"Earth to Aiden!" Aiden suddenly noticed Marie pointing three of her fingers in front of his eyes..

"What is it?" he asked, snapping out from his momentary daze.

"Our great prince here just said he knows a way to level the playing field" Marie patiently repeated.

"Unfortunately you were too busy fantasizing about your busty maid at your mansion to hear what he was saying" she added with a teasing grin.

"I wasn't!" Aiden hurriedly shook his head as a red sheen appeared on his pale cheeks.

Although he wasn't doing what Marie accused him of, his current reaction made him appear guilty.

"Hmpfh. What is your game plan" Aiden harrumphed coldly as he faked seriousness.

He was going to punish Marie later for putting him in such a difficult situation.

"There was something my father once told me as a kid.. according to him, before our world collapsed, our Winged Panda Man race was a powerful clan amongst the Xuan Beast race. We were once the vassals of the great Ogres"

"Tch. Here we go again. Another good old day tale " Marie snickered, however a single glare from Aiden caused her to shut up.

"The Ogres were a race of warriors and as their vassals, my Winged Panda Man race adopted this culture. My tribe was one of the many tribes that made up the original Winged Panda Man race. Once every hundred years, the first born son of the tribe chief goes through a holy ritual where they receive the blessings of the Ancestors who were original members of the Ogre race. Upon receiving this blessing, the spirit blood of the recipient becomes purified, allowing them to inherit some haxes that are exclusive only to the Ogre race "

"So, you are confident that if you receive this holy blessing you would be strong enough to take on your evil uncle?" Aiden questioned skeptically.

"Yes. The Holy Blessing of the Ancestors is a legendary ritual. All the greatest warriors in the past who came from our Winged Panda Man race were product of this ritual.." Prince Eragon nodded. He appeared immensely confident.

"What do you think?" Aiden gave Oge a look.

She was the only person whose judgment he fully trusted. This matter was a huge deal and unless she gave the go ahead, he wasn't going to rashly place his bet on a mythical ritual ceremony.

"The Myraid Beast race has such kind of practice. If the Xuan race shares some similarities with them, then what he says is accurate " Oge nodded.

"So, where is this ritual ceremony hosted. And correct me if I'm wrong but your evil Uncle won't allow you to take this ritual right under his nose, right?" Aiden smirked.

"Indeed. The Ritual ceremony takes place within the Ancestral Tomb and it is located in the heart of the Capital City. However I have a little bit of influence there. With you guys in addition, charging into the Ancestral Tomb won't be a problem.."

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"I sense a but coming" Aiden grimaced.

"The Ritual can only be commenced by the Maester"

"Where is this Maester then? are they dead or what?"

"Hardly. The problem is, the Maester is the wife of General Jazz.. she's an evil woman who is completely devoted to her husband. Getting her to consent is far more difficult than talking reason with General Jazz" Prince Eragon sighed helplessly.

For so long he had attempted to undergo the ritual ceremony. However this was the stumbling block that always barred his path. There was no way the Maester was going to support him taking the ritual since it would spell the downfall of her husband.

"That's tricky. But don't worry about that. We can deal with this Maester of yours " Aiden guaranteed confidently.

"What are you going to do? seduce her with your blood?" a naughty grin appeared on Marie's lips.

"Can my blood do that?" ah evil grin appeared on Aiden's lips.

Marie suddenly stiffened in the face of this sudden question. Seeing her reaction, Aiden chuckled maliciously. As for Oge, she face palmed.

This was the case of lifting a stone only to smash your own foot.

"I.. I... It only works on other Female Vampires. Not.. Not me!" she stuttered as her face went red like cherry.

"Heh. I seem to recall you are the only Female Vampire who has drank my blood. And you just so happen to always stick around me like a magnet " Aiden smirked.

He wouldn't miss out on this opportunity to have his revenge. Don't you like teasing me a lot? Have a taste of your own medicine!

"I.. I hate you!" to everybody's disbelief, two Lightning Wings appeared on Marie's back as she soared into the sky, vanishing from sight.

"What just happened?" Aiden's lips twitched.

He was expecting a huge comeback from Marie. He actually didn't expect the older Vampire to flee out of shame.

After a couple minutes, the group realized Marie was yet to return, they decided to make their plans without her. Not that it would matter any way since anytime she came around, they would just brief her.

Under the short span of twenty minutes, they finished their plans. As the son of the authentic Chief, even though he was banished, Prince Eragon still had a small level of influence. However due to the tyranny of General Jazz, his secret supporters wisely chose to stay low.

The Capital City was heavily fortified by General Jazz loyal followers, however by leveraging on his influence in the city, Prince Eragon was confident that he could sneak his way in through some back channels.

After they get in, they would head over to a secret hideout within the city, then Red Rose was going to intentionally cause trouble so she would get arrested and taken to the dungeons. This was where prisoners was kept and was close to the Chief Manor. With her mojo, Red Rose would be able to escape the dungeon, sneak her way into the Chief Manor, grab the Stubborn Maester, teleport back to the hidden hideout, force her to consent into commencing the ritual ceremony and the rest was going to be a jolly ride.

Even after going through the plan three times, there was no single loophole found that could make things go strong. As such, the group decided to wait for the cover of the night to carry out their operation into sneaking into the Capital City.

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"Hmpfh. How dare that little Vampire tease me like that. He isn't even regarded as a toddler in the Vampire community. So what if he's unnaturally powerful and his blood is the most.. no, just a little bit sweet. To think he's got the balls to tease me! argh! how am I going to punish him? stop drinking his blood? no! I would just be punishing myself!" Marie mumbled to herself in an extremely fast pace as two lightning wings behind her flickered brilliantly, propelling her through the air like a comet.

She was in the midst of musing to herself when a ball of flames suddenly blocked her path.

"Who dares?" Marie was too pissed, to think clearly.

Throwing a punch towards the ball of flames, she attempted to blast it out of her way when it suddenly changed shape, transforming into countless flame serpents that trickly surrounded her, entrapping her in a flame prison.

"Fvckers!" a lightning gauntlet wrapped around Marie's fist as she tried to punch her way out

However to her horror, the flame prison was thick like the strongest rock, barely budging. She released three more punches however it was a fruitless effort. The flame prison barely released a ripple.

"What the hell?!" realization finally dawned on Marie.

She was officially screwed!