When the episodes related to Elrod Forest in the game story progressed, vampires who flowed into the Ellord Forest for reasons similar to these sisters among their tribes appeared.
The tribe of Elrod Forest embraces all of them and lives peacefully amongst themselves. Except for one ‘problem’.
And by solving that problem, there’s a chance that I’ll get the blood magic I need so much.
Rubica didn’t say anything as if she was in trouble for a moment, then asked me.
“But you… no, he….”
“It’s Ron.”
“Yes, is Ron friendly with the vampire tribe that lives in the Ellord Forest? Hearing the story, it seems like you know them well.”
·································································································· I ask.
These two would now think that I was trying to introduce them to the new tribes out of pure goodwill, but it was the opposite.
I’m going to use these sisters to make a connection with the vampires of Ellord Forest.
I nodded, feeling a bit of a prick in my conscience.
“I happened to meet a vampire from there. That’s why I know about Ellord Forest.”
Anyway, I have to take them to Ellord Forest, so it was important to reassure them first.
Rubika, who was in agony again, nodded as if she had made up her mind.
“Okay. I’ll go to Ellord Forest as Ron said. Thank you for being so kind to us.”
“Well, well thought.”
The persuasion is over.
Now it was time to head to Elrod Forest to get blood.
blood art (1)
Ellord Forest is a vast forest located in the northwest of Calderik.
First of all, it is Calderic’s territory, but of course, there are far more places in their natural state than where civilization blossomed on this huge fantasy continent.
In Calderic alone, there are numerous large and small cities in the Overlord Territories and the other nine Monarchy Territories. However, the outskirts were the land of Muju-Gongsan that was just abandoned.
‘Oh, it’s shaking badly.’
And that means that the road to Elrod Forest has not been reclaimed at all, unlike Kwando.
I looked at the other side of the wagon, which was shaking more violently than usual, keeping my expressionless expression.
Sister Rudica, who was sitting with Ashel, leaned on each other and fell asleep.
A few days have passed since we started heading from the city of Domihawk to Elrod Forest.
It was the same journey as always, but if there was something different, it was that the two vampires were accompanying them.
“············”.
I stared intently at the two sleeping sisters.
Rubika felt that she was trying to act more like an adult as she was her older sister, but in this case, she was just a child side by side.
Ashel, who was sitting next to me, was also looking at them with strange eyes, but when our eyes met, he looked away as if hesitantly.
For some reason, looking at her sisters, she seemed to think of her dead brother.
Then Ashel muttered and said,
“Can I ask you one thing I’m curious about?”
“···········?”
I made eyes of surprise.
Because she’s never asked me anything before.
“However much.”
“Gun… No, Ron-sama hasn’t been looking for places like ruins until now.”
Ashel stuttered and asked a question.
During the journey, they were told to call him by his first name, not the title of monarch, so he was called as Ashel or Baros.
But Ashel rarely called me in the first place, so she often made the mistake of being unfamiliar with it.
But, by the way, why all of a sudden?
“It’s no different, but I’m curious what you’re doing for that purpose.”
Ah… that’s it.
‘He is asking that now too.’
I was continuing a very fruitful journey, finding and absorbing the mysteries, but I didn’t see anything from Ashel’s point of view, so it was natural to wonder what the hell I was doing.
Besides, the reason she’s following me as an escort right now is because of my promise to make her name known all over the continent.
However, I was doing this without doing anything like a monarch, so I thought maybe I was frustrated in my heart right now.
‘I’m going to do a lot of things in the future, but at the time I said it out loud…’
But I didn’t mean to say anything like that.
Even after completing this journey and returning to the monarchy, there are piles of obstacles to overcome.
In particular, the Invasion of the Demons, the Hero of Seintea, the Succession of the Holy Sword…
Because it was too big to plan anything right now.
‘Anyway, when the next monarch meeting comes, the overlord will entrust you with anything.’
Once you find all the mysteries in Calderic, you have to think about the situation.
I’m sorry to Ashel, but I hope you wait until then.
I thought to myself and said.
“I’m looking for something. I’m curious, but I can’t tell you what it is.”
“············”.
“Don’t worry. I’ll definitely keep the promise I made with you.”
“······Yes?”
Ashel blinked, not understanding what she was saying. Then he said, “Oh,” and nodded.
“I was just curious. I never doubted what Ron said.”
“············”.
My conscience pricks me for believing so again.
I slowly looked out the window.
As the sun was rising in the middle of the sky, the carriage stopped for lunch.
The Rudica sisters, who had been asleep without anyone knowing, also woke up.
The menu is meat, soup and bread as usual.
Baros finished his meal quickly and sat down to eat in a suitable place, while Rudica slipped out of the soup and looked at Rubica.
“Why is that, Rudica. Do you want blood?”
Rubica immediately noticed her sister’s condition and raised her arms.
But Rudica hesitated and just looked to the side where I was sitting.
I opened my mouth.
“It’s okay, come here.”
Then, Rudica looked at her sister once more and approached me as if she had been waiting.
Rubica put on a puzzled expression as she clenched her forearm and sucked blood as if it were familiar.
“Lu, Rudica?”
It was the first Rudica to eat my blood after putting Rubica in the party. For her, it must have been an embarrassing sight.
Until now, it seems that she was patient with her sister’s eyes.
“What are you doing, Rudica. Come and eat your sister’s blood. Excuse me to the benefactor.”
But Rudica shook her head and continued to focus on eating my blood.
Seeing that, Rubica had a shocked face. It looked just like the last Baros.
“You, you. I always said that my sister’s blood was the best…”
········Why do you think I’m the bad guy?
Seeing her crying and muttering, I became red and asked.
“Are you okay without blood?”
Although older than Rudica, Rubica was not yet a fully grown vampire. I wondered if my vampire instinct was running wild.
I wondered if Rubica was staring at me then, and I swallowed my saliva.
And I shook my head in amazement.
“········I’m fine. I’m a grown vampire, so I can stand it.”
It didn’t look like much, but I didn’t want to ask for more because I didn’t want to draw blood with my two sisters on my arms side by side.
Then Baros stepped forward and said to Rubica.
“Hey, vampire. If you want my blood….”
“No. It smells bad.”
In response to the same reaction he had heard from Rudica before, Baros grew a little pale again.
Apparently, the blood of an elf is not a spirit to a vampire.
***
After that, the trip went smoothly.
And as time passed, we finally arrived at Elrod Forest.
Me and the others stood still for a moment and looked around the entrance to the forest.
It was a forest with a proper atmosphere because the trees were much larger than the ordinary forest.
The Elrod Forest here is just a huge forest that has no name in the world.
The numerous mountain ranges and forests that exist on the continent are not individually named.
It was just that the vampires living here called the forest by that name.
“Then go.”
Except for Baros, who had to protect the carriage, we immediately set out into the forest.
‘I don’t know how long it will take.’
The forest was so large that it was impossible to know how long it would take to find the vampires.
Still, I wasn’t worried I wouldn’t be able to find it.
As long as you keep moving into the deep, you’ll eventually run into it somehow.
And I got an expensive compass from the domy hawk because I thought I was going to get lost.
Rather than a compass, it was composed of a pair and showed each other’s location, but it was not a magical item, but probably something made of a material with properties similar to a magnet. Because this is a fantasy world.
Anyway, there was one with Baros, so there would be no problem going back.
“It’s kind of a spooky forest.”
As she was walking through the forest, Rubica looked around and said.
The trees were so large that the sun was obscured, so it was a dark forest overall.
I suddenly got curious and asked.
“Do vampires hate sunlight?”
As is often the case, vampires in the Lhasa universe have never been accurately informed about such things.
Even during the day, he walks well under the sun, but I wondered if he had any dislikes.
Rubica looked at me curiously and shook her head.
“No? It’s not. Rather, I hate things like this darker.”
Right. One question was solved.
It would take quite some time to wander around the forest to find the vampire, so I brought plenty of food.
However, there was nothing wrong with saving it, so they also supplied food through hunting. Of course, the hunting was up to Ashel.
And, of course, not only ordinary beasts but also monsters appeared.
kuung.
A huge boar fell to Ashhel’s sword and became a cold corpse.
It was quite disgusting to see tiny thorns all over his body.
Among the monsters that appeared in this forest, there were definitely some that I did not know.
This is because the Ellord Forest itself was an unfamiliar field that had hardly been explored in the game. When I met vampires in related quests, I passed by for a moment.
“Wow…”
Rudica’s eyes lit up as she quickly defeated the monster and watched Ashel retrieve the sword.
Because she had never seen Ashel fight.
On the other hand, Rubika, who had seen the massacre at the auction house, seemed to be a little afraid of Ashel somewhere.
“How can I be that strong?”
At Rudica’s question, Ashel scratched her cheek in embarrassment.
“You just have to train.”
“How do you train?”
“······························· Will swing the sword without a break every day, and move the body anyway. And also fight against stronger opponents.”
It didn’t seem easy to explain to a child.
Rudica nodded and shouted.
“If I live here, I will train every day! I have to become stronger to protect my unnie and my new friends!”
“············”.
At those words, Rubica also had a gloomy look.
Ashel looked at those sisters with a slightly pitiful look.
She also had a past when her clan was annihilated, so the more pain she suffered, the more she would, but not less.
Anyway, it was the third day after I started wandering around the forest like that.
“············”.
As I was walking down the forest road as usual, I felt a sign approaching me quickly.
Me and Ashel turned their heads towards it.
From afar, I saw a doll leaping over the branches of the trees and sprinting towards it.
Even from a distance, his image was clearly visible through his supersensory.
A man with dark hair, red eyes, and dressed like a hunter suitable for the forest.
【Lv. 51]
‘vampire.’
a vampire
The level seen above his head was quite high at 51.
The vampire he was longing for had finally appeared in front of him, and he felt joy, but at the same time, he was a little nervous.
Then he landed on a branch of a nearby tree, stopped and looked down at us. I also stared at him.
Naturally, in the eyes of the other person, friendly feelings are not visible at all.
“Humans… and vampires?”
The guy who was looking at me and Sister Ashel and Sister Rudica asked in a slightly confused voice.
“What are you? Why did you come into this forest?”
It must have been a very unusual situation for him.
No one comes to such a deep forest in the first place, but if the unexpected visitor is a combination of a human and a vampire.
I asked him, perplexed.