Chapter 16 (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Vampires were a highly-gifted noble race, and they did not even have to study or fight like humans to gain strength.
Every vampire who had lived over a hundred years, was inevitably in the middle class. Humans who wanted to break into this class required constant hard work and decent talents.
Now, Reed had a goal for the development of the vampires.
He would use the protagonists of that world, humans, to help the vampires.
But now, there was one thing before him that needed to be settled: food reserves.
The vampires also needed food items like bread or milk, but the amount they needed was not large. It was more similar to human beings eating some snacks to relieve their peckishness, rather than being necessities.
There were not many food items like wheat or flour stored in the castle, and whatever they had could not even support two hundred vampires for a month.
Once the residential area cleanup was done, Reed would personally bring the vampires to the border, the war zone between the Norland Empire and the Orc Empire.
There were a large number of war refugees there, and that was the population the castle needed.
For the next phase of the plan to proceed smoothly, he needed to go to Grimm and purchase a sufficient amount of food supply to prevent the humans from having nothing to eat.
The long winter was not conducive for food production.
The vampires had more than two hundred years of history, and they had accumulated a fortune over the years.
After Reed left the hall, he returned to his manor.
Drawing upon the Progenitor Vampire’s memories, he found his way to the master bedroom on the third floor.
“The Progenitor Vampire really hid his money well.”
Reed looked at the wardrobe made out of Blueheart Firminia and shook his head, feeling a little amused.
When he opened the wardrobe, it was empty without any trace of Gold Pykes or treasures.
Reed closed his eyes as he began to project the power of his mind, and he could feel a magic circle being engraved into the shelf of the closet.
Mind Contact.
Snap!
The closet moved and a stone door with several dozen alchemical traps appeared before Reed.
Reed still did not open his eyes and continued to project his mind power on the stone door.
Snap!
The alchemic traps on the stone door slowly dimmed as Reed opened his eyes. After he recalled the Progenitor Vampire’s memories and was sure that there were no more hidden traps, he opened the door and entered the secret chamber.
There were faint dots of magic light inside the dimly lit room.
The moment Reed stepped in, he was dazzled by the glow on the ground.
It was a sea of golden light.
The glittering Gold Pykes filled ten oaken chests.
The wealth accumulated by the vampires over the past two hundred years was hidden there.
When Reed saw it with his own eyes, his heart rate increased a little.
Based on his memory, each oaken chest had 2,000 Gold Pykes…
It was a stupendous amount of wealth.
Stepping forward and grabbing a handful of Gold Pykes in his hand, the unique coldness of gold made it impossible for him to calm his heart.
Such wealth could drive someone insane.
A baron in Grimm would not even have so many Gold Pykes even after two hundred years.
“The vampires may not excel in other aspects, but their desire to collect wealth is comparable to those avaricious dragons.”
Reed shook his head and slightly unfurled his fingers. The Gold Pykes slipped from the gaps in his fingers and fell into the oaken chests with a loud clatter.
Money was wealth when used. Otherwise, it was just a pile of metal.
Storing wealth like that might have been the best way for ordinary nobility to avoid any unknown risks, but for a faction, it seemed a little short-sighted.
In addition to the ten oaken chests, there were hundreds of precious gold and gemstone items in the room.
Necklaces inlaid with rubies, sculptures made of pure gold, pearl jewelry, and so on were all luxurious items with values no lower than those ten chests full of Gold Pykes.
As expected of the Progenitor Vampire, the wealth he had gathered in those two hundred years was indeed magnificent.
However, taking one out had him scratching his head. An oaken chest full of Gold Pykes weighed more than a hundred pounds.
As a Progenitor Vampire with such a high status, lugging a chest out by himself would cause the loss of his status if his underlings saw him.
Opening the attribute panel, his eyes lit up when he saw one of the skills.
Reed Kaschar
Race: Vampire (Progenitor)
Level: Mage – Level 10 (123/5,000), Warrior – Level 5 (level cap reached)
Mana: 652/652
Talents: Progenitor Vampire (Unique), Bloodline Shackle (limited), Magic Affinity (Ultimate)
Racial Ability: Bat Transformation, Blood-sucking Recovery, Powerful Physique (passive)