The Harcos clan seed to have its quirks.
This was Charlotte's first impression upon seeing this team.
Watching the Bloodlines resting in the forest, the thought flashed through Charlotte's mind to directly control these people through Bloodline Suppression, and then lever out information from them one by one by using the Talent Magic from the Spirit Path.
However... this bold idea was quickly vetoed by herself.
After all, this was the Northern Territory, and even if these Bloodline mbers were of low strength, they were still kinsfolk of the Crimson Queen, Royena.
Not only that, Charlotte vaguely felt that the Bloodline power within these people was also sowhat special, as if it contained a certain power that could isolate investigation.
This power that isolated investigation seed to be specifically targeted at Bloodline Suppression. It not only blocked probing but also seed to suppress "Bloodline Suppression," or more accurately, seed to restrict "Bloodline Power" in so way.
Perhaps this was also the reason these Bloodline mbers could walk in the sunlight. The photophobia of the Bloodline stemd from the Bloodline Curse. Suppressing the Bloodline Power also, to so extent, suppressed the curse.
Furthermore, this might also be the reason these Bloodline mbers weren't very powerful, as after all, the curse and power of the Bloodline were connected; suppressing the Bloodline Curse was a double-edged sword.
And as for this "mysterious suppression power," it gave Charlotte the sa feeling as the Prohibition that enveloped the Northern Territory, or to say... it was very possible that it was part of the Prohibition.
Originally, she managed to sneak deep into the Northern Territory Restriction undetected by taking advantage of a loophole. Now, being in the Northern Territory, the intensity of the Prohibition was far beyond what it had been before; any large movent would undoubtedly alarm the existence behind the Prohibition.
Charlotte's current advantage was that her enemies were in the light, and she was in the dark. Since that was the case... it wouldn't hurt to play to that advantage.
Thinking this, Charlotte once again turned her gaze toward the resting Bloodlines.
The souls of these Bloodline mbers seed to be protected by a "Prohibition." They were moving together now, and trying to leave a spiritual imprint forcefully to perform collective Spiritual Control was very risky.
But if it wasn't collective control, and she chose a certain "lucky one"... the risk would be much lower.
"Find a way to leave one behind or... wait for soone to be alone."
Charlotte pondered.
Thinking this, she quietly concealed herself and quietly mobilized her Divine Power, preparing to summon an inferior demon to see if she could distract the Bloodline mbers' attention.
However, just as she was about to act, she saw a Bloodline mber stand up.
Charlotte paused slightly.
She saw that the Bloodline mber approached a female Bloodline mber who was clearly the leader and whispered a few words.
After the female Bloodline mber frowned and nodded, he quickly turned and left the group.
Although both of them had lowered their voices, Charlotte, with her strong perception, still heard their conversation clearly:
"Uh... Viscount Sofia, I have an urgent need."
"You always have issues! I know, go and co back quickly, and rember to erase the traces!"
Charlotte's expression was indescribable.
Wasn't this... the opportunity she had been waiting for?
Without hesitation, she continued to conceal her form and aura and quietly followed.
The Bloodline mber, who had urgent personal matters, did not know that he had already been targeted.
He left the group, attended to the urgent matter, and relaxed.
Whistling, the Bloodline mber cast a Dark Magic System's Erasure Magic to wipe away traces and then turned to return to the camp.
But as he lifted his head, he t a pair of golden-red eyes.
Staring at the beautiful girl who appeared before him, the Bloodline mber was visibly taken aback.
"You..."
He was about to say sothing, but then he felt a glimr of light flash through the other party's deep pupils. His consciousness beca dazed, and then everything went black.
"Done."
Looking at the Bloodline mber who had fainted under her Spirit Magic, Charlotte nodded slightly.
She reached out a hand to cover the man's forehead and then began to "invade."
There were many Talent Magic spells for a Bloodline mber to perform Spiritual Control, so violent and others mild. The one Charlotte was now deploying was one of the milder variations.
It was a kind of magic that made the target fall into a deep sleep and then entered the person's "Dream" to browse their mories, which was also one of the Talent Magics of the Spirit Path that Charlotte had learned after heading to her territory.
This magic would not directly interfere with the other's soul, so the resistance encountered wouldn't be too strong. Moreover, it didn't require dragging the target into her own Spirit world, which wouldn't trigger a strong reaction from the "Prohibition."
Of course, the downsides of this kind of magic were also clear.
It consud a lot of Magic Power, placed high requirents on the caster's spiritual power, and could only target one individual at a ti.
Furthermore, browsing mories could be problematic if the target's mories were too vast. It could cause the caster's own mories to beco confused and even affect self-identification.
It could be said that the conditions were quite strict and the risks high.
But for Charlotte, who was now a Demigod and whose spiritual strength had been consecrated by the Faith Network ti and again, this was just right.
Magic Power circulated, Charlotte entered the Bloodline mber's "Dream," and the Bloodline mber's mories flowed into Charlotte's mind like water.
She saw the life of this mber of the Bloodline.
This Bloodline mber was nad Sigurd, with a Starry First Tier strength, a seventh-generation descendant of the Harcos Clan, and had lived for more than two hundred years.
Sigurd was born in the "Holy Land," an offspring produced by the union of Bloodline mbers.
His mory was not complex and even relatively pure; in his mories, he spent most of his ti in his clan's village.
Sigurd's family village was the most populated in the "Holy Land," with as many as one thousand five hundred registered Bloodline mbers; over three hundred of those awakened still lived in the village.
Since he was young, he learned wine brewing from his father and beca the best brewer in the village. Except for his regular slumbers, he spent most of the two hundred years in the brewery.
Three years ago, he was summoned by the Queen's Palace and beca a Royal Palace Guard.
During those three years, Sigurd mastered nurous Bloodline combat skills and participated in many expeditions to subdue the Fallen Bloodline.
Two days ago, Sigurd received an order from the Queen's Palace to leave the "Holy Land" with the Palace Guard Captain, Viscount Sofia, to carry out a secret mission in the outer world...
...
The mory ended, and Charlotte opened her eyes, leaving Sigurd's dream.
"Village, Holy Land, … Queen's Palace?"
Recalling the mories she had just seen, Charlotte pondered thoughtfully.
This Bloodline mber nad Sigurd was not a significant figure and did not know much.
But as a descendant of Harcos, the information in his mory about Harcos far exceeded Charlotte's expectations.
First, just as Charlotte knew, the Harcos Clan had indeed secluded themselves as a group.
They lived in a different space sowhat similar to the Mireya Continent, which the Harcos Clan called the "Holy Land."
The "Holy Land" was ruled by Harcos's Demigod—the Crimson Queen, Royena. She led the Harcos Clan in seclusion and was also the spiritual leader of the clan.
What surprised Charlotte was that, besides the Harcos Clan, there were no other intelligent beings in the "Holy Land," including humans.
Not only that, but the Harcos Clan living in the "Holy Land" were more like "ordinary people" than the Bloodline mbers Charlotte was familiar with.
They worked, hunted, and lived like "ordinary people" within the "Holy Land."
If one were to disregard the Bloodline's blood, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were just like a secluded ordinary human village.
But they were Bloodline mbers.
Feared on the Mireya Continent, living in the shadows, Bloodline mbers who loved to manipulate nobles and the Royal Family.
However, even though they were Bloodline, it seed as though they intentionally avoided using Bloodline powers.
No, or rather, the Queen's Palace did not allow them to use Bloodline powers.
Even Sigurd was only granted permission to use them after he beca a Palace Guard.
As for why the Crimson Queen, Royena, would lead the Harcos Clan into seclusion… in Sigurd's understanding, it was to evade a "curse."
The "curse" spread like a plague, it drove Bloodline mbers mad and Fallen, it turned them into monsters that only knew slaughter and devouring...
And such monsters were called "Fallen Bloodline" by the Harcos Clan.
"A curse, huh..."
Having gone through Sigurd's mories, Charlotte frowned slightly.
Sigurd's mories contained nurous fragnts of fighting against the "Fallen Bloodline."
By reading his mories, Charlotte gained a clear understanding of the "Fallen Bloodline," whom the Harcos Clan dreaded and whom the Queen's Palace deed must be killed.
But…
"This should just be the Bloodline mbers after a Blood Rage, right? Like when I had a blood addiction episode."
Recalling the appearance of the "Fallen Bloodline" in Sigurd's mories, Charlotte furrowed her brow.
"So… the Harcos Clan secluded themselves to suppress the Bloodline Curse? To suppress the curse… would they even go as far as to eliminate Bloodline mbers who suffered a blood addiction?"
"No… Considering the Northern Territory Restriction, they seem to have found a way to suppress the Bloodline Curse to so extent, but… those Bloodline mbers who still 'raged' under the suppression would be dealt with by them."
"This… what's going on here? Once the blood addiction occurs, drinking blood and surviving the frenzy should lead to normalization, not imdiate execution, right?"
"Or is there sothing I don't know about behind this?"
Charlotte was puzzled.
However, another thing she learned from Sigurd's mories relieved her; the Crimson Queen, Royena, had not achieved God Ascension.
She indeed attempted to impact True Godhood.
But She had not succeeded.
Secluded in the Queen's Palace, She issued commands to the Harcos Clan through Oracles and had not appeared in person for three hundred years.
When the Crimson Queen, Royena, led the Harcos Clan into seclusion, She promised her descendants that, on the day She achieved Divine Enthronent, She would completely end the curse of the bloodline and rescue the clan from the nightmare of the Bloodline mbers' fate…
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