Inner Earth World
"Moonshadow Lord, the latest batch of bronze-tier creatures has just been captured and sent to the Brewing District. However, we estimate that the chance of producing epic-grade Blood Brew this time is no more than thirty percent..."
Jeff, the vampire, was reporting to Xiao Xi.
Xiao Xi frowned slightly, but soon let out a long, weary breath.
"Understood. You may leave!"
Only after the stone door closed again did Xiao Xi rub the space between her brows.
She felt utterly drained.
She had clearly advanced to silver tier, yet her situation had become incredibly difficult.
With Harmon missing, the success rate for producing epic-grade Blood Brew had plummeted.
Although she had the brewing manual Harmon had left behind, things were still going badly.
Even when the Blood Slaves followed its instructions to the letter, their failure rate remained extremely high.
At that thought, the figure of that man surfaced in Xiao Xi's mind again, along with that night she could not bear to remember.
"That damned bastard."
It was his arrival that had led to Harmon being taken away.
Not only had he cleaned out all the high-grade Blood Brew they had produced before then,
he had also slaughtered every vampire and Blood Slave Harmon had personally trained in the Blood Brew District.
Now even the Blood Brew she drank each day could only be rare grade.
And that was not even the biggest problem.
The biggest problem was Duke Night Ancient's attitude. That was what worried Xiao Xi most...
Ever since the last Elders Council meeting, Duke Night Ancient's attitude toward her had become very peculiar.
Naturally, Xiao Xi knew why, but she had no way to explain herself to Duke Night Ancient.
The mere fact that she had not told Duke Night Ancient about the