Episode 127
[Entering the 12th tier Tower of Blood and Hunting…1
[The ‘high-ranking vampire’s body’ residing in the body of player Kang Yoo-seong exerts influence!]
Season 5 just before the 12th tier tower A tower that gained notoriety as the highest tier even at the time. Into that very tower the King of Heroes entered alone, and the landscape took shape in the darkness.
A late 19th century Victorian-style palace welcomed Yoo Seong.
“Oh, the Apostle of Blood has descended!”
“We bow to the blessings bestowed by the God of Blood!”
The people surrounding Yooseong were also various high-ranking people, from British nobles to gentry. Even at first glance, this is a attire that shows that they belong to high society.
Could it be a room in a luxurious mansion? Thinking that way, I looked around and saw no. It was more than that. Standing tall at the end of the hall was a throne.
This was a palace.
“Welcome to the land where the sun never rises and the palace of the Long Night, Apostle of Blood.”
Sitting on the throne was a girl with blood-red hair in a dark gothic dress. Although she looked young, the bluish blush shining between her blood-red lips gave an idea of her actual age.
“Hmm, so please just tell me what I need to do.”
Coincidentally, it is Yooseong who is wearing the mythical equipment “Vampire Lord’s Business Suit” along with the vampire’s blessings.
That’s why the vampires in the hall were looking up and worshiping Yoo Seong. The meaning of the words was also easily understood by the apostle of blood. “Ah, before that, we
should show respect to
our apostle .”
The ‘Queen’ in the form of a girl sitting on a throne beckoned, and soldiers in red coats appeared from across the hall.
Among them, a child in a dress crossed the hall, trembling. At first glance, I thought she was a young girl, but she turned out to be a very handsome boy.
“He is pure, undefiled, wise, and has not lost his innocence.”
“So what?”
“It is our
offering to the Blood Apostle and the Blood God.”
The queen sitting on the throne smiled and said. The ‘human child’ wearing a dress looked pale and began to cry.
“Hmm, do I look hungry, like I’m about to stick a straw down a human’s throat?”
That’s why Yoosung kept his poker face and asked back coldly. Like a high-ranking vampire taunting his younger relatives.
“Oh oh oh it can’t be!”
“As expected, the blood relatives of Ascension…! “Please forgive us for our narrow generosity!”
“Oh, that’s okay. So, please just say something or say something.”
Yoosung spoke and the queen finally answered.
“Indeed, many things have happened, Apostle of Blood.”
“Then, among them, the task that will be finished first and the task that will be completed last.”
“An unknown killer demon is taking the lives of our blood relatives in the Whitechapel area.”
“That’s the fastest way to finish?”
“That’s right. “We call him
Jack the Slayer.”
“home.”
As soon as I heard it, I got a feeling for it.
“Then what will be the last to finish?”
“The ‘13 ranches’ of the American continent rose up against the empire to seek independence.”
“pasture?”
“These are ranches built on the Western Continent to more efficiently graze our daily livestock. However, the livestock on the ranch dared to revolt on a large scale, claiming that the blood taxes they had to pay were excessive.”
“Oh, by any chance, does that livestock that you eat start with ‘in’ and end with ‘liver’?”
“Yes, Blood Apostle. “We don’t know any other livestock that we can eat other than them!”
One of the nobles there spoke and Yoo Seong was dumbfounded and kept his mouth shut.
They are talking about ranches, livestock, and the taxes that must be paid. It’s probably not a metaphor or anything.
In the world inside the tower, fighting for evil or absurdity was not even a new thing.
I thought so.
And now, Yoosung belonged to the empire of vampires who did not consider people to be anything more than livestock, and the opponents he had to defeat were the livestock on the ranch who were fighting against the ghosts.
It wasn’t difficult to understand at the point where Jack the Slayer was being called a ‘Slayer Demon’.
A fight between people and ghosts. And Yoosung was willing to fight for the ghost. Even taking possession of the ghost’s body and power equipment.
“Ha what can I do? “Because this is all work.”
Therefore, Yoosung softly shrugged his shoulders and then continued speaking.
“So, how did you accidentally end up being eaten by livestock?”
“Apostle of Blood, Blood! Her Majesty is still gathering troops to suppress the continental uprising…” “
Enough with the pretense, Prime Minister. “My imperial army stationed on the continent was unilaterally defeated by them.”
“S，Your Majesty Scarlet Queen!”
“All of this is my fault. Isn’t that why the Blood God willingly gave us his apostle and blood relative of Ascension?”
Her tone was somewhat childish for a queen, but even so, I could feel her charisma that was hard to match.
Just like that, Queen Scarlet rose from her throne and approached the shooting star.
“Scarlett Victoria, Queen of the British Empire. “As the queen of the land where the sun never rises, I would like to ask the Blood Apostle.”
I knelt down and whispered softly to him.
“Please save this country and our fellow countrymen from the pagan gods who worship livestock.”
“Hmm, a pagan god.”
“Cattle.] The reason they can fight against us comes from the power of the extremely evil gods.”
There was no doubt that they were ‘lords’ who were at odds with the Blood Lord and could exert influence over this tower just like the meteors.
Transcendent people looking down at the earth from the top of that tower.
In front of him, all races including humans, vampires and elves were no exception. In a chess game between countless monarchs over a single world, their will has no meaning.
The things that move this world are the beings on top of that tower, and it is for that reason that shooting stars exist.
Even though they are not currently carrying out Tier 12 missions like Yoosung, it is not uncommon for players who entered from separate towers to encounter each other in one world.
“Hmm, I came because I was called, so I guess I have to do what I have to do.”
That’s why Yooseong got up without difficulty. After that, I started walking without any hesitation.
“Where are you going, Apostle of Blood?”
“Let’s finish what needs to be done quickly.”
To face the world in the tower, a country where the sun never rises, where he will finally become active.
As its name suggests, it was a country where the sun never rises.
The night sky that completely covered the sky was not an ordinary night sky. What was shining beyond the curtain was undoubtedly the light of the sun, but countless fine particles were blocking the sunlight like a curtain.
“During the old war, the founders used ancient magic to create the ‘night sky’ so that the sun could not invade the capital of the empire.”
Watson, a black-haired boy, spoke next to Yoosung. He received a special commission from Queen Scarlet and was in charge of assisting her.
“However, in the ranching territories of the American continent and territories other than the capital, the curse of the sun is still tormenting the clans.”
“Hmm, aren’t there any vampires here that can operate under sunlight?”
“After the old war, when the ‘Rite of Ascension’ was held, all high-ranking vampires who could overcome the power of the sun ascended to heaven. “Of those who remain, Her Majesty the Queen is said to be closest to our founder.”
It must drink human blood and cannot operate under the sun. For high-ranking vampires at the level of blood relatives who have become a force in the tower, it is nothing more than a ‘rule’ to be followed, but for the vampires here, it is something that is directly related to survival.
“Home okay.”
“And this place.”
It rattled.
The carriage stopped and Watson got out. Yoosung also followed him down and looked around. Even though it was late at night, the lights and laughter of gatherings and social entertainment were fluttering from all directions.
Paradoxically, it’s like a city that doesn’t know night.
“A variety of entertainment facilities are concentrated in the Whitechapel area, from social gatherings and party salons to gambling halls.”
“Let me ask you one question. “In this empire, what is the ratio between vampires… no, compatriots and livestock?”
“Proportionally, two compatriots control eight livestock.”
2 to 8. Yoosung replied that he was not surprised by that number.
“So which side do you think Jack the Slayer is?”
“Several members of the gentry, as well as a high-ranking noble with a ‘bloody history’ that can be counted on one hand, fell victim to him. “This is no longer an area that mere livestock can do anything about.”
“So, then vampires are massacring their fellow countrymen?”
‘If you think about it rationally, you should look at it that way. Ah, this is the place where the first ‘salgwi’ occurred.”
“Okay then, where would you like to start playing detective, Watson?”
“Oh yes!”
Yoosung said, and Watson belatedly followed behind him and adjusted his bread hat.
Finally, the two headed to a back alley shadowed beyond the light of Whitechapel.
Jack the Slayer commits his first crime and the writing is written in blood on the wall.
From Heaven.
“Here, they killed a compatriot from the gentry, cut open his stomach, and deliberately poured out his internal organs. “After that, I wrote this in blood.”
Yoosung frowned at Watson’s words and asked back.
“If I ask you something, which is better when you die: heaven or hell?”
“I have no interest in the religion of livestock.”
“Aha then, what is the closest thing to heaven for you…or for our blood relatives?”
“Isn’t this the ‘Long Night’ that the Blood God promised us?”
Watson tilted his head and asked what new question he was asking, and Yoosung replied that he knew that would be the case.
“Okay then, do you know about the form of heaven that livestock imagine?”
“well. I have only vaguely heard of it, but
“it is a place above the clouds in the sky, where golden sunlight pours in all day long.”
“…It really is a hellish place.”
Watson frowned. Yoosung shrugged his shoulders at those words and then continued.
“Okay, I’m getting the hang of it, Watson.”
“Really?! As expected…
“By the way, have you ever heard of ‘entrapment investigation’?”
Immediately afterwards, Watson’s expression turned pale and Yoosung shrugged his shoulders and answered.
“Oh, don’t worry too much. “It will be less terrible than going to heaven.”
