Chapter 527 – Bloody Dirge (2)
How on earth did Stan, who was clearly 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 he flew straight into the sky and brought the guy who was still struggling to get out of the ground and sat him down in the interrogation room, he seemed confident that he could extract information from him.
Just by looking at his gloomy appearance, it seems like his life is his top priority, and betrayal seems like something he would eat.
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.
I 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 fuck it first, right?”
“Park Dani?”
“Whether it’s infiltration or intrusion, what wouldn’t come out if you went in and robbed it?”
“Do you really want to curse at me?”
The raid member who made the ridiculous suggestion sank under Francis’ growl.
“Why not change our target to Sanctuary of Blood?”
“That’s right. “If the two sides are really connected, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to look into that.”
Members said to put the Romanian government on hold and investigate focusing 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.
A frustrating situation where no matter which direction you choose, you are quickly blocked and return to the starting point.
Thinking that nothing would happen if things continued like this, Kim Do-jin proposed a solution.
“Let’s just release it, right?”
“… ?”
Stan they are detaining.
Let’s release him.
Of course, I wasn’t talking about just releasing it.
There is no human being who is not afraid of death, no matter how strong their personality may be.
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.
Instead of releasing him, the fact that he was captured by the enemy was not revealed.
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 consideration, Stan accepted his offer, signed a contract, and was released.
With 20% of the supplies recovered by the volunteer group back in hand.
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 so perceptive. So much so that I never want to leave it alive.”
Actually, I expected it to some extent.
Every time he dodged my attack, he showed off the fog as if he was eating a bone.
I don’t know how they received that power, but it’s the exclusive property of vampires.
Ask the guy.
“You’ve taken the important lead, 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 the rank is determined by the blood flowing through the body.
King of vampires, Jinjo.
Those who inherit his blood become nobles, and those who do not become low-ranking soldiers.
All the guys that appear here are minnows.
“This is a sacrifice to be offered to the High One.”
“Tsk… “It’s nice that we can communicate well.”
A guy who applies strength to the dagger held at the nape of Michael’s neck while holding a grudge.
“Ugh.”
A trickle of blood flowing from the nape of his neck along with a faint moan.
The guy with the red warning sign points behind him with his chin.
“Turn around and walk. “I am speaking not only to you, but to everyone gathered here.”
“…”
A situation where a volunteer group with poor combat skills was taken hostage.
There was only one thing we could do unless we wanted to kill them all.
Obediently following what he says.
I turn my back and make eye contact with my colleagues who are looking at me with a disappointed gaze.
For now, let’s follow.
The colleagues, realizing the meaning, turn their backs one by one.
After confirming that the hostility has disappeared, the vampires smile darkly and come 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.”
“Oh, yes.”
When the vampires push you on your back, and you start walking forward, soon a red barrier appears in front of you.
What happens 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 gone through, 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.
A strange thing happened.
Wow-
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…”
Succeeded in entering the Sanctuary of Blood.
As soon as both feet stand on the red earth, the steps suddenly begin to become heavy.
It feels like invisible shackles are binding your 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 turn my head and take a quick look at the vampire’s feet.
My gait is more cheerful than when I am outside.
Here, vampires seem to have a beneficial effect rather than a negative effect like us.
“It must be quite a pain in the ass.”
Just when 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 I’m 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 you continue to walk, smelling the fishy air that seeps into your lungs with each breath, the building that looked like a dot on red-painted paper until you entered reveals its grandeur.
A castle wall built solidly with dark gray bricks.
A long spire rises above it.
Traces of archaic times.
And the overwhelming ominousness that radiates from inside the castle towards the outside.
The old castle where Jinjo is sleeping welcomes us in an eerie way.
As we arrive in front of the huge castle gate, the vampire who has been feasting on our appetite recites a welcome greeting.
“Consider it an honor 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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Kkeikik-
Boom!
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 be quiet. Unless you want to rush the name.”
Then he quickly escapes from the prison.
It’s okay to say that it’s your intention to leave.
“… “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!”
“Okay…”
“Take a breath, kid. “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… ?”
“Well, I don’t know.”
When she answered in an incoherent tone, Shin Yu-jeong, who was right next to her, 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.”
“How can I say anything good when I look like I’ve been drained of blood!”
“Hmm.”
That’s also true.
When viewed objectively, our situation is literally close to the worst.
I’m in the middle of enemy territory that weighs my body down.
It is even equipped with special handcuffs that forcibly seal the flow of magical power.
Even the volunteer priests were held hostage.
“Wow, it’s really difficult.”
Yes.
If I were an ordinary hunter.
By this point, the guys who trapped us and left must have grown far enough to move away.
“I’ll try to sneak out.”
They don’t know.
The fact that I am not an ordinary wizard.
That’s why.
“Hmm, it’s like this.”
Pakang!
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 other people’s wrists, Shin Yoo-jeong asks me with a dumbfounded expression.
“You…, How does that… ?”
How?
“Just… Well?”
“…”
People’s changing perspectives.
Just by looking at them, they look like ‘What is this crazy guy?’
“What, why, what?”
I am truly dumbfounded.
Could it be that I voluntarily fell into this trap without any preparation?