My Players Are So Fierce

Chapter 2568 -857: When the Mission Calls Once Again

After Babro and Claire completed the civilization candidate identity binding, they quickly woke up, and as the biocapsule quietly slid open, the two, entangled with each other like shameless lovers, crawled out of the hibernation fluid in a life-questioning manner.

Andre, stationed there, very gentlemanly handed them the towels he had prepared in advance with the logo of some household goods manufacturing company from the Eden District, letting them wrap themselves up and sit on the pure white steps nearby to ponder the life that had just been thoroughly changed.

As Nordtof’s most famous poet, who also considers himself a decent adventurer, Andre was ready with paper and pen.

He knew he would definitely get firsthand information about the Golden Era from Babro and Claire, despite having already heard many shocking things from Murphy before, but witnessing them personally makes it all the more convincing.

“So, what exactly did you see?”

Andre waited several minutes but did not hear anything from the usually chatty pair, so he asked the question directly.

The question brought them back to reality, and Babro opened his mouth, his wicked face full of expressions of a worldview reshaped, about to speak but was interrupted by Claire beside him who rubbed her brow and asked:

“Where are Murphy and Triss? Why are they not here?”

“Uh, they went upstairs to address some ‘private issues.’

Andre concealed a somewhat awkward detail about his friends.

Earlier, he clearly saw Murphy, usually quite gentlemanly, kissing Lady Triss in a rather direct way, and the latter seemed accustomed to the suddenness, as they left in an embrace without even needing to guess what they were going off to do.

To this, Andre could only comment that the Transylvania governor indeed possesses the hidden demeanor of a Transia Barbarian.

Such matters so direct, clearly fit certain damned stereotypes outsiders have of that ghost place, Transylvania.

The pirate vampires were too shocked to pay attention to those details, and upon Andre’s inquiry, Babro organized his words and then irritably took out his cool skull-adorned pipe to light it.

In the wafting smoke, he hoarsely said:

“We witnessed the destruction of the Eden District, the fall of the Golden Era, and the collapse of the creator’s sacred blueprint. Archduke Charlemagne’s memories hidden in the blood almost completely record the entire process of that horrific event.

I finally understood why Murphy described it as ‘original sin’ a few days ago…

If those memories are true, then the world’s resentment toward vampires is certainly reasonable, and even I, a heinous pirate, feel filthy and evil due to those crimes of millennia ago. I must be insane, or Murphy used that wicked device to silently change my thinking, turning me into a pirate saint.

But the truth is, our ancestors strangled a yet-to-be-born new world in the cradle of civilization…”

“And conveniently destroyed the blueprint left by the creator for this world, severing all hopes for beautiful things at that time—this world’s future died in the past, murdered by vampires’ hands.”

Deputy Claire, usually boisterous, at that moment acted like a neurotic, melancholic literary girl, grabbing Babro’s pipe for a fierce draw, finally relaxing her tense nerves a little.

Looking at Andre, who was feverishly writing and recording this scene, she said:

“We also saw during that apocalyptic arrival, our Archduke Charlemagne obeyed Lord Paryen’s command to battle with Goat Man leader Verdia in a sacred place named ‘Old God’s Prison,’ and before everything was buried by the Heavenly Fire falling from the sky, he brutally shot the evil Goat Man into the abyss of despair…

But this Verdia…

Could it be the legendary ‘King of all curses’ of the Goat Man?

We clearly saw in the ancient memory he was merely a powerful Goatman Spellcaster, a flesh-and-blood being who would bleed if hit—not the god of legend.”

“Perhaps it’s because before Verdia fell into the Old God’s Prison, he was indeed mortal, but the cunning Goat Man leader made preparations in advance, and taking advantage of the best opportunity with Eden District’s collapse, his plan to seek power finally took a critical step forward.

The Eden District was destroyed, the Golden Era ended, but he thus obtained the much sought-after Divine Crown, at the cost of being sealed in the Old God’s Prison for the next thousand years.”

Murphy’s voice echoed from outside the biological room, causing the three vampires inside to turn back and see Murphy, clad in loose robes, entering with an old book in hand.

The book was quite worn but exuded an undeniable majesty and power.

“This is ‘The Book of Ten Thousand Curses’!

Legendary possession of the King of all curses, treasure of Goat Man legend; Triss commented on it, stating the knowledge contained inside truly warrants the title of treasure. But the problem is, Triss also confirmed that right now, the King of all curses, Verdia in the prison can communicate with the outside world via this book.

Just like the Lord of Darkness constantly striving to escape the prison, and the Nightmare Tyrant sealed beneath the Baphomet Underground Palace.”