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This is all I, Kane, can do for the vampires.
The world is about to face annihilation. The only way to save the vampire race from this destruction is to bring forth a new queen.
I will no longer be able to witness the future of the vampire clan... because I have one last thing to do.
[In those snow-capped mountains, they left behind the "key" to unlock all the secrets.]
One day, they will all approach the door to the truth, and whether they choose to know it or not is up to them. I have no right to bury this truth for them.
After all, I am nothing more than a disgraced official.
Kane placed the pendant, which had been transformed into a "key," into the girl's pocket and gently closed the coffin lid.
And so, Kane sealed her in a coffin filled with protective blood curses, and on a dark night, buried her in the wasteland near the castle.
He then left the castle forever, choosing to go to the burial ground deep in the snow-capped mountains, where he chose his final resting place.
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In Kane's vision, a vampire girl named "Ludwig" will awaken when her "self" is formed, thus truly descending into this world.
She will live in this world as a vampire, experiencing a brand new life, and eventually, guided by fate, become the vampire queen.
If Queen Celiot has returned by then, she can live a carefree life in this world as an outstanding high-ranking vampire, no longer bound by her fragile mortal body as before.
This girl's life was thus altered to become the vampire girl "Ludwig," a creation made as a last resort to protect the vampire race from extinction.
But things don't always go smoothly, and things rarely go as planned. Ludwig woke up much, much later than Kane had anticipated...
The dark forces forcibly transformed her into a vampire, and the damage to her brain was far from being able to recover in a short time.
Furthermore, since she could not receive blood replenishment in the coffin, it took her more than thirty years to form her "self".
And during this long period of time, many extremely bizarre events could have occurred—
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Shortly after Kane's departure, the World War broke out as he had predicted.
A spark ignited the powder keg in the Balkans, and war swept across Europe, but the abandoned Dracula's Castle remained untouched. Thus, Ludwig, buried deep underground, escaped the catastrophe unscathed.
However, she was unable to escape the even more outrageous Second World War.
Ironically, Kane set up an insurance policy for the vampires called "Ludwig," which was to ensure that the vampires would not be destroyed in the war. As is well known, the vampires entered the 21st century unscathed in the darkness, and then faced the "bloodthirsty plague" that changed the fate of the vampires.
However, this does not mean that Kane's plans and sacrifices were worthless.
As he had predicted, the vampire clan faced a catastrophe, only a little over a hundred years later than he had foreseen.
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Let's get back to the present.
Nearly thirty years have passed since Ludwig was buried in 1914.
The year is 1942, and humanity is in the midst of the greatest catastrophe in history.
A group of menacing Nazi German soldiers marched past Dracula's Castle and set up a temporary camp near the castle.
During the process of setting up camp, they unearthed a strange, pitch-black coffin from the ground, engraved with intricate and exquisite patterns, and exuding an unsettling crimson hue.
Thus, the Nazis who attempted to open the coffin quickly met with disastrous consequences...
The Nazis triggered the protective blood curse left by Kane, and a strange spike attack pierced through several soldiers closest to it.
The audacious Nazis, who were never afraid of ghosts or monsters, ordered the use of heavy weapons to bombard it. At this moment, a soldier recruited locally jumped out and desperately tried to stop them.
"Stop! Stop! This must be the legendary... Count Dracula's coffin!"
"Please, sir! If we anger him, we'll all die here! Look at what happened to these soldiers!"
Only after the soldier desperately tried to stop him did the Nazi officials give up and order several soldiers, whose legs were trembling with fear, to lift the coffin onto a truck and take it away.
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Their plan was to drop the eerie black coffin into Britain and then try to open it, where the monster inside could be used as a strategic weapon to attack the country...
Upon closer examination, it becomes clear that this was a flawed and utterly absurd idea, but the arrogant and conceited Nazis wouldn't care about such "nonsense."
"Crucial details".
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As expected, during the transport of the coffin, the submarine carrying out the mission encountered an accident. It was riddled with holes by the coffin's defensive blood curse and sank to the bottom of the sea amidst a muffled underwater explosion.
After salvaging the submarine fragments, British fishermen spontaneously searched the coastline for a while and discovered the ominous coffin among a pile of steel wreckage.
However, the fishermen were not as audacious as the Nazis; they decided to invite a nearby priest to perform a ritual instead of attempting to open it on the spot.
So the coffin was left on the fishing boat overnight.
The next morning, they were surprised to find that the coffin had been mysteriously opened, and inside... it was completely empty.
What horrified the fishermen even more was that there were no signs that the coffin had been opened from the outside; it had been opened from the inside.
There were no signs of water damage or any signs that any living organisms had ever been inside.
Apart from the dents left by forcefully pushing open the coffin, there was no other clue that allowed the city's best detective to deduce anything.
This incident quickly became a well-known and strange tale in the small port city.
Chapter 160: Newborn
Crunch, crunch, crunch——
boom!
With a muffled thud, the heavy coffin lid fell onto the deck of the fishing boat.
A pale arm climbed up the edge of the coffin wall, and then, supporting its entire body, it stood up.
"hiss..."
A chill emanated from the mouth of the demon in the coffin, then it raised its head and gazed at the bright moon in the sky.
The moonlight poured down on her without reservation, giving her a sense of unparalleled peace for the first time.
She gazed into the bright red eyes of the moon, which gradually regained their luster.
The cool moonlight gave her the concept of "vision".
The salty sea breeze gave her the concept of "smell".
She was walking forward blankly when she tripped over a wooden stick and fell against the railing.
"what..."
Her instinctive exclamation taught her how to "speak out".
She quickly constructed her self, trying to understand what "she" was.
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As she tried to stand up again, she caught a glimpse of her reflection in the water out of the corner of her eye—
The shimmering water reflected her silver hair, red eyes, and pointed ears, revealing a beautiful young woman.
A red gown made her already fair skin appear even paler, and her bare shoulders, under the moonlight, outlined her unparalleled curves.
The girl's features remained stunningly beautiful. Although she was no longer human and it was impossible to discern what race she once belonged to, she still displayed a captivating beauty in her vampire form.
It is a peerless beauty that only vampires possess, which is beyond the comprehension of humankind.
It could even instantly make this vampire girl, whose mind was completely blank, understand what...
"self".
She lightly touched the water's surface, but the icy touch made her timidly withdraw her hand, and the ripples caused the beautiful girl in the water to disappear.
After a short wait, the silver-haired, red-eyed girl reappeared on the surface of the water.
"This is...me."
She gently touched her cheek, and the girl in the water mirror made the same gesture in a daze, before a joyful smile appeared on her face.
"So cute..."
She wanted to touch the water's surface, but was afraid that the ripples would "destroy" the silver-haired beauty in the water.
"Wow...so beautiful..."
"I want...an equally cute...girl."
Perhaps it was the lingering attachment to losing her friend that was subtly influencing her, or perhaps it was the constant observation she had been undergoing during this newly "born" period...
At that moment, the concept of a "beautiful girl" was deeply etched into her mind along with her self-awareness—
Everyone has a love for beauty, but because she only saw herself at this important moment of forming her "self"... she limited the definition of "beauty" to the scope of "beautiful girl".
Her peculiar personality—being utterly powerless against pretty girls and willing to do anything to get them—stems from this moment, from her self-perception as a "beautiful girl"...
Or perhaps it stems from a past person she can no longer recall.
Her aesthetic sense... took shape in this strange way.
But since they are immortal vampires, it's not unreasonable for their aesthetic sense to differ from that of humans.
hum...
At this moment, the silver-haired girl's mind
In the sea, a hint that had been set for decades was triggered; the predetermined moment for its activation had arrived.
A name suddenly appeared in her mind and was deeply engraved in her newly born "self".
"I am... Ludwig..."
The blank and bewildered look on her face had faded considerably. She looked down at her body and touched her cold cheeks.
"It seems I understand."
"But where did I come from... and where am I going?"
Suddenly, a faint fragrance, a fragrance that only vampires could smell... entered her consciousness through her nostrils.
She didn't know what it was, but the smell undoubtedly whetted her appetite.
After all, her body had been dormant for nearly thirty years, and the concept of "hunger" was gradually forming in her mind.
"hiss..."
Without any instruction, she raised her hand, stuck out her little tongue, and lightly licked her slender fingertips.
"Hmm... hiss..."
This is one of the vampires' instinctive actions, meaning that the vampire wants to eat.
"I want to eat."
The alluring scent grew closer and stronger—
She stood up, her classic high heels making a dull thud on the wooden floor of the dock, and followed the scent up the stone steps to the city street.
What came into the silver-haired girl's view was an ordinary girl walking alone at night.
The other party had clearly noticed the footsteps coming from the dock, and thus looked in their direction early on.
Under the cover of night, the silver-haired girl's blood-red pupils reflected the terrified face of the commoner girl.
The eyes of the Night Vampire reflected a scarlet glow in the moonlight; it was time to hunt.
"hiss..."
The silver-haired girl smiled, making no attempt to hide her desire.
At that moment, she knew what she was.
“I am... a Dark Night vampire... Ludwig.”
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