The rise of comics

In the spacious main hall of the church, a huge crucifix hangs at the end of the road.

Under the ceiling of the dome, the colorful crystal glass windows reflect the faint traces of sunlight, shining on the solemn architectural reliefs and smooth marble floors, seeming to envelope the entire main hall of the cathedral. A hazy divine sheen.

On both sides of the middle aisle are rows of neat wooden benches. They look very clean. It can be seen that someone has carefully cleaned this place every day, including the marble floor on the ground. However, at this moment, it has been damaged and polluted.

A farmer-like man covered in dust and with many marks of injury was lying on the ground, tied up into an ugly insect.His mouth was still stuffed with a ball of rags pulled from an unknown place. At this moment, he was awake, with his eyelids half-shut down, and his messy hair spread on his cheeks. He looked as miserable as a beggar on the roadside. , when he saw Deadshot and Batman pushing open the door from outside the main hall and entering, his eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of fear, and his body began to twist and struggle weirdly, with a low whine coming from his throat.

"Don't worry, you are just an insignificant little character. As long as your vampire masters don't come to trouble us, we won't take our anger out on you."

Floyd came to him and knelt down in front of him, with a cold smile on his face.

"After all, we have a 'superhero' here supervising us."

He glanced back at Batman as if mockingly.

Bruce did not respond to Deadshot's teasing. From the very beginning, his eyes were fixed on the piece of ice on the high platform that was as tall as a person.

Constantine still maintained the same posture as when he was frozen, with only a head that could move to a limited extent exposed. He was also looking at Bruce at this moment.

"Tell me, what is the underground mausoleum under this church?"

Bruce shifted his gaze slightly to the huge crucifix, and then took it back. He stared at Constantine, his low and hoarse voice was like gears rubbing in the dark night, making people feel... Some chills ran down my spine.

"It seems that no matter what I say, you are determined to open the blood clan tomb."

Constantine licked his dry lips. Now, he even stuck out his tongue to lick an ice cube that was close at hand, but he couldn't even complete such a simple action.

"We need to listen to the truth wizard, don't tease us, trust me, you won't want to mess with any of us."

Floyd stood up, no longer paying attention to the vampire half-slave he had picked up last night, and looked at Constantine, with what seemed like substantial danger flashing in his eyes.

"Including this sexy beauty dressed like a circus member?"

"Harley Quinn was once Gotham's authority on psychology. Although she was influenced by the Joker and became like this, none of us will underestimate her because she will always surprise people."

Floyd said calmly.

"Forget the gossip, wizard. Even if you continue to delay, it will be meaningless. It will only make you suffer."

"What is the True Ancestor of the Blood Clan you are talking about?"

Bruce asked in a low voice.

"It seems that you know something about the inside story, Batman. You may have read some ancient books, or heard some mythical legends, or you may have learned from other places how different this world used to be. "

Constantine said with half a sneer and half amusement.

"But this world is always more absurd than we imagine, isn't it?"

"The True Ancestor of the Blood Race."

Constantine was silent for more than a minute. Just when Freud frowned and wanted to do something, he continued to speak.

"What you are about to hear next is a secret from ancient times. Vampires are the origin of vampires, and they even involve the survival of the entire human civilization."

Constantine's voice gradually became thicker.

"Wait, does this have anything to do with the underground treasure tomb?"

Freud felt that Constantine might talk about a lot of unintelligible things at length, so he decisively interrupted his statement.

"Killer, you don't understand anything."

Constantine glanced at him mockingly and continued: "What I want to say is of course inextricably related to this underground tomb. As I said, it is not like what you said at all. If you want to use an analogy, the treasure place is like a box, a 'Pandora's Box' buried deep underground. If you don't listen to my advice and insist on breaking into the tomb, the most serious consequences may be... Let the fate of the entire human race pay for your reckless suicide."

"Because in this mausoleum, sleeps the origin of vampires, the true ancestor?"

Bruce frowned.Constantine tried his best to prevent them from opening the underground tomb and repeatedly said these things. Judging from his words and expressions, it did not seem like he was making up some ridiculous story to deceive them.

"As far as I know, the legend of vampires originated from an era 4000 to [-] years ago. The specific century cannot be verified, but the only thing that is certain is that legends of these creatures have been circulating since humans began to have written records."

"And its source is the twelve beings called [True Ancestors]. The most famous among them are [First True Ancestor] Cain and [Second True Ancestor] Dracula."

Bruce lowered his head slightly, seeming to be recalling the fantasy legends he had heard and read in his mind. There are many legends about the vampires, so many that there are hundreds or even thousands of completely different versions. The reason why Bruce wants to talk about this one is, It's because this is the only version he read while still practicing in the Assassin's League. He read it from the League's hidden stories.And this collection of hundreds of thousands of #^^small! is said to be compiled from ancient classics that Kagemusha warriors of all generations have searched from all over the world. The history and legends recorded here may not be completely correct. But they are graphic records that are considered by the League of Assassins to be the most consistent, or close to the real truth.

"Oh? I didn't expect you to know this legend."

There seemed to be a look of surprise in Constantine's eyes, and then he grinned, and his solemn voice echoed in the empty church.

"What you said is absolutely correct, Batman, and in this tomb of the Vampire Clan buried underground, there are sleeping the only two true ancestors of the Vampire Clan who still exist in the world, and the two most powerful true ancestors, Cain, And Dracula.”

"Are you kidding us?"

Floyd frowned tightly.

"So you think I'm kidding?"

Constantine asked back with a sneer, and continued: "Do you know where all the vampires in this world came from? In ancient times, the subconscious mind of this world, [Gaia], created such an incredible class of true ancestors. Powerful existences. The purpose of their existence is to eliminate humans, a species that grows wildly."

After a pause, he continued: "Yes, you heard it right. The subconscious mind of the earth regards human beings as dinosaurs, a 'virus' that grows crazily on this planet. Human beings have strong reproductive capabilities and gradually manifested themselves." The potential destructive power produced made [Gaia] decide to strangle mankind in its cradle before nature is seriously damaged."

"But what the planet didn't expect was that the gods came to this world. They are the Egyptian gods represented by 'Ra', the Greek gods represented by 'Zeus' and the gods represented by 'Odin'. Represents the Nordic gods. The three major gods descended from the sky. They not only helped mankind to develop the initial concept of civilization, but also created a branch race based on mankind, which is the Atlantean civilization (water race) .The gods took pity on mankind and the ancient civilization of Atlantis, and helped them survive many disasters that could be called extinction level, including destruction and conquest caused by cosmic invaders (you should know who I am referring to here, Yes, Apokolips), meteorites, volcanic eruptions, the most important of which have helped humans resist, and can even be said to have finally destroyed, their biggest natural enemy over the long millennia, relying on sucking human blood for the purpose of [ Twelve True Ancestors].”

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Everyone present was a little confused when they heard this. Even though the people here considered themselves to be well-informed veterans, weird things and super powers had already become commonplace, but when it came to something like this that was almost fantasy-like, According to ancient legends, everyone still thinks this is a bit too far-fetched.

Especially the half-blood slave man lying on the ground. He had a pair of staring eyes. It was obvious that his mind was blank and he couldn't turn around. But he failed to think that he shouldn't be awake. Instead, he should have fallen into a coma, because after hearing such secrets, I'm afraid it would be difficult to save his life.

"In the last war that the gods participated in, ten of the twelve true ancestors died. Their blood, bodies, and hair were all decomposed, but they did not disappear. Instead, they turned into many alien species and were scattered throughout the world. They spread all over the world and eventually formed the vampire clan. This is the origin of the vampire clan."

"Wait a minute you just talked about so many gods, okay, I'll just treat them as facts, but why didn't I hear you mention God?"

Floyd's expression changed, seemingly because he was in the church. He blinked as if he thought of something, and also glanced at Batman in front of him.

"God?"

Constantine narrowed his eyes.

"God is not God."

Seeing that Freud wanted to continue speaking, Constantine seemed to know what he was going to say next, shook his head slightly, and spoke first.

"He is not a god that we conventionally recognize, and I can't say much, but the survival of Cain and Dracula, the true ancestors of the blood race, is inseparable from God."

"What I know here is just a legend, and I can't guarantee its authenticity. But it is said that God noticed Cain and Dracula created by Gaia, and because of his temporary appreciation, he made them Survived the final war. Although the two fell into a long sleep because of this, no one could destroy them anymore, not even the gods, so they could only build this sealed tomb. , imprison them here forever."

Constantine licked his dry lips again and said, "Do you know what this means? In this era, the gods have already left, and the Atlantis family is also hiding in the deep sea. , the current human civilization cannot withstand the terrifying power of the two strongest ancestors, and if they appear in the world, they are likely to gather the power of all existing blood races. Can you imagine what this will lead to What are the consequences? If you insist on opening the tomb, the worst outcome is that the entire human civilization will be buried with you."