Chapter 290 Departure
After this agreement was finalized, Eric exclaimed, "Meyer, why don't you stay in France? If you were in France, with the power of the Broumell family, I believe that no one would stop you from relocating the entire institute to China! Why do you have to be so secretive and cautious like this ..."
"You don't know, or fake don't know ah?"
Merly looked very relaxed as she had gotten rid of her problem, and even gave Eric a blank look when she had the time.
Eric raised his eyebrows, "There's a reason for that?"
"Even I know about this!"
Merly seemed to be very disdainful of Eric's ignorance and proudly said, "In the European continent, the power of the Holy See is the strongest. And they are also quite conservative, and are quite repulsed by human cloning, something that 'only God can do', and can even be said to be 'hateful'.
If this were the Middle Ages, I believe that cloning experts like Dr. Wilmut would be sent to the death rack by the Inquisition in the name of 'heretics' and 'blasphemers'!
If we did place the cloning lab in France, or any other country on the continent, the daily protests of the faithful alone would prevent us from working properly ..."
"Doesn't that bother you in E?"
"Country E is the territory of the Dark Council, and the influence of the Holy See in the British Isles is far inferior to that of the European continent, and many of its ordinances are unable to receive strong support. Like the European integration that the Holy See is secretly planning, it has encountered obstacles in E Country. Until now, all the major countries in Europe have joined the European Union, with the sole exception of Country E. ..."
"The Dark Council should include the 'Council of Thirteen Clans' of the Bloodsucking Clan, right?"
"Not bad." Meyer nodded and said, "The Dark Council is an alliance of all creatures practicing dark power in Europe, not only does it include the Bloodsucking clan's 'Thirteen Clan Council'. There are also groups such as werewolves, dark wizards, and fallen knights."
Eric smiled and said, "It sounds like it's very powerful ..."
"Although there are many constituents, their strength is not seen to be outstanding!" Meyer shook his head and laughed, "If the power of the Dark Council was really strong. Then it wouldn't have been expelled by the Holy See in the Middle Ages to the E Country, and wouldn't have been able to turn over in seven hundred years ..."
"In the medieval era, the Holy See had many talents and had obtained the absolute support of the royal families of the European countries, there was another civil unrest among the dark races, so it's not surprising that they would be expelled to the British Isles."
Eric frowned slightly and said, "However, the power of the Holy See has now greatly diminished, and although it still has influence in civil society, it is no longer possible to obtain the full support of the national regime! And the Dark Race has recovered after seven or eight hundred years. As far as I know. The strength of the Bloodsucking Race alone is now not much weaker than the Holy See, so how come they aren't prepared to counterattack?"
"Eric, it seems like you know quite a bit about the European cultivation world!"
Meyer laughed, "Indeed, although the various dark races in Europe have recovered. However, because of the killings in the Middle Ages, they have all formed blood feuds with each other, and there is no possibility of resolving them!
If not because of the pressure of the Holy See, afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Middle Ages, they would have fought each other! The strength of the Holy See compared to the Middle Ages, although much worse, but the accumulation of thousands of years, who do not dare to guarantee that they do not have the power to hide.
Therefore, with the strength of a single race, no one dares to counterattack without authorization, for fear of letting someone else reap the benefits in the end ...
In addition, nowadays, everywhere is concerned about the harmony of society, whether it is the state power or ordinary people. Will not be happy to see fighting and killing, so the Holy See and the Dark Council on both sides do not dare to make the first move, and even signed a so-called 'agreement'. To avoid the two parties meeting head-on..."
"Head-on confrontation?" Eric noticed the wording.
"The specifics aren't clear to the outside world, just that I've heard of such a thing."
Eric was slightly surprised, "Your knight community in Europe is a close comrade of the Holy See. How come none of them have been informed of the contents of the agreement?"
"Eric, it seems like your knowledge of the European cultivation world is still stuck in two hundred years ago!"
Meyer glanced at Eric and laughed, "It's true that our knight community has always been a loyal comrade of the Holy See since the Middle Ages, but in the last two hundred years, our relationship has become increasingly faded!"
"Why is that?" Eric blushed a little because all his knowledge about the European cultivation world was obtained from Skidmore, while Skidmore had not returned to Europe for three hundred years, so it was inevitable that his ground information lagged.
"Two hundred years ago in Europe, monarchs were in power, and the kings of each country had to be crowned by the pope of the clerical state, so their relationship with the clerical land was quite close. And we, the Knight Realm, are exclusively owned by the royal family, so naturally we are also close to the Holy See.
However, in the last two hundred years, the countries of Europe have either become constitutional or have directly become republics, and the relationship with the Holy See is naturally not as deep.
We, the knights who only belong to the state power, would no longer have to listen to the words of the Holy See as we did in the past. Just like this time, the Holy See passed down a teaching order for the European cultivation community to unite to destroy the wandering bloodsucking clan, but I believe that there must not be many knight clans that pay attention to him ..."
"Wandering bloodsucking clan?" Eric pondered.
"Just when you were in seclusion to improve the fighting aura for our Broumell family, I received news from my men that many old vampire clans in various European countries were experiencing civil unrest.
Many clansmen who were previously expelled and exiled had returned to 'seize power' and were successful. In a moment, quite a few wandering vampire clans appeared on the European continent, and that's why the Holy See issued a teaching order!"
It seems that those henchmen had achieved good results. Eric nodded slightly and asked, "Destroying wandering vampires shouldn't be considered a 'frontal confrontation', right?"
"It should be!"
Meyer obviously wasn't very clear, and could only guess based on past situations, "For nearly a hundred years, because of that 'agreement', there hasn't been a large-scale conflict between the Holy See and the Dark Council.
However, small frictions have never ceased, and retaliation incidents arising from the friction have been endless.
However, there is one situation where no one would ever deliberately retaliate, and that is - the extermination of wandering rootless Dark Race forces!"
"For those dark forces that took their place, the forces of light represented by the Holy See won't make any moves, right?"
"Small actions are inevitable, but big actions will never dare to be made!" Meyer said with a smile, "Unless they dare to disregard the current social situation and delude themselves into an all-out war with the Dark Council!"
Eric smiled faintly, relieved.
Seeing Eric's look, Meyer's eyes flashed as he asked, "Eric, are you related to a certain vampire who 'seized power'?"
Without hiding it, Eric nodded and said, "Basically, the ones who are carrying out the 'power grab' in the whole of Europe are all my subordinates!"
"What?"
The woman who opened her eyes and mouth wide, with an unbelievable expression was not Meyer, but Merly, "Brother, how is it possible for you to have so many powerful subordinates? Sister has heard that many of the vampires who carried out the power grab have the strength of a duke!"
Eric smiled faintly and did not reply. After all, the "Earthly Fury Absolute Yin Pass" belonged to the top secret level of existence, except for the close friends, Eric did not intend to let other people know, and even Eric Yun was not clear about this matter.
Although the Earthly Fate Extreme Yin Pass belongs to the Yin Fate Jedi, it is not the only one.
Not to mention the whole world, even in China alone, seven or eight such places were known. It was only because no one knew how to utilize this unceasing source of Geomantic Yin Qi that they let it go.
If those Dark Cultivators knew that Eric had a way to utilize this Earth-Shattering Yin Qi to skyrocket their strength, then both Eric and Wu Mei Mountain Villa would never have any peace!
"What, there are still hard feelings ... ' Merly was a bit dissatisfied and said with a beak, 'I'm your sister, we're a family... ..."
She wanted to ask again, but Meyer came out.
As the head of the family, she can be much better than Merly in terms of human interactions, one look at Eric's expression, she knew that he didn't want to answer this question, so she changed the topic and said, "Eric, those Die Erics you got for Merly, they won't come from those vampires that are your subordinates, right?"
"Why, would that be a problem?"
"As long as it's not a stray vampire, there won't be a problem ...," Meyer's words hadn't even finished when Merly popped up to pick up the conversation, "So it's a bloodsucking clan, no wonder they're all handsome and beautiful! Brother, when will they arrive here ah, sister's mentor can always wait for it ..."
"Soon, probably in the next day or two ..."
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"Come on, head gently sideways ... smile! Very good!"
Several bright, blinding lights surrounded the handsome men and women, each one following the photographer's instructions, posing and smiling in a way that best suited the needs.
"Merly, that's great! The model you found, Eric, isn't very famous, but he's quite professional!"
Merly's mentor handed over a tissue paper to Merly, whose face was slightly sweaty with nervousness, and laughed, "Your designs are already outstanding, and with the help of these outstanding models, maybe the 'Milan Fashion Show' will set you as the first show! "
"First show? I don't have that kind of luxury, as long as I can participate in the good ..." Merly smiled sweetly, are fast fascinating people.
The mentor laughed, in the face of her beloved student's modesty, she didn't say anything else, just said, "Get ready, we're going to Milan tomorrow!"
The first show was an event other than the grand finale of the Milan Fashion Exhibition. Generally speaking, the grand finale show is where famous design masters showcase their works, while the first show showcases the works of the most promising up-and-coming designers.
I don't know whether Merly is talented or her mentor is very influential, but the organizer of the fashion show made her "Oriental Flavor" one of the items to be displayed in the first show.
According to the practice of Milan fashion shows, the models are provided by the designers themselves, to prevent the models prepared by the organizers from not meeting the requirements of the fashion designers.
Backstage at the closed-door showroom, the blood-sucking models were trying on new clothes. And Merly was busy coming and going, making the final adjustments for the models who were about to go on stage.
Merly's hands are up in the air, pinning a special pin for a model who is a head taller than her.
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Although there are more than thirty dresses in the "Oriental Flavor" collection, due to time constraints, she can only show fifteen dresses in the first show, and all of them are women's dresses.
The "Oriental Flavor" series is different from the usual western style, each set is unique, or pure, or elegant, so that people can deeply understand what is called "Oriental Euphemism" at first sight.
In today's Oriental beauty situation, this series of fashions will make people's eyes light up!
"You have a great body, and you're still tall." Merly complimented as she straightened her clothes, "And your temperament, it's most suitable for showcasing my new fashions ..."
The praised female model's eyes respectfully glanced at Eric who was standing quietly by the side, lowered her head, and revealed a sweetly smiling face, that smile that did not show her teeth, a smile that did not answer. Extremely pleasing to the eye.
Merly "tsk" a few times, crossed the Eric who was left backstage by her, and said in a strange voice, "Brother, these subordinates of yours are really very much in my sister's favor, and they are also very suitable for development on the runway, so why don't you let them all be... ..."
Eric's eyes rolled back in his head as he said, "I won't object if they're willing to follow you!"
"That's what you said!" Merly's eyes lit up, turning her head to ask the model with a hopeful face, "How about you just follow me? According to your conditions and qualities, you can become a world-famous model ..."
"World famous model doesn't have any attraction for me, my hope is just to be a good servant of my master ...."
The female model completely disregarded Merly's expression and said bluntly, "Not only me, I believe that other sisters also think like me. Please don't make it difficult for us, Miss ..."
"Make things difficult ..." Merly said with some dissatisfaction, "Am I making things difficult for you guys? Is being a world-famous model not as good as being a small servant? You guys are really ..."
While Merly was giving her hateful speech, a harsh voice came from behind her, "Pick up, pick up, pick up ... Ms. Merly!"
Merly's eyes rolled over and she hurriedly pushed the model's clothes a little bit tighter so as not to let the light leak out.
"Huh? It's Mr. Faraday!" Merly looked up to say hello. Then she resumed her work, and said, "I wonder what's so important about Mr. Faraday barging into my dressing room?"
With the scale and class of the Milan Fashion Show, every designer attending could have their dressing room. There was no need to fight with others to squeeze in, and certainly, no one would be allowed to just enter.
This Faraday ... his full name Merly can't remember at all, only know that is a rich family son, a lot of designers, models related business, are his dad investment.
This kind of golden spoon from the birth of the second generation, has nothing to do everywhere, almost all over the world modeling and show business.
However, most of the second-generation guys in the entertainment industry are playboys, and although they can play with women, under the attack of money, except for those who are involuntarily played.
Those characters who were played voluntarily would not feel at a disadvantage. In a way, these generous and articulate second-generation men are not annoying, but rather attractive to some girls.
However, this Faraday is an exception.
He is very fond of eating the tofu of the models but very cheap. He doesn't use the "silver bullet" approach but rather threatens a job or a way out of the country to force the girls he likes to have sex with him.
Of course, his tactic can only deal with those new designers or models, any famous designers or models will not give a damn to him.
Because of this, Faraday was extremely concerned about newcomers to the industry.
When he first saw Merly and her modeling team two days ago, he was amazed by them, and with the help of his father, who was also the organizer of the Milan Fashion Show, he was able to enter the private dressing room, which was not open to outsiders.
Faraday walked over to Merly's side, not avoiding staring directly at the model's half-exposed puffy breasts, and said colorfully, "Wow, this beautiful woman's skin is really good, white and tender, and it must be slippery to touch ..."
His eyes were wide open, and he was eager to reach out and touch it.
Seeing the lowly "food" not only looks at himself with such dirty eyes, but also speaks out of turn.
The noble bloodsucker's model couldn't help but have a stern look in her eyes and was about to strike when she slightly shook her head. As a loyal servant, the model naturally wouldn't go against his master's wishes and immediately stopped.
Of course, Eric is not looking at Faraday's eyes, he just doesn't want to make a mess here and make Merly's debut show a failure!
The slow-witted Faraday was oblivious to the fact that he had just averted a murderous disaster, and still scanned the beautiful woman in front of him with a lewd look.
Merly senses Faraday's lecherous gaze and the model's stiffening body, frowns, and deftly moves her body to stand directly in front of Faraday, blocking his line of sight.
Darting to finish arranging her clothes and telling the grim-faced model to hurry away, Merly turned and said squarely, "Mr. Faraday, what exactly is your business?"
Faraday very reluctantly eyed the model's departure, turned his head, and stared at Merly's pretty face, still with a look of lust, said, "I came here to have a chat with you ..."
"I'm busy, I don't have time, please don't get in my way ..."