In the West at that time (2)
The process of injecting 「purified blood」 into the vampires of Upersh went smoothly.
The blood of Heinz II, who achieved ultimate evolution by extracting only the dominant factor from vampires from all over the world.
There, the blood that completely removed even the toxic thoughts was truly the best elixir for vampires.
The moment it is injected into the body, it dramatically changes the blood-sucking factor affected by it, leading to an evolution that has been stagnant for a long time at once.
Of course, the direction of specialization in the process was also induced to some extent by Heinz, the owner of Blood Jung.
A large space in the basement of the mansion.
“Keep it off…!”
“hahahaha-.”
Immediately after the transfusion of purified blood, Heinz glanced at the vampires suffering from the aftermath of evolution and nodded.
‘As expected, in order to work properly, I must first develop immunity to the sun.’
That was something he had been paying attention to since the first time he used 「Refined Blood」.
In fact, the remaining blood classes, which make up the majority of vampires, are so vulnerable to sunlight that there are many restrictions on their use during the day unless they use special blood magic.
If you still live in the shadows, I don’t know how you can avoid such weaknesses, but you can’t do that until you’ve decided to go all-out.
Once you have declared a territory, shouldn’t you keep what you want to protect?
‘Even if you do this, it will be difficult to overcome completely, but for now, just being able to alleviate the penalty will be enough. Anyway, the other stats will also increase overall.’
Also, no matter how much vampires are a scattered minority, the number of members of the two giant clans gathered together could not be ignored.
Excluding Servants and Slaves, there are hundreds of residual blood that can be called knight-level, but all of them are much stronger than before…
‘There are dozens of pure bloods. If it hadn’t been for the war between the two clans not long ago, it would have been one hundred.’
Heinz himself was the one who killed the most vampires in the chaos, but he struggled to ignore the truth and left the basement door.
kiik—
“You worked hard, Lord.”
“Theodore, did I mention that the guys from the South are inside?”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s a bit late to join because the southern part is also cluttered these days. There are only two groups left now, the Southeast and the Far East, which will arrive in a few days.”
“Hmm, there really isn’t much left now.”
He walked down the hallway talking to Theodore, who was waiting by the door.
‘Come to think of it, the tribal federation is a bit noisy these days. Sooner or later, I’ll move Harley and visit her.’
The southern part has been neglected knowingly or unknowingly due to the geographical conditions along the desert and the closed aspect where it is difficult to obtain information in many ways.
Basically, they lived in tribal units, making it difficult for vampires to infiltrate, and the shamans common in the south were also enemies of the ghosts Olivia dealt with.
‘Did you say that they were one step above the priests in terms of handling the soul? There must be a limit to how ghosts whose thoughts are suppressed and who have lost their intelligence can respond to their ancestral arts.’
However, to put more effort into it, it was a place that had little influence on the world because it was closed and not very populated due to the barren environment.
‘Actually, even if there is a problem, there are parts that I have been putting off thinking that it is Harley’s job to solve it.’
I’ve been putting it off for various reasons, but now that Harley is well established, I think I’ll have to start planning a visit to the South.
Because that will also be a great narrative.
‘After a great adventure, Harley, who became a companion of the hero, finally arrives at Calcos, the hometown of the heart. But what awaits him there…!’
While thinking about it, Heinz, whose multitasking had already become a daily routine, did not express it outwardly and naturally had a conversation with Theodore.
“How is the overseas branch?”
“We are cleaning up the children who are out to the extent of leaving them in key areas as much as possible. Of course, it is only natural that all of them were replaced with those who received the Lord’s grace. Everyone has grown so much that it has been a huge help in reducing the number of people needed at each branch.”
They say they are concentrating their energy on the Kingdom of Talia, but it would be a waste to abandon the foundations they had prepared so far.
It was necessary to leave a certain number of blood relatives in each region to a certain extent in order to maximize the mobility through blood gates.
“They were evenly distributed across the Kingdom of Thalia. Since the blood pattern is also densely laid out, you can now move directly anywhere within the kingdom. Efficiency is also greatly improved, so that the nearby city of La Perla can be moved sufficiently with not very large resources.”
Theodore opened his mouth proudly.
Bloodstain was one of the unique blood magics of the Yupersh clan, so that attitude was only natural.
However, Heinz, who gave a congratulatory nod and congratulated him, was again lost in his thoughts…
‘La Perla Syrah… Come to think of it, it was where the Diana siblings were, right? It’s about time we go to see each other.’
It was there that a young brother and sister who had a connection in the early days of Auterica lived.
After parting, he said he would show his face at least once a year, but since the last visit, time has passed before he knew it.
‘It’s not too far away, after all. Is this how people who are independent from home feel?’
I never thought I would be able to experience something like this.
He felt a subtle tickle and nodded his head.
It was a little annoying, but honestly it didn’t feel too bad.
‘How to get rid of the horn too. Shall we go right now because it reminded me of it?’
Right now, the important work has been roughly finished, and the blood gate was also prepared, so it would be okay to use it for yourself this time.
***
“What? road? Uh, welcome!”
“Welcome to the city of La Perla! You can go this way!”
Ornaments including magic circles made entirely of blood and human skulls.
Heinz, who appeared from the bloody air current in the middle of the room, where he could summon the devil at any moment, bowed his head, waved his hand at the nervous people, and immediately moved outside.
‘It certainly has a gloomy atmosphere like blood magic, but the way it’s used is not much different from the church’s gate.’
As soon as he left the hideout disguised as an ordinary house, the landscape of the city of La Perla unfolded in front of him.
It was still an ordinary human city itself, no different from before, but sooner or later this place will also face a big change.
“…Anyway, isn’t this too expensive? Cut it down a little bit.”
“You don’t know what this man is. It’s the same everywhere I go because of monsters now!”
“Did you hear that our kingdom escaped tribulation because its superiors handled it well?”
“Still, it can’t be helped that the market price goes up while the merchants who were transporting goods hesitated. The surrounding trade routes were also blocked.”
Heinz heard the conversation of people bargaining over goods.
Thanks to the efforts made so far, the damage to Talia Kingdom is said to be less, but it could not be affected by this turmoil.
In many ways, a shade of worry was cast on the faces of those who encountered the reality that their lives were bound to become more difficult.
Naturally, they expressed their dissatisfaction with the current situation, and the resentment that followed naturally had to be attributed to one being.
“It’s all because of that immortal king, Hans.”
“Come to think of it, there was a guy named Hans in my hometown, but he was an unusual guy from the looks of it. Well, what happened…”
“Oh my gosh! In fact, even the Hans I know…”
It was Hans, the immortal king of absolute evil, who descended into this world.
Heinz wandered the streets empty-handedly, hearing curses about ‘Hans’ coming from all directions.
I felt sorry for all the Hans in the world, but he had long given up on trying to change his name.
‘I’m wondering what’s the use now. After all, I should have named it well from the beginning.’
After that, when the desire reached its peak, the name that was born was ‘Hesperon’, the youngest.
It was a name that came out only after researching repeatedly for a cool naming and finally arriving at Greek mythology…
‘Now that I think about it, it seems that I put too much effort into it.’
When I think about it now that I have calmed down, it was a subtle feeling, as it seemed that there was a lot of bravado.
By the time I got closer to the grocery store run by Diana’s uncle, leisurely looking at the city view with my other thoughts.
Wahjangchang- Wow!
“Oh, stop! What will we do if we mess up like this!”
“Ahhh—!”
“Come here, Rafi. it’s okay, it’s okay Pop!”
There was a loud commotion in the direction he was supposed to be heading.
Not only that, but also the voices of people Heinz knew came through the chatter.
‘This?’
next moment.
Unbeknownst to anyone, he had already mingled naturally with the crowd of people gathered in front of the grocery store.
“Sweep, what is it? Any more hidden money?”
“Shall we take these first? Still, if you hand over the whole thing, you’ll get some value.”
“Yes, it can be stolen later, so let’s start with the expensive ones. Bring the cart!”
Six rugged men making a fuss by overturning the store.
However, despite the commotion, the guards patrolling the mall were only scratching their heads with a puzzled look on their faces.
Heinz opened his ears wide to collect information about the situation in order to accurately grasp the situation.
And just in time.
“These guys! What are you doing by coming all the way here!”
Bolt, a haggard-looking shopkeeper, and Diana, who seemed to have summoned him, hurriedly approached through the crowd, breathing heavily.
“ah? Uncle, you are here now. What is it, I came to get money.”
“Didn’t I say that the rest would be paid soon! What kind of case is it that you come all the way to the store and stop doing business!”
“ah? When I calculated it, it was close enough to pay interest on the money he paid the other day. Even if we waited longer, it seems that the same will happen in the future, so we decided to take care of it ourselves.”
“What nonsense!”
After an argument, an excited Bolt lunged at the men, one of them violently pushing him to the ground.
“100 million!”
“Come on, uncle!”
Diana supported him as he fell, and the rest of his family, who had been huddled together in the distance, hurriedly gathered around him with tears in their eyes.
“Hah, even if it’s like this, we’re also treating ourselves like gentlemen? If it was like before, I’d just catch them whole…!”
“Hey, hey. There are guards.”
“Write— twee!”
The men glanced at the guards and resumed their work.
Listening to what they were saying, it seemed that they were thinking of selling the entire store to another place.
There is no such thing as a lightning bolt for the family who made a living there.
Bolt glaring at the men with resentful eyes, biting his lip, his wife hugging her three children and swallowing tears, Raffy, who continues to cry in a frightening atmosphere, and Aaron, who is busy trying to soothe it.
And in the gap, Diana, who had grown up as an unseen bird, was trembling with her head bowed and her fist clenched.
‘Hmm—Young daughter, Raffy, got sick with an unknown disease and needed an emergency…’
In the meantime, Heinz, who combined information from the onlookers’ conversations, calmly organized the situation.
Because of that, he borrowed money diligently from people around him, and eventually even got his hands on private loans.
I could understand why the guards on the other side weren’t stepping out.
It is absurd that the actions of those men were not illegal acts, but ‘normal’ punishments reported to the government office in advance.
Apparently, there was an official looking after them.
‘Well, there are not just one or two places to fix.’
In fact, isn’t this country as good as one’s own?
I was just full of fantasies about how to run the business, but I didn’t feel very good when I witnessed this situation.
Heinz, fully grasping the situation, released the [denial of existence] that had hidden his presence and slowly stepped forward.
“…sniff?”
Right after that, Diana, who had been lowering her head, flinched and sniffed.
Then, he slowly raised his head and turned his eyes filled with tears to this direction.
“···mister?”
A crying voice filled with sadness, yet unable to hide joy.
It was a face that evoked regret, but at that time Heinz had other thoughts.
‘…still an abnormal sense of smell. No matter how you look at it, it’s not just an innate ability.’
Previously, I thought it was because I didn’t know much about this world, but now that I’ve experienced enough, I know.
Diana’s abilities are very different in this world.
Even now, leading a fairly large force, I had never heard of anyone having abilities similar to Diana’s.
…Yes, except for the ‘unique skills’ of Awakeners from Earth.
‘But Diana is not from Earth. Hmmm.
With such a deep heart.
Heinz II stepped forward with a cold smile.
