Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 60: -54- Bloodline Hierarchy and Blood Demon Church

Chapter 60: -54- Bloodline Hierarchy and Blood Demon Church

"Great master, I have made it clear through interrogation, those two Bloodlines were indeed after you."

"Their purpose was to assassinate you and then pin everything on the Duke."

Sebastian said solemnly.

"Assassinate me? Pin it on the Duke?"

Charlotte’s goblet slightly hesitated in her hand.

"Yes."

Sebastian nodded respectfully.

"Who ordered them?"

Charlotte became increasingly serious as she continued to inquire.

Sebastian’s expression was somewhat troubled.

Charlotte instantly understood:

"Dead?"

Sebastian sighed:

"Yes, they are dead."

"When I planned to continue interrogating them about the mastermind behind the scenes, they died, killed by the Bloodline’s Blood Burning, leaving not even their souls behind..."

"They were not just Bloodline, but also Blood Servants, slaves to higher-order Bloodlines, with contracts in their bodies that kill upon violation! They were Taboo Blood Servants of the Dark Clan!"

Taboo Blood Servants...

Charlotte mused thoughtfully.

Having acquired the Blood Holy Scripture, she had come to understand some of the terms and ranks of the Bloodline.

The hierarchy of Bloodline from bottom to top could be divided into seven levels:

Blood Servant, Blood Baron, Blood Viscount, Blood Count, Marquis or Duke, Blood Grand Duke or Prince, and True Ancestor.

They corresponded to not entering the tier Transcendent, Starry First Tier, Silver Moon Second Tier, Blazing Sun Third Tier, Legendary Fourth Tier, as well as Demigod and True God.

Among them, the titles of Marquis and Duke, as well as Grand Duke or Prince, depended entirely on the Bloodline’s stance and status within the Bloodline Clan, belonging to the same rank in terms of power.

Outside of these seven levels, there was a special rank known as Blood Servant.

Blood Servants usually referred to those who were First Embraced by Bloodline but were not fully endowed with their Bloodline power.

They were generally Transcendents who had not entered the tier and had only part of the Bloodline power, not recognized as kin by the Bloodline.

The most significant difference between them and the lowest tier Blood Servants was that they could not First Embrace others.

Each Blood Servant had signed a most stringent Bloodline Contract with their "master," as severe as the Contract God’s Servant’s Oath, allowing the master to end the life of the Blood Servant at any moment within a certain distance.

They were the most basic slaves of the Bloodline.

But there was an exception.

That is, some Bloodline would apply the contract originally used on Blood Servants to other Bloodline, turning them into slaves.

Or rather, directly elevate the power of Blood Servants to the level of Bloodline.

Thus, slaves possessing Bloodline powers appeared.

They were called Taboo Blood Servants.

Charlotte had learned from the Church’s scriptures that such practices were also forbidden among Bloodline.

Because, for the majority of Bloodline, this behavior causing hierarchical confusion was seen as a great insult to the noble Bloodline and carried huge risks to the stability of Bloodline society.

Most Bloodline Clans firmly opposed and severely prohibited it.

Except for one clan.

The Dark Clan—Shedite.

And the ruler of the Dark Clan was none other than Charlotte’s "old acquaintance," Blood Demon Duke Yabaton.

Clearly, the Blood Demon Church had set its sights on Charlotte, wishing her dead.

Charlotte wasn’t particularly surprised by this, given that the old witch had already tried to kill her once, and the old witch was indeed associated with the Blood Demon Church.

However, the old witch was after a blood sacrifice, and having held the cursed pages for a long time, her mind might not have been clear, and her actions might have wholly contradicted the Blood Demon Church’s intentions.

But now that the Blood Demon Church had acted again, it at least showed that they didn’t want Charlotte to live.

So the question arises, what benefit does her death bring to the Blood Demon Church?

And... why would they pin it on the Duke?

Thinking it over, Charlotte asked:

"I heard that the Rose Association and the Blood Demon Church had dealings before, how much do you know about the Blood Demon Church?"

Sebastian thought for a moment and responded respectfully:

"The Blood Demon Church is an underground secret church that worships the Blood Demon Duke, always active in the West Yonette region, especially in the New Moon Kingdom."

"Almost all of its core members are Bloodline, but they also recruit some humans as peripheral members. They are also the Bloodline Church that historically overturned the New Moon Kingdom."

"The Bloodline in the New Moon Kingdom is referred to as the Bloodline Deceit Demon, largely because of them."

"Oh, and great master, these lunatics also love collecting cursed pages. I think you might be interested in them."

Holy Scripture pages, perhaps...

Charlotte felt a stir in her heart.

I must say, she started to become interested.

Seeing the girl growing more serious, Sebastian continued:

"The aim of the active Blood Demon Church, legend has it, is to find a way to bring the Blood Demon Duke into this world."

"The Flame Demon Disaster ten years ago was a catastrophe planned by the Blood Demon Church."

"It is said that they had beguiled Count Broey with the goal of summoning the Flame Demon Vararoka, a follower of the Blood Demon Duke, and then allowing the Blood Demon Duke to descend using the body of Vararoka as the Holy Body, incarnating a deity avatar!"

"Of course, they failed in the end, and even Vararoka, who had descended halfway, was sealed."

"But over the past half-year, the number of disappearances and murders in Bold has sharply increased, especially in the Outer City District, almost all implicating Bloodline, with traces of Shadow Magic and dead spirit magic being quite common..."

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