Chapter 27: Chapter Twenty-Six: The Times Are Advancing, the Guards Are Declining

Kelai'en, a dreamer.

As for why he is called that, we have to start from a very long time ago.

Five hundred years ago, Kelai'en led a team to besiege the Wolf King Luxi'en; in the end, only he survived and returned, claiming he had killed Luxi'en and bringing back a piece of human skin stamped with a brand from Luxi'en's arm as evidence.

But all of that is false, fabricated lies.

Actually, the truth is that he and Luxi'en secretly cooperated; Luxi'en pretended to let him kill him, thereby earning the appreciation of the Three Great Elders and being promoted to second-in-command of the Blood Clan; while Luxi'en, under Kelai'en's cover, sneaked into the shadows and secretly began to grow the werewolf population.

As for the reason the two joined forces, it is actually very simple.

As everyone knows, vampires are almost immortal; in this long life, one must have a dream to strive for, otherwise living in this world is meaningless.

And Kailwen's dream is to become the boss.

But the positions of the Blood Clan's Three Great Elders are like one radish per hole; his dream is fundamentally impossible to achieve.

But as the saying goes, to realize a dream, even if there are no conditions, one must create conditions to achieve it.

Kailwen thought, since there is no hole, why not pull out the elder occupying a hole, then there would be a hole!

This idea is very good, very perfect.

But Kailwen is not a fool; he has self-awareness, knowing that with his own strength, none of the Three Great Elders is someone he can defeat.

So he chose to lie low, waiting for the opportunity.

Thus he waited and waited; finally, after many years, in the war to exterminate the werewolves, he encountered his turning point, the Wolf King Luxi'en, an avenger.

In the past, Luxi'en fell in love with Victor's daughter, but Victor was a steadfast pureblood old stubborn; upon learning that his daughter loved a werewolf and was pregnant, in anger he ordered the execution of his own daughter, carrying it out before Luxi'en's eyes.

Watching his beloved die before his eyes, Luxi'en was anguished to the extreme, dreaming of killing Victor to avenge his wife and child.

But Victor is not weak, and he is very cowardly, hiding every day in the Blood Clan's headquarters and not going out.

Therefore, he has never succeeded.

And just when Luxi'en was helpless against Victor, Kailwen appeared.

Upon meeting, they felt mutual admiration; after a conversation, they realized that killing one Victor would not only allow Kailwen to fulfill his dream of becoming boss, but also let Luxi'en accomplish his long-held wish for revenge—truly a win-win situation.

Thus, they naturally became strategic partners and began to act—one faking his death to escape, the other returning in triumph…

After that, they often gathered to talk about life and dreams, and addressed each other as 'cousin', which actually means 'cousin' in the sense of paternal cousin.

It sounds like they are related, but in fact they are not; this term can be used for anyone of the same generation.

In ancient European monarchies, they would address each other this way; between them, it actually means that Luxi'en supports Kelai'en's future rule over the vampire clan, so that he too becomes a king of the vampires.

Tsk tsk, these two people are truly idealistic.

If it weren't for the protagonist Michael butting in, those two might actually have succeeded.

However, it is now 1911; even the grandmother of the protagonist Michael of the night has just been born…

As Su Qing was reviewing the movie plot and organizing his thoughts, footsteps came from outside the door, and Su Qing instinctively looked up.

Just then, Selinna happened to push the door open and walk in; at that moment she was holding a bottle in her hand.

A light sniff, and Su Qing knew it was blood.

"This is five liters of blood." Selinna stepped forward, handed the bottle over, and said, "If it's not enough, I'll go get more."

Su Qing took it, took a sip, glanced at the finished Hungarian download, and said, "It's enough already."

"Then that's good."

Selinna nodded, didn't leave, but sat down in a chair beside him, tilted her head to look at Su Qing, and asked, "What should we do next?"

"This blood is potent, I like it." Su Qing clicked his tongue, thought for a moment, and replied, "Can you enter the tomb?"

Selinna's eyes flashed with a complex expression as she said, "I am Victor's adopted daughter, so I can go in."

Su Qing squatted down, took Selinna's small hand, and gently persuaded, "Don't overthink it; we will definitely be able to kill Victor and take revenge."

"Hmm." Selinna nodded, then recalled something and asked, "What did Kailwen just say to you?"

Su Qing stood up, sat down in the chair beside him, and said indifferently, "He told me to stay away from you."

After saying that, he waved his hand, not wanting to talk more: "Forget it, let's not talk about this traitor; let's first go check the tomb."

Selinna said nothing more, stood up, led Su Qing out of the room, and kept walking deeper into the castle.

The tomb is where the Blood Clan's Three Great Elders sleep; therefore, its defenses are very tight.

Although it's not as exaggerated as having a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps, it's not far off.

Fortunately, Selinna's status is special; as Victor's adopted daughter, she carries great influence, and along the way no guards stopped her.

Only at the final iron door were the two stopped.

"Selinna, what are you doing here?" spoke a burly man.

The man was of medium height, with very short hair; just standing still, one could feel a strong sense of oppression pressing down.

"This is a master, a master as tall as a four- or five-story building."

Just at the moment of seeing him, a thought flashed through Su Qing's mind.

Selinna saw the man, her expression indifferent, and said, "Luder, I want to go in to see Victor."

"You may enter." Luder nodded at this reason, then changed tack and said, "But he cannot."

Selinna furrowed her brows and said, "He is someone I brought…"

Before she could finish, Luder interrupted coldly, saying, "I said, he cannot enter."

"You…" Selinna's face turned ugly, wanting to say something, but Su Qing stopped her with his gaze.

She could only shake her hair angrily, taking Su Qing with her as she turned and left.

And the man named Ludexiu said nothing more, merely standing silently at the door like a diligent doorgod.

The two walked on; Su Qing, seeing no one around, tilted his head and asked, "Who is Ludexiu? He seems very formidable."

"He is also a Death Walker, and the strongest among us." Selinna's brows relaxed a little as she began to introduce: "Back when Victor brought me back, for a long time he trained me; he can be considered my teacher."

Su Qing nodded, somewhat surprised, and said, "So he's your teacher; no wonder I felt such strength from him."

Immediately, he felt somewhat helpless again.

I recall that Black Night First Middle didn't have any of these guards; back then, the tomb chamber only had a big oaf watching the monitors, and Selinna talked him away with just a sentence.

How come now...

It's still over 90 years until 2003; it seems that during this time, the tomb chamber should have undergone major renovations and reforms, which is why it's so easy to enter in the movie.

If that's the case.

It's just that I came too early; the tomb chamber instance hasn't been downgraded from hard mode to easy mode yet.

Ah!

All I can say is, the times are advancing, but the guards are declining.