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"Useless child, you can't kill me like this…"
Even though his head had been cut off, Dracula would not die just like that.
Looking at Salus, who was gloating in front of him, he sighed in disappointment.
"No, I should say that no one in this World can kill me, including myself!"
To be precise, under the blessing of the Immortality Trait, Dracula, although "can be killed, cannot be eliminated".
Even if his body was completely incinerated, he could still recover as before after a certain period of time.
However, Salus knew this, so he did not continue to destroy Dracula's corpse.
And in the state of body and head separation, Dracula would need a long time to starve to death due to "blood loss".
This time was enough for Salus and Lilith to complete their respective plans.
"You are right, I really can't do it."
A wicked smile appeared on Salus's face, and he mocked with confidence: "But someone can do it… A warm reminder, it's someone you know!"
"Child, I hope you succeed." Dracula said no more, slowly closed his eyes, and assumed a posture of being at the mercy of others.
Salus didn't pay much attention, directly raised Dracula's head high, and shouted to the crowd in front of the round table:
"The era belonging to this old fellow is over. From now on, I am the new Vampire Lord!"
Because it only took a few seconds from the sneak attack to the beheading.
So many people in front of the round table had not yet recovered from this sudden scene.
Until this moment, they were "awakened" by Salus's roar!
"You… you dare to lay hands on Ghost King?"
"Bastard, why don't you quickly put Ghost King's head back?"
"Salus, this is insubordination, even if you are a prince, you will still be executed!"
More than a dozen cult leaders loyal to Dracula, while indignantly denouncing Salus's evil deeds, tried to rush over to rescue Dracula.
But then they were stopped by the cult leaders who supported Salus.
The other side had an absolute advantage in numbers, at least thirty people.
When these traitors saw Salus's successful sneak attack, they all immediately gathered around him with joy to protect him.
In front of the huge round table, only 5 neutral factions, including Selena, remained, sitting in their seats and quietly observing the development of the situation.
Without exception, these five people were all newly promoted cult leaders this year.
Selena was following Karl's instructions, neither taking sides nor intervening, just watching the infighting and waiting for the opportunity.
The other 4 newcomers, on the other hand, did not know much about Dracula and Salus, so they could not talk about loyalty.
Naturally, they would not casually get involved in this coup!
Whoosh—
The sound of the two forces confronting each other in the room quickly attracted a large number of guards.
They rushed into the hall, raising their guns at everyone… To be precise, they were aiming at the dozen or so loyalists.
However.
The loyalists, completely unaware, saw the guards arrive and thought they had regained control of the situation, and they all began to persuade Salus.
"Your Highness, the guards have already arrived, and your plan is doomed to fail… If you stop now, I believe Ghost King, out of father-son affection, will most likely still leave you a way out."
But as soon as his words fell, the old butler Alfred walked in from outside the hall.
Then he walked past everyone and went straight to Salus, bowing slightly, "Congratulations, Your Highness… No, Ghost King!"
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a???
Holy crap?
Old man, you're playing a defection at a time like this?
Now those loyalist leaders were completely honest, one by one, they slumped their heads and weakly fell back into their chairs.
Because it was easy to guess who the guns of the guards behind them were pointing at!
How many heads do you have to continue resisting?
Don't want to live?
"My God, Boss was right, the insider was indeed him."
When Selena saw this scene, her admiration for Karl was simply inexpressible.
As expected of Boss, this is too amazing, isn't it?
Just listening to me describe the situation once, he directly deduced the coming situation.
Simply YYDS!
After her emotions calmed down a bit, Selena quickly understood the reason.
Under normal circumstances.
Even if Salus had the guts to ambush Dracula at the Centennial Conference.
But facing the heavily guarded Impossible City, he probably wouldn't survive to send the head out.
Unless someone inside was cooperating with him!
And this requires the person cooperating with Salus to have a sufficiently high status and position, and at the same time, not arouse Dracula's suspicion when acting secretly.
In this way, looking at the entire Impossible City, it seems that only the old butler Alfred, who is second only to one person and above ten thousand, is the most suitable.
"Hurry up and send it to the altar."
Salus handed the head in his hand to Alfred, who took it, put on a sad expression, and said to Dracula, who still had his eyes closed:
"Ghost King, let this old servant send you on your last journey!"
As he spoke, he was already holding the head and walking out of the hall with light steps.
And Salus, after ordering his subordinates to remove Dracula's headless body, finally sat on the Lord's Throne, which symbolized power, as he wished!
Perhaps out of a desire to show off, or perhaps to deliberately display his bloodline and power in front of everyone.
His broad back did not fear the sharp silver long sword on the back of the chair, and he leaned back heavily.
A look of satisfaction appeared on his face, and he scanned the people in front of the round table with confidence… especially those loyalists who looked as if their parents had died, and Selena, who had always watched with cold eyes!
"Very good, it seems everyone has reached a new consensus…"
"But you don't have to be overly nervous. As long as you are willing to promise me that you will be as loyal to me as you were to my father, then I will forget what just happened without holding a grudge."
Salus naturally would not think that he could easily persuade those loyalists with just a few words of comfort, but fortunately, he was well prepared for this.
Then, he suddenly changed the subject and continued with burning eyes:
"I know that during my father's millennium of rule, for all Vampires, his will was an absolutely unquestionable law, and you have long been accustomed to obeying orders…"
"And the 'peace' between Vampires and humans has been maintained for so long entirely because of the 'armistice treaty' he personally signed!"
"But in my opinion, this is an extremely cowardly, even unequal treaty obtained by sacrificing the interests of Vampires and fawning."
"Once, we clearly had the opportunity to enslave all humans and become the Master of this World, but my father, due to his own cowardice, chose to lead us down another path… a path that gradually leads to decline!"
"We should not be treated so unfairly. We absolutely cannot allow those lowly 'foods' to jump on our heads, defecate and urinate, and act arrogantly!"
"Therefore, as the sole heir to the bloodline of the Dracula family, I have no choice but to stand up at this critical juncture concerning the future survival of all Vampires, overthrow my father's outdated rule, and lead the Vampires back to prosperity!"
These highly inflammatory words indeed hit the nail on the head, making many loyalist leaders nod in agreement.
Salus was overjoyed at the sight and immediately struck while the iron was hot, continuing to say:
"Perhaps you don't know, just as the Centennial Conference began, my people have already officially declared war on humans in seven cities!"
"But this is only the beginning… When humans try to counterattack and focus all their attention on those seven cities, the larger-scale war will officially begin."
"At that time, a large number of humans in the U.S. will be temporarily converted into Vampire dependents. They will fight, kill, and even perish together with purebloods and humans!"
"I can promise all of you that it won't be long before the entire U.S. will be completely reduced to our Vampire territory, and the humans on this land will all become our food."
"At that time, I will rebuild human farms and slaughterhouses, allowing pureblood Elders to drink a cup of delicious virgin blood every morning when they wake up… and ultimately lead the Vampires to conquer the entire World!!"
"But to achieve the above goals, everyone's strong support is indispensable."
Seeing that the time was ripe, Salus raised his arm and shouted, "In order to better counter the possible large-scale counterattack by humans, as the new Vampire Lord, I propose…
Temporarily merge all different Vampire factions in the U.S. to form a unified Vampire empire with unified decrees, using unified symbols and beliefs for convenient management.
And select the most elite Vampire warriors from each faction to form an invincible army…"
"What?"
The loyalist leaders, who were originally immersed in the empathetic atmosphere, suddenly realized at this moment.
Isn't this clearly trying to usurp our power and then annex our factions?
Damn it, you were so emotional just now.
I almost believed your nonsense!
"I object!"
A loyalist leader with dark blue skin, dressed in a retro military uniform, stood up indignantly and accused:
"Our Luther Cult has its own devout beliefs, and this will not change in the past, present, or future… Bang!!"
However.
Before he could finish his words, his head had already been shot off by a guard behind him.
The blood-splattered corpse swayed and fell to the ground, quickly forming a chilling pool of blood on the floor.
"Sorry, those who object have no future."
Salus bared his teeth in a triumphant sneer, leaning slightly forward, his sharp gaze sweeping over the opposite crowd one by one, "I have finished my words… Who agrees, who objects?"
Does this even need to be asked?
Of course it is… an unconditional agreement!
Can you just ask the guards behind to put down their guns first?
Nothing else, I'm afraid they'll accidentally fire later!
"Very good."
Salus was ecstatic to see those loyalists finally "sincerely" surrender to him. The situation was developing step by step in the direction he had anticipated.
And when all the factions officially merged to form a brand new Vampire empire, it would mean that he would surpass his father and become the true "Vampire King" in a meaningful sense!!
For Salus, this was the supreme glory he had always dreamed of!
"Miss Selena, you seem to owe me a reasonable explanation?"
After completely resolving the problem of the loyalists, Salus fixed his gaze on Selena, who had remained silent on the opposite side.
The four cult leaders who had previously chosen neutrality with Selena, after seeing the head of the Luther Cult blown off, very decisively chose to compromise.
In their opinion, "if you can't beat them, join them" is not shameful!
So now, Selena was the only one left at the entire round table who had not given a definite answer.
"But I've suddenly changed my mind now."
Salus said with an ill-intentioned lewd smile: "I just happen to be missing a queen who can conquer the World with me."
"If you are willing, then I can pretend that the destruction of the Blood God Cult never happened."
"How about it… isn't this condition generous enough?"
In fact, Salus was not lacking in female companionship.
In fact, he had at least two or three female Vampires accompanying him every night.
But what he lacked was a Daywalker like Selena, who could walk with him under the Sun.
What's more, Selena had beauty, brains, and combat power… her potential was even incomparable to other female Vampires.
This undoubtedly aroused Salus's strong masculine desire for conquest within his bloodline.
In his opinion, only a perfect female Vampire like her was worthy of his title as "Vampire King" in the entire World!
As for human females who could also walk in the sunlight, they were always categorized as "food" in his eyes and were not even considered.
Facing such a blatant threat, almost everyone turned their attention to Selena.
Among them were those with ill intentions, those who gloated, and those who felt regret but dared not show it at all…
They all wanted to see how this infamous Moon Goddess would choose at this moment.
To refuse?
Or to compromise?
The former's price was clearly death!
And the latter's price was…
At this moment, facing the gazes from Salus and others, Selena, who had originally been as cold as ice, as if miles away from people.
A beautiful curve suddenly appeared at the corner of her exquisite lips, like melting snow, instantly swaying the hearts of those present and making them imagine things.
Salus swallowed greedily, thinking she had come to her senses.
But the next second, Selena spoke in sync with the echoing voice in her mind: "Do you even deserve it?!"
Salus: ???