Salute To The General

A casket was positioned in the luxurious room.

The casket was opened as the flickering candlelight showered on it, giving the grand room a mysterious and eerie air.

A balding elderly man in a black suit was sitting on a chair while holding a wine glass in his hand. His skin was sagging, and the bags under his eyes were exceptionally swollen. The wine glass was half-filled with red fluid, and there was a faint scent of blood in the air.

Lyanna knocked on the door before leading Max in and uttering softly, "Patriarch Herod, Max is here."

The senile Herod merely sat there without giving any response, as if he didn't hear Lyanna or he was deep in thought.

Lyanna turned around to look at Max, signaling him to speak up.

With that, Max hurried forward and placed his left hand on his chest before bowing slightly and saying, "I'm here upon your summon and am at your service, Patriarch Herod."

Herod came back to his senses and forced his droopy eyes open with difficulty. "Max, your plan failed," he uttered softly.

questioning. "Yes, something unexpected happened. My plan was sabotaged by Nathan's men and people from the Curia as soon as it began, rendering it unsuccessful. I've been exposed as well, and I

surprised that an elite like Nathan exists among humans. Do you have anything you'd like to say

little nervous when he heard

confidently promised that he could lead the vampires' uprising, enabling the vampires to overturn humans and become the new rulers of Earth. Herod held Max in high regard

the Patriarch was interrogating him in

mess couldn't be salvaged,

anybody. He had experienced all sorts of

instead was exceedingly calm. Moreover,

Herod, my

and then let them stir up war between humans. When humankind is caught in the heat of war, we vampires can take the opportunity to expand and defeat them so

he had a backup plan,

the first time, and he

"The ancestral

we vampires can't expand is that there's too little ancestral blood from elite vampires. For every drop