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Capilison stared blankly at the tall white man.
"Are you still loyal to me?"
Jones looked up, and in that instant, the light from the chandelier reflected off his glasses, making it impossible to detect the change in his gaze.
"...Of course, Mr. President."
“You have shown me great kindness, and I will always stand by your side. There is no need to compare me to that rabble.”
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Tap tap tap—Bang!
The butler stumbled in through the door, sweating profusely, and said:
"Mr. President! The vampires... the vampires have already—"
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Capilison shouted, "Speak!"
The butler exclaimed in horror, "Yes...yes! The vampires have announced...that they will launch an attack on Group Island!"
"And...and all our branches around the world have already—"
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Wherever there are vampires, the Eternal Night Queen can infiltrate.
Capilison had considered this, and the Spire Corporation couldn't guarantee that the Night Queen wasn't among the vampires. Therefore, there were no vampire employees on the corporation's island.
But after the vampire royal court declared war on the group, Capilison quickly realized that the vampire queen had made an extremely insidious move—
The Spyr Group enjoys a prestige among the new vampires that far surpasses that of the vampire royal court, and all of this is based on the fact that the group provides a large number of jobs for vampires.
Therefore, over the years, many vampires have been "assimilated" by the corporation, climbing to high positions in its branches and subsidiaries around the world based on their abilities...
And this is precisely the group's weakness.
By the time the group realized that the vampire executives were ticking time bombs, it was too late.
After the Vampire Queen declared war on the corporation, if Capilison excludes the branch vampires from the center of power, it will inevitably lead to a loss of control over public opinion...
He was prepared for the vampire queen to use her power to turn the vampires within the group against him, and he had made multiple preparations to deal with it—but he did not expect that things would be even more terrifying than he had imagined.
The new wine glass that Capilison had just taken out fell to the ground again and shattered.
At the same time, all of the group's important departments and branches around the world cut off all contact with the group island.
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All of the group's key departments and branches have fallen under the control of the vampires.
Transportation, electricity, signaling—everything that allowed the group island to remotely control the world—vanished in an instant.
In that instant, a colossal giant appeared to have been dismembered, leaving only its heart.
A heart is useless without flesh and limbs.
Group Island has become a true isolated island in the Pacific Ocean.
Chapter 235 Heavenly Soldiers
At the same time, the blood puppets that Queen Eternal Night had infiltrated within the group all took control of their respective departments.
Over the course of several months, these blood golems, hidden without a trace, climbed to high positions within their respective departments under the direction of the Night Queen.
In this way, the Queen of Eternal Night can simultaneously deprive a group of trees, whose roots are as intertwined as towering trees, of their root system's nourishment.
Of course, controlling these hundreds of blood puppets alone is still not enough to completely sever the group's lifeline. To bring the group to a complete standstill, the power of all the vampires must be used.
On that night, at the same moment, millions of vampires around the world—whether newly born vampires or native vampires—simultaneously heard a voice in their minds.
It's the voice of Ludwig, the Eternal Night Queen of the vampires.
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"Fellow vampires, listen to me."
"Years ago, the evil of humanity exploited the power of vampires to cause a catastrophe, forcing many innocent people to become members of the vampire clan, thus losing their right to live as humans... Meanwhile, the original vampires, who had survived in the world for thousands of years, were also swayed by the sweet words of humans, breaking their millennia-old code of seclusion and maintaining a fragile peace with humans..."
"To this day, my people... have you all lived in peace and prosperity under the false promises of humanity? Have humans truly sought happiness for us as they claimed?"
"My people, the cruel reality is before you. Humanity has once again used vampires, used our blood, used our superhuman power, in an attempt to send us and this world into hell once more."
"I am the Queen of the Vampire Clan, who rules over all vampires. It is my duty to bestow happiness upon my people and to protect them with my very being—"
"Therefore, at this opportune moment, I, Ludwig von Nacht... will become a storm and raise the banner of resistance."
"You will witness the rise of the vampire race alongside me. After tonight, the vampire race will have a place of its own..."
"Under my rule, Queen of Eternal Night, may it endure forever."
The vampire queen on the throne, through her power, conveys her decrees to the minds of every vampire in the world.
"Awaken, my people..."
She smiled coldly and alluringly, her fingertips tracing the corners of her lips.
"To devour the 'empire'...to the last drop."
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"That's...the voice of the vampire queen?"
"It's said that every vampire can hear her voice. Did you hear it too?"
"She...she's right!"
A vampire employee who had been working overtime for more than 40 hours slammed his fist on the table and stood up.
"Why should we speak well of the company when they exploit us so relentlessly? Is it just because we're afraid of losing our jobs?"
"Everyone around us treats us like monsters. We even get spat on when we go to work... Is there any point in continuing to live such a pathetic life?!"
"They even specifically refuse to hire vampires for jobs, forcing us to suffer like this within the corporation... How can this be!"
"Yes! We've already 'died' once, what else is there to be afraid of! Even death... is worse than continuing to live this life worse than that of pigs and dogs!"
After the vampire queen's instigation, the quantitative change finally led to a qualitative change.
In recent times, the vampires' sweeping campaigns in the arena of public opinion have exacerbated internal conflicts within the group, with both vampires and humans pointing the finger at this culprit... Only blood...
With a little fanning the flames, the vampire employees, who were silenced by the group's oppression, all responded to the queen's call.
"I heard that our manager is a subordinate of the vampire queen and is helping the queen overthrow the corporation?"
"Let's go, grab our weapons!"
"Quit!"
Although the new vampires knew very little about the vampire queen, they knew that she was about to overturn this ridiculous order.
They knew that the Vampire Queen was not an anomaly—she was the legitimate and true leader of the vampires. Although she had long been unfamiliar with the new vampires, she must understand the vampires better than the hypocritical groups and the difficult humans.
"Humans smear the vampire queen in the media every day... but she has never actually done anything to us, and has always spoken up for the vampires!"
Responding to her call might not be worse than maintaining the status quo.
"I choose to believe her!"
"Me too!"
"For the Queen of Eternal Night!"
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The strike by vampires worldwide began in an instant.
Under the Queen's instructions, none of the vampires revealed her telepathic message, and millions of vampires responded to her call in their own ways.
In fact, the Queen of Eternal Night used her power to give subtle hints... making all the vampires believe that it was their own will, and thus accepting her call with a clear conscience.
Then, the next step of the operation began.
The Queen of Eternal Night rose from her throne and descended the steps.
"Torre, immediately summon the warriors who have been training. Twenty percent of them will remain with you to guard the castle. The rest of the warriors, and all combat personnel within the castle..."
She raised her hand and waved.
"Follow me on my campaign."
"This time... it's a full-scale mobilization."
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The Queen of Eternal Night was not as arrogant and conceited as the corporation. She knew that the corporation's island would not be as vulnerable as these mercenaries...
When she issued the attack warning to the group island, she already knew what was going to happen next.
The group has interests entangled with countless capital entities worldwide. The group's island is not only a lawless zone on the high seas, but also a hiding place for these capital entities.
Although the group is in dire straits and everyone is criticizing it, the vampires' attack on the group's island will inevitably attract interested third-party forces...
She did this for only one purpose.
The army that conquered humanity made them completely afraid to have any improper thoughts about vampires, severing all their ideas about them.
As she wished, a fleet had already assembled near Group Island ahead of the vampires, and it was not flying any flags.
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At the headquarters of the Human Union Parliament, five representatives sat around a conference table.
The countries behind them are the real power holders of the United Nations Parliament, all behemoths that dominate this world order.
"What does it mean?"
Of the five representatives, one with a French accent spoke first.
"Why is your country's fleet present on Group Island?"
The white man who was asked the question spoke with an American accent and seemed indifferent.
"Oh, sir, you're asking a question you already know the answer to."
After these two sentences, the room fell into a long silence.
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The silence was broken when the well-dressed English gentleman spoke first.
“Representative of the Stars and Stripes, you should know that the entire Group Island is the private property of the Group, even though it's located in international waters…”
The man with the American accent crossed his legs and said, "So what?"
"Rules are always set by humans... and they are set to be broken. That vampire queen clearly understood this, didn't she?"
"She is dissatisfied with the rules we humans have set for her, so she is taking this opportunity to break them... If we stand by and watch her destroy the corporation, you all know how much damage that would cause to humanity, right?"
At this moment, a burly representative, speaking with a thick Slavic accent, replied rather irritably:
"Stop downplaying the main issues! Everyone knows who is to blame for how things have turned out this way."
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Oh, don't worry.
Ladies and gentlemen.
"The fleet wasn't flying any flags; they just happened to be passing by."
"And, coincidentally, a security agreement was signed with the Spier Group."
"I hope you will not make the wrong prediction. We, the Stars and Stripes, never wage wars of humiliation. What war have we ever fought that wasn't fought honorably?"