Vampire (3)
“Ugh···.”
A suppressed groan escaped from the pitch-black basement.
WHACK!
“Cough!”
And then, with the sound of something being hit, a single word rang out, and soon silence fell.
“Damn, he died again? I wrote it to be frugal. You weak-willed humans.”
The pure-blooded vampire Tiapol threw down the whip he was holding.
The whip rolled across the ground, splattering blood everywhere.
“I thought this life would end soon. What has Wirak been doing until things got to this point? He’s such an incompetent guy. When I get back, I’ll definitely tell the Clan Lord about this situation.”
He grumbled and got angry for a moment, then clapped his hands.
“Did you call?”
Suddenly, a servant approached, bowed his head, and prostrated himself.
“Put that away and get a new one tonight. Something a little more sturdy this time.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The servant collected the body and disappeared inside.
That will be eaten up by the servants and slaves stationed in this hideout to serve the market.
Tiapol stepped deeper underground.
“Would it have been better if I had gone out of town instead of Pirita?”
I tried grumbling for no reason, but I knew full well that I couldn’t do that.
Because he needed me to maintain the blood magic that surrounded this hideout.
If it was just a short time before they left, like they usually did, taking turns guarding the place, then it would be fine, but this time, when they were out for a long time, he had to stick to it.
“Damn it! I can’t go out for days and I’m like a rat. What the hell is this?”
Tiapol, who was taking steps, opened the door to the deepest basement and went inside.
“Huh~ Haa···.”
As soon as he opened the door, he took a deep breath at the strong scent of blood.
A red glowing magic circle is drawn all over the floor, walls, and ceiling inside the stone chamber.
Made of blood, they pulsated like veins connected to the heart.
And in the middle of it all, at the center of the magic circle, a black box was placed.
“···There’s nothing wrong. There’s no need to refill the blood. I guess I’ll just close my eyes for a bit.”
After checking the condition of the sealed fragments, he headed upstairs again.
It was a daily routine since I came to this city.
‘This is really annoying. I wish I could get out of this city.’
Tiapol entered his bedroom, lay down on the bed, and closed his eyes.
If you were a pureblood, you wouldn’t mind not sleeping for a few days, but to maintain your condition, you were resting for a few hours a day.
What’s the point of staying awake in this hideout with nothing to do?
‘My time-killing toy just broke.’
Just as he was falling asleep, hoping that the next toy would last a long time, his eyes shot open and he sat up.
“Black magic?! Where did it come from all of a sudden!”
Kwajijijik—!
As soon as the appearance of black magic was detected, the blood magic surrounding the hideout was broken.
Upon realizing that an intruder had entered, Tiapol immediately headed underground.
[Keeeek—!]
Click, click!
The aura of the undead could be felt along with the black magic, and they began to invade the mansion.
‘Are you a necromancer? How did you find out about this place? No, there are vampires all over the city, how did you get in here?’
There is a limit to incompetence, as no one noticed the enemy entering the middle of the city and approaching their hideout.
Bam—!
In response to the sudden undead attack, the servants and slaves guarding the hideout began to fight.
“Where the hell do you dirty corpse bastards dare to go!”
Servant, a deteriorated version of a vampire.
With bloodshot eyes and sharp fangs and claws, they aimed for their enemies in the darkness.
“Kyaaaaak—!”
A slave who loses his reason and accepts all kinds of weaknesses, but instead only increases his fighting prowess.
Screaming, hideously bloated monsters charged forward, tearing at the undead.
Battles broke out here and there as the armies of both sides clashed, but Tiapol had no time to pay attention to them.
Swish— bang!
Because he was so busy blocking the black rays flying towards him.
“Ugh, who are you?! Do you know where this is!”
Kwakwakwang!
Black thorns rushed towards him as if they would pierce him, and at the same time, black flames flew in and blocked his escape route.
“Huh!”
Chook—
The blood spurted from Tiapol’s fingertips, turning into a red aura and enveloping his body.
He continued to move his body in that state and evade the subsequent attacks.
“Reveal your identity!”
Sugagak—!
A blade of blood formed by the spurts of blood from the tip of a swung finger.
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It flew to where the attack started, cut down a group of undead, and then disappeared.
bang-!
“You bastard! Until the end!”
The black flames flew in again.
Tiapol barely managed to respond to the opponent’s silent attacks and tried to figure out his opponent’s identity.
And after a few rounds of attacks, he was surprised to find the one attacking him.
“Demilich?! How did it get here!?”
Even if he was a human warlock who was good at hiding his aura, he would have had a hard time understanding it.
Of course, even that cannot avoid being criticized as incompetent.
However, the fact that Demilich, who could be called a monster, was able to enter the middle of the city without being detected was a problem that did not end with mere incompetence.
How could you not know that the aura of death vibrates like this?
‘Are you saying all the vampires in this city are nothing but idiots? What the hell have you done, Wirak!’
It was difficult to endure and barely cope with the opponent’s black magic.
The level of magic was one thing, but the overwhelming amount of black magic that was used to press down on him was mind-boggling.
A thorn made of shadows that rush in as if to cover all directions.
The dark grip that suddenly grabs your ankle.
Black flashes of light that burst out when you forget.
All kinds of black magic poured out without stopping.
Kwaaang—!
‘What kind of black magic! But there’s no way I wouldn’t notice this much commotion. I’ll hold out as long as I can until reinforcements arrive!’
Although Demilich had deployed a concealment barrier as soon as he entered, there was no way he could hide the anomaly in the middle of the city for that long.
‘No, I’m a bit anxious after seeing this one piece of shit, but for now, I have no choice but to believe and hold on.’
He specialized in blood magic that utilized blood, so he did not get along well with the undead.
In fact, even if there had been a lot of blood, I wouldn’t have been able to win against that Demilich, but the situation would have been much better than it is now.
Fortunately, the servants were holding their ground well against the undead due to the small space, and he himself did not seem to be going down any time soon.
It was when I was desperately hoping and holding on.
“Tiapol!”
bang!
A vampire approached, cutting through a group of undead.
A vampire with blood that was not inside the hideout.
That is, they were helpers from outside.
“Oh! You came to help? You must have sent word to the outside world, right?”
“Yes! Of course. After detecting the abnormality from outside and immediately transmitting the situation, I went in to assist Tiapol!”
“Good job! Just hold on a little longer!”
Things seemed to have been going on for quite some time, but in reality not much time had passed.
Tiafol, who had encountered a situation that he liked for the first time in a while, looked at the Demilich in front of him with a slightly relieved mind.
It seemed to be taken aback by the sudden intrusion of reinforcements, so it stopped attacking and looked this way.
“That Demilich is a monster. He has an abnormal amount of black magic. Don’t think about winning, but just assist me with the mindset of buying time until reinforcements arrive!”
“Yes, I understand!”
Things have improved tremendously.
The undead were blocked by the servants and could not advance, and with the help of the blood, he was able to endure more comfortably.
‘If support comes now, you’re finished!’
Kwakwakwang!
Tiapol, who was blocking the bone spear thrown by his opponent using the blood of the servants scattered everywhere, realized that the blood residue nearby had disappeared.
‘Are you trying to take him by surprise? It won’t work, but if you can give me a moment of relief, that’s enough for me…’
Phew—!
The accident stopped with a sudden shock.
When I looked down to where the pain was, I saw a bloody hand with sharp nails sticking out, piercing my heart.
“Ugh…ugh! Ugh.”
‘Attack? Bloodshot me? Why? How…? We were definitely from the same clan…. You ignored the ban?’
Before I could fully comprehend the situation, a menacing hand grabbed my hair and tilted my head to the side.
And then I could feel something digging into the exposed nape of my neck.
‘Cannibalism…! This crazy guy… in this situation… wants to die together!’
Isn’t this a situation where the enemy is right in front of you?
It was when Tiapol, in a panic, tried to use blood magic to gather his own gushing blood in order to escape the situation.
Phubububuk! Phuhwak—!
Demilich, who didn’t miss the opportunity, used black magic to pierce his entire body with bone spears.
Although I was holding on with the life force of a pure-blooded vampire, the situation was already as good as over.
‘Ugh… We’re all going to die together because of one crazy guy…’
When, in his clouded mind, he was cursing the blood that had died along with him.
All the way—all the way!
I could still feel the blood being sucked out through the fangs still embedded in the back of my neck.
‘Even in this situation, this guy will…? No, wait. Something’s strange?’
Using all his senses, he was soon able to identify the source of the discomfort.
‘The attack just missed him…? Coincidence? Or did he dodge?’
The one hanging from behind was happily sucking his blood without a single scratch on his body.
However, Demilich did not attack them anymore and just watched them.
As if he didn’t care about the blood sucking gore hanging behind him.
‘No, it’s the opposite. You’re feeding me to this guy!’
When he realized it, the bone spears that had restrained him also felt like they had been fixed in place to make it easier for him to suck blood.
No, that was certain.
Even now, isn’t it just blocking him from using blood magic by sending black magic through the pierced area?
‘Why? What is the relationship between that bloodstain and Demilich…? Could it be that he brought them here…?’
As his thoughts slowly scattered, Tiapol was unable to come to any conclusion and soon lowered his head.
Even after his death, the vampire hanging behind him was just diligently sucking his blood.
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《The entity inherits blood and attains enlightenment. It acquires the skill “Blood Magic”.》
Heinz slowly peeled himself away from Tiafol’s neck.
His gaunt corpse slowly began to crumble and soon turned into dust.
‘It’s convenient because you don’t have to worry about mental contamination by cannibalism. It’s efficient.’
The thirst for blood that I had been suppressing as much as possible completely disappeared, and the increase in strength was also unprecedented.
The biggest problem with cannibalism is that the more you suck blood, the more your mind becomes polluted.
As the source of a vampire’s power is blood, the original owner’s thoughts that remain there are also very evil.
If you drink that kind of thing recklessly, it won’t end with just mental schizophrenia.
Even if it was someone of a lower class, it would be dangerous enough to restrain oneself, so if it was someone of a higher class with much more accumulated power and years of experience, one would definitely go mad.
‘Whew… the situation was really good.’
Hans was summoned right in front of their hideout, and immediately placed a concealment barrier over it before infiltrating inside.
Tiafol, a pure-blooded vampire, was weaker than expected.
At least two of them would have been needed to deal with the warlock Malcolm.
But for me, who was pressed for time, it was enough of a distraction.
Even without that, there were more servants and slaves inside than expected, so the undead couldn’t enter, and they kept holding on until reinforcements arrived.
As soon as there were signs that the fight was going to be prolonged, Heinz, who had been waiting nearby, was brought in.
Approach Tiapol and roughly fight the undead, then pretend to come in and approach to make a surprise attack.
It was a simple operation, but the effect was better than expected.
‘It was because I let my guard down since they were vampires from the same clan. I guess I was also relieved when I heard that support would be coming soon.’
Of course it was a lie.
The vampires had no clue until Heinz barged in.
‘But it’s only a matter of time before we get caught. We have to hurry as much as possible.’
Already, from the moment Tiafol’s breath stopped, Hans helped the undead deal with all of the vampire’s minions and headed inside the basement.
Heinz also hurriedly followed him and headed towards the room with the debris.
“Wow… That’s amazing.”
There was a barrier using blood magic spread across the entire room.
If I put in the effort, I thought I could unlock it with the knowledge of “blood magic” I’d gained this time, but…
‘I don’t have time, so I have no choice but to do it in the dark.’
Heinz’s knowledge helps him identify the barrier’s weaknesses.
And then he immediately attacked the place with Hans’ overwhelming black magic power.
Kukugugung···
The moment the barrier shook from the impact, Heinz immediately used his blood magic to take some of the control away and create a small hole.
‘It’s simple.’
Hans leisurely entered the barrier and opened the black box in the center without hesitation.
There was a black jewel sealed there that I had seen before.
‘Ahhh… I think I know why they were after the fragments of the warlocks.’
If the fragments that the Black Magicians had with the ‘Oath of Reverse Heaven’ had a weak bond and were deficient, this fragment was overly cohesive and hardened.
‘If we combine the matured fragments with this, it will become more complete.’
Although I had no mature fragments, I was no different from a body that had become one with the fragments.
Without hesitation, Hans grabbed the fragments inside the box and began to synchronize them.
‘It’s going to take longer than I thought because it’s so crowded… Oh, did I get caught?’
I felt a group of vampires enter the barrier surrounding the hideout.
Among them was the pureblood Wirak.
But before the vampires could enter the building, the undead, including Malcolm, ran out and started fighting them under the sun.
‘With Malcolm and the higher undead, we can easily hold our own against Wirak.’
Malcolm may be weaker than he was in life, but he won’t be far behind even against Wirak under the sun.
‘I’ closed my eyes and focused all my mind on synchronizing with the fragments.
Not only Hans, who was directly in contact with him, and Heinz II next to him, but also the main body that was on Earth.
I gathered all the resources allocated to each entity and poured all my mental power into Hans.
This was my first time applying the “Avatar” skill, but I was very satisfied with the results.
《The entity grows by achieving the conditions. It acquires the special skill “Forbidden Knowledge.”》
《Recovery becomes meaningless to the entity. The skill “Super Recovery” evolves into the special skill “Immortal”.》
Because Hans successfully absorbed the fragments of the Immortal King and evolved into ‘Arch-Lich’.
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