The First Vampire

Chapter 710: 708 Showdown_1

“Really?”

Grace’s face showed disbelief, but the deep-seated panic in her eyes was sharply caught by Colin.

“So who is my father?”

Colin gave a slight smile, confidently uttering a name:

“Mr. Ji.”

“Ji… Mr. Ji?” Grace gaped, “Duke… You’re joking with me, right?”

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“I’ve told you, I’m not joking.” Colin said coldly, “It’s not Brugen Family, or Huorong City, or that ridiculous Huorong Army that Count Evan wanted to betroth you for. It was all to win over Mr. Ji!

Only by marrying you, Mr. Ji’s daughter, would Mr. Ji help him seize the position of Duke of the Eastlands!

So on that chaotic night when the Blood Knight Army stormed into White Dew City, Mr. Ji indeed suddenly emerged, almost turning the tide for Count Evan!

In the same vein, Camila St. Prowse’s insistence on marrying you isn’t just to infuriate me, but also to curry favor with Mr. Ji!

This isn’t a marriage alliance between the St. Prowse Family and the Brugen Family, but rather between the St. Prowse Family and the St. Sean Family!

That’s why they all insist on marrying you!

Also, in the Storm Fortress, when I found out that Queen Midela was in fact a well-hidden sixth-order Mage, I knew instantly that she and Mr. Ji were the closest partners!

These two, I suspect, have truly shared their most important secrets, establishing an intimate alliance!

And you, the person who was able to uncover Queen Midela’s biggest secret, must have been told by Mr. Ji, didn’t you?”

The color of panic in Grace’s eyes became more intense, but she pursed her lips and still held on:

“Duke, these are all your speculations.”

“Indeed, these are just speculations. But when such speculation provides a reasonable explanation for multiple mysteries, then speculation turns into the only probable truth.”

Colin wrapped his arm around Grace’s slender waist, his strength almost suffocating her.@@novelbin@@

“Moreover, to prove these speculations of mine is actually quite straightforward.” Colin gently kissed Grace’s red lips, but found that the young girl’s lips had turned stiff and cold, “On this trip to Huorong City, I willingly let you all put me in a trap while you prepared to launch your attack, am I right?

If so, then you just stay by my side obediently and see if my speculations come true one by one.”

Hearing this, Grace finally lost her calm.

She couldn’t help but tremble, her face showing both struggle and terror, and she pleaded with an extremely miserable tone:

“Duke… Duke… You’re hurting me…”

But Colin’s arm like steel, held onto Grace tightly, speaking with utter affection:

“Grace, didn’t you once say you wanted to be my most loyal lover? Didn’t you say you were willing to sacrifice everything for me? Now, it’s time for you to fulfill your promise.

Let’s live and die together!”

Colin held Grace tightly, as if trying to meld her into his body.

Crrack——

His great strength caused Grace’s ribs to crack one by one under the pressure.

She wanted to cry out in pain, but Colin silenced her with a kiss, turning her cries into muffled moans.

Blood gushed from her mouth, flowing directly into Colin’s mouth.

“Gulp… gulp…”

Indeed, a young girl’s blood was always especially sweet.

Just then, a distant commotion from outside gradually became clear, ringing out into the night.

In the end, the sleeping Huorong City was seemingly woken abruptly.

The sounds of screaming, fighting, roaring, and wailing filled the air.

Boom, Boom——

The urgent knocking woke Colin up from the “hot kiss”.

He lifted his head, his mouth full of blood.

“Come in.”

Scholar Yerug entered, and before he could say anything, he was startled by Colin’s appearance.

“Bro…brother…save…save me…”

Hearing Grace’s weak plea for help, Colin showed a scornful smile, bearing his tusk-like teeth.

“Scholar Yerug, so you’re Grace’s brother!”

Scholar Yerug put on a deliberately surprised expression, and asked confusedly,

“Duke, what’s wrong with Miss Grace? Is she ill? Why is she incoherent?”

Colin scoffed and said,

“Enough, don’t pretend. Yerug St. Sean, I’ve never considered you one of us from the start.

Yes, before Dongquan Town, you did remind me of Prince Lexie’s conspiracy, but it wasn’t because you wanted to protect me, you merely didn’t want to see me die at Prince Lexie’s hands.

After all, if I’m dead, the royal family would lose its biggest competitor and regain control of the Glorious Empire. This is not what your St. Sean family wants to see.

Besides, when you confessed Queen Midela’s secret to me, you deliberately omitted the biggest secret—Harrison and Judy are not Emperor Reinhardt’s children!

Don’t argue that Queen Midela didn’t tell you this secret. You should know, even the naive girl from Huorong City knows the Queen’s secret. And you, the ‘real brother’ of the Queen, is pretending to not know?

This time to the East, you first warned me that Huorong City might be a trap and suggested that I station a part of the Blood Knight Army outside the city. Then, the moment you discovered Mr. Ji, you maliciously suggested that Knight Logh leads a pursuit, intending to reduce the Blood Knight Army’s numbers in Huorong City.

Did you really think that I wouldn’t see through your tricks? Did you really think that an old count thrown out as bait and a sacrificial magic array deliberately exposed could make me lower my guard?”

Scholar Yerug also took off his disguise, no longer trying to rebut, but asked:

“Duke, then do you know what’s happening outside right now?”

Colin smirked and said,

“Even though two lots of the Blood Knight Army have been dispatched consecutively, there are still nearly ten thousand left in Huorong City. The city’s defence force wouldn’t dare to attack the Blood Knight Army, and even if they did, it would only seek a suicidal end.

So, you brought in reinforcements, didn’t you?

There aren’t many armies in the whole Glorious Empire that can compete with the Blood Knight Army. Moreover, the imperial elite troops are currently advancing towards Westland under the command of Duke St. Gregorian to fight the Orcs.

So, the only remaining elite force in the Glorious Empire that hasn’t been thrown into the Westland battlefield would be the Holy Temple Knights of the Church.

What’s more, I received a message half a month ago—the Holy Temple Knights suddenly left Dragon City in secret. Given the Church’s hatred towards me, I’m guessing that those fighting the Blood Knights in the city now are the Holy Temple Knights, right?”

Clap, clap, clap——

No sooner had Colin finished speaking, than a young man wearing a black mage’s robe walked in, clapping his hands as he went.

He wore a casual smile on his face, as if everything were under his control.

“Duke St. Chapman, I must say, I’m impressed. No wonder you, at such a young age, could climb from a country baron’s son to the peak of power in the Empire! And no wonder even Mr. Ji has repeatedly lost to you.”

Colin raised his eyebrows slightly and said,

“Who are you?”

The man bowed slightly, made a gesture of politeness, and smiled, saying:

“Apologies, I haven’t introduced myself.

My name is Kurd, the president of the previous Mage Council, and also the teacher of Mr. Ji and Queen Midela. Moreover,

I am Cusius’s father.”