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

Chapter 244 Shadows Under the Moonlight

Although the Dorothy family, except for Lilith, had been completely wiped out, Olmer and his group were unaware of this. In their eyes, Lilith's words meant that while the Dorothy family had suffered losses, their main force was still intact.

After all, the Dorothy family has a demigod, which is equivalent to the Twelve Families in Landenheim. How could they be wiped out so easily? Moreover, if they were really wiped out, how did Lilith manage to survive with an underage vampire and a blood prey?

Therefore, the answer is obvious.

The Dorothy family's fighting force was preserved. Lilith's solo trip into the city was clearly to gather intelligence, such as the specific power structure of Landenheim, and whether the twelve families welcomed the entry of outside forces, and what their attitude was towards them.

This behavior was not surprising to Olmer and others; it was normal for the Dorothy family to be wary of Langdenheim.

Although Olmer believed that Langdenheim was not prejudiced against outside families, given Langdenheim's size, it did indeed have the ability to slaughter an outside family and plunder the blood essence of all its members!

In other words, if the Dorothy family had entered the city directly from the beginning, they would almost certainly have been at the mercy of others!

Although Landenheim wouldn't engage in such short-sighted tactics as plundering blood essence from outside families, it would certainly label the Dorothy family as 'naive.' At the same time, when dealing with the Dorothy family, it would inevitably dig traps, both overtly and covertly, for the Dorothy family to fall into.

The Dorothy family's decision to send Lilith into the city alone, accompanied by a blood servant and her sister, is undoubtedly the wisest course of action. Firstly, Lilith is undoubtedly a direct descendant of the Dorothy family, and her arrival itself is a signal from the Dorothy family. Whether or not she enters the city depends on what kind of intelligence Lilith can bring back to the Dorothy family; the initiative remains firmly in the Dorothy family's hands.

This undoubtedly made Olmer look at the Dorothy family with higher regard, further confirming that cooperating with the Dorothy family was the wisest choice he had ever made.

however.

All of this speculation is based on the premise that the Dorothy family really exists.

With the Dorothy family already wiped out, everything Olmer and his friends did was a battle of wits against thin air.

"Miss Lilith?"

Just as the group was discussing, a surprised voice rang out from behind them.

Lilith turned around in confusion and saw a brown-haired girl in a black dress looking at them with some surprise not far away. The girl, who had been somewhat uncertain at first, immediately became overjoyed upon seeing Lilith's face and exclaimed excitedly:

"Miss Lilith, do you remember me? I'm Stacy!"

"Stacy?"

Lilith frowned and pondered for a moment, then a look of realization dawned on her, and she asked in surprise, "You're Rosen's daughter?"

"it's me."

When the girl named Stacy saw that Lilith had finally recognized her, she exclaimed excitedly, "Miss Lilith, I really didn't expect to meet you here."

"I didn't expect that either," Lilith said with a polite smile.

Stacy looked around for a while, then asked curiously:

"Where's Dorothy? Is she here too?"

Lilith still wore a faint smile, but did not answer. Instead, she looked at Olmer beside her with a smile.

Olmer immediately understood, stopped Stacy from getting any closer, and smiled:

"Excuse me, Miss Stacy, we have important business to discuss. Could you please come back later for a chat?"

"Okay, okay."

Stacy stopped in her tracks, nodded hesitantly, and said apologetically:

"Sorry to bother you."

Watching Stacy turn and leave, Lilith suddenly asked with a smile:

"Did you invite her?"

Olmer knew what she meant and explained:

"It has nothing to do with me, she's my older brother's woman."

His older brother clearly doubted Lilith's identity, which is why he specifically asked Stacy, who had also migrated from the West Coast, to identify her. Of course, this indirectly helped Olmer confirm Lilith's identity, which could be considered a favor to him.

Lilith narrowed her eyes slightly, her gaze piercing through the crowd to precisely spot Stacy's figure. Stacy had already passed through the crowd and reached the other side of the hall, turning right into a side corridor, thus losing Lilith's sight.

"Has your identity been confirmed?"

On the balcony at the corner of the corridor, Cassell swirled his red wine and asked casually.

Stacy placed her hands folded over her lower abdomen, bowed slightly, and said in a restrained manner:

"Lord Kase, she is indeed Miss Lilith. I had the honor of meeting her before."

Cassell, who had been sipping the scarlet liquid, put down his glass and asked, as if to confirm:

"So, she really is from the Dorothy family?"

Stacy nodded slightly and explained:

"Miss Lilith is Dorothy's younger sister and the only direct descendant of the Dorothy family. Dorothy herself once said that she would not have children, but would instead pass on her bloodline's essence to Miss Lilith..."

Stacy's expression was quite complex, carrying undisguised envy and barely concealed jealousy.

"The only direct bloodline..."

Kase frowned slightly and murmured softly.

As the eldest son of the Toddbringer family, he certainly knew what it meant to be the only direct descendant. And even for Kasser, the eldest son of the Toddbringer family, it was something to be envied.

After all, given Llucius's strength, it would take at least several thousand years for him to live to die naturally, by which time Casse would have long since turned into dust!

Yes, for Lycius's offspring, being the eldest son was utterly meaningless. They simply wouldn't live to see Lycius's natural death, and therefore wouldn't be able to inherit his bloodline!

In fact, even if he lived to see Luciaus die of old age, he wouldn't be able to inherit Luciaus's blood essence. This is because vampires typically give birth to offspring before they sense their own death, passing on all their blood essence to their offspring—

The eldest son has no advantage whatsoever; the last child born is actually the most likely to inherit everything!

Even if Lucius were to die prematurely, due to an accident, it would still not be Casse's turn.

Because Luzius is already a genuine god, and the energy contained in the blood essence of a god is too vast, only vampires at the patriarch level are qualified to attempt fusion.

As the son of Luzius, Casse was born a powerful vampire, only a step away from becoming the clan leader. However, that step seemed like an insurmountable chasm in front of him, one that he could never cross!

After all, the blood essence of clan leaders is not easy to obtain; to date, only the clan leaders of the twelve clans have reached this level of power. And even if they die, their blood essence will be preferentially left to their descendants.

This was true not only for Casse, but also for the other offspring of Lyuzius. Both Olmer and Elisa were born powerful, inheriting a portion of Lyuzius's bloodline essence, inherently only one step away from becoming the clan leader. But like Casse, they were almost certain they would never cross that threshold in their lifetime.

After all, there was no inheritance for them; they weren't direct descendants of the clan leaders. Stealing was even less likely; although they were only a hair's breadth away from becoming clan leaders, their strength was worlds apart.

Even the weakest patriarch among the twelve families could easily defeat them.

"My younger brother is really lucky."

Kase suddenly chuckled and waved his hand, saying:

"You can go now."

Stacy bowed respectfully, then backed away down the corridor and returned to the banquet hall.

Kase remained standing on the balcony, gazing at the blood moon in the sky. His expression suddenly became unpredictable, occasionally even appearing somewhat ferocious, as if someone were whispering in his ear.

Snapped!

Cassell abruptly crushed the wine glass, and the scarlet liquid instantly bloomed into a fleeting crimson rose amidst the shattered glass, before splattering everywhere and leaving several stains on Cassell's exquisite dress.

"She's back."

Olmer suddenly whispered something, then took a sip of "wine" as if nothing had happened.

It has to be virgin blood!

Olmer squinted his eyes in enjoyment. Although Alyssa had some issues with her sexual orientation, it was thanks to her problematic orientation that she was able to raise a large number of virgin blood donors. Otherwise, he might not have been able to enjoy such high-quality blood.

However, speaking of blood offerings...

Olmer suddenly hesitated, feeling as if he had overlooked something. He glanced subconsciously at Lilith beside him, who was still observing Stacy in the distance.

But what exactly did I forget? I can't seem to remember...

"Wait! Where's her blood offering?!"

Olmer frowned, finally realizing he had forgotten something.

In this banquet hall filled with vampires, the blood prey that Lilith brought stood out from the crowd.

But since entering the banquet hall, he had never seen that blood prey. Where did he go? Could it be that some ignorant vampire took him away to suck blood?

Olmer's eye twitched. If someone were to die, Lilith would probably hold him accountable.

Thinking of this, Olmer decided to be cautious and coughed lightly, saying:

"Miss Lilith, your blood offerings seem to have disappeared."

Lilith seemed to have just remembered her missing blood food, and said casually:

"Don't worry about it, it happens often. He'll come back on his own in a bit."

Olmer was somewhat surprised. This statement sounded like it was directed at a pet that had gone out to forage for food, as if Olmer wasn't worried at all about its pet getting into trouble. This was completely different from Lilith's previous attitude towards the Blood Eater. She hadn't brought her own sister but instead brought a Blood Eater to the party, which was already quite surprising and gave the impression that the Blood Eater was very important to her.

Judging from Lilith's current appearance, she doesn't seem to care about the safety of the Blood Eater at all.

Was he wrong?

Olmer frowned even deeper and tentatively asked:

Aren't you worried that he might get into danger?

"Really?"

Lilith smiled and asked in return.

Although she asked the question, Lilith knew better than anyone else that Ember wouldn't be in danger, because he himself was the greatest danger.

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[Invisible Body]

Ancient Golden Magic Kingdom

The lost magic of Ulashiru.

It can make the whole body transparent.

To prevent complete disappearance,

The figure of the caster can still be vaguely seen.

But if it remains stationary,

It will then blend into the surrounding scenery.

It won't be easily discovered.

Using the magic of invisibility, Ember quietly followed Stacy away without alerting anyone, witnessing her conversation with Kasse and Kasse's fan-shaped performance under the red moon.

But this wasn't what Ember was focused on, so he didn't stay long and quickly left the scene.

The Toddbringer family's castle is called a castle, but in fact, it is as large as a royal palace.

Compared to Landenheim, it's like the Forbidden City within a capital city.

The interior is a maze of interconnected passageways, making it extremely easy to get lost.

But for Ember, this environment is still considered good.

At least here you don't need to use shortcuts, and there aren't any areas that you can see but can't pass through.

Furthermore, since he had already identified his target, all he needed to do was move towards it. Even if he accidentally wandered into a dead end, he could find another way out.

For Ember, who frequently needs to open maps, this is already second nature.

Finally, Ember stopped in front of a heavy double door.

His target was inside.

Crunch!

Just as I was about to step forward and push open the door, it seemed to come alive, slowly opening with a heavy, creaking sound. The gaps in the double doors opened like gaping maws, as if welcoming, or perhaps waiting for prey to come to them willingly—

This is not a metaphor, but a description.

Because the sides of those two double doors were covered with dense, jagged teeth that were making a rattling sound!

"Please come in."

A deep, resonant voice echoed through the hall.

Ember dispelled his invisibility and calmly passed through the tooth-covered doorway into the vast, domed hall. Stained glass windows lined both sides of the hall, allowing the crimson moonlight to pour down unreservedly, illuminating everything within.

The hall was not decorated; instead, the floor and walls were covered with grass, flowers, and grains, and many insects crawled among the dense plants, where life flourished.

On the grass, there are gaping mouths from which fibers fly out, capturing insects; flowers use their branches and leaves as hands to gather nectar; grains like wheat are heavy, and occasionally, wailing cries can be heard from within; insects are divided into many kinds, all different from the norm, some with snake heads, others with bird faces...

These 'life forms' grew more lush towards the center of the hall, extending all the way to a throne that seemed to be made of blood jade. A tall figure, shrouded in crimson moonlight, sat on the throne, looking down upon all living beings.

Ember merely glanced at it before looking away, as if the figure seated on the throne were insignificant. His gaze, calm yet unusual, swept across a corner of the hall, landing on a shadow illuminated by the crimson moonlight.

(End of this chapter)