Norton's ambition to build Blood Empire is no joke.
He genuinely wanted to establish it, but not as its founder. He wanted to push this Blood Empire out into the open, making it a target to fight against the Church. If he could overthrow the Church, then so be Church, to completely eliminate the special attack methods against the old-era Vampire, thus making Norton invincible!
If they can't overthrow the Church, they can subtly transfer the term "Vampire" to the New-Type Vampire, thus making the old-style Vampire completely disappear, so that Norton can be completely safe.
The New-Type Vampire has prominent weaknesses and an astonishing ability to reproduce. Most importantly, it has the drawback of being bloodthirsty and violent, which is undoubtedly the best choice to transfer the name of Vampire.
Only by truly eliminating the Church and burying the old-fashioned Vampire in the dust of history can Norton truly rest easy.
The progenitor who was pushed out was, of course, Father Abraham, the only First-Generation Vampire.
After taking control of the Church of Lino City, Norton immediately went to the Church 'Lino City library to examine the contents of the books Church had collected.
Vampire of the old era were shrouded in mystery, and even now, he has only mastered a few basic skills. This makes him feel like he's a treasure trove, but he just doesn't know how to use them.
Unfortunately, whether it was because the Church's research on Vampire wasn't in-depth enough, or because other Vampire were simply different from Norton, the various books collected by the Church no longer contained descriptions of Vampire or words like God or Kuba.
It was as if everything was a secret, unknown even to ordinary Church leaders.
After confirming that the Church did not contain the books he desired, Norton turned his attention to the Holy Knight.
The Church of Lino City has two Holy Knight, and according to Father Abraham and Bishop Good, these two Holy Knight are Low-Rank Holy Knight, possessing only instincts and having almost lost their own thoughts, and are currently in an unactivated state.
However, these Vampire dared not approach the vicinity of the Holy Knight, fearing that the creature might smell their unclean aura, resurrect, and kill them.
But they couldn't do it, Norton had a solution!
This kind of stupid knight, who only knows instinct, is best drowned!
Therefore, Norton immediately ordered a large number of Church knights to begin digging deep pits within the Church.
But at the same time, his Blood Empire was also steadily advancing.
In the year 2230 of the Catholic calendar, the Blood Progenitor ascended to the throne at the Church in Lino City. The only witnesses were a mere thirty-odd New-Type Vampire, and they kept it a secret.
After all, they are not powerful enough to challenge the Church right now; everything must be done in secrecy.
But it wasn't Norton who ascended the throne, but rather Abraham, the unfortunate one who was pushed forward.
Father Abraham was essentially crowned but did not hold power; all the real power was in the hands of Norton, the big boss.
But even the unlucky fellow has his own tricks up his sleeve.
The fact that Archbishop Duoxia turned into Vampire and fled Lino City was no small matter.
Norton inquired about the whereabouts of Archbishop Duoxia, having overheard his conversation with a spy from the Archbishop Duoxia Boya Empire. Archbishop Duoxia was far more important than the priests and lower-ranking bishops. Out of wariness of Father Abraham and other New-Type Vampire, Norton interrogated all the Vampire separately, even resorting to Pressure to break down their psychological defenses.
As a result, Father Abraham and the other Vampire, as if they had conspired, completely ignored the issue of Archbishop Duoxia turning into Vampire and fleeing. Instead, they claimed that he had left Lino City, seemingly on some important business, without informing Norton of his defection. This shows that they had long harbored rebellious intentions.
Their current state is exactly the same as that of God, Shenyin, and Kuba back then.
Norton, as the true progenitor, used these Vampire as tools to fulfill his desires. The New-Type Vampire, as his creations, outwardly showed great respect to Norton, but secretly they all wanted to rebel against him in order to break free from Norton's terrifying control and crushing power over their lives.
It can only be said that God's killing was not unjust; the rebellious mentality of intelligent species is simply innate!
Father Abraham and his ilk, however, had already acquired the mindset of a pope facing a corpse of a god even before becoming popes, which can be considered a huge windfall.
The Blood Clan Progenitor had no impact on the entire Lino City, but Norton's takeover had a much greater impact.
The recruitment of soldiers from the poor in Lino City is still in full swing. Norton does not want the Church to know about the situation in Lino City yet, so the Vampire in Lino City continue to strictly carry out all orders from the Holy See in order to pretend that nothing has changed.
During this period, a new notice was issued from within the Church.
In the Lino City, regardless of wealth or poverty, from this day forward, no one may defecate indiscriminately, nor may they pour the excrement or urine of the previous night onto the streets in the morning. Violators will be executed!
The announcement sparked widespread resentment in Lino City.
In an era where defecating and urinating are still relatively free, the sudden introduction of such a ban will undoubtedly make everyone feel severely restricted.
" The Church is meddling way too much, even interfering with our bodily functions! It's outrageous!"
"That's right, this is our freedom!"
Immediately, public sentiment was outraged, and some even took the lead in relieving themselves in the street to protest the Church's inhumane decree.
However, as everyone knows, the Church never jokes.
Those who led the way were dragged from their homes by Church knights and taken to the Church in Lino City, after which their fates were never known.
In this way, no one dared to cause trouble anymore. Although they were still resentful, at least on the surface they could only comply.
Two days after the notice was issued, the Church sent out new demands to the major dignitaries.
All the powerful and wealthy were required to fund the construction of toilets in Lino City for the use of the Lino City's inhabitants.
The powerful and influential people in Lino City were mostly family members of Church members. Since the order came from the Church, they were obliged to obey it wholeheartedly without any complaints.
Thus began Lino City's ambitious toilet-building project.
Meanwhile, Norton, using the Blood Progenitor of Abraham, ordered the collection of all silver artifacts, religious ornaments, and cross decorations from the Lino City. He even used the pretext of replacing them to have missionaries destroy all images of God in the city and even within the Church.
All religious items related to the Church seemed to have been completely cleared out overnight.
However, this is only the surface level.
To maintain stability within the Church, and to prevent Church members from discovering that all the Church's leaders had become Vampire.
Norton ordered that Father Abraham, the First-Generation Vampire, would breed Church knights into Second-Generation Vampire, and that the Second-Generation Vampire would breed missionaries and the city's elite into Third-Generation Vampire.
Only by keeping all the top executives under his control can Norton's position be unshakeable!
At the same time, this was also a necessary process for the rise of his Blood Empire!
By using his expertise against Vampire to manage the Vampire elites, and then using those elites to manage the lower ranks, he could ensure that the entire Lino City remained under Norton's control!
Everything in Lino City was proceeding smoothly and in an orderly manner, and the large pit that Norton had requested to be dug to drown the Holy Knight was finally completed inside the Church.