Gospel of Blood

A powerful magical force burst from Charlotte, and the overwhelming pressure, surpassing even the Blazing Sun, and the stirrings from her bloodline caused the present bloodbornes to be stunned.

“Royal bloodline…?”

“The Divine Queen is actually of royal bloodline?!”

“Is it possible that the royal bloodline still exists?!”

The bloodbornes widened their eyes in disbelief as they looked at Charlotte, who had completely assumed her bloodborne form.

Though they still felt a sense of disbelief, looking at those iconic eyes and feeling the subtle pressure from her bloodline, the bloodbornes from the Harcos Clan had to admit that the girl before them might indeed be from the royal bloodline, which hadn’t appeared in over a century!

Almost instinctively, the bloodbornes attacking the “monster” took a step back, giving up the battlefield.

The “monster’s” power had risen to the level of the Blazing Sun, while the Divine Queen, now revealing her royal bloodline form, exuded an aura even stronger than the monster’s!

Undoubtedly, this battle was no longer something they could participate in at their level.

“Roar—!”

Seeing Charlotte transform into her bloodborne form, the “monster” let out a low, uneasy growl.

Its crazed, blood-red eyes fixed on Charlotte, filled with cruelty and brutality.

It pounded its chest, and its upper body suddenly swelled, with fangs flashing, dark red light gathering in its giant mouth.

A stench spread out, making the surrounding bloodbornes feel dizzy, weak, and even faintly muddled in consciousness.

“Curse Breath! It can use Curse Breath!”

Sophia’s face changed dramatically with surprise.

She endured the discomfort in her body and quickly looked at Charlotte facing the monster.

“Be careful! This is a Curse Breath that awakens after deep corruption, specifically targeting bloodbornes… it can pollute our magic, erode our sanity and soul, and drive normal bloodbornes mad!”

However, her warning was already too late.

The dark red light erupted, and the “monster” opened its giant mouth, spewing a beam of breath toward Charlotte.

Charlotte, in her bloodborne form, did not dodge.

Facing the oncoming breath, she lifted her head and extended her right hand, her magic surging.

Sophia panicked.

“Queen Charlotte! Move away! Bloodborne magic can’t block the Curse Breath!”

But the next moment, she was stunned.

The terrifying dark red breath, like a flood, engulfed Charlotte, but soon, that “flood” abruptly shrank.

Charlotte’s figure reappeared, unscathed.

In the shocked gazes of the crowd, the terrifying breath was drawn, like flowing water, into Charlotte’s hand, eventually condensing into a black-red sphere.

With a gentle squeeze, the black-red sphere shattered like smoke, turning into dark red energy that flowed into her palm and then disappeared.

Seeing this, the Harcos Clan members were all stunned. That… blocked them?

No, no, no…

That wasn’t just blocked, that was more like…

More like…

“Absorbed?”

Sophia looked at Charlotte’s right hand in disbelief, her thoughts seemingly disjointed for a moment.

Absorbed!

The Curse Breath of a fallen bloodborne was absorbed! By the Queen!

Such pollution, which was like poison to bloodbornes, could actually be absorbed by someone?!

Was the royal bloodline Kirali really this powerful?!

Sophia was bewildered by the absurd situation.

Of course, it wasn’t just the bloodbornes that were bewildered, but the “monster” too.

Its breath was blocked, making it even more violent and frenzied. It let out an angry roar and its body swelled again.

It leaped forward, like a cannonball, charging at Charlotte. The ground beneath it shattered and split from the leap, and the terrifying power formed a huge gust of wind, blowing the surrounding bloodbornes off their feet.

Charlotte still didn’t move.

The monster’s attack arrived in an instant, but just as its monstrous claw was about to strike Charlotte’s head, it froze in place.

Crimson threads spread out from Charlotte, weaving a massive chain cage that bound the monster in mid-air.

“Roar—!”

The monster let out an angry roar.

It struggled desperately, trying to break free from the “cage”, but the cage remained unmoved.

Seeing the blood-colored cage, the Harcos Clan members’ expressions became quite complex.

Leading them, Sophia was especially stunned.

“Th-this… this is our clan’s secret technique, the high-level bloodborne talent of the Blood and Flesh Path—Rowena’s Blood Cage?!”

The monster continued to struggle.

But as the crimson threads tightened, its movements became smaller and smaller.

In the end, it could do nothing but let out uneasy growls.

With the dissipation of magic, Charlotte lowered her right hand.

From beginning to end, she hadn’t moved a step, nor did she bear any battle marks.

Her golden hair fluttered in the wind, and the bloodbornes’ pupils reflected the beautiful figure of the girl.

In their expressions, only reverence remained.

Bloodbornes have a strict hierarchy, power and bloodline determine one’s rank.

Undoubtedly, displaying overwhelming power and the noble royal bloodline, while personally helping the team overcome difficulties, Charlotte had already won everyone’s respect, even if the major clans had subtle or even hostile feelings toward the royal bloodline.

Sophia’s expression was somewhat complicated.

Perhaps she had only been suspicious before, but now, seeing the Divine Queen reveal her royal bloodline, she was finally convinced that the mysterious prince behind the Castell territory and the Starfall Kingdom was likely a myth from the Kirali Clan!

This conclusion was easy to draw.

The Kirali Clan had long been extinct, and even if there were surviving members, they were probably living incognito in some corner of the world.

After the Divine Queen’s coronation, the Harcos Clan had also gathered information about Charlotte de Castell, and from the data, she appeared to be just a human with elven blood.

But clearly, that was not the case.

The Divine Queen had become a bloodborne, and one with the lost bloodline of the Kirali Clan, and her bloodline power was incredibly strong.

A bloodborne’s power, apart from personal training, mainly comes from the bloodline power bestowed by their elders.

Evidently, to enable a mortal who wasn’t even an extraordinary being a few years ago to possess bloodline power surpassing the Blazing Sun in just a few years, such a “miracle” could only be achieved by a myth.

Considering that she could perform “Rowena’s Blood Cage”, a technique even many Harcos Clan members couldn’t use, it was clear that the Divine Queen was supported by a prince from the Mythic Era!

Of course, whether it was a royal bloodline or an ancient prince, since the other party had shown goodwill towards the Harcos Clan, Sophia, as the captain of the clan’s guard, naturally wouldn’t cling to ancient grudges.

After all, if one were to argue about it, whether the Kirali Clan was at fault or the other major clans, Sophia herself couldn’t say.

Many secrets of history had long been buried in the sands of time.

As for now…

The hard battle was over, and the only thing left was the “cleanup” work.

“Your Majesty Charlotte, thank you for your help. From here on… please leave it to us.”

Sophia bowed respectfully to Charlotte.

After speaking, she looked at the still struggling monster, hid her pity, and her expression became firm.

Then, she drew her sword again.

But the next moment, Sophia was stopped by Charlotte once more.

“Your Majesty Charlotte?”

Sophia was puzzled.

“No, it’s not over yet.”

Charlotte shook her head.

Sophia was slightly stunned.

She looked at Charlotte in confusion, only to see Charlotte walking towards the monster again.

“Grrr…”

The monster, watching the approaching girl, let out a whimper instead of a roar.

Whether it was her imagination or not, Sophia seemed to see a glimmer of sanity in the monster’s blood-red eyes.

Charlotte lifted her head, meeting the monster’s gaze.

Unlike the Harcos Clan, as the “True Ancestor of Blood”, her senses were much sharper.

Sophia wasn’t mistaken.

The “monster” had indeed regained some sanity.

Perhaps it was the release of too much power from the “Curse Breath”, or maybe the “Rowena’s Blood Cage” had sealed its bloodline, but at this moment, the “monster’s” rational side was resurging.

Charlotte could even feel its intense emotions.

Confusion, fear, unease, despair…

Meanwhile, having successfully sealed the “monster”, Charlotte had a clearer perception of its bloodline power through her control of the bloodborne magic.

The “attraction” from the bloodline seemed stronger.

It was as if there was a power in the monster’s body that the Gospel of Blood desired.

The last time Charlotte felt this was when she tried to absorb the blood divine power from the Faceless Statue.

Although she hadn’t acted yet, Charlotte had a strange feeling.

She felt that if she wanted, the Gospel of Blood could calm the rampant bloodline power within the “monster” and help it return to normal.

With this thought, Charlotte looked at the monster again.

She extended her hand and touched the monster’s scaly armor.

The monster shivered slightly.

It shrank back, its whimpering deepening and a mix of emotions flowed to Charlotte through her touch…

Fear, sadness, confusion…

Feeling the monster’s emotions, Charlotte sighed softly.

“You must be in great pain right now.”

“Sorry, I’ll help you find peace soon.”

She activated her magic again, this time drawing a bit of blood divine power.

Deep within her consciousness, the Gospel of Blood began to operate, and Charlotte’s golden hair faintly took on a silver hue.

Crimson light blossomed in Charlotte’s palm, soon enveloping the sealed monster.

The next moment, a heart-wrenching black-red fluid seeped from the monster’s body, quickly assimilated and dissolved by the crimson light…

Under the astonished gazes of the Harcos bloodbornes, the monster wrapped in light began to shrink…

Its scaly armor fell away, extra limbs withered and dissolved, and the deformed body gradually reverted to a human shape.

In the end, the black-red power completely dissipated, and the “monster” returned to its original form as Sigurd!

Witnessing this unbelievable scene, the Harcos bloodbornes were utterly stunned.

“It’s… it’s Sigurd!”

“By the Queen! His bloodline corruption has been removed?! He… he is back to normal?!”

“How is this possible? Even the Prophet couldn’t remove the corruption in a fallen clan member…”

“Is this the power of the royal bloodline?”

The Harcos bloodbornes were wide-eyed, their “weak” hearts clearly experiencing a significant shock.

But Sophia’s shock surpassed everyone else’s.

As the captain of the royal guard, she knew more than the ordinary guards.

Everyone was just astonished and delighted that Charlotte could cleanse the corruption that even the Prophet couldn’t remove.

But for Sophia, it was horrifying.

She knew some clan secrets.

It wasn’t just the Prophet who couldn’t remove that eerie corruption attached to the bloodline.

Even the dukes of the past who remained awake, including Her Majesty Rowena who was aiming for ascension, couldn’t do it!

By the Queen!

Who exactly was the Divine Queen Charlotte?

Could this really be the power of the royal bloodline?

Was the control of the royal bloodline over bloodline power this strong?

Even if it were, was it something a mortal could achieve?

Or was it…

Sophia suddenly had a bold guess, and her gaze toward Charlotte became tense.

The crimson light dissipated, and the blood threads binding Sigurd also vanished.

Sigurd fell from mid-air, caught by a swarm of black bats conjured by Charlotte’s magic.

“Take care of him, he’s exhausted too much of his bloodline power and needs a good rest.”

Charlotte instructed the other Harcos bloodbornes.

Hearing her words, the Harcos team quickly moved to support Sigurd. When they looked at Charlotte again, their eyes had changed from respect to reverence.

Sophia’s expression grew even more complex.

After hesitating for a moment, she finally looked at Charlotte and couldn’t help but ask the question in her heart.

“Your Majesty Charlotte, who exactly are you?”

Charlotte glanced at her, smiled slightly, and instinctively replied.

“Me?”

“I’m just a passing royal bloodline.”