Six days after
Celendion .
Lake Kingdom Underground Dungeon. District 10.
The ‘Red Mansion’, the home of the vampire corps. The innermost ‘master’s room’.
Squeak… … . Squeak… … .
The owner of this place, Selendion, was hanging from the ceiling hanging from his neck.
《… .”
Alpha and Beta, the attendants, looked up at Selendion with sad eyes.
Alpha and Beta were young men and women with dark blue hair like Celendion.
They were the closest aides to Serendion, wearing neat butler and maid outfits, respectively.
The two seemed to be accustomed to Selendion’s suicide attempt, and they took it lightly.
Celendion, who was hanging from the ceiling, also looked down at the two with languid eyes.
《Did you try suicide again?》
《Yes.》
《Have you had any results?》
《It’s always the same… … .]
《Shall I drop you off?》
《Yes.》
The two of them carefully supported Celendion’s body and put him down.
Since Celendion has the appearance of a child, Alpha and Beta are like older brothers and sisters.
In reality, Selendion had lived a much more difficult time.
Alpha sat Selendion on the sofa and sighed lightly.
《Do you have any more novel ways to commit suicide? I’m tired of dropping it off every morning… … .”
“You cut your wrist last week.”
“That’s cumbersome because you have to wash the sheets.” “
If you cut yourself in the bathroom?”
“You have to clean the bathroom… .”
Beta, the maid who was listening to the butler male Alpha’s stoic retort, nodded in response.
Beta’s slender neck was etched with long horizontal scars.
As if they were cut and glued together.
Because of this wound, Beta was unable to speak. They communicate only through hand gestures and gestures.
Seeing the two attendants alternately, Selendion grabbed his own pale cheek with his hand.
“Which of my suicide attempts was the most comfortable for you?”
“It was most comfortable when I tried to die of starvation.
Because there is nothing more to clean up. I didn’t have to prepare a meal for you.”
Next to Alpha, who spoke calmly, Beta made a strong gesture.
Pointing at the flower beds outside the window.
Alpha translated Beta’s gestures.
«Beta said that the most troublesome thing was when she tried to commit suicide every day. It was embarrassing because I had to clean the flower beds every day.”
A faint wry smile crossed Celendion’s numb face.
Celendion attempted suicide every day. but didn’t succeed There were two reasons.
The first is his own enormous regenerative power.
Due to the regenerative power of quickly recovering even if a limb is blown off, it was not even possible to die by suicide.
The second is his own endless life that he scattered and sprinkled on the corps.
Even if, on rare occasions, a combination of extreme measures and extraordinary luck led to his death, the life he had stored up in the legion brought him back to life.
《When will this painful life end?》
Alpha and Beta skillfully changed Celendion’s clothes.
While the two attendants were tidying up the clothes, Selendion muttered in a low voice.
“A life you can’t even end on your own. It’s really painful.”
“The humans here in the Lake Kingdom made such a fuss to gain eternal life that they ended up like that.”
Alpha smiled as she tied a tie to Selendion.
“Indeed, Lord still suffers even after obtaining eternal life. This contrast is ridiculous.”
“That’s because I never wished for eternal life.”
Celendion wiped his tired eyes.
On his boyish young face, only the red eyes were as deep and melancholy as those of an old man.
“I thought I had just finished my long and messy life and went to sleep… The King of Kings revives me here at will. And five hundred years have already passed.”
The change of clothes was over.
Transformed into a suit that fit her body, Celendion sighed as she looked into her palm.
《Can we die this time?》
《Are you talking about this campaign?》
Today was the day of the clan corps’ departure.
The king ordered the start of the invasion in three days, so we had to set out today to reach the enemy’s fortress in three days.
Alpha and Beta both laughed at each other.
“Would those humans be our opponents? Besides, we have been conserving our strength for a long time for this ‘flood’.”
《… .]
《I’m sorry to the Lord who wants death, but it’s going to be hard this time too.》
Alpha and Beta bowed their heads to Selendion at the same time.
《Please remain our eternal and immortal monarch.》
《… .]
Selendion, who had been silent, shook his head slightly.
《But this time, the opponent is definitely not a normal bet.》
Selendion recalled the enemy general he had met a few days ago.
– Even if it’s not your request, I’ll definitely kill you, so don’t worry, Vampire King! You’d better think of the screams you’ll make when you’re slashed by my sword sooner or later!
Apparently- a human named Ash.
To be able to sow hatred without backing down an inch even after meeting his eyes.
‘Resembles.’
Ash resembles the great humans who killed him a long time ago.
Selendion pressed his left breast with his hand, which was beating vaguely.
How long has it been since your heart beat like this?
maybe really… … .
– Wipe your neck clean and crawl to my castle wall. Then I’ll take responsibility and put an end to your miserable life!
Wouldn’t that man be able to kill himself?
“The entire army is on standby.”
Alpha and Beta opened the bedroom door wide. Butlers and maids smiled softly at their lord.
“Come on, let’s go. You have to command us.”
“… .》
Celendion slowly raised himself.
The enormous amount of fatigue he had lived through weighed down both of his shoulders, but he shook his shoulders lightly to shake them off.
Celendion strode forward. After that, the two attendants followed.
***
Outside the mansion.
About 1,000 vampires and ghouls were already waiting in line on the wide road.
Everyone was on one knee on the floor, their heads bowed, waiting with bated breath for the arrival of their monarch.
《… .]
Selendion looked around at them.
It’s been five hundred years since I’ve been crouching here in the Lake Kingdom.
In the meantime, he used ‘Nightmare’ as a material to inflate the size of his corps.
Hundreds of vampires and thousands of ghouls under the command of other Lords who had been sleeping in nightmares joined them.
The legion has grown endlessly.
But in the end, Selendion’s main force was them.
Choi Jeongye 1,000.
Those who shared Selendion’s own life.
“I was waiting for you, Lord.”
One of the seven vampires who knelt in front of them uttered.
《Order to depart.》
《… It’s been a long time since I’ve been out on the ground.”
Selendion asked as he looked at his soldiers one by one.
《What is the departure route? Are you going out through the main gate of the Lake Kingdom?”
“Yes. Just something to keep in mind… … .”
Alpha added hesitantly.
《… ‘The one who has lost his name’ is blocking the front door.]
Selendion’s red eyes narrowed.
Anonymous.
The last stander of the Lake Kingdom who alone blocks most of the monsters in this hell.
《That woman is really practicing noblesse oblige.》
Celendion let out a low laugh.
“Those long years… You’ve been fighting without giving up. What is the responsibility for that? Give up and become comfortable like everyone else.]
《However, the resistance of the ‘nameless’ is gradually reaching its limit.》
Alpha glanced at the north. It was the direction where the main gate of the Lake Kingdom was located.
“For the past five hundred years, I have been able to prevent most of the flooding by myself, but lately it has started to get out of hand. You won’t be able to stop us right away this time either.”
Alpha stretched out her hand and explained the departure route.
《The rest of the corps, except for the 1,000 main corps, are all waiting in the northern central square. After a while, they will engage in battle with the ‘Nameless One’ as they advance to the main gate as bait. While they are wasting their time… … .”
“The main unit passes through the main gate. You’re going with royalties.”
Selendion tilted her head.
《Did other corps go out like this?》
《It’s embarrassing, but it is. I threw the corps to serve as bait to the ‘nameless one’ and while the bait corps took time, the small main body went out of the kingdom.》
Alpha gritted her teeth and trembled.
《If it wasn’t for ‘The Nameless One’, tens of thousands of monsters would have attacked royalties every time. If that were the case, the population would have perished long ago.”
《You don’t need numbers in the tens of thousands to destroy the population.》
Celendion smiled faintly and looked around at his elite members.
《1,000 of us is enough.》
At those words, the vampires under Celendion all smiled.
So what is the need for tens of thousands of monsters to destroy the world?
10 vampires. One thousand ghouls.
With these people, there is nothing lacking in creating a sword of hell on earth.
《Let’s go.》
Celendion took the lead, stepping lightly.
《I want to breathe the ground air for the first time in a while.》
One thousand blood relatives followed Selendion in an orderly fashion.
***
North of the Lake Kingdom.
in front of the front door. central plaza.
When Selendion and the 1,000 Legion main body arrived here, the battle was already in progress.
Flash-!
Quagmire!
Huge beams of light shot out like gunfire, and the monsters brushed by the beam melted away like powder and disappeared.
Frayed robes and gray hair fluttered in all directions, nameless fighting.
《Damn the traitor!》
《Kill! Tear limbs and draw blood!]
Hundreds of vampires cast blood magic and rushed at them
.
Aaaaa-!
Countless frost ghouls breathed white smoke from their mouths and closed the encirclement from all sides.
But
flash! Flash-!
A beam of light emanated from the worn-out sword in his hand, and Nameless slaughtered them all.
Every time he swung his sword, a huge beam of light came out.
A bright blue flash flashed across the sky above the Lake Kingdom, which was completely covered in darkness, illuminating the city in an instant.
“You guys are the result of the mistakes made by this country.”
Nameless muttered ferociously.
“Where are you trying to leak out? Keep your nightmares only in this Lake Kingdom, monsters… … !”
Flash-!
A beam of light hit the center of the decoy army.
The monsters swept away by the light disappeared without leaving a trace.
Selendion admired the sight.
“It’s one of the few weapons that can end my life. It’s beautiful.”
One of the most attempted suicide methods by Celendion was to confront the unknown.
However, if he died at the hands of an unknown, the king would surely bring him back to life.
The king did not care whether the commander of the corps was killed by any other factor, but only prevented him from being killed by an unknown person.
So there is no point in colliding here.
While Nameless and the Decoy Corps fought fiercely, Selendion and the main army quietly passed by.
Ku-gu-gu-gung-
Did they detect the departure?
The rusty northern gate slowly began to open.
“Celendion… !”
Anonymous, noticing that the main unit was leaving, shouted in this direction.
“Where are you going, you vampire child!”
“Yes, of course it is on the ground. Noble dethroned princess.》
“… !”
princess.
The nameless face twisted at that name. The teeth that could be seen under the gray hair were clenched.
《Don’t try to endure this hellish tragedy forever.》
With a faint smile, Celendion went out through the now fully open northern gate.
《After all, you too will be worn down and swallowed up by time.》
“Wait, Celendion! this… !”
Nameless desperately tried to stop the main force, but the decoy army attacked her from all sides.
Leaving the battleground swirling with streaks of light and drops of blood behind, Selendion and the main army exited the northern main gate and set out outside the Lake Kingdom.
From the gate to the surface of the lake there was a transparent path.
Shoot Aaaaa!
Not long after walking along, Selendion and the main kinsman were able to get out of the water.
《The air is good.》
After quietly breathing in the air of the outside world, which he has tasted for the first time in hundreds of years, Celendion stared straight north.
《Come on, let’s go to destroy the world.》
Praying for his own death at the end of that road.
The Vampire King began to move towards the human world.
