Charlotte had stepped into Transcendence through Bloody Glory and learned the secret arts of the Vangogh Clan and House of Arthur. After reaching the Twenty-Fourth Order, in terms of pure combat power, he had already surpassed the Great Human Philosopher Protagoras of old.
If he had not encountered a prodigy like Carnstein, the Blood Progenitor of House of Adonis, or his own teacher Juno, he could have almost crushed all vampires beneath him.
However, during the early stages of the war, he had always lingered on remote battlefields, either in South Seraph or Behemoth, never participating in the Ferlanden battlefield. In the later stages, several factions had joined forces to divide Black Phoenix, and Byron had transformed from Fars's mortal enemy into an ally. Charlotte had barely fought any vampire experts or killed many vampires. Instead, he had formed quite a few friendships with the younger talents among the vampires, leaving Bloody Glory's "fearsome reputation" less than illustrious.
Aside from a very few people, nearly all vampires believed Charlotte was a human cultivating vampire secret arts. Only a handful knew his true background—that he was not cultivating vampire secret arts, but Bloody Glory, which restrained vampires.
That was also why Lilith and Omibella could not pass through Blood Castle's defenses, while Charlotte could enter with ease.
Charlotte had not known this himself, but the moment he stepped onto Blood Castle, he naturally understood.
He was also curious. What exactly was Blood Castle?
Blood Castle's gate was a vivid crimson door, made of an extraordinarily strange material that had already surpassed every substance in the mortal world. It bore no decorations and was as smooth as a mirror!
When Charlotte pressed both hands against Blood Castle's gate and poured Bloody Glory into the scarlet door, ancient patterns emerged upon it. The