Ultimate Supreme Soldier King

Chapter 1616 1611: Family Secret Meeting

Ever since Harlow Nopheler took over the position of Patriarch, he had become the guiding light for the development of the Nopheler Family.The thousand‑year Holy War had just about exhausted the Bloodline's foundation.

Most of the powerhouses had fallen into slumber, so they could only pick a General out from among the short ones.

Back then, Harlow Nopheler had only just become a Marquis when he was chosen as Patriarch of the Nopheler Family.

Over these years, for the sake of the family's growth, Harlow Nopheler had made choice after choice, and had made countless sacrifices.

For being able to maintain the Nopheler Family's current situation, his功不可没—his contribution was immense!

This time, the Nopheler Family not only had Harlow as Patriarch, but also had a Duke watching from the side.

Yet in the end he still made this decision—to hire Su Chen as a Guest Elder of the Nopheler Family, and even offered extremely lenient terms.

It could only be described as overflowing with sincerity.

Even though Karloki had quite a few complaints about Su Chen, he did not refute Harlow's opinion in this matter.

Because after gaining a deeper understanding of Su Chen, Karloki knew that Su Chen's potential and background were likely far deeper than he had imagined.

Even the Witch Demons he remembered could never have faced Death Energy with such calm composure as Su Chen.

After all, the power contained within Death Energy fundamentally weakened one's very life.

Were Witch Demons really Undying?

How was that possible? Even the Bloodline didn't dare claim their lifespan was so long as to be inexhaustible.

And Karloki could state in his capacity as a Duke to everyone that Su Chen was absolutely not a Witch Demon!

Nor was he any so‑called heir of a Witch Demon.

He didn't have the slightest trace of that disgusting aura unique to Witch Demons on him.

You had to know, Witch Demons could no longer be considered human; they had already transformed their very form of life.

If one had to classify Witch Demons as a race, then perhaps they could be counted as Undead.

Wizards often dealt with Undead and skeletons, so some mighty figures had, in ancient times, created Magic that could transform a person into a Witch Demon.

Allowing them to live on in another form.

But Su Chen was different. Su Chen's body brimmed with vigorous blood and qi—blood and qi that even a Duke would find sweet and delicious.

And Karloki could clearly feel that if he could drink Su Chen's blood to his heart's content, it would definitely have an excellent effect on the recovery of his injuries!

But he could only rely on imagination now. Ever since his defeat at Su Chen's hands, he had already lost the capital to claim Su Chen's blood and qi.

Unless his strength could return to its peak.

Only then might he give it another try; otherwise, in his current state, he would gain absolutely no advantage in Su Chen's hands.

"The Ancestors in seclusion are still recovering. Remember, do not stir up extra trouble. That young human's true strength is no less than mine. If we can draw him to our side, it may not be a bad thing for our Nopheler Family." Duke Karloki stated this very rationally.

But Colin still wasn't very convinced. Within the Bloodline, he was already an existence like a favored son of heaven.

Yet compared to Su Chen, he simply had no sense of presence at all.

Even though he had attained Marquis‑level cultivation at an early age.

In the eyes of truly powerful beings, this really didn't count for much.

Su Chen was merely a human youth in his early twenties, yet already possessed strength on par with Duke Karloki. This hit Colin hard.

What's more, once Su Chen became a Guest Elder of the Nopheler Family, wouldn't his status be placed above Colin's?

This was one of the reasons he was unwilling.

But after all, he had experienced far too little; how could the things he considered compare to those weighed by Karloki and Harlow?

He was only thinking about the internal affairs of the Nopheler Family, while Harlow and Karloki were weighing the Nopheler Family's voice within the Dark Council.

From the discussions between Duke Karloki and Harlow, they had learned the following.

Right now, the Nopheler Family's representatives in the Dark Council were all merely Marquis‑level in cultivation.

This not only restricted the Nopheler Family's already tight power, it also meant the Nopheler Family held virtually no real say within the Dark Council.

Although the Dark Council today was already a shadow of its former self.

Still, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.

The Dark Council's foundation was still there.

Only a first‑tier Marquis could grasp even a sliver of voice in the current Dark Council, while the two councilors the Nopheler Family had placed there were merely third‑tier Marquises.

They were completely the kind of trash told to stand off to the side.

Most importantly, the Bloodline was not united internally.

Although they clutched twenty‑seven councilor seats in their hands, they frequently split their votes within the Dark Council.

And because of the Secret Party's existence, there were deep, hard‑to‑mend contradictions and acts of schism within the Bloodline.

The name of the Secret Party carried considerable weight even within the Dark Council.

Yet as for who the true members of the Secret Party were, very few knew.

As for the head of the Secret Party—heh—over the past thousand years, the Secret Party's leader had long since stopped appearing.

The position of Secret Party leader had always been held by a Blood Prince.

Now, as for the Blood Princes—those who slumber slumber, those who have fallen have fallen.

Mere Marquises, even Dukes, were not qualified to serve as head of the Secret Party!

Although the Bloodline's various houses governed themselves, each with their family as the core.

The existence of the Secret Party still faintly bound and united a portion of the Bloodline together.

The so‑called head of the Secret Party, though not acknowledged by everyone, had already become a de facto uncrowned king.

During the Secret Party leader's tenure, its members would rally around that leader. Unless more than two‑thirds of the Secret Party members voted to depose the current leader, the leader's orders could not be defied!

And this was the core that allowed the Bloodline to compete with Werewolves, Necromancers, and other dark creatures.

As for the so‑called Bloodline Demon Party, it had long since vanished into thin air who‑knows‑how‑many years ago.

As one of the core families of the Blood Clan Secret Party, the Nopheler Family had originally possessed extremely strong influence.

But now, it was far inferior to what it had been, due to the slumber of the family's powerhouses.

Although they still held two council seats in the Dark Council as always.

Most of the time they merely had a vote; at critical moments they could make a token sound. As for their opinions?

Did you say you had an opinion?

Speak up, can't hear you—oh, proposal denied.

Yes, this was the current state of the Nopheler Family.

Their power within the Dark Council had been reduced to the extreme. After discussing, Harlow and Karloki decided to hire Su Chen as a Guest Elder of the Nopheler Family.

At the same time, he would enter the Dark Council together with Karloki and become a spokesperson for the Nopheler Family!

In their eyes, the fact that Su Chen could flawlessly absorb Death Energy at the very least meant that Su Chen was someone of the Dark World.

Otherwise, how could he withstand the erosion brought by Death Energy?