3 – The Seal of the Mar Dragon

After finishing the book, I read other books as well.

History books, novels, magic books, and so on.

They were diverse and gathered without any particular order.

Amel read all those books, and Sherinne and another woman brought meals, which she used to stave off hunger.

And so, night fell.

Vampires began to appear on the streets one by one, gathering at the building where Amel was.

The Vampire… that is, the Vampire Chief, gathered the vampires and whispered something.

As I was about to close the book.

Knock knock.

The Old man came to the study.

“The master is calling for you.”

“….”

I thought I was finally going to the Sealed Land, but,

As I left the house, I heard the Vampire Chief’s voice.

“Tonight is a beautiful full moon. If every day were like today, we would have everything in our grasp.”

The vampires responded to the Vampire Chief’s words.

However, the feeling of the vampires conveyed through [Electricity] was somewhat strange.

I could have expected that they would be filled with Strength because it was a full moon night, but I felt something fundamentally different from that.

“Today, we have a guest to introduce to you.”

“Surprisingly, they say she was sent by those who have been out of contact for hundreds or thousands of years, after trapping us in this village.”

“I hope you will welcome her.”

Just then, Amel came out of the building,

And applause erupted.

Amel asked with a sullen face.

“What is this all about?”

“We are all welcoming a precious guest. You are nothing less than a savior who will liberate us from this tiresome village.”

“….”

A boring speech went on and on.

Looking at the full moon, it was about 9 o’clock.

The Vampire Chief led the way to the Sealed Land.

I don’t know why, but the Vampire Chief said it was a momentous day and made all the vampires accompany us.

The road to the Sealed Land hidden in the mountains was sparsely wooded.

Although they grew sparsely, the branches and leaves were lush, blocking the moonlight.

Darkness was thickly laid, and even with Amel’s eyes, the [Suggestion Magic] Win had cast could not pierce through the darkness.

Direct jamming of Mana.

It was a [Barrier] worthy of being considered a candidate for the [Seal] of a Great Devil.

“Here it is.”

“….”

The Vampire Chief stopped,

And Amel looked around at the destination.

And looked up.

The full moon.

The moonlight hung at the zenith of the sky, looking down at a hole in the middle of the forest.

“Where is it?”

“This is…”

The Vampire Chief grinned.

The corners of his mouth hooked up to his ears.

His cheeks split and reached his ears as if his lips stretched out unpleasantly, splitting his skin.

He grabbed his own face and tore it off.

The Vampire Chief revealed his bright red flesh.

The Blood seeping out of his skin formed a thick Blood helmet on the Vampire Chief’s face.

“…This is where you will be reborn.”

“….”

The vampires who followed also revealed their true colors.

They were vampires, but their eyes were somehow strange.

All of them, without even consulting with the Vampire Chief in advance, uniformly spurted out Blood and made Blood armor to wear.

It was like watching a drone show.

They were being controlled.

“You, do I look that easy to you?”

I asked the Vampire Chief.

He pointed his index finger at me.

“I fell in love with you at first sight. I will personally provide [Incarnation] for that body of yours.”

“….”

Amel clenched her fist.

She raised her thumb and index finger.

She made it into the shape of a gun.

Mana gathered on her index finger.

“Bang.”

Magic Missile.

The Mana Bullet pierced through the Vampire Chief’s chest.

The vampires rushed in all at once.

Amel immediately turned her body and pointed her index finger.

She shot a Mana Bullet,

Shot,

Shot.

Every time she pretended to shoot a gun, a Mana Bullet was fired, sweeping through the vampires.

Blood splattered wildly,

And in an instant, they were annihilated.

“What were you trying to do.”

I approached the Vampire Chief, whose chest had been pierced, and woke him up with [Electricity].

“Gagaaack!”

“Hey.”

“Gagagagagagaga.”

When I stopped the [Electricity],

He stopped as if he were dead.

“….”

It was a spooky night.

The Blood rain from the vampires annihilated by the Mana Bullets floated in the air, creating a Blood-colored mist.

Considering the settings that vampires have, it was easy to predict that the Blood-colored mist was the vampire’s true form.

They said I could even defeat a sealed Monster, but seeing them rush at me even so,

It meant that there was a way to win regardless of the Strength of the power.

He definitely said this.

That he would provide [Incarnation].

‘It wouldn’t be [Incarnation] on the eating side, would it?’

‘(Of course not.)’

‘Do you know what [Incarnation] means?’

‘(It means he’s going to get your body.)’

Vampires have a strong image of being immortal.

They have high regenerative abilities that don’t die, and that characteristic is maximized in the full moon.

He fell in love at first sight and would provide [Incarnation].

‘I guess it’s not always good to be pretty.’

Beautiful women must have a hard time.

Perhaps the influence of the [Geass] [Nation-Toppling Beauty] and [Natural Disaster] is also great.

How many times have I seen guys who can’t stand it and rush at me just because I’m pretty?

“….”

The Blood-colored mist flowed as if riding the wind.

Even though there wasn’t a single breeze blowing.

The flow rate gradually increased,

And all the vampires’ Blood gathered together to form the shape of some liquid beast.

It was like a lizard.

No, is it a Dragon?

The shape created by the Blood, which even created wings, roared like a Dragon.

An information window appeared above the head of the Dragon-shaped Blood.

[Blood Dragon]

Ominous black letters.

The production was bland.

Even if the level is high, it’s just a mid-boss, a Gatekeeper guarding the entrance to the Sealed Land.

The levels are different, and the [Vampire Dragon], which was hastily revealed due to being drawn in by [Charm], wasn’t that majestic.

Above all, it’s doing this to take over the body of a pretty woman.

The [Blood Dragon] slammed its front paw down.

I raised my index finger,

And shot a Mana Bullet.

The front paw exploded and scattered.

The Dragon’s shape collapsed in an instant, and a tightly packed lump of Blood rushed in all at once.

If it rushes in as Blood, I certainly can’t shake it off.

Amel used the Magic that Win had prepared.

[Shockwave]

A spherical Mana gathered around Amel’s body and exploded as if it were being released in all directions.

The lumps of Blood that were rushing at Amel burst and scattered,

And gathered again to return to the form of a Dragon.

“….”

Amel wrapped [Electricity] around her fingertips.

Vampires, Blood, and Dragons.

It wasn’t strong at all.

Instead of a Mana Bullet, [Electricity] spewed out from the tip of her index finger and reached the [Blood Dragon].

[Electricity] running inside the [Blood Dragon]. The areas touched by the [Electricity] burned the Blood whole, turning the Blood, which was the vampire’s true form, into ashes.

Each time [Electricity] was shot, the [Blood Dragon]’s size decreased.

“Krrr.”

“Can’t even speak human language? I don’t know how long you’ve been in the village, and that form, it looks like you stole the Strength from a sealed Monster. Did you really think you could beat me with just that?”

The [Blood Dragon] cried like a beast.

I gave up on the competition and came here because I didn’t want to deal with such insignificant guys.

I came to the Sealed Land to find someone worth fighting, but it’s making me fight useless battles.

I’m bored.

Weak.

If there’s no place to properly use this Strength, why did I get so strong?

I feel like I’m going to get a case of middle school syndrome.

“Haa…”

If I kill that guy, how will I find the Sealed Land?

In an instant, Sherinne’s condition flashed through my mind.

The Vampire Chief stuck his teeth into Sherinne’s body, part by part.

Just like how pork tastes different depending on the part, is human Blood also different depending on where you suck it from?

In an instant, annoyance surged.

“Just die.”

Intent to Kill flashed in her eyes.

The [Blood Dragon] was startled and turned around, breaking its form.

It was slow.

‘It’s so slow.’

The moment it moved 1 millimeter, the charging rate of [Electricity] reached 100 percent.

She pointed the tip of her index finger at it.

“Bang.”

Thunder struck.

“Picking a fight with something that’s not even anything.”

Since Amel had used [Electricity], she scattered [Electricity] towards the forest.

The characteristic of the Awakened Ability is absolute manifestation.

No matter what [Barrier] was spread out in the forest, the [Electricity] that Amel scattered ran in all directions, ignoring the [Barrier]’s interference.

One thing she learned in the process was that the concealment of the [Barrier] was considerable.

If she had done the same thing outside the [Barrier], it might have been difficult to find.

‘In that sense, I was well guided.’

[Electricity] ran recklessly through the [Barrier],

And soon, it reached.

The [Barrier] stone.

As a microcurrent touched the [Barrier] stone, Amel poured [Electricity] into that microcurrent.

The overheated atmosphere exploded with flashes and booms, pouring overcurrent into the [Barrier] stone, avoiding the trees.

She destroyed the [Barrier] stone.

As she destroyed the central axis that maintained the [Barrier], the darkness that had been laid over the forest melted away.

There was nothing different to the naked eye, but the sounds of the forest came alive as if coming out of a soundproof room.

The [Barrier] disappeared,

A ruin hidden in the mountain.

She found the Sealed Land.

She removed the detection Magic and [Leap]ed there, arriving in one step.

The entrance to the Sealed Land was as huge as a giant’s door.

She entered that entrance.

Something flowed out.

It was Mana.

As the [Barrier] that had sealed the ruins disappeared, the Mana that had been trapped inside slowly began to flow out.

“….”

Amel felt that Mana with her skin and clenched her fist.

This sensation was considerably different from any Mana she had felt so far.

Sticky?

It was different from that.

It was as if the Mana had a will. As if it had a will, the Mana wrapped around Amel.

Walking,

Walking,

At the end of walking in.

“Huh…”

‘(Wow…)’

A Dragon was embedded in the wall like a dinosaur fossil that had been excavated.

Its neck and limbs were bound by chains and embedded in a large shape, and it didn’t seem alive with a stake the size of a dragon’s head stuck in its heart.

But,

Drip.

Drip.

Blood droplets dripped very small, one drop at a time, along the stake.

That small drop falling from the faucet fell every few minutes, coloring the silent cave with a “tinkle.”

Dragon’s Blood.

Although it fell one drop at a time, the Blood that the Dragon had shed had accumulated enough to create a lake of Blood on the cave floor.