Secret: The undead do not die in the fire

Chapter 313 Ceremony Preparation
In the early hours of the morning, in the iron-gray hall, Emlyn and other vampires woke up on time.

Emlyn looked around in confusion. It seemed that nothing had happened here. In front of him was the vigorous tomb, and the hall did not show any signs of being damaged.

This made him doubt whether the embers came or not during the time he was in the dream.
Just as Emlyn was lost in thought, a mellow voice came from the vigorous tomb:

"Have you made any new progress in your exploration of the dream world?"

Casimi and other vampires subconsciously turned their gazes towards Emlyn White——

Although they always mocked each other as the shame of the blood clan, they had to admit that Emlyn White was the fastest one in the process of exploring the dream world.

Emlyn collected his thoughts and responded respectfully:

"My Lord Duke, I have left the Undead Settlement and arrived at the Road of Living Sacrifice."

Emlyn recounted what he had seen and heard during the exploration, including the story of the knight Igor who claimed to be from Kalim and had been guarding the cage. According to him, there was supposed to be a saint in the cage, but she had disappeared long ago, apparently taken away by other 'undeads'.

In addition, there are giants on the high towers who fight alongside the Onion Knights to kill the Fire Demons.

Emlyn recounted everything he had seen and heard, but he didn't mention the strategy he got from the 'world'.

Emlyn raised his chin slightly, and said in a tone that seemed ashamed but actually boastful:
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Duke. I have just arrived at the Sacrifice Road and know very little about this area."

Duke Olmer hummed in silence:
"Well done, what reward do you want?"

Casimi and other vampires couldn't help but cast complicated glances at Emlyn, mostly with envy, and a hint of inexplicable jealousy.

Many of them were already viscounts, but their progress was not as fast as that of Baron Emlyn, and they were even far behind!

So much so that every time Emlyn was the first to go to a new area, he was also often the first to receive the reward from Duke Olmer.

Be the first to defeat Guda and reach the walls of Lothric.

Everyone kills Bordeaux and reaches the Undead Settlement.

And this time, the first one to pass through the Undead Settlement and reach the Road of Living Sacrifice.

Emlyn was not polite and said seriously:

"Preferably in pounds."

Olmer laughed and said:
"Okay, go ask Casimi for an advance of 5000 gold pounds."

Emlyn was delighted, because the Viscount Beyonder characteristic that Mr. Lover promised would cost exactly 8000 pounds!
The last time he purchased the Baron's extraordinary characteristics, he still had about 2000 pounds in cash, but most of it had been used to buy new dolls and buy clothes for them, so there was not much left.

The three consecutive rewards earned him a total of 10000 gold pounds in cash!
Even if this money is used to purchase the Viscount's extraordinary characteristics, it can still save 2000 pounds. Perfect!

of course.

Even if he possessed the extraordinary characteristics of a viscount, it did not mean that he could be promoted immediately. He needed to digest the baron potion first, but this was not a problem because the dream world could speed up the process.

It only takes 6 souls to digest a Sequence 10 potion, and Emlyn had already digested 10 souls when he defeated Teacher Guda.

To Emlyn now, Viscount is nothing, his goal is to become Earl!
It takes 6 souls to digest a sequence 10 potion, and it would take about 5 million souls to digest a sequence 100 potion.

And including the remaining 20 souls of Teacher Guda, as well as the subsequent killings of Bordeaux in the Frigid Valley and the Cursed Tree in the Undead Settlement, plus the monsters killed along the way, he already has more than 80 souls!

As long as he could kill the crystallized old man on the road of living sacrifice mentioned by the World, he would be able to digest the sequence 5 potion in one go!
By then, as long as he obtains the Beyonder characteristic of Sequence 4 from his 'lover', he can become a count!
Emlyn was in high spirits. It wouldn't be long before he could become a true demigod, surpassing most vampires!
By then, everyone will call him Lord Emlyn White!
He wanted to make all those vampires who had dared to laugh at him go to the Harvest Church to volunteer!
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160 Böklund Street, Dawn Dantes' residence.

When Klein entered the house, the first thing he saw was a foyer. It was very spacious, with many chairs and umbrella stands. It was elegantly furnished and decorated appropriately. If Klein hadn't known the structure in advance and inspected it on site, he would have even thought it was a reception room.

After passing through the second door, the view in front of him suddenly opened up and a hall appeared that could accommodate dozens or even hundreds of guests dancing.

The center of the hall is covered with a colorful, thick and soft carpet, and the surrounding area is covered with bright and clear marble tiles. Pianos, stone sculptures and other items are placed on the hall, and stone pillars inlaid with ornaments support the second floor.

On the left side is a row of floor-to-ceiling windows, outside of which are green lawns and blooming gardens. On the right side are walls, wooden doors and corridors leading to the lounge, storage room, bathroom, kitchen and housekeeper's room.

The hall is two stories high, with crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, allowing one to immediately imagine what it will look like at night.

Go forward to the end, there are stairs on both sides leading to the second floor.

The corridor here is in a square shape, and the empty space in the middle is exactly where the carpet in the hall is. Klein only needs to take a glass of wine and stand behind the railing on the second floor to leisurely enjoy the dance below.

There are many rooms on the second floor, including a living room, a living room, a dining room, a bathroom, a billiard room, and a large number of bedrooms. If guests need to stay overnight, they will stay here.

Similarly, there are two staircases on the second floor leading to the third floor, where Dwayne Dantes lives. There is an exaggerated master bedroom, a semi-open room with a bar where you can enjoy the sun and the scenery, a study that can be called a small library, two cloakrooms and small bedrooms for the valet and the night maid, as well as rooms and bathrooms for family members. However, Klein is currently single.

As for the other servants, they were in the row of bungalows behind the building, and in the other direction was the stable.

The basement of the building is equally spacious, with a large storage room and wine cellar.

Klein took off his coat and stood upright on the large balcony of the semi-open room on the third floor. He looked out at the scenery of the surrounding streets and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:
"It's true that being expensive has its own meaning, so the £315 rent isn't such a waste."

He had paid a year's rent yesterday afternoon and could only force himself to like this place more and more.

Klein felt extremely painful, and he regretted more and more why he chose the identity of a businessman. Because now his fixed expenses for renting this villa and hiring servants alone are 885 pounds a year! This does not include the expenses for providing food, clothes, and various daily necessities.

But fortunately, Dwayne Dantes's identity can be used for a long time. And these expenses may not be without return, because he can use Dwayne Dantes's identity to contact the upper nobles of the Kingdom of Loen and find opportunities to make up for the losses in this regard.

And if the loss cannot be made up within this year, Klein will have no choice but to find another identity.

As he was relaxing, there was a knock on the door, and Richardson, his personal servant, said:

"Sir, Ms. Vahana Haisen is here."

Upon hearing this, Klein put down the newspaper, raised his head, and glanced at his personal valet.

A quarter of an hour later, he hugged his etiquette teacher, Vahana Haisen, and learned a dance commonly used in social occasions. "I feel like I will be unemployed in a few days."

After a while, Wahana implicitly praised Dwayne Dantes' progress and said,
"But you're still a little reserved. Although you don't need to be as close to ladies as Intis men, you don't have to keep a certain distance all the time. Occasional contact is normal. You seem too stiff and rigid now."

Klein pulled the other person closer and responded with a smile:
"I'm afraid of being disrespectful."

Does this mean that getting too close to a lady is impolite? Does it also mean that I am very attractive and he will be embarrassed if I get too close? This is a subtle compliment... Wahana thought about it and smiled:
"You've learned well."

During the teaching session, Klein's butler Walter suddenly knocked on the door. After getting permission, he entered the room and said to Klein:
"Sir, we have a visitor who calls himself Ash Black."

Upon hearing this, Klein looked at Wahana with some apology:
"Sorry, ma'am, that's all for today."

Vahana smiled and said:

"It's okay, it's your freedom."

After watching Wahana leave, Klein turned his head and said to the butler:
"Please ask Mr. Ash to come to the study."

Walter withdrew respectfully, and Klein stood up and went to the study. He walked behind the desk at a moderate pace and sat down.

After a while, there was a knock on the door.

After getting a response, Butler Walter pushed open the door of the study and said respectfully:

"Sir, Mr. Ash is here."

Klein nodded slightly. He did not look at the embers beside him, but instead instructed:
“Walter, find out what trouble Ms. Wahana is in. If she can’t solve it, we will provide help in time.”

"Okay, sir."

Walter respectfully exited the room and closed the door before leaving.

Yu Jin sat down opposite Klein and asked:
"What's the matter with you suddenly looking for me?"

Klein asked:
"How many demigods of the three paths have you found?"

Yu Jin hesitated for two seconds and said:

"The Secret Saint of the Aurora Society is a mystic mage. I have negotiated with the Aurora Society, and they will try to get him to come to Backlund in the near future."

Klein mourned for the Saint of Secrets for two seconds in his heart, then he sorted out his thoughts and spoke:

"I have asked Arrodes for information about these three demigods."

"The number of demigods of the 'Apprentice' and 'Thief' paths is extremely rare. There are less than 10 in the entire Northern Continent."

“Most of the former are from Tamara’s family, and most of the latter are from Jacob’s family.”

"As for the Tricksters, although there are more Tricksters in existence, almost all of them belong to the Secret Society. And the Secret Society seems to have had some changes recently, causing the Tricksters originally in Backlund to leave in a hurry and go to those inaccessible areas, making them difficult to find."

As an 'all-knowing' magic mirror, Arrodes is very useful. But no matter how useful a seal is, it will definitely have its limitations.

For Klein, the limitation of Arrodes is not that he must answer a question when asking it, because this magic mirror will ask some questions such as "My dear master, have you eaten today?"

The real limitation is that although you can ask Arrodes questions to find out the locations of the fortune tellers, thieves, and doorway demigods, these demigods are not dead after all, and they will not stay in the same place and wait for the embers to find them.

Although these demigods could not detect Arrodes's surveillance, occasionally some of them would receive some kind of spiritual warning and quickly flee the current area.

On the other hand, the extraordinary people of these three paths are all extremely good at "hiding":
The 'Trickster' of the 'Fortune Teller' path has an advanced version of the abilities of 'Faceless Man' and 'Master of Secret Puppet'. Once he enters a crowd, he will be difficult to find.

The 'Mystic' on the 'Apprentice' path has the ability to teleport, and if they sense something is wrong they can teleport directly to a place thousands of miles away.

Although Klein didn't know much about the Beyonders of the Thief pathway, he knew that the Sequence 4 Demigod of this pathway was called the Parasite, and that the other party could completely parasitize ordinary people and be difficult to detect.

Just like his fellow poet, he has a thief's angel parasitic on him, whose concealment ability is so great that even the goddess of night cannot detect it.

In other words, if you want to use Arrodes to locate the positions of these demigods, you must have Arrodes keep an eye on them at all times.

But this is not possible.

Because every time Arrodes appeared, he would attract the attention of certain beings, so Klein didn't dare to use Arrodes for a long time, and each question he asked would not exceed 2 minutes.

By the time these two minutes were up, those demigods had disappeared without a trace.

Therefore, Klein could only use Arrodes to determine the location of these demigods, and thus locate their whereabouts in reality.

Klein explained the reason in detail, and then continued:

"The bad news is that there is only one demigod who meets the requirements in the entire Backlund region."

After a pause, Klein smiled again:

"The good news is that this demigod is not in good condition, and I already have detailed information about him."

Yu Jin's expression moved slightly. If he counted the secret saint of the Aurora Society, he now had two demigods.

The only problem now is where to find the 'Weird Mage' on the 'Fortune Teller' path.

But there is no need to rush, as the vampires have already promised to help with the search.

With the connections that the vampires have been building up over thousands of years, this shouldn't be a difficult task.

(End of this chapter)