Cultivation planet.
In the morning, Little Mortal came out of his sleeping bag.
Nobody was here except the backpack and his treasures hanging on it.
Little mortal, after his night-long travel through the whole Night Planet, came back here to sleep.
He couldn't sleep the night before, because of the rescue mission.
If a child wants to grow up properly, a good sleep pattern and a balanced diet are necessary, aren't they?
After eating his 'spirit breakfast', he took out the notebook and looked at his 'secret mission'.
"Alright, there is some progress, and I need to make some changes."
[ Secret mission:
-Find the coordinates of the lost planets
-Become the night planet guardian (golden opportunity)
Main quests:
- Gather the family treasures (0/2)
- Bait the apostles and get the campus (karma connection is established)
- Catch the ritual guy to find the wanted criminal
(failed) (A birdman has been found instead.)
- Find the manager secretly to find the answer
( Yes or No? ) - > yes! I can become the guardian.
New quests:
- Operation 'BOOM!'
- Operation 'planet clean up' (Two-part)
- Operation Newborn ceremony
- Operation 'planet snatching'
(Operation 'Planet snatching' needs to be done simultaneously with Operation 'Newborn ceremony',
and operation 'BOOM!' and the second part of
Operation 'planet clean up' needs to be executed at the same time.]
Then, while rubbing his chin, he asked,
"Mr. Token, did anyone choose to follow me after the guardian ceremony?"
[Everyone with a 'child token' is your follower.]
The little mortal was shocked,
"They like me this much?"
Then he sent a message through his guardian token.
[ Optional mission: Night planet clean up
Mission goal: classified information
Requirements: at least level 3.
Mission difficulty: easy ]
Then he shouted,
"Little white, where are you?"
A little white head popped out of the backpack,
"Yes, boss!"
"I have a mission here; if you complete it, I will send you to your master, and you can stay with her.
You can retire early.
What do you say?"
The little white rat jumped out, climbed up on his head, and, while jumping up and down, shouted,
"You're not lying?
You devil, really not lying?"
Little mortal gritted his teeth,
"When did I ever lie?"
Mr. white shouted,
"You lie all the time!"
Little mortal was speechless,
"No mission for you then..."
The white rat was stunned for a moment, and then shouted into his ear while hanging on to it,
"No, boss!
I was wrong!
You are the most righteous person in the world!
Even if you lie, it's our problem for not hearing the truth from you!
Please let me-"
Little mortal separated him from his head,
"Alright, alright!
Then wait for now, let's see if anyone else wants to take the mission."
And the two waited silently...
Not long after, all those with a guardian token and level 3 power came to see what was going on.
After welcoming everyone, Little Mortal cleared his throat and stood on his chair to explain the mission.
"First of all, thank you, everyone, for coming here on such short notice."
The crowd waved their hands,
"Secret guardian, don't think too much about it."
"Secret guardian..."
Everyone started with 'secret guardian', because it was an official meeting.
Little mortal's smile became wider and wider after each 'secret guardian'.
"Now, let me tell you about the mission.
As the name says, it's a planet cleanup,
And the final goal is secret.
In this cleanup, from the information our scout team gathered last night,
We know there are 12 level 3 targets and 10 level 4 targets that we need to deal with.
In this mission, Little White and I will be responsible for the level 4 targets,
The rest of you will be responsible for the level 3 targets.
Any questions?"
Scholar raised his hands,
"Which planet do we go to, and how can we find the targets?"
"Planet Night, the home planet of Princess Xena.
My guardian token and the space mirror will be with you on this cleanup mission."
The crowd was shocked,
"Third sister's planet?"
"I wonder where she disappeared to all of a sudden..."
"I thought Boss made her disappear..."
Little mortal continued,
"This operation will be in 2 parts.
The first part is me and little white catching our targets.
The second part will be executed simultaneously with two other operations.
But you don't need to care about those, do your part, and ignore everything else.
By the way, Little white will be your team leader to ensure the completion of your mission.
And the space mirror will be responsible for sealing your battlegrounds so you can go all out."
The crowd nodded,
"We can gather at any time with the teleport function."
"Yes, we can even go to different targets, and leave our guardian token there so we can teleport to each target as fast as possible."
"Wait, if you lose your guardian token, you can teleport to it?"
"You can, I just tried it, and not only that, you can even teleport in a group without your own token; you only need to be a token holder, or you can't teleport with the group."
Little mortal was at a loss for words...
His special force was really good at exploiting their token, weren't they?
At the end, he said,
"After the cleanup, there will be some changes.
Tell the two managers to be ready."
Then he turned to the white rat,
"Little white, be ready for my call.
After our mission is done, you can come back here and join the rest."
Then he looked at the ground,
"Lubo, the snatching operation is on you; there will be a bird there, you'd better be careful."
Then he turned to his backpack,
"Little knife, you will be responsible for the criminal's delivery to this side.
I don't want to come here and see a single one missing!"
The silver knife started emitting killing intent as if it were ready to cut them down!
The crowd shivered!
Little mortal was speechless...
"I want them intact!
How else can they show up in court?
If you cut them down, they might sue you!"
Then he shook his head like a grown-up who was frustrated because of the little kids in his family messing around.
"Alright, everyone,
The Operation Newborn ceremony is the start of the three operations!
So be ready!"
After that, he cupped his hands, bowed a little, and said,
"Now, everyone, if you excuse me, I need to go back."
A passage opened, and Little Mortal jumped inside with little white on his shoulder.
On the other side was a world covered in fog and dark clouds, where everyone knew a storm was on its way... A huge storm!
A moment later, the passage opened again, and Little Mortal's head popped out,
"If fate allows, let's meet again."
And left while chuckling.
The rest of the crowd,
"..."
He was joking with their most famous 'quote' again.
....
Night planet.
Bloodwolf city.
Princess Xena, in one of her disguises, was sitting in a hotel room.
On the bed, there were two items in front of her.
One small wolf statue and one small bat statue.
In her exploration of the ancient ruins, she found these two items.
Both were used to become the leaders of the two families in the past.
At first, she wondered why it was so easy to find them, but when she figured out how they were being used and how the two items could help with becoming a family leader,
She realized why no one cared about these items,
And why did the previous generation only hide them in a simple secret room?
It was more like a scam...
After a while of contemplation, she knew there was only one person on this planet who could make anything impossible, possible.
...
Bloodwolf city.
A city that was famous for being chaotic, fun, and without any influence from the two main families.
It was a balance between both sides, made possible by the freedom of thought and the clash of beliefs.
Here, Black and white people were everywhere,
Representing werewolves and vampires.
At this moment, inside a bar, Little Mortal was drinking his 'fruit juice' while speaking to the bartender and a group of random old people around.
"That day, I was so heartbroken, so devastated...
How could she leave me for another man?
Under the rain, with a broken heart, I walked away to end my life.
What is the point of life without love? Hmmm?
And finally, I reached a bridge, do you know what I did?"
"You jumped down to suicide?"
"What!? No! Are you stupid, old man!
Do you want me to beat you up?"
"Calm down! Calm down, little friend!"
"Humph, as I was saying, when I reached the bridge, I passed it while smoking my cigarette, feeling sad, but not suicidal, do you understand, old man? Let me go! I'm gonna beat this guy up!"
"Little friend, calm your anger!"
"It's not worth it! He always says nonsense like this!"
The lady bartender was biting her lips.
This little boy, who was going to attack an old man, suddenly showed up out of nowhere,
And after ordering 'fruit juice', he started acting as if he was drunk...
Now he was telling her and the couple of old people around about the story of his first love, and how she left him...
How old are you?
When did you even have time for a relationship?
And he was saying this was a story from his younger days, 1000 years ago!
At this moment, Little Mortal received a message,
[ Guardian mortal, I found two items that can be used to become the head of the vampire or werewolf's family through a test.
But I can't pass the tests, I need your help if you are free.]
Little mortal stopped his assault and story to read the message,
"Oh, I thought we needed to beat those family heads to take their positions, so there is another way?"
And sent her a reply,
[Come here, I am at a bar called Bloodwolf, in Bloodwolf City.]
And he continued with his love story,
"As I was saying, after that day, I thought to myself,
Is love even real?
Or is it just some chemical reactions inside our bodies?
Either way, I was betrayed by it... So I just abandoned it and replaced it with something better."
Then he looked at the people around, as if he was waiting for someone to ask 'with what'.
Seeing the old and drunk people around, who were scared or could barely stay conscious and not saying anything, the lady bartender asked in a helpless tone,
"With what?"
The little boy slapped the bar and shouted excitedly,
"Loyalty!"
Everyone's heart skipped a beat in the bar, and they turned around to see who was shouting!
"If someone is loyal, they can't be bought!
And they never abandon you!
But, it's hard to find a loyal person, or make someone loyal to you."
He shook his head, but smiled at the end,
"But I found the way to have loyal friends."
And stared at the lady bartender again.
She could only ask,
"What way?"
The little boy gulped down the rest of his fruit juice in one go, slammed the glass on the bar, and shouted,
"Kindness!
There is an old saying,
'from kindness, thorns become flowers!'"
The bar turned silent, and then it turned noisy again.
"You are right, brat!"
"He is right, but it's not working in some people... "
"Who brought this little kid here anyway?"
"Lady bartender, is that your son?"
While people were laughing and having fun,
The bar door opened, and a lady, in brown adventure-style clothes, walked in.
She looked around and when she saw the little boy, who was giving another speech, she walked to him.
The bartender lady, who was tired of so many life lessons, thought it was the little boy's mother who came to pick him up.
But,
"You are here, little princess!
Bring out the goods, let me see!"
The bartender was taken aback.
"Boss,
Should we go somewhere more private?"
Little Mortal looked around and then nodded,
"Alright, let's go to that empty table in the corner."
The bartender looked at them blankly...
'Little princess? Boss? Goods?'
At the corner of the bar, Xena, in disguise, that only works on others, not Little Mortal, brought the two small statues out.
Little Mortal picked them up and examined them carefully, but couldn't find any buttons to activate them.
"How does it work?"
"With blood connection.
I could connect to the bat statue and see the tests.
But I couldn't make the wolf statue work.
It probably needs a blood connection as well.
But from werewolves."
Little Mortal nodded at first, but suddenly froze!
"Wait a minute, then how can I become the alpha wolf?"
Xena turned silent.
You naturally can't...
Or just beat them up.
Little Mortal sighed in disappointment,
"Forget about it.
But what's the point of these challenges?
Why would the current family head give her title to someone else?"
Xena smiled,
"The bat statue is an ancient relic, made by the first vampire.
The vampires are related to each other by blood,
No one can disobey orders from someone higher in the family hierarchy.
It means if the challenger passes the tests,
they will be like the representative of the first vampire."
Little Mortal raised his eyebrow in interest,
"Alright, and why can't you become the family head then?"
Xena started explaining how the statue works,
"When I activate the wolf statue, I received four challenges as a test.
And if I want to be the official family head, I need to pass them."
Little Mortal became excited,
"I like challenges!
Tell me what they are, we can do it together!"
Xena nodded,
"The first challenge is called 'Blood of the Ancient',
I need to drink the blood of an ancient creature."
Little Mortal waved his hand,
"That's easy. What's next?"
Xena smiled bitterly.
Things that were impossible for her were 'easy' for him...
"The second challenge is called 'Dark Covenant',
I need to forge a pact with the strongest vampire in the family."
Little Mortal furrowed his brow,
"Isn't that your mother?"
Xena nodded helplessly,
"The strongest vampire is my mother, and as the queen, I'm already in a pact with her, so I can't forge a pact with her anymore."
Little Mortal was speechless.
"What's the third cha-"
'BAM'
Before he could finish his sentence, a chair suddenly smashed into Little Mortal's head and was turned to pieces!
At some point, a bar fight had suddenly started, and a chair was thrown here that hit his head!
The two turned around to see who threw the chair.
And they saw four men in a chaotic group fight!
Xena became angry!
Because of his boss's invisible mode, she never used her spiritual senses when he was around.
That's why she couldn't react in time either, and he was hit!
She wasn't angry at them because her boss might get hurt, though.
She was angry because her planet might get hurt!
Xena stood up and was about to say she would handle it, but Little Mortal was no longer in his seat.
Then she heard a familiar voice shouting.
"Which one of you ambushed me!?"
Then there was the sound of something shattering!
When Xena looked at the fight again,
It wasn't a 4-man fight, but a four-and-a-half-man fight!
The next moment, Little Mortal knocked one of them out with a bottle, and then kicked the guy out of the bar, turning the fight into a three and a half man fight!
While everyone was dumbfounded by how this little boy suddenly knocked a big black dude out,
Those with sharp eyes saw it clearly.
He actually jumped, punched his face with the hand holding the bottle, and the guy, while already unconscious, got another hit with the bottle!
What a little hidden expert!
The other three, who were all vampires, saw him take out his belt and attacked them with a face full of anger!
The little 'out of control' boy ran to them and delivered belt strikes as if it were a whip.
Each 'crack' sound of his belt whipping them changed the face of one of the three to go through three changes...
At first, they were 'dumbfounded' by how fast he is,
After receiving the whip, their faces became full of 'anger',
And the next moment, full of 'pain'.
Everyone in the bar, no matter who, even Princess Xena, after each whip, made the same sound as the three,
'Hisssss'
The little hidden expert shouted angrily,
"How dare you attack me from behind, you buffoons!"
And the fight ended with three kicks to the three 'hissing' vampires' chests, which sent them out of the bar...
The crowd gulped.
Xena sat back nervously.
Little Mortal came back while huffing and puffing and trying to put on his belt.
He sat down and was going to have a fruit juice, but the glass on the table was empty.
The lady bartender, who was 90% sure of his identity, turned into a bat and rushed to his side.
Before Little Mortal's hand reached the glass, the lady bartender was already beside the table and filling it with fruit juice while smiling.
The crowd wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads.
They also guessed who he was.
Little Mortal was taken aback at first, but smiled the next moment and brought a fistful of money out of his pocket,
"Here, keep the change.
I leave after this 'round'."
When the people in the bar saw the money, they all nodded to themselves.
Their guess was correct; he was an old vampire who had been human at first and turned into a vampire in his childhood for some unknown reason, and hadn't aged since then.
Especially the money he used to pay was the best proof.
It was the money that only the highest noble family members of vampires could get their hands on.
The bartender said nervously,
"t-that's too much..."
It was indeed too much.
Little Mortal waved his hand,
"Then those old guys' drinks are on me."
The bartender,
"I-it's still too much."
Little Mortal was shocked,
"Everyone's drink on me?"
The bartender,
"It's still..."
Little Mortal gasped!
He only gave her one 'fist' of the money that Cassandra gave him.
"For property damage, too?"
The bartender this time nodded and left.
The crowd was silent for a moment, then burst into cheers,
"Sir, your generosity knows no bounds!"
"Sir, if the word 'noble' were a person, that would be you!"
The crowd started flattering the 'old noble vampire',
And the little old noble vampire puffed out his chest more and more, raising his chin higher and higher!
Xena was at a loss for words!
He just turned into a noble vampire in everyone's eyes...
After a while, Little Mortal remembered Xena was here too,
"Oh, where were we?
Right, the third challenge!
What's that one?"
Princess Xena could only shake her head helplessly and continue where she left off,
"The third challenge is called 'Heart of the Night',
I should find the legendary artifact from the first vampire."
Little Mortal scratched his head,
"Don't tell me it's the one with your mother that they use for finding the Planet's coordinates?"
Xena nodded.
Little Mortal chuckled,
"And what's the last one?"
"The last one is called 'Blood Moon Ascension',
I need to ascend to the throne during the rare blood moon.
But I never heard anything about it."
Little Mortal nodded but didn't say anything.
Xena, who was a little embarrassed about what she was going to say, whispered,
"Secret Guardian, can't we just take the treasures by force?"
Little Mortal rolled his eyes at her,
"You were around those barbaric, uncultured, and uncivilized cultivators for too long, weren't you?"
Princess Xena bit her lips.
Little Mortal continued,
"I forgot to tell you, there was a change in the plan."
Xena asked in surprise,
"What change?
By the way, did you find the 'ritual guy'?"
Little Mortal nodded excitedly,
"I did!
You won't believe what I saw!
That's why I made a change to our plan!"
Xena became interested,
"Tell me about it!"
But Little Mortal snorted,
"not telling."
Princess Xena was speechless again!
Why would you act so excited if you don't want to - oh wait, it's not that he doesn't want to, but he can't, right?
Little Mortal, while rubbing his chin, muttered,
"Alright, Princess Xena can't become the vampire boss, and I can't become the alpha wolf either, so..."
Then he chuckled in a way that Xena felt a chill running through her skin!
"Little princess, hear me out, this is our new plan!"
...
Bloodhaven City.
At noon,
Queen Cassandra, while doing some paperwork in her office, received an urgent call from her butler, which had a hint of rare excitement to it.
[ My queen, the ancestor, Count Dracula, is back!
He awaits your arrival. Please hurry back! ]
Queen Cassandra,
"?????"
Who was back?
...
Not long ago, at the front gate of the queen's mansion, two guards were standing in silence as usual, doing their job.
At this moment, they heard the sound of footsteps, which was accompanied by an operatic kind of music.
They both gazed at the foggy road to see who it was.
While wondering,
'Why would anyone come here on foot?'
As the sound of footsteps got closer, the background 'opera' music got louder too.
The two guards started shaking without knowing why...
Suddenly, two red dots appeared in the fog, not far away, and were getting closer to them.
Both of them knew those two red dots were the eyes of a vampire!
Just looking at them was giving them the feeling of their souls being pierced through.
Who is this?
The other party even has background music!
And finally, from inside the fog, a man stepped out!
A dark cape with a high collar, embodying elegant formal fashion.
Red eyes and prominent canine teeth!
Each step was a display of his noble and elegant personality.
The two guards looked at his indifferent and cold face, and lowered their heads the next moment!
They both knew that he was not only a vampire, but a noble vampire!
The man walked past them, and the mansion gates slammed open for him by themselves!
Or to be exact, he pushed it with the tip of his right foot when he was exactly in front of the gate, and the gate slammed open by force.
But from the guards' perspective, who were already deep inside the nonexistent illusion, it wasn't anything different from walking normally and the gate opening by itself.
For them, it was as if... As if he were the owner of the mansion!
The sound of footsteps grows farther and farther away, leaving only a sentence behind for the two in the foggy scenery, with all kinds of special effects created by a certain crystal.
"Tell the current family head, your ancestor, Count Dracula, is back."
The guards,
"O_O"