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When he gave 500 gold to Vicky and added another 500 gold to the money he had given her, the 20 women looked at Dojin as if he were their savior.
It seemed like it wouldn’t be a big deal if I just said, ‘I am God and from now on you are my followers!’ and immediately created a new pseudo-religion.
‘I feel like a mother duck leading her ducklings.’
Dojin had to feel a strange feeling as he was conscious of the women following him.
When I walk, they follow me, and when I stop, they all stop as if they had made a promise.
Sometimes, when I looked back, I felt quite burdened by the dozens of pairs of eyes staring at me.
But that was as far as it went.
“It’s time to part ways. Climb up this ladder and head straight to the Adventurer’s Guild for help.”
The Empire strictly prohibits unauthorized slave trade.
In particular, kidnapping and trading imperial subjects is a serious crime that will result in immediate punishment.
The lord was likely to try to hide his involvement, whether or not he was involved.
For Viscount Marzia, the fact that the investigation team dispatched from the imperial palace was stirring up the territory would be like the gates of hell opening.
So Dojin decided to send the women to the Adventurer’s Guild instead of the Guard.
I would like to accompany you, but… … .
‘I have to deal with that right now.’
It was impossible to take a vampire to the Adventurer’s Guild.
The sunlight shining down outside is also a problem.
“Take this with you. It’s my adventurer’s pendant. Show it to the adventurer’s guild and they’ll process your business a little faster.”
Taking a pendant from a level 10 adventurer or something like that won’t be of much help.
But it might help ease women’s anxiety a little.
As I looked at them, they looked like dogs showing signs of separation anxiety, so I didn’t know how to just let them go.
‘It’ll be easier to receive compensation later. I won’t have to prove that I rescued these people.’
Plus, you get some extra benefits.
Doing things that benefit Rostania. These are all trades, quests, and growth engines shared with the world.
It was impossible to do good deeds and then waste them.
* * *
“Whew, I’m finally feeling a little calmer.”
As the women all climbed up to the ground and the merchants and pedestrians above made sounds of surprise, Dojin looked at the elder.
“Awesome, awesome!”
The elder was looking at Dojin with sparkling eyes and exclaiming in admiration.
The problem is, he’s saying those words out loud on the floor.
What on earth happened to me?
This incompetent vampire still couldn’t control his body properly.
“What the hell happened to you? Don’t you have any idea what they did to you?”
The elder frowned and said, “Hmm…”
He seemed to be thinking about how he came to be like this.
And then he answered with a happy face, as if he had come to a conclusion.
“I don’t remember!”
“… … .”
Dojin drew the character for patience in his heart.
The vampire continued speaking confidently, as if the world had recognized Dojin’s efforts.
“But I can guess something!”
“…What is it?”
“It was a long time ago. It was a story from when I was young and immature.”
“Just to get to the point.”
“Is this the main point? Ahem, anyway, to continue the story, I really wanted to see the sun that I saw in the novel.”
“No, what does that have to do with the current situation… … .”
When I tried to cut him off, the elder made a sad expression on his face.
“…Say what you want to say.”
Only then did the elder, with a bright smile on his face, continue to chatter.
“I also really wanted to see the blue sky. As you know, the Shadow Principality is a place that is upside down on the bottom of the Floating Continent, right? So the sky I was looking at wasn’t the sky, but a dark sea.”
So, I ran away to the surface of the floating continent without telling my father. It was beautiful. It was the first time I saw the sky.
“When I arrived, it was night. That was the first time I saw the concept of night. The principality is always dark. To tell you a funny story, I thought the brightly shining moon was the sun. The night sky was much brighter than the principality. But when day came and the sun really rose, I realized how beautiful and splendid the time granted to humans is.”
A vampire who yearned for the sun. It’s quite a romantic story. But what does that have to do with the current situation? Dojin wanted to ask, but held back.
‘If I ask questions, the conversation will go off on a tangent. It’ll just get longer. Let’s just listen.’
Dojin, who had become a liberated listener, decided to listen to Elder’s story in silence.
“So, at night, I ate darkness, and during the day, I consumed the accumulated darkness and continued to look at the sun. Eventually, I became so weak that I couldn’t even control my body like I do now. If my father hadn’t come looking for me, I would have probably died. Turned to dust by the sunlight.”
So, the bottom line is… … .
“You mean it happened because you were exposed to the sun for too long?”
“Yes! It’s the same as when I had sun poisoning! But you don’t have to worry! Even when I looked at the sun every day for a month, I got better after eating darkness for about a week!”
As soon as the Elder finished speaking, a new quest message appeared.
[Detailed objectives have been set for the ‘Ominous Coffin’ quest progression.]
[The high-ranking vampire girl is believed to be addicted to sunlight. Let’s protect her until she regains her strength. Once the vampire elder regains her strength, we will be able to stop whatever plot was to use her.]
-Time required for vampire girl to recover: 01:59:59
※The time required for recovery increases each time you are exposed to the sun or strong light.
I guess I should say it’s fortunate.
It seemed that the elder had been in the coffin for a long time after being dried in the sun.
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I saw that it says that if you feed it darkness for 2 more hours, it will recover.
‘It’s not even noon yet. It’s impossible to go out of the waterway for two hours. The goal is to survive by guarding it in the underground waterway for two hours.’
I didn’t even expect that I would be able to get through the next two hours without any problems.
Destiny quests are usually as difficult as they are rewarding.
‘Still, it would be better to run away as far as you can.’
Dojin, who had gathered his thoughts, picked up Elder, who was still mumbling about something, and walked along the underground passage.
To get as far away as possible from the hideout of the thieves who escaped.
* * *
Hexley, who believed himself to be a servant of a great providence, was sad.
I found a stupid vampire elder and tried to use him as material to hasten the coming of true destruction… …!
“What did those bastards just say…? That the stuff I left for them disappeared?”
The plan was ruined by a bunch of scumbags who knew nothing but to hide in dark, dirty places and do dirty things to get dirty money.
I paid a considerable amount of money to make sure that the storage and transportation were smooth, and then… I lost the entire item.
At first, I thought it was some kind of nonsense and that the idiots were stealing things and lying.
But looking at the completely burned down scene, it seemed clear that someone had stolen the Elder.
Of course, the fact that other variables were involved did not make the fault of the bastards who failed to do their job properly disappear.
‘Yes. Since these bastards are the ones who caused the accident, we need to help them solve the problem themselves and help this world get closer to providence.’
Hexley’s eyes lit up as he watched the criminals running around, shouting at each other.
At that moment, the trainee priest who was standing behind Hexley, who was watching, tried to stop him.
“Hey, Master Hexley, you can’t. Our sect cannot reveal its existence yet, so please don’t forget the words of the high priest who speaks so rashly. It would be better to inform the sect now and then… Ugh!”
Hexley grabbed the apprentice priest by the throat and tilted his head.
“Who said you could interfere with my decisions? And what… …? You want to tell the church about this? Are you planning to bury me by reporting my failure to the church? You want to make sure I can never rise to the position of a high priest!”
The trainee priest wanted to answer that it wasn’t true.
But there was no way I could speak when my throat was choked and I couldn’t even take a breath.
Knock knock. The apprentice priest struggled, striking Hexley’s arm, which was strangling his neck pitifully.
Hexley looked around, wondering if the apprentice priest was in pain or not.
“Look at them. They don’t even know how great their sins are, and they’re just busy doing their own thing. To just leave them like that is a sin that one who invites destruction cannot commit!”
To cleanse the world of as much filth as possible before He comes down to this world. That is the duty of our priests of destruction!
Hexley, who had been drunk on faith and had committed evil, looked at the trainee priest with eyes that had become much more relaxed.
“You think so too?”
The trainee priest was unable to answer.
He was already dead, his body drooping.
Hexley smiled with satisfaction as he looked at him.
“Great Destruction. Your servant has cleared another filth today. And today, I will clean up more filth. La Dia Labes.”
Hexley, who had drawn his own cross to symbolize his desire for destruction, closed his eyes and concentrated.
To feel the remaining seal energy of the vampire just in case.
Although faint, the remnants of the seal could be seen along the path it had traveled.
But it’s so faint that it seems like it’ll disappear soon.
Like footprints left on a snowy field.
We had to move quickly.
“Great Destruction, your servant so earnestly beseeches you. Show me here and now a glimpse of the destruction that is to come upon this miserable world.”
While offering a prayer, Hexley took out the Sect of Destruction’s sacred item, the “Drop of Destruction,” from his bosom.
Daughter.
As he waved his hand, a clear sound rang out.
At the same time, the eyes of those who had been expressing anger at the sight of Hexley being ignored and the fire being put out and the pursuit party being formed lost focus.
“Follow me and I will guide you to the destination you need to reach.”
Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle.
Hexley continued to shake the bell and followed the trail left by the remnants of the seal.
After discovering the secret passage and entering the underground sewer, he looked at the criminals who followed him like dolls and let out a mad laugh.
“Be glad. You, who are so useless, can now be used as a spark to incite destruction, even if only for a moment.”
Daughter.
The bell of destruction shook once.
Phew.
A man’s head exploded.
Daughter.
Another one. Another ring, another one goes off.
Hexley’s hand movements gradually became more intense.
There are five or six echoes per second, and just as many lives are lost.
As this happened, the surrounding mana became rapidly polluted, and phenomena that only occurred when the world’s lifespan ended began to occur.
“Ooooooooooo-!”
Against the backdrop of the maddening roar of Hexley, a black hole appeared among the dead corpses.
A crack was created that spits out all kinds of monsters.
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“Go and kill the ignorant bastards who go against providence!”
Monsters that were born silently, resembling filthy lumps of garbage from a garbage dump, spread through the underground waterways.
