Chapter 159: The Big-Breasted Vampire’s CPU Burned Out

It’s raining heavily outside.

“What, do I have to bring you an umbrella too?”

“Young Master Hall, can you use a slightly nicer tone?”

“Not really.”

Hall carried Christine on his back and arrived outside the tunnel.

It was raining heavily, and the sky was very dark, but with the light brought by the Rainbow Sky Sword and Christine’s blessing, he could clearly see the residual footprints of Parousia and Pinare.

Then he tentatively asked Christine.

“By the way, are those three deputy knight captains really dead?”

“They died.”

Christine replied without joy or sorrow.

“Then why weren’t their bodies found?”

“Hall, this should be easy to figure out.”

“You mean…”

“They all became undead puppets?”

Hall didn’t finish the last half of his sentence because it was a bit shocking.

If the Cult of the Living and Dead obtained three deputy knight captains as undead puppets in one attack.

What kind of combat power would that be?

However, he thought of the sphere of influence of the Cult of the Living and Dead in this timeline and felt that it was not impossible.

“Did you guess it?”

“Mm.”

“Then since you already know the whole story of this incident, what are you planning to do next, Hall? After clearing Pinare, are you going to find Himan and Lov immediately?”

“It’s hard to say. Yabolun is clearly Pinare’s accomplice. If we can’t find his whereabouts, the most important diplomatic ambassador of the Papal State will still have died in the explosion… What’s more, revealing the fact that the Cult of the Living and Dead has developed to this extent…”

“What’s wrong? Actually, it’s quite good. Now that the Cult of the Living and Dead is strong, we can justify the Judgment Bureau and the Cateline Kingdom cooperating to suppress them, although… I also don’t really want to do that.”

Christine wanted to find her lost item.

She felt that she still needed some free time.

But she was concerned about Hall’s hesitation.

Logically, Hall’s rationality would make him immediately choose to return and transfer the information.

But Hall was indeed hesitating.

He was thinking about who the key person who had attacked the Holy Train, the [Heavenly Ice Undead], was.

Could there be a possibility?

Was it Elizabeth?

After all, in Pinare’s description, the leader had pointed at him.

It was not narcissism.

Hall felt that even if there was a one-in-ten-thousand chance, he shouldn’t gamble.

But it was indeed unscientific.

Elizabeth had been in a coma, and her body was in the ice cave imperial tomb.

The ice cave imperial tomb was an alien space similar to the ninetieth floor of the Demon God’s Labyrinth.

The only person who had the key to enter it was Sophia…

He secretly complained in his heart.

He still couldn’t believe that Sophia would lose Elizabeth’s body, but the evidence and clues all pointed to Elizabeth.

“Hall, are you thinking about other women?”

“I’m just thinking about whether the person who attacked the train was a woman.”

“Oh? Was it? What’s wrong?”

Christine and Hall were now each preoccupied with their own thoughts.

Hall thought it might be Elizabeth, while Christine felt that the woman was a little familiar, and she also knew that her memory was not complete.

So was that woman related to Hall?

However, Christine’s logic was also very rigorous.

The other party’s age was obviously older than Hall.

From her demeanor and her actions at the time, she must be an old woman.

Coupled with the fact that some humans who had gained special powers could maintain their youth to the maximum extent, like Istar.

Christine’s intuition told her that the woman’s real age might be older than Hall’s great-grandmother.

“It’s nothing. We should still go and find Parousia. Her brain needs time to develop. I’m afraid she set an ambush for us.”

“Mm.”

The two, each preoccupied with their own thoughts, did not continue to exchange answers.

Especially Christine vaguely felt that she had also met someone for the first time in a heavy rain.

But it wasn’t in the wilderness at that time.

It was under the same dim streetlights.

Parousia looked at the light from above, and then flapped her small wings according to her heightened magic sensing.

“Hmph, you brat, you finally can’t run anymore, can you?”

The big-breasted vampire was very smug.

Now she was confident of success.

Although she was a bit fierce on a normal day, Parousia knew very well that if she didn’t kill Pinare this time, she wouldn’t be able to suck blood again in the future.

To suck Hall’s blood fiercely again next time, she had to severely deal with Pinare.

So she went up directly.

But when she went up, she found that Pinare was waiting for her here.

And there was another vampire by his side.

Seeing that vampire, Parousia was vigilant.

Yekanda and his group of defected vampires from seven hundred years ago had accepted Samigina’s necromantic power during these years.

And these rebels were something that the pure-blooded vampires would be warned about in their education.

Especially for a vampire as young as Parousia, who was only about a hundred years old, the princes would warn their juniors not to trust those people.

“Who are you? Are you cooperating with Pinare?”

Parousia’s attention was drawn to Yekanda.

Although she knew that the vampire rebels were not good people, she would not flee.

Because in her worldview, these people had given up their reputation as pure-blooded vampires.

She, Parousia, would never forgive traitors.

“Who are you?”

Yekanda did not make a move on Parousia.

He actually knew Parousia and also knew that Parousia was a vampire close to Hall.

He knew that Parousia was the vampire who had acted with Hall at the time.

According to the information provided by Pinare, there were three people tracking him.

Christine, a vampire, and a human male named Hall.

Yekanda suspected that Hall was William, the divine throne he was loyal to.

After all, the possibility of two young males cooperating with Parousia was infinitely close to zero.

He planned to stall for time and wait for Hall and Christine to arrive, and then confirm.

If he was not the divine throne he was loyal to, then he would have to consider capturing Christine.

As for Parousia, he would find a way to let Parousia escape.

“I am Parousia Masara. Hmph, how dare you traitors show up in Her Majesty the Empress’s territory again?”

“Stop talking nonsense with her, Yekanda. Team up with me and take her down directly. We don’t have to wait to track Hall and Christine.”

Pinare was ready to make a move long ago.

But as a master of infighting, he also Parousia.

Parousia’s right arm.

He had removed the protective covering from his severely injured limbs.

Bringing Christine back to Samigina was a big deal.

“Don’t be in a hurry, Lord Pinare. Can’t you see that this vampire is no match for us?”

Yekanda, facing Parousia’s provocation and suicidal statement, vaguely felt that this person was not very bright.

Could a pure-blooded vampire have such a brain?

What on earth was wrong with the vampire’s genes in the past seven hundred years?

But he just said with deliberate contempt, “But I want to keep someone alive. Your trophy is Christine, and what about mine?”

He continued to stall for time.

“Oh, so you, young man…”

Pinare felt that Yekanda might have taken a liking to Parousia.

He thought to himself that this was also very good.

He wouldn’t have to fight for the credit. Christine was his.

So he just stared at Parousia, who was holding a rose blood sword and maintaining a certain distance.

And when he looked down, he could see the new light in the dark, rainy night.

It was Christine and Hall.

“They’re here, Yekanda. Are you ready with the blood magic array?”

“Of course I am.”

Yekanda looked towards Hall and Christine.

The crystal ball that had previously stored the necromancy was completely empty because it had been used up.

At this moment, it stored his own blood magic energy.

“Lord Pinare, they’re coming up. Please keep an eye on Parousia. I’ll go down and intercept them.”

“Alright, Lord Yekanda. Remember not to kill Christine. You must keep her alive.”

Before Pinare could finish, Parousia’s sword had already swung at him.

She couldn’t let Yekanda and Pinare’s plan succeed.

But this big-breasted vampire also didn’t think of running.

She felt that she could suppress Pinare.

However, in reality, as time passed and the rain washed over her, the enhancement Parousia had received from sucking blood had begun to weaken.

She could no longer suppress Pinare, and could only fight him to a draw.

And at this moment, Pinare could activate the Heaven Piercing Sword again.

He felt that victory was in his grasp.

He could also feel the strong blood light emanating from behind him.

He thought to himself that this Yekanda was indeed quite capable.

Hall and Christine were absolutely no match for Yekanda.

“Alright, you vampire, your time of death is coming…”

He said to Parousia.

“No, it’s your time of death.”

Yekanda’s cold words pierced Pinare’s back with the equally cold blood sword.

Because of the intense battle with Parousia and Yekanda’s speed being too fast.

He couldn’t react at all.

He only felt a sharp pain flowing through his body, and he lost all strength to hold his sword.

“Yekanda… you’re crazy!”

“Defying the divine throne, you’re the one who’s crazy.”

In Parousia’s astonished eyes, Yekanda pulled out the blood sword from Pinare’s body.

The latter fell to the ground in the heavy rain, his blood flowing everywhere.

And at this moment, Hall also brought Christine to the high ground.

He just glanced at it and understood what had happened.

“Thank you for your hard work, Yekanda.”

“How could I let you, my Lord, dirty your hands with such a person?”

The silver-gray-haired vampire man put away his blood sword and bowed slightly to the black-haired youth, placing his right hand on his left chest in a pure-blooded noble’s salute.

Now, this scene completely burned Parousia’s brain.

She only had twelve words in her mind.

‘Who am I, where am I, what is going on?’

“Hall, you know this vampire man?”

The four of them were silent for a long time in the heavy rain.

After Pinare had reluctantly breathed his last.

Christine was still very calm.

“Mm, in a sense, I am his superior. I saved his life once.”

Hall certainly couldn’t admit to all the big promises he had made to Yekanda.

So he just casually made up a reason.

But when he said this, Yekanda, who was a master of accidents, immediately understood.

The divine throne was trying to hide his identity in front of the human Saintess Candidate and pretend to be a good person.

He had originally been thinking that if Christine had witnessed this scene today, it would be better to just turn Christine into a tool for Hall to provide sanctity.

At that time, Sula had also had a similar goal.

Although Hall had a contract with the princess, his body was still human.

Even with the contract, it would be difficult for his human body to maintain control when suddenly controlling a large amount of the Demon God’s power.

He needed a highly holy being to help share the burden and suppress the negative effects.

But Hall’s words now clearly showed that he wanted to hide his true identity from Christine.

It was likely that the divine throne wanted to use Christine in this way.

He wanted Christine to willingly dedicate her sanctity and body to him, helping him to better control the Demon God’s power and become the new Demon God.

“So stable.”

The divine throne was truly too stable for the revival of the demon race.

After all, he had sensed the strong blessing that had not yet dissipated on Parousia earlier, which must have been done by the divine throne to protect Christine.

To have Christine bestow a blessing on another race.

This meant that the divine throne had gained Christine’s ultimate trust.

Now he just needed to cooperate with Hall.

Hall nodded, “I am Yekanda Bulu, a vampire from the northwestern demon domain. Lord Hall provided me with life-saving blood at a critical moment and made a blood contract with me. He is now effectively my master.”

“Oh, so there’s such a thing?”

Christine looked at Hall with suspicion.

Hall was an old actor.

He even made up a story, “When I was on a Black Knights mission a few years ago, I was cooperating with the Judgment Bureau to clear out heretics on the border of the Cateline Kingdom. He was seriously injured, and the specialist from the Judgment Bureau, to train me, left me to finish him off while they went to pursue the remaining heretics. At that time, I couldn’t bear to do it, and I also saw that he hadn’t sucked the blood of common people, so I saved him.”

‘Young Master Hall is so kind~’

“Of course I’m kind. If I wasn’t, would so many girls like me?”

He said cheekily.

And this sentence was mainly for Parousia’s benefit.

Because Parousia had not personally seen Yekanda during the operation to save Sula.

“So that’s how it is, Hall. He’s a vampire traitor. I have to report his presence in the western demon domain to His Highness the Prince.”

Parousia said on the side.

“Do you think Prince Vier doesn’t know? Don’t underestimate her.”

Now Hall’s tone became serious.

To complete the side quest in the game that made the rebellious vampires submit to him, he planned to be a mediator.

So he continued, “Actually, Prince Vier knows that Yekanda has come to the western demon domain. But no matter what, he is still a pure-blooded vampire. Now that they are willing to return to the vampire family, Her Majesty the Empress is also very happy to accept them. The reason why they defected back then was also for the great cause of the revival of the demon race…”

“It’s just that everyone has different methods and paths.”

Yekanda, hearing Hall’s words, secretly thought that the divine throne was wise and could understand the thoughts of most of them back then.

Parousia, on the other hand, crossed her arms and snorted, but did not refute Hall.

The way she looked at Yekanda was still not very friendly.

Then Christine leaned down and picked up the Heaven Piercing Sword from Pinare’s dead body and handed it to Hall.

Hall looked at it and thought to himself, ‘This is even better. I didn’t waste my time learning dual wielding.’

The Heaven Piercing Sword was epic-grade, and the Rainbow Sky Sword, forged with the Holy Forging Stone, was also almost epic-grade.

This set of equipment, in the game, was basically top-tier, unless the heroine came with a mythic-grade weapon.

And just as he was about to put the Heaven Piercing Sword into its scabbard.

Pinare’s corpse suddenly emitted a light.

It was a holy magic scroll.

“You… hello. Excuse me… is that Cardinal Saint Gregory?”

Christine’s voice was shaky, sounding like she had just survived a disaster.

And in the heavy rain, Hall was standing beside her, shielding her from the rain with his coat.

Yekanda and Parousia stood on both sides, watching the surroundings warily.

“Saintess Candidate Christine?”

An old man’s voice came from the other end of the holy magic scroll.

Hall could also hear it.

It was Yabolun.

“Ah, it’s me… Ambassador Yabolun, what’s wrong with you… I…”

Christine hesitated, her tone very subtle.

“I’m fine. Why are you with Pinare? Isn’t this holy magic scroll in his hand?”

Yabolun on the other end was clearly very confused.

And very wary.

“I’m very sorry. I was under the protection of Lord Pinare. He left this holy magic scroll with me when he went out, saying that if he didn’t return by midnight, I should use this to contact someone… but Ambassador Yabolun contacted me first. I hadn’t expected it.”

“…What?”

The other end was silent for a long time before saying these two words.

Christine, on the other hand, was trying to guess the information and thoughts of the other party.

She saw that the old man would not easily reveal important information.

Finally, Hall threw out a bait, “I heard that Lord Pinare went to investigate the Cult of the Living and Dead. He said so before he left.”

Yabolun was now in the Black Knights branch in the Cateline Kingdom.

According to the plan, after he arrived here, he would report his safety to Pinare and at the same time guide the elites of the Judgment Bureau’s fifth section, who were about to come to the Cateline Kingdom.

Perhaps the Empress of Cateline would think that they were trying to find a way to tie her onto the warship of the Western Continent’s allied forces.

But unfortunately, tying the Cateline Kingdom onto the warship of the Western Continent’s allied forces was only a part of the plan.

The real goal was not that.

It was to find out if the current empress was the already dead Sophia Cateline.

More than half a month ago, the confidential meeting of the cardinals had concluded that the current Empress of Cateline was a puppet supported by Marshal Zhukov.

But in reality, they had never doubted Marshal Zhukov’s control over the Cateline royal family’s loyalty.

They had even speculated that Zhukov had once had a romantic relationship with the late empress, and the current empress was his child.

Because the Eternal Winter bloodline was usually passed down unilaterally, and the mother would have her first child naturally.

As for the second child, it would not happen.

In a thousand years, there had only been one instance of a second child.

At that time, the national power of the Cateline Kingdom was extremely strong, and the combined forces of the northern and northwestern demon domains could barely suppress its territorial expansion.

And the reason for that was that their mother had a lover.

This time, the previous empress had had a second child.

So when the news of the second child being conceived seventeen years ago had reached the cardinals.

It had naturally alerted the old nobles of the Papal State.

Even Samigina had sent an envoy with a letter, saying that the Papal State should also not want two Winter Saintesses to exist in the world at the same time, and they could team up to eliminate this unborn child.

But after discussion, if they were to eliminate the unborn Sophia Cateline, they would have to directly confront the reigning empress, an adult Winter Saintess.

The child might die, and the empress might also die, which would immediately lead to internal chaos.

The Papal State did not dare to guarantee that Samigina would not make a move, afraid that a whole operation would only benefit the other party.

So the final plan decided by the two sides was to stage an attack on the birthplace of the unborn Sophia Cateline, and actually make a move on the four-year-old Elizabeth Cateline.

In this way, there would only be one Winter Saintess.

But after preparing for half a day, the former empress had given birth prematurely, and Sophia Cateline was a stillborn baby.

This made the Papal State and Samigina both breathe a sigh of relief.

And in the following three years of various secret investigations, there were indeed no other children.

That’s right.

If it weren’t for the letter that had been sent to the Cateline intelligence department before Sophia’s mother gave birth, Sophia’s life would have been the same as in the game.

Elizabeth would have died on the day her sister was born.

But four years ago, Elizabeth had fallen ill and was not fit to rule.

Sophia had replaced her sister, which had drawn the attention of the Papal State.

They felt that after Elizabeth was injured, her political ability and demeanor had both declined somewhat.

The video recording that had been specially set up on the seventieth floor of the Demon God’s Labyrinth had further proven that Sophia was not Elizabeth.

The stillborn baby that year was a fake, which meant that it was highly likely that two Winter Saintesses existed in the world today.

If they were both allowed to grow up completely, the Cateline Kingdom would no longer be controllable.

At this year, the time when they wanted to launch a war against the Eastern Continent.

The politicians of the Papal State would not allow it.

Therefore, they had to figure out if Elizabeth, who had been injured four years ago, was dead or still alive.

If she was not dead, but was recuperating, they would need to find a way to kill her accidentally.

They had to completely bury Elizabeth, making Sophia live forever as her older sister, Elizabeth.

It would be best if they could also take the opportunity to get rid of Zhukov, making Sophia completely a tool to help guard against the Demon Lords’ threat.

Pinare was also a part of the plan.

The people of the Cult of the Living and Dead were said to have recently mastered the method to open the ice imperial tomb.

To explore the most secret place in the Cateline Kingdom, they had to rely on external forces.

But this time, it was Christine who had answered the holy magic scroll.

But Christine said that Pinare had gone to investigate the Cult of the Living and Dead.

Yabolun thought that Pinare had done well.

He had not only contacted the Cult of the Living and Dead, but also controlled Christine.

So he replied, “Saintess Candidate Christine, you should just wait in place for Lord Pinare to return. Do not act rashly. We will meet again at Saint Catherinesburg.”

“Does Ambassador Yabolun plan to go to Saint Catherinesburg? I was so worried when I saw the newspaper in the evening that you were still on the missing list… since you’re going, why don’t you directly show up and negotiate with Her Majesty Cateline?”

“This involves the interests of our Papal State. The people of the Cateline Kingdom are not very religious. It is a half-heretic land. I hope Saintess Candidate Christine can understand that the person who attacked us might be the Cateline Kingdom’s official forces. That’s why I dare not show my face.”

Yabolun had been taken away just before the explosion.

The survivors who had seen Christine use the Starfall Feather were only Pinare and Duke Eaton.

In his eyes, Christine was only a slightly more formidable Saintess Candidate.

“I see, Ambassador Yabolun. I understand. I will not show up immediately either. I will wait for the elites of the Papal State to come and negotiate before seeking their protection.”

“Yes, it’s good that Saintess Candidate Christine understands. Now both you and I are on the missing list. Do not show your face immediately.”

Yabolun did not even plan to tell the Roan faction that Christine had survived.

In this way, Christine was under their control.

Then he hung up the holy magic scroll and said to the deputy commander of the Black Knights branch in the Cateline Kingdom.

“Pinare will surely contact the Cult of the Living and Dead tonight. Immediately execute Plan A.”

At the same time.

In the ancient castle on the outskirts of Cateline Suke where Christine had entered the underground tunnel before.

Lov was standing at the entrance of the underground tunnel.

“Quick, quick, Lov! One of the Demon Queen’s treasures is buried here, and it can also directly lead to the western demon domain. Let’s go to Fort Noss like this.”

Lilith said proudly.

Because this tunnel was built by her in secret when she was the Demon Queen of the western demon domain.