The princess's audacity surprised Chloe.

But a thought also arose in her heart.

If there's a way to preserve this person, wouldn't it be interesting?

To possess a speed of ascension close to his realm, without relying on external forces, is among the most monstrous in the history of The Stars.

It's not that Chloe overestimated the princess.

But Chloe is very aware of how much The Stars invested in the Seven Heroes.

It's an investment that The Stars can hardly replicate again.

No other reason.

The rules used to serve as True God Uniqueness decrease by one with each use.

For so many years, The Stars has not created additional True God Uniqueness since the Seven Heroes.

Originally, after completing the True God Uniqueness of the Seven Heroes, there were those who ascended to Sequence Zero.

The Lord of the Hunt is one.

In other words.

After the Age of the Seven Heroes, it became almost impossible to find those surpassing the talent limits of the Seven Heroes.

The princess's strength is indeed worth looking forward to.

Maybe she could even help her a bit in the future.

"What, are you thinking about how strong I am?"

The princess propped her chin and smiled at him:

"I see the desire for battle in your eyes."

Chloe nodded and said:

"Fighting with the gifted always brings a kind of pleasure."

"What pleasure? The pleasure of crushing the gifted?"

"The princess really understands me."

"You're quite the bad guy, weren't you planning from the start to step over me?"

"Isn't this what should be called the strong admiring each other?"

Just as the two were bantering, the princess received a summons from the emperor.

After the Communication Officer left, Chloe was a bit surprised and said:

"What a rarity, this is the first time I've seen His Majesty summon you outside of the palace."

The princess shook her head and said:

"He wouldn't summon me unless necessary."

Chloe frowned and said:

"You're right about that, he's obviously summoning you, you might be in trouble."

...

As it turned out, there was indeed trouble.

The princess glanced at the imperial edict in her hand, turned to Chloe, and said:

"What do you think?"

"Don't ask me what I think, just tell me who to kill, isn't that straightforward?"

"... You've stopped using your brain now."

"What do you mean I stopped using my brain? If I can solve them all, why bother with irrelevant matters?"

Chloe gave her a glance and said no more.

Of course.

His feelings were still somewhat complicated.

Because the emperor summoned the young princess to lead a team to eliminate a group of people.

To be precise, a group of the Blood Race.

Intelligence from the Secret Guard indicated that in a certain city in the central area, there was a special situation of an abnormal increase in the Blood Race population.

Strictly speaking, the Blood Race can also produce offspring through reproductive behaviors between individuals.

But the Blood Race, or vampires as they once were known, is most infamous for their means of creating new blood: the First Embrace.

By sharing their essential blood with other races, they create lower-ranked Blood Race individuals.

Such individuals, rather than being part of the Blood Race, are better described as servants.

The Blood Race created through essential blood not only have a slower mastery of the Red Power, but are naturally suppressed when facing the source of the blood.

If a first-generation Blood Race creates a second-generation Blood Race, and the second-generation quickly creates third-generation Blood Race, by the time they reach the seventh or eighth generation, those created through the First Embrace are more akin to [Demons] compared to normal races.

Yes.

Demons known as Blood Servants.

Liszt had told Chloe that those individuals who became Blood Race later in life have an unwritten rule.

That is strictly prohibiting the First Embrace.

Or rather, it must be conducted under the surveillance of all major races.

The First Embrace has strict restrictions on quotas.

The objects of the First Embrace must also undergo rigorous scrutiny.

If the rule is violated, the major races will directly impose sanctions on the Blood Race.

However, if the expansion of the Blood Race is through natural reproduction, it doesn't matter.

Including Liszt, the Blood Race now living in the Ensar Empire all acknowledge this rule.

To put it bluntly, this rule is used to curb the expansion of the Blood Race's Abyssal bloodline.

After all, such actions make people suspect that the Blood Race might intend to collaborate with the Abyss.

After all, no race originally restricted their reproduction.

But the forces of the Blood Race expanding through the First Embrace can hardly avoid the act of coercing others.

If you don't intend to coerce, does performing or not performing the First Embrace affect the Blood Race?

Clearly not.

Then why oppose the strategy of [prohibiting the First Embrace]?

Isn't it just because your intentions are suspicious?

"In the Kanasis Territory, there appears to be an abnormal expansion of the Blood Race, suspected of illegal First Embrace... shouldn't this be handled by the White Crow Legion?"

Chloe sighed.

It should be noted that assigning this task to the princess is indeed somewhat awkward.

After all, top-tier Blood Race like Liszt are obviously inclined towards the princess in the royal family's power dynamics.

Having the princess, who has the support of the Blood Race, deal with Blood Race issues could unwittingly result in internal discord within the princess's faction.

However.

From the emperor's perspective, this approach could be seen as testing whether the princess is suitable to be a successor?

If handled well, with no disputes within the Blood Race, it would be a major advantage.

To put it harshly, this generation of princes and princesses has almost lost their competitiveness against her.

"Let's go have a look first, I have a bad feeling."

The princess looked back at the emperor's chambers, frowning as she left the place.

...

Inside the palace.

The queen, dressed in knight attire, looked at the emperor and said:

"Since you want her to grow quickly, why not just say it?"

The emperor slowly closed his eyes and said:

"Angelina, you've misunderstood. I never liked her from the start; giving her this opportunity is just my duty as an emperor."

Queen Angelina shook her head and said:

"You know she's a good child. The misunderstanding between you two cannot be resolved this way."

"Resolve it or not, does it matter?" The emperor slowly closed his eyes and said, "After all, she took her away."

The queen remained silent, saying nothing more.

That matter was a knot in the emperor's heart.

…

On the other side.

Chloe met Liszt again.

Liszt's face didn't look good. Upon seeing Chloe, he greeted her reluctantly and said:

"I knew you'd end up coming along."

Chloe looked at Liszt and said:

"So what happened on your side?"

He didn't believe Liszt hadn't received any news after such a big incident occurred.

Liszt said quietly:

"From where the problem started, it seems the Blood Angel plan went wrong."

Chloe paused for a moment, then asked in surprise:

"Blood Angel plan?"

"Yes, I can't tell you the specifics, just that it's a project the vampire sorcerers have been working on these years. We've reported to various high-level authorities."

"Don't tell me you're trying to create a Blood Race deity?"

Liszt paused for a moment, looking surprised at the princess and said:

"Princess, did you tell him about this?"

The princess shook her head and said:

"He must have guessed it himself."

Chloe frowned.

In this era, the term Angel didn't have a special meaning.

It didn't represent beings above Sequence Two.

It was more representative of a specific race.

For example, the angel race referred to as celestial agents.

In this era, mentioning angels wouldn't make anyone think of a creation plan.

—Except Chloe.

As Heisha's student, he heard Heisha mention that the Blood Race tried to create Angel Class beings.

That is, the Supreme Beings that didn't exist on Stars Continent at this time.

Indeed.

Unlike seven thousand years into the future.

Seven thousand years later, Stars Continent allows the brief arrival of Sequence Two.

But now, the maximum life level allowed by The Stars is Sequence Four/Demigod.

Chloe looked at Liszt, his eyes showing uncertainty and disbelief.

According to Heisha, the Blood Race initiated the Artificial Angel plan, which should be during their rapid growth period after the Dawn Era.

Heisha's evaluation of the Blood Race's Artificial Angel in the late era was:

"The approach was correct, but there wasn't enough time."

It implied that the Blood Race's Artificial Angel plan could be realized, but the Blood Race couldn't hold on until the angels were born.

Getting such an evaluation from Heisha, one can imagine how terrifying the Blood Race's bloodline technology was back then.

However, the reincarnation of the Red Moon made the expanding Blood Race lose the chance to wait.

As a result, the originally stable technology collapsed instantly, turning into a mess.

But…

But that was after the Dawn Era.

There's still over a hundred years until the old armor's birth.

The Red Moon's ascension to godhood, that's a minimum of 600 years later.

The Blood Race chose to believe in the Red Moon and expanded their race dramatically—furthermore, that's a thousand years later.

With such a long time span, are you telling me that now this era, the Blood Race has already launched the creation plan?

He frowned and said, "Divine-level technology is no small matter; we have to inform His Majesty.

With the forces the princess has, getting involved in such matters is undoubtedly suicidal."

"Don't worry," a gentle voice came as Queen Angelina approached, saying, "The Royal Guard and Duke's Territory will deploy warriors to assist you."

Chloe nodded.

That's more like it.

If going by those operations typical of female-targeted stories, it would be too nauseating.

The queen looked at the princess and said:

"I'm sorry, he's just unsure of how to get along with you."

The princess softly replied, "Hmm."

The atmosphere on site grew somewhat awkward.

…

A month later.

Poof!

A dull sound echoed.

Liszt, with a grim expression, crushed the head of the raging Blood Servant.

Chloe drew back his sword without haste; nearby lay several vampire bodies comparable to Sequence Eight.

Chloe frowned at Liszt and said:

"Uncle Liszt, are your Blood Race people this crazy now?"

Liszt shook his head with a dark face and said:

"There's some trouble."

"This behavior of attacking anyone they see is certainly troublesome."

"No, that's not what I meant. These vampires not only broke the rules; they've embraced the Abyss, returning to their primal form."

Chloe raised an eyebrow.

No wonder it felt so slick.

Having embraced the Abyss, they're no different from the Blood Race in the Abyss.

Liszt lowered his voice and said:

"They...have formed a rift with us vampires; embracing the Abyss is the greatest taboo for the Star Blood Race.

Because it exacerbates the difficulty of integrating into the rules of The Stars, someone wants our Blood Race dead."

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