◈ 136. [STAGE 5] Path of Ice and Corpses
The shattered corpses of ghouls are scattered like weeds in the field.
Everywhere on the land swept away by the shelling is on fire, and acrid smoke rises into the sky.
On the road of this devastated battlefield.
The 10 vampires were walking lightly as if they were out for a walk.
It’s still far away, but it’s clearly visible to the naked eye.
‘He’s smiling.’
Laughing as they walk through the corpses of their allies strewn all over these monsters.
Since I had learned that regular artillery fire and sniping were meaningless to them, I did not give orders to fire.
The vampires got close in an instant.
I shouted when they got to the point where their voices could reach each other.
“Can I ask you a question, Vampire King?”
Then the vampires stopped all at once.
Sitting on the palanquin, Selendion looked up at me and smiled.
The smile on his face, like that of an innocent boy, smelled of blood.
“However much. Ash.]
“Why did you send the ghouls first and let them die?”
At my words, Celendion tilted her head.
《I don’t know what you’re talking about.》
“Why did you vampires just watch from behind while your Ghouls and Fallen Blood minions were annihilated?”
Even the bosses Selendion and Alpha Beta were aside.
Wasn’t it worth sending a regular vampire in the wave?
I couldn’t understand it tactically, so I asked. however.
“You are making a strange noise. Human.”
His answer to my question was really unexpected.
《Are you sick with your dog?》
“What… ?”
what is this sound.
《My ghoul subordinates who were annihilated earlier are for us vampires… … It’s similar to a hunting dog.”
Selendion calmly explained.
“Of course I cherish and love you. Enough to take my life away. My loyal and courageous army fighting the enemy together. But it’s a dog.”
“… .”
《Isn’t it impossible to eat together at the same table?》
Kkaduk!
my teeth meshed
“… What do you mean by ‘meal’?”
《You know.》
Celendion stretched out his hand and pointed at us.
《It’s you.》
“… .”
“You humans are our meal. Ash.]
I clenched my fists tightly. To me like that, Celendion kept talking.
《Remove the hounds first. A human being weak enough to be killed by a dog is dog food. But if you survive my dogs, you can say that you have proven the minimum qualifications.》
“Qualifications… say?”
“Yes. To deserve to be eaten by us vampires.”
Selendion smiled softly and looked at us from the top of the castle wall.
“People who are prey to dogs don’t really want to eat them. That’s why we ‘select’ by releasing the dogs first.”
“… .”
“Isn’t it the same for you? Choose and eat more delicious pieces of meat from quality livestock. What about leftovers? Don’t you give it to dogs and pigs? It’s the same logic.”
Confidently speaking nonsense.
This vampire bastard was spitting.
“I am a vampire. strong and willful. know how to fight He wants noble human blood. Because it tastes much better that way.》
“… .”
《You guys who withstood the attacks of my dogs have also proven your qualifications.》
The corners of Celendion’s lips curled up eerily.
The rest of the vampires had the same hideous smiles.
《Self- let it rejoice. Humans.”
He looked at us with an appetizing gaze as if he were looking at a piece of meat on display at a butcher shop.
《You all got a chance to become our food,》
said Celendion.
“Kuh… .”
“Crazy bastard… .”
The pale-faced soldiers hesitated and stepped back.
Except for Celendion, the vampires let out giggling laughter.
Staring at us with the gaze of an obvious predator.
“… Damian.”
As I was forced to grind my teeth, I looked to the side.
“Let the laughter disappear in the faces of those ruins.”
“Your prince.”
Damian raised the crossbow in front of his chest.
“As commanded.”
Damian drew an arrow from the quiver in front of him and loaded it into his crossbow.
Breathe in, aim, and push-
shoot!
shot lightly
***
Nettles-!
An arrow is shot from the wall and flies away.
The arrow pierced the sky in an instant and approached the vampires.
“Oh my God.”
Alpha laughed, having blocked hundreds of silver arrows and returned them to the top of the castle wall.
《You’re doing something that won’t work again.》
How can humans be so stupid?
The fate of the prey caught in the spider’s web anyway.
No matter how much I shake and resist, I can’t get out. Why don’t you realize it until the last moment.
«I hope you will soon stop resisting like this worm.»
Saying that, Alpha waved her hands.
Enormous magical energy raged through the bloodstream in his body. Alpha reached out and tried to grab the arrow with that magic.
《… ?”
But.
“Huh?”
Something was strange.
Every time I tried to snatch it with magic, the arrow strangely twisted its trajectory. as if it had a self.
‘What is this… … ?’
Alpha, who was flustered, eventually gathered her magic and spread the shield, but
Cheng-G-Rang-!
breakthrough.
The arrow pierced the shield and rushed between Alpha’s neck and chest.
Alpha realized that she would not be able to stop this attack.
《Heukheuk?!》
At that moment,
Kwajik-!
Beta rushed in and swung her ax and hit the center of the shaft. The arrow shattered before reaching Alpha.
At that moment, the strange power in the arrow disappeared, and the arrow shattered and tumbled to the floor.
《Heh, heh, heh, heh… … .]
Alpha’s spine tingled and she looked down at the arrowhead rolling across the floor.
The reddish silver gave off an eerie light.
《What are you doing, Alpha?》
asked Celendion with a smile on his face.
《I couldn’t block that arrow.》
Rather than criticizing, he seemed to enjoy seeing Alpha’s bewildered look. But Alpha was serious.
《No, that’s loaded. this is… It’s different!]
《Whoa, what’s different?》
《This arrow… … It’s not an ordinary silver arrow.]
His own blood magic was destroyed at once. Alpha sensed it.
《These arrows are dangerous!》
As Alpha warns,
push the shot! Push! Push-!
Arrows were fired continuously from the walls.
The long-range sniping that flew in a parabolic arc was aiming at regular vampires. 《What
is the arrow?》
… .]
《This is what it is!》
The vampires laughed at the sniping and tried to lightly block it, just like Alpha.
but.
hooked! Pooh! Pucak!
《Kkeok?!》
《Keheuk?!》
《What-》
Couldn’t stop it.
The first vampire’s throat was pierced after the shield he tried to block the arrow shattered.
The second vampire tried to block it by gathering magic in his hand, but his palm and neck were pierced together.
The third vampire turned into mist and tried to avoid it, but the arrow pierced his neck nonetheless.
The three vampires with arrows stuck in their necks vomited blood. A strange light flashed in Celendion’s eyes.
“It is not an ordinary silver arrow. Hopefully this… … Is it silver from another world?”
Alpha looked at the arrow fragments on the floor and broke into a cold sweat.
“yes. is the last name. But that’s not all. It seems that they even made alchemy with the devil’s mistletoe.”
“You made arrows using that precious silver and even mistletoe? It’s quite right. It looks like they prepared hard to kill us.”
Selendion snorted.
“But this alone is not enough… .》
That moment.
Bang-!
Shots were heard from above the walls.
Why? The moment I heard that sound, the nape of the neck of Celendion, the world’s vampire king… … I got goosebumps.
《What is it?》
Selendion’s bloody eyes followed the trajectory of the projectile fired from the castle wall. Selendion soon discovered its true identity.
《Matan?》
Wheein!
The magic bullet that flew in was pierced right into the head of the vampire whose neck was pierced for the first time, and
it purred… … !
just blown his head off
The vampire’s body, which caused a bloody blast, collapsed on the floor helplessly. And it never regenerated or resurrected.
The spiritual core was destroyed.
However, Selendion did not care about the death of his subordinate.
《… This is.]
Selendion, looking down at the blown head of his subordinate, hurriedly raised his head.
Bang-!
second step.
The magic bullet flew at the vampire who was squirming with his neck and hands pierced by arrows. I couldn’t escape either.
Poo-!
instant death.
Looking at the exploding head of his subordinate, however, Selendion laughed.
《This magic bullet… … !]
Toquaang!
third step.
The third vampire, who tried to evade by turning into mist again, realized that evasion was impossible.
He felt death and closed his eyes.
percussion-!
Chii profit… … !
But he didn’t die.
Selendion, who flew off the palanquin, reached out and grabbed the magic bullet.
Selendion’s grip was torn as he tried to receive the devastating magic bullet, and blood splashed in all directions.
But regardless, Celendion looked down at his bloody hands.
《The magical power of this magic bullet… … Orlop’s!]
If so, the magic gun that fired this magic bullet must have been cast with Orlop’s magic core.
《A weapon made from the essence of the Nightmare Commander-Nightmare Slayer.》
Joy filled Selendion’s face.
《It’s really a weapon that can kill me!》
***
Hit with silver and finish with magic.
This is the basis of our anti-kinship tactic.
Damian was doing it alone against the vampire. Castle is to put arrows in and snipe with a horse gun.
In an instant, he sent two vampires to the underworld, and as he was about to finish the third, Selendion interrupted.
But where did you catch the two of them?
“Ha ha ha hoo!”
Damian gasped for breath after firing a series of silver arrows and Black Queen.
Since I had to aim for the spiritual core, I focused more than usual on shooting, and it seems that the consumption of stamina is not normal.
Even so, I was about to fire another shot, so I hurriedly grabbed Damian’s shoulder.
“Stop Damian!”
“yes? ha ha ha but! yet!”
“You did good enough. He said he properly broke the noses of those arrogant bastards.”
I also want to keep shooting.
Selendion has already started blocking it. Shooting more is a waste of ammunition and stamina.
“Get some rest and recover. There is work left to do.”
“yes… .”
Damian sat down against the wall and began to catch his breath. I looked south
After the attack stopped, the vampires started marching again.
Throwing the corpse of his dead comrade behind him, he still walked lightly.
Now they were really close. The fine wrinkles on his face were clearly visible.
And Celendion was laughing.
“Hey, hey, hey! Fight, man! Prove your worth!”
With a smile more savage than any face I’ve ever had. Like dying of joy.
《Whether it will be food for livestock or food for our vampires, or he will kill me and survive! Ego! Fight! Fight!”
