“It’s coming down here! The beast is going down!” The crowd screamed, but their voices still sounded excited instead of panicked.
While I was trying to make sense of the situation, another iron cage fell from the ceiling, firmly surrounding the stage.
This way, even if the vampires had an opportunity to run from the beast, this second cage now took that away from them.
The female vampire’s hands and feet were ripped off. She simply lay on the ground, using her head to drag the remains of her body. She no longer cried for help. Her face was fully covered in blood.
The audience was still not satisfied.
“Go, get up! Use your special power!”
Someone in the crowd taunted and elicited laughter from others.
Warren couldn’t take it anymore. With a serious expression, he snapped at Geoffrey as well. “This is too much. It has to stop.”
Geoffrey only chuckled and ignored Warren.
He put down the cigar and turned to Rufus. “What do you think, Prince Rufus? Isn’t this wonderful? No vampire has ever been able to escape from Teeth.”
Rufus lifted his eyes and smiled coldly. There was a murderous glint in his eyes. “Yes, wonderful. Do you know what will be even more wonderful? If you can perform there yourself.”
Geoffrey burst out laughing. “Prince Rufus, you are quite the jokester. I’m too old for that. I’d better leave this kind of performances to the youngsters.”
Rufus simply chuckled without saying anything, but I could already feel the tension building up.
“This was just a fair exchange. Those vampires were considered trash even by their own kind that they gave them up to me. This is just a fun addition to the benefits of living inside the wall, aside from the wealth, resources, and security. Who are we to refuse such a profitable business as that?”
Flora’s POV
“Bullshit!” I snarled and couldn’t help but curse. “You are playing with lives purely for your entertainment. Don’t make it sound like anything else!”
Geoffrey didn’t seem to take my words seriously at all. He just took a glass of wine from the waiter and continued to drink it casually. From the way he was acting, it was as if he viewed himself even higher than Prince Rufus. “I’m sure you’re aware that vampires have a strong healing ability. Even if their bellies are cut wide open, they’ll still be able to heal. They can endure torture fairly well. There’s no need for you to sympathize with them. Even though that vampire girl lost her limbs, she will stay alive like a cockroach as long as her heart is still beating.”
“You’d just better let them die completely.” Warren shook his head. His disgust for Geoffrey was unmistakable now.
“It seems that citizens of the imperial capital are far more compassionate than I thought.” Geoffrey’s tone sounded strange. He leaned back on the couch and placed his arms on the backrest. “But I understand. You all grew up in a perfect greenhouse with absolutely no problems or threats. You would never understand that what I’m doing right now is nothing compared to what the vampires did to our people during the war. Maybe Prince Rufus would understand. After all, he is the strongest male werewolf of the empire, the army’s leader in countless battles. Don’t you understand where I’m coming from, Prince Rufus?”
“You cannot achieve true victory in exchange for innocent lives. A true leader would simply retreat instead of coming up with senseless reasons to excuse killing the innocent,” Rufus answered casually.
Suddenly, Geoffrey’s smile was wiped off of his face. His expression became sinister. “Well, it seems that you really don’t want to cooperate with me.”
Rufus chuckled and looked straight at Geoffrey. “Why? Are you going to be upset?”
After a few seconds of a staring contest, Geoffrey smiled again. “Anyway, they show is about to end. Why don’t we continue watching instead? It would be a waste to miss out on great entertainment.”
The vampires on stage were all dismembered and mangled. The woman only had her head left. The two other men did not look any better.
“Trust me. This is the only way to keep our border safe,” Geoffrey said with confidence.
I clenched my fists and gritted my teeth, “You are evil. This cruel method should not even exist at all. You are the one who deserves to die! Along with that wall, you both need to go down!”
But Geoffrey still had that mocking smile on his face. “Fine. If none of you are convinced, let’s make a bet.”
“What kind of bet?” Warren asked in a cold voice.
“Outside the wall, there are only about a thousand werewolves. Inside, there are tens of thousands. If you can get more than half of the werewolves inside the wall to agree with you- to abolish the system- then I will personally tear down the wall myself. But I will only give you three days.”
“And how will we know if you won’t find a way to rig it?” I raised an eyebrow. I refused to believe Geoffrey would make it so simple.
Geoffrey held up his hands. “If I really wanted to cheat, then I wouldn’t even be making this bet with you.”
“What about Sylvia?” Rufus asked.
“Whatever the result will be, Miss Todd will be fine. That I can promise you,” Geoffrey said. “Heck, if you win, I’ll even willingly step down and bear all responsibility! But if you fail, then you are no longer allowed to interfere with anything here. You will leave and pretend nothing has happened.”
Rufus’ POV
“You have to promise us that you won’t send anyone to interfere. If you use your prestige as an Alpha to order the citizens to side with you, it’ll be difficult for us to join the bet,” Flora said seriously.
“Don’t worry. Just as I said just now, if I wanted to interfere with you, I wouldn’t even have offered to bet with you in the first place. On the contrary, I’ll even order my people to cooperate with you. If I make things difficult for you in any way, I’d lose the bet.” Geoffrey looked sincere yet confident. After all, he even bet at the risk of his position as Alpha.
“Don’t you dare go back on your word, Geoffrey.” Flora also spoke with confidence. Then, she looked at me expectantly, as if she was asking for my consent.
For a moment, I was hesitant and fell silent.
The truth was, when I saw the attitude of the audience towards the killing show, I knew that things were not as simple as I had thought.
Besides, Geoffrey was no fool. He wouldn’t bet on something he wasn’t sure of. Since he was the one who suggested the bet, it meant that he was certain that he would win.
But now that Sylvia was still in his hands, I had no choice but to play his games.
“Prince Rufus, what do you think? It’s not a bad deal, if you ask me.” Geoffrey also turned to me expectantly.
I pursed my lips. “Okay.”
“Good. I know that Prince Rufus is looking at the bigger picture.”
Now that I had agreed to his proposal, Geoffrey smiled complacently. Then he raised his glass and clinked it with mine. “Then I hope we’ll have a pleasant cooperation.”
After reaching an agreement with Geoffrey, I left this dirty place with Flora and Warren.
Tomorrow was the night of the full moon. Since Sylvia was not with me this time, there was nothing I could do but lock myself in a room. Therefore, I had to entrust the task of collecting opinions of the citizens to Flora and Warren.
“Remember, no matter what you see or hear in the city this time, just ignore it and focus on your task.” I was afraid that something unexpected would happen again, so I reiterated to them to keep a low profile.
“We know. No matter what happens, we need to get Sylvia back first.” Flora nodded with understanding. “Don’t worry. We’ll get the job done.”
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