Chapter 160 – Finals (2)
I was roughly expecting it.
Oscar Shalon. The tail of Nosferatu. Deliberately leaving him alone was also to bring out Nosferatu.
But.
‘I didn’t think that would be now.’
It’s only been a few days since the rank war has been going on. To commit something in the meantime, he thought that neither he nor Nosferatu would be ready.
It was about the fact that he had to put more effort and effort than anyone else in targeting the head of Chepes and not anyone else. Even if I don’t have to say it, they’ll know better.
But.
“Kyaaaaagh!”
“What is this!”
“Go, did the duke protect you?”
Explosion. Sparks flying. Performance… No one was injured as the shadow moved quickly and covered the spectators, but people were confused and agitated.
‘It can’t be just this.’
There’s no way they were just targeting me with a bomb attack. I don’t know if the goal was to reduce my reputation by inflicting human casualties, but I don’t think they’d be satisfied with just that much.
“Listen.”
Thud. Those who were agitated by the vibration caused by stepping on the Jin-gak shut their mouths. I silently helped my shadow and looked at the wizards of the Mage Tower who protected people with magic.
“Did you come from the Magic Tower?”
“That’s right.”
“I want to entrust this place to the daughter of my friend Friedrich, not the Magic Tower.”
“… You already knew.”
Flinch. Eileen Friedrich, who was wearing a robe, bowed to me after passing the hat of the robe behind her.
“The Magic Tower will come out and take care of the scene.”
“Okay.”
For the talented people of the Mage Tower, it would be easy to take care of the aftermath here. The Mage Tower side would share the merits, but now I wasn’t interested in such trivial feats.
“I am going to find the culprit of the unrest.”
“Good luck.”
The moment I left after seeing the wizards who paid their respects to me and the cadets who voluntarily came forward to help them.
“… Majesty!”
Cried Anna, who had escaped from the shadows she had wrapped to protect herself from the explosion.
“Please take me too!”
As soon as my gaze met, Anna shut her mouth for a moment. Rather than being frightened, she seemed to be contemplating how to convince me what to say.
“Well… Can fight I want to help you… !”
Surely.
Anna’s physical condition was not bad. First of all, I only attacked her to the extent that she could defend it, and her fast-growing Anna’s senses became bizarrely sensitive.
Physically, she seemed a little tired, but anyway, if she was as talented as Anna, it would be helpful.
“Here it is.”
On the other way. It would help, but it was also a level that didn’t matter even if you didn’t have it. Her one-man share of the fight won’t turn the tide.
Besides, I couldn’t take Anna with me because I didn’t know what presents they might have prepared for me.
So she told me to just stay here, and her Anna’s expression twisted.
“No, I do not want!”
Up to resistance.
No, when I say rebellion, it seems like I’ve become a very old old man, so to correct it a little, so…
Refusal.
Okay. Anyway, Anna refused.
“Wait quietly here and help the people of the Magic Tower. That side is more helpful to me.”
“That.”
Anna lowered her eyes.
It hurt a little, but it was really good for me that Anna stayed here.
First of all, the wizards of the Mage Tower, among them the next Mage Tower Master, remain, but I don’t know what they will release here while I went to pick up Oscar.
What if one of the demons descends here?
It wouldn’t be difficult if she sent only the extremities of her body as an alter ego without her host. Eileen can deal with it alone.
But just in case. What if a demon who has already succeeded in descending the main body comes?
It would be difficult for Eileen to handle it alone. Under the premise that Anna would join in, she was worth dealing with at least one demon.
In that case, too, it was based on the standard of Anna, who had raised her level by leaps and bounds. If it was Anna until yesterday or before then, there was a high probability that Eileen and Anna would not be able to defeat a single demon even if they joined forces with the magicians of the Mage Tower and the students of the academy.
Among the aristocrats who visited the academy to watch the battle of ranks, there were not many samurai masters and famous knights.
In the first place, only Anna and Eileen can deal a meaningful blow to the ‘demon species’.
Iris’s [Hero], Anna’s [Sword Saint], And Eileen’s [Great Mage], These three are typical characteristics that can pierce the devil’s magic and strike.
Apart from that, it has some other characteristics. At least not among the people here.
‘If it’s two people, I can defeat it… The odds are about half and half.’
When I tried to estimate Anna’s current state. When facing a single demon, the probability of defeating it is slightly less than half.
‘That’ll be enough time for my sister to come and join us.’
In fact, a higher order demon. So, if you’re a demon in the top 20, you can’t be sure even if Iris and your sister come. Were more likely to lose.
But on the contrary, the probability of such a powerful demon descending was zero. Since the demon king had already descended and failed, he couldn’t sow the proper seeds.
In a word, it is a hastily staged terrorism. Perhaps a provocation to lure me into their territory, that level.
Even the guys from Nosferatu would know. The territory of Nosferatu. It’s like they can’t touch me unless it’s their home ground.
So, this is a provocation by sending Oscar, the low end, as an evil spirit and inviting me to their territory.
‘Isn’t this a problem? I think it’ll be a bit annoying, but if you twist it, come here.’
Just like that.
I have business with Nosferatu. They had a lot to hide. There were things the goddess told me about, and there were things that vaguely emerged from lost memories.
Besides, Daisy’s revenge remained.
In that sense, I wanted to end the struggle against Nosferatu as a personal and family affair.
The family referred to here was not Chepes, Duke of the Empire, but Chepes, a part of the night.
But if Nosferatu crosses the line and enrages me, I will trample them with everything at my disposal, even at my own expense.
‘For example. Anna is badly injured.’
Previous explosion.
Even if I hadn’t covered her in the shadows, Anna wouldn’t have been seriously hurt.
He may have suffered wounds, but not fatal ones.
I clicked my tongue.
True to their intentions, I was furious, but I had no intention of giving up what I had to learn from them instead of grinding Nosferatu out of shape.
‘They know that too.’
Wicked things. Knowing that I have something I want from them, they are subtly taking the line.
It is quite unpleasant to act as intended. Suppressing the rising displeasure, he tousled Anna’s sullen hair.
“Please.”
“… All right.”
Still, as if he was going to listen to me, he gave a fresh answer and pouted his lips. It sounds pretty good when you say it’s a favor.
Anyway, the emotions are so obvious.
… I was a little perplexed. At this point, I thought I should accept it, and the glares of other women, especially my sister and Iris, came to mind.
Sister? Noona is a hogu who only knows how to curse loudly, so it’s okay. If you caress him at night, he’ll probably cry.
‘That’s after finishing some things first.’
I sunk into the shadows.
*
Oscar Shalon.
He was the second son of the Shalon family. Oscar was aiming for the position of head of the family, as her second son would sometimes become the heir to the family if the eldest son was not qualified.
‘I’m better than your stupid older brother’
Vampires are one of the few noble families of heterogeneous origins in the Empire, and they are the most numerous race.
This is because the three families that dominate the continental night were all vampire families.
Some say that because vampires are such a superior race, they became the race that rules the night.
That’s how much vampires are treated. Vampires with proper bloodlines, not human empires or low-level trifles, are treated no less than or even more than human aristocrats.
‘We must not forget our roots.’
Oscar’s father used to say that all the time. Their root meant Nosferatu. Of the three families that rule the night, Nosferatu has the most followers.
There were hundreds of families under their lineage, and among them, there were dozens of imperial nobles or those who enjoyed a prosperous status comparable to that of the nobility.
‘Nosferatu.’
It meant awe and fear to the Shalons. It was an unforgettable, unforgettable imprint of submission passed down through blood.
Oscar’s father always said that they must obey the Nosferatu, and that they should leave the Empire and accept their call whenever their masters wish.
‘Shit.’
So Oscar hated his father. His father had lived before the Shalon family became an Imperial nobleman, but Oscar was an Imperial nobleman from birth.
The empire of man was indeed great. All the authority and convenience he had enjoyed as an imperial aristocrat since his birth captured Oscar’s heart.
‘I am a nobleman. Why should I serve whom?’
Nosferatu. That dreaded name. Oscar hated it. When they called, I felt resentful that I had to put down the name of a nobleman and return to being a mere vampire.
Even Oscar, a vampire far superior to a human being, was a mass of contradictions who was a nobleman of the empire and disloyal to the emperor, but that didn’t matter to him.
Then one day.
The fierce dog of Nosferatu came.
‘I will make your wishes come true.’
‘If you do as I say, I will free the Shalon family from Nosferatu’s spell.’
‘Among those who were obediently supporting us, a young lineage that can express its will alone like this has appeared. You deserve to be the owner of Shalon.’
Oscar readily accepted the offer.
As if possessed, without recognizing the innumerable contradictions in those words. I was a little, no, very worried when I was told to provoke the family head of Chepes.
“What parent would not celebrate the independence of their beloved child?”
The words of the fierce dog of Nosferatu who said that with a smile echoed in my ears.
Is it.
Oscar was happy. The fact that she will become the head of the family. Worries were nowhere to be found. Rather, it reminded me of a pleasant future. With Nosferatu’s help, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to become a householder.
Moreover, they said that they would free them from the bondage of their lineage, so now they will enjoy the authority as nobles of the Empire for 1,000,000 years.
Really. Everything was going according to his will.
Really everything——.
Quaang-!
“I’ve been firmly possessed.”
Beep—.
My ears rang. It didn’t sound right.
Oscar Shalon.
While drawing a blueprint for a hopeful future, he struggled to raise his body, which had bounced off with his heavy drinking.
From then on, he was a vampire from a bloody family. The pure-blooded vampire quickly regenerated his ruptured eardrum and his damaged body.
In an instant, the blurred vision returned to normal.
“Some guy…”
Annoyed, he shut his mouth.
The red eyes unique to vampires met bloody eyes that shone even more ominously.
Scarlett Chepes.
Only then did Oscar realize.
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