Chapter 19.1: Before Leaving

Now that I thought about it, I have never read so many books in my life.

Back in my ‘real’ life, I was only interested in playing RaSa, breaking achievements, and getting more items and skills.

If I wasn’t so crazy about this game, maybe shit like this wouldn’t have happened.

…My thoughts drifted away for a while, but anyway, the reason I suddenly had this thought was because of what I was doing.

“Hmm.”

I closed the book I was reading.

On one side of the desk, there was a heap of things that looked like old books, all of them related to vampires.

Currently, my daily routine in the castle was to look at a map or read a book repeatedly.

The books I read were all related to vampires.

These guys are also a rare species, so there isn’t much information.

Most of the rare races, like the White Moon tribe, lived somewhere in the depths of the forest among themselves.

Besides, among the many races in this world, vampires were a race that had a bad reputation.

Because of this, it was even more difficult to find information because other races had ostracised them from the world for a long time.

Even in the game, there were few stories related to vampires.

There are mysteries, but if I could use blood magic, the synergy with instant kill would be great…

The reason I was so obsessed with vampires was because of the racial trait, ‘Blood Art’.

Each individual had a unique ability, but freely handling blood as if using telekinesis was a common skill that all vampires could use.

No matter how much I thought about it, there was no better way to maximize the efficiency of my instant kill than to get blood magic.

The problem was that in order to get it, I had to directly go to ‘Elrod Forest’, one of the hiding places of the vampires.

It’s completely suicidal.

In this world, not all vampires lived by sucking blood.

Vampires were divided into tribes, and there were ones among them that did not suck the blood of other races and lived well among themselves.

But because there were still those who did, even those tribes lived while being ostracised and persecuted.

Because of this, most tribes who had been unfairly treated had quite severe hostility towards other race.

Elrod Forest was also a place where some vampire tribe lived. It wouldn’t be strange if I, a human, would be attacked right away if I appeared there.

It’s really difficult.

It’s difficult to decide.

The order of obtaining the other mysteries was pretty much all set.

However, suddenly discovering a new way to use [Instant Kill] and blood magic, I couldn’t help but wonder if I should visit Elrod Forest in the middle.

If Asher and I went there alone, things would definitely become bad.

But if I mobilize the troops of my territory, things would get too big.

It would be equivalent to going to war.

No matter how peaceful a tribe was, vampires themselves were a fairly warlike race, and they had a lot of hostility towards other races.

If I led my troops to Elrod Forest, the vampires there would definitely resist, no matter what kind of threat they faced.

If that happens, I will become a killer who massacred a whole tribe just to get a blood skill.

And since Elrod Forest was in a different Lord’s territory, it would have been difficult to lead an army.

The reason I sought an escort like Asher in the first place was because I couldn’t lead my army on the lands of the other Lords.

I sank into the chair and let out a sluggish breath. And I turned my thoughts elsewhere.

A way to use [Instant Kill] from a distance without blood magic.

In the Rutus Mountains, where I climbed to get super regeneration, I met Bellvagorah and almost died.

I had to travel all over Calderic looking for other mysteries, but I could encounter such unexpected dangers again that even Asher couldn’t handle.

There’s nothing wrong with preparing a way to use [Instant Kill] more efficiently to prepare for that time.

Long distance attack.

If there was a way to just cut a wound and splatter blood…

However, since that would only fly a few distances, it was difficult to even call it a long-range attack.

In this world overflowing with all kinds of monsters, if an enemy came within a few meters to attack me, I would be much more likely to die before I could do anything.

Another method was to smear blood on something and blow it off.

For example, shooting an arrow with blood on the arrowhead.

That would seem to be the best.

But, of course, there’s one problem. I didn’t know how to shoot a bow.

I just need to learn if I don’t know how.

Anyway, the danger I was likely to face while searching for mysteries was huge monsters like Bellevagorah.

Those filthy strong guys should be able to dodge several shots from a poor archer.

I didn’t intend to waste time, but it wouldn’t hurt to learn how to shoot casually.

And because of the mystery of super regeneration, my stamina was overflowing, so you could practice as much as I want without needing to rest.

Then let’s learn it.

I got up from my seat.

It’s farfetched to ask the other knights of the castle to teach me how to use the bow.

Then, there’s only one suitable person.