Chapter 1714 – 1714. Hunter Vs Vampire
Seo-hyun Joo sat facing Kang Myung-sook, the head of the Special Forces.
Joo Seo-hyun was wearing a restraint suit designed specifically for vampires. Two Jaeger agents stood tensely on either side of her. She could tear the suit apart if she wanted to. She wasn’t just an ordinary vampire; she was a Noble-class. No, she was stronger than a Noble-class.
“Joo Seo-hyun. I’m disappointed.”
Kang Myung-sook said.
“I never thought you would become a vampire. I thought that even if you did, you would end your own life right there. I guess I misjudged you.”
“……”
Joo Seo-hyun hadn’t been able to chase Yoon Seo-jin immediately after becoming a vampire. It was difficult for her, a newly turned vampire, to track a specific vampire’s scent. Plus, she couldn’t fully exert her power right after turning. She needed to get used to her vampire abilities.
“There’s something I don’t understand. Why didn’t you run? You had plenty of time to escape. Why did you surrender to the company? Don’t tell me you still think you’re a company employee even after becoming a vampire?”
Joo Seo-hyun slowly opened her mouth.
“I need the company’s help.”
“…It’s not about money, I assume.”
“I need to kill Yoon Seo-jin. I need information to track him.”
“I heard your partner died at the hands of Yoon Seo-jin. Is it revenge?”
“…Yes.”
“……”
Silence descended. In the heavy silence, no one dared to speak rashly.
Joo Seo-hyun thought Kang Myung-sook would accept. Because she hated vampires more than anyone, and because Kang Myung-sook was the type to use even a vampire if she could.
“…Losing you as a blade isn’t good for us either. But there’s a major problem. We can’t trust you. You understand?”
“I will die after killing Yoon Seo-jin.”
“That’s quite a resolution. But do you know how many guys I’ve seen who said they could maintain their humanity even after becoming a vampire? Do you know what happened? After a week, not a trace of their humanity remained. How can I trust you?”
Vampire blood affects the human brain, changing the way they think. It happens in a few hours at the fastest, a week at the latest.
That was why the company couldn’t use vampires to fight vampires.
“Give me at least a week.”
“What makes you think we should?”
“I heard that you did experiments to control vampires in the past.”
“They failed miserably. Oh, and by the way, there’s no way to turn you back into a human.”
“I heard you put explosive collars on the vampires’ necks back then. I’ll wear that collar.”
“You’re not an ordinary vampire. A strong human becomes a strong vampire. That rule exists. You could disable the explosive collar with your powers. Ah, I haven’t asked about your powers yet. What are they?”
“……I can control blood.”
“That’s a power made for a vampire.”
Kang Myung-sook fell into thought again. She stood up from her chair. She took a key and released Joo Seo-hyun’s restraints.
“There are conditions. One is that you wear the explosive collar. We’ll put silver shards inside that bomb.”
“…What’s the second?”
“I will manage you directly. You will follow my orders.”
“I will only follow orders to kill vampires.”
“What if you don’t? Don’t you need the company’s help?”
“I’ll just have to try on my own.”
“You’re confident you can get out of here?”
“Yes.”
“Indeed, you’re worthy of being the best Jaeger. I won’t give you any orders other than to hunt vampires. I have no intention of giving you personal orders either. Please, as my sword, kill your fellow vampires.”
“Tracking Yoon Seo-jin is the condition.”
“Of course. He’s the most dangerous vampire in the world.”
“Then first…”
Kang Myung-sook slightly raised the corner of her mouth.
“I know what you want. The first thing a human feels when they become a vampire is hunger.”
Kang Myung-sook took something out of a drawer. It was a pack of human blood. Joo Seo-hyun glanced at the blood pack and then looked straight at Kang Myung-sook again.
“Give me back my sword. I can’t give that sword to anyone.”
“The keepsake of your beloved boyfriend, huh? You’re quite the devoted woman. I never knew you were this kind of woman. I’m learning a lot of new things about you today.”
“…Sung Yu-jin is not my boyfriend.”
“Then what is he?”
“An enemy. An enemy I should have killed…”
“Ha… Looking at your face right now, no one would believe that.”
“What’s wrong with my face?”
“It’s the face of someone who lost a loved one. A face I used to wear a long time ago.”
“……”
• • •
Joo Seo-hyun, as Kang Myung-sook’s dog, eliminated vampires.
She fought more than five times a day, and sometimes she couldn’t even sleep, cutting down vampires every day. But there was nothing wrong with her body. Her physical abilities were much stronger than other Noble-class vampires. Also, the acceleration ability she originally had became even stronger.
“Butcher! Why are you attacking your own kind when you’ve become a vampire! Do you think humans will reward you?! It’s not too late! Come to us!”
Noble-class vampire Baek Ji-oh shouted. In the past, he had ordered his subordinate vampires to attack a company training facility.
Joo Seo-hyun didn’t respond at all.
The puddles of blood on the floor moved according to Joo Seo-hyun’s will. The blood transformed into swords and flew through the air.
Sword control.
Joo Seo-hyun was using that technique, which she often used in Atlantis, through her vampire abilities.
The blood swords moved as if they had their own will, slaughtering the vampires around them. The vampires couldn’t withstand it. Each blood sword was imbued with the subtleties of swordsmanship.
Even with the physical abilities of a vampire, they could barely keep up with the movement of the swords, and now they were imbued with the subtleties of swordsmanship? Ordinary vampires couldn’t even respond. They could only die.
Vampires died.
Vampire blood flowed out, and the blood swords became more numerous.
Baek Ji-oh was dumbfounded and gaped.
“…Yoon Seo-jin was wrong. Queen of the vampires? That’s not a queen, that’s a god. A god who kills vampires… a god of vampires.”
Joo Seo-hyun drew her sword from her waist. Sonata sparkled in the moonlight. Baek Ji-oh blinked and opened his eyes. Joo Seo-hyun had already appeared in front of him, pointing her sword at his neck.
She had covered a distance of 100 meters in less than a second. It was unbelievable.
“Tell me where Yoon Seo-jin is.”
“…I’ve been caught. I received information that you were looking for Yoon Seo-jin. I knew you would ask me that.”
Baek Ji-oh pressed the detonator he had hidden in his hand. The bomb hidden beneath Joo Seo-hyun’s feet exploded.
Boom!
But Joo Seo-hyun was unharmed. Blood surged beneath her feet. The blood had perfectly protected Joo Seo-hyun’s body.
“……Did you know?”
“No. My power just moved on its own.”
“What kind of power is that?”
“Where is Yoon Seo-jin?”
“Haha. I don’t know, you bitch!”
Baek Ji-oh’s wrist was severed and flew towards Joo Seo-hyun’s head. It was Baek Ji-oh’s ability. Joo Seo-hyun lightly swung her sword. Baek Ji-oh’s hand, separated from his body, was cut in half at the same time.
There were no living vampires around.
She touched the ring-shaped necklace around her neck.
“Chief. It’s over.”
-As expected. I never thought you’d eliminate more than 80% of the vampires in Korea alone in just five days. You’re truly amazing.
Chief Kang Myung-sook’s voice echoed from the explosive collar.
“Baek Ji-oh didn’t know where Yoon Seo-jin was either.”
-We found a trace here. Yoon Seo-jin left Korea two days ago. He’s in Romania now. In a country occupied by vampires.
“…Did you deliberately tell me late?”
-Of course not. This information is fresh, I just heard it myself. So, what are you going to do?
“I’m going to Romania.”
She would kill Yoon Seo-jin and take revenge. That was the only thought dominating Joo Seo-hyun’s mind now.
• • •
Joo Seo-hyun met Yoon Seo-jin.
Yoon Seo-jin wasn’t alone. He appeared with 3,000 vampires. Two other vampire lords were with him.
“Butcher. Lower your sword. Join us. If you join us… the world will belong to us vampires. We are ready to serve you as our queen.”
“Finally, I’ve met you, Yoon Seo-jin… Die!!”
Joo Seo-hyun rushed towards Yoon Seo-jin. She narrowed the distance, cutting down the vampires who blocked her path. Blood flowed from the bodies of the dead vampires and became swords. The blood swords killed other vampires.
Eventually, the blood, which had become so plentiful that it formed a small reservoir, began to indiscriminately kill the remaining vampires.
Yoon Seo-jin and the two vampire lords were speechless at the overwhelming sight.
“Yoon Seo-jin! I didn’t hear that this woman was this strong!”
“Damn it! Why is she killing her own kind?! Even a vampire born from a human should have affection for their own kind! There should definitely be some…!”
Unlike the two who were making a fuss, Yoon Seo-jin smiled bitterly.
“She’s on a different level. Well, she was a woman who could compete with a vampire lord even when she was human… I should have killed her back then. This is the first time I’ve ever regretted something so deeply.”
The heads of the two vampire lords flew upwards. Yoon Seo-jin could barely see the afterimage of Joo Seo-hyun’s sword.
Joo Seo-hyun glared at Yoon Seo-jin and swung her sword.
Yoon Seo-jin used his power. But the blade reached the top of his head before the vibration could reach Joo Seo-hyun. The sword cut through Yoon Seo-jin’s body and went down, splitting him in half and killing him. Yoon Seo-jin’s corpse fell to the ground and was submerged in blood.
Joo Seo-hyun exhaled.
The smell of blood.
The sweet smell of blood made her head spin.
‘The revenge is over…’
Just as she was about to feel a sense of satisfaction and emptiness, her suppressed instincts awakened.
Grumble.
She was hungry.
She kept thinking about the human blood she hadn’t drunk all this time.
-Good job, Joo Seo-hyun.
Bang!
The necklace Joo Seo-hyun was wearing around her neck exploded.
• • •
“Good job, Joo Seo-hyun.”
Kang Myung-sook pressed a button with a short word. Bang! An explosion sound came from the speaker.
She looked at the screen in front of her.
Joo Seo-hyun was visible through a camera secretly installed at the location. Black smoke rose above Joo Seo-hyun’s neck. Then the smoke disappeared, and Joo Seo-hyun’s unharmed head appeared.
‘She covered her body with her power in that short time. Unbelievable…’
Kang Myung-sook bit her lip.
“Chief Kang Myung-sook! That woman is unharmed!”
“What are we going to do now?!”
“That monster’s sword will cut us to pieces!”
Company executives behind Kang Myung-sook were making a fuss. Kang Myung-sook frowned and shouted.
“Quiet! We just need to move on to the next plan!”
Kang Myung-sook pressed another button as if she were punching it.
The executives’ faces turned pale.
“That crazy bitch… She’s really launching a nuclear missile just to kill one vampire…”
“How are you going to handle this?!”
“There are still tens of thousands of people there!”
“It’s an unavoidable sacrifice. If we don’t deal with that monster right now… there will be no next time. Didn’t you see? Thousands of vampires were cut down in less than three minutes!”
“That’s… wait a minute! The monster is moving! It takes time for the nuclear missile to fall! Stop the monster’s movement!”
An executive was making a fuss.
Kang Myung-sook calmly picked up her smartphone and contacted Joo Seo-hyun. Joo Seo-hyun stopped walking.
-Chief.
“Joo Seo-hyun! You betrayed me!”
-…Ah. I didn’t mean to betray you. My power activated on its own. It was like an instinct, so I couldn’t help it.
“Is that all you have for an excuse?!”
Kang Myung-sook was sweating. There was still more than a minute left before the nuclear missile fell. In a minute, Joo Seo-hyun could react. No, she could get out of there in 30 seconds. And in 10 seconds, she could dig into the ground and avoid the nuclear explosion.
So, she had to buy time. She had to distract Joo Seo-hyun’s consciousness with conversation. To prevent Joo Seo-hyun from reacting to the nuclear missile.
-I’m hungry. I’m so hungry.
“…Damn it!”
-Don’t worry too much. I know that I’m in danger too. So… I should end this now.
“What?”
-I’ve completed my revenge. The number of vampires has decreased, and three lords have died… You can say that humanity has gained the upper hand. I have no regrets now.
Joo Seo-hyun held her sword in reverse and stabbed herself in the chest. The blood reacted and tried to block the sword, but it was pushed back by Joo Seo-hyun’s power and the anti-magic power of the sword. Thud! It pierced her heart accurately. The anti-magic power suppressed the vampire’s healing ability. Joo Seo-hyun fell to the ground and died.
“……”
The situation room fell silent.
Even though the monster that threatened humanity was dead, there were still problems to solve to be happy about it.
“Kang Myung-sook!!! You crazy bitch!!! What are you going to do about the nuke!! Huh?!!!”
One of the executives ran at Kang Myung-sook and grabbed her by the collar, shaking her.
Kang Myung-sook, who was out of her mind, couldn’t respond. Even if she wasn’t out of her mind, there was no way to stop the nuclear missile that was less than 30 seconds away from falling.
The nuclear missile appeared at the top of the screen. The nuclear missile fell exactly where Joo Seo-hyun was.
The screen went blank.
