Chapter Volume 7, The Third Step Toward the End: Pure, the Purest Existence (2/2)

I directly walked up the walls, and as the werewolf landed, I told him, “Your strength is truly impressive.”

The stronger the werewolf, the more strength they could retain in their human forms. However, a vast majority of werewolves were simply no different from the average human without transforming.

The werewolf, however, seemed extremely shocked. He stared at me with wide eyes, as he let slip the question, “How are you so fast?”

The young master proudly stated, “Charles’s speed is amazing!”

Fear showed on the werewolf’s face, but that was not something to be mindful of. Originally, non-humans were always on guard around each other, and even those of the same race were not always friendly. I reminded him softly, “There should still be some time before it starts, so could I request for you to put the young master down first?”

He stiffened and nearly dropped the young master on the floor. Fortunately, the young master had quick reflexes, and naturally found his footing.

“I-I’m terribly sorry!” The werewolf looked as though he was scared out of his wits, as he desperately apologized to the young master, “I should not have picked you up so casually! I forgot for a moment that the vampire could take you up here! I’m truly sorry! Please forgive me!”

The young master seemed stunned. He continuously reassured the other with “It’s O.K.,” but the werewolf continued to look terror-stricken.

“Are you scared of me?” The young master fell silent for a while, before he inquired, “Did Ah Yue—Did Secretary Bai say something to you? You don’t have to be bothered by it. I won’t tell Secretary Bai anything.”

“Secretary Bai? Why would someone of his level personally come and speak to me?” The werewolf blurted out with alarm. Seeming to have thought of something, his face turned ashen as he stuttered with an expression of despair, “Y-You are the Sun Emperor’s little brother. Of course you are of a higher rank than him!”

The young master seemed to be utterly clueless as to what the other was implying. However, I understood. He had mentioned just now that Secretary Bai would not personally speak to him, but given that the young master had come to speak to him personally, he had implied in a roundabout manner that the young master was of a lower rank than Secretary Bai—However, the young master did not do roundabouts.

Seeing how pale the werewolf’s face was, the young master started to panic as well. I walked in front to cut between the werewolf and the young master, and spoke quietly, “Our young master does not understand such matters. All you need to do is to keep a moderate level of respect.”

Hearing that, the werewolf snuck a few glances at the young master, and his expression seemed a lot more relaxed.

“Young Master, do you know why the werewolf that had previously held you hostage stopped at the crucial moment, just as he was about to attack you?” The werewolf quickly spoke up, as though he wished to make up for his mistake by providing some information to the young master.

The young master shook his head, curiosity written on his face. A relieved expression appeared on the werewolf’s face, as though he was extremely happy about not having to disappear off the face of the earth for a slip of the tongue.

“The werewolves have their ancient sacred laws. As of now, barely anyone follows them, but they have more or less passed down through the generations. One of these laws is ‘Thou must not harm the purest existence.’ I believe that, at that time, he must have thought of this law.”

Vampires also had their sacred laws too, but they had fallen into oblivion even more so than the werewolves’. Even with my honorable father’s abilities, he could only find the law, “Thou must not take the last drop of blood when feeding.” However, he was unable to find out the actual reason for it either.

Though I did not know the story behind this law, my honorable father had still fervently warned me that even if I had no other option but to take blood from humans directly, I was not to take the last drop of blood.

However, a living human would have about five to six liters of blood, which was simply not an amount that I could possibly finish. In the situation where I did not want to kill the one I was feeding from, I would drink approximately a liter or less of their blood. That would satisfy me to about seventy to eighty percent full. If I had the intention of killing them, then I just had to drink over two liters of their blood, which would result in me not feeling any hunger for an entire two days.

Therefore, the reason as to why this law existed was completely unfathomable to me.

“I’m not the purest existence or the like,” the young master refuted.

The werewolf looked at him, and just smiled in return. He then shifted his gaze toward me, wordlessly implying, “Your young master is truly an adorable and innocent child,” or something of the like.

However, I could not decide whether or not to agree with such a statement. Certainly, the young master was a little innocent, but given that he also had the side of “Dark Sun” that was rational to the point of heartlessness, it was extremely difficult to judge as always.

“The reporters are here,” the werewolf nervously told us.

Over our course of conversation, the reporters had already started entering the scene. Though there were not many of them, they were entering extremely quickly, and had even done their best to squeeze to the very front. It was a pity for them that our current location was diagonally across in the back.

At this moment, the werewolf cried out and started transforming. The young master’s eyes grew wide, but he did not show any shock in his expression. After all, the process was not unfamiliar to him, for it looked almost the same as Dragon Peace’s transformation. The only difference was that Dragon Peace’s body was bigger, and he did not grow fur.

The body of this werewolf was a little bigger than the previous one that had stirred up trouble, and his fur was a beautiful silvery-gray. As expected, he was no ordinary person. It was no wonder that the Sun Alliance had recruited him.

The werewolf stooped down and reassured the young master, “I will have to carry you. Please don’t be afraid, for I will absolutely not harm you!”

The young master nodded.

The actions of this werewolf made me feel a little shocked. Typically speaking, even a transformed werewolf who sounded conscious would still be impulsive and easily prone to anger. A single glance at them would usually be enough to invite a deadly fist.

If that were not the case, the werewolf race would not have found it so difficult to avoid getting their hands stained in blood. However, this werewolf was able to maintain his calm to such an extent. Could it be that the stronger the werewolf, the calmer they are? That was not something I had heard of before.

After picking up the young master, the werewolf first gave a loud roar that resonated to the sky. Even the area around the water tower seemed to shake slightly. I could not help but worry that it might attract other werewolves’ attention, but then decided that if this was something that Secretary Bai had personally arranged, there should not be any problems.

When the roar faded, the werewolf jumped upwards and landed on the water tower, crushing it in half. Large amounts of water started gushing out from the cracks, like tiny waterfalls flowing endlessly. This made the rooftop that had been arranged to appear like ruins appear even more ruined.

Most likely, the werewolf is so terrifying that it actually managed to prevent the reporters from charging forwards… Or perhaps, it is because they are worried that the water would damage their cameras?

About three seconds later, the reporters seemed to come to a realization that the scene before their eyes was also a part of the press conference. Camera lights immediately started flashing non-stop.

After the reporters had filmed for a while, the werewolf angrily roared at them, “The setting sun is gone. From now on, it is the realm of the non-humans!”

The werewolf lifted up the young master, as though flaunting his prize, as he growled, “Be it Sunset City, or the angel, they all belong to the non-humans!”

This speech is really too provocative. If someone takes it seriously and believes that the non-humans are challenging humans, it could possibly stir up both parties. Is it truly wise to use these kinds of stunts for publicity?

“Who has the guts to try and save him? You? Or is it you?” He pointed at the various video cameras repeatedly and snarled, “Or is it the Church? Do you still have the balls to?”

Hearing the werewolf issue the challenge to the Church made all the reporters gasp. Even I felt rather shocked at this. Is this really just some normal movie propaganda?

Compared with the werewolf’s continuous taunting, the young master simply did not have a single line to speak. He seemed unsure as to what to do, and merely stared at the cameras innocently. At this moment, the werewolf abruptly threw him on the ground, and then struck the side of the young master’s head with a powerful slap … How dare you hit the young master!

In a single slide step, I arrived in front of the young master, shielding him. I absolutely could not let the werewolf hurt the young master again.

“Charles, don’t!” The young master shrieked from behind me.

Even if the young master were to say so, how could I possibly leave my hands out of this matter, and allow the werewolf to hurt him further just because the young master is unable to retaliate in the middle of filming?

“Has he really gone berserk?” I muttered.

As I thought, we should not have gotten a werewolf. It is too difficult to control one of their race. Using the Hollow Roar of the vampires, I warned him, “Retreat!”

The werewolf raised his head and laughed loudly, “Just because of you? Pesky little vampire, are you standing on the side of the humans?”

I had lost count how many times I had been asked this question. Naturally, humans would assume that I was on the side of the non-humans, but my behavior made non-humans suspect that I was on the side of humans. In the past, I had always been stumped for an answer, but this time–

“I am on the side of the young master!”

The werewolf lowered his head to look at me, seeming a little shocked. I began to feel suspicious. Judging from his expressions and movements, he did not seem to have lost his sanity.

“Charles, he didn’t hit me for real! He just gently pushed my face a little, and the slapping sound came from somewhere else,” explained the young master in a small voice from behind me.

“…”

The entire place was a sea of silence. Do not tell me I interrupted the press conference? Feeling a bit uneasy, I glanced toward the conference stage where Melody stood. She sighed as she shook her head at me and mouthed the words, “You’re so gullible.”

Gullible? I froze for a moment. Could it be that even the part that “I would go in front and stop him” was a part of the press conference?

In the distance, a helicopter seemed to be slowly flying toward us. I grew even more puzzled. Is this possibly also a part of the press conference?

The helicopter drew closer, and I felt that there was something off about it. If I was not mistaken, the symbol on the side of the helicopter seemed to belong to—

Bang, bang!

With a slide step, I stood in front of the werewolf, using layers of blood ability to slow down the bullets. Upon slowing the bullets down, I swept most of them away and grabbed one of them with my hand. As expected, what I saw in my palm was an armor-piercing bullet used to deal with vampires.

Honestly speaking, I did not need to use my blood ability to block ordinary bullets, or even a small amount of armor-piercing bullets. I could directly catch them with my hands. It was just that after I had clearly seen the symbol on the helicopter, I did not dare to drop my guard. For after all, they were—

“The Church!” This time, I could hear from the werewolf’s voice that he was truly enraged.

Everyone turned to look at the sky, and the helicopter drew closer and closer. The large cross on the vehicle seemed to excite the reporters even more.

The young master muttered, “The sounds of this helicopter are so soft. So it’s possible for one to be this quiet? But what is the Church doing here? Could it be that Ah Yue-gē arranged for this? But the relationship between the Church and Gēge is clearly terrible…”

The helicopter was already right above the rooftop, and the wind caused by the propeller blew the whole rooftop into a mess. At this moment, the door of the helicopter opened. What appeared was an extremely familiar face—a face that would make the media go crazy.

“Ah Yue-gē!”

I turned to look and saw that the young master was on the phone. His tone seemed to be one of dissatisfaction as he grumbled, “Ah Yue-gē, you must have already found Alex a long time ago and even lied about making use of me and Charles to lure him into agreeing to acting in the movie.”

The young master listened for a while, and then asked with his voice full of doubt, “Really? You really didn’t know? You are coming over?”

He stopped talking for a while, and then chuckled, “Even if you don’t come over, Gēge’s not actually going to kill you! He constantly says that he wants to kill you every day, but he still hasn’t done it yet—Ah, I’m gonna drop the call now, Alex seems like he’s coming over.”

The young master cut the call, and then instantly ordered, “Charles, get behind me and try not to speak.”

“Understood.” I immediately did as I was told.

The helicopter slowly landed on the rooftop with astoundingly little sound, not much different from a car.

The first person to step out of the helicopter was Father Alex.

This was the person who had received a lot of attention from the youngsters, was chosen as the representative of Daystar City, and in the end, even defeated the young master in the City Representative rankings, becoming number one. Though it was true that the master’s terrible reputation lowered the young master’s votes, his was still not an easy feat, and such a person would at least have to possess an outstanding appearance.

Indeed, Father Alex was extremely handsome. His head of golden hair glittered under the sun’s rays, and he had well-defined features, with a tall and slender body. If one were to say the young master was a sincere and innocent angel, then Father Alex would be a glorious and majestic god.

Other than Alex, ten clergymen stepped out of the helicopter altogether… Or at least, I presumed them to be clergymen, given that they were all dressed in the black garbs of a priest. However the various weapons in their hands made them look otherwise.

Nevertheless, Alex walked over alone.

The reporters rushed forward to take pictures. However, because Father Alex had a unique aura that made others fear offending him, the reporters gradually backed off as they shot questions at him, allowing Father Alex to walk over smoothly. All the time, he maintained a faint smile, and did not answer a single question.

Finally, he reached the bottom of the water tower. He raised his head to look up at the young master, who was currently kneeling on the floor. The young master lowered his head to look back at Alex, and the two stared at each other from different heights. Alex had a sincere expression as he said very gently, “I have always wanted to meet you. A child with a disposition like yours is truly rare these days. However, seeing you pull such a publicity stunt is somewhat regretful. This would stir up the rift between the non-humans and humans.”

Indeed, this kind of publicity stunt is not the best way to do things, but that was not a decision made by the young master.

The young master boldly retorted, “And directly firing a gun at others is better?”

Hearing that, Alex gave a bitter smile. “Indeed, it is not great, but please believe me when I say that my companions did not use any weapons that were too lethal.”

He seemed a little helpless as he looked back toward his companions. Indeed, those clergymen looked like the type who would fire without a word.

The bullets just now were truly not lethal. The young master seemed to know this too, and so he did not appear particularly angry. He merely asked inquisitively, “Did you come over to reject the movie offer? That’s why you opened fire?”

“No, no!” Alex quickly clarified, and following that, he seemed somewhat troubled as he answered, “I am here as ordained, but since I can’t really act, it doesn’t seem right to agree to it.”

“It doesn’t matter, right? Anyways, I can’t act either,” the young master honestly admitted.

Alex froze for a moment before laughing in reply, “So, the two of us, neither of whom can act, will be starring in a movie together?”

“Yeah, that seems to be the case!”

The reporters below seemed a little dumbfounded, and some of them started laughing. Even the werewolf at the side looked as though he could not decide whether to laugh or cry.

Alex and the young master looked at each other with smiles on their faces, seemingly getting along with each other.

“All right, all right!” Melody stepped toward Alex, but before she could even get close, the other nine clergymen all raised their respective weapons at her.

Melody’s eyes narrowed dangerously, but she did not retaliate. Instead, it was the young master who directly jumped down from the water tower to stand in front of Melody, his face full of rage. But before he could even speak, the waiters serving drinks at both sides of the press conference all flipped their tea trays and pulled out various weapons from under their trays. There were even two people holding energy swords, who walked forward to stand between the young master and the priests.

A mere press conference was about to become a battleground. Can the young master really finish the movie successfully with Father Alex? I could not help but feel worried.

“My fellow brothers, the Lord once said, ‘Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed.’ Thus, to better oneself as a human, one must use their utmost to avoid resorting to violence.”

Alex merely frowned, his face showing a trace of disapproval. However, one could thoroughly feel his disappointment. The priests hesitated for a moment, and then one-by-one put their weapons away with guilt on their faces. However, there were still a few who remained unconvinced and retorted, “Alex, they are vampires! Their existence is a sin in itself!”

Alex calmly replied, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone.”

“A stone?” The young master muttered with his head lowered, “Aren’t they holding guns?”

I quietly answered, “Young Master, it is a reference to a story in the Bible.”

The young master gave an “Oh.”

The unconvinced clergymen silently put away their weapons as well.

Seeing that, the young master’s expression greatly improved, and his gaze toward Alex was no longer cautious. I could not help but worry a little upon seeing this. No matter what, the incidents in the past made it impossible for them to have a friendly relationship. However, the young master was not one to hold a grudge, and if he were to get along well with Alex, it was possible that the young master could drop his guard.

Alex turned around, and gave a small smile. “It is an honor to be able to act in the same film as you. I will be looking forward to it greatly.”

The young master replied with a smile, “Me too!”

“May I ask you a question?” Alex abruptly brought up.

The young master shrugged and responded, “Sure!”

“Why is the one behind you wearing priest garbs with a cross necklace? Is this supposed to be a form of satire? Or perhaps I am mistaken, and this is actually his way of expressing his friendliness?”

The young master reflexively looked back. I was currently wearing the priest garbs that I had forgotten to change out of since changing into them at X-Killer.

I fell silent for a while, before I uttered, “This is… the current trend.”