98 – World 11. Clash (3)
‘Coming to think of it, it seems that the flying dragon Regnis also tried to become a parasite.’
I was curious about him, but I couldn’t figure it out on my own, and I didn’t care because it was a crime.
Whether it was the reason for sieging the rock fortress, the reason for sending only 2-3 thousand of them periodically, or the reason for parasitizing a different species.
‘I just need to defeat them all.’
Thinking that it would be enough to defeat all of them since they are a vicious tribe anyway, I looked at the castle in the center that was slowly approaching.
It was clear that the eerie feeling I felt when I looked down on the snowstorm was not an illusion.
“Is that castle originally like that?”
“Ah, it’s similar. It has the unique aura of a vampire.”
Even so, it didn’t seem normal to feel this way in a castle.
‘Isn’t it natural to fight a level 5 entity?’
Of course, the fact that my current body is not normal may have played a role.
If he had returned to his original body, there was a high possibility that he would not have felt the energy in the castle.
“It’s all here. As long as you don’t stay for a few days, there won’t be any problems, so don’t worry.”
After arriving at the castle, Silka said it was okay.
However, Karina asked if he was concerned about the content.
“What if I stay longer?”
“Because you are exposed to the energy of death, your lifespan will probably be shortened. Because of that, other races do not stay in the castle.”
Listening quietly, I couldn’t understand why such a place was used as a meeting room.
‘Is it because it’s close to vampires?’
Anyway, when I entered the castle, I saw several pale-skinned women in maid’s uniforms wandering around.
Since it was a castle inhabited by vampires, they also looked like vampires.
“This is the conference room.”
When I entered the room on one side of the first floor, I was greeted by an empty space with only a long table.
It felt like a space exclusively for meetings.
“If you sit down and wait, others will come soon.”
I nodded silently and sat down in a nearby chair.
My companions sat next to me in turn and waited.
“…”
“…”
No matter how long I waited, no one entered the conference room.
As time passed, my gaze naturally turned to Silka.
“Uh, uh… Now, wait a minute. I will contact you again.”
Afterwards, Silka began to speak enthusiastically on the spot, as if she had tried remote communication with the wind spirit.
“No, my queen. Why aren’t you coming? Yes? Hate meeting rooms? Do you know who came because they liked it?! Who is Aryl? After all, fairies don’t have anything, so it’s okay?”
Well.
I don’t know what it was, but it felt like shit was going on before I even started.
Crunchy-
Just then, the door to the conference room opened and I could see a person entering.
It was a woman with pale skin and blood-red hair, not as white as a corpse.
“…”
In addition, a woman whose overall impression, including her sharp eyes, gave the impression of an eerie blade, looked around at the group with red eyes identical to her hair.
Finally, when she appeared, I even felt the air getting a bit heavy.
“As expected, the only race that participated was the Orcs.”
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but when I opened my mouth softly, it seemed like I could smell fishy iron at first glance.
‘Is it a vampire lord?’
Still, the owner of the place seemed to attend.
The problem was that no one attended except the Vampire Lord.
“I heard the story. There is an alien who defeated Kshurra.”
The vampire lord, who spoke in a strangely tired voice, moved and sat down at the table, then looked over at me and my party again.
“But it doesn’t look like that to my eyes.”
I met the red eyes of the vampire lord who told me the story was a lie.
“What do you mean?”
“Simply put, I can see the size of the other person’s soul. Your soul is the greatest among you, but not to the extent of a transcendental one.”
transcendent?
“I want to hear about the transcendent.”
“To put it simply, it is a body that is beyond the limits of a mortal. It’s called the half-body realm. Do you understand if you are talking about the Ice Empress who is rampaging in the west?”
“…”
In other words, the size of my soul has not reached the transcendent.
‘Be transcendental…’
It was a shock to me.
After going through as many as 10 worlds and reaching the 11th world, he couldn’t reach the transcendent.
‘In the previous 10th world, I reached the level of the Archmage.’
It seemed that the level of the soul itself had not grown as it was a state reached by an expedient.
“It doesn’t matter if you are a transcendental person or not. Receive a reward and defeat Chemora and the Huns. That’s it.”
“Something like you?”
“Do you think you can’t?”
At my answer, the Vampire Lord laughed viciously.
Then, along with the thick scent of blood, I felt the layer of air getting heavier.
‘after.’
In response, I raised my magic and used the volcanic eruption technique.
Knock! Kwak Kwa Kwak!—
The volcanic eruption caused by a whopping 1404 magic power created a storm-like air current based on me.
As the magical energy I created instantly took over the entire conference room, the Vampire Lord looked at me in surprise.
“It’s as amazing as Mana.”
“Don’t be cocky.”
For me, the Vampire Lord in front of me had a slightly higher chance of winning than the 5th stage entity, Chemora.
Even if I just took out the numbering item, 『(No. 003) Solar Sword Solis』, I would have a much better advantage.
The sun sword, Solis, had a combination of light and fire attributes, so it was clear that it would be poison to vampires.
“Yes, stop.”
However, the Vampire Lord took energy first without blinking an eye.
I don’t know what he was thinking, but as much as I reaped my energy first, I also calmed down my mana.
“I admit that I didn’t come here as a gossip. So, shall we talk about the reward now?”
I nodded my head as I felt the rage that had boiled over with magic power gradually subside.
“But I don’t like to present and explain things first. If you tell me what you want, I will prepare as much as I can from this side.”
“I want it…”
“Aren’t you going to say no?”
It certainly wasn’t exactly what he wanted, but it was possible to answer.
“I think it would be a special item.”
“Something special?”
“An object with a special effect that would not exist in other worlds. You get them as a reward.”
When the other side told me about the reward as they wanted, the Vampire Lord looked at me curiously.
“An object with a special effect. It is easy to understand, but difficult.”
After saying that, the Vampire Lord slowly frowned.
“It looks like you want something like a bloody goblet… is that right?”
“A bloody cup?”
“It is a cup that becomes an elixir when filled with blood and aged for 100 days. It is my treasure.”
Having heard the name and effect of the bloody cup, I answered as if it was correct.
“It should be something like that.”
“Right. But handing over the bloody cup…”
The Vampire Lord blurted out his words with a troubled expression.
Looking at it, it seemed that the bloody goblet had a different use.
‘Silka and Ursch also look worried.’
If you think about it, the special effect I mentioned would be useful here, so it seemed difficult to hand it over as a reward.
Then, as if Silka remembered something, she immediately suggested something to me.
“Oh, how about a purga tree?”
“A purga tree?”
“It is a tree managed by my tribe. A special aura spreads through the tree itself, helping to grow crops.”
crops?
Speaking of crops, I remembered that when I first logged in here, the crops in the village didn’t grow properly.
In addition, it was said that the blood of the blood contaminates the land so that no crops grow, but there was a field in this rock fort.
‘Is that possible because of the Purga tree?’
Conversely, I had an earth cleansing stake that cleansed the land.
So I wondered if I wouldn’t need a purga tree, but since it helps to grow crops, I didn’t know if it would be okay.
‘There’s also a place to plant trees.’
Thinking that far, I looked at Silka for a moment.
Wouldn’t there be a few more purga trees to live in here in the rock citadel?
As a reward, one tree was weak, so I decided to take it as much as possible and spoke to Silka again.
“Are there any other trees?”
* * *
I wanted to collect as many rewards as possible, but surprisingly, there was nothing useful.
The Orc chief, Ursch, presented an unknown meat, and the Dwarves presented a hammer used by a certain blacksmith.
Unfortunately, meat had no effect other than that it was good for the body, and the hammer had no effect other than that it would never break.
Of course, both of them meant nothing to me.
‘I didn’t expect there to be items like this.’
And the fairy said that it was good for wounds.
The troll also suggested a healing potion that was said to be good for wounds.
Other races also offered useless items, but luckily the Moon Elves decided to get some decent trees and herbs.
‘the problem is······.’
It was an absurdly small reward for fighting a Tier 5 entity, Chemora.
From the moon elf’s point of view, they only gave the tree planted in the rock citadel and a few herbs.
The Vampire Lord was able to end the story by saying that he would arrange a reward somehow.
It seemed to me that the reward would be prepared only after catching Chemora.
‘Well, it probably doesn’t matter.’
I thought it would be fine if they didn’t reward me, so I headed outside the rock fort with my party.