The Necromancer Raises the Stakes / The Revenge Operation Ends and the Sleeping Sickness ...
Australian Continent, Queensland.
Under the gaze of Mobius's pink-and-green gradient snake eyes, Moros once again activated the ritual and cast Death Curse.
This time, his targets were those deeply connected to the Illinois Underground Research Institute incident, yet not suitable for the Undead Troops to simply kill outright.
For example, the silver-haired girl who served as Dr. Mei's assistant and remained at Moth to Fire headquarters year-round.
And beyond her, the list contained more than a dozen names of similarly special status, all inextricably entangled in the incident.
Behind every name lay an unknown past, awaiting the descent of Death Curse to reveal its final ending.
The Necromancer Raises the Stakes
As the spell ritual succeeded time and again, names on Moros's kill list were crossed out one after another.
Before long, only two of the powerful figures who had planned and carried out the cruel experiments on Griseo remained alive.
One was Councillor Aubrey, a senior member of the Moth to Fire Council from the North American Continent.
The other was Councillor Winifred, a political leader from the Western European Plains who led the local human elite against the vampire clans.
Although both councillors were ordinary people who had never undergone Hypermutation Surgery, their special circumstances cloaked them in invisible armor, making ordinary Death Curse rituals unable to directly reach the essence of their lives.
To prevent Councillor Aubrey's impulsive actions from dragging Moth to Fire into an unnecessary crisis, Councillor Eugene and Councillor Wang urgently gave Councillor William a full account of everything that had happened at the Illinois Underground Research Institute.
They chose to reveal the truth to the necromancer not only to avoid being implicated by Councillor Aubrey's recklessness, but also because they had another far-reaching consideration.
Councillor Eugene and Councillor Wang wanted to take this