Chapter 271: Visiting Cecelia
That very night, the vampires began reclaiming the gold coins. Through purchase records, they found those who had received the coins, retrieved them, and conveniently conducted confiscations of property as well.
The orders came from the high-ranking vampires, but those executing them were not. They all harbored some degree of personal interest.
Initially, some people resisted cooperating, but after the vampires executed a few individuals, the rest complied instantly.
The next day's newspapers were free, documenting these events, and even brazenly printing images of the executed people's corpses right on the pages.
Recent events could be summarized in just a few words, because these low-level people simply had no right to speak.
In just a few days, the Uridia Kingdom stabilized once more. The Bloodline Rebels hadn't given money to everyone, but it was widespread enough—just letting people see that the money existed was sufficient.
Perhaps people still lived in misery, but the nation had stabilized.
The Church remained indifferent to the events of this period, seemingly maintaining neutrality all along, but their stance was actually quite clear.
On the surface, the Church indeed would not interfere with human actions targeting vampires; instead, it would restrict vampires from persecuting humans, appearing truly fair. But this was like placing a fish and a cat in a waterless cage, then scolding the cat a few times when it eats the fish.