807: All It'll Take Is One Word from This Old Man, and Those Fools Will Surrender Without a Fight

When Hogg contacted Murphy earlier, he'd said the Blood Fear Clan had made no move. Murphy had sensed something was wrong even then. After crossing the astral plane and arriving at the Misty Coast, what he saw confirmed his ominous suspicion.

The Blood Fear Clan had actually rebelled!

Well, it wasn't exactly surprising. For a band of pirates, rebellion was practically a time-honored tradition. If a pirate captain went a whole day without putting down a mutiny, he couldn't say he'd had a good day.

On the other hand, when something like that happened within a vampire clan, it was downright alarming.

"What do you mean by that?"

Before Murphy could even speak, Triss scolded Shani, who had lowered her spyglass, like a peacock ready to fight:

"Are you accusing the Blood Fear pirates of getting the inspiration to rebel from the Blood Eagle Clan's freedom? What an absurd excuse!"

"Am I wrong?"

Shani turned around. Her usually dignified face was now cold as she stared at Triss and refused to back down.

"Before you, no family had ever shared their Origin Blood with their members so generously. This idea of 'granting freedom to achieve true unity' was nothing more than an imaginary idyll. I'll admit you're doing all right for now, but that's only because you have a common enemy. Those uncontrolled progeny are in the middle of a war and don't have much time to think about other problems. But once they have time on their hands, the two of you will have plenty to worry about.

"Murphy's been quietly pushing 'the end of blood contracts,' and it's already begun to sweep through vampire society. The Blood Fear Clan, now fallen into chaos, is the true consequence of this 'liberalism'!

"Nothing this vile has ever happened in the