Magic Is Learned For Nothing [EN]: Chapter 203

# 204

Survival in the City of Vampires 2

Spielberg looked at Sharons with an expression that clearly said, “What are you talking about?”

“The Blood Oriharukon is the kingdom’s treasure.”

“It’s not something you can just sell. It’s the symbol of the kingdom, its very essence.”

“Who gave you the right to give it away?”

“You just decided?”

Even though they shouldn’t have handed over the ‘Black Dragon’s Blood’ to those guys, she was moving far too quickly.

If the ‘Black Dragon’s Blood’ was a curse placed on the clan, the Blood Oriharukon was the vampires’ pride. The majesty of a king wearing a crown embedded with the Blood Oriharukon spread endlessly throughout the world.

So, what was all that about?

Giving away the Blood Oriharukon?

“Are you out of your mind, Sharons?”

“Ah, well.”

Sharons smiled bitterly. She was thinking that somehow it would all work out. If things went wrong, she planned to give them a fake.

Surely the royal family also possessed lower-grade versions of the Blood Oriharukon.

The reason for the existence of lower-grade versions of the Blood Oriharukon was simple.

It was because there were occasional attempts to steal it. Of course, no one had succeeded so far.

“You were joking, right?”

Spielberg pressured Sharons to get a definite answer. This needed to be taken off the table.

“It’s complicated.”

“Tell me it was a joke.”

Sharons glanced at Legion.

He was watching her and her brother with his arms crossed and an interesting look in his eyes. What was that crazy guy thinking right now? If she tried to back out here… he would definitely do something crazy…

And then he might try to steal the Blood Oriharukon.

Should she just go back? Make a scene once? He would never *not* make a scene. That crazy guy.

She couldn’t read that man’s thoughts at all.

“You don’t need to read that man’s face. Tell me. Am I not your own brother? Moreover, the second-in-command of the Executioners [an elite vampire guard]. If you don’t trust me, who will you trust?”

“…So…”

Suddenly, Sharons remembered what her father had said.

-From now on, trust no one. Not even your siblings. Don’t even trust me. That’s how dangerous the ‘Black Dragon’s Blood’ is. With just this one thing, you can destroy the world.

Sharons raised her head.

The wavering in her eyes returned. Right, she couldn’t trust anyone anymore. But this man had nothing to do with the ‘Black Dragon’s Blood’. This complete stranger was more trustworthy.

“I’m sorry. I made a promise.”

“What?”

“I will give the Blood Oriharukon to this man.”

“What authority do you have!”

Spielberg, enraged, jumped up.

“My eldest brother gets half [of the inheritance]. The remaining siblings inherit the other 50% of the assets. Of course, I have the authority. I’ll just take that one thing.”

“You crazy… You’re saying you’ll give all your assets to that man!”

“If I can keep my father’s word, I don’t need that ornamental jewel.”

“Do you really think that’s what Father intended?”

“Father’s intention is to protect the ‘Black Dragon’s Blood’. Not to protect the assets.”

“Everything is included. The royal family’s assets must not be given to outsiders.”

“That’s just your opinion, brother.”

Spielberg glared fiercely at Sharons.

Sharons glared back at Spielberg as if she wouldn’t back down either. They didn’t look like siblings who had been on good terms until just now.

Legion watched the two siblings with great interest.

If Sharons broke her promise, he would have turned everything upside down. He was planning to grab the eldest brother, who ruled the royal family in place of their father, and hold him hostage, demanding the Blood Oriharukon as ransom.

Sharons *hadn’t* broken her promise, so…

She was *not* dead!

Then no one would know his true identity.

Everyone would think the culprit of this incident was ‘Dondekman the Butcher of Death’.

But Sharons didn’t back down.

Come to think of it, Sharons had been quite firm so far. He remembered how she had taken care of the contract first in that urgent moment. If he had left even one thing behind, he would have used her for the rest of his life…

As expected, she had the tenacity of a weed, as ugly as she was.

Well, she needed that much spirit to survive in this royal family with that face. He quite liked it.

Ugly, but she had become human.

“You’ll regret it.”

“I won’t regret anything.”

“That man, whose identity is unknown, will never take the Blood Oriharukon.”

“If he catches the groups aiming for the ‘Black Dragon’s Blood’, you have to compensate him.”

“You can give him something else.”

“No. That jewel is necessary for that man.”

“You’re impossible to talk to.”

“I’m going to exercise my rights. So I hope you won’t interfere with that anymore, brother.”

“I’m excluding you from the Executioners from now on.”

“What?”

“If you don’t listen to my orders, you have no meaning as a member of the Executioners. Now, hand it over. The Black Dragon’s Blood.”

“No.”

“I order you as the leader of the organization. Hand it over now.”

“It’s something Father entrusted to me. I’ll return it when Father wakes up. I’ll keep it until then.”

“You’ll regret it if you don’t hand it over now.”

“I won’t regret anything.”

Spielberg’s face turned red.

“Hand it over!”

“No!”

“Hand it over!”

In the end, Spielberg couldn’t hold back and grabbed her by the collar. He opened his sister’s collar from side to side, looking for the ‘Black Dragon’s Blood’ that might be in her bosom.

“Aaaagh! What are you doing!”

Sharons, flustered, raised her voice. She covered her chest with both arms.

At that moment-

*Bang!* Spielberg, who was using force on Sharons, flew away with a bang!

*Crash!*

Spielberg couldn’t even scream and bounced off, breaking through the wall.

Legion’s weight was close to 1 ton when rounded up.

Even without using magic, his weight alone produced tremendous power.

It wasn’t for nothing that people said, ‘Death if you get grazed.’

“Kuhuhuhuhuk.”

Spielberg, who had fallen through the wall and into the first-floor restaurant, twisted his waist in pain.

If he were human, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand this kind of impact. He stopped at this level because he was a True Ancestor vampire with physical abilities far superior to humans.

“Kuh… Wh-what the hell.”

Spielberg barely managed to get up, grabbing a chair next to him.

He was so surprised that he couldn’t close his mouth. It was like being hit with a lump of iron.

Sure enough.

The arm he was hit with was broken.

He clenched his teeth and adjusted the broken bone. As a vampire with infinite life, the broken bone regenerated quickly.

“Are you alright?”

Two guards who had been waiting outside the door rushed to Spielberg.

“Kill him! Kill that armored man!”

Spielberg shouted, consumed with anger.

“That armored man… Is that someone I know?”

The bodyguards couldn’t rush at Legion.

Because Dreizer, who had approached them, was already wrapping his arms around their necks.

The bodyguards couldn’t move.

They dropped their swords and frantically hit Dreizer’s thick arm muscles with both hands. Still, he didn’t budge.

*Crack-*

Dreizer gradually increased the force in his arms.

The bodyguards’ faces turned white. The sound of their neck bones dislocating could be heard.

“Hoo, as expected of vampires. If they were human, they would have died a long time ago. Then, shall we see how much longer you can endure?”

*Crack-*

The bodyguards’ neck bones were completely turned. The bones pierced through their necks.

“Kuh, I’ll kill you. I’ll kill you.”

The bodyguards shouted.

Whether they barked or not.

Dreizer was amazed. They didn’t die even though their neck bones were completely dislocated and broken.

He tightened his neck even more for fun.

“Kuaaaaak!”

The bodyguards’ fingernails stretched out sharply.

True Ancestor vampires don’t usually transform into their grotesque true forms. They think of themselves as perfect beings, so they want to be beautiful even in the moment of death.

But it was different in situations like this. Their hair turned white with anger.

The two bodyguards were slowly returning to their original forms. Their snouts protruded like wolves, and two more eyes appeared on their foreheads.

Countless sharp triangular teeth sprouted.

Fingernails sharper than steel stretched out to about 1 meter.

“I’ll kill you!”

The bodyguards, whose magic power had increased several times, struck Dreizer’s forearm with their terrifying fingernails.

*Clang-*

Their fingernails all broke.

“Huh?”

The bodyguards were so embarrassed that they looked back and forth between their broken fingernails and Dreizer’s forearm.

They had never experienced anything like this before.

They couldn’t imagine that fingernails that easily cut through steel would break so futilely.

In fact, it wasn’t that Dreizer’s forearm was harder than steel and blocked the vampire’s attack.

He was the Dark Great General.

No one dares to challenge him with dark magic.

True Ancestor vampires also use the same dark magic. All dark races in the Middle World have difficulty exerting more than half of their power in front of Dreizer.

The bodyguards didn’t even dream that they were starting with an absurd penalty.

“It’s a little surprising, but… there’s nothing to it. Just die.”

Dreizer, who had been playing around for a while, put more force into his arms.

The vampires’ faces were strangely distorted. Their faces began to collapse, making cracking sounds.

“That’s enough.”

If Legion hadn’t spoken, the two bodyguards would have died miserably.

* * *

The inside of the kingdom was surprisingly warm.

It seemed that the high walls blocked the wind from the North Sea. It was bearable enough if the wind didn’t blow.

Buzz buzz.

“What are those things?”

“Humans?”

“Humans, my foot. Where do you see those things as humans? They look like demons.”

“Ah, demons?”

“Yeah. They’re demons.”

“How can demons appear in the human realm? They can’t use their power in the human realm.”

“They must be demon lords. They can operate in the human realm. Although some of their abilities are sealed.”

The vampires gathered in the market were whispering while looking at Legion and Dreizer.

Their appearance was overwhelmingly unique.

Also, thanks to the ‘killing intent for preventing monsters and wild animals’ that naturally emanated from Legion’s armor, all races had no choice but to be intimidated.

The reason why Legion and Dreizer visited the vampires’ market was simple.

Curiosity.

This place was completely different from the world they lived in. They were very curious about how the vampires’ culture was formed.

Dreizer knew for the first time.

That vampires were all handsome.

Legion also knew for the first time.

That vampires were really ugly.

What should he say? It was very similar to the middle feeling between dark elves and wood elves. They were slender and delicate. They looked even weaker than dark elves.

It seemed to be because of their skin color.

Dark elves have a healthy, tanned feel, but these guys’ faces are too pale like patients. Except for their skin color and pointed ears, the feeling was very similar.

He hadn’t seen a single muscular or fat vampire yet.

That’s why Legion and Dreizer, as seen by the vampires, stood out especially.

“Are humans originally like that?”

“No. The humans who came last time were much smaller and cuter.”

“Oh my, they have a scary impression that might appear in my dreams.”

The vampires were constantly whispering while looking at Legion and Dreizer.

“Haa.”

Sharons, who was next to them, sighed deeply.

“Why are you sighing like that?”

Legion asked.

“Do you even need to ask! I’m ruined. I got kicked out by my only reliable little brother.”

“But is your brother really trustworthy?”

“That’s…”

Sharons closed her mouth. She could rely on him, but it was difficult to say for sure that she could trust him.

“What should we do now?”

“Hoo… I’m sorry. I don’t know either.”

“Tch! You’re hopeless.”

Legion clicked his tongue in a way that didn’t match his voice at all.

“First of all, it was true that there was a Blood Oriharukon. That’s very good. I just need to get that in my hands. Actually, I thought our original promise was to bring you here… but… the situation is not favorable, is it?”

“That’s right.”

“Okay. In the end, the important thing is to bring the group in the dark aiming for the ‘Black Dragon’s Blood’ into the sunlight, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Who do you think is the culprit? Have you thought about it?”

“Yes, I suspect my eldest brother the most.”

“Then shall we grill that eldest brother for now? If he gets scared, that’s it, right? You’re trying to catch him contacting someone, right?”

“That’s true, but… that’s impossible. This is Blood City!”

“Who cares if it’s Blood City or Under City? I’ll do that role for you.”

“No matter how strong you are, it’s impossible alone!”

“Dreizer is here too.”

“It won’t work even with the two of you! I know you guys are strong, but my eldest brother is not easy either. Even if you succeed in the attack, you won’t be able to get out. You’ll die a dog’s death [a meaningless death].”

“You won’t know that until you try. Your eldest brother… I’ll make him wake up. Hehehehe.”

Legion laughed like a lord of hell.