Chapter 81
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 81
Chapter Title: I'm Off to Make Them Eat Shit
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Dorothea was in charge of stabilizing the Pureblood Duke Gradiudt.
To interfere with Gradiudt's condition, she had to absorb his blood first.
Her Authority, 'Plunder'...
...was the power to steal the strength of the one whose blood she had absorbed.
"Swirling red waves. Flow into this beautiful sandy beach's inlet."
She beckoned sweetly toward the Progenitor Weapon.
[Princess Dorothea invokes the Authority 'Plunder.']
[Interfering with the Progenitor Weapon's origin through the absorbed blood.]
[Dorothea's traits manifest! 'Peerless Mental World (S)', 'Legitimate Heir of the Dynasty (S)']
[Part of the Progenitor Weapon's control rights transfers to Dorothea.]
The control rights she had aimed for were now hers.
Her flesh-toned glossy lips twitched.
"Open up."
The sweet beckoning of Dorothea's hand stopped.
"Sesame."
A massive vortex swirled in the center of the Progenitor Weapon.
At the innermost part of the vortex, the seed that was its core became visible.
Right on schedule—it was time for Gonghyeok to step in.
"Photon Magic Cannon. Ready."
[Photon Magic fission initiated.]
A cluster of light gathered at the Photon Magic Cannon's muzzle.
"Ra-Djehuty. Deploy the Omniscience Magic Tome."
= I shall show the light of truth to that which is false.
Ra-Djehuty, who was also the god of light, unfurled the ancient papyrus.
[Ra-Djehuty (SS) secondary ability 'Omniscience Magic Tome' activated]
[All mana consumption reduced by 49%. Power and efficiency of all mana attacks doubled!]
[The Photon Magic fission reaction forcibly expands.]
The Omniscience Magic Tome, which assisted in the operation of all magic.
Its effects even extended to the summoned beast and Holy Knight Bergoglio's Photon Magic Cannon.
"GM. Compute firing trajectory."
He hadn't pulled out the GM just to show off that he could kill the princess in a few seconds.
Unlike moments ago when he could simply blast it away, this required precision shooting.
Calculations and data appeared on one side of his vision.
[Firing trajectory computed. Data transmitted.]
- Enemy deploying defensive barrier with fluid liquid.
- Surface vortex will weaken after 2.47 seconds and completely dissipate after 8.01 seconds.
- Database search from past data. Progenitor Seed durability S++ (99999/99999).
- Trajectory correction.
- Target trajectory visualized.
A single red line extended to the Progenitor Weapon's core.
[Photon Magic Cannon 'Falling Star.']
- Current available output: 19%.
- Target: 'Progenitor Vampire Weapon Gradiudt'.
"Full focus. Fire."
Zuiiiing—
The photon cannon shot out straight in the form of a laser.
The black blood raining down like droplets evaporated instantly.
It burned the seed positioned at the center of the vortex.
- Ow. Hot.
Leaving behind a brief telepathic message, the black sphere burst like a firework.
Yes. It burst.
The Progenitor Vampire Weapon was dead.
- T-That's lame!
Nathaniel broke out in cold sweat.
- Is it really okay to kill it this easily? What was all that intense tension until just now...
For a final boss to die in one hit with such astonishing lameness, Nathaniel's tension completely deflated.
"Lame? It was dangerous enough for something so lame."
Gonghyeok wiped the sweat beading on his forehead.
Things had gotten tricky because some unheard-of D-class got involved.
To the point where he had considered unseal the Guard Sand's heavenly knight or use a trump card from the upper floors.
Of course, using it on something like this would have been so wasteful it was embarrassing—he'd have smoked a cigarette and considered suicide.
If he hadn't swayed the princess, it wouldn't have been lame at all; it would have been a bloody fight.
Two of his legs had actually been blown off, after all.
[Achievement 'Progenitor Vampire Weapon Subjugated' accomplished.]
[Title 'Nemesis of Bloodlines' acquired.]
[Achievement rate 100%. Rewards: 20 blue coins and one-time skill coin 'Vampire Nullification Zone'.]
[Demon Realm Quest 'Vampire Escape (145/145)' accomplished.]
[Linked Achievement 'Vampire Princess Recruited' accomplished.]
[Achievement rate 290%! Rewards: 29 blue coins and 2 'Rank-Up Coins (A)' that upgrade skills below A-rank.]
[Bonus: Accessory 'White Blood Princess's Ruby Apple (S)' granted.]
With the job done, the rewards poured in all at once.
He scratched his cheek as he looked over them.
'Mediocre.'
If he'd ended it with one strike all the way to the Progenitor Seed as originally planned, he could have aimed for an SS-grade item.
But D's interference caused failure, and what came out was an S-grade item and 50 blue coins.
And 102 from killing the Pureblood Duke in 0.98 seconds.
-Isn't that amazing? 150 blue coins?
Nathaniel hugged a handful of coins as he asked.
150 blue coins wasn't an amount a single hunter could earn.
Blue coins could be farmed from floors 18 to 30.
To get this much on just floor 10 without a special quest was unthinkable.
Plus, Company guild's first-quarter earnings were 98,000 navy coins and 1,400 blue coins.
Gonghyeok alone had filled 1/10th of what 20 Company guilds had scraped together.
-Your stats that barely reached B-rank in 5 areas? We can figure out how to push two of them up to A-rank.
"Right. You're smart, as expected. My little cutie."
Gonghyeok patted Nathaniel's head.
The smooth hair felt nice, carrying a pleasant scent somewhere.
"Nice."
= Don't sniff me like a pervert.
"I'll keep that in mind."
Gonghyeok held up the apple-shaped ruby.
'White Blood Princess's Ruby Apple (S)'
It was a brooch accessory worn on the chest.
Its effects: stat increases and poison resistance boost.
And...
A summoned beast using the caster's blood as medium.
It had the ability to summon the 'White Blood Princess's Seven Dwarfs.'
'White Blood Princess is a fairy tale item, huh.'
Ha Yeonsi already had the red hood and glass slippers.
Equipping the ruby apple would activate the fairy tale set item effects starting from three pieces.
Moreover, the 'Seven Dwarfs,' who excelled in close combat, would perfectly cover Ha Yeonsi's weakness in ranged attacks.
"Uh, is it over?"
"Ugh. I can't see. Where'd everyone else go?"
"Probably holed up in the fortress to avoid the black rain."
"Damn it, where the hell did those Company guys who promised to protect us go!"
As the Progenitor Weapon was subjugated, the people who had been hiding emerged.
"Oh. Not the time for distractions."
He looked at the object floating where the Progenitor Weapon had burst.
The Progenitor Seed that the Pureblood Duke had carried.
From the cracked crevices of the seed, a luscious red glow emanated.
"You've worked hard your whole life."
Princess Dorothea hugged the seed to her chest.
"It's not yours. Hand it over, kid."
Gonghyeok roughly snatched the seed from her chest.
Then he spread his wings and entered the princess's residence at the top of the fortress.
"Dorothea. If possible, put up a 'blackout curtain.'"
"Blackout curtain?"
Dorothea elegantly tilted her head.
"What secret are you planning to keep from others?"
It was the Authority of high vampires to dominate and block space.
She asked her lord, Gonghyeok, who had requested it.
"I told you there's plenty outside to satisfy your curiosity? This is the first one."
Gonghyeok held up the seed.
"Where do you think all the vampires across every dimension came from?"
Above the seed, a mysterious form materialized.
It was the avatar that had been bound to the Pureblood Duke.
Karrurung—
Something wrapped in iron chains opened its eye.
Or more precisely.
It was nothing but an eye.
= Ah.
A black snowflake with an eye embedded in it.
Below the eye, a pure white mouth opened.
= Where is this?
The black snowflake blinked its massive single eye.
Gonghyeok replied with utmost courtesy.
"This is Babel. The place that destroyed your world, Drakenstein."
= Ah. Babel, huh. The seeds spread to so many dimensions that my memory's fuzzy.
A complicated expression crossed Dorothea's face.
"That... is the Progenitor?"
= Descendant from another dimension? Pleased to meet you.
The eye taking up half its face tilted down 45 degrees.
"Ah, yes. Nice to meet you too."
Dorothea ended up greeting it reflexively.
The Progenitor was polite. Too polite.
Standing there quietly would be impolite.
Dorothea straightened her posture.
"Granddaughter of Yeva Briner, daughter of Uberbaut, Dorothea greets the noble guest. Forgive me, but may I ask your name?"
= Pardon? Name? Uh. Night of Drakenstein? Fyrst too. Lots of names, but just call me 'Progenitor.'"
"Understood. Progenitor."
Their awkward exchange.
On Gonghyeok's shoulder, an elbow rested, and on his head, someone's chin.
= Where'd this eyeless empty-headed freak come from? Doesn't seem like a regular god, though.
It was the Mihu King, swishing its tail.
It seemed to have forced its way out crammed into the GM.
Gonghyeok shrugged his shoulders.
"For all its looks, it's one of the top three gods in its own world."
The bizarre world Drakenstein.
A world centered on vampires, werewolves, and Frankenstein.
That thing was the vampires' progenitor and one of the world's three chief gods.
= It harbors no malice. But I sense the traces of falseness.
Ra-Djehuty stroked the feathers under his chin.
= I see. It was raised in the hands of demons.
= Ah, saying it like that hurts a bit. But not wrong.
The Progenitor sheepishly averted its gaze.
= Drakenstein was influenced by ancient demons at its birth. The three chief gods including me were deliberate experiments of the demons.
"Then why were your seeds scattered across other dimensions?"
= Hm. Just like ancient angels sowed seeds of divine beasts and holy water, ancient demons sowed seeds of races friendly to them. Sorry it's such a mundane reason.
The progenitor god bowed to its distant descendant.
= More importantly. What happens to me now?
Ju Gonghyeok puffed deeply on his cigarette.
"I'm Ju Gonghyeok. I need you. Fight with me."
= Ah. Got it. Gathering heroes and warriors to slay the demon king and all that? I love that stuff. But...
Red veins bulged in the Progenitor's massive eye.
Its gaze turned to the wings on Gonghyeok's back and Nathaniel.
= I hate angels. Nathaniel, was it? Long time no see.
- Haha... Y-Yeah, long time no see, I guess.
= After abandoning our world, how are you doing?
When the ancient demons vanished, Drakenstein gained independence.
Then, Babel invaded the now masterless world.
The only ones who could resist were the higher beings, the gods.
For ordinary creations to stand against demons, they needed angels' aid and mediation.
In fact, a few angels had come to the Progenitor.
But in the end, they did not help Drakenstein.
Because it was a 'world tainted by demons' hands.'
Under the Progenitor's menacing gaze, Nathaniel cleared his throat awkwardly.
- So, what I'm saying is, I voted to help Drakenstein. I wasn't against it. My friend Azazel voted yes too...
The palm-sized angel gestured wildly as he continued.
- But me and Azazel are the youngest... I got demoted later, died once and came back... Anyway, I suffered a ton...
"Yeah, yeah. Got it."
Gonghyeok covered the rambling kid's mouth.
"So, you tried to help Drakenstein, but your seniors opposed it fiercely, so you couldn't?"
Nathaniel glanced around and nodded.
"So. The one starting with Le and ending with El?"
Nod.
The archangel starting with Le and ending with El could only be 'Remiel,' currently handling the floor 10 fortress mission.
The answer was simple.
Gonghyeok held up two fingers to the Progenitor.
"You've got two enemies."
= Pardon?
"Demon King Marduk and Angel Remiel?"
= Yes, but.
"I'll make the angel eat shit."
= .......?
"The demon king? I'll beat to death."
= .......!
Gonghyeok stubbed out his cigarette as he met the puzzled eye.
"Problem solved. I'm off to make them eat shit right now."
Gonghyeok's consciousness shifted to his clone in the underground sanctuary.