Nathan was taken aback.
“What news?”
As Eugene IV accompanied Nathan and walked further inside, he whispered, “Both Lambert and Gerart confessed after they could not bear our torment.” Eugene IV continued, “According to them, the vampire's Patriarch, Herod, is about to conduct an unprecedentedly large and ancient sacrificial ritual. Nathan asked with confusion,
“Unprecedentedly grand? How grand will it be?” Eugene IV answered solemnly, “Using the lives and fresh blood of millions of people to conduct the ancient sacrificial ritual.”
Nathan's footsteps came to an abrupt halt. His face filled with astonishment as he stared at Eugene IV.
“Really?” Eugene IV sighed bitterly and replied, “I wish it was false news too. But when we interrogated Lambert and Gerart, we questioned them separately.”
Eugene IV added, “The situations they finally explained were quite similar. After discussing and analyzing with Leopold, Wolfric, and others, we unanimously concluded that the two were not lying. The vampires indeed plan to do so.”
Nathan's expression also became serious.
“What on earth does Herod want to do?”
Eugene IV responded in a deep voice, “Create the Dark Canopy.”
Nathan asked puzzledly, “What on earth is Dark Canopy?”
Eugene IV explained, “According to the scriptures, the dark clan supreme being can use countless lives and fresh blood as sacrificial offerings to perform the ancient sacrificial ritual, thus creating the Dark Canopy.”
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