Chapter 486 Please enjoy "Scarlet Night"

For the nobles, fleeing from their fiefdom was a disgrace that would result in the loss of both face and dignity.

Aristocratic rule is the basic ruling model in the human world.

The lesser nobles are loyal to the greater nobles, and the greater nobles are loyal to the king. Although the political systems of different countries have their own biases and changes, overall, this logic still applies.

Subject to fulfilling their obligations, the nobles had absolute ownership and control over their fiefdoms.

But one of the nobles' obligations is to defend their territory.

If one flees from the territory in the face of a threat, the family's honor will be directly taken away, as will the fiefdom. Even if the lost land is taken back later, it will no longer belong to the original noble family.

There are several exceptions, such as reporting an unknown threat, which can exempt you from punishment to a certain extent.

Faced with attacks from a large number of unknown enemies, Earl Dandelion actively organized defense, fighting and retreating. He was also seriously injured in the confrontation and has been bedridden ever since.

And Count Dandelion also claimed that those who attacked them were vampires.

That makes sense.

After investigation, it was confirmed that Count Dandelion had indeed put up a tenacious resistance and the information he reported was most likely true. After discussion by the Senate of the Kingdom of Lensa, Count Dandelion was pardoned.

He was able to evacuate nearly half of his family members even when facing an unknown army with a large number of vampires. It seems that Count Dandelion should not be underestimated.

The event of destroying the last resistance of the undead at the critical moment was obviously true. Countess Dandelion is indeed a model of making plans after consideration. In time, she may be as famous as Countess Snow Fox.

In the House of Lords of the Kingdom of Lensa, Count Dandelion, smelling strongly of blood and herbs, was carried into the meeting room.

The first heir and eldest son of Earl Dandelion stood beside him and made an impassioned speech.

"Not all of them are vampires, but some of them are definitely blood-sucking monsters." The servants of the Dandelion family carried several corpses to the glamorous meeting room of the House of Lords.

Under the towering dome, this conference room is free of dust. The sunlight shines through the stained glass windows, projecting mythological stories onto the polished marble floor. The light and shadow are as pure as if they had just descended from the kingdom of some god, spotless.

The air was filled with a faint scent of beeswax and wood, which was the scent emitted by the carefully maintained oak tables and chairs, every carving was spotless and gleaming with a soft luster.

It seemed out of place with Count Dandelion, who was surrounded by a strong smell of blood and herbs, and the several corpses carried in by his family servants.

Of course, the great nobles in the House of Lords and Her Majesty the Queen of Lunsa will obviously not condemn this filth.

"That night, under the moonlight, we met the legendary vampires. They had scarlet eyes, pale skin, and sharp fangs. They were frenzied, powerful, and bloodthirsty."

The white cloth covering the corpses was lifted, revealing the corpses of several vampires with typical vampire appearance.

"We don't know what the vampires' intentions are for invading our territory, but we know this is no small matter, so we broke our oath, fled the territory, and came here to report the news." The eldest son of Count Dandelion continued in a high voice, "This evil creature obviously has an evil conspiracy. We should unite and fight against it, so as not to let the conspiracy of this evil creature succeed..."

The eldest son of Count Dandelion spoke in a more relaxed tone: "A few years ago, we ignored the dangers of the Tide of the Dead and allowed the undead to build the City of the Dead, and then there was the Poison of the Dead. Now that there is no Torch Church to suppress evil, vampires may not be able to cause a huge disaster."

"Vampires!" The eldest son of Count Dandelion spoke forcefully, "Vampires will always be the enemy of the Dandelion family. Vampires attacked us, and they may also attack the family territories of everyone present."

"The Dandelion family believes that it is imperative to fully promote anti-vampire legislation."

In the meeting room of the House of Lords, the great nobles, including the Countess Snow Fox, began to discuss among themselves.

In the eyes of the great human nobles, vampires are theoretically just cowardly creatures hiding in the dark.

The vampire race is indeed much stronger than humans, but so what?

Minotaur, Centaur, Murloc, these monsters have stronger physical abilities than humans.

At the same job level, these monsters are often stronger than humans.

But so what? The world's most populous species is human, and the species that occupies the most fertile land is also human.

Those creatures with strange shapes and various strange abilities are no match for humans.

Is it really necessary to be so afraid as to enact anti-vampire laws?

If this issue didn't even need to be discussed before the Tide of the Undead appeared, Count Dandelion would not be pardoned.

But now, everyone has to consider whether vampires, the enemy of mankind, will become as disgusting as the undead after certain evil conditions are met?

You know, before the Undead completed the Tide of the Undead, they were nothing more than insignificant moss in the eyes of human nobles.

The final discussion result of the Kingdom of Lensa was: be highly vigilant, form a special anti-vampire team to conduct investigations, and then take further actions based on the results of the investigation.

Earl Dandelion, lying in his quilt, was a little disappointed.

This result is already very good, but what he hopes to do is to promote the screening of vampires nationwide and inform other countries.

The old butler has returned, and Count Dandelion has realized that this vampire problem is not a small matter.

At least it is at a level that even if two great nobles join forces, they cannot easily resolve it.

As for the moral issue of dragging other human nobles of the country into the water.

This is not a problem at all.

The vampire obviously has some plan. If the vampire's plan succeeds, it will not stop sucking human blood forever, right? If the vampire's plan succeeds, it will only cause greater harm to humans.

Then everyone joining together to fight against vampires is obviously an act of protecting themselves.

It's good for everyone.

It's just that Count Dandelion ate the reward "given" by Rand, but Rand himself didn't know what he took, nor did he know whether it was meaningful or not.

But stopping the vampire's plan is surely the common duty of all human beings.

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"Count Dandelion of the Kingdom of Rensa was attacked." Rand thought.

This is Man Yue Ling, a temporarily vacant meeting room.

The conference room is already full of people.

The powerful nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom, Rand, Adrian, and King Marcus, are all here.

In addition, Archbishop Kahn, Taner, Taner's wife who is the sister of Grand Duke Adrian of Thorns, Grand Duke Adrian's great-aunt, and some high-level officials of the hideout were also seated in the conference room.

"Earl Dandelion was seriously injured, and all of his family's territory was lost. Fortunately, most of the Dandelion family members escaped. Although some of the core members died in the battle, none of them were captured by the enemy." Rand has obtained detailed intelligence. "Earl Dandelion also presented the corpse of a vampire in the conference room. The existence of vampires is obvious."

"What do you think we should do?" Marcus asked directly.

There are no outsiders here, so there is no need for polite words or reasoning.

"Announce that we attach great importance to the vampire problem, send envoys to the Kingdom of Lensa to learn more about the situation, and then activate the anti-vampire emergency plan." Rand said.

"But we don't have any anti-vampire emergency plan," said Marcus.

Rand smiled: "We just need to claim that we have activated the emergency plan. Then we can write the emergency plan now, or just act according to circumstances. Having a plan or not having a plan will give different confidence to the people below."

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Marcus stroked his chin, feeling that Rand had some of his own essence: "Indeed, your plan is good. I will mention it in the meeting at the palace later, but is there anything else?"

"At the moment, there are none. I don't know where the vampires have their bases, or which country's nobles are actually vampires in disguise. I suggest that everyone concentrate their forces and act accordingly." Rand said, "That is... Your Majesty Marcus, it seems that your vacation has to end here."

"That may not be the case." Marcus sneered, "I declare that all matters against vampires will be handed over to the King's Hand. Grand Duke Rand of the Moon Phase will be in charge."

Rand rolled his eyes. "That's useless. I won't shirk my responsibility to fight against vampires. I have a grudge against the vampire Grand Duke Vladimir. But Your Majesty, you don't want to do nothing at this moment, do you?"

Marcus fell silent.

The matter of vampires is obviously not a trivial matter, so as the king of the Frost Moon Kingdom, he naturally has many responsibilities that he cannot escape.

If the Frost Moon Kingdom suffered any losses due to his laziness, it would obviously be disadvantageous to the Thorn Family.

"You win, I can set off and return to the royal city now." Marcus sighed.

Then he fiddled with the wrinkles on his head and the hair mixed with white hair.

Markuls felt that he should consider retirement sooner rather than later.

But now there is a very troublesome problem. If he wants to retire, he cannot pass the throne to his son, which is almost equivalent to usurping the legitimacy of the Frost Moon Kingdom. But it is also impossible to pass the throne to several princes. This will put the nobles who have already pledged allegiance to Marcus in a dilemma.

If this matter is not handled properly, another civil war may be possible.

Fortunately, Marcus felt that he could live for a long time, but he found this job really tiring. Why did he agree to Rand's instigation and become the king?

"There's no need to rush," Rand said. "I've choreographed a play. Although it hasn't been rehearsed yet, I think the prototype stage already has some meaning."

"Drama?" Marcus was a little surprised. A hint of doubt flashed in his dark green eyes. "You mean, use drama to reveal the possible conspiracy of vampires?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Rand's tone was firm. "Drama has the power to touch people's hearts. It can transcend language and cultural barriers and convey complex information to the audience in the most intuitive and vivid way. We can write a play about vampire conspiracy, let people witness their evil with their own eyes, and thus awaken people's vigilance."

"I actually think the nobles are more concerned with profit," said Marcus.

"But I think the emotions against vampires are also indispensable. And, Your Majesty, I think the power we can have is not only from the nobles, but also from other civilian forces. A thousand years ago, Grand Duke Vladimir was sealed by humans. Wasn't he relying on the power of human heroes? There was help from the power of the nobles, but the power of civilian heroes was the main force."

Marcus could not deny that he did not dislike Rand's various strange and novel ideas. In fact, he was very interested in them. Although Marcus did not think that adventurers or even ordinary villagers would have any power to fight against vampires, he said, "Then let me admire it."

theater.

Or rather just the terrace.

The actual theater hadn't been built yet, so they had to use the terrace that had been built previously for band performances.

The brave Feng Ling stood in the center of the stage with an expressionless face.

She was not very happy because now she no longer had to play music but had to perform drama.

Feng Ling's heart was full of complaints about Duke Rand of the Moon Phase.

Rand took advantage of her promotion and salary increase to give her a lot of work.

She felt that it was possible for her future to become like vanilla.

Vanilla was laughing behind the scenes.

"The core of the script is naturally based on the intelligence we have obtained and some of my guesses." Rand began to explain his idea at a seat nearby. "We can make up a prosperous country that is coveted by vampires. The vampires use all kinds of conspiracies and tricks to infiltrate human society, corrupt the nobles, control the king, and eventually drag the entire country into the abyss of darkness. Then, one or more brave men stand up, they see through the vampire's conspiracy, and after going through untold hardships, they finally make the truth public, awaken people's consciousness of resistance, and drive the vampires out of the country."

"Do you think vampires have infiltrated the human nobility?" Marcus asked.

"I think it's possible. There's not much difference between vampires and humans in appearance. As long as they hide their fangs and disguise their skin color, the difference between them and humans will be very small." Rand said, "So it's possible that there are vampires hiding among the human community and becoming nobles?"

The reason why Rand made such a guess was naturally because the Dandelion family was attacked for the second time. When the Blue King did not appear and the Dandelion family was ready, there were too many people and too many vampires in the second attack.

Rand had reason to suspect that there was some traitor in the Kingdom of Lensa who opened the door for vampires.

Of course, Rand had no evidence for this.

But this did not prevent Rand from making malicious speculations about this and incorporating them into the script.

How does that sentence go?

This story is purely fictional and any similarity is purely coincidental.

"Then please enjoy 'Scarlet Night'." Rand clapped his hands, indicating that it was time to begin.

(End of this chapter)