Two months later, the vampire elders sent an invitation to Audra. The gilded invitation appeared solemn and dignified.

"Your Highness, the location chosen by Elder Clement is Xiyue City, situated at the intersection of the territories of the four lords, surrounded by water on all sides, and facing the human settlements across the river. I have some doubts as to whether the Elder has other intentions in choosing this location."

Simon, with one hand on his sword, stood a foot away from Audra, reporting the situation. During this time, he occasionally looked up and saw Xiang Wan standing not far from Audra, his seemingly casual gaze full of meaning.

After he was punished and sent to the snake pond, he noticed that Xiang Wan's strength had increased significantly. Later, she gradually surpassed him, and then he saw the prince personally training her. On the surface, it seemed that he had accepted Xiang Wan's existence. Xiang Wan didn't care what he was really thinking, but she wasn't without suspicion either.

Audra invested so much in nurturing her; even if Simon wanted to harm her, he would have to wait until Audra's plans were complete. Otherwise, without Xiang Wan even needing to intervene, Audra would make him disappear immediately.

Despite having spent so much time together, and despite Audra's usual lazy and aloof demeanor, when he is truly angered, he will show no mercy, even to the descendants he has promoted.

Xiang Wan had already witnessed this.

Those personal guards who served Audra were also his offspring. Audra had hundreds of sons, and those he personally acknowledged had all become nobles and kings. The origins of these sons were related to his abilities. His descendants all served him. Those with greater abilities became his personal guards.

Among the royal guards was a male vampire named Feld, who, infatuated with a female vampire under Prince Kendrode, inadvertently revealed some information to her. Upon learning this, Audra immediately reduced him to ashes and crushed his heart.

A vampire killed by the prince has no chance of being resurrected.

On that occasion, Audra took Xiang Wan with him so that she could witness him killing the vampire.

Xiang Wan had seen all sorts of bloody scenes. She understood that Audra was indirectly warning her not to have any other thoughts and to be absolutely loyal to him.

At that time, Xiang Wan realized that behind Audra's powerful strength lay the accumulation of countless corpses, which further strengthened her determination to escape.

Yes, ever since she was captured by Audra, she had wanted to escape. If she stayed here, even with Audra's protection, she wouldn't be able to fulfill the original owner's superhuman ambition. That's why people say the system is a trap.

"Simon, what's the situation with Philo?"

“Your Highness, over the years, Prince Philoc has kept no fewer than several hundred human women, dozens of whom are already pregnant. Recently, several more babies have been born. If this is the case, his offspring will likely far exceed those of the other princes, making him the prince with the most offspring among the four. Of course, judging a prince's status solely by his offspring is not entirely appropriate. Simon is merely speculating whether Philoc is orchestrating a grand scheme to break the four-way power balance and establish absolute dominance in a few decades.”

After Simon finished speaking, he glanced at Xiang Wan and continued, "Your Highness, while your strength is undoubtedly among the best of the princes, my concern is that they are prepared for the future and have a large and powerful force. I worry that one day we might wake up to find Philoc's offspring everywhere. Therefore, I would like to suggest that you consider increasing your bargaining chips to prepare for the future."

Is this a suggestion to Odella to have more children and sleep less? It has a strange feeling of a mother-in-law urging her daughter-in-law to have a second child. Xiang Wan's face was tense, and she almost couldn't maintain her expression and let a smile show.

Audra turned his head, glanced at her, and said to Simon, "You've been investigating for so long, and this is all the information you've brought back?"

Simon straightened up and said seriously, "Your Highness, besides this, there are other matters, Your Highness..."

His eyes glanced at Xiang Wan again. Did he think she was in his way and hindering his reporting?

To be honest, Xiang Wan really didn't want to stand here. Instead of listening to their idle chatter, she'd rather go back and rest, and maybe do some more cultivation. For basic information, she could just ask the system.

Xiang Wan had made up her mind. Since princes like Audra possessed unusual and bizarre abilities that the system couldn't easily detect, it could monitor the lower-ranking officials. Couldn't their actions be used to infer the movements of these high-ranking princes?

Of the four princes, Prince Philocte was the most active, frequently sending his men to capture human women or hunt down spies and traitors. Prince Kendroth of the north was more low-key, doing everything in secret, even using others to assassinate vampire hunters. Prince Arthur's men mostly monitored the movements of the other three princes or tracked female vampires he might fancy, showing little interest in human beauties. Of the four princes, Audra was the most proper, sending people everywhere to collect human blood donations or capturing destitute and desperate individuals to train as blood slaves. Occasionally, he would send out a few spies, but they were mostly just gathering information on trivial matters.

These four individuals, though each with their own agendas, were all paying close attention to the movements of the Vampire Hunter Alliance. The Vampire Hunter Alliance was aware of the Prince's appointment as their leader, but they were unsure where he would locate it.

There are vampire spies among humans, and human spies among vampires. One of them even entered Filok's castle, becoming one of his kept women. Another one has joined Audra's ranks, becoming a blood slave and successfully settling in. However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Audra doesn't interfere with the blood slaves' daytime activities, allowing them to communicate with the Hunter's Alliance. As for the others, they can't even set foot in the prince's castle. This is because the prince is incredibly powerful; without their consent, no human can escape his watchful eye. This is why humans are considered far too weak in the prince's eyes.

Xiang Wan already knew all of these things. As for the other things Simon mentioned, it depended on Audra's attitude.

Since Audra hadn't spoken, Xiang Wan wouldn't offer to leave. Within this castle, she only needed to follow Audra's instructions.

"Speak."

Seeing that Audra didn't seem to be heading towards the evening, Simon paused and said, "A gold medal hunter has emerged in the Vampire Hunter Alliance, and the news is spreading like wildfire. I'm worried that he might disrupt our plans."

A top-tier hunter? Why hadn't the system mentioned that before?

Who did this? Doesn't the system know the answer? The system, which had been eavesdropping silently, turned over and quietly went into hibernation, too lazy to deal with this troublesome matter.

"It's alright."

"They've been in frequent contact lately, summoning hunters who've gone out to train back, saying there's a trial coming up in the next couple of days."

Who did they arrest?

"I don't know. They are guarded by their silver-ranked hunters and kept in a heavily guarded prison. Our people can't get in."

"Send more people to investigate the various castles and see which vampire hasn't shown up for a long time."

"Yes, ma'am."

Simon accepted the order and left, while Audra fell into deep thought. Judging from his expression, Xiang Wan guessed that the person being judged was probably not an ordinary person.