Bloodthirsty demons are a very special group.
They develop and pass on their lineage in the form of a family, and also believe in the founder of their respective families. To some extent, they have no essential difference from families with a faith system, but in the narratives of the major churches, they are still defined as demons.
Part of the reason is that they are too proud to be called "humans" and would rather be called "demons".
But the more complex and profound reason is history.
In the previous era, bloodthirsty demons once grew to control several countries with a considerable population and area. While developing "kinship," they also gradually evolved into "royalty" and "godly" figures that ordinary people admired and worshipped. That was the peak period of bloodthirsty demons.
The turning point from prosperity to decline was when the Church of Light released a notice directly condemning bloodthirsty demons as "darkness" and "heretics". Immediately after, the Church of Order responded to the Church of Light and led the war against the bloodthirsty demons.
In the secular society, other countries formed a coalition to attack the countries controlled by bloodthirsty demons. The result was inevitable.
The bloodthirsty demons could not possibly be opponents of the Church of Order, let alone that they were already divided. Compared to the "royalty," who were slackers, although they eventually failed in the secular world, they still won several classic battles, and these victorious stories became a myth that still circulated on the earth even after an era had passed.
Even though the generals of those human armies were labeled as "bloodthirsty demons" in terms of culture, they still had a certain charm that was highly sought after by artists. Especially with the development of movies in modern times, these stories were even brought to the screen, and the generals who symbolized darkness were portrayed as infatuated characters.
Since then, the original "royalty" has declined into families. Facing the suppression of many churches, they can only develop in a corner in the form of a family. It is rare to hear of bloodthirsty demons engaging in human society.
This situation has not changed even after the Church of Light disappeared in this era because although the light disappeared, the order still stands.
Just like how the wall goddess Ruiriersa is still an evil god, and the wall church is still an evil church, how can the opponents who were suppressed by their ancestors be given a chance by their descendants?
The phrase "an eye for an eye" is generally only used in situations where the other party has risen again. If you can keep stepping on the other party, this phrase will never be used.
Now, the death of this female bloodthirsty demon is indeed very terrifying. As a member of the funeral society and a god servant, Pick has seen some of the world, but his psychological endurance cannot withstand such a sudden event.
Finally, Pick calmed down, feeling a little ashamed of himself. He was actually scared by a dead demon, and it happened in front of this adult.
He immediately stood up but forgot that his zipper was not pulled up, and then he "strangled" himself together.
"Oh!!!!!!!!"Suddenly, a more intense scream than before came, and the person began to jump in place.
Dingcom ignored his partner and asked Karun, "Boss, what should we do?"
"You're asking me?" Karun asked back, "How about calling the police?"
"Uh..."
Dingcom suddenly realized that not only was their funeral home responsible for managing the affairs of the supernatural, but also the affairs of the demonic, and he had forgotten about it.
Karun walked up and carefully examined the corpse. The silver nail was pierced through the chest and then nailed to the wall.
The position where the silver nail was inserted seemed a bit strange...
Karun instinctively gestured to his chest, but couldn't analyze any abnormalities.
Next, Karun grabbed the end of the silver nail and prepared to pull the body down.
Dingcom reminded, "Boss, be careful of blood contamination."
Obviously, Dingcom knew about bloodthirsty demons and knew that the blood of bloodthirsty demons had a strong contaminating effect, but he did not know "Karun."
Based on his experience in the sausage factory, Karun was confident that his body could resist normal contamination, although it couldn't resist all poisons.
"Support me," Karun said.
"Yes, boss." Dingcom walked over and supported Karun's waist. Karun put one leg on the wall and pulled hard. Finally, the silver nail was pulled out.
The body slid down and knelt in the bathtub, with its head down.
"Clean yourself and then use a stretcher to take her back."
"Yes, boss."
"Okay, boss."
Finally, Pick recovered from the pain and started chanting with Dingcom. Both of them showed a faint black light.
After being purified, the two of them lifted the body and first carried it out of the bathroom, then put it on a stretcher.
"Clean the bathroom and don't leave any blood. After cleaning, purify the bathroom again," Karun ordered.
"Yes, boss."
Soon, the cleaning was done, and the two of them carried the body downstairs and put it on the hearse. After wrapping it tightly with white cloth, they both sat on the ground, panting.
Today, they were really tired, both physically and mentally.
Karun took out three bottles of lemon soda from under the driver's seat and handed one to each of them.
"Thank you, boss."
"Thank you...boss..."
They each bit open the bottle cap with their teeth. Karun placed the bottle cap on the edge of the hearse and pulled it down. The bottle cap was pried open, but a piece of paint fell off the already weathered hearse.
Not only did the name of the funeral home need to be changed, but also the hearse needed to be replaced.
Uncle Mason once said that only men with a nouveau riche mentality would compete to show off their luxury cars. The only thing that could carry the weight of life was the hearse.
I wonder if Lady Lake has enough Rael. Probably not, otherwise they wouldn't have been so eager to take on the job when the tram exploded.On his side, it seemed that there was no way to get Rayle from the black market with coupons, or he would be seen as a fool.
"My head is spinning," Pick said.
Dingcom nodded.
Karun looked at them and thought to himself: So the God's servants are so weak.
For a long time, he had been using himself as a "reference", so it was inevitable that there would be some distortion with the reality.
When he was a God's servant, he could use several magic spells at the same time, but they could only maintain the primary purification spell for a longer time, which meant that they were already mentally overdrawn.
However, Dingcom still stood up. "Boss, shall I investigate the owner of this house?"
Karun shook his head. "No need. If they dare to call us and ask us to come and collect the corpse, they are not worried that we will find out anything through this house. Let's just finish our soda and go back."
Everyone finished their soda, and although Pick was very tired, he struggled to collect the three empty bottles.
Karun still drove, with Pick and Dingcom sitting in the back, each facing the body covered with white cloth.
"I heard that if you are bitten by a bloodthirsty demon, you can become immortal?" Pick asked cautiously.
Dingcom nodded. "It seems that there is such a saying."
Then, the two of them looked at Karun, who was driving.
Karun spoke up. "You must be willing to be the first embrace of a high-level bloodthirsty demon to be able to be transformed and gain the ability to stay forever young to a certain extent. However, the increase in lifespan is not really significant, and may even be reduced. That's why the number of first embraces for each high-level bloodthirsty demon is very few and fixed. If you are bitten by an ordinary bloodthirsty demon, you can only have a chance of being contaminated, and I think you both know what the consequences of contamination are."
Hearing this explanation, Pick and Dingcom instinctively shrank their necks.
All of this was seen by Karun in Mr. Hofen's notes. Mr. Hofen also gave his own opinion. He believed that one of the important reasons why the bloodthirsty demon family could not be classified into the family belief system was that other families needed to rely on bloodline reproduction to obtain family members, while they could expand their membership through blood assimilation or contamination. This meant that they would always be isolated by the orthodox church.
But now that he had brought this thing back, what should he do next?
Thinking while driving, Karun finally came up with the most suitable method: drench it in gasoline and burn it directly!
In fact, there was a channel for submission. According to Mr. Pavarro's work notes, handing over the body of a demon to the church would reward you because the bodies of demons and priests were materials in themselves.
But the problem was that Karun had seen this passage in the work notes: "The weather is nice today. I drove the hearse to the collection station with a newly discovered demon corpse, registered it, and my allowance will increase by 50 order coupons next month."
50 order coupons!
Are you kidding me?
Karun felt that there were major problems with the grassroots system of the Order of the Gods. The God's servants received a monthly allowance of 100 order coupons, and even the seventh-level judges only received 1000; oh, now he was a fifth-level judge, and his salary had increased to 1200 order coupons per month, plus he was still his own God's servant, receiving an additional 100 servant allowances; which meant that he only received a monthly income of 1300 order coupons for "working" in the Order of the Gods.Playing with a scroll with the family cat and dog earns you 1000 Order Tickets.
Now Karun understood why Puerh had said it was necessary to use the Allen family as a "sustaining family," because income and expenses were really not proportional.
Therefore, Karun felt that it was not worth it to turn in the female bloodthirsty demon's body just for a reward of 50 Order Tickets. Since the other party had called the funeral home and hoped that the funeral home would collect the body, they must have known the true identity of the funeral home. It felt like a loss to offend someone hiding behind the scenes for 50 Order Tickets.
So, since you called the funeral home, I'll collect the body for you, then burn the body, put the ashes in a good quality urn, and it will all be taken care of.
After all, he had just made a recent plan in the afternoon, so Karun's choice was very clear now.
The hearse drove back to the funeral home, and the body was carried down.
Mrs. Lake was already there waiting to receive the body, but Karun pushed her away directly:
"This body is abnormal, you cannot touch it."
"Oh, okay." Mrs. Lake obediently stepped back.
"Pick, get some gasoline and burn the body directly. Dingcom, go to the crematorium and buy a better quality urn, not a cheap one."
"There are urns at home." Mrs. Lake said, "There are two, both of good quality."
Karun was stunned for a moment. Previously, there were two good quality coffins stored at home, and now there were two good quality urns stored as well. So, were the coffins and urns prepared for the two daughters?
Considering the contamination on the two daughters, burying them in coffins might cause contamination leakage, so urns were also prepared.
"They don't need them." Karun comforted her.
"Well, I know." Mrs. Lake also smiled, "I'm not attached to them. I hope they can be used soon."
The stretcher and body were placed on the mortuary table, and Karun walked into the backyard. Would burning the body here cause suspicion from nearby residents? But if he used the small boiler at home to burn it, would the boiler still be usable in the future?
Just then, the phone in the funeral home rang.
Dingcom, who was holding the urn, walked over to answer the phone. He was about to pick up the receiver but was stopped by Karun's gaze, and he quickly nodded and walked away.
Karun walked over and picked up the phone:
"Hello, this is Pavaro Funeral Home."
"Excuse me, are you Judge Pavaro?"
"I... am."
"Has my wife's body been returned to you?"
"Yes, it has been returned."
"Judge, can I request that you help my wife have a decent funeral?"
"I will put the urn in a certain place, and you can pick it up yourself."
"But you run a funeral home, not a crematorium. What I want is a decent funeral."
"I'm sorry, I think you also know what your wife's identity is. It's hard for me to do that."
"My wife was lost."
"Very unfortunate."
"She had a premonition that after she was lost, she would not be able to resist killing and drinking blood, so she nailed herself to the wall with a silver nail."
"Your wife was a good person."Karun recalled the strange feeling he had when he first observed the corpse up close - the silver nail piercing through the chest was the cause.
"I owe her a lot. I hope she can rest peacefully before leaving. Mr. Pavaro, I know you are an honest and kind person. I have heard some things about you, which is why I called you. Please, help me..."
An honest and kind person? Who told him that? Not many people knew about this incident. The judges from the Zeke Court have been dealt with, and Vekole has already taken credit for it. Karun was just a decoration in the whole affair. The circle of people who knew the truth had shrunk.
There were only three people who knew the truth recently - Vekole, who would not go around spreading it, Vice Director Mion, who would not either. So, there was only one person left.
Karun said, "Captain, this is trouble for me."
"I'm sorry. I begged the captain for a long time before he told me that the funeral home in the Blue Bridge Community Court might be willing to help with my wife's funeral because Mr. Pavaro, you are a good person."
It was Neo, after all! Now Karun was in a dilemma. He could not make his own choices but had to consider Mr. Pavaro's position. What would Mr. Pavaro do in this situation? A demon who had a premonition that he was about to lose himself and would commit murder in advance.
"I will give you the funeral expenses, Judge, please. I beg you, Judge." The person on the phone was still pleading.
Funeral expenses? Karun's gaze narrowed slightly, and he said solemnly into the phone, "This is not about funeral expenses, and I don't lack that amount of Rael..."
"I know, I know. How could Judge Pavaro lack Rael?"
Actually, I am short on Rael. The funeral home needs to be renovated according to my standards. The backyard needs to be rebuilt, and a proper study is needed. The bedroom cannot be used anymore. There is no money for a new hearse.
"I only have some Abyss coupons here, not much, but it's the only way I can express my gratitude..."
So, there were some coupons after all!
"This is not about coupons. Such behavior is not allowed, and I will bear a great responsibility for it."
"I know, I know. That's why I came to beg you. No other funeral home would do it for my wife. Please..."
"Ah." Karun let out a sigh. "I respect your wife. She is truly a person worthy of respect. I think such a person deserves a decent funeral."
"You... agreed?"
"Mm, I agreed."
"Thank you, thank you very much. Really, thank you very much, great Judge Pavaro."
"Now, please tell me what kind of funeral your wife would like. Should it be red?"
"No, she likes white. She believes white represents purity."
"Okay, I understand. Your wife's funeral will be held the day after tomorrow, in the evening."
"Okay, okay. Thank you again, great Judge Pavaro.""That's it, goodbye."
It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from "pawread dot com".
Karun hung up the phone.
Phew...they have to arrange a funeral for the demon.
Next time he calls Uncle Mason, can he proudly tell him:
Your nephew has made it,
and has upgraded the traditional family business in a foreign country.
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There's still tonight.