Chapter 249 - Soul Hunger (1/2)

Chapter 249 Soul Hunger

Roy did not say anything but looked Giovanni up and down, making him very nervous. To be honest, the battle between Arantir and Roy had scared Giovanni a little.

The kingdom of Heresh was actually formed by several large and small death lords and their territories. As a vampire count, Giovanni also had a territory, but his territory was relatively small. In layman’s terms, Giovanni was actually just a countryside lord, and he could only command a group of vampires and some low-level undead.

There were many countryside lords like Giovanni in Heresh. Rather than a kingdom, Heresh was more like an alliance. The necromancers had come together because of the persecution of the mages of the kingdom of Bracada and their shared faith in Asha to protect themselves. This also made the kingdom of Heresh not have a so-called king, and the various lords all had their own thoughts. They were not united and only maintained a superficial harmony.

And Arantir was one of the strongest death lords in Heresh. This person who claimed to have obtained Asha’s favor had received the attention of other death lords. Many minor lords like Giovanni believed that Arantir would be the candidate to unify Heresh, so they all submitted to him.

Giovanni followed Arantir like this back then, but after following Arantir for some time, Giovanni felt that he had followed the wrong person!

Arantir did not show much ambition. He did not take the initiative to attack and consolidate the territories of other death lords, and he spent most of his time reading books and fighting demons. In Giovanni’s opinion, Arantir was like a bookworm, no different from the mages in the ivory towers of Bracada.

When Giovanni gradually saw through the person he admired, he increasingly had thoughts of ‘Arantir is nothing more than this’ in his heart. His ambitions steadily grew, and he wanted to replace Arantir.

However, the enemies Arantir had encountered in the past were too weak, and he could easily defeat them with his undead army. Thus, Giovanni had never seen the Death Incarnation summoned by Arantir and had known nothing about the existence of the spectral dragon!

Until today, after meeting Roy, Arantir summoned his Death Incarnation to fight Roy. Only then did Giovanni realize that this damn bookworm Arantir had actually been guarding against him…

The status of a vampire count was indeed not low among the vampires. But in comparison, Giovanni’s combat strength was at most equal to an upper-middle-rank demon. Before this, Giovanni was quite confident in his strength, but after seeing Arantir’s Death Incarnation and the strength he displayed in the battle with Roy, he was terrified. Fortunately, he had not had the time to challenge Arantir. Otherwise, he would have died.

Giovanni still had some eyesight. He could tell that whether it was this demon in front of him or Arantir’s Death Incarnation, everything they displayed was extraordinary. Especially this demon in front of him, he could actually fight Arantir and the spectral dragon he summoned alone and suppress them both. This was definitely not something that an ordinary high-rank demon could do. Even a powerful death lord like Arantir could not win against this demon, and Giovanni made a comparison easily.

Even if he wanted to join the strong, he had to join the strongest, right? Therefore, Giovanni made a decision without hesitation and planned to cooperate with this demon!

He knew very well that cooperating with the demon might yield better results than with a necromancer like Arantir because demons were absolutely not interested in ruling a nation of undead. As long as Giovanni did it properly, he might be able to use this demon’s power to become the king of all of Heresh!

Of course, this was also the decision that Giovanni made through observing that this demon might be a smart one. If Roy were a hot-tempered demon, Giovanni would not have thought of this, and he was afraid that Roy would tear him apart…

Giovanni waited nervously for Roy’s response, and Roy looked at Giovanni full of interest.

Speaking of which, Giovanni was the second vampire count that Roy had encountered!

The first vampire count was naturally Dracula of the Van Helsing world. But that Count Dracula was just an undeserved name. Not only was he only around four hundred years old, but he was also so weak that he did not even know how to use common magic. And now, this Count Giovanni felt much stronger.