Volume 1 - Chapter 2.9

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This might be sudden, but allow me to tell you the origins of vampires and the four oldest vampires that participated in World War 4. Vampires are an immortal race that survives by sucking and drinking blood as their food source. Currently, in the new era, vampires are no longer immortal, and they could no longer turn others into vampires. Only the four oldest vampires could turn normal people into vampires with the virus on their fangs. The first human to become a vampire happened on Year WV35, 2958 years ago— his name is known as Ambrogio. He received both blessings and curses from the celestial gods and became a vampire. It was said that because he fell in love and proposed to a celestial goddess of the moon, Selene— he was cursed to never walk under daylight again by the celestial god of the sun (also known as the celestial god of light, oracles, knowledge, healing, diseases, music, poetry, songs, dance, archery, herds and flocks, and protection of young), Apollo, out from jealousy. Then in order to become immortal to live with Selene, he went to the underworld and made a deal to the celestial god of the underworld, Hades. However, to make that deal— he needs to give Hades the silver bow and arrows of the celestial goddess of the hunt, Artemis. Knowing that Ambrogio tried to steal her silver bow and arrows— Artemis placed a cursed Ambrogio to have a burning-allergic reaction to silver. Ambrogio swore loyalty to Artemis and worked hard afterwards, receiving various blessings from her— turning him into a vampire and the best hunter under Artemis. Artemis even grants Ambrogio some of her silver bow and arrow, which he then gave them to Hades and gained immortality. Just when Ambrogio thought he could be together with Selene forever, he found out that Apollo cursed Selene to become mortal— removing all of her divinity as the celestial goddess of the moon. Ambrogio took her to Artemis, and she was given one choice— to become a vampire just like Ambrogio. Later onwards, Selene was turned into a vampire but later had her divinity restored by Artemis. In the end, they were separated because of Selene’s duty as the celestial goddess of the moon— Ambrogio was left on earth and Selene on the moon. The second person to become a vampire is Gaius Julius Caesar, this happened in Year XA37, 2456 years ago. He was turned into a vampire by a demon. Between his ascent to the throne or either to his supposed death— Gaius summoned a demon from hell realm to make a Faustian blood pact in exchange for power and immortality to succeed his throne. The demon fulfilled its part, but then later betrayed Gaius and cursed him to spend his eternity in the cave of Broken Tooth Mountain (was destroyed during World War 4, but he was freed even before that), during year XA41. The only way for him to break the curse is to find a successor to take his place. After spending a total of 1423 years at the cave, he was freed by Vlad III Dracula at year XN64. Vlad III Dracula, which is also known as Dracula nowadays— he is the third person to become a vampire. On a certain day, Vlad was hunting at Broken Tooth Mountain and discovered a soldier’s helmet from Turks` empire. He fears that the empire is going to invade his country— Vlad and his soldiers travel upwards to a cave on Broken Tooth Mountain, where it might possibly be where the enemies are camping. Inside the cave, his party was attacked and killed by a dark figure— which is Gaius. Vlad survived as Gaius flees from the sunlight. He then soon learned about the truth from a monk about Gaius, where he was a former emperor who sold his soul to a demon and was tricked— he was waiting for someone to take his place. Vlad was then accused by a subject of the Turks` empire for killing his battalion of scouts (which was actually killed by Gaius) and tells Vlad that Sultan Mehmed II wants 1000 boys and his son to join the Janissary Corps as his compensation for the loss of his battalion. Vlad refuses and is forced to kill the subjects to save his son, even though he knew he would need to fight against the army of the Turks. Vlad knows his army is no match for the Turks, against Sultan Mehmed II. He returns to Broken Tooth Mountain and seeks power from Gaius. Though Gaius was reluctant to give him his power to a man who slaughtered thousands (although he was no different from Vlad, but maybe he did so to atone his sins), in the end— he told Vlad that there are consequences and offer him his cursed blood, which will temporarily give him the powers of a vampire. If Vlad resists drinking human blood for three days of dawn, then he will turn back to a human— if not, he will remain as a vampire forever, and the curse on Gaius will be set free. Unfortunately, circumstances happened, and Vlad was forced to suck his dying wife’s blood and become a vampire to destroy the empire, saving his son. Which then his son later became the Prince of Wallachia, and Vlad protects him from the darkness. At year XP10 (883 years ago), Countess Elizabeth Bathory de Ecsed summoned a demon from hell realm to make a pact in exchange for eternal youth. The price to pay for eternal youth requires the 666 souls of female virgins. She is the most prolific woman serial killer ever in history. She methodically lured the girls in, promising jobs for the peasant women and lessons in etiquette for those of the lesser gentry. She established an elaborate set of impossible rules for them to follow, and when they (inevitably) failed to follow her code, she used ‘punishment’ as an excuse to send them to her contracted demon. It was said that 650 girls were offered to the demon. When the empire found out, she was supposed to be executed immediately, but she escaped this fate because of her family name, and she was placed under house arrest instead. It was then announced that she died 4 years later of house arrest. But it’s actually not. Elizabeth— still 16 souls left and unable to fulfil the pact, she was turned into a vampire instead of having her soul taken by the demon. Currently, vampires consist of four types. The first type of vampire is known as the nightwalker vampires. They are the ‘children’ under Ambrogio, which he’s able to transfer his abilities through his saliva. The saliva injected to the blood, which causes changes to the person affected by it. Though they are not as powerful as Ambrogio, they have super strength, speed, senses, vision, atomize, and they are lesser immortals. Ambrogio’s curses are also passed down upon them, where they would die if they were exposed to sunlight and silver. Ambrogio will not die because of his immortality. His soul was with Hades, so he’s basically an undead immortal as long as his soul is unharmed. He is also the most powerful vampire that could easily destroy a city and change the landscape with just one arrow and could use any ability of the animal he desires. After World War 4, his whereabouts are currently unknown. The second vampire types are known as the demon vampires— they are the ‘children’ under Gaius Julius Caesar and Vlad III Dracula. They had superhuman strength, speed, senses, stamina, accelerated healing factor, metamorphosis, and lesser immortality. Though they were stronger when compared to Ambrogio’s vampires, the demon’s curse was also passed down to them. They will die if their hearts were stabbed by wooden stakes, exposed to sunlight, and near to crucifixes. They also had a strong desire for bloodlust. Both Gaius and Dracula were not affected by bloodlust and crucifixes. They will not die under sunlight and wooden stakes on their hearts but will weaken almost to a mortal being. They could even control the weather by covering the sky with thick, stormy clouds to shield them from the sunlight. They also possess mesmerism, which is the ability to mentally dominate, coerce, and order people to obey his desires upon eye-to-eye contact. Because once a former emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar is extremely intelligent. Among the four oldest vampires, he’s the smartest among the four. He spoke a famous line during World War 4, and that is ‘Let the Game begins’, as a command of his vampire army. After World War 4, he disappeared. It was said that he’s still searching for the demon that cursed him. Though Dracula was also once a former king of Transylvania, he wasn’t as smart as Gaius. However, he was extremely skilled in swordsmanship. He alone could defeat two thousand well-trained soldiers alone. After World War 4, he went back to Transylvania and created a kingdom for vampires to stay. Because of Dracula’s weather changing powers— Transylvania was hidden by thick, white mists— no one could find a way into it. Only the vampires who lived there knew how to enter. The third vampire types are known as the seductive vampires. Because of remorse and regrets for killing so many innocent girls, Elizabeth atoned, for her sins by only saving girls that she came across in her life. All of her ‘children’ are beautiful females. They had superhuman strength, speed, senses, stamina, accelerated healing factor, metamorphosis, charm, lesser immortality and they excelled in magic. They only had a weakness, that is to bloodlust. They need to feed themselves daily with blood, so they seduce men and take some of their blood in return. Elizabeth is the only vampire alone who could create a vampire with almost no weakness. She is an extremely beautiful woman. She could charm any men once their blood was sucked. She’s also a powerful magician that created her own unique vampire magic. After World War 4, her whereabouts were unknown. But rumours were told that she created a hideout containing a legion of powerful immortals. The fourth vampire types are also known as the winged vampires. They are the offspring of a bat-kin and vampire. With their blood mixed, they had superhuman strength, speed, senses, stamina, accelerated healing factor, metamorphosis or atomize, lesser-immortality and they had wings on their back. They could travel both day and night and didn’t have any weaknesses. Sherry is, no doubt the fourth type. From what I can tell, her other bloodline might possibly be under Elizabeth’s bloodline— because, for a vampire, she’s beautiful. “A vampire…huh. Whose bloodline were you under…?” I said to Sherry. “Eh? You are familiar with the vampire race…?” “I read history, more or less.” “My family bloodline is under Lord Ambrogio, Lord Gaius, and Lady Elizabeth.” Hearing those unbelievable words, I shook my head for a moment to clear my thoughts. “Say that again?” I ask to confirm once more. “Okay… Lord Ambrogio, Lord Gaius and Lady Elizabeth.” “All three!?” I inadvertently raised my voice out from shock. Blaze and Kronos seem confused. Persia, however, looks at me as if she’s telling me ‘she’s a gem’. “T-Then, did you learn magic? Could you cast magic…?” Elizabeth is a powerful magician. I was hoping those under her bloodline could have used her unique vampire magic to lift my seal. “I’m sorry… I can’t…” Sherry looks away, seeming a little disappointed. “Me too.” Persia suddenly interjected with a pouty look. “Such an obvious lie.” I retorted. “Meanie.” For some reason, I had a feeling she’s been wanting to catch my attention. Anyways, could you stop hugging Sherry? I think she’s going for your neck. Persia then simply activated magic storage and took a small container with a red metallic straw. “Here~ Blood pack~” “Thank you, Persia~” Sherry delightedly sips the blood with the straw. …Quite convenient. I hope the blood’s fresh. Seems like Sherry is telling the truth. I believe if she went through my training, she could easily master all three-keys of magic. Anyways, I need someone else who has the ability to at least handle three-key magic. This is S class, other than Persia who’s able to do it, I’m sure someone else is capable of doing so— I need to gather as much information as I can. “Kronos, aside from storage magic— could you use any other magic spells?” Kronos and Rumelia splendidly did two-key magic. They were able to activate easily as if it was any other day. “Nil.” He shakes his head with a serious look. …Perhaps I have been putting my expectations a little too high. What about Blaze? Turning himself into a dragon requires two-key magic too. “Blaze—” “Tch, don’t talk to me…!” …He clicked his tongue. What’s with his problem? God, I really want to punch him on the face and smash his jaw. “Erm, what about August—” “Do I seem like the type to cast magic?” “Whoa!? When did you come back…!?” I was freaked out by August who suddenly talks from behind. Why behind of all places…? “The principal healed me with his magic.” He muttered. “Anyways, among the S class— only Persia is skilled enough to cast a more complex magic.” He said with a smile. “No, I don’t.” Persia looks at him with a pouty look. “Well, suit yourself,” August replied arbitrarily. Hmm. Seems like he’s telling the truth. Fine then. Forget about it. There are seven minutes left. Though it was just a mock battle, I still need to think up a strategy… Firstly… I need to see their compatibility… August sat next to Kronos. “Hey Kronos, you should be careful next time,” August said with a smile and slammed Kronos’s back repeatedly. “…Whatever. Stop slamming my back.” Kronos nudged his glasses and muttered with an irritated look. “Both of you are annoying. Get lost.” Blaze is glaring fiercely at them. “Uh… umm…” Sherry was flustered. “Don’t sweat the small stuff. They are always like this.” Persia added. …Aside from Persia and Sherry, those guys had such horrible compatibility. I thought they got along well. Compatibility doesn’t seem to work well. How about their fighting abilities…? Each and every person had their own unique way to fight. Perhaps I could go from that. Firstly, their weapons. I don’t have much hope from it either. “Anyways, do you guys have guns as a weapon?” “Wow, such bad luck,” August replied almost immediately. “The only four who had guns are at the princess’s team now.” “Huh.” I let out a bitter laugh. “Really?” “Wow. Those eyes are definitely looking down on us. There’s nothing wrong with using weapons other than guns, right?” August retorted. Other weapons other than guns? What on earth are they even using as a weapon…!? “No, wait, hold it.” I quickly muttered. “One-by-one please tell me what weapons are you guys even using?” “Sword,” August said while making a display with his sword. “Cards,” Persia said, showing me a deck of spade royal straight flush with the golden cards on her hand. “Those junks earlier,” Kronos muttered. Huh? You gave me junk? “You want me to punch you?” Blaze uttered. Why punch me? You could’ve eaten me if you want. “E-Erm… A rapier.” Sherry murmured. I took a deep breath… “Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……” …and heaved a long, fed-up sigh.
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