May was taken aback when she heard this, and her expression showed some difficulty.
Vampires place the utmost importance on funeral ceremonies, as many of them believe that death is merely a longer slumber, and that if the body is well-preserved, there may be a chance for resurrection in the future.
As such, the locations of most vampire tombs are extremely secretive, so much so that even the relatives of the family are rarely informed, let alone the Duke’s tomb.
"Of course, I don’t need the exact location, just a general area will do," Mu You said.
This request was considerably less demanding.
However, May did not immediately agree but hesitated a moment before asking cautiously, "Brother, may I ask why?"
Mu You did not conceal the truth, taking out the Cremation Urn and showing it to her.
"Ah, this, this is..."
May stared at the blood-red urn in Mu You’s hands, her mouth falling open in shock after a brief second of stillness.
The Cremation Urn, a treasure of the Blood Clan Ancestor that her parents had spoken of when they were alive, was said to have the effect of extracting the Ancestor’s Blood, though it was believed to have been destroyed before the Ancestor’s death.
She had never imagined that this artefact still existed intact in the world, and that her brother had acquired it...
"Of course, don’t force yourself, if you’re unwilling, forget I asked..." Mu You added another sentence upon seeing May’s astonished expression.
He had assumed that May, as a member of the Blood Clan, would instinctively feel disgust and rejection towards such a dark object, yet...
May looked at Mu You excitedly, her voice animated, "With this, brother, you can continue to improve!"
"You don’t mind?" Mu You was startled, her reaction a bit different from what he had expected...
May shook her head earnestly, saying, "This could be our chance to save our clan with a Divine Artifact!"
"As long as brother continues to advance with its help, you will eventually be promoted to Duke, and perhaps even surpass the Duke to become the new Ancestor... Then there will be hope for the Blood Clan to rise again!"
Mu You’s expression turned somewhat peculiar.
This answer was on an entirely different scale...
He wondered if this was her genuine thought, or if the Blood Bond had influenced her thought patterns to centralize everything around his benefit...
Regardless, there were few in the Blood Clan who thought like her.
"Just because you agree doesn’t mean the rest of the clan will," Mu You reminded her.
"I understand. Don’t worry, brother, I’ll handle this matter discreetly."
With an ’I understand’ look, May said her goodbyes to Mu You, then took off from the city wall, wings unfurling as if she couldn’t wait to begin the task.
As May’s figure disappeared into the darkness, Mu You took a breath and stood up, looking toward the center of Dark City behind him.
Moments later, Mu You arrived at the core stronghold of the Dark Elves, a fortress styled in a dark and enigmatic motif.
Following an introduction by a Dark Elf at the entrance, in the fortress’s reception room, Mu You met with the Dark Elf Queen, Fred.
He had come to collect the reward for the horn quest.
Although he hadn’t helped one side annihilate the other as the quest required, the quest was undoubtedly completed: the Vampires had collectively relocated, and there would no longer be grand battles between Vampires and Werewolves in Dark City, which was the essential purpose of this quest.
"You completed the task well."
As expected, Fred didn’t have any intention of reneging on the deal; her first words upon meeting acknowledged Mu You’s contributions.
"So, what reward shall I give you..."
Fred paced in front of her desk, appearing to ponder seriously over this question.
The quest’s reward was stated to be ’based on the results of completion,’ which really meant that the other party probably hadn’t believed Mu You could finish the quest in the first place, so they hadn’t put much thought into the reward.
But now that Mu You had indeed completed the task, and impressively at that, she had to hurry and prepare a proper reward.
Mu You wasn’t in a rush; the Queen of a clan should not just offer something insignificant to get rid of him.
Mu You waited patiently until, after a few minutes, Fred stopped and, with a flick of her wrist, threw out three beams of light that floated in front of Mu You.
Mu You looked at the three objects, which were a token, an egg, and a wand.
[Dark Elf Elder’s Token: Promoted to the rank of Elder amongst the Dark Elves from other clans, enjoy the same rights as the Dark Elf Clan in Dark City, and automatically gain 500 Dark Elf reputation points daily.]
[Advanced Demon Egg: Can hatch a rare high-level Demon.]
[Moon Scepter: One of the artifacts once used by the Goddess of the Moon, can be activated once a week, immediately bringing the current region into full moon phase when activated. (Cooldown: 6 days 14 hours remaining.)]
"All for me?" Mu You looked at Fred and asked.
"You have to choose one, of course," Fred rolled her eyes.
Mu You wasn’t surprised; it would be too generous to receive that many rewards for a single quest.
Shaking his head, he stepped forward and directly reached into the third beam of light, retrieving the wand from within.
"Are you sure you want this one?" Fred asked.
"Certain," Mu You nodded.
The Moon Scepter, this was clearly the physical counterpart to the scroll that the Tyrant had torn open earlier, even the cooldown time matched: the Tyrant had torn the scroll around noon, and now roughly ten hours had passed.