To be honest, Dilos's speech had been incredibly impassioned. But no matter how impassioned it was, that did not mean he could roar like some chosen protagonist and have followers from every corner come crawling to kneel before him.
Still, Dilos's words were not without effect. At the very least, Selene, one or two elite Death Dealers close to her, and more than a dozen vampire nobles chose to join him. The remaining vampires were largely somewhat repulsed by the fact that Dilos and Selene had killed the three Elders, and intended to seek refuge under the Vampire Council in Russia.
It was somewhat regrettable to lose those vampires, but Dilos believed that once they witnessed the new changes displayed by the vampires under his command, no matter how unwilling they were, they would subconsciously follow him. But by then, Dilos would not grant them any further preferential treatment, because they had missed their chance from the very beginning.
As for Kraven? Other than proving that some of what Dilos had said was true, that fence-sitter was of no further use. Besides, the fellow was not particularly well-liked among vampires to begin with, so Dilos casually found an excuse afterward and threw him under the sun, turning him to ashes.
During this time, Emma had already brought Jack and the others to Dock Seventeen at the Russian border, to the ferry where the man formerly known as Alexander Corvinus, now Lorenz Macaro, was staying. However, in order to avoid exposing their group's whereabouts and purpose, Emma had erased the relevant memories of Andreas and the other three vampires.
The moment she approached the ferry of the oldest immortal in history, Emma directly used the psychic amplification device Dilos had given her to swiftly freeze everyone in place.
Then, she brought