277 Rhine’s Reques (1/2)

Chapter 277: Rhine’s Request

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

”Mr… Mr. Rhine?! Why are you here?!” Lucien was more than surprised. Although he was still alert, it was still a big relief to Lucien.

It was Rhine who was sitting in the throne up there, raising his glass to greet to Lucien. Just like when he was in Aalto, Rhine still looked very relaxed and casual, as if he was here just waiting for Lucien.

The fancy gold throne in this glorious castle built by Count Witte himself to honor his great achievement in the countless battles now looked boring in this world of black and white. When facing death, all those valuable things including feelings, glory, loyalty, treasure and cuisines had lost their meaning. In the world of death, everything was the same meaningless.

However, Rhine was the only colorful existence in this space. Silver, red and black… he was so out of tune here, a living man in the world of death. He lit up the space, but also made this space seem a bit absurd and so unreal.

”Why am I here?” Rhine swirled the wine a little and grinned, ”I'm here for you, Lucien.”

”Come on, Mr. Rhine…” the corner of Lucien's lips twitched a bit. Rhine still liked playing jokes, which made him feel a little more relaxed.

Lucien did not believe Rhine's joke. After all, they had not met each other for a long time. Even prophesy could not be this accurate.

Rhine shook his head and put down the glass. When he slowly stood up, Lucien saw the pair of huge bat wings behind his back. The wings were so huge that the whole castle was filled with them, and the dim light on the wings rippled like water.

”Vampire… Legendary?” After seeing that, Lucien finally became certain that Rhine was not a human being. Although he had much of this thought when he met Rhine's grandson, Viscount Carendia, now his guess was finally proved right.

Rhine slowly walked down the stairs and smiled, ”I am not joking. Lucien, I am waiting for you. I even cast my projection into Count Witte's dream.”

Although this Rhine in front of Lucien was acting in a quite casual way, Lucien suddenly had this weird feeling that Rhine was using all his power to maintain his own existence. Maybe this Rhine was not real. It could be a projection!

”I see. What can I do for you, Mr. Rhine? You also know the World of Souls?” Lucien became more serious.

Rhine nodded, ”I was sent by the Dark Council to Aalto for a task, but later I found the real seal of the Master of Argent. Because the seal was part of a very important story that had created much of a stir before Saint Calendar, and the secret of the World of Souls, I changed my plan and chose to work with my enemies.”

”Sard… The grand cardinal?” Lucien murmured thoughtfully. Across Aalto, the grand cardinal seemed to be the only one who was qualified to be Rhine's enemy and to work with him. The other two legendary-level people were all in the north fortress—one was God's Glory, Bellia, the leader of Sword Brothers, Natasha's teacher, and the other was Snake the Chaos, Milton, who had a very close relationship with Violet family. To Lucien, it was just absurd and creepy thinking of the fact that a Saint Cardinal would work with the ancestor of a vampire…

Rhine's smile was as charming as before, ”Brilliant. Then, our goal was basically fulfilled. But when I was exploring the Word of Souls, I ran into some… some accidents, and I got trapped somewhere here, like Maskelyne, who left you with the amulet.”

He took a glance at Lucien's chest as he was speaking.

”How do you know…?” Lucien burst out a question. However, he instantly realized that Rhine was watching him all the time before he entered this world. It was not hard for Rhine to know that Lucien had found Sun's Corona left by Maskelyne.

When they were now standing face to face, feeling the existence of Sun's Corona should be even easier for this legendary level vampire. Maybe Rhine also knew where Maskelyne was in the World of Souls…

Thinking of this, Lucien hurriedly asked, ”Mr. Rhine, but you look different, as if you and Mr. Maskelyne are both trapped here? What's the secret of this place?”

Lucien had been bothered by this question for days and nights, especially after he found that Maskelyne might have something to do with the establishment of Saint Truth. Finally, Lucien had someone in front of him that could probably answer this question!

Rhine shrugged a bit, ”It's a long story. I am always cautious, so before I entered this world, I was quite prepared. Also, because I can borrow someone's power, even trapped as I am right now, I can still cast my projection. Unfortunately, this projection does not have much power. To communicate with the material world, I can only pick those lives that are close to death to cast my projection in their dreams. In fact, what Count Witte has encountered so far is related to something in this world, so I have been watching him for a long time. From Mianka, the Transfiguration sorcerer's dream, I got to know that you were going there.”