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Mr. Hui Zhang examined the six-pointed star formation, his eyes caressing the silver coffin as he said, "However, to be on the safe side, I'll first set up a teleportation array around it. If something too powerful is released, we'll banish it to avoid damaging the props and materials in the warehouse!"
The suggestion was prudent, and Zhang Yuanqing and the single-line Knight nodded in agreement!
His uncle immediately took out materials and placed them around the coffin, setting up a simple teleportation array.
The array would automatically activate upon contact with the power of a peak Overlord, randomly teleporting the creature within!
Then, with his uncle's nod, Zhang Yuanqing took out the Form and Spirit Extinguishing Blade and cut open the welded coffin lid along the seams.
Zhai Cai silently retreated to the side!
Zhang Yuanqing spat out a wisp of Qi and manipulated it to lift the silver coffin lid!
With a heavy "clang," the contents of the coffin were revealed to everyone.
It was a pale, naked man with skin that looked like it had been coated with white powder. His features were very handsome, with perfect facial lines and a slender, muscular physique.
"Wow, he could be a male model!" His uncle praised, turning his gaze to the naked man's chest!
There, a thumb-thick silver nail was piercing his heart. The wound was neither inflamed nor ulcerated, but rather had grown black blood vessel lines that adhered to the silver nail, seemingly trying to assimilate it!
"Not a male model, a vampire," Zhai Cai said in a deep voice!
Zhang Yuanqing stroked his chin and murmured, "Aren't vampires extinct? I remember you saying that vampires are actually created by some kind of mutated creature, but the method was lost, so they only exist in the Middle Ages!"
"Currently, vampires only appear in dungeons. The problem is, this is the Holy See's treasure vault. How can there be a vampire in a treasure vault that originally existed in reality?"
Zhai Cai thought for a moment and analyzed, "That means, a century ago, the Holy See found a vampire in the real world that should have been extinct and sealed it in the treasure vault."
He lowered his head, examining the vampire and reaching out to touch the pale chest. "No item information is being read. He's in a sealed state. Should we try to awaken him? Maybe we can learn some information about the Middle Ages! But we can't see his level while he's sealed."
At Mr. Hui Zhang's signal, the single-line Knight stepped forward, pinched the silver nail in the naked man's chest, and pulled it out with all his might!
Mr. Hui Zhang conjured a drop of golden liquid and flicked it into the penetrating wound in his chest!
The golden liquid was instantly absorbed!
The wound on the naked man's chest healed rapidly, and a faint throbbing could be heard from his chest cavity!
"Thump, thump, thump..."
The heartbeat grew from faint to strong. This pale corpse, sealed in the coffin for a whole century, exuded a terrifying, heart-palpitating aura!
Like a demon king sealed for endless years awakening, no, that's what he was!
The naked man in the coffin opened his eyes, his pupils scarlet, like rubies. Just waking up from a century-long dream, he immediately saw three humans surrounding the coffin, pointing at him and speaking a language he didn't understand.
"A bit weak."
"At most, early Overlord. Couldn't the Holy See kill this thing?"
"Gave me a scare, I thought it was a demigod-level monster!"
"Maybe the Holy See preserved it as a specimen. After all, vampires are extinct and belong to a world-class protected species!"
The bewilderment in the vampire's naked man's eyes receded, replaced by undisguised bloodthirst, brutality, and coldness!
He slowly sat up, exhaling a stale breath. Even a glance could kill these three ants before him.
But he still maintained his elegance, speaking in a deep Italian, "It seems I have slept for many long years. Are you from the Holy See?"
Zhang Yuanqing didn't understand and looked at the single-line Knight, "What did he say?"
The Spirit Realm didn't translate the language, indicating that the vampire was not an NPC in a dungeon but did indeed come from reality.
Zhai Cai said, "Sounds like Italian. I don't understand either!"
Mr. Hui Zhang spoke, opening with fluent Italian, "The Holy See was destroyed a hundred years ago. We are treasure hunters. Are you a vampire?"
After speaking, he turned to translate for his nephew and the single-line Knight, "The Holy See is destroyed."
The vampire was stunned for a second, then suddenly raised his head and laughed wildly, shaking the entire space.
"Farun, I said that when I awaken again, I would personally destroy the Holy See and suck your blood dry! I didn't expect that in just a hundred years, the Holy See would have turned to ashes!"
Mr. Hui Zhang translated the vampire's words to the two.
Zhai Cai said, "Farun is the name of the Pope. Looks like the Pope sealed him!"
At this time, the vampire restrained his expression, regaining his elegance. He looked at the three and said slowly and methodically, "Treasure hunters, I am very grateful that you awakened me. As a reward, I can let you serve as my servants. But I have craved blood for a hundred years, so only one of you can become my servant, and the other two can only be food."
The handsome vampire with pale skin gave an elegant smile to the single-line Knight and Zhang Yuanqing.
"I don't like servants who are too handsome, so you can only be my food!" Saying this, he raised his hand with black fingernails and made a grabbing motion towards the two!
Zhai Cai strode forward and slapped him back into the coffin. This slap was heavy and loud, directly stunning the vampire, who fell back into the coffin and didn't react for several seconds!
He sprang out of the coffin with a look of astonishment, "You..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Yuanqing strode forward and slapped him back into the heavy silver coffin.
"Thud." The vampire, whose skull was cracking, bounced up again!
Mr. Hui Zhang raised his hand and gave him another slap. Seeing this, a look of panic and fear appeared in the vampire's eyes, and he said urgently, "Stop, stop! Please stop!"
His uncle lowered his hand and said with a smile, "It seems your worldview has been refreshed."
The vampire didn't understand the word "worldview," but he understood the words "slap" and "big."
But the elegance and arrogance in his eyes were gone, replaced by confusion and incomprehension. He was a king of the night!
He had killed countless witches, werewolves, and demon hunters, and the Holy See had listed him as a taboo existence. He, who had long been invincible, was actually being beaten in turns by three treasure hunters?
"Who exactly are you? Why do you possess such terrifying power?" The vampire asked cautiously!
"Terrifying?" Mr. Hui Zhang said lightly, "People like me are a dime a dozen outside!"
He pointed to Zhang Yuanqing and Zhai Cai, "People like them are as common as stray dogs in the Middle Ages!"
Zhang Yuanqing: ...
Single-line Knight: ...
The vampire looked incredulous but didn't dare to refute or question, only responding with silence.
Mr. Hui Zhang asked again, "Tell us about yourself. Who are you?"
"I am Augusto, the King of the Night. Those who know my name have long turned to dust!"
Speaking of his name, the vampire raised his chin a few centimeters.
"What era did you live in?" Mr. Hui Zhang asked, "Why are you lying in a coffin?"
The vampire Augusto replied, "In the era I lived in, the ruler of the Byzantine Empire was Alexios I, and the Pope was Urban. The power of the Holy See was above the king, and the power in the night was in my hands."
"I was considered a taboo by the Holy See. They could make kings submit, but they could do nothing to me!"
"Even the invincible me had an invincible enemy!"
"Alexios I, what era is this?" Zhang Yuanqing looked at the single-line Knight, who also gave him a confused look!
"A thousand years ago, the king of the Byzantine Empire!" Mr. Hui Zhang explained to them!
A thousand years ago was roughly the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, an Overlord-level expert was indeed an invincible existence.
Zhang Yuanqing matched it to the history of his country.
The vampire Augusto continued, "That enemy is life, and also time! Vampires have long lives, but not eternal life... I will still die! In order not to die like my companions, I fell into a slumber in a castle in the deep mountains!"
"Until a group of treasure hunters broke into the castle and awakened me!"
"I slept for more than eight hundred years, and I am very fortunate to be alive, but the world has changed greatly! The elves, werewolves, and vampires in the night have become extinct, and witches no longer exist! But what makes people hate is that the Holy See has continued!"
"I survived in human society for a period of time and discovered ways for transcendent creatures to improve their strength that I had never heard of or seen!"
"So, I started hunting them, trying to figure out the reason, but I was also targeted by the Holy See because of this!"
"The contemporary Pope, Farun, summoned a group of priests and knights to hunt me down. The cunning Farun knew that I liked the blood of virgins, so he used pure girls to lure me in."
"He injected mercury into that woman's body, making me weak." The vampire Augusto's expression became resentful, "But I still killed them all, except for the most cunning and powerful Farun. That's how I was sealed in a coffin by the Holy See, until you opened it!"
So the Holy See hunted vampires during the Holy See era. The silver weapons seen in the treasure chest earlier are explained!
Well, the vampire who was revived from the ancient fort in the deep mountains is similar to the Pure Yang Sect Leader. No wonder this guy was so arrogant after waking up. He still thinks he's invincible. The big era has changed!
Zhang Yuanqing can probably guess why the Pope kept this vampire, he probably forgot!
As the level increases, demigods appear, and there are more and more Overlords. A small Carrami has no threat, so he was discarded in the warehouse and gradually forgotten!
"The vampire's lifespan is a bit terrifying," Mr. Hui Zhang commented, and then said, "How many vampires like you are there?"
Hearing this, the vampire Augusto raised his proud chin and said, "I am different from those low-level vampires who can't control their hunger. I am a blood clan who has obtained the power of the progenitor... a creature that can be compared to the blood clan of the mythical era!"
Progenitor power, then you called the wrong name, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't help but complain after listening to his uncle's translation.
Zhai Cai said, "Mr. Hui Zhang, I'm very curious about how vampires are born! Although the Holy See's classics record them as a type of aberrant, I don't think it's very similar. Aberrants rarely maintain human form and instinct is stronger than reason, but this guy is too rational."
Hui Zhang asked, "Who is the progenitor of your blood clan, and how were they born?"
The vampire Augusto said in a deep voice, "The progenitor of our blood clan is a name cursed by the God-King."
"Who is the God-King?" Mr. Hui Zhang said lazily.
"Don't ask me one question and I answer one question. I don't have much patience!"
The vampire Augusto quickly said, "Odin, besides this supreme being, who else dares to call himself the God-King? Even the gods of our blood clan dare not."
Mr. Hui Zhang's eyes flashed slightly, "Odin really exists?"
Odin is the God-King of Norse mythology. In their speculation, Norse mythology is likely to correspond to the third major area that has not yet been opened!
Although Norse mythology may correspond to the third major area, the characters in mythology do not necessarily exist in reality, just like there are countless immortals and Buddhas in the mythology of the second major area, but few of them actually exist!
Zhang Yuanqing suddenly became interested.
The secret history of the third major area is currently a knowledge blind spot for them, even a demigod like his uncle doesn't know!