Chapter 27: All villains (seeking investment!)
Don't get me wrong, Salomon is not some hero who is eager for justice. Those people are dead, and late justice is worthless. He just wants to know some information he needs.
You must know that although vampires are classified as undead, they can still reproduce. They can give birth to children through the same reproduction method as humans, and they can also transform humans into new vampires through the form of first embrace.
And the behavior of first embrace is a kind of covenant of blood, a magical contract that cannot be betrayed. This kind of contract flows in the blood of vampires and is passed down from generation to generation.
Barnabas Collins has a very special identity. He is a vampire transformed directly from the magic in the "Dark Book of God". Perhaps he himself is not aware of how high his personality is. Many years ago, the gang The so-called "pure-blood" and "half-blood" vampires entrenched in Detroit bowed their heads when they saw him. His Holiness then told Salomon the group of vampires who summoned the so-called "Blood God" as a joke.
It's just that Salomon couldn't see the group of vampires anymore, they were all killed by a guy named Blade Warrior.
The current Barnabas is still very young (for a vampire), and he hasn't accumulated much power, otherwise Salomon would not dare to come to see him rashly. Salomon just wanted to know if Barnabas had reproduced like a mouse, so that he could know how many vampires there were in this town.
"I admit, I was just dug out at the construction site on Route 9, and I was really thirsty." Barnabas spoke with a strong southern English accent, and he pinched a piece of paper with his fingertips. Printing paper, hold it far away. He looked it over and said, "Oh, and there's this, a bunch of hippies whose blood tastes awful from taking that shitty drug."
"Only these?" Salomon maintained a smiling face. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the Collins family sitting opposite him, who was already a little impatient. Caroline became gloomy again, and David also retreated quietly. tensed up. But Salomon didn't seem to notice anything wrong, he said, "I want to confirm one thing, that is—Mr. Barnabas, have you transformed humans?"
"You mean First Embrace? There's only one!" The vampire shook his head violently, "...Sir? Forgot to ask for your name."
"Damonette."
"Okay, Mr. Damonette." The vampire folded his hands over his heart, "I had the idea of transforming Elizabeth into a vampire, but she rejected it. Liz (Elizabeth's nickname) enjoys aging. And Victoria... She did not escape An Qi's poisonous hands, after being killed by An Qi, I transformed her, and this allowed her to survive. If this is also a crime, I am willing to bear it."
"Then there are two vampires here." Salomon stood up and pushed the rest of the printing paper in front of Barnabas, "So the rest of these were all committed by your wife Victoria? "
"No, no, no." Barnabas pushed the printing paper back, and he was not offended by the quantifiers Salomon used. He shook his head violently and denied, "Victoria would not do such a thing. The Collins family invested in the hospital, and now we have changed to drinking blood bags from the hospital. In fact, we are also very puzzled. The only vampire I transformed is Victoria. One... for this reason we often need to spend a lot of money to cover up the facts, and this is done to prevent people from suspecting the Collins family, although we did not do those things."
"Are there other vampires in this area?" Salomon paced in the living room, slowly and naturally distanced himself from the Collins family, "Mr. Barnabas, please think about it, whether you have been transformed Another human? The bite marks on those corpses cannot be faked. According to what you said, I don't think that witch will transform other vampires—she is affectionate enough."
The vampire walked around the living room with his head bowed, his cane banging on the marble floor, and Barnabas kept mumbling. But no matter what, he can be sure that he only transformed Victoria. In fact, the Collins family has investigated those cases through the police more than once, but in the end they found nothing. Later, in order to hide the traces of the Collins family, Barnabas could only use his ability to control people's hearts to prevent the police from continuing to investigate.
But the Collins family still found a clue of another vampire.
"No, I'm sure." Barnabas stopped in the end, Elizabeth kept winking at Barnabas, the vampire took a look and swallowed what he wanted to say, he changed his words, "But I can help you re-investigate this matter."
"Very good." Salomon nodded, "Please prepare the things I need. I will pick them up tomorrow."
After Salomon was led by Willy to leave the hall, Elizabeth stood up with David's support. She said, "You don't really believe that wizard, do you? He says he represents some priory of wizards...I'm afraid he'll bring someone."
"Of course not, my dear Liz." The vampire blinked. Even though Barnabas was buried in a coffin when he was young, and he was still a little innocent and romantic when he was just dug out, but as he once held a As the patriarch of a big family, it is impossible for him to easily believe a stranger's proposal. And, whether he is willing or not, the negative energy entrenched in his body will make his thinking go dark and evil, which is why the so-called "black magic will lead to corruption".
He said, "Now that Victoria and I enjoy eternal youth, why should I be human? It's a pity that I can't enjoy human food."
"What about the other vampire?" Elizabeth frowned, "This may expose the Collins family."
"Liz, don't worry, I've got a clue," Barnabas said. "Remember Julia Hoffman?"
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A circular arc of sparks suddenly appeared in the hall of Collingwood Manor, which really startled the waiting Collins family. Poor Willy was still waiting for Salomon's arrival at the gate of the manor, but at this time Salomon had already stepped into the hall through the portal.
"My dear Mr. Damonette." Barnabas came up to meet him. He looked behind Salomon curiously, but saw nothing but orange sparks. He could only look down at Salomon again, "It's a pity that I couldn't entertain you well yesterday, but I have already prepared everything you need."
Elizabeth's eyes flickered. Although Barnabas had demonstrated some magic to her, except for the enchanting spell, everything else could only be called tricks. However, Salomon's behavior of opening the portal in the hall forced her to temporarily increase her evaluation of Salomon. The actual helm of the Corinth family changed her attitude very well, and immediately changed her and Barnabas's relationship with Barnabas yesterday. plan of.
Originally, the Collins family only wanted to solve another vampire entrenched in Port Corinth through the hands of Salomon. Barnabas's performance was enough to deceive most people. The vampire showed the guilt of being forced to suck blood (although this is true), and the desire to turn back into a human (which is fake).
Later, when Salomon wanted to help Barnabas turn back into a human being, he killed him by surprise, completely covering up the traces of the Corinthian family. Maybe they still need to think about how to deal with the Mage Hermitage in the future, but when Salomon appeared, the Corinthian family had already gotten into trouble, and now they could only take one step at a time.
Elizabeth secretly spat - that witch will cause trouble for the Corinthian family even if she dies.
But now, Elizabeth thinks that Salomon must still have some unknown magic. Barnabas' magic has no effect on him, and the biggest reliance to kill Salomon has disappeared. Of course, she didn't think that firearms would work against wizards. She had attacked Angelique Bouchard with a shotgun, but the effect was not good.
She even believed that Salomon's move was to increase deterrence, and he was probably not fooled by yesterday's performance. The implication of using this magic is "I know where you are, and I can come here at any time, and you can't escape."
In fact, Salomon has no idea of helping Barnabas lift the curse at all—this is beyond his ability, and he has never learned the content of the "Book of Visander" about lifting the curse of vampires, even with this It is a kind of magic, and its function must be to destroy vampires. And vampire dust is an extremely rare material for casting spells. If possible, he would not mind adding some collections to his dimensional bag. The spine and fingers of vampires are also excellent materials.
Facing a primordial vampire who hadn't completely mastered his power, Salomon felt that he could still run even if he couldn't beat him.
If Salomon was still the original dead house, he would not have such thoughts at all. But as said before, he may be influenced by the necromancers and black magic masters in his memory, because while controlling some of the stigmata, he also learned the memories of some mages.
So Salomon might be... a little crazy right now.
But no one noticed it, even the Supreme Mage—how could a normal person be interested in a terrifying place like the Dark Dimension?
"Thank you very much, Mr. Barnabas." Salomon did not shake hands with the vampire, but performed a mage etiquette.
Barnabas opened his palm, then retracted it. The corner of his mouth raised, and his right hand stretched out to the huge staircase leading to the second floor from the living room, "Everything you need is there, please follow me."
"Of course." Salomon responded with a smile. There was a twinkle of interest in his eyes, for the spellbooks, and... for the vampires.
ps: Recommendation tickets, investment, I want them all! (clench fist)
Good morning.
