Chapter 304
Chapter 304
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 304
Chapter Title: God's Atlantis
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I, Yu Seo-hee, and Joo Seo-hyun quickly killed the three vampires blocking the underground stairs and headed down.
At the bottom of the underground stairs was a grim, heavy steel door reminiscent of a prison.
I slowly recalled the information about the steel door.
Zone 601, Red Mist Castle.
This was the territory of vampires who sucked human blood.
There were two dignitaries in this zone: the No-Life King and the Blood Countess.
Defeating the No-Life King would allow one to rule this area. However, even ruling it wouldn't mean control over the Blood Countess.
In the original story, Kang Myung-jin ambushed and killed the Blood Countess first, without touching the No-Life King.
The reason was the possibility of the Blood Countess interfering during the battle with the No-Life King. The reverse wasn't possible because the No-Life King was a higher existence than the Blood Countess.
In the original, Kang Myung-jin insta-killed her due to time constraints... but I have no intention of doing that.
Clank!
The steel door opened. A dark space where visibility was poor assaulted us, along with a thick smell of blood.
"Ugh."
"......"
Joo Seo-hyun covered her nose and mouth, dry-heaving. In contrast, Yu Seo-hee didn't change her expression at all, seemingly unaffected. Naturally, I was fine.
"My head suddenly hurts... It doesn't seem like just the blood smell."
Joo Seo-hyun lowered the hand covering her mouth. Her complexion wasn't good.
"It's a kind of curse. One that gnaws at the human mind? I don't know the details, but the entire space is soaked in curses."
Yu Seo-hee was right. And her lack of effect from the curse was probably because she was a succubus.
I have the Mental Resistance trait. Plus, my stats are excellent.
This place's curse wasn't lethal. It fatigued the mind and induced fear. Of course, staying here too long would be bad.
This pointless curse was less dangerous than the Blood Mist itself.
"Let's go in."
I took the lead. In my hand was a lantern I'd prepared. Its light illuminated the path.
"Ugh...!"
Joo Seo-hyun covered her mouth again. It wasn't just the intensifying blood smell as we went deeper. The walls she was seeing were splattered with blood.
"What, can't handle it? You can wait outside. Or should I carry you?"
I draped my arm over Joo Seo-hyun's shoulder and said.
"Shut up. ...I'll get used to it soon."
"They say the sense of smell adapts quickly, so probably. But the headache will persist as long as you're here."
"......Is there no separate solution? Even using mana hurts my head."
I glanced at Yu Seo-hee, who was nearly naked. Feeling my gaze, she deliberately twisted her body slightly. Her massively swollen breasts deformed softly, and semen dripped from her pussy onto the floor, drop by drop.
She blatantly exuded eroticism to tempt me. But I didn't reach for Yu Seo-hee. My current interest was the Blood Countess.
"...Curses like this usually have a cursed object as the source. Find and destroy it, or use a purification skill to remove the curse. That's about it."
"Endure it, huh... Got it. My head hurts, but not to the point I can't bear it."
We kept moving.
And that's when we realized this was an underground prison. We spotted people locked in iron bars, sitting blankly on the floor. One cell even had torture devices and a tin bucket filled with blood.
The people in the prison had all become vampires. Because it was night. They were tortured when they turned human during the day.
My eyes met one of the people in the cells. But he showed no reaction. No screams or pleas for help.
"This is insane...! We have to save them!"
"Seo-hyun, isn't that not the priority right now? Myung-jin didn't tell us to rescue people."
"Yu Seo-hee! Don't you feel sorry for them?!"
"I do feel sorry for them. But Seo-hyun, don't forget our goal. Right, Yu-jin?"
"Yu Seo-hee's right. Don't forget our plan. If we don't execute it, Kang Myung-jin's group is the one in danger. And we can save them after conquering this place. It's safer that way."
"......"
Joo Seo-hyun couldn't refute and shut her mouth. Her eyes, filled with righteous fury, glared straight ahead. Murderous intent toward the Blood Countess waiting ahead.
I wasn't particularly shocked because I knew from the original what this place was for.
This was where they tortured humans and extracted their blood.
The targets were villagers. They were dragged here at regular intervals to have their blood taken. Simple reason: this was a vampire castle.
There was no need for torture, but they did it because it was the Blood Countess's hobby.
Blood Countess... Her true name is Bathory Elizabeth. The figure known for bathing in virgins' blood.
The villagers in this zone were essentially livestock.
The castle's vampires continuously fed the villagers food. Enough for three full meals a day with leftovers. But the villagers hardly ate. They knew it was fodder from vampires.
Step by step.
We reached the end of the underground prison, which seemed at least 100 meters long.
That was the source of the thick blood smell.
In a large bathtub big enough for 5-6 people floated a pure white woman. Corpse-like pale skin, white hair tied up to avoid the blood, eerie red eyes just like blood.
With her neck submerged in the blood-filled tub, her stark white features made her look like a ghost with only its head bobbing in a pool of blood.
The bizarre part was the numerous torture devices scattered around the tub, out of place.
"Oh my."
She spotted us. She just glanced at me, but smiled faintly at Joo Seo-hyun and Yu Seo-hee.
"Such pretty girls. A bit marred by the whore-like scent, but... beautiful women like you deserve mercy."
Elizabeth rose from the tub. Blood slid off her porcelain-white, smooth skin.
I scanned her body intently. Her hemispherical breasts were watermelon-sized, definitely F-cups. The nipples atop the pure white breasts were light pink.
Her smooth abdomen below had no excess fat. At its center was a navel decorated like an artisan's work.
Elizabeth had long limbs. Her height seemed over 170cm.
My gaze then went to her pussy. Standing shamelessly in the tub, it was completely hairless, like the vampire woman I'd seen earlier.
Her clitoris and labia minora are white too.
A vampire woman even Zeus hadn't experienced! My cock throbbed, asserting its presence.
Elizabeth looked at me and furrowed her brow.
"I have no need for men. ...However, you look like top-grade livestock, healthy as you are."
Elizabeth stepped out of the tub. As if waiting, female vampires descended from the ceiling, drying her body with towels and meticulously dressing her in a jet-black dress.
We looked up at the ceiling. Over 20 female vampires hung like bats from the 10-meter-high ceiling. Joo Seo-hyun shuddered, and Yu Seo-hee's face stiffened.
I remained calm.
This didn't happen in the original. She must've gathered her subordinates due to the commotion in the castle.
More than that, my eyes were on Elizabeth in her dress. The ornate black dress hid her beautiful body, which I didn't like.
"What are you doing? You'll strip anyway, so why bother with the dress."
"...Huh? What nonsense are you spouting? I'm dressing properly out of courtesy before dealing with you."
"Courtesy? The courtesy you should show is stripping and spreading your legs. Flicking your pussy open would be even better."
I took off my pants.
Grabbing my erect cock with one hand, I pointed it at her, who couldn't comprehend the sudden situation.
"This is the cock you should worship. Spread your legs now. It's time for impregnation sex."
"...Hah. I've never seen a man as rude as a beast, lacking all manners. My anger has turned to astonishment. But irreverence is irreverence. You won't die easily, and you'll regret that statement for over ten thousand years."
As she spoke, fully dressed now, she elegantly opened the fan handed to her by a vampire and covered her mouth.
Elizabeth's red eyes narrowed.
"I crave fresh blood. Capture the women alive without a scratch. As for that rude man... don't let him die."
"Yes, Countess."
The female vampires replied in unison and charged at us.
I gripped the pre-drawn Flame Lotus Dagger and rushed toward Elizabeth. Blue sword aura blazed on the blade.
Over six vampires lunged at me from all sides.
Discharge.
Lightning burst from my entire body. The startled vampires instinctively retreated.
"Useless fools."
Puuk.
Elizabeth tore out the heart of one retreating vampire with her hand and crushed it.
"My servants. Do not disappoint me."
Fear appeared on the vampires' faces. Those who hesitated from the lightning soon charged at me, risking it all. Even as the electricity scorched their skin, they didn't stop.
The vampires feared Elizabeth more than death. Obviously due to torture.
Do they think lightning is all I have? Fools.
I slashed the throat of a vampire reaching for my shoulder with its claws and dragged the blade down. Blood and entrails no different from a human's spilled out.
Shadow Heaven Style: Flowing Line.
My blade didn't stop. Tracing a fluid trajectory, it ceaselessly sliced the surrounding vampires.
And its destination was Elizabeth, standing leisurely.
Elizabeth tried to block with her fan, but upon seeing the red lightning overlaying the blue sword aura, she quickly retreated.
"You're quite skilled."
As I pursued her, the blood pool in the nearby tub surged, firing three blood stakes at me.
Going forward will definitely hit...!
I had no choice but to fall back.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The stakes embedded in the floor wriggled and turned to blood, forming small puddles.
Ability to manipulate blood... How far can she control it?
While slashing charging vampires, I checked on Joo Seo-hyun and Yu Seo-hee.
Joo Seo-hyun was holding out easily. Thanks to the experience fighting vampires before coming here.
Yu Seo-hee was performing beyond my expectations. Her combat was clumsy, but her powerful physical abilities overwhelmed the vampires.
The Dream Demon class trait Yu Seo-hee has, Dream Demon's Body (B), temporarily boosts stats by absorbing male essence.
Before coming here, I'd had sex with Yu Seo-hee. Not once, but multiple times. Just the ejaculations in her pussy numbered 12.
Thus, Yu Seo-hee's current stats were comparable to mine, or higher.
No worries about Joo Seo-hyun or Yu Seo-hee.
I killed a blocking vampire and advanced one step toward Elizabeth.
Elizabeth pointed her folded fan at me and said,
"It's been a while since I've seen a man like you. How long can you hold out?"
Torture subject...? What's that?
The question was answered immediately.
The torture devices near the tub began moving on their own, targeting me.