Norton is getting taller and taller.
This wasn't an illusion; last time, he felt like his head would touch the attic ceiling if he stood up straight. Now, however, he had to bend his head slightly to stand in the attic.
He is indeed growing taller.
This undoubtedly means that he is moving towards the next stage.
" Third Stage? That's a long time ago."
Norton stood in the attic, extending his radar and sensing its expanding range.
The radar, or rather, the Pressure, has indeed grown, and faster than he had anticipated.
What was originally a mere ten meters in diameter is now increasing exponentially as he grows.
He had only grown three to five centimeters taller, yet his Pressure was already powerful enough to radiate throughout the entire Lino City!
This was an explosive growth, which allowed Norton, standing in the clock tower, to clearly perceive the number of people, the layout of buildings, and the growth rate of New-Type Vampire in Lino City.
Thanks to the combined efforts of Father Abraham and the Coal Ball Couple during this period, the number of New-Type Vampire in Lino City has exploded, now reaching double digits.
Currently, only within the Church, perhaps due to the holy radiance of God, is Norton's Pressure unable to penetrate, leaving his mind a pitch-black void.
Even so, Norton was still very satisfied.
"I never imagined that an ability I looked down on back then could evolve to this extent. Is this really an ability that Vampire could possess?"
Norton stood in the clock tower and withdrew his senses, which had covered the entire city.
Although this device has no consumption and can be turned on and off at will, as long as it's on, it will attract the attention and fear of those around him like a searchlight. Since Norton is currently hiding in the city, it's best not to turn it on.
Besides, driving this thing makes him feel nauseous.
The lower classes of Lino City are not the oppressed, honest people that some people think they are. In fact, none of the lower classes in Lino City are honest people!
Their oppression by the Church was indeed pitiful, but it was precisely because of this oppression that their animalistic instincts far outweighed their human nature in their struggle for survival. They resorted to any means necessary, including competition and mutual harm.
Honest, kind, and other virtues that symbolize good human qualities are not found in these people. Instead, words like violence, disgust, treachery, and perversion—all the ugliest aspects of human nature—are used to describe them.
Scenes of cannibalism, rape, and murder occur almost constantly in the slums of Lino City. The men are violent and bloody, and the women are cunning and ruthless, vividly portraying the bestiality of the lower classes in this era.
This was a mistake of the times, and had nothing to do with them. But Norton really didn't want to watch anymore, especially with this magnetic field activated. It was like having superhuman hearing and vision; he could see all kinds of scenes in the city at any time, and he could recall all kinds of violence, bloodshed, murder, and rape scenes with this ability.
Watching too many films can make you feel nauseous, let alone seeing the darkness of this world.
After seeing so much, Norton felt his own mind was starting to go mad.
No wonder God is so perverted, he's been watching too many pornographic videos!
But with this thing, Norton could leave the city at will.
Wild monsters could no longer affect him; this overwhelming sense of Pressure, akin to a radar, allowed him to clearly perceive the approach of any species.
But now, Norton doesn't want to leave the city.
His Majesty Adam was absolutely right. When a person is not worried about their safety or food, they will definitely think about other things.
That's what Norton is like now.
When he found that he no longer needed to fear the monsters outside the city, nor worry about the Church inside, his thoughts began to change involuntarily.
His new Blood Clan is multiplying and growing, and his Father Abraham is working hard.
Norton felt that after so many years in this world, and so many years pretending to be a beggar, it was time for him to enjoy himself!
Since Lino City is so devoted to Norton, why can't Lino City belong to Norton?
Norton, he too will become Vampire lord!
In any case, the Papal State are currently in turmoil and on the verge of chaos. So what can His Holiness the Pope say if Norton quietly takes over the Lino City during this time?
Of course, none of that really matters; Norton's biggest concern is still the two Holy Knight of Lino City.
That blood that could accelerate his growth was the most crucial thing for Norton.
Time passed slowly, and the high temperatures of early autumn gradually decreased. In less than two months, cold air began to arrive one after another.
Norton was unaware of the situation within the Papal State, but the situation in Lino City was already beginning to deteriorate.
This year's heavy rains have affected the harvest, and with the drop in temperature and the depletion of food supplies, the number of people struggling to survive is increasing.
The Church knights of Lino City were stationed in the Lino City Church to protect Archbishop Duoxia's safety, which resulted in the city being unsupervised.
The slums were in complete chaos, with murder, cannibalism, torture, rape... tragedies were happening almost constantly, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.
Besides the famine, other species are also secretly developing in Lino City.
Father Abraham and the bat couple continued to create Vampire, causing the number of Vampire in Lino City to steadily increase. To this day, excluding the Vampire within the Lino City Church, the number outside the city alone has reached over a hundred.
Not everyone who gains this level of power will be like Norton and Father Abraham, knowing how to bide their time and develop their abilities discreetly.
Because of God's existence and the Church's accumulated power over the years, the Church members, including Church Vampire developed by Father Abraham, were still somewhat controllable. At the very least, each of them knew how to hide themselves to avoid revealing their weaknesses.
The Vampire created by the indiscriminate attacks of bats lack this composure.
In particular, some people who were originally poor suddenly gained great power, and their long-suppressed resentment turned into crazy and perverse desires. Finally, the sense of power that made them superior to others made them completely lose themselves and release it wantonly in the weak human society, revealing the deepest ugliness of human nature.
This situation infuriated Father Abraham!
"Shh..." Fine raindrops pattered on the roof of the Church. Although the building was constructed of very solid materials, some faint sounds could still be heard.
In the room of the Low-Ranking Bishop Good, there were now more than a dozen missionaries dressed in missionary robes and the Low-Ranking Bishop Good dressed in black bishop's robes.
"I remember clearly telling all of you to hide your true selves and not to become arrogant after gaining even a little power! We have a fatal flaw: being too arrogant is the easiest way to bring about annihilation. Why didn't you listen!"
Father Abraham was agitated, and with his roar, his already bloodshot eyes became even more bloodshot, and even the corners of his mouth were slightly torn.
He was becoming less and less human; through his torn mouth, you could even see that his internal teeth had become slightly sharper.
Father Abraham's bloodshot eyes, torn mouth, and protruding fangs made him look as if he were about to devour someone at any moment, which was terrifying.
Reprimanded by Father Abraham, none of the newly trained Vampire standing below dared to utter a word. Even the Low-Ranking Bishop Good gritted his teeth but had no choice but to bow his head and endure it.
During this time, Father Abraham trained many Vampire, and through these Vampire, he discovered a very serious problem.
That is, the Vampire training mechanism seems to have a problem similar to the thinning of bloodlines across generations.
For example, Father Abraham had pale skin, a thin build, bloodshot eyes, two long, sharp front teeth like a vampire bat, and tough, sharp nails. Now, he had undergone a slight mutation, causing him to open his mouth wide enough to tear it apart, making him look even more like a vampire bat.
However, the bloodline of the next generation he cultivated through his blood seemed to have been diluted somewhat.