Chapter 317 - 19: Thirteen Blood Moon Kingdoms, Dark Currents and Crisis

"Don’t call me Thirteen. I have a name. Brother Tavis, please, call me Garcia."

"That’s right. You may be our elder, Tavis, but don’t look down on us. I’m not Twenty-eight. My name is Dis."

"We managed to distinguish ourselves from countless family brothers and sisters. Each of us is capable in our own right. We don’t like these antiquated numbers."

"Or what, Brother Tavis? Would you like us to call you Brother Number Seven? Heh."

The Blood Race member named Tavis was taken aback for a moment, then gave a sinister smile.

"Very well. It seems we do need to show each other some respect."

"After all, this is the first time we’ve worked together."

"It’s best that way," Garcia huffed.

"But, speaking of which, while this is a huge opportunity, the Prince’s orders are rather baffling."

"For such a tiny city, do we really need to mobilize so many humans as fodder?"

"If you ask me, the three of us could just sneak in and instantly shatter what little power those Blood Hunter ’hyenas’ have in this city," said the Blood Race member Dis, his voice laced with arrogance.

"Sneak in? What’s the point of killing all those hyenas? Just to get driven out again by the Blood Hunters’ bigger hyenas?"

"Our mission this time isn’t to enslave the Human Race or conquer territory. Our primary task is to take Brighton, and then, we are to find ’people’ with all our might!!!"

"Find the ’people’ whom the Prince believes will influence the fate of the world," Tavis said calmly.

"’People’ who can change the fate of the world?"

"Heh, to be honest, I still find it a bit laughable."

"How could there possibly be humans in this world capable of changing its fate?"

"No matter how powerful the Human Race gets, can they ever be stronger than the Prince? Or even the Blood Ancestors?"

"Besides, the existence of the Adams Empire... heh, that’s practically an open secret among the Blood Race... If you ask me, the Prince could just let those who are playing house..."

"Shut up, you fool!" Tavis suddenly cut off Dis’s rambling.

"The existence of the Human Race’s Adams Empire is not for the likes of us to discuss!"

"This concerns the will of the Thirteen Blood Ancestors! Do you think mere Viscounts like us dare to discuss such matters?"

"Besides, our Prince is just the Prince of the Hamilton Blood Moon Country. Even a Prince doesn’t have the authority to do something like that!"

Tavis looked at them with a cold expression, then immediately added:

"For the sake of this mission, I’ll let you two pups, who are nearly a century my junior, in on a secret."

"Any high-ranking member of the Blood Race who tries to interfere with the workings of the Human Race’s Adams Empire, be they a Duke or a Prince, will not come to a good end!"

"I’m not afraid to tell you, if you ever make it back to the ’main house’s’ archives and take a good look at the books on the top-right shelf in the third row of the library, you would never say something so ignorant."

Seeing Tavis’s dead-serious and cold expression, the other two were stunned.

They immediately sobered up.

Tavis didn’t seem to be lying. After all, he’d told them exactly where to find the information.

"This..."

"Alright... I apologize for my ignorance. But Tavis, I will find a chance to go back and look into it."

"Hmph. That’s assuming you get a chance to go back alive."

Tavis was brutally blunt.

After all, Tavis was, at the very least, a century older than the other two.

He knew more of the Blood Race’s secrets and was deeply worried about the current war.

’Of course, while he was excited for the opportunity to advance, he knew this mission would be anything but simple.’

’Otherwise, why would a Prince of a Blood Ancestor’s line need to give the order personally?’

’What’s more, the entire Duchy would be observing this battle from the sidelines, perhaps even coordinating a feint against the Giant Wall in other locations.’

"The ’people’ His Highness the Prince called capable of influencing the fate of the world will be anything but simple."

"In any case, we all need to be careful. Let’s not get ourselves killed!"

"..."

The three Blood Race Viscounts continued their discussion.

Meanwhile, in a location unknown to the three of them, Maureen Merrick, a Blood Guard and messenger to the Blood Race Prince, was listening in with great interest.

’Three interesting little pups.’

’A pity. They’re just a probe. The odds of these three making it back are slim to none.’

’This isn’t an order from the Prince, but a prediction from the Seventh Blood Ancestor’s foresight Ability.’

Maureen Merrick was a Blood Guard to Eni Hayes, the First Blood Ancestor Prince of Hamilton. His own Power had long ago reached the level of a Duke.

However, Maureen Merrick was a Blood Guard, a direct fledgling of a Blood Race Prince’s Bloodline. As such, he did not possess his own Duchy or family domain.

But Maureen Merrick was disdainful of so-called Duchies and family domains.

Among the Blood Race, Power reigns supreme.

With Power and backing, one had a chance at near-eternal life. Who needed such trifles?

So, while Maureen Merrick might have envied those of the Blood Race who possessed both Power and autonomous territories, as a Prince’s Blood Guard, he had his own sources of pride.

Therefore, he didn’t place much importance on such things.

He recalled the moment the Blood Race Prince had received his instructions for this mission—a projection from the Seventh Blood Ancestor. As a Blood Guard, he had been at the Prince’s side the entire time.

That was how he knew the true difficulty of this mission.

’The so-called ’people’ who can change the fate of the world weren’t some worthless native humans.’

’They were otherworldly visitors. Beings from another world.’