CHAPTER 544: CHAPTER 535: THE SERVANT WHO BETRAYS THEIR MASTER

Algernon Matthew’s face showed delight, and he quickly turned his head upon hearing Bai Yan’s voice.

But before Algernon Matthew could speak, a Prince coldly interrupted.

"Who are you! Le Coquelicot is not open for business today, don’t you know that?"

The Bloodline Prince who previously mocked Algernon Matthew asked with a chilly expression facing Bai Yan.

"Father!"

Adolf’s son quickly stood up, exclaiming with a look of surprise.

Behind Bai Yan, it was indeed Adolf.

Adolf nodded at his child.

Look at these two old men, they are actually father and son; the lineage among these Dark Mages seems a bit messy...

Seeing Adolf, most of these Bloodline Prince Disciples guessed Bai Yan’s identity.

"Master... You’ve come, please take a seat."

Algernon Matthew quickly stood up, yielding his place to Bai Yan.

Bai Yan sat down at the round wooden table with a smile, quite at ease.

The owner and waiters of Le Coquelicot café were all Blood Clan, but they didn’t dare to utter a word in the face of these big shots at the round table, only lowering their heads to their tasks and serving Bai Yan a steaming cup of Blue Mountain Coffee.

"So you’re the Hua Xia person who healed the ancestor Cain?"

One of the Bloodline Princes sized up Bai Yan with a look of condescending scrutiny.

"That’s me. Seems I’ve come at a bad time? Are you all having a falling out with Algernon?"

Bai Yan smiled.

"It’s Blood Clan affairs; there’s surely no need for an outsider like you to intervene and inquire, is there?"

One of the Bloodline Princes looked at Bai Yan with a slanted eye.

"What’s the matter? Instead of hurrying to consider how to heal the ancestor Cain, what are you doing here? Could it be that you’ve encountered difficulties with the healing?"

Another Bloodline Prince sneered, scanning Bai Yan with a mocking and contemptuous gaze.

"I think that’s very likely. Or perhaps he’s here to ask for a consultation fee? Don’t Hua Xia doctors charge for their services? Haha!"

One of the Bloodline Princes laughed loudly, maliciously speculating, "Could it be you’re simply unable to heal the ancestor Cain, and you’re here to scam money?"

"A mere mortal dares to swindle money over the heads of the Blood Clan, I doubt he has the guts!"

"And Algernon, to think he’d bring a mortal to treat the ancestor Cain, what a farce!"

...

One after another, the Bloodline Princes opened their mouths with a tone of sarcasm.

This was nothing like the scene Algernon Matthew had imagined before!

They... didn’t take the ancestor Cain seriously at all!

In their eyes, the ancestor Cain was only a symbol used to stabilize the internal structure of the Blood Clan and inspire hope among the ordinary Blood Clan!

"Enough! Is this how you oppose the benefactor who healed the ancestor Cain? I have tolerated you folks for a long time! Aren’t you afraid of punishment from the ancestor Cain for such behavior?"

Algernon Matthew bellowed angrily, he would never allow anyone to belittle Bai Yan in his presence, it was a matter of a knight’s honor! Regardless of the good or evil of his own Camp!

Compared to the angry Algernon Matthew, Bai Yan was much calmer, continuously sipping coffee, smilingly observing these thirteen Disciples.

Each of them had different expressions, each plotting their own little schemes.

"Benefactor? To a mortal, do you really need to flatter and protect him so much?"

A Bloodline Prince taunted wantonly.

Under the concealment of the System, apart from the few mightier beings who outclassed Bai Yan by several major phases, few people could discern Bai Yan’s strength, with most assuming Bai Yan to be a powerless mortal.

"Mortal?"

Algernon Matthew chuckled coldly, proudly addressing the others, "This ’mortal’ you speak of defeated me in one move at Lide Castle three days ago! If you lot look down on others, better not to make a fool of yourselves in public!"

"What!"

Algernon Matthew’s words caused a slight change in the expressions of the group of Bloodline Princes.

They were all aware of Algernon Matthew’s strength.

It could be said that although Algernon Matthew was not the strongest among the Thirteen Disciples, he was far from the weakest. To defeat Algernon Matthew in one move, looking around the globe, apart from demigod-level beings, no one within the Dark Council could achieve this!

"Are you... a Demigod of Hua Xia?"

"Could it be that Hua Xia has a new Demigod?"

The Bloodline Princes narrowed their eyes slightly, looking at Bai Yan with a probing gaze.

Shouldn’t the Demigod of Hua Xia be Master Blood Dragon?

How come there is another young man!

"Demigod?"

Bai Yan chuckled softly, setting down his coffee: "Don’t be afraid, I am just an SSS-class Abnormal. I am not yet a Demigod."

Bai Yan’s tone was calm but carried a faint hint of mockery.

What?

Were you not just arrogantly looking down on me, and now that you suspect I might be a Demigod, you start to cower?

The Bloodline Princes detected the mocking tone in Bai Yan’s voice, and upon hearing he was merely of SSS-class strength, their expressions darkened at once, with a sense of being ridiculed by Bai Yan rising in their hearts.

"Algernon! You are really becoming more capable! You were defeated by an SSS-class Abnormal in one move, I think you should no longer hold the position of a Dark Council Disciple!"

"Yes, you don’t deserve to be one of the Thirteen Disciples anymore!"

Everyone’s criticism turned towards Algernon Matthew.

After all, they were still uncertain about Bai Yan, so they targeted Algernon Matthew first and waited to see Bai Yan’s reaction.

As for the Cain Ancestor?

No one believed Bai Yan could heal him, and everyone took that as a joke.

"Cough cough."

Bai Yan frowned slightly and coughed softly, then indifferently said: "My dear Princes, there’s no need to rush to judgment on Algernon. Right now, the most crucial thing is to tell me your stance. Cain has awakened, how will you conduct yourselves?"

"Will you relinquish your authority and serve Cain? Or will you be a servant who betrays his master?"

Bai Yan’s gaze was sharp, scanning the nine Bloodline Princes including Algernon Matthew.

These nine were the descendants of the nine bloodline families who originally followed Cain.

For generations, they have been tasked with protecting Cain and seeking a cure for him, always considering themselves Cain’s servants.

Now, a thousand years have passed.

Cain has awakened, will you still acknowledge this master?

Bai Yan’s straightforward question made the atmosphere around the round wooden table suddenly go silent. The previously vocal Bloodline Princes looked steadily at Bai Yan without blinking.

Some eyes held complexity, some indifference, and some mockery.

"Awakened? You ignorant man from Hua Xia, do you know who injured our Cain Ancestor? You, a mere SSS-class Abnormal, dare to claim you can heal the Cain Ancestor? Do you think we are fools!"

A Bloodline Prince spoke out, his tone scornful and sneering through the silence: "Our Dark Council, in the past few thousand years, has spent countless treasures, has asked the help of thirty-six demigods and two weakly-powered gods. None of them have been able to heal the Cain Ancestor, who do you think you are! Claiming that the Cain Ancestor has awoken!"

It must be said, the foundation of the Dark Council is indeed formidable, to be able to find gods of weak divine power to check on Cain’s condition.

Bai Yan estimated that they must possess an artifact capable of crossing planes, since the Main Plane is without gods, one would have to seek them in other planes.

"Yes! You charlatan, Cain Ancestor is not so easily cured!"

"The Cain Ancestor will never awaken!"

"The Cain Ancestor has been in slumber for thousands of years, and he will continue to sleep!"

The Bloodline Princes echoed one after another, rebuking Bai Yan.

They refused to acknowledge the truth of Cain’s awakening, deep down, they did not want to accept this fact.