Chapter 211
Chapter 211
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 211
Chapter Title: SoonDeadVamp Rampage
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The waist of the Royal Castle's main gate bent like a bow.
“Evande.”
Kellarton was a newborn kingdom.
But considering the scale and security of its royal castle, it was no disgrace to call it an empire.
It wasn't called the Knight Kingdom for nothing.
Kellarton was overflowing with skilled knights.
Meaning, it wouldn't split open as easily as a cookie.
[Title: ???: You came to save us!]
(Cornered knight passed out gif)
No, I got caught too
- Used to be a knight
- What kind of knight gets taken down that easily?
- Isn't that Paddak?
ㄴ No way, for real?
ㄴ Why is Paddak trolling?
To assess the situation, I shared screens from the gallery users inside the royal castle.
And there, sure enough, was the familiar SoonDeadVamp I knew.
Walking high and mighty with a scythe through the thick fog, exuding an intimidating presence.
That was when it happened.
“Gasp.”
A hidden knight shot out from behind SoonDeadVamp like an arrow.
It was a sharp ambush that even most experts couldn't react to.
Faced with that swift assault, SoonDeadVamp...
-Slice!
“...”
Didn't bother dodging.
Just tilted its head slightly and stared blankly at the knight.
SoonDeadVamp's shoulder to arm was cleanly severed by the knight's sword strike, but there was no reaction at all.
“No reason to dodge.”
-Stab
In one second, the arm regenerated.
SoonDeadVamp was immortal.
Not like those fake immortals we'd seen before—true immortality.
“...”
“Huff!”
SoonDeadVamp caught the falling scythe with its new arm.
Then, like harvesting rice, it brought the scythe to the knight's neck.
A slow motion, but no one could react.
No one could stay that composed after losing an arm and still attack.
“Of course, there's steel armor...”
The knight and I both knew.
At best, it would slice clean through.
“Not sure about group fights, but one-on-one, it's near invincible.”
The knight left a post on the gallery with a despairing expression.
[Title: Ah lol]
(Close-up SoonDeadVamp gif)
Tried mouthing off to Paddak but no dice
Fuck Judak, you don't manage Paddak?!!
Anyway, logging off first
It was fun, good work
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- Yeah go~ Gallery's doomed without you~
- Fuck lol so cool
- Wait, really dying? Dying like this is such bullshit;
“No can do.”
For some reason, SoonDeadVamp split into two.
One stuck to me.
It was kind, timid, and cute.
“The one in the royal castle, on the other hand...”
The complete opposite—a perfect troll.
That was when SoonDeadVamp swung its scythe wide.
I had a way to counter.
[Shop / Steel Alloys]
[Steel Plate 10T 100x400mm] - 25p
“Delivery to Kellarton Royal Castle.”
Favorited.
Through the shop favorites, I bought and delivered the pre-registered steel plate in seconds.
[Item delivered to the coordinates!]
It appeared as if conjured from thin air.
-Clang!
With a crude, grating noise, SoonDeadVamp's scythe only scraped the innocent steel plate.
“!”
A hint of bewilderment crossed SoonDeadVamp's icy expression.
The stunned knight stared blankly into the void.
Judak*: What you doing, run fast ㅇㅇ
“Th-thank you.”
SoonDeadVamp missed its chance to kill the knight.
It immediately tried to lunge back at him.
But I had no intention of just watching.
Judak*: Stop!!!!!
The unspoken absolute gallery rule: Stop.
No mana or compulsion behind it, of course.
But anyone who's ever been in a gallery has no choice but to stop.
“Can't search gallery logs, but chat works.”
Managing Paddak discipline is Judak's job.
I barked sternly.
Judak*: Gal!
SoonDeadVamp: ...!
Judak*: Trying to troll with fluid clone jutsu after turning into Paddak?
CuteDeadVamp and BadDeadVamp—the split SoonDeadVamp.
Not content with that, it invaded the castle and tried to slice up valuable knights.
As I chatted, SoonDeadVamp flinched and froze.
Judak*: (serious frog emote)
Judak*: Not answering?
Judak*: Answer
Judak*: Answer
Something must have happened to SoonDeadVamp; it wasn't in its right mind.
To buy even a moment or snap it out of it, I kept up the chat barrage.
But the problem was close by.
“Whine...”
The other SoonDeadVamp in my arms responded to the chat.
SoonDeadVamp: Whine
Judak*: Answer
SoonDeadVamp: Whiiine
Judak*: Not you, Bad SoonDeadVamp answer
SoonDeadVamp: Whum
“Getting scolded.”
“Eeng...”
But the bad SoonDeadVamp in the castle didn't respond.
No, it seemed more wary, like staring at something alien.
As if it didn't know the gallery or me.
“...”
Proving it, the moment it judged my chat posed no direct threat.
It swiftly flew back at the knights, swinging the scythe again.
Judak*: Stop!
“!”
As I frantically typed, SoonDeadVamp reflexively halted again.
“Why?”
SoonDeadVamp looked confused.
It couldn't understand why it stopped at my words.
But perhaps that killed its will to fight.
It slowly lowered the raised scythe to the ground, at a loss.
“Who are you?”
Then it asked toward the gallery, toward me watching.
Judak*: That's what I want to ask. Really no memories left?
I'd known SoonDeadVamp since the early days after transfer.
It had been quiet lately, but to lose all memories completely...
SoonDeadVamp grimaced and clutched its head.
“I, I'm...”
Judak*: You're Paddak. We've even met in person
“Paddak? I met you?”
-Slither
SoonDeadVamp's scythe turned to blood and seeped into its body, vanishing.
It had lost memories for some reason.
But I spoke to soothe it slowly.
If it was just trolling, ban and done, but this wasn't voluntary.
“Because you're Paddak.”
A comrade who'd endured dawn orc stripping vids with me.
And just as its state seemed to improve, matching my hopes...
“No, no.”
SoonDeadVamp's eyes flashed as it looked up.
“Gasp.”
That's when its gaze met Tuna Can Queen's, who was peeking from inside the castle.
SoonDeadVamp barreled through the knights at tremendous speed and grabbed Tuna Can Queen's arm.
“Eek, eek.”
“Queen of humans...”
As SoonDeadVamp glared at Tuna Can Queen with hateful eyes...
-Chomp
“Huh?”
- Tuna Can Queen: Ow, it hurts! ㅠ∩ㅠ
ㄴ Oh no!!!
ㄴ Cute Tuna Can Queen!
Tuna Can Queen got bitten by SoonDeadVamp.
*
Get bitten by a zombie, become a zombie.
Get bitten by college entrance exams, do retakes.
Get bitten by a professor, become a grad student.
“Vampires are the same.”
Bitten by a vampire? Become a vampire.
Precisely, become slave #1 to the progenitor SoonDeadVamp.
“Urghhh.”
“Queen!”
“Oh no, my cute squishy queen!!!”
Knights rushed to block SoonDeadVamp, but it was too late.
SoonDeadVamp had already fled far away.
“My, my head's burning.”
Tuna Can Queen collapsed flat on the ground.
Her face flushed beet red in an instant, fever spiking visibly.
- What, really dying like this?
- No way Tuna Can Queen can't die
- Kellarton service end announcement
ㄴ Fuck don't jinx it
Tuna Can Queen's condition visibly worsened in seconds.
But instead of panicking, she calmly sought me out first.
Tuna Can Queen: Ugh
Judak*: Sorry;;
Thinking about it, I made her queen.
Kellarton had all sorts of big and small incidents.
She must've racked her brains each time.
And the end result—bitten by SoonDeadVamp.
Yet Tuna Can Queen didn't blame me.
Tuna Can Queen: It's fine
Judak*: Yeah?
Tuna Can Queen: Even if I die turning into a vampire, I won't blame you
Tuna Can Queen: You've given me so much already
No one had become a vampire before.
Meaning, no one knew what would happen.
Dying wouldn't be strange at all.
Even then, Tuna Can Queen calmed the clueless surroundings. But.
“She won't die.”
I knew.
No real danger.
I'd asked SoonDeadVamp everything about vampires while living together.
Even how to cure if turned.
But unaware, Tuna Can Queen said wistfully.
Tuna Can Queen: I have a last will.
Judak*: (tilted head frog emote)
Tuna Can Queen: LiberalArtsGhost...
“Gasp.”
LiberalArtsGhost'sSecret.
The anon who'd toyed with Tuna Can Queen in the gallery game Omok before.
Of course, my alt account.
Tuna Can Queen: Where are you...
Tuna Can Queen trailed off and dropped her head.
Knights nearby went into frenzy, but I casually pulled out stored blood.
[Judak's Blood]
Judak's blood. Greasy.
“Meant for SoonDeadVamp originally.”
I held the blood vial to CuteDeadVamp, who shook her head and bowed.
My blood, which SoonDeadVamp adored.
Like a remedy soothing vampiric urges and sleepiness.
- Tuna Can Queen: Rawr! ＼∩ /
ㄴ Gasp
ㄴ Real vampire now?
ㄴ VampireTunaCanQueenniemuuㅠㅠㅠ
Tuna Can Queen, who had collapsed, suddenly snapped her eyes open.
The red glint and gaze made it obvious.
She was succumbing to bloodlust.
“Queen, calm down!”
“This is steel, you'll hurt yourself!”
“Rawr!”
Of course, not threatening.
Knights were more worried she'd hurt herself.
[Item delivered!]
“Rawr?”
Vampire Tuna Can Queen's feral eyes rounded like a rabbit's.
*
Handling vampires was simple.
Just need my blood.
“Since the progenitor is only SoonDeadVamp.”
Might be more elsewhere, but here, only SoonDeadVamp.
So the new vampire was essentially infected by SoonDeadVamp.
Proving it, vampire Tuna Can Queen meekly sipped my blood.
[Title: Our queen is cute right ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
(Tuna Can Queen licking blood vial gif)
(Harmlessly curled up gif)
No dislikes pls
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- Poster: Why really no dislikes?
ㄴ She's cute
ㄴ Kind, cute, hardworking, who hates a ruler content with just tuna cans?
- Honestly wanna taste it
ㄴ Fuck so rude lololol
ㄴ But she's a queen of a nation, this treatment ok?
But this wasn't the end.
“She'll rampage again once the blood wears off.”
Only one fix.
Turn SoonDeadVamp back to normal.
Problem: No clue where SoonDeadVamp went.
[Cannot observe.]
[Duplicate IP.]
One IP shared by two.
Normal in modern times, but here where IP is like a resident ID, different.
“Multiple users, can't track?”
Then SoonDeadVamp could kill or infect freely in the meantime.
Had to stop it first.
- So where'd Paddak go?
- Seemed headed Adrian way?
- Castle gate shredded, fuck how to hide?
Naturally, the gallery trembled in anxiety.
No telling where SoonDeadVamp lurked.
But the solution was simple.
“Whine?”
Looking down, CuteDeadVamp stuck like gum looked up.
Grinning innocently, utterly harmless.
[Permaban this user?]
“Yes.”
[User permanently expelled from gallery.]
“Ing.”
And I permabanned that CuteDeadVamp right in front of me.