Chapter 155

Chapter 155

Happy holidays! This extra chapter is thanks to the support from Thaddeus, OC, AY, and AK.

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『Vampire』

One of the most famous monsters in fantasy history.

The existence of twilight, the lord of monsters, or the Immortal King.

Yes, the Immortal King was by no means a skeleton! The Vampire was the true Immortal King!

Ryo wanted to exclaim out loud ...

But it didn’t appear to be the right atmosphere to say such a thing, so he kept silent.

Vampires, or the like, have existed on Earth since ancient times.

Regardless on the East or the West side of the ocean.

The image that many people, including Ryo, have was formed in modern Europe.

Needless to say, it was largely due to Bram Stoker’s ‘Count Dracula’.

(Maybe Bram Stoker was a person who reincarnated from another world to Earth! Like JRR Tolkien!)

Ryo was delusional.

Vlad the third of the Dracula family, commonly known as Vlad Tepes, who became the model for Dracula, was not originally close to the image of a vampire ... At best, his portraits had some resemblance and his act of skewering the enemy Ottoman soldiers was vampire-like ... but that was about it.

He was a hero who had done his best to protect the weak homeland of Wallachia from the neighboring superpower, the Ottoman Empire.

“Did you say Vampire?”

It was the Priest Graham who slowly asked Dogon to confirm.

Graham, who had left all the questions to Hugh and was devoted to listening, was the first to speak this time.

Hugh also glanced at Graham, whose atmosphere had changed.

“I wouldn’t be able to tell, but Joe said so.”

The Swordsman Dogon nodded and replied.

“Master McGrath, is that Joe alive ...?”

“The most seriously injured person you helped, that Spearman is Joe.”

Hugh answered Graham’s question.

“Him? There’s no danger to his life ... but it might take a while for his consciousness to return. I would definitely want to ask him directly when he is capable of speaking.”

“Yes. I’ll let you know when he is ready to speak, Graham.”

The meeting was over for the day and Dogon and the other person left, offering to help with nursing in the recovery room.

Ryo approached Hero Roman.

“What’s wrong, Ryo?”

Roman had a straightforward personality, so Ryo immediately approached to ask him.

“A while ago, Graham’s atmosphere changed as soon as the word Vampire came out ... what happened?”

Ryo called out to Roman to ask what had happened between Graham and Vampires.

Of course, he was trying to ask in advance, hoping that his personal feelings would not harm future operations.

It was not mere curiosity. Yes, it was not.

“Oh. In the Western Countries, Vampires are a special race. They are called the incarnation of evil ... and notably, the Church has hunted Vampires many times ...”

In reality, that was not the entire story.

Roman’s expression showed that it was something difficult to say.

It was a bad idea to ask excessively there.

“I see. I understand. Thank you.”

When Ryo said so, Roman left the room with a slightly relieved expression.

Magistrate office.

Magistrate Goro and Folklore Officer Rashata sat facing each other.

“A Vampire ...”

“Rashata, is there a connection between the Majin and the Vampire?”

Rashata murmured to himself and Goro asked.

“I’ve been thinking about that for the entire time, but ... as far as I know, there has been no indication of any relationship between the two.”

If Rashata couldn’t recall any, it meant that there were no folklores in the Kingdom that showed any relationship between the Majins and Vampires.

“To look for the missing villagers, quite a few villagers, including myself, went into the forest to search the mountains several times ... but we were lucky we didn’t meet the Vampire.”

Goro frowned, recalling mountain searches that could have destroyed the village if he made a mistake.

“Well, if you think of it this way, isn’t it good that you found out about this now? It’s not normal for Master McGrath to be part of the reinforcements. And adding the Hero party to that ... there’s no doubt that Goro is lucky. You can have some confidence in that aspect.”

“What is with that choice of words for encouragement?”

Then they both laughed.

The four from Room 10 were in the dining room of the accommodation.

Of course, Kona coffee was placed in front of the four.

“I didn’t expect a Vampire to come out.”

The conversation on this end began similarly.

It was surprising that it was Niels who started the discussion.

His tone was grave.

“Does Niels know about Vampires?”

Ryo was a little surprised.

He could understand if Etho was familiar with Vampires, but Niels ...

“Yeah. Terrifying beings that suck the lifeblood of humans.”

“I see, I was wrong to expect something from Niels.”

“Hey Ryo, isn’t that too rude?”

Niels was indignant at the line that Ryo spat out as he jerked his head.

Amon smiled at their antics.

However, Ryo noticed that Etho, who would usually smile with Amon, wasn’t smiling.

“Etho? Were you too stunned by Niels’s answer ...”

Graham stopped suddenly, opened his eyes wide, and turned his face toward Ryo.

“Ryo, have you met a Vampire somewhere?”

“N-no, I have not ...”

The expression on his face was enough to surprise Ryo.

Ryo was just a little scared.

“I see ... It’s pretty accurate. Vampires dress as if they are aristocrats. And they will never perform hard work themselves. Instead, the Vampire servants will do all of that. In the Western Countries, they are called ‘Strigoi’. And it was likely this Strigoi that Joe and his party encountered earlier.”

“Are these Strigoi made when a Vampire bites a person ...”

“Yes. A human being bitten by a Vampire becomes a Strigoi.”

Graham answered Ryo’s question, frowning and creating deep wrinkles on his forehead.

“Graham. The way to transform those Strigoi back to human ...”

“There isn’t any way. Unfortunately.”

Graham replied to Ethos’s question with a more pained look than ever before.

“That ... I have one question ...”

Ryo turned to Graham to ask what he was interested in.

“Yes?”

“I would like to know the magical characteristics of the Strigoi and the real Vampires.”

“Magical characteristics?”

“Yes. What are the attributes that they are weak against, like for example, they are weak against the Light-Attribute, and on the flip side, what attribute magic can they use ...”

“Ah, I see.”

Graham nodded and replied.

“Let’s sit down and talk in the dining room there.”

Hugh said and quickly entered the dining room before

“Four coffees.”

Ordering without asking them and sat down.

The order ‘Four coffees’ that Ryo’s boss sometimes did on Earth was very refreshing to Ryo’s ears.

(That brings up good memories.)

It wasn’t a big deal, but it made Ryo grin a little.

“First of all, Strigoi are weak against sunlight. They detest it but it doesn’t mean they can’t move under sunlight. Well ... there was a study that concluded that their ability is halved under the effects of sunlight. However, this time we would encounter them in a dense forest so ...”

“Ah, that’s why the victims appear in the Eastern forest and they do not come out to the village.”

Hugh added to Graham’s explanation.

“I think so. Of course, if it’s at night, with rain, or cloud cover, they could act at full capabilities outside the forest. Also, regarding magic, I’ve not heard any word that they are weak against the Light-Attributes. They can’t use magic, but the Strigoi doesn’t have any particular weaknesses.”

Graham explained to that point in a breath and then sipped a sip of coffee.

“Also, they do not have any magic stones in their bodies, so the only way to make sure they are defeated is to decapitate them. They are certain to be dead once decapitated.”

Graham made a gesture of dragging his right hand sideways in front of his neck.

It seemed that the gesture of decapitating was common even in different worlds.

“So, regarding the Vampires ... they have no magical weaknesses, just like the Strigoi, but they can use all attributes.”

“Huh......”

“All attributes?”

Etho and Ryo were utterly speechless.

Seeing that, Graham understood that the information he disclosed was misunderstood.

“Sorry, all attributes do not mean that one individual can use all attributes. Each individual can use different attributes. Some Vampires use Fire-Attribute magic, some use Earth-Attribute, and so on.”

“Just like humans.”

“Yes.”

Graham agreed with Hugh’s impression with a frown.

“Some denominations of the Church claim that Vampires are ‘Beings born in the dark’. Vampires also do not have magic stones in their bodies, so they cannot be classified as monsters. However, many people in the Western Countries harbor various feelings against them because they are a race that has been hostile to humans over a long history. Also, they are said to have an aristocratic system. Ranking from Duke at the top to Baron at the bottom. You can generally think of the rank as being the same as their strength.”

Graham calmly continued to explain.

“Those above Count are considerable monsters. However, for more than a hundred years, it is said that encounters with Vampires above the Count rank in the Western Countries are few and far between.”

No one said a word as they listened to Graham’s explanation.

It was quite valuable information for those in the Central Nations.

“We cannot know what magic to use when facing Vampires until we actually encounter them, but for any vampire, you may call it a racial trait ... they have extremely high magical resistances for all attributes.”

“All attribute resistance ...”

Ryo involuntarily muttered game-like knowledge after Graham’s explanation.

“Therefore, in the battle with Vampires, the magic professions convert to support and the melee professions will defeat them.”

“In other words, you have high expectations for Roman and Hugh!”

“It’s ... it’s been a long time since I’ve been on the battlefield ...”

Hugh McGrath sighed toward Ryo’s words.

But ...

“But Ryo also has a sword ...”

“I’m a Magician!”

In the Royal Capital, Ryo had been engaged in simulated battles with Roman, a Swordsman and Hero, so Graham asked to include him as a member of the close combat team, but Ryo blatantly declared that he was a Magician.

“By the way, Ryo was also having simulated battles with Sera with a sword, wasn’t he? Even the Knights couldn’t compete with him ...”

“I’m a Magician!!”

In Rune, Ryo was engaged in simulated battles with Sera, a sword user who is said to surpass even the genius Swordsman Abel, so Hugh mentioned that it would be strange not to have him as a member of the close combat team, and Ryo once again blatantly declared that he was a Magician.

“In the first place ... is there a real Vampire here?”

It was Etho who asked the question to tear through such unproductive questions and answers.

“It seems certain that there is a Strigoi, but we have not confirmed any Vampire presence after all.”

“It’s certainly not confirmed, but Strigoi wouldn’t be created without a Vampire, and if that Vampire dies for any reason, its kin will die. In other words, with the presence of a Strigoi, we should assume that there is at least one Vampire nearby.”

Graham answered Etho’s question with a few nods.

It was confirmed that there would be a nasty Vampire with all attributes magic resistance.

“Just one Vampire alone is still a troublesome foe though.”

Graham muttered in a quiet voice.