When the money was distributed by adding another 500 gold to the 500 gold given to Vicky, a total of 20 women looked at Do-jin almost as if they were looking at a savior.
Right now, ‘I am God and from now on you are my followers!’ It seemed that creating a new pseudo-religion would not be a task.
‘This feels like a mother duck leading a duckling.’
Do-jin had to feel strange when he was conscious of the women following him.
If you walk, they follow you, and if you stop, they stop all at once as if they had promised.
Every now and then, when he looked back, dozens of pairs of eyes were only looking at him, which was quite a burden.
But at least that was all there was to it.
“It’s time to part. When you climb up this ladder, immediately go to the Adventurer’s Guild and ask for help.”
The Empire strictly forbids the unauthorized trade in slaves.
In particular, kidnapping and trading imperial subjects is a serious crime that leads to the escape of the head immediately.
There was a high probability that the lord would try to hide it, whether he was involved or not.
For Viscount Marzia, the fact that the investigative team dispatched from the imperial family raided the territory would be the same as opening the gates of hell.
So, Do-jin decided to send the women to the adventurer’s guild rather than the guards.
I’d like to accompany you, but… … .
‘Because I have to deal with that first.’
It was impossible to take a vampire to the adventurer’s guild.
The sun shining outside is also a problem.
“Take this with you. This is my adventurer’s pendant. If you show this, the Adventurer’s Guild will take care of things a little faster.”
Taking a pendant from a level 10 adventurer won’t help much.
However, it may be possible to alleviate some of the women’s insecurities.
Looking at them, they looked like puppies showing symptoms of separation anxiety, so I just let them go.
‘It will be easier to receive compensation later. Because I don’t have to prove that it was I who rescued these people.’
On top of that, you get some benefits as a bonus.
To do something good for Rostania. These are all transactions with the world, quests, and growth engines.
It was, at best, something good that could not be wasted.
* * *
“Whoa, I finally calmed down a bit.”
All the women went up to the ground, and Dojin looked at Elder while listening to the startled sounds of merchants and passers-by from above.
“It’s nice, it’s nice!”
Elder looked at Dojin with bright eyes and exclaimed.
The problem is, he’s saying that while sprawling on the floor.
what the hell did you do
The incompetent vampire still had trouble controlling his body.
“What the hell happened to you? You have no idea what they did to you?”
Elder uh… and narrowed his brows.
He seemed to be thinking about how he had come to this.
And he replied with a happy face as if he had come to a conclusion.
“I don’t remember!”
“… … .”
Do-jin drew the character patience (忍) in his mind.
As if the world recognized Dojin’s efforts, the vampire confidently continued.
“I have a guess though!”
“… What?”
“It was a very long time ago. It’s a story from when I was young, when I was still immature.”
“Only the main point briefly.”
“Is this the point? Hmmmm, anyway, to continue the story, I really missed the sun I saw in a novel.”
“No, what’s with the current situation… … .”
When I tried to stop talking, Elder put on a worldly expression.
“… Say what you have to say.”
Only then did Elder, who had a wide smile on his face, continued his chatter.
“I also missed the blue sky so much. As you know, the Shadow Principality is a place where you stand upside down on the bottom of the Floating Continent, right? As a result, the sky I was looking at was not the sky, but the dark sea.”
So, without my father’s knowledge, I ran away to the surface of the floating continent. It was beautiful. It was the first sky I saw.
“It was night when we arrived. It was then that I first saw the concept of night. The principality is always dark. To tell you a funny story, I thought the brightly shining moon was the sun. The night when I could see the sky was much brighter than the principality. But when the day comes and the real sun rises, I know. How beautiful and splendid the time allowed to humans is.”
A vampire who longed for the sun. It’s a pretty romantic story. But what does that have to do with the current situation? Dojin wanted to ask that, but held back.
‘If you ask me, the story will leak again. It’s just going to be longer. Let’s just listen.’
Do-jin, who became a liberated listener, decided to listen to Elder’s story in silence.
“So, at night, I ate the darkness, and at daytime, I continued to look at the sun, consuming the accumulated darkness. Eventually, I became so weak that I couldn’t even control my body like I am now. If my father hadn’t come to find me, he’d probably be dead. It is powdered by sunlight.”
So, in the end, the conclusion is… … .
“You mean it’s because you’ve been exposed to the sun for a long time?”
“yes! I’m in the same condition as I was when I got sun poisoning! No need to worry though! Even when I looked at the sun every day for a month, I ate darkness for about a week and everything was fine!”
As soon as the needlessly bright words of the elder ended, a new quest message came to mind.
[Detailed goals have been set for the quest ‘Ominous Coffin’.]
[The high-ranking vampire girl is presumed to be poisoned by sunlight. Let’s protect her until she regains her strength. If the Vampire Elder regains his power, whatever it is will be able to stop the conspiracy to use her.]
-Time needed for the vampire girl to recover: 01:59:59
※ The time required for recovery increases with each exposure to the sun or strong light.
Should I say I’m lucky?
It must have been in the coffin for a long time after the elder was sun-dried.
I saw that it was written that if you feed darkness for 2 more hours, you will recover.
‘It’s not even noon yet. Going out of the canal for two hours is unreasonable. After all, the goal is to survive while protecting that thing for two hours in an underground waterway.’
I didn’t even expect that it would pass safely for two hours like this.
Destiny quests usually go crazy with difficulty as much as the rewards are generous.
‘Still, it would be better to run away for as long as I can.’
Organizing his thoughts, Dojin picked up Elder, who was still talking about something, and walked along the underground waterway.
To get as far away as possible from the hideout of the thieves who escaped.
* * *
Hexley, who believed himself to be a servant of a great providence, was sad.
I found a stupid vampire elder and tried to use it as a material to hasten the arrival of true destruction… … !
“What did those worms just say… … ? The thing I entrusted you with is gone?”
The worms, all they knew how to do was hide in a dark, filthy place and beg for dirty money with nasty things, ruining the plan.
I even gave him a considerable amount of money and told him to make sure there were no disruptions to storage and transportation… Losing everything at all.
At first, I thought it was some kind of nonsense, so I thought the bugs were stealing things and lying.
However, looking at the burned scene, it seemed clear that someone had stolen the elder.
Of course, the influx of other variables didn’t make the worms’ faults go away.
‘okay. It’s an accident caused by these bugs, so I’ll have to let them solve the problem themselves and help bring this world closer to providence.’
Hexley’s eyes lit up as he watched the criminals run hither and thither, screaming among themselves.
At that time, the apprentice priest who was standing behind Hexley, who was watching it, stopped him.
“Heh, Hexley-nim, no. Please do not forget the words of the High Priest who speaks recklessly as our church must not reveal its existence yet. Rather, after informing the church of the matter… Kuck!”
Hexley grabbed the apprentice priest by the neck and tilted his head.
“Who said it was okay to interfere with my decisions? and what… … ? You want to inform the church about this? Are you trying to bury me by telling the church about my failures? To make it impossible for me to rise to the position of a senior priest forever!”
The apprentice priest wanted to answer that it was not.
However, there was no way he could speak when he was strangled so that he could not breathe.
Taktak. The apprentice priest struggled, hitting Hexley’s arm, who was strangling him pitifully.
Hexley said as the apprentice priest looked around whether he was in pain or not.
“Look at that. Bugs who don’t even know how big of a sin they’ve committed and are busy doing their own thing. Leaving things like that unattended is a sin that should not be committed as a person who serves destruction!”
To erase as much dirt as possible before He comes down to this world. That is the duty we priests of destruction must do!
Hexley, drunk with faith and screaming evil, looked at the apprentice priest with more relaxed eyes.
“Do you think so too?”
The apprentice priest couldn’t answer.
Drooping, he was already dead.
Looking at him, Hexley smiled contentedly.
“A great ruin. Your servant removed another worm today. And today we’re going to clean up some more bugs. La Dia Laves.”
Hexley, longing for destruction, drew their own last names and closed their eyes to concentrate.
To feel the energy of the seal remaining in the vampire, just in case.
It was faint, but I could see the path where the remnants of the seal had passed.
But it’s so light that it seems like it will disappear quickly.
It’s like footprints on a snowy field.
I had to move fast.
“A great ruin. Your servant longs for it. Please show me here in advance the fragments of destruction that will come to this ugly world.”
Hexley prayed and at the same time took out the sacred object of the Church of Destruction, the Bell of Destruction, from her chest.
with my daughter
As he waved his hand, a clear sound rang out.
At the same time, ignoring Hexley, extinguishing the residual fire and setting up a tracking party, the focus disappeared from the eyes of those who were expressing their anger.
“Walk after me. I will guide you to the destination you ought to reach.”
With my daughter, with my daughter, with my daughter.
Continuing to wave the bell, Hexley followed the trail left by the remnant of the seal.
After discovering a secret passage like that, he entered the underground waterway and laughed madly at the criminals who followed him like puppets.
“Rejoice. All of you useless people can now be used as a spark to stir up destruction, even for a moment.”
with my daughter
The bell of destruction waved once.
pug.
One man’s head exploded.
with my daughter
another one. Another beep, another explode.
Gradually, Hexley’s hand movements became more intense.
There were five or six echoes per second, and just as much life was lost.
The more so, the surrounding mana became contaminated rapidly, and phenomena that only came when the lifespan of the world came to an end began to occur.
“Oh oh oh oh-!”
Against the backdrop of the mad Hexley’s roar, black holes appeared among the dead bodies.
A crack was created that spits out all kinds of monsters.
[Due to the effect of the special item 「Ball of Destruction」, ＜The Underground Waterway of Viscount Marzia＞ has been turned into a temporary dungeon.]
“Gaa-! Go find the ignorant worms that go against the providence, tear them up and kill them!”
Born without a sound, monsters resembling filthy filth from a dump have spread through the canals.