episode_0527

How on earth did Stan, who was obviously buried underground, dig a trap and wait here?

The story goes back a few days.

After the intelligence gathering of the raiding party stopped at collecting Viktor Vadim’s good stories.

There was only one clue left for them.

Stan, the ugly bastard that Kim Do-jin left behind in the ground.

When I took the guy who was still struggling to get out of the ground by flying straight into the sky and placing him in the interrogation room, I was confident that I could extract information from him.

Just looking at his gloomy appearance, it seems like his life is his top priority and betrayal is like eating a meal.

But it wasn’t.

“Romanian government? I know what you mean.”

Surprisingly, there was a pulpit.

He paid no heed to the interrogation by Kim Do-jin and other members of the attack team.

They just remain ignorant.

It feels as if he has already assumed the answer he will give when captured by the enemy.

As a result, opinions began to diverge even within the raid team.

“Let’s just put it on, right?”

“Dani Park?”

“Whether it’s infiltration or intrusion, what wouldn’t you find if you went in and robbed it?”

“Do you really want to curse at me?”

The raider who made the absurd suggestion sank under Francis’ growl.

“Why not change your target to Sanctuary of Blood instead?”

“That’s right. If the two sides are really connected, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look into it.”

Members suggested that the Romanian government be put on hold and the investigation focused on the Bloody Sanctuary.

Their opinions were quite valid.

In fact, they even sent some of the crew away to investigate the area near the Sanctuary of Blood.

The problem was that I couldn’t find even a single clue, let alone a way to get inside.

It’s a frustrating situation where no matter which direction you choose, you’re quickly blocked and back to square one.

Thinking that nothing would happen if things continued like this, Kim Do-jin proposed a solution.

“Just release it, right?”

“… … ?”

Stan they are detaining.

Let’s free him.

Of course, I wasn’t talking about just releasing them.

No matter how strong a person he or she may be, there is no human being who is not afraid of death.

Kim Do-jin took aim at that point and proposed a bet to Stan, who was stuck in the ground again.

“Shall I give you a chance to get revenge?”

“… What kind of trick are you trying to pull?”

“It’s just what it says.”

It wasn’t difficult content.

Instead of releasing him, they do not reveal the fact that he was captured by the enemy.

And no matter what method is used, if revenge is successful, the other side wins.

If not, it is a life-threatening battle in which you will win.

“Good.”

After much thought, Stan accepted his offer, signed a contract, and was released.

With 20% of the supplies recovered by the volunteer group in hand again.

So to speak, this was a predetermined future.

You never know when or in what form it will take your breath away.

An ever more unstable and dangerous future.

But it was unavoidable.

That was the only clue given to them right now.

And they believed.

Even if things go wrong, there will never be a future in which they will be defeated.

Because they have humanity’s greatest hero, Francis Meyer.

* * *

The worst attack strikes the volunteer corps and attack force.

Honestly, I didn’t expect it.

I never would have guessed that even the soldier being chased was thoroughly acted.

However, there is one thing I learned through this.

“… Did you join hands with a vampire?”

“I’ve felt it all along.”

The guy holding a sharp dagger to the back of volunteer group leader Michael’s neck grins.

“You are very perceptive. So much so that I never want to leave it alive.”

Actually, I was expecting it to some extent.

The fog that he showed off every time he dodged my attack.

I don’t know how they received that power, but it’s the exclusive property of vampires.

Ask the guy.

“You’ve captured an important point, but what are you going to do now? Are you going to turn us all into vampire food?”

“It is true that they are food for vampires, but not for them.”

The guy answers by shaking his head.

It’s not their food.

The world of vampires is completely structured as a class society.

And that rank is determined by the blood flowing through the body.

King of vampires, Jinjo.

Those who inherited his blood became nobles, while those who did not became low-ranking soldiers.

All the guys that appear here are minnows.

“It is an offering to be offered to the High One, this is it.”

“Qu… , It’s nice that we can communicate well.”

The guy who holds the dagger at Michael’s neck while holding a grudge.

“Ugh.”

A trickle of blood flowed from the nape of his neck along with a faint groan.

The guy with the red warning sign points behind him with his chin.

“Turn around and walk. Not only to you, but to everyone gathered here.”

“… … .”

A volunteer group with poor combat skills was held hostage.

There was only one thing we could do except kill them all.

Obediently follow what he says.

I turn my back and make eye contact with my colleagues who are looking at me with confused looks.

Let’s follow it for now.

The colleagues, realizing the meaning, turn their backs one by one.

After confirming that the hostility had disappeared, the vampires smiled darkly and came closer to give orders.

“Walk only looking ahead, blood bag.”

“… There’s a wall in front of you?”

When I respond lightly, my face becomes grimly contorted.

Sigh-!

There is a tingling pain in my cheek.

It seems he was very displeased with the response of humans who were nothing more than food.

“Shut up and follow orders.”

“Ah, yes.”

As I start walking forward, pushed on my back by the vampires, soon a red barrier appears in front of me.

What now?

Since I haven’t heard anything else, I guess I’ll have to keep walking… .

“Ugh.”

An instinctive feeling of rejection soars.

No matter how many hardships I’ve experienced, I don’t want to rub myself against a wall full of the smell of blood.

I was about to take a hard walk with a frown on my face.

A strange thing happened.

Ugh-

The red barrier in front of me was shaking, revealing a small gap.

As I keep walking, my feet are now stepping on the ground that has turned red.

“Ah… … .”

Successfully entered the Blood Sanctuary.

As my feet stand fully on the red earth, my steps suddenly begin to become heavy.

It feels as if invisible shackles are binding my feet.

“Is this what it feels like?”

It’s just as Francis said.

At this rate, it will be 20 to 30 percent slower than usual.

I turned my head and took a quick look at the vampire’s feet.

My gait is more cheerful than when I was outside.

Here, vampires seem to have a beneficial influence rather than a negative one like us.

“It must be quite a headache.”

I was frowning at the thought that it was going to be more of a headache than I thought.

Everyone who was walking behind them entered the Sanctuary of Blood.

Then the vampire next to me pushes his back again.

“Walk.”

“… … .”

I wish I could stop craving it every time I see it.

They look just like humans, so it feels like you’re looking at a cannibal who enjoys eating human flesh.

I shudder in disgust and move forward.

No matter how long you walk, all you see is the red earth.

There are barely any traces of civilization where humans lived.

Was it destroyed that thoroughly?

or not… , Has this land arbitrarily erased traces of humans?

As I continue to walk, smelling the fishy air that seeps into my lungs with every breath, the building that looked like a dot on red-painted paper until I entered reveals its grandeur.

A castle wall built solidly with dark gray bricks.

A long spire rises above it.

A trace of an archaic time.

And an overwhelming sense of ominousness emanating from inside the castle towards the outside.

The old castle where Jinjo is sleeping welcomes us in a eerie way.

As we arrived in front of the huge castle gate, the vampire who had been teasing our taste buds recited a welcome greeting.

“You will be honored to have reached the sanctuary of the vampire clan despite being human.”

“… … .”

I’m so sad I don’t know what to do, really.

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Sigh-

thud!

After entering the high castle walls, we were immediately thrown into a humid underground prison.

Stan looking down at us through the solid iron bars.

“It would be better for you to remain quiet. Unless you want to rush people.”

Then he storms out of the prison.

Even if you say that it’s your intention to leave, it’s okay.

“… Isn’t it too much to cram this many people into one prison?”

More than twenty people were imprisoned in a prison about 10 pyeong in size.

“Don’t spread your legs, Frank!”

“Keu… .”

“Take a breath, child. I can feel your breath on the back of my neck!”

“Be patient. I’m also holding on to your bad breath.”

There is literally no chaos.

Seoyeon asks as she clings to me, avoiding contact with other people.

“What should we do now… ?”

“Um, I don’t know.”

When I answered in an incoherent tone, Shin Yu-jeong, who was right next to me on the other side, protested by rubbing her head against her arm.

“Well, Rani. If you say that, we’re all screwed!”

“Uh-huh, I should use nice words.”

“You look like you’ve been sucked out of blood, so how can you say anything good?”

“Um.”

That too.

When viewed objectively, our situation is literally close to the worst.

You’re in the middle of enemy territory, which weighs heavily on your body.

It is even equipped with special handcuffs that forcibly seal the flow of magical energy.

Even the volunteer priests were held hostage.

“Wow, it’s really difficult.”

okay.

If I were an ordinary hunter.

By this point, the guys who trapped us and left should have grown far enough to move away.

“Let’s get out of there quickly.”

They don’t know.

That I am not an ordinary wizard.

so that.

“Hmm, it’s like this.”

Pak!

Also, special handcuffs designed based on ordinary humans don’t work on me.

The freedom of my arms regained in an instant.

From now on, it’s a race against time, so when I turn my head to cut off the handcuffs on the other people’s wrists, Shin Yoo-jeong asks me with a dumbfounded expression.

“You, you… , how does that… ?”

How can you tell?

“Just… , well?”

“… … .”

People’s changing perspectives.

Just by looking at it, I thought, ‘What is this crazy guy?’ Those are the facial expressions.

“What, why, what.”

I am truly dumbfounded.

Could it be that I voluntarily fell into this trap without any preparation?