…
That was the end of his memories on the matter.
From what he knew, Jo’s foster mother, Barbara, had been someone of the Dark Side. But because of some matters, she turned over a new leaf and intended to live in seclusion in the mortal world. While hiding from the Dark Side’s pursuit, she made great efforts to suppress Jo’s Holy Blood. But she ultimately failed.
The power of the Holy Blood was too great, and blindly suppressing would only lead to a bigger rebound.
In the end, the Dark Side found their hiding spot. Barbara could only helplessly hand Jo over, making her change from an innocent little girl into a witch driven by the Holy Blood.
Anywhere Jo went would end up filled with corpses. No one could prevent her bloodthirst and slaughter. Only Barbara could slightly suppress it and let her return to that little girl.
But it was only a slight restraint.
Marvin faintly remembered that before Jo was at death’s door, she had accidentally killed her foster mother. Maybe her crazy actions in her final battle were because she hoped for salvation.
These things shouldn’t have been shouldered by a little girl.
Marvin didn’t know what happened to Jo before, but he was certain that now that this matter bumped into him, he could completely change the situation.
‘Although the Bloodthirsty Witch appeared a year after the disaster, that was when she awakened from a deep slumber.’
‘Thus it could be inferred that the bloodline on her body had already activated before that.’
‘I just don’t know when the Dark Side will make a move…’
Marvin sat on the chair, pondering.
He also wasn’t that kind of pure samaritan. Although Jo was innocent, the Holy Blood she had was what Marvin valued the most.
Holy Blood didn’t have only one property. It could make someone crazily powerful, or turn someone insane.
It was similar to the Book of Nalu. Without enough wisdom, there was no way to handle this power.
Jo’s mind was pure and it had a lot of room for growth. If she received guidance she could receive the strength of the Holy Blood without falling into the Dark Side’s [Bloodthirst]. And Feinan would have one more rational Legend.
The Vampires were also a very important part of Marvin’s plans.
Resisting against the gods wasn’t something he could do alone. For that, the Barbarians and the Vampires were Marvin’s most natural allies.
Because these two races didn’t worship gods, but their ancestors!
Their beliefs were in their bloodlines, their ancestors, their descendants.
Thus, their races were like a blasphemy to the gods!
After the gods established their power in Feinan one after the other, the Vampires and Barbarians were among their first targets. The normal Humans and other races had it slightly better.
Because those without faith could still be won over.
As for those believing in their ancestors, the only path for them was eradication.
Naturally, the Vampires and Barbarians weren’t weak, so even if the gods joined hands, they didn’t manage to thoroughly exterminate them.
These two races were indeed the natural targets for White River Valley to form an alliance with.
Unfortunately, Marvin’s path didn’t really intersect much with these two races. For the Barbarians, he got to meet a Legend Barbarian that was frightened by his friends back when he went to that icy region in the North. He seemed to be a protector of a Barbarian tribe. As for the Vampires, Marvin only crossed paths with that Gwyn guy.
He had no memory of that person before, so he guessed that he must have died before the Great Calamity.
It was a bitter struggle between the Bright Side and the Dark Side. A genius like Gwyn would definitely be on the Dark Side’s blacklist.
‘Seems like it’s time to contact Great Duke William once I’m done with the matters of the Pambo Sea.’
‘We fought side by side in the past… but unfortunately, I don’t know how I’ll convince this greedy old ghost this time.’
Marvin sighed inwardly.
But he hadn’t expected that he would suddenly feel his heartbeat speed up!
…
In the ice-cold basement.
Covered in a few blankets, the little girl’s frozen lips were purple. Her eyes were wide open with an innocent gaze.
“She, she came to look for me again,” the little girl whimpered.
The middle-aged woman hugged her gently. “Don’t be afraid, Jo, Mom is here. No one will harm you.”
Jo calmed down a bit.
“Mom, I’m cold,” she muttered in a low voice.
Worry could be seen on Barbara’s face.
“I want to drink something hot,” Jo said naturally.
Barbara’s expression changed!
Jo had never said before this when the Holy Blood flared up!
“Do you want to drink warm cow milk?” She forced herself to stay calm and asked in a low voice.
Jo said blankly, “Warm milk? I want to drink red, warm stuff…”
“Mom, I’m so thirsty… I want to drink warm…” Jo was pleading.
Barbara’s heart sank to the bottom.
But she hadn’t expected that Jo would suddenly cry in alarm, “There is a bad person!”
Barbara instinctively raised her head toward a hovering shadow!
This was Low Flight, the Vampires’ innate skill!
Alarm filled Barbara’s face. “Still found by you?!”
In her eyes, someone using Low Flight was definitely a Vampire.
The Bright Side’s Vampires didn’t dare operate in the western coastline. The current struggle between the two sides was already reaching its climax. If the Bright Side’s Vampires appeared here, they would be attacked by groups of the Dark Side’s experts.
Those who came here would definitely be the people of the Dark Side she had been hiding from for years!
Thinking of this she couldn’t help but bite her lip.
She couldn’t let Jo fall into their hands!
She fished out a small silver dagger from her sleeve.
But then a gentle voice echoed behind them. “It should be very exhausting to hide from the Dark Side for so many years while caring for this kind of little girl, right?”
Barbara turned in fright and saw a youth calmly standing behind them.
He moved like a ghost. With this kind of movement, he was probably at least a Half-Legend Vampire!
Barbara was pained as she stepped in front of Jo to protect her. “What do you want? Let Jo off, I’ll give you anything you want.”
Jo’s little head came out from the blanket as she glared toward Marvin. “You can’t do anything bad to mom!”
“Or Jo will bite you to death!”
After saying this, her adorable canines started growing, turning into bloodsucking fangs!
Barbara and Marvin frowned. Jo was already somewhat unable to restrain the Holy Blood’s power!
Marvin said a little awkwardly, “What do I want to do? Could it be that you don’t know about me?”
Barbara froze. Soon, a flame flickered in the basement and Marvin’s appearance could be seen clearly.
“You are… You are White River Valley’s Viscount Marvin!?” Barbara let out, stunned.
Jo blinked, her fangs disappearing. She was about to say something when a gust of air suddenly rushed in the basement!
“Woosh!”
A few shadows flashed over.
“Holy Blood… I smell Holy Blood,” a shadow said in a low voice.
Chapter 332: Pursuers
Chapter 332: Pursuers
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“Barbara, you fled with the Holy Blood for so many years, but we finally found you!”
The shadows completely ignored Marvin, instead all focusing their gazes on Barbara and Jo.
Marvin noticed that there was a faint imp
rint between their eyebrows.
Bloodthirst!
The five newcomers were all Vampire experts from the Dark Side.
“[Pursuer] Huntson!” Barbara’s expression suddenly changed.
The Vampire at the lead looked handsome and delicate, but unfortunately for him, a frightening scar crossed his eye, making him look particularly sinister.
He was a Pursuer!
Pursuers in the Dark Side were in charge of tracking down and killing traitors.
There weren’t more than fifty Vampires with this title in general, and the western seashore was considered to have numerous experts.
…
‘4th rank Pursuer.’
‘The rest are 3rd rank and more or less similar to Karnoth.’
Marvin’s expression didn’t change.
These guys completely ignored him, which made him feel like laughing.
It was mostly due to him being a Human. The Dark Side clearly differentiated between Humans and Vampires, and Marvin looked like an ordinary Human standing there.
Although he had a faint aura like a Vampire’s, it was most likely because he had stayed with these two for a long time.
Huntson didn’t know that his overconfident judgement would be his greatest mistake!
…
Their attention was completely focused on Jo’s small figure.
All of the Dark Side’s Vampires showed greedy expressions.
That was Holy Blood, the pure bloodline left behind by the first Primogenitor! If they could swallow this power, they could turn into Great Duke Legend Vampires that could match William in strength!
Unfortunately, they couldn’t control the power of the Holy Blood after trying to devour it. Back when Jo was small, something like that had been attempted.
Any Vampire that tried to swallow the Holy Blood became a slave to its power and turned into a slaughter machine. They would completely lose their reason, and wouldn’t be able to distinguish between friend and foe!
It was a lot more terrifying than Bloodthirst!
Thus, they could only look on in desire while their reason reminded them that their life was more important!
If they could bring Jo back to a Dark Side base, the Elders would certainly give them a huge reward.
This was what they cared about, Pursuer Huntson included. He gave up the chance to slumber and strengthen himself to look for traces of Jo days and night before eventually sensing the aura of the Holy Blood.
How could this not make him excited!
…
“Child, follow us. We won’t harm you.”
Pursuer Huntson coldly reminded, “You know how grave the crime of betraying the Dark Side is.”
“But for her, we can forgive your previous actions,” Huntson mentioned to Barbara.
The Elders of the Dark Side were no fools. Jo was the key to the rise of the Dark Side, but if they hurt her adoptive mother, once her bloodline awakened, she would definitely not let it go.
Moreover, controlling Jo through Barbara had always been the goal of the Dark Side.
Huntson’s order was very simple. It was to bring them back without harming the mother and daughter duo at all.
This mission was very troublesome, but Huntson’s strength far exceeded Barbara’s. As for Jo, she was still a young child who had yet to suck any blood, so she simply couldn’t go against him.
‘Once this mission is finished, I could even get a Reverse Cross Medal, not to mention a Dense Blood Nucleus or two.’
Thinking of this, Huntson felt very satisfied.
…
Barbara gritted her teeth, intending to stake it all against these Vampires!
She knew the craziness of the Dark side. If Jo was left in their hands, the only path left would be a path of destruction!
She didn’t want to see Jo become a slaughtering monster like the Great Duchess from Castle Tulip that year!
But at that time, a voice behind the the mother and daughter duo sneered, “Turns out the Dark Side’s Vampires only know how to bully women and children.”
Marvin’s words immediately attracted the attention of the five Vampires.
Huntson frowned, but before he could say anything, Marvin already approached!
Since he had already decided to change history, how could he let Huntson capture Jo?
Marvin’s body moved like lightning as Godly Dexterity showed its fearsomeness. In a blink, he was in front of Huntson!
Huntson was startled. Marvin’s speed already approached the limit of the human body.
He simply couldn’t dodge in this narrow room!
But the Pursuer was someone who had experienced countless battles. His body instantly scattered as he turned into a bat, avoiding Marvin’s cold dagger!
…
But the other Vampires didn’t have Huntson’s luck.
After Marvin missed his slash, he used Shadow Escape, instantly appearing behind a Vampire.
That guy didn’t have time to react before his head was cut by Marvin!
The first real battle for [Curved Dagger – Azure Leaf]. That light feeling made Marvin simply unable to stop himself.
He didn’t need to use any strength at all. The sharp edge felt as if he was cutting into tofu as it pierced through the Vampire’s head!
The remaining three Vampires were pale from dread.
Speed was the ability they relied on to survive, but they were now being completely overwhelmed by Marvin’s speed!
“Who is that guy!”
“Doesn’t he look a bit familiar?”
“Ah! He is Ma…”
The three hurriedly scattered and fled. One of them used Low Flight, seeming to have recognized Marvin’s appearance!
But unfortunately, he didn’t have time to finish his words before he was cut in two!
3rd rank Vampire. He didn’t have Fatal Injuries Immunity, and even if he did, in front of the pair of Azure Leafs, they wouldn’t be able to resist three hits!
“Woosh!”
In an instant, Marvin went all-out and moved like a ghost as each of his attacks struck true!
After five seconds, the four Dark Side Vampires were already dead!
This was the power of his Godly Dexterity and Legendary Weapons. Marvin’s strength had already advanced by leaps and bounds!
3rd rank class holders were completely trivial for him to kill!
…
The basement was completely silent.
Four cold corpses were inert as scarlet blood spread on the ground.
Barbara hurriedly covered Jo’s eyes in fear that she would be stimulated by the blood.
But what surprised her was that Jo’s body temperature was returning to normal as the signs of the Holy Blood outbreak disappeared.
Marvin stood there warily, his perception focused on the changes in the darkness.
He knew Huntson wouldn’t give up so easily, even if the strength he displayed was enough to make most people cower.
After turning into a bat, Vampires were even better at hiding. Marvin’s perception was originally average, making it was very difficult to find him hiding in the boundless darkness.
Marvin asked in a low voice, “Do you have a way to find him?”
Barbara froze. She didn’t know why Marvin helped them, but this legendary hero should be a lot better than these Dark Side Vampires, right?
She was once part of the Dark Side, but she broke away from the Bloodthirst using a special method, so she couldn’t get any reaction from Huntson’s hiding place.
Thus, she shook her head.
Marvin frowned. The Pursuer had reacted quickly enough that he was unable to grab something to use with Night Tracking, so that method was out.
‘Could it be a deadlock? No way! Huntson will definitely sneak attack. I can’t always be on guard.’
Gloominess flashed through Marvin’s eyes.
The Shadow Prince’s previous sneak attack was still vivid in his mind. Marvin wouldn’t make
the same mistake twice.
Marvin definitely wouldn’t flush Huntson out of his hiding place!
But Jo suddenly pointed at a spot in the darkness and said, “He is there!”
Marvin quickly used Night Boundary!
The strength of Night Walkers’ Darksight was pushed to the limits. He focused his sight, and sure enough, he found a bat at the location pointed to by Jo.
The bat suddenly flapped its wings and tried to fly away.
But in such a confined space, it was difficult for him to escape!
Marvin’s storage was filled with countless things.
A fishing net flew over before Huntson could fly a few meters.
But rather than a real fishing net, it was actually a magic staff with the [Fishing Net] ability enchanted on it!
Compared to Spider Web, Fishing Net was more suitable to handle the flexible Vampires!
The bat was covered by the fishing net as a silver radiance flickered. A silver dagger was arranged on the fishing net!
This Fishing Net ability had been designed this to restrain Vampires!
After Huntson fell to the trap, he hurriedly turned back to his Human-shape.
But Marvin had already approached, and they engaged in an intense melee struggle.
But despite Huntson being a noble Dark Side Pursuer, he was a lot inferior to Marvin with his Godly Dexterity.
The weapons in his hands weren’t common weapons, but in front of the fierce Azure Leafs… They broke apart after three moves!
‘Although they don’t have Armor Penetration or Disintegration properties, there are definitely hidden properties!’
‘These are worthy of the weapons used by the Great Elven King, the quality is wonderful!’
Marvin was inwardly happy. His moves became even more ruthless. He took advantage of Huntson being off guard to use Night Beheading!
“Woosh!”
A cold ray of light flashed, and a head flew.
Huntson’s headless body seemed to become restless, but Marvin stomped his head.
After a moment, Huntson stopped struggling and finally died.
On Marvin’s interface appeared a log indicating that he had gained 1000 battle exp.
‘Killing 4th rank experts now only gives 1000 exp… the experience is getting worse and worse.’
Marvin shook his head.
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