Vol 14 Chapter 1 (1/2)
ACT 1 Pet Dog
[TL Notes: I made a small edit to the previous chapter The skill slots for Racard’s blood-sucking skill increased to 2, not by two
Also for those who don’t knohat ‘chaebol’ is when it is e corporations commonly found in South Korea If you want le]
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Shortly after Karakul met his end
According to the rules of a vampire’s duel, Racard inherited all of Karakul’s possessions It meant the Karakul’s territory, castle and the bloody subordinates all belonged to Racard The bloody swiftly changed their attitude after the duel finished
“Oh, the shi+ning charisma, it is wonderful!”
“As expected, the people who make their own fortunes are different”
“It will be a great honour to serve such a fine Lord”
“I thought it would be like fro”
“I’ll offer my whole body to our Lord”
The bloody prostrated theround and shook their tail They didn’t seem like subordinates who had served Karakul for 100 years Well, the bloody and Karakul’s relationshi+p wasn’t one of loyalty but was more like a forced blood contract
“Earl… Earl Racard…”
Racard looked like it still hadn’t sunk in But after a htened as the bloody continued praising him
“Earl, yes I a is mine! Hahaha Eh? What’s that nasty stuff? Why is it in my room?”
Racard looked around the room and frowned as he saw a black lump Then one of the bloody twisted its hand and replied
“Yes, that is Karakul as the previous Lord”
Karakul had been a powerful vampire who controlled portions of the Dark Earth However, the triple coarlic snizable ashes Racard farted at the bloody’s answer and muttered
“Bah, what are you guys doing? This is my room Quickly remove the mess Clean up the room”
“Yes, I understand I’ll re”
The competent bloody was also a professional maid so the roooods were removed while the various blood spots were neatly polished Then the strong vaed out It was a world where losing was truly disastrous
“Huhuhu, I’m an Earl…should I talk like an Earl?”
Racard sat down in the chair used by Karakul and laughed Then he spoke to Ark and the Wolrang
“Ah, did you see? Did you see? I’m now an Earl But there’s no need for you to be tense I’m not an authoritarian va who helped me So you can live comfortably Hahaha!”
However Ark didn’t feel like laughing
‘damn, this is bad’
Ark sighed with a mixed expression Of course, Racard’s evolution was an inspiring event for Ark 170 total stats were added when Racard evolved It was like he gained 17 levels at once However, the i Recently he learned that the ranking that appeared in a summons’s information asn’t simply a classification
The combat ability of monsters wasn’t just determined by their level or stats A user’s skill was affected by the ranking of the skill This was also applied to the ility and ability to cope with different situations would depend on the ranking That’s why a level 80 user could fight against a level 100 monster without difficulty However, it wouldn’t be that easy for the user if they were dealing with a level 100 inter then its poould increase by approxiht be required to hunt it It was one of the reasons why Ark used Racard’s satellite surveillance mode in battles Most of theere intermediate ranked Because Razak also involved, he now had two intermediate ranked summons
But he wasn’t entirely happy about Racard evolving to an intermediate rank If Ark attacked an intere wouldn’t be applied or not all of it will be applied On the other hand, there was a possibility of receiving additional das of the ions It would be impossible to exert his full power no h food In the end, the evolution of his pets was necessary if he wanted to use theions It was the reason Ark chose evolution even though he could raise their stats through food
‘Anyway, Racard has an inter now There will be no penalties applied if we face an intermediate monster’
It hts
‘There is also an additional skill slot in Blood-sucking’
Until now, there had only been one skill slot for Blood-sucking so it was very inconvenient If he wanted to preserve the skill saved in the slot then he couldn’t use Blood-sucking Now that there were two slots, he could divide it into one slot to use and one to save It also had a 10 probability of blocking a rando skills through Karakul so he are of its power Although it blocked a random skill so luck was needed, it could be used to properly neutralize the enemy
‘Blood Lane is also a wide area curse ic!’
The evolution was undoubtedly successful
‘OkayKarakul is defeated and ood But……’
Ark released a sigh and looked at Racard absent- a red tuxedo The reason Ark was dissatisfied was because of the tuxedo
Blood Red Tuxedo (Rare)
Armour type: Special Costume
Durability: 23/60
Defense: 30
Weight: 15
User restriction: Vampires only
A vampire’s tuxedo dyed in his favourite colour, blood red It appears to be clothes that Karakul who possessed great power preferred and is a luxury clothing using the finest fabrics There aren’t many vanity of the va this
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‘The rare iteot was exclusively for vampires……’
The vampire wasn’t a race that users can select In addition, Ark was the only user who can summon vampires In other words, the vampire-only items were created exclusively for Racard Of course, Ark was also intending to gather equipment for his summons
‘But why did a boss monster drop a rare item for my pets?’
He would be able to receive hundreds of gold from rare items if it wasn’t a vampire exclusive iteer well up as he saw Racard wearing the tuxedo
‘First I had to spend 700 gold on a suive a rare item to my pet? Am I a chaebol? What the hell? Why was there suddenly so many maintenance costs on my pets? On the other hand, Racard has become a Lord’
In this situation, it was impossible for Ark not to consider profit Ark bit his lips before a brilliant idea popped into his head
‘Wait, this castle? Aha, I see’
Ark’s eyes shone brightly as he looked around the room Karakul was quite a well off vampire in Dark Earth Like most vampires, he had a lot of items that appealed to his vanity There were quite a few unnecessary paintings and statues And the current owner of those decorations was Racard! Ark thought of an idea and smiled wickedly at Racard In the meantiant
“Haha, that’s right I’m already an Earl! Dedric used to only live in a small hideout and now I am an Earl! Ohhhh, look at me now!”
Dedric who had abruptly risen in the hierarchy seeion It was so absurd that he couldn’t help but laugh
“Ohhhh, hooray Earl Racard!”
“We swear allegiance to the new Lord!”
“We’ve never mentioned it but we never liked Earl Karakul”
Dedric beca the bloody’s reactions
“Huhuhu, lower your heads even more!”
“Hey Racard”
Then Ark approached
“What? What bastard dared call my name so informally…Hik, M-Master!”
“Oh, aren’t you arrogant? Have you beco that I can’t say your name anymore?”
“No, that’s not it…”
Despite being an Earl, Racard was still Ark’s su into Dedric and becoht that Ark was going to beat hi back
“I didn’t knoas Master Really”
‘Yes, the ’
Ark liked Racard’s expression
‘I was looking for signs that he had beco but now’s not the time for that’
“Well, okay You went through some trouble this ti”
Racard gave a relieved sigh at Ark’s words Then Ark
“Anyway, I feel good that you’ve been promoted By the as it thanks to?”
“Eh? T-that… Thank you very much”
“Is that so? You’re grateful?”
Ark smiled and put his arms over Racard’s shoulders
“Then I’ll just say so comfortably”
“Huh? What are you saying? What?”
“I’ll sum up the situationYou’re thankful to me… You have hundreds of subordinates and this nice castle because of ot nothing Don’t you think it is too terrible? It is troublesoh all of that”
“Eek? B-but…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay You don’t have to give me any money”
Ark looked around the area and spoke in a coy voice
“Just a few souvenirs from your castle will do…”
“S-souvenirs?”
“A few of the paintings handing here and sos You’ll just leave it to rot so I’ll take it as a commemoration How about it? Is that okay? Your castle will be clean and I’ll receive so for ht?”
In other words, it was a subtle threat That’s right This was Ark’s ulterior motive The pictures and sculptures inside the castle were just decorations However, decorations like these could be traded as goods to oods despite having no additional effects Ark’s ulterior motive was to pack the decorations away and sell them Racard finally noticed Ark’s motive and jumped with surprise
“B-but Master…”
“What? Don’t tell me it’s really valuable?”
“No, rather than it being valuable… It’s still…”
“Bah, okay If you behave like this then I have no choice but to act dirty too”
The smile had disappeared from Ark’s face
“OkayLet’s do some calculations Do you know the expenses?”
“The expenses?”
“Let me explain it to you Do you kno much money I spent on you? How much food have you eaten from me? But there’s evenport? How much money was needed for the support tools to defeat Karakul? Whose pocket do you think it came out of?”
“T-that……”
“Until now I’ve never even said a word about it But you’re behaving so dirty just for a few decorations? Then clearly I have to receive the necessary expenses fro you should be beaten up? Do you want me to become a person who collects your debt? I’ll use whatever it takes to receive it”
The blood drained fro Racard ell aware of how petty and vicious Ark could be in regards torobbed of the decorations It would be impossible to withstand him Racard was a vampire so he also wanted the decorations, but his
“Okay, I understand Take it, just take it”
“Huhuhu, I thought you would follow me advice”
Thus the ownershi+p of the castle’s decor was transferred to Ark First NPCs and users, now Ark was at the level of robbing his summons
‘Considering everything I spent on this battle, I won’t earn that old atthat I spent If I lack money in the future then I’ll have to control Racard even more’
Ark finally finished threatening his su in an impatient voice
“Ark, is now the ti this?”
“Ah, that’s right”
Ark finally remembered his purpose The real reason he defeated Karakul wasn’t Racard’s evolution His purpose was to reclaiment of the Three Marvels, the Moon Piece
“Obviously the Moon Piece is hidden somewhere in this castle”
“I already knohere the Moon Piece is”
The Moon rock had ht being able to penetrate the Dark Earth So the Moon Piece round workplace At that tied back to people Despite the Wolrang changing back to humans, Racard was now the Lord so there was no proble walked through the castle and arrived at the underground slave pens
‘Nohere is the Moon Piece hidden?’
Ark surveyed the labour area with expectant eyes The underground area was very wide Karakul was also never hide the treasure in a place it could easily be found It wasn’t easy to find the Moon rocks when his skills had been sealed by Chain of Blood but now he could use Magic Detection The Three Marvels was an object filled with a lot of ic It wouldn’t be a probleround was also filled with Moon rocks so he could utilize the Wolrang to find the Three Marvels
‘I can kill two birds with one stone and collect the Moon Piece and Moon rock at the same time’
The Moon rocks weren’t worth that much money but 1 copper was still round so Ark couldn’t just leave it alone Just as Ark was about to use Magic Detection
“Huk, t-that guy is…?”
Suddenly the elder’s nose twitched before he turned around and saw souard post where theylike crazy at the guard’s post The Wolrang confirmed his face and raised their voice
“He is Albert!”
Ark turned around at the Wolrang’s voice It was the youngfamily, Albert Albert focused his attention on Ark and the Wolrang before
“Sheesh, they’re already here…!”
“The clan’s traitor, you were hiding in a place like this?”
“Catch hiive him!”
The Wolrang yelled with excited voices and started running But Albert didn’t run away 10 Wolrang were heading towards hiht be the and just continued shovelling?
‘What is it? That Albert… Shouldn’t he know that Karakul died? Then why didn’t he run away i…?’
Ark belatedly realized the reason after looking at Albert
‘Wait, that guy is…!’
“We got you!”
“Pay the price for disgracing the clan’s honour!”
Meanwhile the Wolrang had ran several hundred ht appeared in the centre of the pile of Wolrang before the 10 Wolrang were thrown back in different directions Then a shadow shot out like an arrow and instantly moved dozens ofwas Albert But he wasn’t the previous Albert Just like the Wolrang, his for behind hi in his hand before screa
“Moon rock? No, that’s… The Moon Piece!”
As expected, it was hidden in that place? In fact, Ark had already guessed the location of the Moon Piece before arriving there It had to be buried in a safe place where the slaves wouldn’t find it There was only one such place Wasn’t it the place monitored by the bloody? That was the reason why Albert hadn’t ran away and instead started digging in the underground workplace Anyway, he couldn’t run far ahile in the form of a human If so, Albert would rather take a risk and find the Moon Piece which would make him more powerful
“T-that guy!”
“The clan’s treasure is in the hands of the traitor…!”
“Kyakyakya, foolish bastards You thought I would just take it lying down?”
Albert bared his sharp fangs The Wolrang looked fearful but Ark just scratched his head
“What? Is this guy stupid?”
Of course, Albert was a lot stronger when transformed into a silver wolf then when he was a hu with the Moon Piece was a lot different than transfor with the less powerful Moon rock Thanks to the influence of the Moon Piece, the Wolrang were able to fight evenly with Karakul despite the effects of Dark Blood But the Wolrang clan also transformed into wolves when the Moon Piece appeared In addition, there was only one exit fro Albert was, hoould hewho also transformed into wolves to escape?
It would be the sa wasn’t there All the bloody inside the castle was already Racard’s subordinates Ark was also blocking the exit The likelihood of Albert escaping safely was only 00001 In other words, Albert had caused his own loss
“Well, you should be grateful for surviving this long This wolf bastard has nodifficulty because of you… I’ll make you into finely minced pork”
Ark took one step forith the intention of breaking Albert’s bones Then Albert opened his mouth and muttered
“Stop! If anyone takes one more step then I’ll s the Moon Piece”
“Ah, this is co Is that what you call a threat? Do you have that estion ability? Would you like to try it? I’ll split you in half before you can digest the Moon Piece”
“W-wait a minute”
The elder suddenly interrupted Ark
“Albert…… No, it will be a serious proble ss the Moon Piece”
“Eh? He really can digest the Moon Piece in seconds?”
“The Wolrang receives their power fro ss the Moon Piece then he will overfloith ic and transform into a difficult monster He will turn into the God Fenrir We can’t afford to have Albert transform into Fenrir…”
The elder broke into a cold sweat as he spoke and shook his head
“But that is not the only problem”
“It’s not?”
“If the Moon Piece runs out of power then it will turn into an ordinary stone Of course, it is the clan’s treasure so it will recover if it receives ht take 10 or 20 years to recover That Albert, I never thought he would use this method”
The elder muttered Now Ark’s face became serious In fact, he didn’t feel it was that serious if Albert transforht be a God but he was still aand bloody present No reat the monster, it couldn’t deal with all those troops alone However, it would be a huge problem if the Three Marvels lost its power
‘It’ll take 10~20 years to regain its power? Then even if I obtain the Moon Piece, I can’t receive e profession?’
“Kyakyakya, now do you understand the situation?”
“You bastard!”
Ark stepped towards Albert who moved the Moon Piece to his mouth
“Didn’t I tell you? I’ll s it if you take even one step”
“If you s the Moon Piece then you’ll become an irrational monster”
“Bah, I have no other choice now that Karakul has been defeated This is my plan of desperation If I turn into Fenrir then I’ll pull you all to hell Of course, the Moon Piece will also become an ordinary stone as a result”
“T-that bastard…!”
“Elder-nim, don’t listen to him”
“We have to tear that kind of fellow to pieces”
The Wolrang shouted with agitated voices At that hed and took out a thin piece of paper
“…What do you want?”
“Kyakyakya, I knew you would agree As expected from humans It is different from the foolish wolves ould risk their limbs for honour I understand your intentions”
Albert laughed and stated his requirements
“I know that Seutandal has rose to middle earth In that case, there is no reason to stay in a place like this First of all, I’ll request some security I don’t want anyone to follohen I leave Dark Earth for middle earth And money I’ll need money if I’oldPrepare 5,000 Gold right now”
Albert talked like a terrorist holding hostages captive In fact, Albert actually had a hostage in the form of the Moon Piece
“Wait, what about the Moon Piece?
“Make one of the children of the Wolrang accorated to ive the Moon Piece to the child Because there is no need for the Moon Piece once I leave Dark Earth”
“How do I know you’ll keep your promise?”
“Whether you believe me or not is fine But do you have any other choice?”
Albert opened his ly moved the Moon Piece in and out Why did he have to be threatened by a ho sold himself as a salve to Karakul? It felt like his blood pressure was rising to 300 every time Albert threatened to s the Moon Piece But he didn’t knoould happen to his second class change
‘However, I can’t just accept that guy’s request’
5000 goldHe had to give 5000 gold to that bastard? Currently Ark didn’t have that kind ofit to the wolf If he accepted the terms then what reason would Albert have to keep his promise? No, he was 100 certain that Albert wouldn’t keep his promise
‘This brat, does he think I’m stupid?’
If Ark was thinking from Albert’s point of view, there was absolutely no way he would give back the Moon Piece Albert had said that the Moon Piece would be unnecessary when he crossed into middle earth But they were unexpected words Of course the Moon Piece wasn’t necessary to transform However, it was the only weapon he had to protect hiive such a weapon away so easily?
‘I can’t just let hi to use a desperate plan’
Ark sighed with a gloo with Racard
‘Racard I’ll attract his attention so hide yourself and approach frouy will only pay attention toYou won’t be noticed if you turn into a bat and sneak up frouard’
Racard had a worried expression after Ark finished talking Although he ed to defeat Karakul and becaainst Albert who had turned into a wolf
‘There’s no need to worry This is the Dark Earth If the situation deteriorates, he won’t dare kill you in case he enrages the Lord’