To Roselia Great War (3)
Auterica was a typical fantasy world where numerous races lived together.
However, there was also a difference from the general perception on Earth, which was that this was not the kind of background where Westerners became the mainstream.
There is only a difference in the proportion of the majority depending on the region, but a colorful world where people of various races and mixed races live in harmony.
And that meant that Asians on Earth were not so special in this world.
Now, like this woman in front of Harley.
‘By the way, no matter how Asians look younger than other races… this woman is too young even considering that?’
He tilted his head and looked down at the little girl who was not even close to his chest.
A blue robe in the form of a one-piece dress similar to a dress at a petite height that looked a little over 150 cm.
His black hair that reached his chest was tied with a hair tie and hung down in front of one shoulder, and black eyes shining like obsidian were looking up at him calmly, unmoved by emotion.
. . . However, even for an Asian, the fair skin and fine features did not look like those in their late twenties.
‘Honestly, even if you hit a lot, you’re still a high school student. Ah, is it a mixed blood of another race?’
If so, there were plenty of possibilities.
It would have been understandable if the blood of a long-lived species like an elf had been mixed even a little bit.
If that’s not the case…
That’s when Harley moved her thick, muscular forearm and scratched the back of her head… no, the beast hide on the back of her head.
“Excuse me for the first time, but are you of mixed blood from another race?”
The question came out of the other person’s mouth first.
As if she was facing him and was thinking the same thing.
I don’t know what he saw of Harley, who was a strong human being everywhere, and thought he was a mixed race, but it was indeed an excellent insight worthy of a great wizard.
“Hmm—? Ahh! Since I’m a dragon, I can be considered a half-dragon. I don’t know how many units had blood mixed on them! hahahahaha!”
“Yongin… that’s right. Excuse me. My name is Isea Pristine from the Azerion Empire.”
She calmly introduced herself and held out her small, slender hand for a handshake.
Harley looked at it for a moment, then took the hand with her ring and little fingers folded and slowly waved it up and down.
It was a very careful gesture, as it could crush the bones in the opponent’s hand if you applied the wrong force.
“Ha ha ha! I can just call him Harley. I’m staying in Tulk Kingdom now, but I can always say that I’m a southern warrior at heart!”
“···Yes? Ah yes.”
Lee Se-ah responds with an awkward smile as if overwhelmed by his bold self-introduction.
“By the way, is the lady also mixed-race?”
“Ah, I…”
Just like that, in front of a hallway in Daeshinjeon.
A small girl a little over 150cm and a tall man approaching 2.3m met by chance.
***
“Whoa—.”
Lee Se-ah, who returned to her dorm after breaking up with Harley, lay down on the bed and wiped her face.
Needless to say, the reason she suddenly came to this Roselia Great Hall was because of the invitation from the church.
A special mobile strike force against Immortal King.
The unit, simply called the ‘Death Squad’ or the ‘Hero Party’, was a place where glory was shared as much as it was dangerous.
The country of origin honors them as great men, and their lives are left in the history books and passed down as songs of bards.
‘All those who survived until the end were short-lived, so no one enjoyed that glory for long.’
However, as their mission was to directly deal with the immortal king, who could not be reached at a moderate level, the minimum condition for those who could apply for him was to reach the extreme, such as a master-class warrior and a great wizard.
Naturally, the warriors’ party should have been the most elite fighting group of the continent’s strongest…
The world wasn’t that simple.
‘First of all, the standard for being the strongest on the continent is very ambiguous.’
This world was not a game, and there was no way that an individual’s ability was accurately measured.
In order to compare, there is no choice but to use the level of achievement beyond a certain standard, the evaluation of the public, and the achievements achieved so far as the basis for judgment…
In the first place, it was a practice that even among those who reached a similar level, the results changed depending on their compatibility and experience.
There was no such thing as a contest to select the strongest player on the continent, and it was impossible from the beginning to accurately rank them by analyzing their abilities.
Even in Auterica, it has been a long time since there has been a war between humans due to the previous Immortal Kings incident and monsters located everywhere.
I don’t know if there is something special that anyone can recognize like Heinrich who became a warrior, but unfortunately there was no such person among the currently known strong people.
Since this was the reality, we had no choice but to apply for the qualifications and select the right talent through interviews and verification.
There was another problem here.
It’s just that there aren’t too many applicants.
It was also because of the danger that history tells us, but there was a more realistic reason why they couldn’t step forward.
‘If I join the death squad, I’ll have to stay away from Riley for quite a long time, but I can’t do that at this time.’
And among those who want to refuse to join the unit for that reason.
The Archmage of the Azerion Empire, Viscount Isea Pristine, was also included.
The strong inevitably rose to a high position in many cases, and those who stood in such a position had no choice but to increase the number of things they had to protect.
But how many people would follow if I told them to put everything aside for the sake of a great cause in a situation where they didn’t know what would happen to their family, city, or country right away?
If you leave your seat like that and lose something really precious, who will be responsible for it?
What if the cause was not that he couldn’t protect it because he was weak, but because he could have prevented it sufficiently?
And there was no guarantee that the ‘enemy’ would not resort to trickery while he was away.
Whether it’s an immortal army… or a political opponent.
‘I’ve been bothered by Prince Simon. You can’t blindly refuse the church’s invitation. But it would be okay to leave for a while…’
For that reason, almost no one volunteered for the death squad—.
Everyone knows that it is absolutely necessary, but they don’t want to go out on their own… It was the reality of the moment that they only noticed each other like that.
Even if it wasn’t, the basic requirements were very high, so there were only a few qualified people, but when things went like this, the denomination had no choice but to invite the strong people, starting with the recommended people, and try to talk.
It is a natural fact that Lee Se-ah, who was the first to be recommended by the crown prince, was also included.
‘There’s a last resort, so your life won’t be in danger, but leaving Riley empty for so long is a total turn of events. Why am I still here!’
Even though she had no intention of changing her decision, the reason she came directly to Roselia Daejeon was to show sincerity to the church as much as possible.
In this continental crisis situation, if the saint stepped forward, even sacrificing himself, wouldn’t it be possible that he would be hated if he sent only a message to boycott for personal reasons?
‘No matter how moderate the church is, it doesn’t know about human affairs. For the sake of the throne, you must avoid situations where you are fighting with the Church as much as possible. Because of that bastard, Simon.’
Lee Se-ah, who recalled the shameless face of the crown prince, quietly gnashed her teeth.
His calm composure, which he had always been proud of, was broken, and he was irritated inside.
Of course, if she successfully subdued the Immortal King and survived to become a hero, the situation would be reversed, but that couldn’t be possible in such a short time.
And at that time… 5th Princess Riley will have a very high chance of going beyond being left behind in the battle for power and suffering an ‘unforeseen accident’ unintentionally.
‘Simon is a human being who can do that. …By the way, did he say Harley earlier?’
Lee Se-ah, who had been frowning and trying to shake off bad thoughts, recalled the tall man she met by chance in the hallway to change her mind.
“At first, I thought some monster had invaded the temple.”
It wasn’t just because he was so big.
Although she majored in elemental magic, she had quite extensive knowledge in other fields as well, as she received full support from the 5th princess.
And the image of Harley reflected in the eyes of that knowledge and her special talent was—.
‘As for that left eye, it’s absolutely not an aura that a natural creature can have. …I don’t know if it’s a chimera or a predatory monster.’
It was to the point where I could feel that an enormous vitality resided in every single cell that made up its body, as if a super-large monster had been compressed into a human form.
Undoubtedly, it must be the altered mana and vitality that are the source of monsters’ strength.
He even had a sense of alienation that could not be seen as a normal life form.
To the extent that it is believed that incoherent energy is intertwined with an unknown force, like a machine assembled from several parts.
And more than anything else, the decisive factor was the ‘madness’ latent in Harley’s body and the traces of dark magic that subtly remained.
It was a matter that should never be easily overlooked, just in case.
‘Because it might be the guy the Immortal King Hans sent.’
So just in case, I talked to him first.
To get more information through conversation.
“But if it’s Yongin… I don’t know. Because it is such a rare species, there is not much material left in the literature.”
If the sense of incongruity she felt was a characteristic of Yongin’s race, there was nothing to say.
In addition, the reaction of the mana that stayed around him, which he felt as he directly shook hands, also gave credence to the fact that he inherited dragon blood.
‘Still, in case you don’t know. I have plans to meet with the saint at a later date, so it would be better to inform them in advance.’
In the end, she came to that conclusion and decided to leave the judgment to the Church.
I think it would be nice if I could get even more points with this.
***
The cellar of the Duke of Bright, Kingdom of Thalia.
Heinz looked at the woman yawning carefreely in front of him.
“Okay, so you won’t regret your decision, right?”
“Ha-am—you’re saying it for granted. No matter how long I’ve lived, wouldn’t it be better to live than die…?”
Her words as she looked at him with a drowsy expression had two meanings.
It means that the lifespan is about to end anyway, and there are not many days left to live…
‘As expected, he’s quick to notice.’
It even meant that he would not be devoured by him before he died a natural death.
It was not unreasonable for her to make such a judgment, as she watched the moment Heinz ate the bisque yupersch and ascended to the Holy Blood right next to her.
…I actually thought of that too.
“Huh-huh—actually, more than anything else, the blood evolution itself is so interesting that I can’t stand it. To be able to experience the change that I couldn’t understand no matter how many times I’ve seen it, what could be more attractive!”
Bricky’s voice, which started quietly, grew higher and higher as if he was excited by himself.
The half-closed eyes also began to widen little by little, and by the time the words were over, they were shining brightly.
“Of course, Heinz, I wonder what the future of the vampires you will create will be like? It would be fun to watch it too. Wouldn’t it be cooler than I thought?”
“Yes, if there is one more Holy Blood class vampire here, it will be of great help in future work. So don’t just look at it, work for that future yourself.”
Heinz replied curtly and slowly approached her.
How dare you put your hands behind your back and just watch?
That was the privilege of being the most senior!
‘Well, that doesn’t mean I’m just playing around. But I can’t tolerate it when my subordinates are idle while I’m working hard.’
And she just waited patiently, unresisting, until he went behind him and rammed his teeth into the scruff of her neck.
[Purified Blood] evolves the blood-sucking factor in the blood.
A new change that will come to you!
“Huh—ah! like that. this!”
Finally, real change began.
Boiling blood, pores emitting heat, bones and muscles twisting.
As each cell exceeded its limit, her vitality, which had been dying moment by moment, reared its head little by little.
One of the roots of the ‘Bloodline of Beginning’ that has been passed down from a long time ago, ‘Broko Slack’, which can be said to be the prototype of Auterica Vampire, is—.
It was the moment when it was corrupted by Heinz II, a mongrel species from another world… no, it evolved into a more advanced form and disappeared from the long history of the continent.
At the same time, of course.
It was also the moment when the Auterica Vampire Clan Alliance, ‘Hybrid’, had one more perfect Holy Blood.
