The non-stop blood flow saturates the place where humans were standing.
While the other warriors were pouring out their attacks, the warlord Calderban also prepared an attack with all his might. The intruders were not vigilant.
uh uh
The blood that flowed from his body condensed in the air and turned purple.
It was a unique blood skill he possessed. If it is hit by this extremely poisonous blood, no matter how strong the opponent is, it has no choice but to melt away without a trace.
Violet blood formed in the form of huge thorns rotated like a whirlpool and swept the place where humans stood.
Aww!
The site swept away by the bloodstream disappeared as it was, leaving ruins.
Without evading the bombardment of the elite warriors, they were all directly hit.
Calderburn had no doubts that this was the end of it.
However, his eyes widened in astonishment at the sight that was revealed after the blood and dust had been removed.
“······································································!
Humans were still standing in the same place. Even without a single piece of clothing ruffled.
The battle commander and other warriors were in shock at the sight beyond the common sense and did not take any action.
‘does not make sense······.’
The human man looked around leisurely.
“Is this the end?”
He spoke in an arrogant and indifferent voice, as if muttering.
“I’m not feeling well.”
blood art (3)
‘Oh, fuck….’
I looked around the vampires everywhere while maintaining my poker face.
The floating veil brilliantly blocked all the rushing attacks.
Even in the game, this absolute defense, which was a 9-star skill, could not be penetrated by just this level.
But that was the end.
The only thing I could do in this situation was to stand still and defend, and I was just bluffing and opening my mouth.
Still, the vampires were hardened, so they couldn’t do anything.
‘Now what?’
If a full-fledged battle continues like this, in the end, we are the losers.
It’s me, I’m too busy protecting my body, so it’s hard to use instant killing.
And this is their home. It is possible to continuously replenish power over there.
No matter how Ashhel defeated the battlefield, it was just a fight with no answer in the first place.
Damn, should I have been more careful about coming to this forest?
“······I.”
I turned my gaze away when I heard a bewildered voice next to me.
Ashel, who was almost in my arms, couldn’t find a place to turn her gaze.
I sighed and let go of my shoulder. I was so nervous that I forgot.
Ashel looked around the ruined radius with a slightly puzzled face.
The Floating Veil had never been unfolded in front of her, except for a brief use during Oak King.
I looked at the warlord again and said.
“Are you going to do more?”
The only thing you can do is make fun of your mouth, so you have no choice but to overcome the situation with that.
He didn’t respond and just stared at me. There was a look of tension in his eyes that was different from before.
“Before you’re blatant, you’re really stupid.”
“············”.
“I don’t know who I am, and I don’t know how much power gap there is, so it’s an all-out attack. You should be glad that I don’t have any hostility towards you. Or your tribe would have all perished today.”
“Human, who are you?”
At my words, he asked with an angry expression.
It was the intended flow of conversation, so I tried to answer right away. And that was the moment.
“···········?”
The sense of being approaching from afar at a formidable speed caught my senses.
Shwaah!
A bloody sphere that flew through the trees, drawing traces that were drooping.
The vampires looked at the sphere in surprise.
A sphere stopped in front of me, a little further from where I was standing, was formed in the form of a person, and a woman appeared.
She put on the robe that hung from the sphere and ran through her messy hair.
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“······sister!”
The warlord shouted in amazement.
At that call, I immediately knew her identity.
‘Chief?’
Aklina, chieftain of the Ellord Forest tribe.
It was just her unique blood technique to turn the body into blood itself.
After the warlord, now the chieftain has come out.
“You’re too close, sister! You’re a dangerous human, so step back!”
She looked around the ruins once, and met my eyes.
“I heard that there are humans who came to rescue young people… Please explain what the situation is, Calderburn.”
The warlord seemed to flinched at her cold voice.
“Did you tell me not to post a report, even the warriors, and then attack them?”
The warlord and other vampires did not say anything to him.
The chief let out a small sigh and looked towards me. Me and her eyes met.
“I am the chieftain Akrina.”
“············”.
“On behalf of the tribe, I sincerely apologize for the atrocities of the tribe members. I have nothing to say even with ten mouths.”
I was relieved once inside.
It was because her attitude showed that she had no intention of attacking any more.
Unlike the warlords, who were especially wary and hostile toward other races in the game, the chieftain had a relatively finite personality, like the head of a moderate tribe.
Still, I asked because it was a shame that they did it from the start of the attack.
“If it were any other ordinary human who came to this forest, I would have already died. At that time, were you going to apologize to the cold corpse like you do now?”
The chief sighed once more and said.
“As you know, awareness of vampires in the world is not very good. This is the only place we can live normally, so we have to be extremely sensitive to other races entering the tribal land. On our side. I want you to understand the situation a little bit.”
I just clicked my tongue once and didn’t say anything more.
Anyway, I came all the way here, because I had to figure out the purpose of coming to this forest.
But before that…
“I am the 7th Lord of Calderic.”
Originally, I had no intention of saying anything. Because it was obvious that I would only be more vigilant.
However, given the situation, I wanted to put insurance in place so that even if I bought a boundary, it wouldn’t crash again.
The topic of ‘blood’, which we will be discussing from now on, was also a very sensitive issue directly related to the fate of the tribe for them.
At my words, the vampires, including the chieftain and the warlord, all seemed to be startled.
Even those who live far away from the world cannot be unaware of the status and strength of the existence of a monarch in Calderic.
“Monarch?”
In particular, it was noticeable that the expression of the chieftain, who had remained calm, collapsed in an instant.
she asked in a slightly trembling voice.
“··········· As I know, the 7 Lords are not humans, but beasts.”
What she was talking about was the former 7th lord.
He didn’t even know that the 7th monarch seat was vacated by his death and that I had recently occupied it. Because in this forest, it is almost dark from public information.
“The former 7th lord is dead. And I am the new lord.”
At my words, the chieftain only drooled without a word.
Now that the monarch has come to the forest, she must be feeling a great sense of crisis right now.
I went straight to the main topic.
“I have a story I want to tell you, would you like to hear it?”
“······story?”
“I came to this forest to take the old vampire sister to me, but I also have other purposes. It’s about the bloodliness of your tribe.”
The vampires looked at me in amazement than before.
He wouldn’t have known that the word blood would come out of the mouth of an outsider who came to the forest out of nowhere.
“How do you know about the alternate bloodstain?”
The chieftain, who had come to his senses, now looked at me with hostile eyes.
blood.
It was the biggest trouble that the vampire tribes of the Ellord Forest currently harbor.
I can’t remember all the details of the background, but I did remember roughly.
‘Ancestor Gascalid.’
A time far from now, before the tribes settled down and settled in the Ellord Forest.
Among the ancestors of these tribes was a very powerful vampire.
He was an evil and ferocious vampire unlike his descendants who became a moderate tribe. Like the 6th lord tyrant.
‘I was defeated by an unknown archmage and was mortally wounded, and in the end, it was said that he died at the end of his life.’
Being a vampire is no different from death to other creatures. The bones and flesh rot, and the body returns to nature.
However, he tried to maintain his existence until the moment of his death, not letting go of the lust for life.
That’s how blood was created.
‘A stone in which the soul and blood of Gascalid are sleeping.’
I think one of the elder vampires explained how that was possible in the game, but I can’t remember. It was just a setting anyway, so it didn’t matter.
The important thing was that the descendants took on the evil stone that was like an image of Gascalid.
Along with the will that the day when Gascalid is resurrected is the day the tribe will be destroyed, they have been performing rituals for generations to quell the spirit of blood.
But the problem was the aftermath of consciousness.
A ceremony in which the blood of the chieftain, who inherited the blood of Gascalid, sacrifices their own blood to calm the spirit of blood.
It is a ritual that not only sacrifices blood, but also eats away the vitality and spirit of the person who performed it.
In a word, the chieftains of the Ellord Forest were destined to be short-lived the more they performed the ritual.
Even now, it was barely sealed, so I couldn’t move it anywhere, and it would be irresponsible if I left it alone and left the forest.
Without being able to do this or that, the tribes of Elrod Forest have been squeezing the lives of the chiefs for generations, bearing the abomination of blood.
And the reason I came to Elrod Forest was to solve the problem of that passion.
To be precise, the purpose of the vampire’s ‘blood magic’ was the ability that can be obtained in the process of solving it.
“I know your ancestor, Gaskhalid.”
Now that we’re ready to talk to each other, it’s time to speak up.
The chieftain, who was staring at me, widened his eyes at those words.
“What just…?”
“Blood, that’s the reason you know about the cursed thing your ancestors placed on you.”
I unraveled the story I had envisioned in my head.
“Halion, the chieftain at the time, sealed the blood of Gascalid himself. Do you know?”
“············”.
“If you are a chieftain, of course you know that records of your ancestors will remain. I had a relationship with him, and he entrusted me with a request. One day, when the time came, I was asked to completely annihilate the blood. .”
“Come on, wait.”
She stopped speaking, who had become increasingly confused by my words.
“So… you mean a few hundred years ago when our ancestors were still alive?”
“Yes.”
At that, Ashel looked back at me with a slightly startled expression.
Of course, it was a lie, but even if it was true, there was nothing wrong with it.
As you can see by looking at the monarchs, for the superhumans who have crossed their boundaries in this world, the basic lifespan of a body is several hundred years.
I spoke with a slightly solemn face.
“I came here to keep that request. So, guide me to the place where the blood is.”
It’s very absurd, but you won’t be able to believe it.
Or how would an outsider know about bloodlines and their ancestors?
I waited for the chieftain’s answer.
She, who had a complicated face as if in agony, bowed her head.
“I’m sorry, but you don’t have to.”
······huh?
“This is a matter for our clan. You can’t just listen to a few words and leave the matter of bloodliness to an outsider. I’m sorry if everything you say is really true, but if you care about us, please go back.”
The return was a resolute refusal.
Even so, I was a little embarrassed because I didn’t know that I would refuse like a knife like this.
“No, sister. I need to hear more of the story….”
Rather, the warlord, who had been more hostile towards me, panicked and stopped her.
“Goodbye then.”
Nevertheless, she greeted me once more and turned around firmly.
I looked at the back with a bit of embarrassment and then opened my mouth again.
······ At the most, you should never come this far and give up like this.
“Then I’ll have to force myself to go in.”
At my words, her steps stopped.
Then he looked at me with a hardened face.
“Actually, it has nothing to do with your permission. This is an oath between me and your ancestors, and it must be kept.”
“…even though I just said it’s okay?”
I said shamelessly in a cold voice.
“Yeah. So, if you don’t want more clashes, lead me to the bloodshed. I don’t want to see the blood of the descendants of dead friends.”