The First Magic World War

Chapter 446: 413, Respected owner Charles Meklen, you really are true to your word

Anne MacLennan’s novels were all the rage across the Old Continent, which also resulted in Charles’s reputation being nearly on par with the five great powers!

As the next generation’s foremost powerhouse of Fars, Antonio’s reputation in various countries might even fall short of Charles Meklen. Especially among the groups of noble young ladies and even the noblewomen, Charles Meklen’s fame crushed all the strong contenders of the Old Continent and, in some sense, even surpassed the emperors of various nations.

If Charles wasn’t well-acquainted with Anne from early on, he might now receive unexpected treatment in any country he visited, having his identity confirmed after giving his name—like having a young lady crawl into his bed in the middle of the night.

Sarah and Renee, the two sisters, quickly started chatting with Anne.

While Sarah still harbored a little fantasy about Antonio, Renee was more enamored with the Charles Meklen from the novels.

Neither girl was foolish. Although Prince Aifuri cautioned them beforehand, and they attempted to draw attention with small tricks like horse-riding, they knew their chances were slim.

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As for Antonio’s attitude, although it was Charles who gave the bad advice, Antonio was no fool; how could he not see through Charles’s instigation? Yet his decisive departure indicated he truly had no such intentions.

As for Charles…

Well, The Empire’s First Rose Menilman, Great Princess May Guillaume of Inglima, and the Strasbourg Rose—these renowned beauties of the Old Continent’s roads—were all subtly and smoothly vanquished by Princess Annie, whose jokes and smiles were full of grace. What virtues and abilities did Sarah and Renee think they possessed to compete for even a day’s glory with these stunning women?

Anne didn’t need to use any tactics to conquer two rather powerless competitors.

Charles left not only because he wanted to escape the trouble but also because he had another task to complete.

He had promised Amon to provide him with five hundred evil spirit crew members.

Charles employed the Quickness Technique ×10 and ran over ten kilometers in one breath before stopping.

After scanning the area with Insight and seeing no one around, he stroked the Omibella ring in his hand and released the Holy Light Divine Kingdom Ship. This massive Legendary Warship silently materialized on the ground, pressing the nearby trees and grass firmly to the earth.

The Divine Creature Omibella remained motionless, its body radiating a clearer glow than ever before.

Charles didn’t wait long before five hundred Beastman Labyrinth Guardians appeared, silently stepping aboard the Legendary Warship.

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Charles took out the “Holy Light Divine Kingdom Ship Log,” and soon a line of text appeared: “Respected Charles Meklen, master, you indeed keep your promises!”

All at once, Charles felt a subtle intuition; he and the Holy Light Divine Kingdom Ship had formed a “mysterious contract,” whose nature, content, and terms remained completely unknown to him.

As he lifted his left hand to take the Holy Light Divine Kingdom Ship back into it, Omibella suddenly murmured softly, “Charles Meklen! Charles Meklen…”

This startled Charles so much that he broke into a cold sweat and forcibly retrieved the ship, transforming the Holy Light Divine Kingdom Ship into a burst of radiance that flew into the Golden Ring.

Charles said in a low voice, “This Legendary Warship is pretty weird.”

“I wonder what it will become after I find the poisonous fang of the Great Sea Serpent Witch Posuji, the Tears of the Whale King, and a branch from the Ancient Gomodoro Tree?”

Charles quietly returned to the camp. Anne had already gone back to Miss Pumpkin’s place, but the two Miss Axels had not yet returned to the carriage. Seeing Charles, both young ladies’ eyes sparkled slightly, but after Charles greeted them, he boarded the dark luxury coach. He had training to do at this time every day and didn’t want to waste time idly chatting with people of no consequence.

Charles activated Bloody Glory and cultivated for more than half an hour.

When all the Blood Energy converged beneath the ribs on his back, the eleventh Bloody Vortex silently formed.

Bloody Glory could consolidate thirteen Bloody Vortexes; Charles had aggregated nine in total, with the other two not recorded in Protagora’s secret volumes—they were a fortuitous encounter he had gained additionally.

Having unlocked this Bloody Vortex, Charles’s Blood Energy saw a slight increase, stepping from the fifteenth into the sixteenth rank. According to the Vampire hierarchy, from thirteenth to fifteenth rank denotes a Vampire Baron, while sixteen to eighteenth rank signifies a Vampire Viscount; thus, by rank alone, he had already surpassed the Baron Leo he had encountered back then.

When it came to strength, Charles was not even afraid of the most top-tier High-Level Transcendents!

The high and low of ranks are solely determined by the strength of energy.

The strength in actual combat depends on the Special Abilities one possesses.

The Special Abilities that Charles now commanded far exceeded those of a typical high-order individual.

Having consolidated the eleventh Bloody Glory, Charles felt joy in his heart. He reversed all eleven Bloody Glories, gathering them in his throat, whereupon a rudimentary Bloody Rune burst forth with a boom; it solidified and landed on a thick book adorned with numerous tiny golden Runes on its black cover.

This was “Blood Butcher’s Seed”; generally speaking, proper Vampires could cultivate it too, but almost no one would choose to, preferring to implant it into a Blood Servant’s body.

Charles pushed open the doors of dark luxury, to find the camp deathly silent, the only exception being the alert guards on watch. He didn’t disturb these night watchmen, instead, he called over a pirate from the former Golden Goat.

This former pirate was known as the Sea Serpent King, one of the five vice-captains, a thirteenth-order Supernatural Being who had already stepped into the ranks of high-order transcendents, boasting considerable strength.

However, he had committed too many misdeeds, and Charles could not tolerate him, thus transforming him into a Labyrinth Guardian.

Even though the Sea Serpent King had been transformed into a Labyrinth Guardian, becoming a sort of evil spirit, he still retained remarkable intelligence. Upon seeing Charles produce a piece of broken golden Runes, he initially showed some resistance, but eventually, he accepted the Blood Butcher’s Seed.

Charles watched him for a while and saw that the Sea Serpent King, formerly the vice-captain of the pirate group, was emanating faint red glows, his body seeming to undergo certain changes, yet they were not apparent.

Transcendents generally won’t willingly become Blood Servants; Vampires typically find ordinary people with strong physical qualities and transform them into Blood Servants, then train them to become transcendents themselves.

Juno had told Charles that if the transformation involved a Lower-Ranked Supernatural, the process might take days or even months, while Mid-Level Transcendents would take even longer.

As for High-Order Transcendents…

Even for Vampires, finding such Blood Servants was difficult.

High-Order Transcendents were influential figures in the major Empires, and even if some had experienced misfortunes and had yet to attain high positions, their future was limitless—they would not become someone’s Blood Servant.

Even Juno, of Sacred Order, would only tempt such individuals to become official Vampires, as talent is rare; she could not afford to squander it like Charles did.

Charles felt slightly disappointed; he knew he had been somewhat presumptuous.