Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
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“Silence. No one can question the patriarch’s decision. Lucie, let go of your ignorance and prejudice. I can feel that the patriarch’s vision has already reached a point where it is beyond our sight. If you hold us back, I won’t mind cutting your head off.”
Dylan glared as he drew his cross-hilted long sword as he pointed the sharp tip of the sword at Lucie.
As the only warrior among the second-generation vampires, his powerful aura was extremely oppressive.
He was, amongst all the second-generation vampires, to give Reed his unreserved support.
“You brutish oaf, I have no objections to Father’s decision. Raise your voice at me again, and I’ll let you taste Pyroblast.”
Lucie blew her fuse the moment she heard that as her magical powers were roused and her emerald eyes stared fiercely at Dylan.
A powerful surge of mana started gathering in her hand.
Seeing this scene, Evie Kaschar, a female second-generation vampire, put her forehead onto her hand as she stood up helplessly and stopped the two spewing embers at each other.
Evie wore a black mage robe and had beautiful black hair.
“You two have been at each other’s throat for almost a hundred years now, and still haven’t had enough? Father had strictly forbidden any fighting in the castle. If you want to fight, please make yourself scarce and don’t hinder our kinsmen from moving the food stock.”
Dylan gave Lucie an icy look before sheathing his sword back into its scabbard.
“Father’s decision can only be followed. You don’t need to use your lowly eyes to look at him. Don’t you know how much benefit this plan will have for the vampires upon its success? For such a plan to not have any difficulties is impossible, so be prepared to accept challenges for a long time in the near future. A foolish woman who proclaimed herself intelligent, we do not need your disapproval nor your repudiation, we only need your unconditional support.”
Dylan’s words made a flash of thought appeared in the eyes of several second-generation vampires, and even Lucie who was antagonistic to him uncharacteristically did not refute him either.
“All right, let’s not mention this again in the future. Any news from Eudes?”
Evie shook her head and interrupted the argument. Reed’s order was regarding the direction in which the vampires would advance. No one could refuse or stop it. Not to mention, everyone knew that if such a city was really built, the vampires’ future would be limitless.
“Eudes will send news back every day. He had determined the location of twenty towns and more than a dozen group of human refugees. They even fought the orcs with their wyverns at the border.”
Dylan coldly shared the information sent back by Eudes for the past few days.
“The number of people confirmed thus far had reached three thousand, which basically meets the patriarch’s requirements.”
After listening to that, Evie nodded, a thoughtful look appeared in her black pupils.
“Father’s plan is very simple. It is to take advantage of the orcish incursion and snatch up those humans when their army is looking the other way. But the people we will be snatching are not necessarily all refugees. Those ignorant, foolish folks can only do menial jobs. A city cannot be built without managers, without humans with knowledge or expertise, so when we raid their populace, it’s best to find educated and literate persons, as well as humans with special skills.”
Lucie agreed with Evie’s words. A large part of the refugees were humans of the lowest social strata, and the only jobs they could do were farming or other laboring tasks.
She had seen those humans with special skills in Grimm, tailors, blacksmiths, carpenters, and the likes. These were all people that the castle lacked.
“Yes, Evie’s line of thought is correct.”
Hearing that voice, the few second-generation vampires turned their heads one after another, and upon seeing the figure behind them, all of them raised their hands to their chest and bowed.
“Greetings, Patriarch.”
Reed had appeared behind them without even noticing, and looked at Evie with an approving gaze.
He was a little worried about this batch of food, and found an excuse to leave the Vermillion Tower, and returned to the castle during the night.
While this was a trivial matter, but since Evie could verbalize it, that meant that she had seriously thought through his plan.
Attitude was very important, and the agriculture plan was related to the future of vampires. It was his unshakable direction, and those who could follow in his footsteps would be favored by him.
After all, there were so few vampires now and he did not have much choice. He had a clear understanding of how the second generation vampires get along after a hundred years.
“Evie is in charge of the population raiding plan. You will lead our kinsmen and the Hexbats to the border, and the priority is to find refugees with the following four characteristics. Firstly, humans with special skills, like the tailors, blacksmiths you had mentioned, these are what the castle lacked. Secondly, families should be taken whole, and no one should be left behind. Family is the bond that tied humans together, don’t give up on them just because they had an elderly or an infirm in the family, you must bring all of them back to the castle, not one short. Thirdly, those who are literate or nobles who are educated. Fourthly, young men and women.”
An elite population was undoubtedly what Reed wanted most. As for what an elite population comprised of… Being literate or even knowing how to smith was good enough, better than a refugee that did not know anything.
In Glory, knowledge was monopolized by the noble class, and most common civilians were illiterate, and there were not many humans with special skills, and most were common folks.
It was undoubtedly difficult to find an elite population among a group of refugees, but it was still a priority to find them anyway.
Reed paused and glanced at the few who were listening intently.
“Dylan, Lucie, Evie, take all of the Hexbats to the border to rendevous with Eudes.”
“Remember, do not make any irreparable mistakes because of your impulses. The war is still going on at the border, and it is not safe there.”
“Do not raid towns that are unscathed, and focus on the fleeing refugees. Refugees who had lost their homes are far easier to convince to our side than those who still own land.”
Dylan patted his chest with confidence.
“Patriarch, please wait for our triumphant return. You will see, in the near future, that the castle will be full of humans.”
Those refugees fleeing the war was like a rabbit beneath the claws of the falcons… They were helpless.
“Very well, I will still repeat what I’ve said before. These humans will be part of us vampires and do not create any blood feuds in the process. The gentler your actions are now, the easier it would be for the humans to accept us. If your actions are brutal, then the humans would also be hostile to the vampires in their hearts.”
Reed was afraid that this group of vampires would still treat humans as they did in the past, and when the time comes, forget integrating the humans into the castle, it would be a miracle if they did not straight-up riot.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Reed opened his attribute panel.
Reed Kaschar
Race: Vampire (Progenitor)
Level: Mage Lvl 10 (603/5000), Warrior, Lvl 5 (level cap reached)
Mana: 652/652
Talents: Progenitor Vampire (Unique), Bloodline Shackle (limited), Magic Affinity (Ultimate)
Racial ability: Bat Transformation, Blood-sucking recovery, Powerful physique (passive)
Spells: …
Among three of his talents, there was one talent he had never used before: Bloodline Shackles.
Bloodline Shackles (Limited): As the Progenitor of your bloodline, you have absolute control over your bloodline. You can control your bloodlines through the Bloodline Shackles, and give orders to them through it.