#105
Escape from the Mountains (3)
Harley quickly assessed the situation, calming down the power she had been pulling up to conserve energy.
Its presence was so loud that Harley sensed it, but there was still quite a bit of distance left, and its speed wasn’t all that fast.
‘At this rate, it’ll take about 10 minutes? It’s average compared to the strength I feel. It seems like it’s quite a large creature.’
Also, seeing that he was able to sense the presence of battle from that distance, even through the interference of the magic tools, it turned out that he had better sensing abilities than I had thought.
Harley turned her head to look at her companions who had not yet noticed the approaching danger.
“Whew… Whoa. No, Mr. Harley! What the heck? I knew you were strong, but I didn’t know you were this strong! And that flying axe!”
“As expected, that notoriety… no, there’s a reason for the fame. Now that I look at it, it seems like the rumors have been minimized.”
“···More than I thought···.”
These are the people who, while hastily reorganizing in the midst of exhaustion, continue to give comfortable speeches.
“Khuuuu, Bordeaux… I came all the way here and did this….”
“···There’s nothing we can do, Hans. Let’s collect the remains first.”
“Hey, dude… I said I’d feed you beer until you burst when you get back….”
The rangers and dwarves are in mourning as they stand before the bodies of their dead comrades.
“Marcus, how much distance is left? Didn’t you say there wasn’t much left?”
“There has been too much fighting. It is inevitable that there will be delays. Still, we should be able to leave the mountain range within a day.”
Even those discussing future events.
As they had a lot of experience, they were the kind of group that would immediately do what they had to do and prepare to leave right after the fight ended···.
No matter how you look at it, the situation wasn’t good enough to engage in battle with a strong enemy right away.
If they were alone, it wouldn’t matter, but if they were to face that guy now, they wouldn’t be able to last long and would die quickly.
‘This theory won’t work. We need more time.’
It was a bleak story, but fortunately, there was someone in the group who could overcome this situation.
Harley clapped her hands to get their attention to convey the situation, then opened her mouth seriously.
“Hahaha—! Friends? Unfortunately, things aren’t going so well right now, so I think we’ll have to move a little quickly!”
···The aftereffects of the madness still lingered, so my speech was more exaggerated than usual, but that wasn’t really important right now.
“Harley? What’s going on now? No way···.”
Given the circumstances, everyone in the group seemed to be thinking the same thing, focusing more on the content of his words than his tone.
Because none of Harley’s warnings so far have been wrong.
The tension in their slightly relaxed atmosphere grew as it became more tense.
He briefly explained the situation to the group looking at him as he prepared to move.
And then there was someone who immediately stepped forward in response to Harley’s words…
“10 minutes? 5 minutes is enough!”
It was the dwarf, Zaonic, who had already evaded the monster’s movements once.
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The Azerion Empire, located in the central part of the continent.
Tovea City, one of the imperial territories surrounding the capital city of Jerón, was located some distance from the capital, but it enjoyed prosperity as a transportation hub.
Dagdak dagdak—
A carriage passed through the wealthy part of the city and stopped in front of the front gate of a mansion.
A moment later, the carriage entered through the open door and raced inside, skipping all subsequent security procedures.
Soon, the carriage door opens as it crosses the garden and stops in front of the building···.
Slurp—
Inside, a beautiful woman with long, glossy pink hair neatly arranged stepped down cautiously.
She looked around with a bright face and a gentle smile on her face, then entered the mansion with calm steps.
“Are you here, miss?”
“It’s been a while, Terry. Do you know what Mr. Andrew is doing now?”
“He is in the playroom now. Shall I tell him something?”
“Yes, could you please tell me that I will wait in the study on the second floor?”
“Yes, I understand.”
She naturally greeted the servants walking around the mansion, then slowly went up to the second floor and walked down the hallway.
The moment you step foot into an area where no one but those who have been granted permission can enter.
Woof—
A strange vibration and the sound of a special barrier passed through her body for a moment.
and.
As if she was putting on a mask, the kind smile on her face instantly changed into a sticky, sly laugh.
“Hmm~ Looks like Olivia’s starting to move? This might be a bit of a hassle.”
She glanced out the hallway window and muttered softly.
I had expected this to happen since the undead started to move, but now that it’s become a reality, I can’t help but feel a little nervous.
Because he himself had once been with her, he fully acknowledged her ability.
As a comrade, she was a very dependable presence, but as an enemy, she was an existence that could only be hated more than anything else: the Banshee Queen Olivia.
Originally, ghosts as undead were a collection of specific thoughts, and thanks to the murderous intent they contained, it was not difficult for anyone above a certain level of strength to detect them.
‘But the ghosts under Olivia’s command are a different story. She can temporarily remove their thoughts from her mind except for the specific purpose of gathering information.’
Simple spirits that harbor neither specific desires nor murderous intent are difficult to detect.
Of course, if that happens, the individual’s ability to think and judge will decline, making it difficult to even extract useful information…
That was also one of Olivia’s strengths.
A pink-haired woman walked down the hallway, gathering her thoughts.
Although he was naturally more prone to detecting them, there weren’t many people who could easily notice it.
‘Well, it’s not like humans don’t have the ability to learn. They just won’t be able to do as well as the previous generation.’
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If we pay special attention to the barrier, we can prevent their invasion, so the high-ranking officials who already know that the Immortal King has been resurrected will have taken separate measures for each important facility.
It was the same for me right away.
The barriers installed throughout the entire mansion are basic, and in particular, in this area that we just entered, aren’t all possible security measures in place?
Bam—
She opened the door on one side of the hallway and entered the study.
‘The current Immortal King’s goal is likely the same as before, so Olivia is moving accordingly.’
Wanting to turn the continent into a land of death was a natural instinct that came with becoming the Immortal King.
By accepting the heart of the Immortal King, he gains immense power, but instead, he becomes obsessed with it and pursues even greater power blindly.
‘But the current situation is different from before. Not only are there forces established in various places, but the influence of the religious order has also grown significantly. This time, too, it will probably end with great damage, just like before.’
And that is exactly what their ‘Oath of Reverse Heaven’ wanted.
That was also the reason why she ignored the Immortal King’s signal and hid even deeper.
‘I don’t want to join that immortal army again. It’s dirty, smelly, and not tasty.’
In the past, I was summoned to the surface and ended up becoming a servant of the Immortal King, but now that three hundred years have passed, I have no desire to do that again.
Isn’t his position different from that of the other undead under his command?
“Well, I guess we can just sit back and relax for a while. The Immortal King is probably busy planning to conquer the world~? Why would he care about parasites like us in society?”
At that time, she was laughing and giggling to herself, not knowing the true purpose of the ghosts that had spread throughout the world.
dripping-
“Sister Siana, I’m here!”
“Come in.”
A sly man with blond hair and green eyes opened the door to the study and entered.
“Hey—you’re beautiful today as well, Sister! But why did you come here so suddenly?”
His body, approaching her with a sly smile, reeked of alcohol and perfume as if he had been out drinking since midday, but Siana’s expression did not distort at all and instead smiled brightly.
“Mr. Andrew~? Are you just playing around after finishing all your work?”
“Ah… is that so?”
The blond young man, Andrew Weaver, scratched his head and smiled awkwardly at her cold purple eyes, which contrasted with her soft voice.
“It seems certain that the leader of the Brokoslak Clan has changed, but it’s not easy to find out who he is.”
“Let’s just hear what you have found out.”
“Yes… First of all, his name is Heinz. His power is such that he can subdue a single True Blood without much damage, he is beyond the average True Blood, but he doesn’t seem to have reached the level of a Holy Blood. He suddenly appeared in Talaria a little over a month ago and swallowed up the clan in an instant… His whereabouts before that are unknown.”
Considering that the Brokoslak Clan was completely controlled by the “Refined Blood” and that Heinz had been keeping a low profile since then, it was a great deal to have found out that much…
“Aren’t you being too relaxed? I think I’ve given you plenty of time.”
To Siana, who didn’t know the details, it just seemed like an empty joke.
“Ah— Please, Sister! My ability isn’t that easy either. My ability has gotten stronger this time, so I can observe it indirectly, but I’m not at the level where I can directly track the true blood yet!”
By helping to open the Abyss this time and obtaining karma, he was able to complete the fourth enhancement of “Trajectory Observation.”
‘Maybe because I didn’t move it myself, but the karma I received was less than I expected.’
Still, it was enough to strengthen the unique skill by one level when combined with what I had collected so far.
Thanks to this, it has become possible to indirectly ‘see’ strong people who reach the level of Jinhyeol by specifying the time, place, or people around them.
‘No, it’s not like a true-blooded vampire walks around peacefully. He disappears at any moment and appears somewhere else in the blink of an eye. How can you keep track of all that!’
It was only by sheer luck that he was able to figure out the moment Heinz entered Talaria.
So to speak, his ability was close to a kind of CCTV investigation.
Even now, there are dozens of his eyes scattered across the continent, and if the conditions are right, he can change their locations at any time and read the past…
‘I’m the only one who has to look into each and every one of them. Even though my mental powers have been strengthened, when in the world will I be able to analyze all of that?’
But I couldn’t just sit still when my superiors were telling me to do something.
“I’m not sure about that… Looking at the direction they arrived in the capital city of Talaria, I think they may have started from the nearby city of La Perla….”
“Don’t say anything you’re not sure about. It just makes things more complicated.”
When Andrew became sullen after being scolded for saying one more thing for no reason, Siana frowned and became troubled.
Those who had previously been planted in the Kingdom of Thalia during a clash with the religious sect were suddenly abandoned.
Moreover, as the Brokoslak Clan began to gain more power under the new system, it became more difficult to maneuver than before.
It is a natural fact that the plans we had been preparing for have been distorted in many ways.
It was a situation that required some special measures.
“There’s nothing we can do. It’s too risky to contact you again now, so we have no choice but to rule it out.”
“Huh? Is that okay, Sister? Didn’t you form an alliance with the vampires?”
“We’ve formed an alliance with the Eupersch Clan. They have a relatively weak political position compared to their military power, so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take this opportunity to drive out Brokoslak and hand over the Kingdom of Thalia to them.”
They were a clan that operated across the continent, with their bases in the Empire, and they were typical vampires who lived hidden in the darkness of the city.
“Um… I think they said there was a holy blood over there too. Won’t the damage just get worse?”
“Even so, they are just ghosts of the past that have hibernated, waiting for the day of death. Besides, the Eupersch Clan has four more True Bloods besides Bisque Eupersch, who have properly inherited the Holy Blood, so they will be able to finish the job before Brokoslak’s Holy Blood awakens.”
After finishing her words, Siana smiled faintly with her purple eyes shining wickedly.
“There are things we can do to help out a little.”
“Well, Sister Siana, you take care of that. Then, should I go back to what I did before, periodically monitoring the movements of the higher-ups?”
“Hehehe, let’s do that.”
As she was smiling sinisterly like a mastermind plotting a scheme, Andrew, who had been observing her for a moment, cautiously opened his mouth.
“But, Sister? That… horn, came out…”
“···Huh? Oh, you seem to have relaxed too much. I’m always tense outside, so I feel like this when I come here.”
“Ahaha— That, that’s right. It’s important to relax too. I spoke out of turn.”
“No. You never know what might happen, so it’s always better to be careful.”
The pair of sharp horns that had sprouted from Siana’s head slowly shrank back down and disappeared.
“Then, shall I go now?”
“Make sure you play moderately, Andrew. Or, should I play with you?”
“Ah… I’ll decline that, Sister. … I don’t want to die yet.”
Andrew Weaver, having said this, slowly stepped back, quickly opened the door, and disappeared outside.
It was obvious to everyone that she was afraid of him, but she didn’t really care because it happened all the time.
And she, left alone in the study, is the demon succubus Siana who was summoned to the continent three hundred years ago—.
I took out my communication tool to contact the Eupersch Clan.
