324 – Beltane, Land of Vampires (4)
It is full of ominous energy, but it is definitely not the ‘black magic’ with the [Oath of Darkness] Engraved on it.
It has a unique appearance and red eyes, but it is not a vampire or a death knight.
The man was clearly a ‘human being’.
It’s just that its appearance was so unique that it was difficult to immediately assume it was a human being.
-There is no answer. In that case, you have no choice but to ask directly.
A voice that sounds like something has been scratched is heard through [Language].
And as he opened the old closet, the man slowly walked out.
They called me ‘Kelbilid’.
And this familiar warrior energy that I have experienced several times.
There was a high probability that the man was a member of the ‘Termen tribe’.
In other words, it means that we have come to the right place.
“… ….”
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But is it because of the unpleasant impression and unfriendly attitude?
Ripley, who was next to him, can be seen momentarily raising his magic power.
In fact, Ripley has been accompanying me all this time, and when a battle broke out, he left it entirely to me.
Anyway, her power itself is strong, and the contractual relationship between her and me is not a complete master-servant relationship like her other contractors.
But now it looks a little different.
It radiates magical power with the power to kill the man in front of it at any moment.
‘… Come on?’
Instead, I swallowed my nerves inside.
Ripley is a wizard who is more than just an S-class holder.
With one shot of her magic, this entire castle could have been blown away.
The magic was prepared in an instant.
The attribute is fire.
In just 3 seconds after the magic power is concentrated, an intense heat hits the surroundings.
At first glance, it is a fire magic so powerful that it is believed to have been performed by Kang Joo-yeon.
It was the majesty of the level 20 [Elemental User] Rune.
“Ripley, what’s wrong?”
“I don’t like that guy.”
The ‘him’ here is of course that gloomy Termen guy.
I could feel Termen flinching at that gesture.
… It seems like he knows that this magic is no ordinary magic.
“What is it?”
“Everything from what it looks like to what it makes. “That bastard, he’s the damn Termen squire, right?”
“… ….”
I was silenced by the harsh profanity that came out of Ripley’s mouth.
As she felt when interrogating Caroline earlier, Ripley especially hated Termen’s warriors.
From what I heard, even when she was in the , The realm of Luden Arc, she turned the Termen warriors who became Death Knights into visible powder… I didn’t know why I hated it so much.
I thought it might have something to do with the reason Ripley called me to attack .
“And one more thing. “You’re Do Jae-hyeon, so why are you calling me Kelbilid?”
“… I know.”
After all, a noble vampire count.
[Language] I guess I understood Termen’s words even though there were no runes.
Besides, this is correct in every detail.
Me and Kelbilid just used the same sword, but these damn Termen bastards called me Kelbilid every time they saw me.
Thanks to this, when fighting the Termendes Knights, he always had to hit them with all his might.
Ripley turned his head and asked me, holding on to the magic power that lifted him up.
“Should I kill him? Master.”
“… ….”
… I can’t wait to say that.
Where on earth did you learn this?
But there was no time to answer.
Suddenly, the Termen warrior who was near the closet gave a thump and immediately came in front of us.
And then, for some reason, he spoke in an urgent voice.
-I was mistaken. You were just a human using Kelbilid’s sword. And there was also Count Ripley. Nice to meet you.
I thought about it when I heard that.
This bastard…
Are you scared of Ripley too?
* * *
The man was different from the Termen guys who ran wild in .
I heard that they acted like that because they lost their reason when they became Death Knights.
That’s why they couldn’t tell the difference between me and Kelbilid and attacked them recklessly.
‘… That’s not to say you said it was Kelbilid at first.’
The man showed convenience in lightly overlooking such contradictions.
Anyway, after a compromise with a bit of force was concluded.
We were able to sit face to face in Caroline’s room and talk.
The topic was, of course, the relationship between Caroline and Termen, and the identity of the man.
-Nice to meet you. I am Orland, a senior warrior of Termen.
Orland, the Termen warrior, clapping his shoulder with a thud.
I can sense great pride in his gestures and tone of voice.
It certainly appears that he is not an ordinary warrior, seeing as he even has the title of ‘senior warrior.’
But Ripley frowned at that sight.
And then it emits magical power again.
“Should I kill him? Mas… “
-It is called Åland. Nice to meet you
I can tell you for sure, these guys are not warriors.
What kind of warriors are these guys who kneel so easily in front of force?
Orland cleared his throat a few times at my dumbfounded expression and continued speaking.
-Hmm. Anyway, I heard the whole story well. To sum up, my contractor, Baron Caroline, sided with the Ludenarch School and acted as their stooge, leading to a disaster.
After realizing that the conversation was working, we briefly discussed our situation, and Åland understood and organized it right away.
Contrary to what he looks like, he has a quick sense and quick mind.
But I heard a familiar word from him.
“Contractor?”
-Oh, I said something wrong. According to the system, the contract has been terminated, but the contract still exists on paper, so it was expressed that way. To be exact, it would be the old contractor.
“No, no. “I’m not curious about that, but you were Baron Caroline’s contractor?”
“It’s probably right.”
I turn my head to Ripley’s words.
She explained things seriously and helped me understand.
“Do Jae-hyeon, this is a similar structure to the contract you signed with me. Even though vampires are special spirits, they are classified as spirits anyway. So you can make a contract with humans or other races.”
“Wasn’t it necessary to sacrifice one’s heart?”
“That metaphorically expresses the sharing of my symbol.”
Ripley, who was answering my question eloquently, suddenly closed her mouth.
Her vampire symbol, the ‘seed’.
I think I almost inadvertently mentioned the ‘seeds of doubt’ related to contracts.
… I already know everything.
“Anyway, Do Jae-hyeon, just as you gave your heart, other vampires have their own contract methods. That Termen warrior named Orland probably made a contract with Baron Caroline like that.”
Orland nodded her head at Ripley’s words.
-That’s correct. Baroness Caroline offered me a contract in exchange for destruction.
A contract is made at the cost of destruction.
The contents of all cringe-worthy contracts based on symbols are similar.
Orland continued his speech by thumping his shoulder.
-It was a satisfactory contract for me. Unlike other Termen warriors who quickly settled in Beltane, I am a bit of a stickler, so I found a guardian vampire late.
Guardian vampire.
An unknown word appeared again.
“Help me, Speedwagon.”
“Don’t call me a strange name.”
“Sorry.”
“Guardian vampires are literally guardians. To be exact, I’m talking about vampires who make contracts with Termen’s warriors and take care of their convenience. “Did you hear that the Termen tribe was destroyed and scattered to Ludenarch’s territory and Beltane?”
“Yes.”
“Most of the Termen warriors who came to Beltane made contracts with vampires. Anyway, they also have to have their own background to live in this land of death.”
-That’s right. As I said, among warriors, I was one of the last to sign a contract, so I signed the contract without much hesitation. But one day, dimensional movement began, and the system was applied to Beltane.
Holder system and otherworldly dimensional movement.
Orland was talking about Becoming a dungeon.
-And soon after that, Baron Caroline attempted to escape the dungeon and left Beltane. I don’t know the exact reason, but in my personal opinion as a contractor, I think he probably went to visit his father. Let me summarize what Jaehyun Do and Count Ripley said.
And then the decisive word came out.
“Father?”
-Yes. Baron Caroline is a hybrid vampire who comes from a vampire and a Termen warrior. And his father, Tashmad, the chief warrior of Termen, went to Ludenarch’s territory. Tashmad was a representative warrior who settled in Ludenarch, unlike us who settled in Beltane.
After listening to that point, I have sorted things out to some extent.
So, Baroness Caroline left To find her father and went to the , Where she met her father and the Luden Arc School.
And by accepting their offer, he probably tried to cause a terrorist attack at the New York arena.
When Ripley first spoke, she said that Caroline had been expelled from , But it seems she was mistaken about that.
Caroline was not kicked out of , But left directly. Just like Ripley.
I roughly drew a timeline like that in my head.
“So the only vampire who escaped was Caroline?”
Most of the vampires who left Went to the .
I asked a question to check their additional power.
-That’s probably not true. Count Ripley, who is right in front of you, has defected, and I heard that several vampires who are on friendly terms with Caroline have also defected, but there are probably no vampires higher than the Viscount level.
Through that answer.
The purpose I had set out to come to Baron Caroline in Was achieved.
That is to check how much vampire power the Ludenarch School has.
Since we learned of their new power through Baron Caroline, we needed to understand it more accurately and specifically.
‘If everyone is at the level of a baron… ‘It won’t be difficult.’
This is a power that may not be as difficult as you think.
I didn’t stop there and immediately asked about the second purpose.
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“Åland. So what is the power level of the Termen warriors who went to Ludenarch’s territory? “I think most of them sided with Ludenarch.”
But this question seemed to be rejected by Orland, who frowned.
-Yes? That’s hard to answer. Even though I am a Termen warrior who signed a contract with a vampire, how can I so easily obtain information about warriors who were once my compatriots? .
And Ripley radiates magic power.
“Is fire a good attribute?”
– I’ll give it to you.
As expected, the friends were far away, but the magic was close.
Speed wagon? Is that Jojo reference ?