Seeing the three men staring at him with piercing eyes, the vampire Augusto sneered inwardly, "Humble humans," satisfying his sense of superiority.
Zhang Yuanqing smiled enigmatically, "This guy is looking down on us. Knight, go up and slap him."
"Why don't you go?" Zhai Cai retorted, but still stepped forward and slapped the vampire.
The dignified King of the Night had never suffered such humiliation, but the situation forced him.
The two young-looking men, with physical strength far surpassing his, and the masked mysterious man, whose mere hint of aura made him instinctively fearful.
He could only choose to endure humiliation, dared not have any more internal monologues, and honestly began to talk about the history of the Blood Clan: "A legend circulates within our vampires that the progenitor of the Blood Clan was appointed by the God-King Odin to watch over humanity, but only the true high-level Blood Clans know the truth."
"In fact, the progenitor of the Blood Clan came to the mortal world to escape the pursuit of the God-King Odin. And the reason Odin was chasing the progenitor was that the progenitor had stolen something from the God-King Odin!"
"The vampire progenitor is also related to Odin of Norse mythology? I haven't heard of any vampire legends in Norse mythology," Zhai Cai searched his knowledge reserves, somewhat surprised.
In witch, vampire, and werewolf stories, the righteous characters are often bounty hunters and the Church.
And the Church profession belongs to the First District, which is more inclined towards Greek mythology.
Thoughts flashed through his mind as he heard Yuan Shi Tian Zun ask, "What was stolen?"
President translated simultaneously.
The vampire Augusto did not answer directly, maintaining his own rhythm: "Legend has it that in the infinitely ancient times, the God-King Odin, in order to fight against the evil god who would destroy the world, hung himself on the trunk of the World Tree, piercing his heart with a spear. He sacrificed himself to the World Tree, thereby obtaining the supreme power - the Rune Words. The Rune Words evolved into fourteen kinds of magic, which are the source of all magic in the world. This was bestowed upon Odin by the World Tree, and it is his power and reliance to rule the gods, which no living being can窥视."
"However, two caterpillars on the World Tree, taking advantage of Odin's weakness, stole the power of Death Magic and Life Magic, respectively."
"The caterpillar that stole Death Magic transformed into a beautiful woman, while the caterpillar that stole Life Magic transformed into a handsome man."
"The God-King Odin was furious and made a curse with his godhood, cursing Death Magic to corrode the woman, turning her into a gloomy and evil witch, and she and her descendants would suffer the punishment of fire; cursing Life Magic to corrode the man, turning him into a demon in the night, and his descendants would never be able to touch sunlight, forever living in the shadows."
"They would feed on blood, and would forever be hated and despised by humans."
"Those two caterpillars are the progenitors of the witches and the Blood Clan."
The three looked at each other.
The Singular Knight looked at President. "Is this legend credible?"
President fell into deep thought, neither affirming nor denying.
Zhang Yuanqing whispered, "It should be true."
President and Zhai Cai turned their gaze to him. Zhang Yuanqing explained, "I once entered a special dungeon, where I witnessed the descent of the Demon Seed. There was a cardinal in the dungeon who told me that the black magic of witches is a branch of Rune Magic. Therefore, the power of vampires and witches both originate from Rune Magic."
Zhai Cai frowned, "But I remember the Church scriptures record that vampires are aberrations."
President translated his words to the vampire Augusto, who sneered, "That is the shameless Church smearing our Blood Clan, describing us as such inferior creatures."
President suddenly asked, "You are a Blood Clan who lived in the Middle Ages, you should know Norse mythology and Greek mythology. The Church's Stormwind Mages, Knights, Drunkards, and Breaking Bad, etc., all belong to the Greek mythology system."
"The Blood Clan is, stealing power from Odin's Rune Magic, which should belong to Norse mythology, why are you mixed up in Greek mythology?"
He asked this question mainly to clarify the relationship and timeline of the major mythological factions in ancient times.
The vampire Augusto said, "Wasn't I clear enough just now? The Blood Clan progenitor stole Odin's power, of course, he had to flee. He and the witch progenitor fled from the Southern Continent to the distant Northern Continent."
"The division of territory between the gods is very strict, and they reached a non-aggression agreement in infinitely ancient times. So Odin couldn't send warriors to chase after them either. Well, I heard these from the Blood Clan elders."
In ancient times, several major mythological systems coexisted and knew of each other's existence........
Zhang Yuanqing suddenly thought, did the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors also know about the gods in Norse mythology and Greek mythology?
But foreign gods have never appeared in Chinese folk mythology. As he was thinking, he heard his uncle say in a low voice in Italian, "The deeds of the Blood Clan progenitor are infinitely distant for you. Odin had long ceased to exist in your era. Haven't you Blood Clan descendants ever returned to your homeland?"
"Of course," the vampire Augusto revealed a trace of confusion. "My footprints have already spread all over the European continent. If I didn't hate the life of sailing at sea, I would even choose to go out to see the outside world."
"But I have never encountered any supernatural creatures from the Norse mythology system in Europe, except for werewolves."
"Yes, werewolves are also supernatural creatures of the Norse mythology system, but their bloodline is not pure. They are descendants of the Icefire Demon Wolves. The pure-blooded Icefire Demon Wolves have long been extinct."
After his uncle translated, Zhang Yuanqing immediately thought of the Little Red Riding Hood prop. Its profession is Icefire Demon Wolf. It was Fu Qingyang who searched all the information and, not finding any information about Icefire Demon Wolves, speculated that it was an unactivated Third District profession.
The information matched.
Zhai Cai啧啧 said, "The notorious witches, werewolves, and vampires in medieval legends are actually all from the Third District."
After saying that, he saw President's solemn expression and asked, "What do you think?"
President said in a deep voice, "We all know that The Way of the Extraordinary has three districts, of which the First District and the Second District have been opened, and the Third District has not yet been released. We know very little about the information of the Third District."
"The number of professions, abilities, and ruins of the Third District have never appeared. I have searched for the Third District in The Way of the Extraordinary and reality for several years, and found a few props suspected to be from the Third District, but these props were found in the ruins of the First District."
"They were passed down when the two major mythologies came into contact, and strictly speaking, they do not belong to the Third District."
He looked at the two young men and said, "Therefore, a strange phenomenon has appeared. Where did the ancient practitioners of the Third District go? Of course, we can't find the ancient practitioners of the First District and the Second District in history either. Only through the dungeons can we unveil the mysterious veil of the ancient practitioners."
"The Third District has not been opened yet, so it is normal that we cannot find the ancient practitioners of that district, but this vampire is an ancient practitioner from a thousand years ago. Logically speaking, he should have had contact with the ancient practitioners of the Third District in his era."
Zhang Yuanqing and Zhai Cai looked at each other and finally realized.
"It's really not normal," Zhai Cai thought, "That is to say, the practitioners of the Third District had already perished a thousand years ago."
Zhang Yuanqing raised the corner of his mouth. "Why think so much? Just ask this guy directly. Since the Blood Clan progenitor came from the Third District, their descendants must have done research on Norse mythology, pursuing ancestors and studying ancestors is the commonality of all intelligent life."
The other party is an intelligent and advanced creature. They have probably already researched and pursued similar things, and there is no need for them to rack their brains to guess. Just ask directly.
Uncle told the vampire Augusto his nephew's request. The latter shook his head and said, "Our understanding of the gods of Norse mythology comes from myths and legends. Many supernatural creatures believe that Odin and the gods do not exist. Apart from myths and legends, there is no evidence that the Norse gods ever existed."
"Only the strong of the witches and the Blood Clan know that the Norse gods really existed. But they perished in Ragnarok."
President asked in a low voice, "What speculations and research do you supernatural creatures have on Ragnarok?"
"The evil god who destroys the world descended and destroyed the Norse gods," Augusto said.
"Since it is an evil god who destroys the world, why didn't it destroy you too, and only destroyed the Norse gods!" President retorted.
The vampire Augusto was speechless for a moment, and after a few seconds of silence, he said somewhat angrily, "I am the noble Blood Clan, the King of the Night, not a historian!"
The three ignored him and began to communicate with each other.
Zhang Yuanqing said, "A terrible disaster did happen in ancient times, which led to the death of the administrator of the Second District, Empress Wa. There are similar disasters in Greek mythology. I think Ragnarok in Norse mythology also refers to that disaster."
Uncle said, "Yes. But the problem is that after the First and Second Districts experienced that disaster, order was re-stabilized, and ancient practitioners emerged. Only the Third District doesn't know what happened, and the inheritance was directly cut off. This may be the reason why the Third District has not been opened yet."
"It can be confirmed that the Third District was much more affected than the First District." Zhang Yuanqing said, "The Icefire Demon Wolf should have fled to the Second District during that disaster, and thus bred werewolves. The entire mythology system only escaped one profession."
"That's not right!" Uncle agreed with the first half of his nephew's words but disagreed with the second half. The Icefire Demon Wolf is an evil profession, and evil professions are foreign professions. Therefore, the Icefire Demon Wolf was not a profession which had fled the disaster, but was created within it, survived, and then migrated to the First District.
The Singular Knight glanced at Yuan Shi Tian Zun, and then glanced at President, and muttered, "Your discussion of intelligence is too high-end. Can you consider the feelings of someone like me at the bottom?"
"To know high-end intelligence, it depends on what you are willing to exchange," Zhang Yuanqing patted the Singular Knight's shoulder.
Then, he looked at the vampire in the coffin, "What should we do with this guy? Kill him and refine him into a Yin corpse, or seal him back, or train him into a Red Pole for the gang."
President laughed, "A world-class protected animal, it's a pity to refine him into a Yin corpse. But this guy is untamed and ferocious. He is an ungrateful wolf. He can be controlled at ordinary times, but he is easy to stab in the back at critical moments. Give him to Singular Knight."
"Only the power of the knight's contract can control him." Speaking of this, he looked at Zhai Cai and added, "This guy is equivalent to two Grade 7 Dominator items."
Zhai Cai shrugged, "No problem."
In his opinion, having a vampire with a long life and difficult to kill as a henchman is more useful than two items of the same level. After all, items have no intelligence and require a price to be paid.
So, he took out the knight's long sword, inserted it in front of him, pressed the hilt with both hands, and said in a deep voice, "Vampire: Augusto, I, Zhai Cai, in the name of a knight, sign a contract with you, becoming master and servant, never betraying, helping each other until the end of life. Are you willing?"
His temperament became sacred and solemn, and his body faintly revealed a bronze-colored halo.
Uncle translated his words to Augusto, "You just need to answer: willing or unwilling."
Augusto looked reluctant, even disgusted, and said in a deep voice, "What will happen if I refuse?"
"We will seal you back into the coffin." Seeing that Augusto intended to refuse, Uncle leisurely added, "Let me remind you first, after the fall of the Church, the treasure house fell into a peculiar space. Except for us who have the key, no one else will enter here. That is to say, you will continue to sleep until the end of your life."
"I don't believe it!" Augusto shouted. He wanted to wait for the next batch of treasure hunters.
"What is your status? Is it worth my deceiving you?" Uncle said with a smile.
Augusto's expression twisted, and his black and sharp fingernails scratched traces on the silver coffin.
After a long struggle and weighing, he finally compromised, "I am willing..."
Uncle nodded towards Zhai Cai.
Zhai Cai said in a deep voice, "Offer your blood."
Augusto, who had dealt with knights before, cut his wrist with his sharp fingernails, guiding the black blood to fly towards the knight's long sword.
The blood instantly merged into the sword, and a strong and bright bronze light spread out like ripples.
In the dark, it seemed that the rules had been established and witnessed the contract.
Zhai Cai retracted the straight sword and said lightly, "Come with me!"
President, carrying a gas lamp, glanced over the silver coffin and continued forward. Zhang Yuanqing and Zhai Cai followed behind like lackeys, and there was also the unwilling vampire Augusto.
But soon, his attention was attracted by the weapons hanging on the wall not far away. President, who was leading the way, also stopped.
Three items hung on the wall. A staff wrapped in a green airflow, about one meter long, was pure white. The body of the staff seemed to be made of white jade, and the head of the staff was a pair of jade-carved angel wings.
A silver knight's straight sword with a cross as the hilt. The blade of the sword was sharp and reflected the warm light emitted by the gas lamp.A half-meter-high wooden doll that had been free of rust for half a year. The image was a boy with a grinning face.
Beside the wall, there was a brass box with a lock, and even an engraving of a seal formation. Uncle said with a hint of joy, "They are all Dominator-level."
Zhang Yuanqing and Zhai Cai rushed over like hungry tigers.