The Accidental Vampire

Lilith had also killed two more Werewolves above. Even without any evidence being present, just the sheer absence of them was going to be enough to arouse suspicions.

Fortunately, Razil and most of the Wolves were keeping an eye on Atlas. With so many people missing from the castle, missing two people wasn't going to alert anyone, but that was only until they could keep Razil distracted.

Unfortunately, their goal wasn't to leave this place unscathed. Instead, it was to get to Atlan. And the only path to Atlan was through the hallway, which could only be completely unlocked with the help of the second key.

Lilith left the underground basement, finally deciding to leave the castle since she had nothing to do here.

Fortunately, leaving this place was easier than getting inside, as the security was almost non-existent.

Lilith wore a black cloak to hide herself as she stepped out of the castle.

"This aura? That idiot again? Well, it's just my luck that he's coming straight to me when I..."

Lilith had just left the castle when she sensed another familiar aura. She could feel Zhang getting closer. Generally, she would've been happy to be in this situation since Zhang was alone, and she could take him out to lower the number of enemies in the future.

Unfortunately, she wasn't in any condition to fight anymore. It wasn't long ago when she sent her consciousness in someone's head who had a powerful consciousness of their own. It took a lot of her own effort to control the body and use her spells in that body.

Even though her control affected the man in a really bad way, almost destroying his consciousness, it wasn't much better for her either.

She was already very overwhelmed. She had also lost too much of her blood. In this condition, even she didn't feel confident enough to face Zhang, especially since this wasn't a battle she could afford to lose.

In case she lost here, it was going to become evident that they had ulterior motives in coming here. Moreover, Zhang could once again have a hostage to force Atlas, this time the real one.

Despite hating to give up this opportunity, she decided to ignore Zhang for now. She took a different path.

Her clone was still with Atlas, and she needed to switch places with the clone before it disappeared. But entering the place under the watchful eyes of everyone who guarded it was easier said than done.

It took her barely twenty minutes before she reached the house of the doctor, which was like a warzone. Only Werewolves could be seen in this area, making sure there was no oversight. In fact, it could even be said that the house was even more secure than the Royal Castle itself.

****

Far away from the Kingdom of Wolves, another meeting had started just now.

A dark castle existed on top of a mountain so high that it appeared to be penetrating the clouds. The steep mountain was impossible to climb by any ordinary person. If one was to get to the top, they couldn't use any carriage or any normal means.

The massive castle which once used to be the residence of Ramiel was now used by his lineage as the Blood Council Base. Whenever there was a meeting between the strongest Vampires in the world, that meeting took place in the castle itself.

Even now, a meeting was taking place between the core members of the Blood Council.

"So your suggestion is that we go to war with the Werewolves." A hooded figure said in a grim tone.

"It seems you wasted our time by calling a meeting here. It was already decided last time that we aren't going to war over Atlan. He isn't our Lord. His life or death doesn't affect us in the least, and you want us to risk the lives of our people for him?"

"I think we are all in agreement when we say that it was a stupid suggestion. We see no benefit in it. The proposal is rejected."

Despite the firm insistence of one of their members, most of the Blood Council was in agreement that this wasn't a wise decision. Within five minutes of hearing the proposal, everyone rejected it.

"And next time you waste our time by calling us here for no reason, I promise I will kill you with my own hands."

All the Blood Council members stood up and turned to leave.

Everyone left without even looking back once.

Only one person was left behind, and it was none other than the one who called this meeting here.

"These idiots. They don't know how important this is. If only they knew, they would have agreed to attack in a heartbeat." The young man grimaced.

Unfortunately, he couldn't tell anyone his real motives. He couldn't tell them that he wanted the key fragment to become a Progenitor himself. That was a secret he didn't want anyone else to know. However, without knowing, the Blood Council members didn't see any advantage of this proposal.

No excuse worked in convincing them. After so many years of living in this world, most of the Blood Council members had stopped caring about most of the things in this world. There was no way they were going to care enough to save another Progenitor by risking their own.

"Those bastards. Even though I expected their refusal, it was still disappointing. It looks like I have no other choice. I'll have to take things in known hands if I want it."

"Want what?" A creepy whisper came from behind.

"You were listening?" The young man grimaced, recognizing who it was. Fortunately, he hadn't spoken anything about the Key Fragment or his real goals.

"Heh, others might not have noticed, but you think I won't? You aren't someone who cares about social justice or waging war to save a Vampire. For you to try so hard to convince us, it's certainly not out of the good of your heart. So what's your ulterior motive?"

"It's none of your concern."

"Who knows, maybe it might be something of my concern. You know I might be able to convince the others, but only if you tell me the truth. Think about it. Either you get me in on whatever you're planning, or you lose the help of everyone here. And who knows, Razil might also receive an anonymous letter talking about how you want to attack his Kingdom."

"Are you threatening me?"

"Trust me; you haven't seen my threats yet." A cackle echoed in the dark hall. "Don't worry. I'm not in any hurry. You can take your time before coming to a decision."

The mysterious figure disappeared into the darkness…