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.

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 lost my position as the admiral of Ariarica. There's no place for me in human society," he responded in a deep

said, "I'm surprised that an elite like Nathan exists among humans. Do you have anything you'd like to say about the failure of your plan

little nervous

the fourteenth vampire prince because he confidently promised that he could lead the vampires' uprising, enabling the vampires to overturn humans and become

the Patriarch was interrogating him in

mess couldn't be salvaged, Herod would

anybody. He had experienced all sorts of

wasn't the least bit anxious but instead was exceedingly calm.

my previous

war, we vampires can take the opportunity to expand and defeat them so that we can become the new rulers of

a backup plan, which

the first time, and he stared at Max

answered, "The

too little ancestral blood from elite vampires. For every drop of ancestral blood an elite lost, their power will decrease. Moreover,