While other battlefields in Nagoya were in the heat of combat, Crowley's location remained quiet and deserted.
The sounds of battle drifted in from all directions; why hadn't any of the Imperial Demon Army come to the City Hall in the center?
"Ah, so boring. Lord Crowley, I want to drink blood."
Chess said as she lay in Horn's arms.
Crowley was flipping through a book in his hand, appearing quite patient.
"I'm bored too. It seems the Imperial Demon Army plans to gather for a final assault here. We'll be able to have some real fun then."
Chess swung her legs back and forth and asked,
"Lord Crowley, why don't we go help the other nobles?"
Crowley spread his hands.
"Ferid-kun said I should just stay at the City Hall. There must be some plan that requires my assistance. If you're truly bored, you can go out and find some humans yourselves."
Chess pouted and complained,
"I don't want to. Lord Ferid is just... he seems so wicked, I don't like him."
Horn chimed in as well.
"I feel the same as Chess on that point."
Crowley didn't take it to heart and replied casually,
"Ah, so he's that disliked? What about Luke then? How do you feel about him?"
Chess thought for a moment.
"Luke is alright, but he's a bit of a jerk too. It's a pity I can't beat him in a fight."
Horn responded with a smile.
"I don't really have a good or bad impression of Luke."
Crowley said with some confusion,
"Eh? How so? I thought his personality was very similar to Ferid's."
Chess waved her hand and said,
"How could Lord Crowley think that? Lord Ferid feels like he's acting heartless to hide something, but Luke is just purely heartless—he beats up whoever he's annoyed with. Many Vampires in Krul's faction were wavering, but they've all been beaten into submission!"
Crowley didn't quite agree. Luke knew too much; it felt like he knew the development or changes of many things. He wasn't just purely heartless, but he certainly acted far too willfully, regardless of the consequences. He even dared to insult Lest Karr at the Ancestor Council Meeting a few days ago.
At that moment, a Vampire entered the room.
"Lord Crowley, a fresh source of blood has been delivered."
Crowley looked up at the messenger and then nodded.
"As Luke said, send it to the underground parking lot of the Central Building. Don't worry about anything else."
"Yes!"
The Vampire went downstairs and reported Crowley's words to Mika and several other Vampires.
Lacus jumped down from the helicopter and leaned into René's ear, saying,
"Hey, do you believe the Cute King definitely has some plan? Not sending it to the Nagoya Blood Collection Site, but to an underground parking lot—it's too suspicious!"
René rolled his eyes at Lacus.
"What does it have to do with you?"
Lacus said, dissatisfied,
"You're such a buzzkill. I'm not playing with you anymore; I'm going to find Mika."
Mika had incredible execution; by this time, he was already leading the humans toward the designated location, thinking of Luke's instructions before they set out.
"Mika, this operation is very important. It's a great chance to take back Yuichiro. You must seize it; this task is meant for you. Once you bring Yuichiro back, we'll immediately go save everyone in Shibuya!"
Everyone... I will definitely bring you back!
Mika made a firm resolution in his heart.
Central Building Underground Parking Lot.
"Humans, if you want to stay alive, everyone give three test tubes of blood—children give one—then come behind me to collect food. If conditions allow, you'll be let go after this battle."
Kyle was directing the crowd. These were humans raised in the Nagoya Blood Collection Site. Due to the greedy demands of the Nagoya nobles, there weren't many left, which was why they needed replenishment. Luke had Crowley move them here.
Before long, over a hundred people numbly finished giving blood and collected their food.
Looking at the familiar packaging of the Nutrient Solution, they didn't complain; they were used to it.
But when they took their first sip, everyone's eyes lit up.
"It tastes good!"
This was the Nutrient Solution Luke had the Vampires improve. The humans in Sanguinem had been drinking it for a long time, and the quality of their blood had increased rather than decreased.
There were even different flavors. It could be said that the humans in Sanguinem had everything except freedom; the human residential areas had almost developed into commercial streets, and they were much more willing when it came to blood donation.
Luke focused on domestication rather than enslavement. However, in this war, both the Imperial Demon Army and the Vampires would suffer heavy losses, and Luke had no intention of stopping it. Therefore, he wouldn't bother with these humans after the war; whether they wanted to run or stay was up to them.
Mika and the others brought the humans over, but they were blocked at the entrance by several Lower-ranking Vampires.
Kyle returned inside the sword and went to the entrance to receive the new blood source.
"You can leave now. The battle has already begun; go find the Imperial Demon Army people yourselves."
"The sword! The Cute King's sword spoke!"
Lacus shook René's body, speaking excitedly.
René was shaken so much he couldn't stand steadily and said, somewhat speechless,
"Get lost!"
Kyle wanted to take the humans down, but suddenly remembering something, he arrived behind Lacus in the blink of an eye and struck the back of his head with the hilt of the sword.
"Don't think you can call him Cute King just because he's not here. Watch it next time."
Lacus winced in pain and rubbed the back of his head aggrievedly.
"Damn it, don't you call him Cute King too?"
Kyle's voice came back, sounding perfectly justified.
"He's not here."
Since Luke wasn't sharing his vision right now, how he mocked Luke depended entirely on his mood!
Lacus stood up, one hand on Mika's shoulder and the other on René's.
"I must find a chance to have Moe... to have Luke melt it down! Bastard, there's a bump on my head. It even has Cursed Gear power; it won't go away for a while!"
Kyle led the people back into the parking lot. After the same procedure, Kyle called over a Vampire to load the blood into a vehicle and leave, taking along a sturdy-looking man who seemed relatively spirited.
Kyle looked at the route planning Luke had provided and began to draw an array using human blood, even adding a bit of different blood types to stack some BUFFs.
That sturdy man was taught how to use the Imperial Demon Army's Curse Talismans to hide their tracks.
Vampires also had means to hide their tracks, but setting them up was much more troublesome than using Curse Talismans.
Sanguinem.
"Is everyone here? Let's go!"
Luke gripped a noble's head in his hand and said with a smile to the Vampire nobles present.
"Lord Luke, I was wrong. I will obey all of Lady Krul's arrangements!"
The head in Luke's hand, which was already showing signs of Demon Transformation, opened its mouth to beg for mercy.
"Your attitude is sincere enough. I hope you can maintain it~"
Luke promptly reattached his head, preventing him from turning into a demon. The flesh and blood of the body and head surged, and the noble's head was restored, though his face looked very weak.
"Get on the helicopter."
Krul spoke succinctly, not wanting to deal with the petty schemes of these nobles.
None of the nobles dared to say more; Krul and Luke had just taught the rebellious ones a lesson.
With everyone in position, the helicopter took off.
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