Chapter 110: Secret (2)
It most likely appeared in the world in the last few years.
Just like how Death Knights form groups, ‘vampire hunters’ who generally move alone, also have a network. And this information network has a wider range than the Death Knights, who can directly sense the negative energy emitted by the undead.
It didn’t take much time for the rumors about the existence of a strange crystal that hid the presence of the undead to spread among ‘vampire hunters’. The trigger was when a lower ranked undead a vampire hunter had defeated had the crystal. Its power, confirmed from analysis, was enough to overturn common sense and its origin was immediately investigated.
Lufry frowned and said with a reproaching tone.
“Why… did you not immediately reveal the information to the Order?”
“Kukuku… well, we had no… definitive proof. We can’t exactly give uncertain information to the renowned Order of Death Knights. After all ― we are weak.”
“Hmph… don’t make me laugh.”
Neville turned his eyes, which held a glaring dangerous glint in them, towards Keeper.
The Order of Death Knights and vampire hunters weren’t hostile towards each other on the surface. However, they were not allies either. To start with, the Order was skeptical towards the existence of vampire hunters. For them, the general public is meant to be protected and the vampire hunters without the talent to control blessing are no different from the layman, no matter how much resentment they have towards the undead.