Norton slowly lowered his arm.
His height of nearly two meters and slender figure made him stand out among the Church members.
Because of his slender yet tall physique, his every move seemed to possess an alternative beauty, bizarre, strange, and divine.
Abraham even felt that Norton, the progenitor, was somewhat detached from the human race, possessing an air of nobility and holiness in his every move.
It's hard to imagine that the words "noble and holy" could be used to describe Norton, whose skin is withered and who looks like a deformed mummy.
But there was something about him that made him feel this way—a mixture of holiness and ugliness that created an indescribable, extremely strange, and noble feeling.
Norton seems caught between impurity and holiness, which makes him seem particularly contradictory.
Growing ten centimeters taller at once is a pretty good experience.
Norton looked up at the heads of the Vampire around him, never imagining he could grow so tall one day.
The increase in height leads to an increase in strength.
However, this increase is not simply an increase in strength, but more like an elevation in the level of life.
Norton had a vague feeling about this, but because the improvement was too small, this increase in the level of life was highlighted in terms of strength, creating the illusion that he had increased his strength.
However, it seems that advancing as Vampire is becoming increasingly difficult.
Norton recalled reading in books about Vampire research that Third-Tier Vampire could not advance to Fourth Stage, seemingly because Kuba's existence was suppressing Vampire from reaching perfection. This meant that Norton's growth was also about to reach a dead end.
But Kuba is dead, so won't Norton still be able to advance?
Whether or not to advance is something to worry about later; Norton's main priority right now is to survive and reach the Third Stage.
Norton's mind raced, Pressure suddenly activated.
"Buzz!"
Norton's magnetic Pressure instantly enveloped the entire city.
It has to be said that Norton could have easily determined how much he had advanced by using this Pressure.
The Pressure that previously only covered the entire Lino City can now radiate to the surrounding forests, more than doubling in size.
In addition, it offers more subtle control capabilities.
He seemed to have begun to control the intensity of the Pressure, to the point that it became a magnetic field without any intimidating effect.
However, although the intensity of the Pressure could be adjusted to prevent the Vampire minions from being crushed to death on the spot, ultimately, Pressure is still Pressure, and it will still have a powerful psychological deterrent effect.
This thing is awesome!
"Now I, Norton, am truly invincible!" Norton almost grinned from ear to ear, activating his Pressure and looking at the increasingly terrified Abraham behind him, he was completely relieved.
If the Pressure can be maintained continuously, then within its Pressure, no one's unusual behavior will be concealed, and Norton will be able to defend against sneak attacks from all angles.
With the two Holy Knight being absorbed by Norton, his Pressure could be activated at any time to monitor the entire city, leaving no one in Lino City capable of threatening Norton.
This made him no longer need to hide his actions, and even sparked reforms within Lino City.
Blood Clan Progenitor Norton, summoned all the nobles in Lino City and forcibly transformed them all into Third-Generation Vampire in the Blood Progenitor of Abraham.
When Norton controlled all the powerful and wealthy classes in Lino City, the city became his absolute domain, where his word was law.
When all the powerful and wealthy are Vampire, it means that the wealth of Lino City has changed from food and jewelry to something else entirely.
blood!
Just as food is the foundation for the operation of human society, blood is the foundation for the operation of the Vampire hierarchy.
Since the livestock population is too small to meet the growing needs of the Vampire race, human blood comes in handy.
However, the people of Lino City were all emaciated, anemic, and reeked of foul odors, making them unsuitable for consumption.
In order to ensure the sustainable development of the Vampire race and to build a beautiful Vampire kingdom with enough healthy food, Lord Norton made a decisive decision to collect all the food from the nobles of Lino City and then distribute it to the poor according to the planned daily quota.
This reform caused an instant uproar in the Lino City.
When has the Church ever been so fortunate? Those poor people have never had enough to eat since birth. Now, they are suddenly given food, which, while not enough to completely fill them up, will at least keep them from starving. To them, it is like a miracle from God, as if it were a dream come true.
But as we all know, nothing comes without effort.
Norton doesn't confiscate the wealth and land of the wealthy just to look at them; they're meant to be used as means of production!
With the distribution of grain began, a period of intense wealth annexation and forced labor followed!
All the nobles who became Vampire had all their wealth and land confiscated and were assigned to the Church's ranks. Although they were allowed to live in their courtyards for free, they no longer had any personal wealth or their former power and status.
The poor, who had just received food, had only been enjoying a good life for a couple of days when the forced labor that followed shattered their beautiful dreams.
Apart from the Vampire class, who were forcibly classified as Church members, all other residents of Lino City, whether wealthy or merchants, were classified as 'blood slaves'!
All blood slaves are required to work for the Church for free in exchange for a daily food ration provided by the Church.
Moreover, an individual's share of grain is linked to the harvest from their cultivated land; the less grain you produce, the less you receive, and the more grain you produce, the more you receive.
The Vampire Church controls the resources upon which the people of Lino City depend for survival, thereby establishing complete control over them.
Norton's complete control over the members of the Vampire Church means that Norton has complete control over everything in Lino City!
For a small minority in Lino City, this policy was like the sky falling.
Especially those middle-class and above who previously had no worries about food and drink.
Their wealth is confiscated, they are forcibly controlled, and the lucky ones can enter the Church to become immortal Vampire, while the unlucky ones may be directly assigned to the blood slave group for forced labor.
This is even more unjust than the story of Dou E!
Immediately, public sentiment was aroused, and the middle class in Lino City even formed a rebellion.