Seemingly to showcase the grandeur of the Golden Throne, Samuel Sterns specifically ordered artisans to carve a radiant, holy sun emitting boundless light above the throne's backrest.
And on both sides of the seat, two massive eagle wings with full plumage symbolized power and honor.
Behind the Golden Throne were also connected numerous conduits and cables, capable of collecting energy released by Karl at any time and transmitting it to a special energy storage device beneath the building.
Furthermore, on both golden armrests, buttons for actively activating the [Sky Dome Energy Shield Defense System] and a holographic projection map were even reserved.
Once fully charged, a semi-circular force field defense罩 made of pure energy could be created above the [Sokovia] border at any time.
At full capacity, it could continuously withstand large-scale, dense missile attacks for about 1 hour.
Although it was still slightly inferior in strength to the energy shield created by [Wakanda] using [Vibranium Technology].
The official implementation of this technology would undoubtedly provide a qualitative improvement to [Sokovia]'s air defense system.
It also officially declared that [Sokovia] had successfully stepped into the ranks of the world's most advanced technology countries from the turbulent small country full of war and oppression just a few months ago.
"Wow, what a magnificent/luxurious golden... throne!!"
As everyone knows, anything that can sparkle has a natural attraction for women, let alone sparkling gold... and such a large chunk of it.
Therefore, Selena and the little secretary were both deeply shocked by the scene before them.
Only Karl stared blankly at the golden throne opposite him with a strange expression.
Good, good, good, you Samuel Sterns, you call this a surprise?!
[Golden Toilet], [Eagle Wings], [Iron Halo]... do you want to give me a blue daddy too?
Eh, no, it should be a blue son, because his daddy is already here with me!
But joking aside, the toilet still has to be sat on!
After all, it concerns the safety of the entire [Sokovia].
So Karl sat on the golden throne specially built for him with a dark face, and actively released energy to test it.
Having said that, he could suddenly understand how Old Huang felt when he sat on the golden toilet back then - there really are "bad people" among our own!!
"What else is there? Speak."
Karl waved his hand at the blonde little secretary, and the latter immediately retreated from the office obediently, guarding the door with two Thunder Warriors.
Seeing this, Selena took out a delicately crafted invitation from her arms, and explained while offering it with both hands:
"In the process of completing the capture mission and returning, I received news from my subordinates that a vampire had actively sent this invitation to the headquarters of the [Wizard Council]."
Karl glanced at the invitation as he listened to the other party's explanation.
The content above was very simple: Two months later, please have the head of the vampire clan (sect) that received the invitation attend the [Centennial Conference] at the [City of the Impossible] alone with this proof.
Finally, the latitude and longitude of a coordinate were also marked below.
Very good.
The clue that could be linked to [Ghoul King] Dracula finally appeared!!
"I have already sent people to check the coordinates. It is an open green space, and there is no [City of the Impossible] at all..."
Selena asked with some doubt: "Boss, do you think [.] is deliberately playing tricks to disrupt our sight?"
"It shouldn't be," Karl shook his head with an extremely determined expression.
Ever since General Ross and the [Department of Defense] publicly supported the [Hyperspace Group] with a clear attitude at the meeting of the [Security Council] a few days ago.
Nick Fury and [.] had suddenly become much more honest.
At least on the surface...
So that one-eyed black ghost and his lackeys would definitely not test and provoke in this kind of matter.
As for whether Selena received a fake invitation...
Although it could not be ruled out, Karl thought the probability was extremely low, and could even be ignored.
Because apart from the vampire clan, almost no one knew about the existence of the [Centennial Conference].
And now the [Wizard Council] had become the largest vampire sect in the [New York] area, and other vampire groups were trying to avoid it, so how dare they take the initiative to provoke it?
So...
After successively ruling out the possibility of someone deliberately playing a prank, and that Selena received a fake invitation.
There was only the problem of the seemingly "non-existent" [City of the Impossible] at the coordinates!
Faced with such a strange situation, a possibility that only dimensional demon gods could perceive suddenly appeared in Karl's mind, that was...
After a slight contemplation, he said with burning eyes: "The greatest possibility at present is that the [City of the Impossible] exists in a special [Pocket Dimension].
And the coordinates on the invitation are the location of one of the dimension rifts, but... it will probably only open to the outside during the [Centennial Conference]."
If this was the case, then it could also explain why [Ghoul King] Dracula had always been elusive for thousands of years!
It turned out that this guy was not in the real dimension on weekdays.
Then naturally no one could find his whereabouts?
But in this way, for Karl, in addition to the [Undying Trait] on Dracula, he had discovered another thing that he was very interested in.
That was the [Pocket Dimension] where the [City of the Impossible] was located!
Although he didn't know the specific scale of that [Pocket Dimension] yet.
But it must not be too big.
After all, [Ghoul King] Dracula was not in the ranks of dimensional demon gods in the [Marvel Universe].
So he naturally could not expand the scale of the dimensional space through various means like other dimensional demon gods.
So...
Karl suddenly had a bold idea.
That was to snatch the [Pocket Dimension] where the [City of the Impossible] was located while seizing the [Undying Trait].
Then try to see if he could devour this dimensional space using the [Hyperspace]?
After all... he Karl was a real, genuine dimensional demon god!!
Thinking of this, Karl suddenly became more and more looking forward to the [Centennial Conference] that was about to open in two months.
"Boss, what is a [Pocket Dimension]?"
A look of confusion appeared on Selena's cold and beautiful face.
Even for vampires like her who had lived for hundreds of years, the concept of dimensions was somewhat seriously beyond the scope of understanding.
Karl: You've come to the right person, no one understands what a [Pocket Dimension] is better than me.
"Simply put, it's a smaller single universe... the scale may be a country, a city, a room... or a basketball!!"
Karl explained casually, then motioned for Selena not to pay too much attention to these.
"Since you have successfully obtained the invitation now, then the matter of inquiring about Ghoul King Dracula's news will probably have to wait until the [City of the Impossible] appears before it can begin, so you should wait patiently next."
"Oh, right..."
Karl suddenly asked as if he remembered something: "How many [Death Walkers] are completely loyal to you within the [Wizard Council] now?"
"Ah??"
Selena didn't seem to have recovered from the shock brought by the [Pocket Dimension], so she couldn't keep up with her boss's whimsical thoughts.
She was stunned for several seconds before reacting, and quickly replied truthfully: "There are only forty [Death Walkers] left, and they are all loyal to me."
Karl looked at Selena with some surprise.
He clearly remembered that when Victor had just died, there were still nearly a hundred [Death Walkers] left in the [Wizard Council].
It seemed that Selena had carried out a brutal purge within the organization after taking power!
Very good!
Intelligent, powerful, resourceful, and beautiful...
Karl couldn't help but feel a bit more appreciation in his eyes, so he continued:
"Then you go find Dr. Sterns later and have him extract forty... no, forty-one blood samples from Alexander Corvinus first, and then you personally distribute them to those [Death Walkers]."
Selena blinked her ice-blue eyes with a confused look, "Boss, what is this for?"
A meaningful smile appeared on Karl's face, "As far as I know, Alexander Corvinus's blood can remove the weaknesses of ordinary vampires, thereby evolving into a 'Daywalker' who is not afraid of sunlight and ultraviolet rays."
Σ(⊙▽⊙"a!!!
Selena's exquisite and petite body shook violently, and she immediately understood Karl's true intention.
Without a doubt.
Her boss was helping her to further win people's hearts, thereby quickly consolidating her ruling position in the [Wizard Council].
May I ask, for the vampire race, what could be more tempting than overcoming the fatal weaknesses of sunlight and ultraviolet rays?
Therefore, not only would these forty [Death Walkers] completely become her die-hard loyalists from now on.
Even the hypocritical opposition and onlookers within the [Wizard Council], after seeing that these people had all become "Daywalkers" who were not afraid of sunlight.
Would inevitably give up their previous prejudices and opposition under this huge temptation, recognize her as the new leader, and actively carry out the orders she issued.
After all... the world is bustling, all for profit; the world is bustling, all for profit!!
In Selena's view, her boss's grasp of human nature had simply reached a supernatural level.
And the forty-one blood samples that the other party had just mentioned obviously included her as well.
Selena's ice-blue eyes gradually became moist, and she looked at the handsome man sitting on the golden throne, lost in thought, with a face full of fanaticism.
(＾＾●)
Boss is really so considerate!
He even thought of everything so carefully for me.
But... how can I repay Boss's great kindness?
After thinking about it.
Selena only felt that the kindness was too heavy, and it seemed that she could not repay it even with ten thousand deaths.
Soon, as if she had made up her mind in her heart.
A look of determination appeared in her pair of ice-blue eyes, and two shy blushes also appeared on her originally slightly pale and delicate cheeks.
Raising her hand to grab the zipper of the leather jacket, she gently pulled it down.
Today, Selena was going to wholeheartedly offer her most precious, intact body that had been preserved for six hundred years, except for her loyalty, to her "king"!!
But just as the pair of small infant canteens were about to emerge from the leather jacket, she heard Karl, who was lost in thought with his eyes closed, instruct:
"Selena, after you return to [New York], remember to send people to pay more attention to the situation in [Hell's Kitchen], there will be big things happening there recently!!"
After saying that.
He waved his hand without even opening his eyes, signaling that Selena could leave.
Now that he had deduced the possibility of the existence of the [Pocket Dimension].
Then he must use this time to make corresponding adjustments to the specific details of the "plan to seize the [Undying Trait]" that was about to be implemented next.
To ensure that nothing goes wrong.
"Yes, Boss!!"
Selena did not hesitate at all, and immediately zipped up the zipper neatly, and then exited the office with brisk steps.
After several tests, she had roughly figured out her boss's style of doing things, knowing that he never approached women when he had important matters to attend to.
Completely different from those scum with sperm on their brains.
Anyway, there would be plenty of opportunities to dedicate herself in the future, so she was not in a hurry.
Moreover, since she joined Karl's command, she had rarely heard him say things like "big things are going to happen".
Presumably the event that happened in [Hell's Kitchen] this time would not be simple!
Selena couldn't help but feel a strong sense of curiosity.
She wanted to go back quickly to see what exactly happened there.
…………
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Night falls.
[Hell's Kitchen].
The "lively" streets of the past had become a bit deserted due to the Spider-Woman's massacre of the [Irish Gang] a few days ago.
But under the streetlights on the streets and alleys, you could still see groups of three or five gang members with guns and ammunition trading.
There was no way.
These people always spent money lavishly and did not have the good habit of saving money.
So as long as they did not work for a day, they would immediately fall into the predicament of having no money to spend.
Even if they were scared to death in their hearts, they could only bite the bullet and take to the streets.
But fortunately, in the past few days, the "heinous" Spider-Woman had not reappeared.
So gradually, these gang members became much bolder.
"Hey, buddy, are you looking for some good stuff? Just a little bit, I guarantee you'll have a blast..."
Somewhere on the street, a short middle-aged man with a low head and staggering steps walked towards the three gang members standing under the streetlights.
The three of them assumed they had simply encountered a drug addict whose cravings were kicking in. Far from being cautious, they were secretly celebrating their first successful sale of the day.
They didn't notice that the man's right hand, which he had kept hidden behind his back, was gripping a gleaming kitchen knife.
"Fifty dollars a packet... Pfft!"
