Gospel of Blood

A familiar yet foreign call echoed in Charlotte’s heart, it was Albrecht’s prayer.

A Legendary being’s prayer carried far more power than that of any other extraordinary individual. Charlotte didn’t even have to deliberately seek it out, she could immediately sense Albrecht’s state.

The Legendary blood thrall, possessing the bloodline of a demon, was likely in a sealed room. The room housed a sacrificial array and altar, with the symbol of the Thorny Rose placed above the altar. At the center of the sacrificial array lay a small statue and a shimmering crystal ball.

At that moment, Albrecht stood before the array, respectfully chanting her revered name.

Feeling the ethereal call, Charlotte immersed herself in her consciousness, entering the Dark Night Castle. She then used the faith network to connect with the symbol that Albrecht had drawn.

Soon, she felt as if she was linked to some inter-dimensional passageway through the void.

It was the sacrificial array’s activation of the teleportation channel—or rather, the sacrificial channel. Through this ethereal sacrificial channel, Charlotte could see the statue and the crystal ball on the other side, as well as Albrecht murmuring incantations beside them.

With a slight thought, she chose to accept, and the sacrificial array before Albrecht glowed crimson, engulfing the statue and the crystal ball.

Charlotte felt a strange suction from the sacrificial channel. Accompanied by the crimson glow, a small statue and a shimmering crystal ball appeared before her.

The sacrifice was successful. To Charlotte, it felt more like an alternative form of teleportation, with the destination being herself, and the location being the Dark Night Castle.

Looking at Albrecht’s offerings, Charlotte waved her hand gently, and the small statue and crystal ball flew into her hands.

This was Charlotte’s first true acceptance of a sacrifice. Before merging with the statue, she could communicate with believers or supplicants through the Thorny Rose symbol, but this was her first time experiencing a sacrifice akin to that received by a God.

This was an additional capability of the faith network, allowing Charlotte to use the symbol as a node and achieve directional teleportation through the sacrificial array.

Holding the statue and crystal ball, Charlotte felt their tangible presence, distinctly different from the illusory nature of the mental world. She sensed that she could bring the sacrificed statue and crystal ball into the real world at any moment.

It was a novel experience. After merging with the statue, Charlotte had vaguely sensed some transformation in her mental world. Successfully receiving a sacrifice now further confirmed her suspicions.

Her Dark Night Castle seemed to be more than just a manifestation of her mental world, it had acquired some real-world characteristics.

More precisely, this mental world was exhibiting signs of becoming a separate space, capable of storing real-world objects.

This naturally reminded Charlotte of certain descriptions in her treasured extraordinary tomes.

It was said that once an extraordinary being reached the Legendary tier, their mental power would undergo a further qualitative change, allowing them to create a unique space within their consciousness to store items—referred to as personal or pocket space.

Perhaps this was similar to her current Dark Night Castle. However, Charlotte was not a Legendary, she was still a Silver Moon.

Frankly, Charlotte was beginning to doubt whether she still counted as a Silver Moon in the conventional sense.

She possessed a God-like faith network, could receive sacrifices like a God, bestow blessings, and even use divine power, or rather, accumulate divine power.

So, what difference was there between her and a God?

In fact, aside from her relatively weak physical strength, she was almost indistinguishable from a God—a genuinely resurrected minor God!

Especially considering the divine flame that ignited in her heart after merging with the faceless statue, which led her to numerous speculations…

Unfortunately, her family’s tomes only recorded up to the Legendary tier, with no information beyond that. Even Nice, who knew the most about myth, had mostly blanks in related knowledge.

Therefore, Charlotte couldn’t definitively judge her current state. The personal panel in the Gospel of Blood described her current extraordinary rank, but it only corresponded to her present strength. For instance, it now read “Blood Viscount”, and during True Ancestor’s Liberation, it would change to “Blood Duke.”

Shaking her head, Charlotte temporarily set the matter aside.

Regardless of her current state, her goal remained unchanged: to become stronger and ascend to Godhood.

She picked up Albrecht’s sacrificed faceless statue and began a thorough investigation.

Crimson light spread from her fingertips, covering the statue. Charlotte closed her eyes and probed with divine power, quickly discovering a familiar force within the statue.

It was the blood divine power. This statue, like the one she previously merged with, stored abundant blood divine power.

In a way, the statue itself seemed composed of this blood divine power.

However, apart from the divine power, there seemed to be another force within the statue.

Before merging with the statue, Charlotte hadn’t sensed this force. After merging once, her perception seemed to have sharpened, allowing her to faintly detect this mysterious power.

It was difficult for her to describe this force in words, but she could roughly determine that it was also related to divine power. If divine power was the flesh of the faceless statue, then this force… was like its skeleton.

As Charlotte further sensed this, she felt her heart begin to throb. The golden-red flame in her heart burned more intensely, and she was surprised to discover a desire to devour this mysterious power—a resonance, a longing to merge.

Charlotte had a hunch: perhaps the divine flame that appeared after she merged with the statue was related to this mysterious power. Combined with Albrecht’s thoughts in the Dark Night Castle, she had some speculations.

Perhaps this mysterious power was also the key to Godhood!

After carefully sensing the statue, Charlotte ended her investigation.

She chose not to merge with the statue immediately. She had a premonition that if she did, the resulting commotion would be no less than the one in her hometown, and she would most likely advance to Blazing Sun and fall into slumber.

Charlotte wasn’t ready for slumber yet. Moreover, this place, Lutecia, the core area of the Holy Court, was not an ideal location for merging with the statue.

She planned to return to the North and find a suitable place to prepare for the merger.

Having made up her mind, Charlotte put away the faceless statue, placing it in the deepest part of the Dark Night Castle.

Setting aside the merger, the statue’s considerable divine power alone made it valuable enough to be considered a portable power source, naturally requiring careful storage in the most suitable place—the Dark Night Castle.

After securing the statue, Charlotte turned her attention to the crystal ball. She could sense the familiar power within it.

It was also the blood divine power, but this time, it was the power she had left with Albrecht for imprinting memories.

Charlotte preferred to call it divine art. Taking a deep breath, her expression became solemn.

As an ancient bloodborne, Albrecht had witnessed the rise and fall of the bloodborne and knew many secrets of the bloodborne.

The Holy Court and the bloodbornes had both erased much of the history concerning the True Ancestor of Blood, and now, Charlotte finally had the opportunity to thoroughly examine it.

Taking a deep breath, Charlotte touched the crystal, carefully sensing it. Her mental power spread, connecting with the crystal that recorded memories.

In the next moment, a flood of vast and chaotic memories surged into Charlotte’s mind like an unstoppable mudslide…