"Sorry, I didn't expect to meet you in this way." Ryan's face quickly calmed down, and he apologized: "Sorry to disturb you, may the deceased rest in peace."
"..." The atmosphere in the room froze. Neferata's eyes suddenly opened. A burst of murderous intent emerged from her body, but it quickly disappeared: "Even if it's Amber Wallace,
You don’t even dare to talk to me like that, Ryan Macado, do you know who is sitting in front of you?”
"Queen of Lahmia, Neferata, didn't you introduce me to her before?" Ryan had already recovered from his initial calmness, and he calmly looked at Van Darkholm's handsome face.
, pulled up a chair and sat down opposite Neferata: "If you want to gain respect from me, you still have a long way to go."
"...Interesting." Neferata stretched out a jade hand and stirred the golden hair on her forehead. She held her cheeks with her hands and stared at Ryan with a pair of blue eyes: "What do you think?
Can’t kill you?”
"If you don't want to reduce the entire concert hall to rubble, you can't kill me, and I can't kill you." Ryan shook his head. He reached out and rubbed his chin, looking a little helpless.
Neferata is the first vampire in the world. She was once a noble of the Nicohara Desert. She was known as the "Daughter of the Moon" because of her beauty and divine favor. She was also the queen of the Royal City of Lahmia.
But in the end, during the Nagash Rebellion, Neferata could not resist the temptation of eternal youth and immortality. She drank Nagash's elixir and became the world's first vampire.
The story that follows is very long, so long that it may take ten thousand words to tell it. A brief summary is that during this period, Neferata successively met Black Arkhan, and her personal guard chief Abo-Hua.
Laish and Von Carstein all had emotional entanglements due to Blood Ancestor Vlad, and after the failure of Nagash, the Lord of the Dead, at Nicohara, Neferata also
Forced to flee, she first fled to the pirate principality of Sartosa but was overtaken by the Tomb King army, and then fled to the south of the Roof of the World Mountains. She led her vampire family to Silver Peak Mountain and once formed an alliance with the dwarves of Silver Peak Mountain.
But in the end this fragile alliance broke down, and the vampires slaughtered all the dwarves in the entire Silver Peak Mountain and took over.
When Nagash was resurrected for the first time and fought against Charlemagne's empire, Neferata refused to reinforce Nagash and only sent a few servants to deal with it. She was really tired of the war.
In this way, for a full one or two thousand years, Neferata was a stay-at-home girl (it is said that she was also married to Vlad von Carstein during this period), and she was content with herself.
Living a luxurious lady life and ruling her territory quietly, she established the Lahmian Sisterhood and penetrated human society, constantly expanding her influence throughout the human kingdom so that she can enjoy her current peaceful life.
But even so, Neferrata's strength must not be underestimated. Sitting opposite her, Ryan can feel the terrifying undead magic power of this old witch with a life span of thousands of years from her body. Neferrata is a
A strong person at the pinnacle of the Holy Realm, restricted by Nagash's elixir, she has no hope of ever getting close to the Realm of God, but this does not mean that Ryan can easily defeat her. Ryan even doubts whether he can defeat Neferata.
But at the same time, Neferrata was also very afraid of Ryan's power. The silver vortex in his body was too dazzling and terrifying, and there was a strong man from the sanctuary just outside the door who was secretly observing.
In this way, the Queen of Lahmia and Duke Mousilon sat face to face, both sides were somewhat afraid of the other's power.
"I don't believe you came to Nuer just to kill this gentle lady." Ryan lowered his head and glanced at the head that fell on the ground. This was a beautiful woman wearing a mask. She was killed by Neferata with one blow, and even
Didn't have time to react.
"A few days ago, Aibo came to my territory and told me something." Neferata did not answer Ryan's question. She looked at the woman's head on the ground as if she were looking at a piece of garbage: "At that time, I
I was just thinking, should I give you a greeting gift? After coming to Nuer, I found that you were looking for clues about the Church of the Happy Ones and also trying to find Lady Qingrou. I think you will like this greeting gift."
Ryan frowned when he heard this, and he clenched Mjolnir with both hands: "I can't think of a reason why you would help me. Queen of Lamia, you are an undead, I am a human, and we are destined to be enemies."
"You are half right, we are not friends, but we are not enemies either." Neferata looked very relaxed on the surface, and even kept shaking her slender legs hidden under her long skirt, but under the sleeves
Nei's hand tightened on the dagger that had been with her for thousands of years: "Whether it's war or peace, it all depends on whether you are willing to listen to what I have to say?"
This made Ryan feel embarrassed. Out of the pride of the Gray Knights' Primarch and his identity as the Emperor's son, he could not and should not sit down and negotiate with the undead guys, but the wisdom left to him by the Emperor told him,
Maybe he could listen to what the vampire blood ancestor in front of him had to say. Dealing with aliens or even aliens was not a treasonous thing in the eyes of the emperor, but it depended on how Ryan did it.
Moreover, he didn't understand why Hal Harris actually listened to Neferata's men?
Wasn't this vampire baron of the Von Carstein family released by Ryan as promised after the battle of Mousilon, and vowed never to return to Britannia?
Hal Harris gave Ryan a color. After thinking for a long time, Ryan finally nodded: "I'll give you ten minutes."
"I'm afraid ten minutes is not enough, but I think it doesn't matter." Neferata kept smiling, and she gestured towards the door: "Please also invite this dark elf lady to come in and listen together."
Ryan agreed. Wearing a golden smile concert hall dress shirt, a one-step skirt, black suspender stockings and strappy high heels, the dark elf Olika walked in from the door. She looked at Neferata, with a look on her face.
With extreme hatred: "Master, I have sent Emilia away."
"Very well, let's talk, Blood Ancestor of Lahmia." Ryan spread his hands, indicating that Neferata could speak.
"I want to say that our interests are consistent on something." Neferata's charming face was quite serious. She stretched out a finger, and her fingernails were studded with various gems and gold threads.
: "You don't want Nagash, Lord of the Dead, to be resurrected, and I don't want Nagash to be resurrected either. Do you agree with this?"
"Temporarily approved." Ryan was not surprised by this. This mentality of vampires is understandable.
"So I want to say that you did a great job. You defeated that idiot Arkhan several times, forcing him to now have to search for the witchcraft crown throughout the old world. Without enough sacrifices, it is simply impossible.
Resurrecting the Lord of the Undead, you also killed Mahhubard, the chess piece that he had spent decades carefully preparing." When Neferata spoke of this matter, there was a hint of pleasure in her voice: "You
His actions greatly slowed down Nagash’s resurrection, and he did a good job.”
"Please wait a moment, I remember that Arkhan is your lover, and Mahhubard is Arkhan's godson?" Ryan interrupted Neferrata.
"Mahubard is Arkhan's godson, not mine. You chopped him to death before I could be happy, so how could I be disgusted?" Neferrata didn't take it seriously: "As for Arkhan, yes.
He is my lover, but his fool is too close to Nagash's will. So much so that he almost loses himself. I'm glad you made him suffer."
"Arkhan is truly lucky to have a lover like you." Ryan said sarcastically: "So, what you hope is that I can prevent Nagash from being resurrected so that you can continue to live your comfortable life? You
Do you think I will let you go, undead?"
"I'm not people like Vlad and Manfred who want to rule the world, nor am I a martial arts fanatic like Abbott." Neferrata said calmly: "I just want to maintain my current life.
, none of us want Nagash to be resurrected. At this point, we can reach a tacit agreement. My Lahmian sisters and I will help you in this matter, and you don’t have to do anything. You just
If you need to continue to prevent Nagash from being resurrected, I will stand by your side and help you with all my strength."
After saying that, Neferata smiled: "After all, it is the duty of a knight to fight against evil. Am I right?"
"I can kill you first and then kill Arkhan." Ryan coldly rejected Neferata's opinion.
"You won't." Neferata kept smiling, and she continued: "After all, you have finally signed so many treaties with the empire, can you bear to see them all torn up?"
"!!!" Ryan's pupils dilated slightly.
"I tell you, Ryan Malcador, in the empire, my will extends further than Karl Franz." Neferrata said the extremely terrifying fact in simple words: "I am a
With an order, the entire empire can lead more than 20 knights to Braunschweig or come to Nuer to be dispatched. Can Karl-Franz do it?"
So the empire is not over yet?
It's simply a miracle.
Ryan cursed in his heart.
He did not refute, because he knew that what Neferata said was true!
"It was you who ruined my good deeds in Estalia." Neferrata continued: "Do you still remember that female vampire of Lahmian blood?"
"The Trident of Poseidon was stolen, and the news about the Knights of Magritte was all your operation?" Ryan understood: "You were behind the expedition of the Knights of Magritte?! Why did you do this?"
"To cause trouble for Arkhan." Neferrata said nonchalantly: "The Knights of Magritte were supposed to launch an expedition towards Arkhan's Black Tower in the desert. Of course, they all went to die, but...
A knight army of ten thousand people equipped with a large number of sophisticated weapons is enough to make Arkhan panic and force him to return to Nicohara."
"...Arkhan is truly lucky to have a lover like you." Ryan repeated.
"Okay, let's end this meeting here." Neferata knew that there was no need to say any more, because it had already been more than ten minutes, which showed Ryan's attitude: "Chaos is our common enemy, and we do
Not a friend, but I will personally take action to solve the chaos message hidden in Nuer City.
Disciples, this is my gift and thanks. As for other things, I don’t care. If you want to end me, you are welcome to lead an army to Silver Peak Mountain to fight me. But I think you may be busy. As the future of the Knight Kingdom,
My king, you may be too busy to have the time and leisure to embark on such a huge expedition."
"I will make the Carnival Association completely disappear from Nuer, I promise." After saying that, Neferata turned and left directly. Judging from her appearance and clothing alone, she had no flaws, just like a real human noblewoman.
He walked out openly like this: "See you later, or never, because next time we meet, we will be real enemies."
The door closed, leaving Ryan and Olica behind.
Vampire Baron Hal Harris pretended to follow Neferrata out, but within a few minutes he turned around and came back. He obviously had something to say.
"Olica." Ryan whispered, still considering Neferrata's proposal.
"Yes!" The dark elf raised the navy blue Erth staff, and a magic barrier was set up in the room to isolate everything from the outside world. Orika still looked at the vampire baron with an expression full of disgust.
"Mr. Hal Harris." Ryan said with a slight curiosity on his face: "I want to know, how did you become Neferata's subordinate?"
The vampire baron looked helpless and aggrieved: "Because of the mission."
"Task?"
This vampire baron once chose to surrender after witnessing the deal between Mahhubard and Chaos. He revealed Mahhubard's secrets and plans at the cost of freedom and stole the crown of Mushilon. Therefore, he conquered Mussillon in Lane.
Afterwards, he let the vampire baron go as promised and asked him never to return to Britannia.
And in it, Lane made a "suggestion" to Hal Harris. He hoped that the vampire baron of the Von Carstein family would defect to Manfred and become Lane's man who broke into Manfred's camp.
Undercover.
Hal Harris accepted this "advice" and went to Manfred to become Manfred's subordinate, but Manfred did not trust him, so the cunning Manfred asked Hal Harris to
Si pretended that Mousilon was defeated and was rescued by the blood dragon ancestor, and went to Neferata, infiltrated the Lahmian blood clan, and became Manfred's undercover agent.
After Neferata took in Hal Harris, she planned to let Hal Harris defect to Manfred and become an undercover agent of the Lahmian Sisters on Manfred's side.
To put it simply, Hal Harris went to Manfred as an undercover agent of Ryan, and Manfred asked him to go to Neferrata as an undercover agent of von Carstein, and Neferrata was ready to take over.
Hal Harris acted as an undercover agent for Lahmia and then defected to Manfred.
He is about to become a triple agent.
Hal Harris thought about it for a long time. He thought that both Manfred and Neferata regarded him as a tool, and only Lane could be trusted. Therefore, he came to ask Lane what he should do next.
"Just do what Neferata wants." It took Ryan two minutes to sort out the complicated relationship between Hal Harris: "You just need to tell Manfred about the resurrection of Nagash.
Just pass on the relationship to Neferata and me each, and you don’t have to worry about anything else."
"Understood." Hal Harris bowed to express his understanding, then turned into a ball of black smoke and disappeared into the dark night of Noor.
"Master..." The dark elf walked behind Ryan and gently helped Ryan rub his shoulders: "That female undead is very powerful, at least I am not sure of defeating her."
"None of the blood ancestors of the vampire family are weak. Although Neferata doesn't like fighting, there is no doubt about her strength." Ryan frowned a little, thinking about the pros and cons.
Ryan is not afraid of a head-on battle at all, but the real power of vampires is that these undead creatures can spend years, decades, and hundreds of years designing a vicious revenge plan. Ryan now has a big family and a big business, so he can't always
Focus on guarding against vampires.
Olica kicked off her high heels, gently got into Ryan's arms, hugged Ryan, and whispered in his ear: "Master, it is not a bad thing to temporarily reach a tacit understanding with this vampire queen. We can make two preparations."
"Ready with both hands?" Ryan hugged the soft and fragrant dark elf tightly in his arms and asked curiously: "What do you know? Olika, tell me quickly."
"Master, Neferrata has a fateful opponent. She was once her cousin when she was still alive, and now her sworn enemy. She is the master of the court of Lebaras in the Nicohara Desert, and the first choice of the snake god Asaf.
, Supreme Queen Khalida." The dark elf smiled: "I think Queen Khalida must be very willing.
I want to help you deal with Neferata. After all, her wish is to kill all the vampires in the world, especially Neferata. There is a blood feud between the two sides. Khalida was almost killed by Neferata and was protected by Asaf.
I just saved my life, as long as I know the whereabouts of Neferata, she will definitely be willing to help."
"You know so much, dear Olika." Ryan's brows gradually widened, and he kissed Olika on the cheek: "Very good, let's do it!"