Whether it's the Pope or Yalian III, the thoughts of these high-ranking figures never extend to the poor.
It seemed inconsequential to them how many people died; in fact, His Majesty Adam even seemed to want more people to die.
Compared to them, Norton is so much more humane!
After three months of construction, not much of the towering city wall had been built, but the escape tunnels were almost finished.
To ensure the workers wouldn't be overworked, Lord Norton, who wasn't Vampire, not only provided them with corvée labor rations but also gave them three days off each month to maintain their health.
Even the many beautiful girls who became his blood slaves were taken off production, fed well, and kept only for Norton to use for blood extraction.
Even the Church's Vampire drink blood through an exchange system.
The Church set up a special Vampire window where the people of Lino City could donate blood, and they would receive a certain amount of food as compensation after donating blood.
How could such humane systems possibly exist in this era?
Therefore, even though it was clear that the Church was a den of blood-drinking Vampire, the people of Lino City not only did not fear or resist, but instead fervently supported it.
A statue of Abraham has even been erected in the Lino City, and he is affectionately known as the ' Bloodthirsty Grand Duke '.
When everyone is living in dire straits, even if you replace the raging fire beneath him with a mud pit, it will still attract countless people to flock to him.
That's the case with the Church in Lino City now.
"If things continue this way, then I, Norton, shall be the ruler of the world!" Norton's pale body stood atop the church dome, gazing upon the entire Lino City.
Looking out from a high vantage point, the privileged life he had lived for the past three years had also instilled in him a sense of pride.
However, this is still too far off. The great crisis Church has not yet been eradicated, and Norton may still fall.
But if given more time to develop, Norton will surely be able to overthrow the Church!
Norton's thoughts had barely formed when his gaze, which was fixed on Lino City, spotted some movement in the dense jungle Lino City.
A flock of black birds, like tiny black dots, flew out of the woods, seemingly startled by some commotion in the forest.
Norton's eyes narrowed as he carefully observed the movements in the distance.
Then, in Norton's zoomed-in view, at the intersection of the farmland Lino City and the dense forest in the distance, golden figures emerged from the dense forest, stretching endlessly, and rapidly heading towards Lino City.
Norton's expression changed drastically!
"What the hell! Holy Knight?"
The terror was clearly visible on Norton's withered face; this was the first time Norton had managed to contort such an exaggerated expression since he became so hideous.
In Norton's sight, there were indeed waves of knights clad in the standard golden armor of the Holy Knight, rapidly emerging from the forest and heading towards Lino City.
Judging by their number and scale, they were exactly the same as the Holy Judgment Order that Norton had seen in Lino City last time!
"How... how, how is this possible... The entire Holy Judgment Order was wiped out, that's common knowledge! How could they possibly still be here?" Norton's eyes widened in disbelief, and even his voice became shrill.
This is because they were frightened.
What terrified him even more was that his magnetic field ability, which he could activate at any time and covered the entire Lino City and beyond, failed to detect the arrival of these Holy Judgment Order.
It was as if these Holy Knight were completely imperceptible to his magnetic field, which was even more incomprehensible. Norton's magnetic field could effectively perceive humans of the same Existence Level as him, bats of Existence Level, or even the more worthless Vampire.
Unless this Holy Knight Existence Level, it's impossible for him not to sense it! But how could that be possible?
But this also undoubtedly confirms that these knights in golden armor are indeed Holy Knight!
" Abraham, Abraham!!! Call all the Vampire in town, the Holy Judgment Order is coming, damn it, the Church even has Holy Judgment Order!!!"
" Abraham, raise the drawbridge and lure all these Holy Knight into the moat!"
Norton roared and called out Abraham's name.
However, he himself stood motionless on the dome, staring intently at the Holy Judgment Order approaching Lino City.
Norton had already made up his mind. As long as the Vampire of Lino City couldn't withstand the Holy Judgment Order, and as long as the moat couldn't drown these Holy Knight, then Norton would turn around and leave, and run away through the tunnels!
The Church is so cunning!
"They claim to have only five hundred Holy Knight, but they're actually hiding something else. Damn it, this Church really has no humanity!"
If the Boya Empire found out about this, what would be the point of them fighting a war?
Norton's face was extremely grim. He had just said that after developing for a while, he would be able to face the Church without fear, but he never expected that the Church, in its current state, could be so good at hiding its true intentions.
They've managed to keep five hundred Church knights hidden all these years!
No, it might be more than five hundred. Who knows if these Holy Knight are always the same group?
Norton thought about it more and more and it seemed very likely.
Moreover, the new Pope Adam is truly audacious. The first thing he did after learning about Lino City was to directly dispatch the Holy Judgment Order, which was practically using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!
They're really leaving Norton absolutely no chance of survival!
I already said that if you beat the child, the elder will come; you're not playing by the rules of novels!
With a rumbling sound, the drawbridge Lino City was slowly raised.
Fortunately, Norton dug a moat over the past two years; otherwise, they would have been trapped like turtles in a jar under the siege of these five hundred Holy Knight.
But now things are great, Hajinuo is definitely going to have a blast!
Thinking of his invincible methods of dealing with Holy Knight, Norton's tension vanished completely.
The thought that the five hundred Holy Knight would fall into the moat and drown like dumplings being dropped into a pot filled Norton with joy, and his face beamed with a smile.
Just as he was at his happiest, Father Abraham's panicked voice came from below.
"No, Your Majesty Norton. These are High-Rank Holy Knight! They've almost completely lost their life force; they can't drown!"
Norton's smile suddenly froze.
The next moment.
Norton's tall figure leaped down from the twenty-meter-high dome.
Even at such a height, his landing was still light and elegant.
Norton, who had just landed, grabbed a lump of Coal Ball lying like a dog at the entrance of the main hall and ran towards the escape tunnel that had only been dug a short time ago without looking back.
A large swarm of bats swooped down from the roof of the hall, following closely behind Norton like a black cloud.
"Very good, Abraham, now you are the true Blood Clan Progenitor!"