69. Does changing the order make a big difference?
“Hey! Can’t you hear me!”
Right before the door to the abode in the basement of Croyton opened.
The shouts of high-ranking vampires were heard from inside.
Apparently, we failed to seduce Grendel even while we were at the palace.
Kroyton sneered and opened the door.
The vampire’s expression was rotten.
“sh*t……”
Creighton shook his head as he looked at him.
“It was a futile effort.”
“……”
It was a part where you could feel how great Creighton’s faith in Grendel was.
‘Well, it’s not that important to me.’
I stood in front of the vampire as it was.
“You are mine now.”
“What, what are you talking about…?”
The vampire’s gaze wavered anxiously.
The bastard returned to Croyton.
Creighton just shrugged.
I opened my mouth again.
“Listen up. I don’t ask a question twice. From now on. Whatever I ask, you will have to answer it.”
“Haha. That’s a very gentle question. Did you think I’d give a gentle answer too?”
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Judging by how sarcastic he was, it seemed that he was still able to afford it.
but what about this
In this series, I am as talented as the President.
“Croyton.”
“Tell me.”
“Here, is the soundproofing good?”
“Of course. I blocked them all with magic.”
I opened my eyes and twisted the corners of my mouth.
“Good.”
* * *
bubbling bubbling.
Air bubbles continued to rise from the water in the basin, with the vampire’s head pressed against it.
“uuu! Fuhak!”
When I let go of my hand, the vampire raised its head.
“Huh…! Heh…!”
“Did you drink enough water?”
“My, when did I ask for water!”
“Your face is also dry without a drop of moisture. Your throat looks a little dry.”
Can you be so kind
From what I’ve seen, I can say that I’m really kind.
“It’s not water, that’s it! You have to drink blood!”
But isn’t this cheeky guy rather showing his temper despite such consideration?
They said that if Hoi continues, it becomes Dooly.
After all, people seemed to lose money if they were too kind.
“Oh, don’t you like this? Then I’ll give you another one.”
With my left hand, I grabbed both cheeks of the noisy guy and made them look like crucian carp’s mouth.
Pajik, Pajijik!
“Ooh, ooh?”
It fed the black thunder as it was.
Is there anyone else who feeds this much?
“Uguguguguguguguguguk! Uguk!”
I keep looking for some kind of soup.
There’s no soup, so let’s get some water.
I lifted the basin with my right hand and trickled the water into the mouth of the crucian carp.
“Poo-guk! Woo-goo-gu-guk! Fu–wop! Goo-gu-gu-gu-guk!”
It sounded pretty good.
I saw his stomach swell little by little.
He showed mercy one more time, and even took care of a short break.
“Curruck…! Whoa……Kekkeek!”
It was a vampire who was coughing strangely, water coming up his throat.
After confirming that he was breathing for about three seconds, I stretched out my left arm again.
Then the guy freaked out.
“Hey, hold on!”
“Why? Are you thinking about talking now?”
“Well, what should I ask you to answer! Give me a chance to answer, and I shouldn’t torture you!”
I shook my head at him.
“You’re so pathetic. I didn’t expect you to be such a lowly person.”
“That, what is that… bullsh*t…”
“Now. Let’s think about it. If I asked you something, would you have answered or not?”
“…I wouldn’t…I would have…not…”
“Yes. That’s what I meant. So what did I do?”
“In the end, he must have been tortured… right?”
I snapped my fingers.
“That’s it. Why would someone you know well waste your time by asking useless questions?”
“Now, wait. So you just started with torture?”
“I’ll do it anyway. Would changing the order make a big difference? No, if I hadn’t changed the order, I’d have taken more time for no reason. I have no intention of wasting my precious time.”
“…That, but I have to ask and torture…”
“Noisy. Time is gold.”
Paperweight!
“Ugh geug geuk geuk!”
Behind me, I heard Grendel’s voice.
“Advisor first, question later…This is the next generation of technology…It’s a very valuable skill.”
* * *
“Muh, I’ll answer all your questions… Eh, let me talk to you…”
Black smoke billowed out of his mouth.
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Judging that I had an idea to talk over there, I asked the first question.
“Orhel. Tell him what he wants.”
“I-I don’t know the details either.”
“okay?”
When I raised my left arm, he jumped in amazement and his eyes widened.
“Now, wait a minute! I’m not done talking yet! Everything, ask me something else! I’ll tell you everything within the scope of my knowledge, without even a single lie!”
“……”
“This, first of all, Orhel is not the Lord I follow. I am the follower of Lord Drettnor. My Lord is Lord Drettnor. That’s why I don’t even know Orhel’s thoughts!”
Now comes the name of Drettnor that the mortals spoke of.
I listened to him with interest.
Of course, I had never seen a situation in which the two vampire lords were entangled even in the original work.
“According to Drettnor’s orders, I have delivered words to Orhel. Words inviting an alliance.”
“Being an ally of the Vampire Lord… is that possible?”
The five Vampire Lords were very bad friends.
So, it is said that some of them even crossed the sea and settled on other continents.
That was the reason why not all vampire lords appeared in the original work.
To think that people who were so far away from each other suddenly became allies.
‘In other words… it must mean that a force that never existed before has appeared.’
That part was a bit worrying.
In particular, as long as I knew what Drettnor’s goal was, I couldn’t overlook it.
According to the mortals, he was going to lead the Great Invasion after all.
“Orhel accepted the alliance and offered a deal.”
“What deal?
“Demons can’t reach Middle-earth on their own. It’s only possible by opening the way in Middle-earth. As you know, Orhel has already signed a contract with the 9th Demon Corps commander, the lord of the Undead Legion.”
This was also the first thing I noticed.
In fact, the Vampire Lord and the demons weren’t very close either.
By the way, he was connected to the vampire lords and the devil corps commander.
Besides, if it was the 9th demon corps… it was where Horikedon, who had been killed earlier, was serving as an advisor.
And at the same time, it was also the spearhead of the Great Invasion.
That’s why I killed that Horikedon.
Even if you listen to this far, you are already starting to see the outline.
“Are the two vampire lords making the way for the 9th Demon Corps to cross over from Hell to Middle Earth?”
“That, yes…”
“Why? What deal did Orhel make, and what does Drettnor think about doing it together?”
“Orhel has obtained demonic magic. It is a power that a vampire lord cannot have. For example… forbidden magic such as necromancy.”
necromancy?
okay……
Since the trading partner is an undead corps leader, it’s a good thing to get.
But why?
‘Already with the power of a vampire lord, there will be few people in the Middle Earth who can compare… Why are you coveting greater power? Even to the extent of making a deal with the devil.’
I had my doubts.
“Keep talking.”
“I don’t know what Orhell is up to. And Mr. Drettnor…”
You want to tell the back story of the monarch you follow?
His mouth, which had been gurgling until now, faltered.
He helped me come back to my senses.
Raise your left arm.
paper weave.
It shows the spark.
The vampire who saw the black lightning opened his mouth again.
“And Drettnor-sama… uhhh? uhhhh!”
That was the moment.
As he spoke, his whole body twisted strangely.
His eyes turned in different directions, and his body began to collapse.
Creighton and his apprentice Grendel jumped up from their seats and joined the vampires to the left and right.
“Master!”
“Yes! It’s self-destruct magic! Catch the explosive power so it doesn’t explode outside!”
“All right!”
Kroyton was not taken aback, and poured mana into both hands.
And surprisingly, Grendel, who still looked young, calmly deployed mana.
The vampire burst into rage while his whole body was twisted.
“Orhel! How dare you…! When did you cast such magic on my body…!”
Then, suddenly, the voice changed again.
“Kuhuh…Did you think I could easily trust you and Drettnor?”
I knew right away.
It was that of Orhel whom he had met in that dark spiritual world.
With the magic cast in advance, it seemed to have penetrated the vampire’s mind.
And through that, they talked to us.
exactly to me.
Because his eyes were on me.
“You’re looking for me? It’s funny. I, you bastard, I hesitated for a while at the lingering skill of making that strange spear, but it was only for a moment.”
You speak well.
while I was afraid
“Nothing will come to me. I will go find you myself and tear you to pieces. I will squeeze out every drop of blood that flows from his body and drink it!”
The corner of the possessed vampire’s mouth went up.
“Once a hero of the humans, now dead and forgotten. I will find you with Dyurahan.”
Those were the last words.
Whoa!
The vampire’s body explodes.
Kroyton and Grendel suppressed the explosion with all their might.
“Keuuugh! An explosion that will devour the entire city!”
“This, this much magical power…!”
Quaaa!
and the power that bursts out.
Whoops!
magic to reverse it.
The two forces collided for a long time.
Woo woo woo…….
In the end, they caught the blast perfectly.
“Huh…! Heh…!”
“Cool, cool!”
Although it was exhausted.
Even so, the expressions of Kroyton and Grendel were not very good.
“If it’s Dyurahan… this will be unstoppable. We need the power of a transcendent being.”
“Can’t we ask for help from the kingdom’s army, Master?”
“Durahan is different. They are beings made from the corpses of knights who hit the pinnacle of human beings. They are monsters that retain the power of their heyday. Even if they block it, the kingdom will perish.”
“I can’t…”
However, I wasn’t shaken at all.
because……
‘Well, Dullahan is also undead, right?’
Don’t I have the protection of a mortal bird?
No worries…
sh*t.