"I met him in an ordinary family. Mr. Herbert had been invited there as a traveling physician to treat someone."
Jacques, who had suddenly been called out, instantly became the focus of everyone's attention. After a moment's hesitation, he glanced at Fu Qian, then nodded.
"I sensed something was off, so I tried to bring him back to confirm what was wrong. But he not only broke free of his restraints, the law itself was even corrupted."
"Impossible!"
The claim sparked an emphatic reaction.
The vampires, each with their own agenda, immediately called it absurd.
Apparently, to them, the corruption of the law was a very different matter from Shafar's death just now.
"Even the most powerful corruption couldn't affect the purity of the law."
One of them, who looked only a little younger than Shafar, was the first to deny it.
Of course, even so, it was easy to hear how highly he regarded Fu Qian's strength.
There was a reason so few had answered Madam Number Two's call.
"I thought the same thing at first. Then I got burned by a lunatic. That was just an excuse he made up."
She let out a cold laugh and gestured for Jacques to continue.
"He even shattered the bloodline gift I'd shared with him."
The latter remained expressionless. Rather than argue over what he'd said before, he offered up another bombshell.
"You actually shared your gift with someone else?"
Someone immediately shouted, as if Jacques had committed some unforgivable offense.
"Yeah, it's a long story. But don't worry, the gift's already been shattered."
Jacques seemed to have spent the past few days preparing himself. He faced the accusation without batting an eye and even managed to respond with sarcasm, reminding them to focus on the important part.
"If you still