermore, high-sequence individuals can even actively control whether or not they inherit extraordinary traits. They can choose to inherit them, or not, or to inherit a small amount, a third, half, or all of them. Therefore, the children of high-sequence individuals may be born extraordinary, and the specific sequence number is determined by their father or mother.

Of course, the probability increases if it's the union of two extraordinary individuals. This is why vampires mostly live in groups; both for mutual support and safety, and to ensure the continuation of their lineage. Even Sequence 7 individuals can produce offspring with vampire bloodlines.

However, the probability of a vampire and an ordinary person producing offspring with extraordinary abilities is extremely low. But for outcasts, they have no choice but to choose ordinary people to reproduce with, which often results in the extinction of their bloodline.

This is why the three outcasts were so excited when they saw Lilith, because a female vampire meant that the likelihood of their offspring having vampire bloodlines was greatly increased.

Lilith asked, as if she had just realized something:

"Mrs. Elsa, is that the blonde woman?"

"Yes."

Aleka nodded slightly, her expression complex, and said, "She is the mistress of this castle, Lord Ballard's most beloved wife."

A mother's status rises with her son's; her son is the only descendant to inherit the bloodline of the vampires, so her own status naturally increases accordingly.

Lilith nodded slightly, indicating her understanding.

Aleka suddenly remembered something and added in a low voice:

"Madam Elsa and Arsen of the town guard are siblings, and their family was the rulers here before the three guardians arrived. So, perhaps they..."

Aleka hesitated for a long time but still didn't say it.

Lilith asked with a smile:

Do you think they might want to rebel?

Aleka nodded silently.

This is understandable. With the three rulers, Ballard and his two brothers, killed, Camillo, their son, was the most legitimate heir. Moreover, the families of Lady Aisha and Arsen were themselves former rulers, which further fueled their arrogance.

In addition, the town guard had more than thirty blood servants, which was indeed a formidable force and gave them the courage to resist.

"A mere blood servant..."

Lilith scoffed, her eyes filled with disdain.

Although only their masters can control their blood servants, and these servants gain freedom upon their masters' death, this does not mean they are capable of rebelling against other vampires!

Lilith looked out the window at the crimson moon, her expression becoming increasingly amused.

The power of Blood Servants originates from the vampires who have made contracts with them. Although the power of Blood Servants does not disappear when the vampires die, they are even liberated and no longer subject to constraints.

However, the gap between their strength and that of a true vampire is still enormous!

Of course, although their strength is insignificant compared to that of the vampires, they are just like the vampires.

Their power is also amplified on the night of the full moon.

In other words, if they want to resist, their only chance is tonight—

Taking advantage of the darkness before dawn and the sudden surge in power, they launched a surprise attack at night.

Lilith was still pondering when those people would launch their sneak attack when she suddenly heard a familiar voice beside her:

Do you crave power?

Lilith turned her head in astonishment and saw Ember holding a blood-red heart, speaking in a low voice to the silver-haired girl in front of her.

Lilith's eyes instantly sharpened.

(End of this chapter)