Chapter 393 Everything for the Family

In the quiet and dark underground river.

At a certain moment, two bats flew past one after another. The bat behind quickly caught up with the bat in front, screamed in the air and began to attack the other bat wildly. The scene was soon covered with blood.

The other bat was in pain. After a struggle, it hurriedly avoided and flew upwards. It hit the top of the rock wall above. Its sharp wings sliced ​​open the rock wall above. The rocks fell down layer by layer. They were swung by the bat chasing behind them. The claws cut into pieces neatly, but the dust and gravel they produced also hindered its perception and movement.

The injured bat above took the opportunity to escape quickly and stumbled deeper into the river.

After the bat below spent some effort to get rid of the obstacle, it immediately took off again and chased the opponent in the direction where he disappeared.

Just follow it all the way, and soon, this dry underground river reaches the end.

Later, the bat flapped its wings and landed on the ground, transforming into Mai's appearance.

Looking at the dead end ahead, Mai sensed a circle on the ground and quickly looked in another direction. The mountain wall here was covered with some kind of dark green underground broad-leaved plant.

Mai stepped forward and opened a broad leaf, revealing a narrow passage behind the leaf.

"Watch where you run!" Mai sneered and got into it without hesitation.

During the pursuit just now, she had realized that the other party was just a viscount. The viscount had no chance to resist when facing the count, so she was not worried about her safety at all.

The passage was shorter than expected. After rounding two corners, the front suddenly became clear.

Mai found himself entering a vast underground cave. The cave had been artificially transformed into a medicine refining base. It was surrounded by various herbs and instruments, and there was a somewhat familiar fragrance of herbs floating in the air.

Mai didn't think much and rushed into the cave. Soon, on the other side of the cave, he saw a man in black robe standing leaning against the wall. He covered his right arm with one hand and his right arm was bleeding profusely.

That's right, that's the wound she scratched just now!

"Give up, traitor, you are at the end of your rope!" Mai said coldly, with sharp claws emerging from his hands, ready to attack.

From the surrounding environment, she could already imagine that it was this traitor who continuously produced wolfsbane from here every day, and then used it on the vampires by the werewolves, causing a large number of casualties among the clansmen.

And such a person is no longer worthy of being a vampire. The vampire's rules prohibiting killing each other do not apply to this kind of person, so she does not have to hold back at all when facing this person!

However, just when Mai was about to rush forward and take down the opponent, he suddenly heard the opponent's voice.

"Mai... To be honest, I'm very relieved..."

"Um?"

Mai looked up in surprise and looked at the man in black robe opposite, with a confused expression. Because the voice just now was so familiar that she immediately thought of a character who could not possibly appear here...

"It's so nice that I'm chasing after you... It seems that he still left me some favor..."

With a wry smile, the man in black robe opposite took off the hood on his head, and the face revealed from under the hood immediately confirmed Mai's worst guess.

"Uncle? This is impossible! How could you..."

Mai looked at Jonas across from him in disbelief. The burning fighting spirit was instantly extinguished, leaving only a sense of bewilderment and absurdity.

There were so many viscounts in the Vampire Clan. She thought that there might be many people in the family, but she was the only one who never suspected her uncle. Because the uncle in her impression was such a good old man with a gentle temper and politeness to everyone. How could such a person be a traitor...

However, deep in her heart, there was an increasingly louder voice reminding her that Jonas was the traitor, because she had actually discovered the clues long ago, but she had always turned a blind eye subconsciously.

For example, my uncle is one of the few herbalists in the clan and is naturally equipped to commit crimes.

For example, in the past year since my uncle was injured, he often left early and came back late, saying that he was collecting medicine to support the family...

Another example is the smell of herbs that she smelled when she came in just now. The reason why she feels familiar is because a similar smell is always wafting at home...

When she thought about the meaning of these herbs, which originally represented warmth and peace of mind to her, it now made her feel sick...

"Why……"

After a brief ideological struggle, Mai had gradually accepted this fact. He couldn't help but clenched his fists, raised his head, and stared at Jonas. His eyes were filled with many emotions such as disbelief, grievance, confusion, confusion, sadness, etc. In the end, it all turned into anger.

"Why betray the pack and become the werewolf's lackey?" Mai asked angrily.

At the same time, there was another thing that made her feel confused: the operation that asked her to catch the mole today was arranged by her brother. In other words, her brother had already known that the mole was her uncle? Then why let her come?

In fact, Mu You did have doubts about Jonas before, because there was a period of time before when he was ambushed by a werewolf, and at that time, there were not many people who could know where he was at any time.

Mu You even suspected that Mai Yi was the mole at first, but later confirmed that he was not, and the scope of the mole was further narrowed.

As for the real confirmation that Jonas is the mole, it was this morning.

As a potion master, Mu You knows very well that the ghost is a master of making poisons, and during long-term contact with medicinal herbs, the ghost's body will definitely be imbued with the corresponding smell. It's a pity that the game's text does not mention such a detailed reminder of smell.

So until this morning, when Mu You himself came to the Star Spirit Realm in person, the moment he came into contact with Jonas, he recognized the faint smell of herbs on his body.

Mu You had specialized in studying poisonous blood before, and he knew very well what ingredients were in it, and the herbs represented by the smell of Jonas's body coincided with these ingredients.

At this point, the identity of the mole has been completely determined.

"Why?"

Jonas shook his head and said, "Of course it's for the family, for you."

"Family? Us?"

"Ever since Liston disappeared a thousand years ago, I know that if no changes are made, the Rhine family is destined to continue to decline until the day it dies."

Jonas coughed and spoke weakly: "I have become the only adult male in the family. I feel a heavy responsibility. I must protect my family. I must shoulder the responsibility of revitalizing the family. To do this, in fact, All you need is a bottle of ancestor’s blood!”

"However, this bottle of blood is an unattainable dream for us. A drop of the ancestor's blood for a hundred years. With the size and contribution of our family, even if it takes thousands of years, it will not fall into our hands. inside!"

Jonas smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't have the talent like Liston. I can't rely on my ability to obtain blood, so I can only think of ways to create other ways to get it..."

"So you cooperated with the werewolves to create wolfsbane for the ethnic group to force the ethnic group to part with a bottle of blood drops for detoxification?" Mai said coldly, already understanding everything.

"Sorry, this was the only way I could think of at the time..." Jonas said bitterly.

"Uncle, do you know that I almost died at the hands of a werewolf because of your poison!" Mai said through gritted teeth.

Jonas was stunned for a moment, looked at Mai and shook his head: "Actually, the werewolves would not kill you at that time. This was one of the agreements between me and them. Otherwise, you think you have been hunting outside every day this year. , you have been hunted down so many times, did you survive by your own ability? "

"What about the other tribesmen?" Mai Yi said sadly: "Just for the rise of our family, doesn't it matter if so many vampires died in vain?"

"Yes, as long as I can protect you and prevent you from living such a precarious life, it doesn't matter if some other vampires die." Jonas said this calmly.

Mai looked at Jonas in surprise, unable to believe that he could say such words so calmly.

"But my brother has obviously come back. He relied on his own methods to easily obtain three drops of the blood of the ancestors! Our family has been revived and has become stronger than before. Why do you still..." Mai said.

"Is it still him who's coming back?" Jonas' voice, which had always been gentle, suddenly rose, startling Mai.

"Mai Yi, have you really not discovered it? Or, in fact, you have discovered it, but you simply don't want to believe that he is not your brother, but just a fool wearing your brother's skin, just a fake! No! The hearts of my kind must be different. If you were from my perspective, would you dare to entrust your family to an unknown foreigner?" Jonas's eyes were full of blood, and his face seemed to be hurt by the words. ferocious.

Mai looked at the crazy Jonas blankly. After a moment of silence, he shook his head and said seriously: "I only know that what I saw, what I heard, and everything I felt are the same as a thousand My brother is exactly the same as before. I don’t care what he looks like elsewhere, as long as he appears in front of me in this form, he is my brother!”

"you……"

Jonas looked at the serious-looking Mai in surprise, and sighed helplessly: "You have been too deeply affected by the blood binding..."

"So is this the reason why you refused to take the heart blood in the first place?" Mai sneered. When she took her brother's heart blood before, she had thought about letting her uncle use it first, but Jonas refused, and on the grounds that she had just been promoted and needed to stabilize her strength, she was not allowed to feed her heart blood for the time being. To aunt and other children.

Jonas sighed and admitted frankly: "Yes, I don't want to become a slave of a foreigner, and I don't want my family to become the slaves of others indirectly."

"So in your heart, am I no longer your family?" Mai asked with a sad smile.

"How could it be?" Jonas shook his head hurriedly and defended: "It's just that I know that he treats you as his sister and he will not hurt you..."

"Then why do you think he will hurt your wife and children?" Mai asked.

"..." Jonas was silent.

"Ask yourself, after my brother came back, has he ever done anything to feel sorry for you or our family? He brought us blood, so that everyone in the family could eat and drink well, and also allowed our family to regain its identity. He still has to lead the tribe to help the vampire survive better in the future! Can't you see these contributions? He has done so many things for our family, and what does it mean for a poor and run-down family like ours? Is there something worth worrying about? If he really has other intentions, he can find other big families to cooperate. Besides, even the Grand Duke has recognized him and chosen to cooperate with him, why are you still unwilling to believe him? " Mai asked questions one after another.

Jonas was speechless.

After a long silence, he sighed: "Maybe you are right..."

"It's just that I can't look back... From the day I chose to cooperate with the werewolves, I have fallen into the abyss and handed the handle to the werewolves. If I stop cooperating with them, the werewolves will expose me. I, when the time comes, the Rhine family will bear the name of a traitor, be judged by the clan, and be nailed to the pillar of shame of the blood clan forever, so the only way is... ahem!"

Jonas said, suddenly coughing violently, black blood mixed with internal organs, vomiting all over the floor, his whole body instantly became sluggish, he sat down on the ground with difficulty against the wall, gasping for air.

"uncle!"

Mai was startled and rushed over to check his injuries.

"Uncle, you..."

However, when Mai opened Jonas's black robe and took a look, she discovered that all the exposed skin on his body had turned into black ink, and the arm she had injured just now was continuously bleeding out poisonous black blood.

This is a sign of toxin contamination. The toxin has obviously penetrated deep into the internal organs and cannot be reversed.

Looking at Mai's disbelief, Jonas smiled bitterly and said: "How do you think such a strong toxin is produced? I tried the medicine on my body again and again every day. The toxins in my body are stronger than those of others." The vampire is a thousand times heavier, and I have no chance of survival, so in fact, even if you don't come today, I won't survive tomorrow."

"Uncle..." Mai Yi couldn't help but shed tears: "Hold on, I'll go find my brother to save you..." He turned around and left.

"Don't...ahem..."

Jonas hurriedly grabbed her and said with a wry smile: "Actually, when he found me this morning, I knew that he had already seen through me. Even the Grand Duke already knew that the mole was me. And he probably knew it too. , I could guess that I had been exposed, but even though we both knew it well, we still cooperated to complete the play. This was a silent understanding: I helped him pass false information to the werewolf and let the werewolf step into the trap. And he will protect the Rhine family from being held accountable by the Grand Duke..."

Jonas squeezed out a smile and looked at Mai: "So, don't blame him, I have made too many mistakes, I must die, otherwise I will not be able to explain to the people who died because of me, and if my death can change To keep you and your family safe, I will die with no regrets..."

Jonas said, he actually stretched out his right paw, and then, under Mai's shocked gaze, he inserted it into his left chest and completely took out his heart.

The black-red heart was still beating vigorously in his hand, but Jonas became a little weaker. With his face pale, he stretched out his other hand tremblingly and took out a green injection from his coat pocket. .

"This is the source of living blood, my heart..."

Jonas placed his heart on the ground and handed the injection to Mai.

"This is another poison I have secretly developed during this period, a 'surprise' prepared for the werewolves. Those werewolves only knew how to use me to deal with the vampires, but they never thought that we are the ancestors who control blood. We dare to kill anyone casually. There will be a price to pay for injecting the blood of the vampires into your body... Injecting this injection into my heart can immediately inactivate all the living blood in the werewolf's body, and at the same time transform it into a toxin that restrains werewolves... Although it cannot be directly Killing those werewolves must be enough for them to drink a pot... Just think of it as my final atonement..."

Jonas smiled miserably and stuffed the injection into Mai's hand: "The heart cannot remain active for too long after being separated from the body, so do it quickly..."

"I, I can't do it..." Mai Yi had tears in her eyes and shook her head repeatedly.

"This matter must be done by you... Only if you kill your relatives with your own hands can the Duke have reason to let the Rhine family go. You will become a hero who saves your people. The hero's family will not be embarrassed..." Jonna Si smiled and said: "When I die, remember to take my heart to the Duke in exchange for the blood of my ancestors. In addition, you only need to grind my heart into powder and make an antidote, which can cure those who are wolf-infected." Poisonous people..."

While the two were talking, the beating frequency of the heart on the ground was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was about to lose activity.

"Mai, don't let my hard work go to waste..." Jonas urged, getting weaker and weaker. His remaining life was connected to his heart. When his heart stopped, that was when he died completely.

Mai wiped away her tears, held the injection in both hands, and moved it tremblingly to the top of her heart.

After pausing for a few seconds, Jonas stabbed...

…

At the same time, somewhere outside the Dark City, a group of werewolves in stealth mode were speeding up their emergency march, running collectively in one direction.

"No, wait..." At a certain moment, the voice of the werewolf boy suddenly sounded in the quiet team.

The leading tyrant stopped and looked back at the young man: "What?"

As soon as he stopped, the wolves behind him immediately stopped on their way and looked at the boy.

The young man did not answer, but looked back suspiciously, closed his eyes for a few seconds, and exclaimed: "There are a large number of vampires following us from behind!"

"Oh? How many people are there?"

"Yes, more than nine hundred, even thousands..."

"What?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Even the tyrant's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

More than nine hundred, that's almost all the vampire troops...

They were so careful in their actions, how could they be found by a vampire?

"who is it?"

The Tyrant turned into a wolf-headed human body, looking back angrily at the wolves behind him, and subconsciously punched out with his right fist, instantly shattering a huge rock beside him into powder.

The Tyrant ignored it, and instead scanned all the werewolves with his sharp eyes.

He was sure that his concealment measures along the way were in place, and he even took a deceptive direction when he set out.

However, even so, they were still followed by vampires, so there was only one possibility: someone was deliberately exposing their whereabouts!

Facing the Tyrant's glance, the other werewolves were all silent, and subconsciously looked at their companions around them.

An atmosphere of mutual suspicion began to spread among the wolves.