It must be said that the Southern Continent is indeed a place where brilliant generals and outstanding talents abound.
From the previous popes, His Holiness Adam, Yalian II and III, to the present Saint Peter and the Kuba who was dissolved by Norton, they can all be considered figures of exceptional vision and breadth of mind.
Some of them may have minor flaws, and their actions may not be understood by modern people, but in this ancient era, they can truly be considered outstanding individuals!
As for Norton and Abraham, those two Vampire... let's not even mention them.
Three months later, heavy rains covered most of the Southern Continent.
Perhaps the intense heat of the previous golden sun caused the sea level to evaporate, or perhaps glaciers were melting; in any case, the rain that year came exceptionally fiercely, with torrential downpours almost covering the entire world.
As news from the Holy See spread, spies began to enter the Holy See, which had been silent for a long time.
These spies include not only those from the New Faith's camp, but also those from the Vampire camp.
However, the Holy See remains sealed off by a mysterious force, and Vampire are still unable to enter. They can only seek out humans to enter the Holy See and inquire about the current Blood Clan Progenitor Norton.
All eyes were on the Holy See, which embodied God's holiness, and no one noticed that a slight mishap had also occurred at the Eye of Holiness research base established by the old Pope.
More than one hundred breeding Werewolf broke free of their cages when the Holy See was destroyed and the Eye of Holiness was in chaos and no one was watching over them. The Werewolf then split into several different groups and disappeared into the wilderness in different directions.
However, Vampire are the real mainstream these days, Blood Clan Progenitor Norton, is the real focus.
The Cave of the God's Corpse in the back mountain of the Holy See was not easy to find.
However, as the Holy Knight rampaged through the area, they left too many traces along the way, which allowed the scouts who entered to follow the trail and find the cave where the progenitor was sealed.
No one, from the common people to the powerful elites, knew what was actually happening within the Holy See.
Only the New Faith Pope Saint Peter suddenly launched an attack three months later, braving torrential rain to send troops to the Holy See. He then completely occupied the Holy See and re-established it as the New Faith Holy See.
With Saint Peter becoming the new Pope, the massive holy war that had lasted for thirty years in the Southern Continent came to a complete end.
The world has suffered from the chaos of war for too long, and people no longer care whether the Church camp or the Boya Empire wins. As long as it is not the Vampire who win, they can accept it completely.
So, with Saint Peter's uprising, countless people responded to the call in an instant. The Boya Empire and the Old Papal State flocked to join him. In just a few years, except for the Blood Court, which was still occupied by Vampire, he completely unified the Southern Continent and was known as the ' Kingdom of God ' and the ' Kingdom of All Nations '!
As Saint Peter ascended to the throne of the greatest pope, his supreme command was to restore the orthodox status of humanity and eliminate the Vampire plague!
Following that celestial phenomenon and the scorching sunlight, support for theological theories has now reached an unprecedented high.
The Vampire forces of the Southern Continent suffered unprecedented and terrifying damage. Having already been largely depleted during the war, half of the remaining Vampire have now been wiped out, drastically weakening the Blood Clan race. Furthermore, with the manifestation of God's holiness, the Vampire species has fallen from its former status as immortal nobles to the reputation of being nothing more than rats in the gutter.
People desire immortality, but they fear even more God punishment and denial of Heaven after death.
In this world where God has manifested His presence, the fear of not entering Heaven after death is far stronger than the temptation of becoming Vampire and gaining eternal life.
Since Heaven exists, it proves that death is not the end for people, but rather that there is indeed a place to go, Heaven they can enjoy eternal bliss.
Isn't such a wonderful place far better than being Vampire slave, suffering endless enslavement?
As a result, the reputation of Vampire completely declined, evolving from a noble of the night into a creature of darkness, causing them to lose their followers and vassals, and officially relinquishing their orthodox status.
With the New Faith taking over the reins, the new Pope, Saint Peter, issued a decree to "slaughter the Vampire race and uphold the orthodoxy of our human race," making the Vampire race a complete enemy of the Southern Continent.
In no time, public opinion about eliminating Vampire and hating Vampire rapidly fermented, gradually forming an unsolvable storm far more powerful than His Majesty Adam's " Demon-Hunting Campaign " decades ago.
Moreover, the Demon-Hunting Campaign was ordered by the upper class and implemented by the Church. Although it was a large-scale movement, the general public did not respond to it at all. On the contrary, the people were extremely difficult to live due to the disturbance. Some people even formed small circles to recruit Vampire so that they could become Vampire themselves.
But the current wave of sentiment is completely different. This wave of hostility towards Vampire is driven by slogans from the grassroots and has strong support from the higher-ups. Eradicating Vampire has become politically correct, and the popular sentiment is even more fervent than that of the Church itself.
With the rise of this wave, the extermination of Vampire has truly reached a point where everyone from the poorest to the Pope is extremely fanatical about it.
Once a trace of Vampire is discovered, countless people will immediately flock to the scene with torches in hand.
If it were daytime, they would set the houses on fire with torches so that the golden sun could burn the Vampire to ashes.
If it was night, they would swarm in, carrying images of God and religious symbols, and burn the Vampire alive to ashes.
Having lost their progenitor, the Blood Clan has utterly declined.
These New-Type Vampire have many weaknesses and are particularly afraid of the sun and religious symbols. Even Abraham and Elizabeth, who are known as the Grand Dukes of the Blood Clan, have serious deficiencies in their own mechanisms. With the disappearance of the progenitor, although the remaining Vampire are numerous, they are far too weak to face the humans who believe in God. Even if they possess extraordinary power, they can only turn to ashes in the face of sunlight and the holiness of God, without any power to resist.
Strangely enough, even though everyone believed that God was holy and that religious objects and silver artifacts could inflict devastating damage on him while the Pale Progenitor was still alive, no one dared to resist.
Despite not displaying his extraordinary power much after ascending the throne, and with no clear record of him taking action, he remained firmly in that Supreme position, maintaining his rule for a century, and even his ruthless oppression was met with no resistance.
This inhuman progenitor was utterly useless during his reign, except for his incompetence. Yet, despite his incompetence, nothing ever happened while he sat on the Supreme. After his disappearance, Vampire faced their true doom. This bizarre phenomenon made all Vampire realize that the one who suppressed everything was indeed this incompetent and tyrannical progenitor.
This situation left Abraham completely baffled.
He was, after all, the person who had followed Norton the longest and was the closest to Norton; he knew exactly what Norton had done.
But why, when Norton was in power, even though he dared not do anything, he ruthlessly oppressed the people and built wonders, yet the Blood Court and the Boya Empire remained at peace, with nothing happening every day, and the Blood Clan even prospered?
But after his disappearance, the Vampire clan faced an apocalyptic extermination?
It seems the same whether Norton, the progenitor, was in power or not, so why did the results differ so drastically?
Although he didn't quite understand why Vampire had fallen to such a state, Abraham finally understood.
Only Blood Clan with progenitors are the true Blood Clan!