Information Sharing

“It’s not something I can decide. Could you wait a moment?”

“What are you going to do?”

“As Amel-nim may have noticed, I am Bloodia… what you call a Vampire. But aren’t you curious why I can walk around perfectly fine in broad daylight?”

“You probably got Blood from a high-ranking Vampire who overcame the light, or something like that.”

“Are such Vampires common in Amel-nim’s world?”

“I don’t know.”

I’d have to have seen a Vampire to know.

But there were many such Vampires in comics and novels.

The higher the rank, the stronger the tendency, so I just assumed that was the case.

“Whatever it is, hurry up and do it. Just a warning, it wouldn’t be wise to call the guards or anyone else.”

“Haha. The strongest Heroes gathered here would trust Amel-nim more than me, right? Don’t worry. I won’t do anything to bother Amel-nim. But could I just confirm one thing?”

“What is it?”

Amel stared at Miereel indifferently.

Gospel Lord Acting.

Its true identity is a Vampire.

[Vampire Princess’s Maid]

Even if I killed Miereel, I would only be cutting off the tail of the one behind her.

‘But on the day the Progenitor might be resurrected, only the Princess slips away?’

I don’t know the ecology of Vampires, but I fleetingly guessed that she might be hiding somewhere behind Miereel.

Besides, the head of [Blood].

It’s also in Gospel.

What I can tell from the [Map] is that the Sealed Bodies of [Blood] are in Gospel.

I don’t know the exact location, but I speculate that the Princess might be near the head of [Blood].

“I’d like to know the reason why you’re offering to cooperate.”

“To kill your Progenitor-nim.”

“A joke… but you have a track record. Since Amel-nim classifies the Progenitor-nim as a Great Devil, I’ll believe that’s what you mean.”

She had no choice but to believe it.

Amel had almost all of the Progenitor’s Seals in her possession. Everything but the head was in her hands.

Miereel closed her eyes.

Electrical Ability probed Miereel.

I could hear her brain working.

“That tickles.”

Ting.

Electricity bounced off.

She deflected it.

I used it weakly, but she blocked my Awakened Ability.

“Heeh.”

Before the Electrical Ability bounced off.

The shape of her brainwaves changed.

A gaze filled with [Killing Intent] floated an information window above Miereel’s head.

[Vampire Princess’s Possessed Body]

Her eyes were red.

As red as Blood.

“Are you the Princess?”

“Do you know me?”

“I just see things like that.”

“I see.”

The [Vampire Princess] borrowing Miereel’s body clasped her hands on the desk.

Her eyes, like a negotiator, were full of interest towards Amel.

“We don’t need to talk. I read Miereel’s memories, so you want to receive our cooperation, right?”

“….”

Miereel’s youthful face was solemn.

“Wait a minute. It’s a little awkward because you’re saying that with that face.”

“….”

“Anyway, that’s right. I happen to have a lot of need for collaborators. So far, I’ve asked the Emperor and the Witch for cooperation.”

“The Emperor and the Witch. What is it that you’re getting cooperation from two such huge forces? I don’t know about the Witch, that cunning one, but the Emperor wouldn’t cooperate so easily. Considering the time you’ve met the Emperor, it’s unusually fast.”

“Well, it’s easy. And they can’t help but do it from their point of view.”

The way she put the Emperor and the Witch on the same level.

The [Vampire Princess] smirked with Miereel’s face.

“Okay, what do you want to cooperate on? I don’t think we have the power to get involved in that.”

“It’s nothing much. It seems like you’re hiding a lot in the nobles.”

“What I want is simple.”

“To catch the Great Devil.”

“I want world peace.”

“Even though there’s a Great Devil that we can deal with right away, it’s a bit much to be slacking off and playing territory wars in the tournament.”

“I want to go fight, but I’m only dealing with weaklings. Even if there are guys who are worth fighting, I’m not killing them, just judging their superiority. I wasn’t interested in mere power struggles, and that wasn’t for me.”

“So I forfeited the tournament. You know that if you looked into my memories, right?”

Amel leaned on the desk.

“What do you think I want?”

“Information about the Great Devil.”

“That’s right. In addition, use the nobles to manipulate public opinion a bit. The Great Devil must be subjugated. It must be subjugated. Release bad articles to create a public atmosphere that we have to fight.”

“If that happens, the whole country will fall into a state of national emergency? Is that the peace you want?”

The country falls into a state of war.

That was clearly different from peace.

All of the country’s production capacity is turned to the search for the Great Devil.

Even the Great Devil that Amel is thinking of now was the Great Devil with the most firmly established power among the Great Devils.

[Abyss].

It is said to have started its activities in earnest in the Southern Continent.

If we start to subjugate it in earnest, it could become a war.

If a war breaks out, it would be difficult to have no impact even in the rear. If the war drags on, there will be an impact on things like prices.

Those who are barely making a living will fall off first.

The orphanage would also be a vulnerable group.

But,

“It’s more dangerous to leave the Great Devil alone.”

“Including our Progenitor?”

“Yeah. You don’t think your Progenitor-nim will lose to me?”

“The Progenitor will win. The fact that he was Sealed was purely his intention. If it’s you, the Progenitor will be happy.”

The [Vampire Princess] smirked.

“Okay. I’ll cooperate. But stop the Heroes who are searching for Vampires right now. Because of you, the nobles don’t trust each other, wondering if they’re Vampires.”

“I will.”

I sent a text message right away.

A reply came back, but,

I informed them of the situation and convinced them.

“Okay. It’ll be taken care of now. So now answer my questions.”

“Without even having time to watch the progress?”

“Just answer, it’s not a lie.”

“You’re a tyrant.”

The [Vampire Princess] asks what she’s curious about.

“The location of the Great Devil guys. Tell me everything you know.”

“You think I’d know that?”

“You found your Progenitor’s Sealed Land just fine. I think you would have found similar Sealed Lands while searching, so pass on the unnecessary information to me.”

“It’s unnecessary information, right?”

“It just became valuable.”

The point at which Amel wanted it was valuable.

“It’s a mutual cooperation relationship. I didn’t say I’d obey you. It’s true that the Great Devil is a threat to us, but we have the Progenitor. So present a reasonable price.”

“Hmm…”

So that’s how it’s going to be?

Even though there are five Sealed Bodies on this side.

It didn’t seem like a bluff.

‘Is it difficult to know because it’s a Possessed Body?’

Well, it doesn’t matter.

“Even if I kill Miereel?”

“Would you abandon this child for something like this?”

“It’s a shame.”

Even if she’s an adult by this world’s standards, she’s still a child by reality’s standards.

Even if she’s an NPC, I’m reluctant to kill her.

‘But if she’s a Vampire, she’s lived a long time, right?’

Still, because of her appearance, I want to refrain from killing her if possible.

“Hmm… then…”

“I’m curious what you’re going to offer.”

The [Vampire Princess] smiled and rested her chin on her clasped hands again.

“I won’t look for who you are.”

“…That’s an unexpected answer.”

“I have at least two… three… no, four ways to find you.”

“You do? Four of them?”

The [Vampire Princess] tilted her head with a regretful face.

“Okay. I don’t want my identity to be revealed either, so I’ll tell you.”

After that, I heard about the Dungeon and places that are presumed to be the Sealed Land of the Great Devil from the [Vampire Princess].

The [Vampire Princess] knew a total of 37 places that were Sealed Lands of the Great Devil. Of those, 12 were definitely the Great Devil’s.

Amel returned to her room and compared the information she had heard from the [Vampire Princess] with what she knew.

Things I found out through [Prayer].

The Sealed Land Sealed by the Northern Empire.

And the Sealed Land that was presumed to be the Great Devil’s this time.

Everything matched except for one place.

So.

There were three Great Devils that the Northern Empire couldn’t re-Seal at the end because they ran out of Strength.

[Blood], [Fate], [Magic].

The Northern Empire’s Sealing Magic was weaker than what was originally cast on the Great Devil, so they divided the Great Devil into six parts and placed each Sealed Land.

The Northern Empire left a total of 18 Sealed Lands.

Since I would have excluded all of [Blood]’s Sealed Lands, that would be 12.

The [Vampire Princess] said that there were 12 places that were definitely the Great Devil’s Sealed Land, and the location of all of them exactly matched the Sealed Lands of [Fate] and [Magic].

The [Vampire Princess] seems to have lived for a long time, so if she lived since the time of the Northern Empire and watched and participated in the process of Sealing the Great Devil, it wouldn’t be strange for her to know.

The [Vampire Princess]’s information became a little more reliable.

I also had doubts that she might be trying to trick me by spreading false information, but after comparing it, those doubts faded a little.

That means she’s confident in [Blood]’s victory.

Anyway,

12 places I already knew.

25 new places I learned.

It would be nice if all 25 places were the Great Devil’s, but it’s likely that more than half of them aren’t.

There are 37 locations that are certain or presumed to be the Great Devil’s Sealed Land.

‘I’ll know if I go.’

Amel had the [Key].

There are also other Sealed Lands and the [Main Quest] she received from Sister Isabella.

If I deal with them one by one, I will be able to meet all the Great Devils.

‘Win.’

‘(I think it’s better to deal with Abyss later.)’

‘Why?’

‘(If Abyss has the power as Sister… Isabella said, it’s possible that it will turn into a full-scale war.)’

‘(Even if you’re given an item that will be his weakness, there will be a lot of subordinates blocking you from getting there.)’

‘(No matter how strong you are, you can’t deal with all of Abyss’s subordinates. It’s not a question of whether you win or lose. What’s the point if you win in tactics but lose in strategy? If they avoid you and attack humans, you won’t be able to ignore that and move forward.)’

No matter how strong Amel becomes, she can’t cover the entire continent alone.

‘Are all the people who are living well normally potential hostages?’

‘(If you don’t care what their lives are like, you can ignore them.)’

‘I don’t do that kind of trolling.’

‘(You acted like you were going to do it a while ago.)’

‘Did I?’

Anyway, [Abyss] was a guy that the entire human force had to be prepared to catch.

Unless the entire country blocks [Abyss]’s army, you can’t say you’ve won even if you win.

‘(So where are you going to go first?)’

‘The closest place.’

The information about the location that the [Vampire Princess] wrote down said this.

The breath burns the forest.

Its body is strong.

If it glares, you can only fall into fear and accept death.

…It is said that the phrase was written on the Sealed Land.

‘What do you think it is?’

‘(I’ll know if I go.)’