I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 269 Victoria's death, A Luo in pain
In Italy, in a town called Volterra.

People are holding a grand celebration ceremony.

Many local residents dressed in uniform are marching in the streets.

In addition to them, there were many tourists from other places who followed the tour guide to watch this strange scene.

In front of the tourists, a tour guide holding a loudspeaker was explaining the special meaning of the residents' actions to the people behind him.

"The parades that everyone sees now are all to celebrate a festival unique to the city of Volterra - St. Marcus Day, which comes from a long-standing legend in Volterra."

"Legend has it that Father Marcus, a Christian missionary and Volturi, drove all the vampires out of Volterra fifteen hundred years ago.

He later died during a vampire exorcism in Romania.

Since no vampires have harassed Volterra since Father Marcus' expulsion, people have begun to celebrate this day as a city celebration.

The tour guide was talking incessantly about the relevant legends. In the shadows of a building, a sexy, beautiful, pale-skinned woman appeared, quietly waiting for the arrival of tourists.

Not long after, the tour guide brought everyone here.

"To visit the most magnificent palace in the entire city of Volterra, where St. Marcus once lived, you need a designated person to lead the way."

"Next, Ms. Heidi will continue to lead everyone in the tour explanation."

The originally drowsy male passenger immediately became alert after seeing the sexy and enchanting Heidi, who seemed to be able to twist her body even when she walked, and his eyes revealed undisguised desire.

Heidi did not show any disgust towards such gazes. Instead, she gave a charming smile to the numerous male passengers, making people feel itchy.

At the same time in the hall, three figures were sitting in their seats.

They didn't move, didn't blink or breathe, their red eyes seemed to be covered by a thin film, and their skin was translucent like onion skin.

Even though they look like wax figures, if you see the three of them in person, you will never think of them as dead objects.

"Did you hear that? Marcus, they're still talking about your name..."

The blond young man sitting on the far right showed a mocking smile on his face.

"Stupid humans."

On the far left, the long-haired man is filled with world-weariness, lifeless, and has no desire to respond at all.

"That's enough, Caius. There's nothing wrong with these human celebrations."

The man in the middle spoke.

The graceful movements and the intonation of voice like an opera singer made the guards standing on the side a little dazed.

"I understand, brother."

The man with long golden hair seemed to be extremely respectful to the man in the middle and did not continue speaking.

"This time I called you here, in addition to enjoying the meal, there are other things we need to discuss together. It's about safety."

"What is it that deserves your seriousness, brother?"

Caius was curious.

The Romanian family had been destroyed by them long ago, and after thousands of years of hunting, now only two poor fellows are left fleeing around the world.

Several centuries ago, he and his personal guards killed all the werewolves in Europe.

In this world, apart from the weapons of large-scale destruction possessed by the human army, what else can threaten their safety?

"Don't be too arrogant, Caius. We vampires are not the only ones in this world who can be called mysterious."

"Arrogance leads to destruction, as happened to the Romanian family back then. We need to learn from this."

After gently disciplining his brother, the man spoke again.

"In a country not far from here, America, something very important happened."

"A community inhabited by human beings was razed to the ground because of a fight."

“A community?”

Caius was quite puzzled.

"You should explain to him the size of the community, Aro."

Finally, the man who had never spoken a word spoke his first sentence.

"Caius is too absorbed in hunting and torture to care about the country on the other side."

"America is a vast country with a sparse population... The community construction area is relatively large, with a radius of kilometers."

Aro listened to Marcus and began to explain for his youngest brother.

"It's only a thousand-meter radius. I don't know how many towns I destroyed..."

Caius acted somewhat disdainful.

"is it?"

A Luo turned his head, raised his eyebrows, smiled, and then took out some photos from his suit pocket.

After Caius took it, he looked through it carefully, and then his face became shocked.

"To be able to do this..."

The image shown in the photo is a satellite image taken from above, showing that the community built on the edge of the city is already in ruins.

No intact buildings remain.

"Keep an eye on the time up there, Caius."

After hearing what Aro said, Caius noticed the series of numbers in the lower right corner of the image, and then his eyes widened.

"This is impossible……"

One photo shows the community intact, while the other shows it in ruins, but the time between the two photos is only less than an hour.

Causing widespread and intense destruction in a short period of time is beyond the limits of any vampire.

Hearing Caius' exclamation, Marcus also stretched out his hand.

After he looked at these photos, a strange look appeared on his lifeless face.

"Marcus, as the longest-surviving member of the Volturi family, you should know something."

A Luo turned his head and asked a question.

"...Excluding the possibility of humans starting a war in this area, the only possibility is that demons are involved."

"Aro, you were obsessed with expanding your power and fighting against the Romanian family. You didn't remember what I told you about the King of Jerusalem, did you?"

"Studying the occult, summoning demons..."

A Luo frowned as he remembered something.

"How wonderful! I thought it was just a legend..."

"demon……"

Just as Luo was lost in thought, hurried footsteps were heard outside the door.

Soon, a sound was heard outside.

"I have something important to report, please get out of the way!"

A Luo turned his head and saw a red-haired vampire standing at the door.

She was caught by the guards and couldn't move at all, but she continued to struggle.

He waved his hand gently, and the guard released his grip on the latter's shoulder.

"You are……"

"Victoria...is from America."

Hearing this, A Luo's eyes lit up.

He just needed news from that country. "Victoria. What made you cross the Atlantic Ocean to come here?"

Victoria took a deep breath and then bowed her head and spoke respectfully.

"I found a very dangerous exorcist who killed two of my partners."

A Luo looked at Victoria and asked:
"The Volturi will not get involved in the fights between vampires. You should know that."

"He... is not a vampire, nor a werewolf, but just a human..."

Before she finished her words, a figure suddenly appeared in front of Victoria.

"Have you been discovered by humans and attracted the military's siege?"

"Do not……"

Victoria wanted to explain, but A Luo raised his hand to signal her to shut up, and then stretched out his palm.

"You don't have to say anything. I will witness everything with my own eyes and investigate all the mysteries."

Victoria didn't hesitate and put her hand on it.

At this moment, Victoria's past memories emerged before his eyes.

A childhood of poverty...living alone with my sister...living under someone else's roof...

The reason why she is so polite is because her sister has to "receive" many dignitaries and must learn etiquette...

Transformed into a vampire... joined the tribe... left the tribe... met James and became his partner...

Hunting... wandering... hunting... repeating...

Until a figure fell from the sky...

A Luo's perspective is completely brought into the person being spied on, so he can feel her thoughts and even resonate with her feelings.

However, when he saw the figure clearly in the smoke and dust, Luo himself couldn't help but open his eyes wide.

The smell coming from his body... the color of his face, and the temperature he exuded...

There was no doubt that it was a human being.

But how can humans fall from the sky without getting hurt?
And what exactly was that creature that couldn't turn over under his feet...

"you……"

Before A Luo had the chance to ask, he saw an even more horrifying scene.

Summon and send at will, a sword that seems to have its own consciousness, mysterious slashes, and unknown runes with different effects...

The scene he saw was the moment when he was frozen in place, watching James and Laurent being killed by the sword.

It’s not that he couldn’t peek into the memories that followed, but the unknown and terrifying scene made him subconsciously retract his hand.

Incomprehensible.

What exactly was the rune that young man created? And how could it automatically track the escape routes of the three people and pursue them relentlessly?
What is the principle behind the mountains and rivers that appear when the sword is swung? If it is an illusion, why can one feel such a heavy feeling coming towards him?

With the unknown comes fear.

I don't know the principle, I can't fight...

A Luo had lived through nearly three thousand six hundred years, but he had never felt so confused and at a loss.

He was indeed very curious and wanted to know the other party's true face, but he also knew that one should not peer into the abyss.

"He will be a threat to the Volturi... no, to all vampires..."

Victoria knew that the scene she saw had completely shocked the actual leader of the Volturi family.

Given his character, he would never allow such a threat to exist and become a sword of Damocles hanging over his head.

Moreover, she knew that Aro was extremely obsessed with power, and the Volturi were the result of his efforts.

The reason why Romania was defeated thousands of years ago was because of a few vampires with powerful abilities, not the Collectors who had more persistent abilities like him.

The peculiarities displayed by that young man would surely make him unable to resist taking action...

She was right. A Luo was indeed very conflicted now.

"What an amazing power. Dangerous, yet fascinating, almost dizzying."

In A Luo's mind, the image of the black-haired young man kept flashing, making him mutter to himself.

On the one hand, he was afraid of the other party's strength, and on the other hand, he longed to master this unknown power.

As long as he had these, he no longer had to hide his true intentions.

He can openly collect people with special abilities in the world and transform them into vampires for his own use, and treat all the werewolves as watchdogs.

It might even be possible to gather a super army, directly control the world's top politicians, and become the shadow emperor of the earth.

Desire and reason were constantly struggling in his heart, and Luo was even unable to maintain his elegant and calm demeanor and returned to his seat.

"Aro..."

Victoria wanted to strike while the iron was hot, but she met Alona's scarlet eyes.

"enough!"

The young man who had been speaking softly and gently suddenly turned ferocious and terrifying!
This chatterbox woman, does she really think he doesn't know what she's up to? !

He suddenly grabbed Victoria's neck, and then returned to his previous state.

"You are really interesting."

"It's obvious that he wants to borrow the power of the Volturi family to avenge his partner, but he keeps saying that he's doing it for all vampires. It's just a high-sounding excuse."

"Stupid, narrow-minded, smart-assed, and cowardly."

A Luo spoke slowly, but his hands gradually tightened. As he exerted more force, cracks began to appear on Victoria's neck.

But even so, she still wanted to continue persuading A Luo and struggled to speak.

"He He……"

"You have brought me unprecedented troubles and made me irritable."

"If I remember correctly, you and your partners carried out wanton hunting and killing all over the world, causing widespread riots, right?"

"You should know what the consequences of this action will be."

"But you finally brought news to the Volturi. To express my gratitude, I will grant you a painless death..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Victoria's neck fell to the ground with a "thump".

There was silence at the scene, and Caius and Marcus couldn't help but sit up a little straighter in their chairs.

In the past years, they had rarely seen A Luo so manic.

What did he see?
At this moment, a girl's voice was heard from the door.

Everyone looked up and saw a very childish-looking little blonde girl who was only about 1.5 meters tall.

Captain of the Volturi Guard - Jane.

"Heidi will be here soon. Do we need to ask them to wait outside?"

"No, let them come in as soon as possible."

A Luo turned around and returned to his seat.

He just needed these fresh and juicy blood foods to calm his heart.

The door opened, and Heidi walked into the hall with a large group of tourists dressed in various clothes.

Soon, a scream of fear came faintly from the closed door...

(End of this chapter)