Scarlet Villa Laboratory

The wooden house, with its long, tentacle-like legs growing from its lower end, stepped back to the edge of the Gayn Forest.

It took a full 90 hours.

Demps eventually broke free of his seed, and a rather perfect Talent Tree formed between his head. What it was exactly is currently unknown... However, at the moment Demps opened his eyes, one could see brilliant and pure Magic Element shining and flowing between his pupils.

However, Demps's overall image has not changed much.

"Such a pure demonic body... it was indeed worth the long search."

As long as I don't run into Nicholas before the Knight Tournament, achieving a good result shouldn't be a problem... After all, the insignia of an outstanding knight, directly awarded by the Holy City, is quite valuable.

There are still a few months left, so make good preparations.

If one can be selected into the Knight Order in order of merit and secure a position in advance, one can then take deeper root in the Holy City and rebuild a private organization.

Just as Demps, satisfied with the broken seed, returned to the central hall of the cabin with a smile... his smile suddenly froze.

Inside the lobby.

The mother had completely broken the 'sense seal', and all four arms were off her head, lying flat on the table.

Even Demps found it difficult to look directly at his mother's face.

This also caused a complete disruption of the 'senses' in the current hall area.

If you say a sentence in the current area, it is very likely that it will be broken down and reassembled into sentences with completely different rhythms before it reaches the ears of others.

However, in such an environment.

Han Dong, however, continued to communicate normally with his 'mother' while laughing... It seemed that the protective effect of his maniacal laughter on his brain could barely prevent this disturbance.

Upon seeing Demps appear, the mother re-sealed the ' Sensory Domain ' to avoid affecting the newly born Demps.

"Congratulations, Demps!"

"It meets the expected standard... Where's Mia?"

"Her seed breaking process seems a bit different; it will take several more days... Demps don't you accompany me to the Scarlet Villa first, and we can return to the city together after Mia completes her seed breaking?"

"OK!"

The cabin was moored on the edge of Gainson.

This forest area happens to be free of any tribes.

The "Active Deed" was taken out of Han Dong's hand.

The land deed is activated through a special secret method combined with blood verification.

In the blink of an eye.

A large manor suddenly appeared in the current area.

On the black, openwork fence, ten meters away, stands a blood-red gargoyle, to ensure that Scarlet Manor is not invaded by anything else.

"My lord!"

With the victory in the war, all the bloodlines who had once belonged to the Earl became prisoners of Han Dong.

Han Dong was a rather 'merciful' lord. He didn't hold grudges at all. As long as his bloodline truly submitted to him, he would treat them without punishment and restore their status, allowing them to stay in the Scarlet Manor to continue their work.

After Han Dong took over, Scarlet Manor underwent some changes.

The Pet Breeding Area located in the Backyard has been completely transformed by Han Dong into a laboratory.

Under the leadership of Dr. Swollen, Stuart's experimental equipment was introduced on a large scale to optimize and cultivate bloodline life and to perform a brand-new gene grafting surgery.

Now that the power of science has been proven in war, Han Dong will certainly continue to vigorously develop it.

Demps was puzzled by the fact that he could not sense any of the violent emotions brought about by the ' Blood Thirst ' while watching the Bloodline Servants pruning the manor in the front yard.

"Nicholas ... how did you solve the problem of blood brew? If this group of blood descendants doesn't get blood brew, they will develop a severe ' Blood Thirst ' and fall into an extreme state of madness within three days."

"Indeed, this problem bothered me for the first month... but it was eventually solved."

"Have you made some kind of pact with the Blood God?"

"No... I won't do something as foolish as creating my own trap."

To obtain Blood Wine from the Blood God, one must pay too high a price; I have no choice but to make it myself.

"Make it yourself?"

Demps was puzzled. Blood Brew was not an ordinary beverage, but something that had to be produced by the Blood God and diluted a thousand or ten thousand times to obtain large quantities. It was then distributed to the lords under his command to maintain the stability of the bloodline distributed around the world.

"Come with me..."

Han Dong led Demps to the [Experiment Zone].

A pure white, enormous circular domed area.

The wall surface is densely packed with a modified type of cyst, which can normally cultivate a certain bloodline individual.

Over the course of six months, Han Dong borrowed money from Demps and went on a massive acquisition of materials in the Holy City to build the Blood Brew Laboratory, dedicated to the research of blood brewing.

The Dr. Swollen, who has advanced to become an alien demon, is here tackling the problem of 'blood brew'.

Based on cell biology and genetics, and with the help of his doctoral studies and the scientific foundation outside the city, Han Dong successfully completed a paper entitled "Mechanism of Blood Brewing and Adaptive Study of Infected Bodies".

"The blood brew produced by the Blood God is indeed irreplaceable, there is no doubt about that."

However, the reason why infected individuals have an endless craving for blood brew is because of a 'blood- Bloody-hormone ' contained in blood brew. The existence of this hormone only makes infected individuals develop a strong dependence and does not enhance their abilities.

Such hormones are replicable.

All I need to do is add enough hormones to the reservoir at the Scarlet Manor to satisfy the bloodline.

This will also gradually reduce their dependence on blood brew, allowing them to focus on developing their individual characteristics.

"Incredible, this is the first time I've heard of such a thing... What are the cultures in these cysts?"

"A brand new project... grafting the genes of the ' Blood Bat ' into the body of the ' Ghoul ', temporarily named ' Bat Ghoul ', to enhance the manor's aerial Combat Power."

However, the current activity index is not high enough, and further experiments are needed.

"Speaking of which... Nicholas, are you really planning to create a unique army to invade everywhere?"

"I can't even manage things within the city, so how could I go out and actively invade? It's just about strengthening the manor's foundation to prevent it from being attacked by others."

Moreover, if one day we are desperate, we will have a backup plan.

Besides, Demps, you're the second-in-command of the Scarlet Manor. If something happens in the future, you can hide here."

Demps was a smart man, and he roughly understood why Han Dong had brought him here, so he immediately wired the money.

'10,000 Copper Coin have been transferred to your personal vault'

"If you don't have enough funding for your experiments, feel free to contact me anytime."

"Sure... Demps, we've got nothing much going on these days anyway, and the Private Theater is perfect for the two of you to spar... The Knight Selection is coming up soon, how about we warm up a bit first?"

Han Dong was still very curious about Demps's "breakthrough".

"OK..."

Amidst wild laughter and thunderous roars, a knightly duel far beyond the norm erupted within the Scarlet Villa.

Preparations have also begun in the Holy City for this year's 'special' Knight Selection.

With the return of Commander Malone of the Hell Knight Order, the Hades Staircase, rumored to be hidden beneath the Three Divine Staircases, has officially opened, allowing a special area of Holy City to see the light of day again...

(For a description of the staircase, please refer to Chapter 42, The Three Divine Staircases.)