The bat Coal Ball's current appearance is truly bizarre; its body size is not much different from that of a mongrel dog.
Bats' wings, arms, and legs are all fused together, a structure known as chiropractic. Essentially, the hand structure has become larger and flatter to resemble wings, which results in relatively weak limbs.
But now, Coal Ball are completely different.
It appears to be undergoing some kind of mutation; its limbs have become much larger than before, and the wing structure seems to be separating from its hands. The bones of the hands seem to have split in two, one part extending towards the wings, and the other part separating into the hands.
However, because it was in the middle of its evolution, its hands were short and soft, without bones yet, and its wings were withered and unable to stand up.
This also meant it couldn't be hung from the ceiling and could only squat in the corner like a dog.
"Damn ugly!" As the saying goes, a ruler's heart is unpredictable and fickle!
Norton reached out and patted Coal Ball's head, then slapped it on the head.
The little Coal Ball, feeling wronged after being slapped, clung to Norton's legs with its tiny hands, which were still attached to Norton wings and not completely separated.
Feeling the increasingly tight connection between them, Norton reached out and pulled it up, then forcefully snapped off one of his fingers and fed it to the creature.
As Norton had predicted, as he continued to feed the bat with his own flesh and blood, its mutation intensified. This seemed to be a process of vying for power with God, so the entire mutation process was extremely slow, but the relationship between the two was growing stronger, and one could even faintly sense the emotions of the Coal Ball.
This change is completely different from the emergence of New-Type Vampire.
The New-Type Vampire is more like Coal Ball injecting its mutated bloodline directly into human bodies, adding a piece of mutated code to the bottom of their genetic code, so that Norton can control their lives by controlling this bottom-level code. However, most of their code is still with God, God can also control their lives, and even in more ways.
The mutation of the Coal Ball was more like Norton's flesh and blood gradually replacing all of its underlying code. The entire mutation process was a process of replacing the underlying code, in order to completely turn the bat into Norton's creation.
Therefore, the New-Type Vampire and the New-Type Werewolf cannot actually be considered Norton's creations. Norton's true creation, at present, is only Coal Ball, which is also not yet complete.
Moreover, this guy's mutation hasn't ended yet. Only when the mutation is truly over can Norton completely control him. But even so, Norton can still sense that the Coal Ball's life Existence Level is already lower than his own, and Norton can erase its life at will.
So Norton wasn't incapable of creating familiars; he was. However, he needed to feed himself with his own flesh and blood for a long time to replace the underlying code of these creatures, so that he could truly control them completely, like the familiars developed by Vampire, whether it be their body or soul, their thoughts or emotions.
Norton was deeply impressed by this creative power that could fundamentally alter a species.
Norton is already so powerful at modifying just one living being; it's hard to imagine just how terrifying the power of the God who created all things truly is!
"Hey!" Norton's eyes suddenly lit up, and an idea popped into his mind.
"If all the creatures in this world ate some of my flesh, wouldn't I be able to directly steal God's authority and become the real God?" Norton's somewhat dim red eyes, though possessing an idea, didn't shine very brightly.
Because he immediately denied his own earlier thought.
"No! I don't have enough to eat either!" Norton thought of the creatures in the forest that had tried to hunt him.
The only use of this ability, besides creating his own true familiars, is to give up resistance and let the enemy devour him when he encounters an enemy he cannot defeat.
With Norton's regenerative abilities, before his opponent has completely consumed him, his life level might be lower than Norton's due to mutation, thus allowing Norton to turn the tables.
My body is so cunning!
Norton placed the Coal Ball back on the ground, then strode out of the hall.
The blinding sunlight shone on his body, bringing a burning sensation.
Evolution did not grant him resistance to the sun and the image of God; on the contrary, it made his resistance weaker. This evolution meant degeneration, confirming his conjecture.
He wasn't evolving; he was transforming from a corpse into a true Vampire. Similar to how Coal Ball gradually replaced the underlying code, Norton was actually gradually changing the underlying code.
However, his code came from God.
Feeling the scorching pain of the sun on his body, Norton's mind raced, and he suddenly felt extremely powerless.
"This world is utterly hopeless from beginning to end!"
No life can escape God's judgment!
Norton's heart, which had just been pounding with excitement, shrank back down.
As the saying goes, if you don't reach this position, seeing God is like a frog at the bottom of a well seeing the sun and moon; but once you reach this position and have a little taste of its wonders, seeing God is like a mayfly seeing the blue sky!
Norton, having personally experienced the fear and dread of God, felt it far more deeply than His Existence Level the Pope.
Lino City returned to peace.
Under Lord Norton's control, the Vampire of Lino City once again embarked on a massive construction project, digging through the Church day and night to create tunnels and reinforce the city walls.
Leaving aside areas outside the Church, the area is too large to be developed.
However, within the Church, Norton decided to build an enormous Vampire castle, using towering and narrow walls to block out sunlight, thus making it the Vampire ' main area of activity during the day.
Most importantly, it allows the Vampire to fight within the castle during the day, even when the Church sends troops.
Norton Norton's orders are absolute!
Some blood slaves were even drawn from the ranks to serve as laborers transporting soil during the day.
The construction of Lino City is thriving, and a true city of darkness is gradually taking shape.
The great war between the Papal State and the Boya Empire had officially begun.
For this war, the Papal State mobilized eight thousand Church knights from forty cities in eight states to the battlefield, along with two hundred thousand Papal State soldiers wearing light or light armor.
The Boya Empire's allied forces consisted of over a thousand lords of varying ranks, totaling 800,000 troops.
However, a significant portion of these 800,000 troops were logistics personnel, with actual combat personnel making up at most 30%.
The great battle is finally about to begin.