Mythology: Ragnarok

Lester suddenly realized, "Ah~, you mean those mentally challenged kids? So you call them 'vampires'? That's interesting. They're nocturnal and ghosts, not bad. I'll talk to the elders in my clan and ask them to change their name. In my clan, they used to have a more prestigious name, 'Moon Chaser Clan,' but then another clan used that name, and those mentally challenged kids lost a suitable adjective. Now this word comes in handy."

Soon, Agreed led everyone to the city lord's mansion. Agreed cast the eighth-order spell 'Hypnotic Spell' that he had already chanted, and instantly all the guards, servants, and even slaves in the city lord's mansion fell into a deep sleep under the effect of Agreed's magic.

Argreed used magic to probe the entire structure of the city lord's mansion and quickly discovered that in the basement below, the city lord was walking up from the huge dungeon built underground, while two soldiers behind him were carrying a huge wooden plank with a humanoid creature tied to it.

As the city lord led his men up from underground, a chain of lightning struck, knocking down all of them. The city lord stared at his men lying on the ground when Agreed's voice came from above him.

"According to the literature, the flesh and blood of vampires are highly poisonous to other races. The violent energy in their blood is extremely deadly. Therefore, to eat them, one must starve them for several days and expose them to the sun for more than three days. I suppose the city lord is already prepared to enjoy her tonight?"

The city lord looked at Agreed, with Lester right beside him. The city lord questioned, "Witch, what are you doing?! Why are you helping the vampires? Are you betraying the kingdom?!"

"Don't flatter me like that. Release that vampire you're holding, and I might have a way to spare your life. Otherwise, even the gods can't save you," Agreed advised him, looking at him with disappointment.

The city lord shouted maniacally, "Hahaha, I shed my blood for this country, but what have I gotten in return? Just being abandoned in this border town like an old dog! I'm not reconciled! If I eat him, I can be young again, I can prove my power to everyone, and I can take back everything! Today, whoever stands in my way, I will kill them, including you. Today I will see just how capable this infamous sorcerer really is!"

As he spoke, the city lord's battle aura materialized into armor. He drew his greatsword from his waist and unleashed a massive blade of energy that slashed at Agred. Agred neither dodged nor evaded, instantly casting the sixth-tier spell 'Breathless Wind Blade' to neutralize the blade of energy. Then, Agred shouted to Lester beside him, "You should settle your own feud."

Before he finished speaking, Lester transformed into a black shadow and rushed out. A blood-red heart appeared in his hand, which he then crushed! The high-level blood magic 'Heart Mastery' was activated. At the same time, the city lord's heart shattered instantly. Internal bleeding and blood stagnation caused him to kneel on the ground in pain, but as a paladin, he was not completely dead.

Lester walked over and slapped the defenseless city lord again and again with his claws until he was beaten into a bloody pulp, while Agreed and his men watched the spectacle from the sidelines.

After venting his anger, Lester rescued his lover, but to Agred's surprise, the lover Lester spoke of was also a male vampire.

Agreed was instantly shocked, and when the two, who had been separated for so long, began to interact intimately, Agreed was so embarrassed that he almost broke his wand. To this situation, Agreed could only say, "I understand, but my God! Couldn't you have found a secluded place to do this?"

Lester then approached Agred and said, “Thank you for your help. I will always remember your kindness. This is a book on the cultivation of my race’s blood magic. It is written in Common, so you should be able to understand it. However, only vampires can use these spells. To be honest, I really don’t understand why you would want to learn such useless knowledge.”

Agreed explained, "It never hurts to know more, and my wife is also very interested in vampires."

At this moment, the rescued vampire 'Brecher' asked suspiciously, 'Oh, interested in blood magic? Is your lover also a powerful male?'

Agreed hurriedly explained, "It's not that she's a particularly gentle woman. While I can understand your love, I wouldn't be able to accept it if it were me."

Brecel then smiled and said, "You are a very considerate gentleman, much more polite than your kind."

After accepting the book of blood magic, Agreed continued, "You two should leave here quickly, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble later. Please convey my respects to your clan elders."

Lester nodded, then took out another medal and handed it to him, saying, "I'll remember you, Agreed Presidian Reller. You will be a friend of the vampires forever. If you need anything, take this medal and come find me. I will do my best to help you." After saying that, the two turned into shadows and left the city lord's mansion.

Looking at this scene, Ike said dejectedly, "The 50,000 gold coins we were about to get have just flown away. Captain, we've even helped the vampires murder a kingdom official. What are we going to do now?"

Agreed turned his head with a cold expression and said, "Now? The people who should be worried are the royal family of Avalon. If they had any brains, they wouldn't be making things difficult for us. The best solution to this matter is to just let it go, send a new city lord to take office, and let everything be as if it never happened."

Heya became increasingly confused and could only ask, "What exactly is going on?"

Agreed then explained, “The vampires aren’t as weak as you think. They rule the Death Swamp in the west. If all the human kingdoms united, they might be able to force the vampires to compromise, but little Avalon is simply not qualified to challenge them. That’s why I helped that vampire. I don’t want this to cause a war between humans and vampires. I wouldn’t take this job for 5 million gold coins, let alone 50,000.”

Ike curled his lip and said, "Why would the vampires go to war with humans for two of their own kind? Besides, once we get the money, we'll fly far away, and the war won't reach us."

Agreed snapped, “Shut your stinking mouth, Ike! Didn’t you hear that vampire’s name carefully? Didn’t you notice that his name only consists of three parts? A vampire’s name is his first name followed by the surname of his predecessor. Dracula was the name of the first progenitor vampire. Do you understand what that means? That guy named Lester is Dracula’s grandson, a legitimate vampire count!”

Vampires rely entirely on bloodline inheritance to reproduce, so it's inevitable that each generation is weaker than the last. Therefore, every high-ranking vampire is extremely precious. Let alone a vampire count with only three names, even a vampire baron with five names is enough to enrage the vampires and make them raise their swords against us!

Are you really going to let millions of people pay the price with their lives for a mere fifty thousand gold coins, for the mistake of a fool who dreams of immortality? You might escape by chance, but what about your family and friends? You might escape, but can they? For that laughable amount of gold coins, you're willing to abandon everything, even your humanity?!