Ten years later, Xiang Wan, who had risen to become one of the candidates for the supreme commander of the alliance, led a team of hunters to Prince Filok's territory in the west to hunt down the remaining vampires.
From the moment she joined the alliance, Xiang Wan concealed her identity, appearance, and aura, even ceasing to use her original cultivation techniques, focusing solely on mastering the Vampire Hunter's Manual. In just ten years, she had risen to the rank of Gold-Rank Hunter.
During this time, she also attempted to develop new weapons in collaboration with the Catholic Church. Holy water, formed from the power of faith, was rare and precious, and was never used lightly except against vampire princes and elders. Therefore, Xiang Wan, together with her teachers at the Hunter Academy, developed an energy crystal that could gather sunlight and heat. Using it as a weapon, its power was more effective than silver daggers and peach wood nails.
Cruise's exorcism array can greatly protect humans from vampires at night, but it requires followers to guard all four sides. Some remote areas and scattered groups of people are not within the protection zone.
Smith disrupted the balance between humans and vampires. The vampire counterattack was initially fierce, resulting in significant losses for the Alliance of Hunters. This setback led the four vampire lords and elders to unite against humanity.
Their guess was correct; the secret prison did indeed hold the Blood Emperor. The Alliance spared no expense, gradually luring the Blood Emperor into a trap to sever the bonds between vampires. On the second day of the great war, Smith summoned all humanity to watch at noon as the Blood Emperor was pierced through the heart and turned to ashes.
Smith prioritized the reproduction of humans, but raising the next generation was far more difficult for vampires than for humans.
People with vampire blood will not become vampires; they can only undergo the Embrace to complete their transformation.
A vampire's first embrace requires not only the vampire parent to drain the blood of the embraced child, but also the parent to feed the child their own blood and then care for them for fifty to one hundred years until they safely pass through the blood-thirsty period, only then can they truly grow up.
Smith recognized this, which is why he tried to gather and protect humanity as much as possible.
Nighttime is the most difficult time; besides using exorcism arrays, the only other option is to create a light as blinding as the sun.
After the war broke out, both races suffered considerable losses, with the vampires suffering even greater losses.
Before she had truly matured, Xiang Wan never went out alone and kept a very low profile. Her efforts to eliminate vampires were only revealed among the upper echelons of the alliance. Smith had tried to take her on as a disciple more than once, but she refused each time.
Audra had once tried to present her as Ivan to Smith, showing that he still cared about Smith. Therefore, she absolutely could not easily reveal her identity. Only if Smith paid less attention to her, or did not show her any special favors at any time, could she possibly avoid being discovered by Audra.
With her current strength, she could easily defeat the Prince and escape unscathed, but she didn't want to confront Audra or Kendrode. While the former wouldn't develop a relationship with her, he had undeniably helped her improve her strength in the past, and even if his initial motives weren't pure, she had still benefited—that much was undeniable. As for Kendrode, he was Susan's lover, and it was best to avoid a direct confrontation unless absolutely necessary.
However, despite her careful planning, when Xiang Wan arrived at Philo's hiding place, she unexpectedly saw Susan. Susan stood alone atop the abandoned castle, her expression sorrowful, her eyes filled with pain and despair.
"You still came."
When I saw her again, she no longer possessed the youthful glory of her younger days. Her former beauty, like a withered flower, had faded and faded.
"You, a traitor to humanity..."
Xiang Wan stopped the hunter beside her from scolding her, and looking at the figure swaying precariously on the edge of the castle, she said, "No matter which path you choose, just have a clear conscience. Life is precious, so please cherish it."
“Cherish?” Susan suddenly burst into laughter, and as she laughed, tears streamed down her face like a burst dam, unstoppable. “Someone like me is only cherished by him. But you, you even want to take away the only thing I want to cherish. Why can’t you let us live in peace? We have never done anything against the natural order.”
What is the principle of Heaven? The principle of Heaven is what most people consider fair.
If the vampires hadn't harmed so many humans, how could they have stirred up human resistance?
Where there is oppression, there is resistance; this is an immutable truth. If humanity can only enjoy a few hundred years of respite through the mercy of vampires, it's like an antelope sleeping next to a lion, its life constantly in danger. No one would tolerate that!
This woman, blinded by love, still couldn't see how much selfishness and darkness lay behind that love.
If Kendall truly loved her, he wouldn't have left her standing on that castle, facing all of them alone.
The pain of being condemned by one's own kind is no less than the pain of losing the support of loved ones.
She can do anything for love, but how much will Kendall Jenner do for her?
"Susan, don't be so stubborn. The road ahead is long, and sooner or later we'll see the light of day."
That's all Xiang Wan could say.
The original owner's wish was not to exterminate the vampires, but to save the world and help humanity. Therefore, if the vampires could be made to lie dormant and cease to pose a threat to humanity, the future would hold limitless possibilities.
However, there are too many humans who hate vampires, and quite a few vampires with murder on their hands. Achieving such a situation would take decades or even centuries, requiring the joint efforts of both races.
The beginning of peaceful coexistence was forged in blood; this is a fact no one can change. Humanity has no future if it cannot maintain its dominant position.
"Enough! Don't try to fool me with these hypocritical words. You came here to kill him, didn't you? If you want to kill him, you'll have to step over my dead body first!"
Susan looked resolute, as if she would jump off the building if Xiang Wan and the others dared to approach.
"No! Susan, if you want to jump, I'll jump with you!"
Susan turned around in surprise and saw Kendall walking unsteadily towards her in the sunlight.
His face was pale, and his eyes squinted as he struggled to keep up with the sunlight.
During the day, his abilities were already extremely weak; even a small fall could seriously injure him.
Even so, he still stepped forward and stood with Susan.
This must be the protagonist the system was talking about, the protagonist in a romance drama. But at this moment, Xiang Wan couldn't be happy at all. Because protagonists don't always have happy endings.
They embraced and said goodbye up there, but Xiang Wan couldn't bear to do it in the end.
After sending the hunters away, Xiang Wan leaped over Susan and Kendrode.
"Kendrod, I respect you as a true man. From this day forward, never appear before the world again. Take her with you, and journey to the borderlands by water. Susan, let us part ways and forget each other; this is our final act of friendship. Goodbye!"
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