My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 20
Akrich (1)
Kwazijic—!
“Ugh! “How did this happen!”
Wirak, in charge of the Azantu branch of the Brokoslak Clan, could not possibly understand the current situation.
The hideout in the middle of the city was suddenly attacked after breaking through the perimeter spread throughout the city.
I was able to guess who the culprit was.
‘It must be the guy who hid with the fragments! What he’s after is the fragments we had!’
What I couldn’t understand was how that was possible.
‘The entire city was already being monitored to search for debris. How did you escape our radar? Also, how did you find out where the fragment was hidden?’
Everything was full of questions, but the important thing now was to keep the fragment safe.
As the incident took place in broad daylight, security was weakened, so it took more than 10 minutes for them to notice what was wrong and rush in.
[Finger of death.]
Quang!
“Damn it!”
And the bigger problems were those.
A group of undead were surrounding the building and preventing them from entering.
‘It’s when the sun is out… Of course, this may have been his plan. But there is no time to delay.’
Vampires who had received an emergency call were joining in one after another, but it was unclear how much Tiafol inside could endure.
Rumbling…
Just then, a dark cloud appeared in the clear sky and quickly expanded in size, covering the entire city with shadows.
‘shit! ‘You’re late!’
City defense magic installed at the home base.
Because it was an unexpected attack, it was inevitable that it would take some time to trigger, but Wirak, who was anxious, did not have the time to understand this.
“Going right in! Open the way!”
[Keeeeek!]
“Push!”
Clatter—clatter!
At Werak’s orders, the vampires banded together just to enter the interior.
Although the penalty was offset to some extent by the dark clouds over the city, the vampires who were unable to demonstrate their full strength died one by one due to the unreasonable entry.
[Guidance from the commander.]
“Keuheook! Wirak, go first!”
And thanks to the sacrifice of his subordinate who threw his body to block the black magic, he was finally able to enter the building.
“I’m going inside. “You block the entrance here!”
Wirak arrived at the entrance to the basement and gave orders to his subordinates who came in together.
The number of remaining blood that followed was only about a dozen, but it was probably enough to block the entrance to the basement, which was not exposed to sunlight.
‘Tiaphol! Please hold on!’
He prayed earnestly as he crossed the basement toward the debris.
In this case, the clan lord took interest and ordered it directly.
If anything goes wrong….
‘No! That can’t be possible! That couldn’t be possible…’
He ran quickly and finally arrived in front of the basement where the fragments were stored, but he could not go any further and had no choice but to stop.
OMG—
because overwhelming black magic was emanating from the room behind the barrier.
‘It’s late…’
That moment.
Squeak—
The basement door slowly opened…
and an abyss-like darkness leaked out through the gap.
The hair on my entire body stands up and my senses become more sensitive.
The moment the door opened seemed like an eon to Wirak.
I find myself out of breath without realizing it.
I couldn’t take my eyes off the door.
that.
like.
It was like the gates of hell were opening.
And he could face it soon.
A being wearing a mask, waving black robes, and clad in pitch-black flames approaches.
Like the descending devil… a disaster that spreads despair and fear.
***
〈Individual Information〉
-Individual name: Hans
-Race: Undead (Acrich)
-Common characteristics: 「Mind Herb」 「Mysterious Index」
-Individual characteristics: 「Corrupt Heart」 「Evil Wisdom」 「Forbidden Knowledge」 「 Immortality」「Magic affinity」「Dark magic」
-Special information: The rank has increased due to the power of ‘Fragment of the Immortal King (2/3)’. The inherent black magic increased explosively. You can obtain immortality by extracting your source and are constantly resurrected as long as the stored source is not destroyed.
I opened my eyes, conserving the power I had absorbed.
The vampire’s blood magic barrier that remained around was unable to withstand the flow of power and was torn apart.
[Wow, is this amazing?]
Absorbing the second fragment did not simply make him twice as strong.
‘At this level, the power output is at least five times… If you include the newly acquired skills, the force will be ten times stronger, right?’
The effect of the “forbidden knowledge” obtained this time was simple.
As the name suggests, it allows you to obtain forbidden knowledge, including black magic and the undead.
‘It’s like there’s a huge library in my head.’
It was also a library full of evil grimoires, including techniques for summoning demons and sacrificing people.
‘Plus, ‘Immortality’… I guess I’ll have to deal with that first before that.’
I opened the door and went out, facing Werak, who was standing frozen.
I worked hard to get through the undead and get here, but it was already too late.
[There is no need to say more.]
When he raised his leather-gloved hand to cover his bones and pointed at him, hands made of shadows came out from all directions and attacked him.
“Aaaah! Shit! “Where did this monster come from?”
Wirak roared, tearing at the shadows attacking him with bloodshot eyes.
He was definitely much stronger than Tiafol, whom he defeated earlier.
Unlike Tiafol, who specialized only in blood magic, he actively utilized his overwhelming physical ability and at the same time his magic skills were not far behind.
‘Well, it’s just a good punching bag right now.’
I only used black magic newly acquired through “Forbidden Knowledge.”
Wouldn’t it be better to try writing something yourself?
Black chains with scythes stirred through the space, and sulfur-smelling hellish flames scorched the air of the cellar.
All kinds of defensive barriers erected around me do not even allow him to approach.
Kugung—!
He tried to escape several times, but this area was already my territory.
Darkness from all directions crushed the space, pressing down on him.
“Whoa, damn it… Damn it! What is this ridiculous amount of horsepower…! “The fragments were completely absorbed…?”
[Heinz! I will attract attention, so escape somehow and inform the clan!]
At the same time as Wirak said, a telepathy message was sent to Heinz, who was hiding on one side.
I thought he was hiding it pretty well, but since he was a direct blood relative, it seemed like he couldn’t hide it completely.
[Heinz! Can’t you hear? It’s an order!]
Still, as I continued to hide, he sent me telepathy again.
He could feel the power of the prohibition forcing Heinz, but since he had no reason to follow it anymore, he easily ignored it.
[Damn, are you also in a situation where you have been subdued and can’t move?]
It seemed as if he had never thought that he could refuse his orders.
Wirak, who was resisting, was soon tied up in black chains and left lying on the floor.
thud!
“Hehehehehehehe. “Who are you…?”
A resigned voice, as if he sensed his end.
But those two eyes were still burning and glaring at Hans.
A look of resentment in his eyes, as if he couldn’t die like this.
After looking at it for a while, I smiled inwardly and opened my mouth.
[My name is Hans.]
There’s nothing I can’t tell you, at least your name.
It’s not even my real name anyway.
[Stop sleeping.]
Before it got any more annoying, I immediately used black magic to put him into suspended animation.
Wirak’s limp body.
And Heinz, who was hiding in the dark, came up and sank his teeth into the back of his neck and sucked out the blood.
《The object grows by meeting the conditions. The special skill 「Blood Clan (Remaining Blood)」 evolves to 「Blood Clan (Pure Blood)」.》
Wirak, who had been withering away, crumbled to dust.
Heinz was only able to be promoted after absorbing a second pureblood.
‘It seems that there is some loss when sucking blood. I think I’ve finally reached the pureblood end.’
Even though he absorbed blood from Wirak and became a pureblood, it seemed like he was not even as good as Tiafol, perhaps because he had just been promoted.
“Tsk~ I’ve just become a pureblood, so there’s nothing I can do about it. But if you keep sucking blood, you will become stronger.”
Since it has decided to focus on preying on its own kind, its growth rate will be completely different from that of other vampires.
Heinz stood up and headed upward.
There were still many vampires left here.
Surrounded by undead, unable to escape.
***
It didn’t take long for the situation to come to an end.
As I caught the remaining blood that resisted and sucked their blood one by one, I felt the purity of the vampire factor, the source of power inherent in the body, increase.
“Ah, I can’t eat this? “I understand why Rosilica said that.”
I grumbled as I sucked the Servant’s blood and spit it out on the ground.
I said that Servants and Slaves are not even treated as vampires.
It was full of mutated blood-sucking factors, which were impurities, so even if the blood was sucked, its purity would actually drop.
‘I see why they’re so imperfect.’
These were beings that forcibly mutated the cells of the body by injecting a small amount of blood-sucking factor.
Since it was easy to make and highly efficient compared to the resources consumed, there were bound to be limitations.
Heinz looked around.
Destroyed hideout buildings and gardens turned into battlefields.
Hans restored the broken undead and also revived the corpses of the minions that Heinz could not eat.
Fortunately, the commotion did not seem to be noticed by the residents thanks to Hans’s concealment barrier that still remains.
“Now then, let’s leave the city.”
Wiping out the vampires that ruled the city did not solve all problems.
On the contrary, security is likely to worsen further in the future as those holding the leashes of criminal organizations have been wiped out all at once.
Now is the best time to leave.
Heinz hurried to the place where the siblings were waiting.
The children will be ready to leave first and will be waiting only for themselves.
‘Still, my conscience pricks me a bit to just leave like this.’
After thinking about it for a while, I soon realized that it was a meaningless worry.
Aren’t there two bodies in this world?
‘okay! Anyway, Heinz is now strong enough. There’s no need to get help from Hans, so let’s split up here.’
Heinz will leave the city with his siblings and Hans will remain in the city for the time being to take care of other matters.
‘As expected, it’s convenient because I have multiple bodies.’
As Heinz moved to the place where the siblings were waiting, Hans used his newly acquired knowledge to transform the vampires into ghouls and store them in the subspace of the sound dimension.
[hmm…. If I research this a little more, I might be able to open it on Earth, right?]
The synergy between the “forbidden knowledge” and “evil wisdom” obtained this time was excellent.
Thanks to this, I was able to skillfully use black magic that I had only recently learned.
The only subspace magic that could be used right now was to use the sound dimension located behind the ‘Outerica Dimension’.
However, if we use “Evil Wisdom” to study new knowledge, we will soon be able to create a subspace that can be opened on Earth as well.
[I decided to think about it slowly and let’s go collect the remaining things.]
There were still a lot of things left to take care of.
Hans, who had taken care of all the undead, slipped into the shadows and moved quickly.
The destination was, of course, the home of the vampires.
‘I was able to use teleportation this time, but I’m still uneasy, so I’ll use it next time. There must be a barrier installed in their mansion to prevent movement.’
The headquarters we moved to was already in full swing preparing for battle.
An emergency summons was issued due to an attack on the hideout, leading to a state of emergency.
‘Of course, it’s a meaningless struggle.’
First, I placed a concealment barrier around the entire mansion.
Because I was planning on going on a rampage from now on.
[Come out. Come out and wipe them all out.]
Hundreds of undead poured out from the blackened floor.
I used black magic to strengthen the undead and slowly followed them.
Kwazijic!
“Kuwook!”
[Kieek—!]
A battle broke out between the minions waiting inside the mansion and the undead.
A slave with a bat face over 2 meters tall and a ghoul with the same shape bit each other.
The Servant that fell from the ceiling destroyed the skeleton’s skull and was counterattacked by another undead, causing it to fall down bleeding.
[Hmm… This is more than I thought?]
More slaves than the number I roughly figured out during my time as Heinz kept popping out.
I heard that a large number of people were hibernated underground in preparation for an emergency….
“Take out the intruders! If you hold on, Lord Wirak will come!”
“Keuek—!”
It seemed like they didn’t know that Wirak was already dead.
From the looks of it, the strongest thing here is the remaining blood left behind to protect the base.
‘Then there is no need to take any more time.’
I slowly spread dark magic throughout the mansion.
A black shadow spread across the floor, walls, and ceiling.
[Keeeeee—!]
“Huh!” “What is this again?!”
After a short period of time, the shadow finally spread across all areas.
I lightly hit the floor with the skull staff I was holding.
Fu bu bu buk—!
Puhwaak!
“Ugh—!”
“Kuwoeook!”
In an instant, a bloody mist spread throughout the mansion.
Black thorns protruded from all sides engulfed in shadow and pierced the vampires.
“Kkeuheook…. Weirak….”
The remaining blood, which was struggling with thorns stuck in its entire body, struggled for a moment and soon stopped moving.
A momentary silence came to the mansion.
[Wow… is this greater than I thought?]
After committing mass murder like this, I could clearly feel how much stronger I had become.
At this level, you won’t be ignored wherever you go.
‘No, is that normal?’
Countless undead standing around hundreds of corpses submerged in a sea of blood, creating a vicious atmosphere.
In the middle of it all, Hans emits a black aura.
It was a visual that made you feel like you should run away right away, let alone ignore it.
‘What kind of devil are you?…’
I looked around for a moment.
Corpses that can be used as undead and expensive-looking decorations beyond them.
There are still many things left to take care of.
‘You should take everything you can. They said this is where I keep my valuables.’
I hummed to myself as I spread the undead throughout the mansion.
The more money you have, the better.
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