[Episode 14] Vampire (2)
“Please, please save me..”
Phew!
Despite the woman’s tearful pleas, two sharp fangs pierced the woman’s nape.
“Ugh, ugh”
The woman had no strength to resist, so she just stared blankly into space.
It’s just frustrating to feel your blood being sucked out in real time.
“cold…”
A large amount of blood was being lost and the body temperature was dropping rapidly.
On the other hand, the life force of the vampires that were sucking blood, the source of life, was growing stronger and stronger.
Soon the life disappeared from the woman’s eyes.
dump.
“Hehehe….”
The low-level vampire, Jegal Seong-gyu, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with satisfaction.
Because it was the first time that a large-scale hunt was successful.
He was also intoxicated by his own power, which had grown so strong that he could hunt more than ten people at once.
“Eat lots.”
Jegal Seong-gyu smiled proudly as he watched the lowest-level vampires sucking blood from the lifeless humans.
‘This place is totally crazy’
It was purely by chance that he became a citizen and entered this safe zone.
At first, a transparent wall blocked his way, but then suddenly he was offered something called ‘citizenship’.
Zhuge Liang accepted it without much thought, and could not help but be surprised when he entered the area.
‘Wherever you go, it’s a human world’
The vampires’ staple food was human blood.
And the more humans they eat, the stronger they become and the more they grow.
Of course, the more humans there were, the better.
But the people here were not only numerous but also of good quality.
It seemed to be several times more efficient than eating things caught outside.
Thanks to this, Zhuge Liang was able to quickly become stronger.
‘You can move up to intermediate level soon. Just like that guy.’
The guy who treated me like I was useless and abandoned me.
You will gain power equal to that guy.
‘Equal is not enough’
I had to drink more human blood to get past that thing.
And I plan to make you pay the price for treating me like a useless person.
‘Bloody revenge..’
To do that, he needed to become stronger not only himself, but also the group he was leading.
‘Did one guy die?’
The number of lowest-level vampires that can be controlled by the current low-level vampire, Zhuge Liang, is five.
One guy died during the mass hunt, but it didn’t matter.
It wouldn’t be difficult to create even one low-level vampire.
‘Here, the people are spread out and spread out’
As you reach intermediate level, your subordinates will also gradually be promoted to lower level vampires one by one.
When they produce low-level vampires as if they were hatching again, their colony experiences rapid growth.
‘In that state, it eats all the humans around it and then goes after the bastard.’
By then, we will have more than enough power to overwhelm him.
Where the bastard was, finding a single human was like picking stars from the sky.
So that’s why he was kicked out.
But on the contrary, this place was like paradise.
A paradise overflowing with prey.
It was clear that he would remain stagnant here while he and his colony grew.
‘I’ll eat you.’
He licked the blood from the corner of his mouth as he imagined the rosy future that lay ahead of him.
At that moment.
Crunch.
“?”
Suddenly the door opened, and a man was standing there.
An uninvited guest has arrived.
At first, I didn’t really care.
I just feel sorry for the unlucky man who opened the door here without even knowing English.
‘Oh my. You came here to die on your own feet.’
Without even needing to give separate orders from Zhuge Liang, the lowest-level vampires immediately reacted to the fresh, living prey.
“Kkieeeek!”
“Kyaaaa!”
Just before the lowest-level vampires started to yawn and rush towards the man.
Crunch!
The heads of the four remaining lowest-level vampires exploded simultaneously.
‘uh?’
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A heavy silence fell everywhere.
Absolutely no warning.
Without a fight.
It took some time for Zhuge Liang to understand this situation.
Because my head was refusing to understand the current situation.
‘What the hell is going on right now?’
I couldn’t understand the series of events unfolding before my eyes.
‘Did I see it right?’
But it was a situation I clearly witnessed with my own two eyes.
The moment his subordinates showed hostility towards the man, his head would burst as if he were being judged by God.
When I realized that stark reality, I couldn’t help but panic.
Fear flooded his brain.
‘Oh, that’s ridiculous!’
One thing I understood for sure was that the power of the being in front of me was in a realm that was beyond my understanding.
Revenge against your subordinates?
Blood revenge?
That kind of thing has long since disappeared from my mind.
One’s personal feelings were of no importance in the face of a being with overwhelming power.
All that remained was the intense will to survive.
Jegal Seong-gyu barely opened his mouth while kneeling.
I made a sound with all my might and with all my heart.
“Please, save me.”
When he was in the position of a predator, the cries of the weak that he had not heard were flowing out from his own mouth. Small struggles to survive.
Zhuge Liang was making the best choice he could.
“Please save me! Keuk!”
At that moment, he felt something grab his neck and pull him up. Soon, his feet were no longer touching the ground.
I tried struggling in the air, but it was no use.
“How dare you..”
I saw the face of an angry man before my eyes.
I knew it intuitively the moment I saw it.
That the miracle of this man forgiving himself would not happen.
They say that even an earthworm will squirm if you step on it, but I couldn’t even dream of such resistance. Even the earthworm squirmed when something the size of a human stepped on it.
If an elephant steps on something as small as an earthworm, it will die instantly.
Zhuge Liang gave up everything and closed his eyes tightly.
Because there was nothing I could do but accept the choice of the being in front of me.
“Huh?”
That was when.
Suddenly, the pressure on my neck subsided and my feet touched the ground.
Jegal Seong-gyu, lying on the floor helplessly, looked up at the man while trembling.
The man said.
“From now on, answer the questions I ask you as honestly as possible.”
Zhuge Liang answered, bowing his head.
A quest window popped up saying that if I didn’t answer honestly, I would be inflicted with extreme pain, but I didn’t care. I had no intention of disobeying the man in front of me in the first place.
“…yes.”
I lay face down on the floor and did my best to beg for my life.
He was ready to tell him everything he knew, even if it meant seizing a glimmer of possibility.
The man opened his mouth.
“How did you get in here?”
“That’s…”
A low-level vampire, Zhuge Liang.
After hearing the bastard’s story, I felt my head start to hurt.
‘I never thought I’d be able to accept non-human monsters as citizens’
The system message, when granting citizenship, referred to it as an “entity that satisfies the conditions for acceptance as a citizen” rather than a “human.”
I didn’t know that that meant that citizenship could be granted to non-human monsters as well.
‘Who would have thought that it would be possible to grant citizenship to a monster that eats humans!’
The influx of citizens continues even at this moment.
In the past, when there were only a few citizens coming in, we would check each of them individually and confirm their citizen information, but now that the number has grown enormously, we have set it up so that anyone who approaches us can acquire citizenship immediately.
It was a kind of automatic systemization.
Otherwise, they would have had to accept a continuous influx of citizens even while they were working or sleeping.
But I never thought it would come back like this.
I thought that the only side effects would be the influx of dirty citizens who cause trouble or criminals.
But then a problem of a different dimension arose.
‘A vampire’
I asked the guy.
“You were human before you were bitten?”
“Yes, that’s right. I was a normal human, but after being bitten by a vampire named Ahn Sang-hyeok, I became a low-level vampire.”
What was shocking was that the vampire in front of me was once an ordinary human being.
‘So maybe that’s why I was granted citizenship.’
In any case, since a systematic loophole had been discovered, it was no longer possible to accept just anyone in the future.
At least the moment I accepted it, I had to check the citizen information window to see if they were a vampire or not.
In addition, we need to recheck the citizen information window that we have accepted so far.
“You said that you had vague memories of the few days you spent as a low-level vampire, and that you grew into a low-level vampire by eating humans?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
To borrow the words of Zhuge Liang, the lowest-level vampires were like beasts with only instincts left.
At least the intelligence to understand orders remains.
It is said that human self-consciousness begins with lower-level vampires.
“The man named Sang-hyeok Ahn who turned you into a vampire was a mid-level vampire, higher than you.”
“Yes, yes. That’s right.”
The current level of the low-level vampire, Jegal Seong-gyu, is 28.
This means that for intermediate vampires, the level would be at least higher than this.
‘And if there are intermediate levels, that means there are upper-level vampires too!’
It is not known exactly how far their ranks extend, but they probably exist up to the upper ranks.
The level was also expected to be quite high.
“Where is that mid-level vampire’s base?”
“It’s an apartment complex in Daeyeon-dong.”
“Okay, I understand.”
As soon as I showed signs of ending the conversation, Jegal Seong-gyu came begging for his life in a desperate voice.
“I, I will guide you to where that bastard is! Please, with your own hands, bring down the divine punishment on that bastard who is the cause of all this!”
[Citizen Zhuge Liang’s loyalty increases.]
His purpose was obvious.
Because he looked desperate and wanted to survive somehow.
Besides, the rapidly increasing trust and loyalty levels after meeting me were making me feel worse.
‘The loyalty of a monster that eats people’
It wasn’t pleasant.
I have heard enough information to be able to say what I need.
“If you want revenge so badly, why don’t you do it yourself?”
Jegal Seong-gyu, who had become a low-level vampire, was once a human, but now he was just a monster that ate people.
Of course, I had no intention of accepting it or of sparing it.
‘Quest Grant’
《Quest Granting》
Quest Content: Kill Sanghyuk Ahn
Time limit: 24 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds
Reward: A small amount of experience points.
Failure penalty: death.
“You don’t need me to guide you. Go and kill him yourself.”
The time limit is 24 hours.
There was no way that Jegal Seong-gyu, who was still only a low-level vampire, could kill Ahn Sang-hyeok, who was a mid-level vampire.
This was an open call to go and die.
Zhuge Liang, who had heard of this, spoke urgently.
“Now, just wait a minute. Then, please let me drink human blood. If I can just get to the intermediate level, I can do something like that-!”
“If you touch a human even with one fingertip, your head will explode immediately.”
Jegal Seong-gyu lowered his head without saying anything in response.
I decided to give him a little hope because he was feeling depressed. I didn’t want him to give up and attack other people.
‘Open shop. Buy M16’
Jiiing—
Jegal Seong-gyu opened his eyes wide when he saw the rifle and 100 rounds of live ammunition appearing before his eyes.
“I’m giving you a chance. A chance to get revenge on the guy who made you like this.”
The man nodded, patting his rifle.
“If it’s this… If it’s this, it’s possible! I’ll try it!”
“Do your best to exterminate all vampires.”
“thank you!”
“I tell you again, if you attack anyone who is not a vampire with this, you will be killed immediately.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
“Let’s go right now.”
“yes!”
Jegal Seong-gyu answered briskly and then went out of the building.
After he left, the building he left behind was littered with corpses of people.
Half of those who died with their eyes wide open were killed in a cruel manner.
Hwaruruk
Just as they were about to burn their bodies, they paused for a moment.
‘They must have families too!’
No matter how miserable the ending may be, shouldn’t we still see our family’s faces?
As I put out the flame, I called Seo Ye-jin with the ring of communication.
[Seo Ye-jin. There is a man who I would like the mice to follow.]
There were three reasons for attaching Seo Ye-jin’s mouse behind Jegal Seong-gyu.
The first is to find out the exact location of the vampires.
The second is to prevent Jegal Seong-gyu from handing over the rifle he is holding to the guys.
Lastly, the purpose was to burn to death anyone who tried to do anything stupid.
‘We need to form a team to eradicate the vampires!’
If there were monsters nearby that preyed on humans, it would be right to eliminate them all for the safety of the citizens.
[Episode 14] Vampire (2) > End
