The wise man returns

About an hour after the two vampires took notice.

Valine walks out of here alive, not dead.

The vampires guarding the entrance draw their weapons straight away, but a slight voice from inside the room stops them.

“Stop it. He's already pledged his allegiance to us. ”

“Huh, but... he's a human, isn't he?! ”

Most of the diners who had been in there had to come out as ghouls.

Only a small percentage of the people turned into vampires, and sometimes they withered at all.

But it was the first time Balin had ever left the room as a human.

“So far...”

If we let them go like this, we may find out that the vampires are in Duke Abel.

As they looked into each other's eyes, the voices in the room were heard again.

“That's an order. Don't hit me. ”

“... Yes! ”

“I understand!”

I heard that the moaning just faded away like a lie.

He would, too. This voice contained Eilan's power.

Command from a parent vampire to a child vampire! For the families, this was a priority to fulfill even at the cost of their lives.

“Well, I'll move as soon as I hear from you. ”

Balin bows his head.

In his hand is a small jar of glass.

A glass jar of jewel-like red blood glows like a jewel.

Balin, who put the jar in her pocket, turns and swallows his breath.

The blood inside is Eilan's.

Two, no. It is now part of the blood of three golden blood pieces, even the Duke of Abel.

‘You've got a lot of research and information. I've never heard of Eilan's ability to do that. ’

The plan I came up with immediately worked better for them than I thought.

From the first day of the investigation, Balin was able to earn more than expected.

First thing you see is this glass bottle in your pocket!

You can only think of it as Eilan's Blood, but using it well could serve as a kind of communicator.

By injecting Mana into the blood in her veins, she can send a signal to Eiran, and vice versa.

The disadvantage of not being able to send details, such as communication crystals or artifacts, was this considering the quantity and productivity of Mana.

Balin's ability in his past life was only to temporarily amplify the fighting power of his clans.

However, in this life, we have explored another ability through the base of moments.

‘In my past life, I had wondered how Eilan's clans would follow their orders so rashly, but there was this secret. ’

After discovering new facts, what Balin felt now was fear, not scholarship.

I wish I could apply this, but it's the ability of a golden vampire everywhere.

Humans try to use it because it's a vampire's ability only for vampires, so it doesn't have much effect.

"If the enemy's ability is just for the enemy, we should attack their weaknesses... or kill them before they can use them!" ’

Balin's eyes glowed meaningfully.

Even Schwein's abilities are frightening, but they are limited to man-to-man combat.

The Great War - the power of Eilan to be feared after the Emperor in the war phase.

‘You must kill in the Imperial City. Even if Schwein ever misses, she must be...! ’

The resolved Balin once again examines the glass bottle's blood.

Apart from the abilities I had seen earlier, this blood itself was actually quite useful.

There are very few materials that are as rare as vampires of golden blood to test the power of the newly created artifact.

‘It's a shame we don't have enough ingredients, but we can try about three or four if we spare them. ’

Balin smiles in contrition.

It's hard to get blood from a golden vampire at the beginning.

It was a good gamble to get a few words out of it.

"Now the problem is that this blood will boil again later..."

Even though I didn't think about it, I remembered the sequencing one by one.

Perhaps this blood boiling again will make Evelyn the dominant candidate, or she will be the next day for the Emperor.

I could have asked him to abandon the man who had pushed me so far, but there was not much difference between Kratan and Evelyn for the two lost vampires.

What they need is a human puppet.

It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl.

‘It's a good thing the Pope didn't know I was behind the scenes. Thanks to you, they're not more vigilant than I thought. ’

Balin, who was moving towards the bottom of the castle, smiled in repentance.

Leven's immediate response has had a positive effect in unexpected places.

To insert a wedge into his mind, Valine moved to the castle's basement.

Underneath the castle is a large private training ground for Duke Abel.

A place as immense in size and facility as it is for a sodmaster.

But if there is no Able Duke to use it, will it be left empty?

Balin was confident that it would not.

‘Knights and soldiers, even maids and servants, disappeared into thin air. ’

There were so many people who disappeared without seeing any signs of going outside.

There was only one place they could be.

Are the vampires guarding this place, too? ’

Right now, his body is covered in delusional magic to deceive his enemies.

Unlike before, I was forced to move in secret, but this time, I was able to reveal my true colors of Clyden.

“What's with you? ”

“Stop, you can't go in here. ”

The clans guarding the underground gate grunt, revealing their teeth in the appearance of Balin.

But Valine smiles, not nervous at all.

Now he had something similar to a Vampire Prepass card.

A free pass card cut by a golden vampire himself.

“That's rude. I'm here as a recognized human ally for both Eilan and Schwein. ”

“Collaborators?”

The vampire with the answer tilts his head.

It's rare, but there are situations where vampires allied with humans to get what they want from each other.

Valine, who confirmed it was part of that, took out the glass bottle in her pocket as evidence.

“You said you'd get out of the way if you showed me this. Please. ”

“... this! ”

“... Got it. You want to see what's down here? Let's go down together.”

After a while, Balin was able to stand in front of the door of the underground training ground, enjoying another purpose of the glass bottle.

Glug.

The Black Gate opens and accepts Valine into it.

It's dark inside the training ground, but you can hear the popularity of something moving.

‘As expected.’

Valine grips her teeth with hundreds of cloudy eyes.

The Inspector Vampire following you behind your back whispers without knowing the speed.

“How are you? You're in good hands. They move when they're told to, and they crave human flesh and blood. Whoa, stop. ”

As the vampire raises his hand, the ghouls approaching Balin flinch and stop.

I was caught up in the scent of human flesh and blood, but the higher order of the vampire came first.

“Glug.”

“Ker-dub.”

Balin's eyes hardened as he looked at the ghosts roaring with empty eyes.

"These guys..."

The look changed almost similarly, but the outfit was very different.

From the maid's uniform to the soldier's leather armor to the knights' silver armor.

All the dead bodies here are either not worth turning vampires into, or were eaten impulsively when they were hungry.

“Are these all of them? ”

“Yes, humans. You'd be like them if it wasn't for their approval. ”

The vampire looks back and says, thinking Balin is scared.

But what Balin felt was not fear, but confusion.

‘This is the same situation as when we dealt with the Crown Prince. In some ways, it might be a lot worse now…’

Even if we take care of Schwein and Eilan, these ghouls will still want human flesh and blood.

Of course, the individual combat strength was less than that of the chimeras. Like all sucked up corpses.

However, this place was filled with sacrificial lambs that were able to suck Mana by the wanderers and ghouls.

“The duc's knights... soldiers... commoners... varies. ”

“Why, do you want to come in? ”

“No. Can I ask you a question instead? ”

“Well... yeah. Seeing as you've received Eilan's blood, it looks like you'll be one of us soon enough. If you tell me now, there won't be any problem. ”

I don't care what happens. Balin laughed at him and asked him questions.

“There are many of each of these, but what are the criteria for Eilan to eat people and become a ghoul? ”

“Those who have the skills to use as a family, those who do a lot of personal action to avoid suspicion. That's why all the knights and soldiers are made of ghouls. ”

“Hmm…”

In the description of the family, Balin nods, watching the knights. It looks like all of the duc's knights are swarming.

“This is not something Duke Abel should see, is it? Still, I can't believe you made all the knights and soldiers into ghouls...”

“Hehe. Are you afraid to live in Duke Abel's wrath?" You heard the man. The Duke is already a vampire, working with us. ”

“I see...”

Balin pretended to be reasonable and said the following:

“Even so, if the duc knew what he was doing to all of his henchmen...”

“Don't worry, I know. The Duke himself agreed to this. ”

“!! ”

Balin breathes a sigh, checking the face of the duc, who is far more corrupt than I thought.

I didn't expect to sell all the soldiers of the family that had been piled up on the pile for sacrifice.

‘If that's true, then only one of the three Dukes of the Cadim Empire is clean. Damn it.'

Balin, who still thought there was room to persuade Duke Abel, now had to revise the idea.

I suddenly turned around and asked, as I was blocking the ghouls.

“So, why did you want to see ghouls? You think your men will bite you later? ”

“No way. We're allies, aren't we? ”

I've seen you do more than just bite and bite.

Balin smiles, pretending to be a child.

Fortunately, I smiled and held out my hand as if I didn't see it in my heart.

“All right, now that you've seen it, go. We have work to do. Don't worry about the perimeter. I'll walk you out. ”

“Thank you for that. ”

I thought I'd have to use Hidden Magic to make a move, but things seemed to be working out better than I thought.

As I was walking with that thought, I suddenly felt a strange sensation from behind my back.

“Suck!”

Balin puts his body on the ground like lightning. Suddenly, I started walking in front of the adverse event and turned around.

“What, what's going on? ”

The face and body of the restraint were unharmed.

Balin tilts his head. Obviously, I felt something passing by on top of me, but it was strange.

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