Immediately after the Bertolus Fortress was completely destroyed.
Boooow!
Hundreds of bats poured down on us like a hornet’s nest hit by a boulder.
The field effect that dyed the surroundings night was still in effect, and the bats were sure to flock to the light like moths to a flame as usual.
Even just now, light was pouring out from the portal that had opened behind us.
but······.
“Come on in, you guys.”
Kwaaaaang!
The Gigant’s arm soared into the sky, igniting its jet engine.
The pure white flames from the jet engine stopped the bats······.
Kiiiiiing!
The arm began to heat up and emit a pure white glow.
And as a result, hundreds of bats followed the white-hot rocket punch, one after the other.
As with the last lighting, they swarmed to destroy the light source.
As if not allowing even a single ray of light into this gloomy sanctuary.
Swoosh!
Rocket Punch drew a tail like a meteor in the night sky.
Instead of falling from the sky, it was in the shape of a distant parabola.
As Gigant’s arm, which had gathered all the bats, finally quickly passed over a certain section······.
“shipment.”
Kwaaaaaaaah!
The two spheres collided, sending debris flying in all directions.
Ping! Ping!
Kaaaak!
Bats fall down with a thud as if hit by a spicy drug.
Yongsu Lee took Gigant’s arm away familiarly.
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What stood before us was a vampire dressed in a clean suit.
Judging from the way he addresses people as ‘Baron’ and ‘Master’, he seems to be the guy’s butler.
Moreover, when I saw him giving various orders to other vampires, I thought he was a leader among the servants.
“Oh, my lord!”
Immediately after the castle fell, the vampire butler hurried to return to his master.
but······.
“Where did this little bat go!”
“Don’t let them go!”
Because the knights gathered in an instant, they had no choice but to fight against us.
The one leading the charge, swinging his hammer at the bastard, was none other than Avalon’s guard captain, Veron.
“T-t …
“You seem worried about your master. I know how you feel.”
Veron was more serious about this battle than anyone else.
While the knights of Camelot were away to fend off the monster wave in Athens, the guards of Avalon were holding off the remaining wave in Budapest.
Veron, who had just returned to subspace yesterday after clearing out the additional waves that had flowed in from Romania.
That evening, I told him that the vampires were using the Romanians as livestock.
“It doesn’t seem like other people’s business. Livestock······.”
The last 80 years of living as a slave in Barnaul.
Although he had now regained his human form, he still retained his memories of those times.
It is only natural that in his eyes, the Romanians see images of Avalon from the past.
Now he knew too.
That simply surviving is not enough.
“At that time, I thought everything would be fine as long as Arthur was alive. We had become undead, but······ our very existence had not disappeared. But······.”
After meeting Pax FC, it wasn’t just a new life that he gained.
“Just because you’re breathing doesn’t mean you’re alive. Whether you’re a slave or livestock… they’re all just another form of death cleverly disguised.”
A life lived worse than being dead.
Maybe that was life too, but I couldn’t call it living.
Veron looked at me, his eyes shining.
“The day you gave the Avalonians a home in Elvenheim, I realized that there is another realm of life beyond being born, eating, sleeping, and following orders.”
It was none other than the realm of civilization.
A home where you can stretch out your legs, a meal you can eat without worry, a place where safety is guaranteed.
In order for a person to live like a human being, many things really had to be in place.
and······.
“I remember it clearly.”
It was a full 80 years before Avalon regained his life.
“I discovered it in an everyday place called a toilet······, but more than anything, it was the stream of a great civilization······.”
“······.”
It was too unremarkable an experience to symbolize a turning point in life······.
In any case, the conclusion he reached was this:
“There are many, many people who need Pax FC. If you allow me to······ I would like to make it my mission to convey that.”
“······Then take it.”
I quietly handed him the ‘divine punishment’ made of iron.
“This is······.”
Veron, who had commanding abilities like Lancelot.
He’ll make a pretty decent captain for Pax FC.
Kwaaaaang!
Either way, the fight between Veron and the vampire butler continued.
“You dirty little livestock guy······.”
Veron, who still remains in the top 7th rank.
It was a vampire of a higher rank than that, and it didn’t take much damage even from kicks······.
Paaaaak!
“Keuh-euk!”
Even if you are hit by the ‘Divine Punishment’ that has been strengthened to level 5, you cannot escape unscathed.
The vampire, blown away by the shock, rolled on the stone floor, then struggled to get up, coughing up blood.
Although it did not die because it defended its body with its wings, it was in so much pain that it was chewing its lips until they bled.
“This kid······.”
Flutter!
A vampire who has finally escaped the clutches of the knights.
As if he couldn’t miss his chance, he kicked the ground and flew into the sky.
He let out a voice that sounded like ultrasonic waves and gave orders to the other vampires who were fighting the paladins.
“Watch out for the hammer! Avoid close combat as much as possible!”
Flutter!
Flutter!
At his words, dozens of vampires simultaneously flew into the sky.
“You should consider their strength to be on the same level as ours! It’s at a level where you can defend with repulsion, but… that hammer is not it. Keep your distance as much as possible and fight using blood!”
With those words, the vampire butler clasped his hands together.
Then, using his sharp right fingernail, he made a deep and wide wound on his left hand.
Stop.
Stop.
Blood dripping down my left hand.
The vampire butler swung his left arm wildly at us.
“You are not even worth living as livestock. Die!”
Choaaaah!
It was just a few drops of blood.
But the further they fell, the more the amount swelled like waves, and the knights guarding the vanguard hastily formed a defensive formation.
Pavababababak!
A red wave of water splashing up like it was hitting a rock.
Even though it was a level 4 shield with added iron, it melted away as soon as it touched the bastard’s blood.
“Not a single one of you will return alive. Since you dared to challenge a vampire to a fight, you are nothing more than a bunch of lowly livestock······.”
They seemed to have gotten the hang of it now.
If we keep enough distance and fight while spewing blood, we should be able to subdue the paladins without much difficulty.
but······.
“preparation!”
The calm voices of the knights.
Coincidentally, something was prepared on this side as well.
Fourteen Gigant equipped with golem cores.
Although they still lack repaired cores to create more, this alone would be enough to create variables in the fight against the vampires.
“Unit 2! Forward!”
All fourteen gigants were structurally identical.
In other words, it means that there is a passenger seat like in the Gigant of Yongsu Lee.
Ta-da! Knock!
Veron, who had jumped up lightly, climbed onto the passenger seat that looked like a diaper, holding the hammer······.
“firing.”
“firing!”
Paaaaang!
Just like Rocket Punch, this time the passenger seat behind him soared into the sky.
“Euryaaaaaaaah!”
“What, what is that!?”
A flying Diaper Paladin wielding a giant war hammer.
The expression on the butler vampire’s face as he fell down in surprise was truly something to behold.
The Gigant would fire the passenger seat, and the Paladin would fly in and crush the vampire’s skull, then use the Golem Core to pull the passenger seat back in.
In short, we have created a sort of ‘Paladin’ launcher.
“It may not be as good as a subspace portal, but······.”
However, the firing range was only a few dozen meters and the number of Gigants was only fourteen, but this alone was enough to quickly change the flow of the battlefield.
It was the vampires who had the upper hand, but at some point, the knights began to fly in the sky.
“Crack the skulls of those bat babies!”
“Yes, sir!”
Swoosh!
“Eww! Get out, get out!”
The vampires just kept sprinkling blood like salt, and sprinkling it again and again.
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.
The fight was going from strength to strength.
While the knights fought against the vampires, I was steadily sweeping away the bats that were streaming out, and I was reaching the ruined castle with Yongsu Lee.
“Where should I look······.”
The Romanians they treated as livestock.
Of course, the Baron or whatever the vampire butler was desperately looking for would also be somewhere here.
I was determined to catch that bastard and hold him accountable for all of this.
and······.
“Hee, eek!”
It wasn’t long before they discovered a factory-like complex consisting of several buildings, and were able to confirm that it was a ‘livestock shed’ built by the vampires.
At the funeral, at least a few hundred victims were left with needle marks all over their bodies, looking terrified at the collapsed vampire castle.
Jiiing!
I opened the portal right away.
Then, he asked Song Hyeon-gu in Gangnam to transfer them all to Severance Hospital, regardless of what they cried out.
“Well, you’ll find out when you go.”
The slave-like worldview that if you leave the estate you will surely die is ingrained in their minds······.
After getting hit on the back by the nurses and eating a few bowls of hospital food, I thought I would improve on my own.
And further on, while continuing to move······.
“······Where is this?”
We were able to discover a black rectangular building that looked difficult to believe was built by humans.
I set up a portal in front like a shield and slowly entered the building with Lee Yong-soo.
As if by some magic, the inside was kept quite cool.
As expected of a vampire facility, there was not a single light inside, but Yongsu Lee, who was behind them, shone a large lantern forward.
What I have confirmed is······.
“Mr. Jeonggyeom, this is······.”
Long display cases lined up on both sides.
It was human blood, contained in transparent containers, hanging densely on a frosty ring.
The interior of the building was quickly filled with a bright red light as the lantern’s light passed through the bright red blood.
“It’s a blood bank. Well······.”
There was nothing strange about it.
Wasn’t it completely expected that they would suck people’s blood?
Strictly speaking, this would be the vampires’ ‘business item’.
but······.
“It’s different when you see it in person. This is······.”
As I looked at the blood packs hanging in a row like butcher’s meat, an emotion that was difficult to describe came over me.
I left the blood storage facility together with Lee Yong-soo.
To my eyes, which had become accustomed to the darkness of the night, the number of vampires roaming the sky had decreased significantly.
“There comes Veron.”
Yongsu Lee pointed far away with his hand.
Pax FC’s Paladin leader, Veron, was dragging the vampire butler, who was in a mess, by the hair.
Veron was outraged at the idea of treating people like livestock.
The 80 years of Avalon were still unfolding on Earth.
Seeing this situation, it really was like that.
“You are here, sir.”
Veron dropped the vampire butler and knelt down before me.
“I heard that a man named Baron Bertolus is the owner of this manor. I think I can find out the exact location through him.”
It was a brilliant idea to track down the enemy’s leader, but······.
“No, I don’t think that’s necessary.”
I just looked to the side and helped Veron up.
CLANG!
A vampire opens the coffin lid and rises.
Because the bastard was glaring bright red at us.
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