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Chapter 520

Chapter 520: Bloody Present [V6C50 – Sorrow of a Silent Parting]



“Very smart, no wonder you have the Holy Son’s constant attention and Her Majesty Lilith’s favor . ” Yuri’s smile felt sinister no matter how amiable he was . “His Majesty Edward asked me to tell you that he’ll be entering Giant’s Repose very soon and that you still have time to reconsider his offer . The time… is twenty-four hours . ”

Nighteye replied immediately, “There’s no need to think it over, I refuse . ”

Yuri sized Nighteye up with narrowed eyes like a butcher would his prey and bowed deeply . “I hope you don’t regret it . His Majesty Edward has prepared a special present for you… and it’s something worth looking forward to . ”

Yuri fell back all the way until the end of the tunnel before turning to leave . That exaggerated etiquette of his left one under grave pressure .

Eden spoke after a fair length of silence, “Your Majesty Nighteye, I hope you’ll consider my previous offer . I’ll contact the overseeing elder outside once you agree . It’ll be useless even if Edward himself arrives . ”

Nighteye didn’t refuse immediately this time and only stood with her head lowered . Finally, she said with a barely discernible sigh, “No, thank you, Your Excellency Eden . ”

“Don’t use honorifics with me in the future . ”

“Very well, Eden . I wish to be alone for a while, so let’s part ways here . ”

Eden was startled . “But…”

He stopped speaking after seeing Nighteye wave her hand . The latter gazed into his eyes and shook her head slowly . She then left and vanished into the darkness of the cavern .

Quite a while after her departure, Eden fell kneeling to the ground as though he had lost all strength and smashed the sturdy rock with his fist .

The battles in the depths of Giant’s Repose grew fiercer by the day, and the rumbles of battle could be heard at all times . Enemies lurked in every corner . The beasts and aboriginals no longer appeared in swarms, but those that did appear were abnormally powerful and difficult to handle . These creatures were exempt from the suppression and possessed high resistance against origin power attacks from either faction .

But no matter how powerful the wild beasts were, they were a far cry from the factional experts in terms of tricks, techniques, and killing experience . As such, the battles mostly ended with the wild beasts suffering defeat . The path to the core region, on the contrary, became the smoothest leg of the journey .



But the good fortune ended before long . What caught up to them from behind weren’t the promised reinforcements but an endless tide of wild beasts .

There was only a fine line between heaven and hell .

There was alternating day and night in this suppressed world, but only endless bloody nights remained in these interweaving caverns . All experts were struggling to kill the inexhaustible wave of beasts and aboriginals . The fangs of the reaper were everywhere without a single respite to be found—all they could do was kill repeatedly .

The experts of Evernight and the empire were fighting back to back for the very first time, setting aside factional differences in the face of death . But not everyone had truly let go of the enmity . Many a time, the comrade from just now would turn into an enemy even before the beasts had been killed off .

The beast tide receded after what seemed like an endless period, and almost everyone was left in utter exhaustion .

The extreme silence within the deformed cavern was terrifying and broken only by the occasional sound of dripping water . There were still beasts running past the nearby tunnels from time to time, but all of them avoided this area subconsciously . It was perhaps due to the intense stench of blood hanging in the air or possibly by virtue of their instincts .

There was a tiny flame pulsing in the depths of the cavern .

Qianye was smoking with his back against the cave wall . Little over a day had passed since he was injured by the Black Titanium Bullet of Annihilation, and the wound was no longer seeping blood . However, the other places on his body were in a far worse condition .

The military uniform on his body was no different from a ragged loincloth, one from which he could wring out blood . The battle armor inside was full of scratches, but fortunately, there was no lethal damage . The most eye-catching was that badly mangled wound on his thigh .

East Peak had been casually tossed aside randomly . The blade—tainted by neither dust nor blood—was now suffused with a layer of dark red, likely by virtue of excessive exposure to blood .

There was a beast head rolling around under his military boot . It was the size of a bull’s head with its lidless single eye wide open . One could see, under the faint light from Qianye’s cigarette, that the entire cave floor was littered with beast corpses, and some were even stacked atop one another . The mere sight was enough to make one shudder .

The heat of the tobacco lingered around Qianye’s lips, and the blood within his body was almost aboil .

Life Plunder was indeed a peerless killer weapon while fighting against the beast tide . But despite the overflowing essence blood, Qianye was in no mood to operate the Mystery Chapter at the moment . After that bout of extreme massacre, Qianye only wanted to sit quietly without thinking and watch the smoke rise from his cigarette .



However, the blood energy in his body initiated a state of blood boil on their own and began absorbing the essence blood via the most primitive of methods . The energy flowed little by little through his veins to repair the wounded organs and flesh .

The flame finally burned out . Qianye threw the cigarette stub away, picked East Peak up and headed toward the depths of the tunnel .

At the center of a different cave-hall, Nighteye was scanning her surroundings . The hall here was exceptionally wide, but no beast had appeared here—something was fairly abnormal . Nighteye simply stood there as though she were waiting for something .

A resounding clap echoed through the wide hall as a man dressed in black formal attire entered . The insignia on his collar depicted a bloody rose with a small golden snake at its stamen . He wore a black mask which exposed only his sharp chin underneath .

“Beloved Nighteye, you’re just as beautiful as the half-moon . Truly makes it difficult for one to control himself . ”


Nighteye shot him a glance and said coldly, “Your Majesty Edward, I’m humbled by your praise . ”

Edward opened his arms and said with an exaggerated tone, “Believe me when I say that I’ve prepared a present for you . It’ll definitely surprise you!”

“I look forward to it . ”

Edward pondered for a moment . He then raised his hand but paused halfway and asked, “Before I hand you this precious gift, I wish to know what your thoughts are on my offer . ”

“I refuse . ” Nighteye had always been concise with her words .

“Oh! Truly sad!” Edward pointed toward his chest and sighed deeply . He then said with a snap of his fingers, “Darling, you leave me with no choice but to give you that present . ”

Footsteps rang out in the passage beside them as two rows of vampire elites walked into the hall with a certain man in tow . That person appeared extremely weak and was unable to walk on his own . He was being half-carried and half-dragged by two vampire warriors . His drooping head was covered in a black helmet, and his face couldn’t be seen clearly .

Edward walked over to the man and removed the helmet . Nighteye gasped in shock despite her best efforts to remain calm .

That was Count Klaus, Nighteye’s father!

“Edward!” Nighteye’s voice was full of anger and even somewhat shrill .

Edward removed his own mask to reveal a handsome countenance characteristic of the vampire race . It was just that there was a hint of madness in his brilliant, ruby-like eyes . He extended an arm toward Nighteye and said, “Beloved, what do you think of this present?”

Nighteye’s chest heaved fiercely, and it took her great effort just to calm down . “What do you want?”

Edward kept on smiling just as before . “You’re very clear as to what I want . Ah, no matter, I’m very patient and respectful toward my companion . I . Want . You . To . Marry . Me . ”

“This isn’t…” Nighteye hadn’t finished speaking when Edward cut her short .

“My dear, do not refuse me in such a hurry . That’ll hurt my feelings . Ah, I understand . It must be that this present isn’t sincere enough . Let’s do it this way, I’ll decorate the gift a little bit, just a bit . ”

With that Edward pried open Klaus’ mouth and shot a strand of blood energy into his throat . Agitated by the energy, Klaus roared like a beast, revealed his vampiric fangs, and bit down on Edward’s finger .

However, the latter’s pale hands were as solid as a metal alloy that had been refined countless times . Klaus’ fangs simply couldn’t punch through the skin . Edward pinched one of the fangs with his finger and exerted some force, shattering the front half of the fang with a loud crack .

Klaus emitted a cry of incomparable agony as his body spasmed in pain . He then fell unconscious moments later . An injured fang was one of the greatest torments for a vampire .

Even the expressions of the Perth clan members turned unnatural after seeing this . All vampires could sympathize with this pain .

Edward, however, had no intention of letting Klaus off so easily . His fingers grabbed onto the remaining portion of the fang and said indifferently, “Dear, have you finished considering? I’m looking forward to this little ‘modification’!”

Nighteye’s body was trembling . Suddenly, her eyes erupted with a sanguineous light and Edward’s figure appeared within her pupils .

The latter turned pale all of a sudden . The blood energy on his body erupted with great ferocity and formed a pillar of surging blood energy which almost reached the ceiling .

Nighteye emitted a muffled groan and staggered backward with her eyes shut, a stream of blood trickling down the corner of her eye .

Two streaks of fresh blood flowed down from Edward’s nose as he gradually scattered the pillar of blood energy . He produced a handkerchief to wipe his face . The madness in his eyes increased after seeing the bright red stain on the white cloth .

Nighteye forced herself to open her eyes . At this moment, there were countless tears and bloody strands in her near-perfect eyes . Only her pupils remained just as deep and abstruse as before .

Edward didn’t touch the clearly wounded Nighteye . Instead, he pried open Klaus’ mouth anew and used his blood energy to draw out the latter’s vampiric fang, which he then pinched lightly with his fingers .

“My beloved, you must know that your attitude is very important to me . The results will be completely different if you’re willing to cooperate . That’s why I don’t want to force you unless absolutely necessary . But my patience is limited, and it’s almost at the very end now . Can you give me a final answer before I shatter these fangs? Yes or no?”

The pain from the wound roused Klaus from his coma . He saw Nighteye in his daze and immediately became sober . “Leave quickly, don’t mind me!” he shouted at the top of his lungs .

Nighteye’s face was filled with unbearable agony . She clenched her teeth and said, “The Monroe won’t let you off!”

Edward broke into a laugh . He patted Klaus’ drooping head and said, “For whom? Him? A rural noble from Evernight Continent? Hehe, haha!”

Edward suddenly stopped laughing and said coldly, “Dear, this joke isn’t funny . Now, reply!”

Nighteye glanced at Klaus who was struggling in great pain . She closed her eyes with a pained expression and said lightly, “I…”

It was at this time that a gunshot rumbled through the cavern, and a beam of black light pierced through Klaus’ chest with the momentum of a thunderbolt . That was an extremely powerful origin bullet, one which immediately reduced the count’s blood core to nothingness .

Freed of his torment, Klaus’ expression relaxed as he looked up at Nighteye with his remaining strength . He couldn’t produce any sound, but one could still read his last word from the shape of his lips . “Go!”

Eden rushed out from the darkness and fired a frantic volley of bullets toward Edward . At the same time, his domain pushed toward the Perth clan warriors . He rushed past Nighteye and left a single word, “Run!”





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