"Oh, right..."
Asheley Barrett seemed to suddenly remember something, and quickly brought up a data list on her tablet, pointing to the gradually increasing numbers on it and saying:
"There's an online group voting support rate initiated by someone, and the support rate for your and Spider-Woman's 'combination popularity' is steadily increasing!"
"Hmm?"
Homelander took the tablet and glanced at it, his brows furrowing slightly, and he asked with some displeasure, "Why is it only 5%?"
Asheley Barrett quickly explained, "Sir, you can take a look at when this combination vote was launched... it was only temporarily opened after you resolved the vampire crisis in [Chicago]."
Homelander said with some surprise, "That is to say, in just two hours, nearly... 150,000 people voted to support me teaming up with that little bug?"
"That's right!"
This was somewhat unexpected for Homelander, he didn't expect that little bug's popularity to be even higher than [Starlight]'s and [Queen Maeve]'s?
After thinking for a moment, he nodded noncommittally:
"Continue to pay close attention to the changes in this support rate. If it gets high enough in the future, it's not impossible to cooperate with that little bug."
"Also, from now on, all ordinary tasks will be handled by others... From now on, I will be solely responsible for handling supernatural events that other heroes can't solve."
Homelander seemed to have found a brand new track that belonged exclusively to him, and immediately decided to devote himself to it.
After all, popularity and attention are the "essence" of life to him!
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......
Somewhere in [Detroit].
"Don't be afraid, come here."
In a luxuriously decorated room, a burly young man with short blond hair and slightly gloomy eyes beckoned to the girl in a pure white lace dress across from him.
The girl's delicate body trembled slightly, obviously a little scared... or rather, apprehensive.
But soon she mustered her courage, straightened her chest, and walked towards him.
Two days ago.
In order to raise the $399 to buy the latest iPhone 5 (64Gb version) as soon as possible, she actually went behind her family's back and, with the help of her best friend, personally put her "first night rights" up for public sale on a certain dating website.
She originally thought that with her ordinary appearance, freckled face, and figure not as hot as her peers, even if she posted it online, it would likely go unnoticed.
But who would have thought that on the same day, several people contacted her online one after another.
So, after a round of mutual bidding.
In the end, the man in front of her, who looked a bit fierce but exuded an extraordinary aristocratic aura, defeated the other bidders with a price three times higher than the starting price, that is, 1200 US dollars, and successfully won her first night rights.
The man very readily prepaid a deposit of 120 US dollars and agreed to meet in this private castle.
The girl was really happy after receiving the deposit.
She even felt a little proud in her heart.
She never imagined that her virginity, which was often ridiculed and teased by her classmates, would be so valuable?
"Sir, I... it's my first time..."
"Don't worry, I'll be very gentle."
The blond man raised his eyebrows, then gently pulled the girl into his arms, and in the other person's slightly shy but expectant eyes, slowly grinned, revealing four sharp and sharp canine teeth like a beast, and "choked" down on the girl's fair neck.
"Uh... ah..."
The girl's eyes widened suddenly, her face full of incredible horror.
It seemed to be saying: Why? I thought we agreed that you just wanted my body, why are you taking my life now? Most importantly, I haven't gotten my latest iPhone 5 yet!
But a special [enzyme] released from the man's fangs caused the girl's body to instantly fall into a stiff state, unable to move at all.
And this [enzyme] can also trigger extreme metabolic reactions in the human body, thereby assisting in accelerating the process of blood sucking.
That's right.
The blond man is not a human, but a vampire, and the most noble prince in the entire vampire empire.
His name is Sharus Tepes Dracula, and his father is the famous [Ghost King] Vlad Tepes Dracula!
"Ha, that's great!"
After drinking all the blood in the girl's body, Sharus threw the shriveled and decayed corpse in his arms aside.
He crossed his legs with an enjoyable expression, and looked at the figure that appeared opposite him at some unknown time, and asked in a rather domineering tone:
"Lilith, why are you so late? How are your subordinates preparing?"
"Sharus, no matter how much the world progresses, your behavior is still as rude as a beast. I can't see any connection to elegance in you."
Lilith seemed to be used to the other party's bad attitude, and after finding a seat and sitting down, she said gracefully:
"Don't worry, the seven [Night Demons] responsible for opening the dimensional gate have all successfully descended..."
"It's just that there was a little bit of obstruction from the human side during this process... Several cults were accidentally wiped out, so you may need your people at that time..."
However.
Before she could finish speaking, Sharus waved his hand and interrupted in a rough voice, "I have plenty of manpower under me. You can have as many as you want when the time comes."
But the next second, his face suddenly changed, his body leaned forward sharply, and he asked with a full sense of oppression:
"But the premise is that you must ensure that you can kill that old guy for me this time... I'm talking about completely erasing him from the earth!!"
Obviously, the "old guy" in Sharus's mouth refers to his father Dracula!
The reason why he is willing to cooperate with Lilith is not because of the "kinship" between the two half-siblings, but because their ultimate goals coincide, and they both want to kill their troublesome old father!
However, what is different from Lilith is.
Sharus not only did not experience the tragic situation of being abandoned, but has always been cultivated by Dracula as a successor, and has been favored since childhood.
But people's hearts are hard to satisfy, and desires are hard to fill!!
This well-known truth also applies to the special group of vampires with a strict hierarchical system.
As time went on, Sharus, who had been a prince for nearly a thousand years, gradually became dissatisfied with his current status and secretly coveted his old father Dracula's [Ghost King] position.
So he used the relevant matters of humans constantly compressing vampire territory as an excuse, and deliberately contradicted Dracula at meetings several times, and had fierce verbal conflicts with him.
And was eventually expelled by Dracula from the dimensional space where [Impossible City] is located.
However, Sharus, who was punished, did not choose to be safe and abide by the rules.
On the contrary, after being freed from Dracula's surveillance, it was more conducive for him to show his talents.
So from that day on, he began to secretly win over the leaders of various vampire cults, form secret alliances, and gradually expand his power.
Just so that one day, he can overthrow Dracula and take the throne!
But Sharus was not in a hurry to officially declare war on Dracula.
Because he knew better than anyone else that as long as he couldn't truly kill his father, he would never have a chance to rise.
So, he can only choose to endure for now.
And this forbearance has lasted for hundreds of years...
Until one day, Lilith suddenly approached him and said that she had a way to completely kill Dracula, he chose to ally without thinking.
Sharus realized that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally come!
"Of course."
Lilith said with incomparable certainty: "I have made all the preparations this time. As long as you can bring the old guy's head out of that dimensional space as agreed, he will definitely die."
Speaking of this, she looked at Sharus with some uncertainty and hesitated: "On the contrary, do you really dare to attack that old guy in front of so many cult leaders at the meeting?"
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Faced with the question, Sharus grinned and showed a proud smirk, and said with full confidence:
"What's there to be afraid of? Nowadays, at least more than half of the cult leaders are on my side. They have long been dissatisfied with that old thing's weak and incompetent leadership."
"Vampires are the most powerful race in this world, how can they bow their heads to humans who are food?"
"When you kill that old thing as agreed, I will organize all the vampire cults and then order them to take back all the territories they lost in the past..."
Lilith glanced at the other party with some surprise and said lightly: "This also means that vampires are going to go to war with humans again?"
"No, no, no."
Who would have thought that Sharus shook his head and corrected: "Going to war with humans is only the first step of the plan. Next, I will rebuild ranches and slaughterhouses for raising humans like I did centuries ago... and finally conquer the entire world and completely exterminate those humans who are unwilling to become slaves!!"
"This idiot overestimates his strength a bit too much." Lilith cursed secretly in her heart. She couldn't figure out how brain-damaged this guy had to be to come up with such a crazy plan that would dig his own grave?
Do you really think that human missiles and nuclear weapons are all decorations?
And those superhumans and superheroes, how could they stand by and watch?
At that time, I am afraid that the entire vampire race will usher in complete extinction because of this.
Although Lilith hated Dracula very much, and even did the same crazy thing in order to kill him.
But it is undeniable that the truce treaty of "vampires and humans do not invade each other" that the other party has been implementing for thousands of years has indeed protected vampires to the greatest extent possible to survive and continue in the human world.
However, for her, who has now become a [Demon Lord], the life and death of the vampire race has nothing to do with her.
As long as she can kill Dracula as she wishes, she is too lazy to care about other things.
"Good luck!"
Lilith perfunctorily said indifferently, then changed the subject and asked: "Do you have any clues about the whereabouts of [Red Slayer]?"
"There is no definite news yet." Sharus curled his lips with little interest, "But my people have successfully locked onto a suspicious target who is very likely to be related to [Red Slayer]... Selena, the newly promoted leader of the [Witchcraft Society] in [New York State]!!"
"Oh?"
Lilith's eyes lit up when she heard this, she nodded slightly, waiting for the other party's next words.
Sharus continued: "Rumor has it that she was just an ordinary lower-level familiar before, but a few months ago, for some unknown reason, she actually broke the shackles in her bloodline, personally killed the 'master' who transformed her into a familiar, and successfully advanced to a higher level... From then on, she was no longer afraid of the sun!"
"I think that only the blood of [Red Slayer] that you mentioned earlier can cause such a huge change in a short period of time, right?"
"Oh, by the way, it seems that her accomplices killed Deacon..."
"I see."
Lilith raised her eyebrows slightly, pondered for a moment and suggested: "If you are not sure that you can force the whereabouts of [Red Slayer] from her mouth, you can directly hand it over to me to deal with..."
However.
Before she could finish speaking, Sharus interrupted with a sneer: "Lilith, do you think I'm a fool?"
"I don't care what that mysterious person hiding behind you wants to do by looking for this so-called [Red Slayer]."
"But she personally promised me that as long as I find out the exact whereabouts of [Red Slayer], I can get a fragment of a page of the [Darkhold]..."
Sharus leaned his body forward again and threatened maliciously: "So, my dear old sister, you better not get in my way!"
Sharus's temper has always been known for being violent and reckless.
So even if he is facing a [Demon Lord] at the moment, he is not afraid at all.
What's more, since he dares to tell Lilith Selena's information in front of her, then naturally he has full confidence that the other party will not secretly attack him behind his back.
The reason is very simple.
Because once Lilith loses Sharus's help, she will no longer be able to find a suitable candidate to successfully bring Dracula's head out of the [pocket dimension] where [Impossible City] is located.
In this way, all her previous preparations and plans will be in vain.
And this not only involves [Hell Lord] Marduk Kurios, but also involves the mysterious organization that resurrected Lilith and helped her successfully ascend to [Demon Lord].
So no matter what, Lilith would not allow that situation to happen.
This is the real reason why Sharus dares to show an aggressive attitude in front of her.
Although this guy's brain is not very bright, his sense of smell in some aspects is still remarkable.
"I understand."
Lilith didn't say much, nodded with a calm expression, and then her figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.
If you want to destroy him, first let him go mad...
