295: Chapter 295 Alia's Worries! Vespera! 96 points!

Seran City, Dawn Cathedral.

The air was filled with a faint scent of holy sandalwood.

Aria was sitting in her office located in the wing of the cathedral, with a stack of files spread out before her.

Ever since assuming the post of Inquisitorial Secretary of the College of Cardinals, she had been mainly responsible for assisting in handling matters related to the Empire's Inquisition.

This work was tedious and boring, but it gave her a deeper understanding of the church system and intelligence network across the entire empire.

Just then, a light pair of footsteps came from outside the door, followed by three knocks.

Aria responded without even raising her head:

"Please come in."

The door was gently pushed open, and a young nun walked in, holding a document in her hand.

She walked up to the desk, bowed slightly, and presented the document with both hands:

"Lady Windsor, this is the latest command document issued by the College of Cardinals."

Aria raised her eyes, took the document, quickly scanned its contents, and then frowned slightly.

The gist of the letter was:

In the northern region, law fluctuations from a clash of legendary-tier powerhouses suddenly appeared. After preliminary judgment—

One side should be Movis, the Great Snow Mountain Priest of the Snowfield Kingdom.

As for the other side, their identity was unknown, and the law fluctuations were suspected to belong to a legendary powerhouse of the Red Moon lineage.

The College of Cardinals requested all departments to pay attention to collecting related intelligence, and once there was any identity information about this mysterious legendary powerhouse, they must report it at the first opportunity.

After reading the contents of the letter, Aria lingered her gaze on the words "Red Moon lineage" for a moment, then she raised her head and looked toward the northern sky outside the window.

Legendary powerhouses were existences that could not be ignored anywhere.

Every legendary powerhouse possessed a long lifespan of over a thousand years, standing at the near apex of the entire world, and rarely used the power of laws to take action personally.

Even the high-ranking cardinals in the Church of Dawn were mostly seventh-tier saint-tier powerhouses, with only a few being legendary powerhouses.

Those few rarely appeared in public, mostly cultivating in seclusion in their respective ascetic retreats.

And this newly appeared mysterious legendary powerhouse in the northern region was a legendary powerhouse of the Red Moon lineage. For the Church of Dawn, this was not good news.

Their identity information was indeed very important.

However, the northern region was now shrouded in the aura of the Red Moon's resurrection. The church's various investigative methods and divination arts had all failed because they were suppressed by the Red Moon laws, making it impossible to penetrate deep into the north to obtain accurate intelligence.

Only the prophets of the Silver Moon lineage, or legendary powerhouses already in the northern region, might know the detailed situation of this clash.

She was silent for a moment, then folded the letter document and put it away in the drawer.

Then, she picked up a quill and wrote instructions on a blank sheet of letter paper, asking local dioceses to pay attention to collecting intelligence regarding the northern legendary powerhouse.

Once there was detailed information, she was to be notified immediately.

After finishing writing, she handed the letter paper to the nun waiting aside and instructed her to send it out immediately.

The nun took the letter, bowed in salute, and turned to leave the office.

After watching the nun leave, Aria cast her gaze toward the northern sky outside the window once again.

In those cold and clear beautiful eyes, a hint of lingering anxiety flashed by.

...

Will Province, Aksai City.

Vespera walked on the streets of Aksai City.

A pair of slender phoenix eyes scanned everything around with great interest.

Due to the influence of her identity as a vampire, she rarely went to those church cities that worshipped the Sun God pantheon.

That omnipresent holy light aura would make her vampire body feel uncomfortable, and even if her identity was exposed, it was very likely to cause unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, when she truly strolled through such a large city with a strong dawn-style, everything made her feel novel and interesting.

She stopped in front of a stall selling northern specialties, picked up a necklace polished from frost-vein stone, looked at it against the sunlight, and then put it down.

She just walked like this, seemingly aimlessly.

Unwittingly, she walked in front of an abandoned building located in the core area of the city.

It was a closed Dawn Cathedral.

She stood in front of the cathedral door for a while, then turned and left, continuing to walk forward along the street.

Walking and walking, she stopped at a quiet street corner.

She raised her head, her gaze passing over the overlapping roofs, looking toward the tallest building in the center of the city.

A castle built entirely of black stone gleamed with a heavy luster under the daylight.

She had already inquired clearly; this was where the Red Moon Proxy, Count Golden Flame, lived.

Vespera looked at the castle and narrowed her eyes.

Previously, when that Red Moon Proxy clashed with the Great Snow Mountain Priest Movis, she indeed captured a fleeting aura from the lingering traces of the laws.

That was a kind of innate perceptual intuition belonging to a Ventrue clan prince.

This Red Moon Proxy must have been a vampire before!

She had already guessed the other person's identity.

That newborn, incredible [Mimicry] clan prince!

This realization made her ecstatic.

Therefore, she came impatiently.

She took a light breath, and then began to actively emit an extremely special fluctuation.

That was a fluctuation that only fellow Vampire Princes could receive...

...

Black Rock Castle, in a conference room.

Rowan had just finished a brief meeting with Niss and several female officials.

He reasonably arranged Vanessa, Adeline, Charlotte, and others he brought under Niss to assist in handling a series of post-war follow-up matters.

Niss of course did not refuse; instead, she actively provided some convenience, opening up part of the Duke's Mansion's authority to these newly arrived female officials.

After the meeting, Rowan returned to the study, preparing to continue reading 《The Book of Nethers》.

The Abyss Blood Demon mentioned by the snow elf priest of the Snowfield Kingdom earlier made him somewhat concerned, and he wanted to see if there were detailed records.

But at this moment, he suddenly felt a very special fluctuation.

The fluctuation was extremely subtle, yet unusually clear.

The blood core within his furnace trembled slightly, as if touched by some homologous power, emitting a slight resonance.

This was... someone calling out?

And in a way unique to vampires?

He raised his head in some surprise, a trace of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

This was the first time he had encountered such a thing.

He thought for a moment, put down the book in his hand, carefully sensed along the trajectory of the fluctuation for a moment, then stood up and walked out of the study.

Finally, he came to a relatively secluded street corner not far outside the castle.

This place was far from the hustle and bustle of the main road, with only an occasional passerby hurrying past.

And in the shadow cast by the high wall, a woman stood.

Rowan's footsteps paused slightly.

That was an extremely beautiful lady.

Her skin was coldly pale, and her lip color leaned towards dark red.

A pair of slender phoenix eyes exquisite and charming.

A faint smile was outlined at the corner of her lips, looking at him with burning eyes.

He instinctively swept his panel across.

[ 96 Points ]!

This was, a legendary powerhouse!

A Vampire Prince?!