Salute To The General

A joyful and celebratory ambiance filled every corner of the Curia's headquarters.Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

It turned out the once-in-a-decade God's Festival was about to arrive.

God's Festival was the most important celebration in the Curia.

Every time God's Festival came around, the Curia held a grand ceremony. The Pope led key Curia members in performing ancient sacrificial rituals to Gods in exchange for his blessings and protection.

Meanwhile, all the followers of the Curia rejoiced together during the day of celebration.

The ancient sacrificial ritual was one of the most important elements of God's Festival.

The gift dedicated to God was, of course, of utmost importance.

At that very moment, Eugene IV, accompanied by a group of confidants, personally visited the logistics warehouse to inspect the preparation of offerings.

Right now, one of the ten elders of the Curia, Morro, who was in charge of logistics, was leading Eugene IV to view the prepared offerings while providing an introduction. "Esteemed Pope Eugene, the offering dedicated to God this time, I dare say, is the most luxurious one in history. Look, there are countless vampire cores here. Pay attention to these. The green ones are the cores that belonged to vampire marquises, while the yellow ones are the cores of vampire dukes. Also, these few orange cores belonged to vampire princes. The most impressive one is this, a perfect red core."

Eugene IV and the others, following Morro's introduction, set their sights on the numerous vampire cores displayed on the scene, particularly on the most conspicuous red core.

That core was incredibly beautiful, entirely red, crystal clear, like a stunningly beautiful red gem.

The core belonged to none other than the renowned vampire Patriarch, Herod.

For thousands of years, every pope in the Curia dreamed of slaying Herod, removing his core, and bringing it back to the Curia.

Unexpectedly, the monumental task that was never achieved before had been accomplished that year.

The only slight regret was that the hero who slew Herod was not someone from the Curia, but Eurasia's God of War, Nathan.

But a blemish couldn't obscure the splendor of the jade.

Being able to kill Herod and place his core in the Curia's Treasure Pavilion was enough for Pope Eugene IV to be written into the Curia's history and turn him into one of the most famous Popes of all time.

Eugene IV looked contentedly at the

dazzling vampire cores before him,

chuckling. "Hehe. When God appears, wonder how delighted he will be to see so many cores. When God is pleased, he will surely bestow us with abundant rewards."

The surrounding group of core members of the Curia all chimed in with laughter.

At that moment, a hurried flurry of footsteps echoed.

Eugene IV and the others turned around, only to see that the Chief Elder, Baccio, had entered with a few of his subordinates.

"Greetings, Pope Eugene." Baccio bowed slightly in respect.

Eugene IV exclaimed in surprise, "Baccio, you're back! How did your investigation on Hepburn go?"

Baccio wore a grave expression. "The situation has become even more serious, Pope Eugene."

After saying that, Baccio simply explained how the Top Three Shadow Guards were killed and how

Nathan, intentionally or

unintentionally, helped Hepbur escape, which resulted in him not being able to find Hepburn,

After hearing everything, Eugene IV, unusually, lost his temper because of Nathan, "D*mn it! I let it slide when Nathan killed Havik before. can't believe he actually killed Eddie and the other two as well. He really doesn't show the Curia any respect at all!"

Baccio took the opportunity to voice his suspicion that Nathan was a vampire.

After listening, Eugene IV grimaced. "From the looks of it, even though there's no evidence, it seems undeniable that Nathan is a vampire."

Baccio said, "If Nathan is a vampire, it's very dangerous. I fear he might discreetly strengthen the vampires' influence in Aploth. The whole world might succumb if another blood virus outbreak occurs!" Eugene IV nodded. "We must indeed be cautious."

Baccio said, "But now we don't have solid evidence, and given Nathan's unique status, we can't do anything to him. What should we do?"