Chapter 561. Lilith
Charles cast an indifferent gaze at Sniffler, who was standing before him in the Captain's Quarters of the Narwhale.
Vampire Sniffler seemed particularly restrained and was sitting ramrod straight. Neither of the two spoke as they sat quietly, seemingly waiting for someone.
A few minutes later, a massive bat with a wingspan of one meter flew in through the window. The bat folded its wings and transformed into Audric's figure. "Captain, I heard you were looking for me."
"He's from the Dark Crystal Island. Come here and check him out," Charles said, tapping his steel fingers on the table.
Audric was stunned. Moments later, his nose twitched, and he cast his eyes, which were hidden behind his sunglasses, at Sniffler sitting on the side. "Who was the elder who bestowed upon you the Embrace?"
Sniffler glanced at Audric, but he did not want to talk to the latter. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a blood-red crystal ball.
"Captain, you do not have to be doubtful of my intentions. I'm just a messenger, and I'm here to tell you that the Mother has decided to talk to you personally," Sniffler said. He squeezed the blood-red crystal ball, causing it to shatter.
A thick, coagulated blood mist rushed out of the crystal ball, and it pervaded the room in the blink of an eye. The nauseating stench of blood filled the entire cabin as well.
The blood mist transformed into red threads that interweaved, gradually transforming into a gorgeous lady before Charles' eyes. The remaining bits and pieces transformed into a red cloth that covered the lady's figure.
Lilith had a gorgeous and petite figure. It would be easy to misunderstand her for a young woman who had just reached her twenties. However, Charles knew that Lilith was several centuries older than himself.
When Lilith appeared, Audric and Sniffler immediately lowered their heads, and their eyes became filled with respect.
"Governor Charles, I still remember the first time you visited my island years ago. It is truly a surprise to see that you've developed your own island into such a powerhouse in just a few years. What a truly impressive feat." Lilith's soft voice sounded pleasant to the ears.
Charles crossed his arms and leaned back slightly in his chair. "We have no time to waste, so go straight to the point. What do you want from me?" Findd new stories on nov/e(l)bin(.)com
Lilith covered her mouth and let out a charming chuckle. "How straightforward you are, child. Anyway, I've come here to help you."
Charles remained silent as he waited for Lilith's explanation.
"Dark Crystal Island is the home of my children and descendants. I can order them to help you search for the darkness."
Charles pondered for a while before saying, "All right, but I have my own demand. I want you to tell me everything about the past, including the time before the Foundation captured you."
Charles wanted to know more about the past, and what would be a more reliable source of information than the living fossil before him?
"Someone invited me to come down here; they said that there's no sunlight here, so I came here."
Charles stared into Lilith's eyes and enunciated each world clearly as he said, "Don't lie to me. I explored the island where the Foundation imprisoned you. O—Type 3 Sideroblastic Anemia Porphyria Patient: Lilith. Is that right?"
A trace of panic fleeted across Lilith's eyes, and she suppressed it in the blink of an eye before turning to her two descendants standing behind her. "You two are dismissed."
The two vampires had been standing ramrod straight all this while; they did not hesitate and left upon hearing Lilith's command.
Lilith sat on the table and asked, "What else do you know about me? Are you from the Foundation?"
Charles shook his head and said, "I'm not interested in you. I'm interested in what happened on the surface long ago."
The two turned to look outside the window, staring at the hazy purple mist outside.
Gazing at the purple mist, bewilderment fleeted across Lilith's face. She then walked up to the window and slowly said, "I have no idea what happened to the surface.
"I think the ship that the Foundation had used to send me down here must've been Noah's Ark. They must've known that a catastrophe was coming, and it was going to annihilate mankind, so they decided to relocate to the Subterranean Sea before it happened."
Charles had considered that possibility long ago, but even though there was a high chance that it was true, it was still speculation rather than the truth.
"What year was it when you were brought down here?"
"It was 1991. The Foundation took me from an orphanage, and they injected me with some kind of serum that transformed me into a vampire.
"The Foundation was doing an experiment to optimize human genes using vampires at the time. Vampires have a superior genetic constitution compared to humans, after all."
"And they actually got really close to succeeding. The vampires of my generation could already barely eat human food at the time."
Charles was stunned at the revelation. It turned out that his assumption was wrong. The Foundation hadn't captured Lilith but had created her instead.
