Vampire Secret Scroll, by Charlot Mecklenburg

Charlotte picked up the diary casually, about to ponder over the Labyrinth of Agmiras for a while, when suddenly his heart stirred, and he flipped the diary over.

The cover on this side was a deep blood red, and as his fingers lightly touched it, a line of text appeared on the crimson cover: Vampire Secret Scroll II〨 Author: Charlot Mecklenburg.

Opening the cover, a surge of consciousness flowed out: Charlot Mecklenburg summoned Agmiras, God of Overseas Labyrinths, repelled a wisp of evil thought from the Blood Kindred Evil God Carnstein, and absorbed it into his diary, transforming it into a Vampire Secret Scroll II〨, totaling seventeen pages, recording the secret methods of the House of Adonis Blood Kindred. If the author cannot skillfully master the Adonis Secret Scroll within the limited time, he will lose his status as author and his soul will be taken by the Blood Kindred Evil God Carnstein, who will descend again. Countdown: 6 days, 20 hours, 23 minutes and fifty-seven seconds!

"Why is it so urgent?"

The Labyrinth of Agmiras had nearly eight and a half months of buffer time, but the Vampire Secret Scroll had less than a mere seven days, which gave Charlotte a strong sense of crisis.

He had chosen Bloody Glory in college and, along with it, had come into contact with some knowledge about the Blood Kindred.

The Old Continent had thirty-three countries, among which the five most powerful were: the Empire of Inglima, the Empire of Fars, the Byron Empire, the Black Phoenix Dynasty, and the Lionheart Dynasty, collectively known as the Five Great Empires.

The Byron Empire was established by thirty-one Blood Kindred clans, making it a true vampire empire!

The establishment of the Byron Empire had a significant connection with Protagoras, the great human philosopher who founded Bloody Glory.

This great human philosopher single-handedly slaughtered thousands of Blood Kindred, even eradicating six of the thirty-seven Blood Kindred clans, leaving only thirty-one. He even held the resentful souls of Blood Kindred Archdukes in his hands. At the peak of his fame, he could stop Blood Kindred infants from crying at night, leading these vampires to be forced into a great assembly. This assembly accomplished two major feats for the Blood Kindred.

The first was that the patriarchs and elders of each clan formed a massive secret scroll compilation committee, compiling all the secret methods of the thirty-seven clans.

The second was the planning of establishing a nation, and decades later, they founded Byron, withstanding nearly a hundred wars against the allied human nations of the Old Continent and laying the foundation for the new empire.

The Vampire Secret Scroll II〨, also known as the twenty-eighth volume of the Vampire Secret Scroll, and also called the Adonis Secret Scroll, was the direct lineage secret method of the House of Adonis clan, one of the six royal vampire families.

Carnstein, this Blood Kindred Evil God, was the original ancestor of the House of Adonis clan.

The compilation of the Vampire Secret Scroll began decades after the great human philosopher Protagoras created Bloody Glory.

By then, this great philosopher was in his twilight years. He attempted several times to seize the secret scrolls being compiled but gave up for various reasons.

Until his death, this great human philosopher never saw the Vampire Secret Scroll.

He only left behind one sentence: It is a pity I could not exhaust the mysteries of Bloody Glory. I hope future scholars can complete this method.

Students from the four universities had all discussed whether Protagoras would ascend to godhood if he obtained the Vampire Secret Scroll and completed Bloody Glory.

Of course, this question had no answer.

After the Vampire Secret Scroll was successfully compiled, only high-ranking Blood Kindred and the most outstanding young Blood Kindred geniuses were qualified to read it. There were no records of humans ever viewing it.

Charlotte sighed, thinking to himself, "I really should take some time to go back to the university and ask the professors for some advice."

"I'll ask for a day off tomorrow!"

He had moved to a new place, which was immeasurably better than his previous living environment, but it also had some inconveniences. For example, he couldn't just casually ask a servant from the Savings Society Apartment to help him deliver a letter.

It was already late, and outside was pitch black, with only the faint light from the kerosene lamp in the small study.

Charlotte opened the first page of the Vampire Secret Scroll II〨 and read it carefully. He breathed a slight sigh of relief. He couldn't understand the Labyrinth of Agmiras at all, but having been exposed to some knowledge of the Blood Kindred in college and having the foundation of Bloody Glory, reading the Vampire Secret Scroll presented no obstacles.

The foundation of the House of Adonis Blood Kindred secret method was called: Blood Flame Qi!

The first page of the Vampire Secret Scroll II〨 recorded this very secret method.

Blood Flame Qi was also one of the Thirteen Wonders of Bloody Glory.

The Blood Flame Qi created by Protagoras was vastly different from the House of Adonis Blood Kindred secret method. It was more overbearing and aggressive but lacked the refined ruthlessness that comes from extensive tempering.

As Charlotte read, he tried to gather the Bloody Glory in his chest according to the instructions in the secret scroll. To practice the basics of Blood Flame Qi, he needed to open the Bloody Vortex in his heart. He originally thought this step would be very difficult, but unexpectedly, it was extremely easy. In just half an hour, he condensed a second Bloody Vortex in his chest.

The formation of the second Bloody Vortex meant that Charlot Mecklenburg had officially stepped into the second stage of the extraordinary!

According to normal cultivation progress, even with excellent aptitude, condensing one Bloody Vortex would take at least a year of hard cultivation. Many apprentices with average talent often needed more than three years to condense one Bloody Vortex.

Apprentices like Charlot Mecklenburg, with below-average aptitude, couldn't complete their cultivation in four years of college and had to rely on the power of an Evil God to achieve the extraordinary.

Thinking of his predecessor's experiences and the mess he left behind, Charlotte couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Bloody Glory flowed from his brow into his heart and then back from his heart to his brow, forming a subtle cycle between the two Bloody Vortexes.

Charlotte had originally only intended to cultivate Bloody Glory for a while.

He never expected to provoke an Evil God!

Or rather, two.

Now he was finally back to "cultivating Bloody Glory for a while," and he had even advanced a stage, making one marvel at the wonders of the world.

A few hours later, Charlotte opened his eyes, feeling that the Bloody Vortex in his chest had stabilized. The eye formed by the rune on his brow seemed clearer, and the range of his Insight had slightly expanded.

Just as he woke up, a surge of consciousness flowed from the diary: Blood Kindred Evil God Carnstein's descent countdown: 26 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes and seven seconds!

Charlotte was both surprised and delighted, thinking to himself, "Condensing the second Bloody Vortex can postpone Carnstein's descent by eighteen days! If I continue cultivating, will I be able to prevent him from ever appearing?"

He also knew this was unlikely.

Because surviving the direct gaze of two Evil Gods had increased his spirituality, his cultivation would undoubtedly advance rapidly in a short period. However, after reaching a certain bottleneck, it wouldn't be so swift.

Nevertheless, this was good news.

It was almost dawn now. Charlotte suppressed his surging emotions and prepared to go out, heading to Kilmainham Prison first.

He had only been transferred to his new position for a short time and had already taken one day off. Taking a second day off so soon, it wouldn't be appropriate to just casually send a servant. It was better to go and ask for leave himself.

Charlotte believed that Senior Menilman was still someone easy to communicate with.

However, unexpectedly, when he arrived at Kilmainham Prison in the morning, he found that Menilman hadn't come to work at all today.

Charlotte waited for two hours and then decisively left work early