#239
Republic of Zephia (2)
It’s a difficult time for everyone due to global turmoil.
The internal rift within the powerful Republic of Zephia was more serious than was apparent.
The Obaipo Clan is trying to control the entire country through the high-ranking officials they have acquired.
Several lower-level forces began to move out of patriotism to protect the country from their clutches, or to take advantage of this opportunity to seize new power.
Even minor factions, including dark organizations that rise up slowly, taking advantage of the chaos.
It was a dangerous situation that could become irreversible if we delayed any longer.
‘This is the best way to do it.’
Even Kayla McClair, the Vice President of the Republic, had no choice but to make a decision.
This is the only way to calm the situation and get the country back on track before the current conflict explodes into a full-blown conflict.
‘···Was it really the only way?’
But it was inevitable that I would feel a sense of doubt that was constantly weighing on me as I made that decision.
Vampires from the Kingdom of Thalia’s hybrids who infiltrated the Republic with her cooperation.
No matter how many excuses are made, isn’t this ultimately just a case of not being able to solve one’s own problems on one’s own, and bringing in foreign forces, and those vampires, who are no different from monsters!
It would have been better if I had asked the church for help…
‘No, then things would have gotten worse. Besides, they probably don’t have the resources to do it. It would be better to just let the monsters fight each other like they are now…’
She, who had been trying so hard to come up with excuses, soon stopped thinking and sighed.
Because even if he thought about it, it was just a lame excuse.
However, it was also true that she had weighed many things for the sake of her country and made this decision.
However, in that decision-making process, there was just a little bit of personal selfishness involved.
‘Temi···.’
Kayla bit her lip as she thought about her only son whom she had lost over twenty years ago.
What Hybrid offered her in exchange for her cooperation was the truth about the incident involving her son, and revenge.
The vampire hierarchy is a thoroughgoing pyramid-like ruling system.
No lie could be told on the orders of a subordinate superior.
Forcibly reviving the memories that had become blurred over time wasn’t that difficult if you used some extreme blood magic, and the slight side effects that came with the process weren’t a big problem for a sturdy vampire.
That is, if they get their hands on Obaipo, they can hear the truth about that day directly from the parties involved and punish them without any hesitation.
No matter how much I thought about it, this was the best method for uncovering the truth about something that happened over twenty years ago.
‘···I hope he’s still alive somewhere, but even if he’s not···.’
Shouldn’t parents know at least when, where, and how their child died?
At least the location where the body was buried.
“ha-.”
Kayla let out a deep sigh without realizing it, feeling frustrated, and slowly walked towards the window of the house.
And then I looked up at the night sky beyond and prayed that my choice was not wrong.
The full moon scatters bright light as if it doesn’t care about her complicated feelings.
The light that came out from there was as soft and gentle as ever, caressing the ground.
Of course, the inside of this shabby house where she is hiding now.
Hybrids and Obaipo, the battle for supremacy in vampire society begins near the Republic’s capital city…
Even to the point where High Lord Heinz II himself stepped forward.
‘···It’s clear without a single cloud.’
It was a beautiful night—a night befitting the moment when a new history was being created.
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Shhh—! Crunch!
A stream of blood flew in like a snake from the darkness and changed direction to aim for the nape of the target’s neck.
“Huh, where!”
However, as if the opponent had anticipated this, he twisted his body strangely and extended one of his arms instead to minimize the damage, then rushed straight at the enemy.
A thick, blood-red magical energy rose from the bodies of both the one who took the initiative and the one who counterattacked.
“You pigs who have been reduced to livestock, how dare you say this is where you are!”
“You foolish people who can’t see reality properly. The new blood order has already arrived a long time ago, but you still close your eyes and ears! He is the king who will lead us to prosperity!”
A fight between vampires that is taboo in human society.
Surprisingly, this was not happening in a remote, sparsely populated place, but in the city of Uletor, the capital of the Eastern powerhouse, the Republic of Zephia.
And it happened not in one or two places, but on a massive scale, all over the city.
“Emergency! Emergency! They’re after you, Congressman!”
“Stop it! We can’t let the intruders get any further in!”
And of course, not all fights of that scale could proceed as covertly as initially intended.
Besides, this is the home ground of the Obaipo Clan, where they have been planning to build their nest for a long time.
Their preparations for an external attack had already been completed long ago, and they used that to their advantage to quietly retreat and bring their puppet human forces to the forefront instead.
While Hybrid formed a raiding force with elite soldiers selected from all over the continent, Obaipo compensated for this disadvantage in military power by parasitizing the Republic of Zephia.
‘Of course, I expected that much.’
Of course, the hybrid vampires brought here were also selected with that in mind.
No matter how thorough their preparations are, it will be difficult to respond with just the troops stationed in each area.
‘It won’t evolve easily. And I’m in this gap···.’
Leaving behind the commotion felt everywhere.
Heinz II walked slowly, leisurely looking around the city that was slowly waking up from its slumber to the unexpected chaos.
“Stop! No more forward… Whew!”
“Wh, what? It wasn’t even detected···.”
Peach— Phew!
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He deliberately kept his momentum at a normal level, and although some people rushed at him like moths to a flame without even knowing what was going on, he paid no attention to the thugs who had turned into a handful of blood before they could even get close, and just kept moving forward.
A destination that could be identified thanks to the Ghost Intelligence Unit led by the capable Olivia.
To the hideout where the enemy leader, Holy Blood Obaipo, is hiding.
“Ugh— What kind of monster is this···!”
“Back off! We can’t even get close—!”
Phew! Phew! Phew!
I only gave a quick glance to the men who had gathered around me, but the path I had walked was dyed red by the fountain of blood that rose with every step I took.
Of course, that only lasts for a very short time.
The blood that soaked the floor crawled across the floor as if it were alive and was sucked up through Heinz’s feet in an instant.
The street that had been a sea of blood turned into a clean one in the blink of an eye, without leaving a single drop behind, as if it were an illusion.
It was then that a few lines of system messages appeared before his eyes as he absentmindedly walked.
《You have gained enlightenment due to the influence of the special skill “Mixed Evolution”. You have acquired the skill “Fusion”.》
《The special skill “Mixed Evolution” absorbs the lower ability “Fusion” and becomes even stronger.》
He looked at it with interest at the skill activation notification he hadn’t seen in quite some time.
‘”Fusion”. I thought that the vampires of Auterica didn’t have any clear bloodline abilities, so they didn’t have the ability to steal. But that wasn’t the case?
“Hybrid Evolution”, which allows you to continuously evolve by collecting various vampire factors, and additionally, with a slim chance, even steal the potential contained within them.
The vampire factors of each dimension have already been gathered from the Earth as much as they can, and since their ranks have risen so much, the probability of robbing with lower rank blood is too low, so they have forgotten about it for a while.
It seemed like he had somehow managed to get the skill despite such low odds.
‘···Well, that skill disappeared as material as soon as it was created, so it doesn’t really mean much.’
That too, to the “Mixed Evolution” who discovered that skill.
Shouldn’t we call this self-sufficiency?
In fact, it is true that one skill that has evolved by combining several skills is much more useful than having several mediocre and similar skills.
As with his other skills.