novelraw Chapter 501
Chapter 501
He hadn’t seen it wrong.
Blood Prison definitely had it written that way.
[ Blood Prison ]
Rank: S+
# A High Blood’s Blood Force Vessel.
# It classifies and stores the energy extracted from Bloody Hand, automatically supplies it, and stores up to 10 copied innate abilities.
# Currently stored abilities: ＜Memorize＞＜Storm-and-Rain Art＞＜Wave Strike＞＜Foxfire＞＜Yeolhwageom＞
#
Those three letters written in the last line of Blood Prison’s skill info—Roynan.
But I clearly remember this guy was High Blood too, so why is it just Roynan here instead of Roynan de Nosferatu?
And he’s the only one shown in bold.
After thinking for a moment, Su-ho checked right away.
[ Summoning Roynan. ]
Chwaaaah!
The moment he touched the bold text, along with the notification saying Roynan was being summoned, blood swirled in front of Su-ho’s eyes, and Roynan revealed himself.
“Huhk...... huhk...... huhk.......”
But the moment Roynan appeared, he clutched his heart, broke out in a cold sweat, and panted.
Seeing that, Su-ho asked.
“Hey.”
“Y-Yes, yes?”
“Yes?”
“......Yes.”
“......?”
What is this?
What kind of conversation is this?
Why is that arrogant bastard suddenly talking to me politely?
He can’t even look me in the eyes.
After watching Roynan avoid his gaze for a while, Su-ho opened his mouth again.
“Hey.”
“......Yes.”
“Oh...... would you look at that?”
“W-Why, what is it?”
“‘What is it?’ Wow...... I didn’t know Bloody Hand had a function like this. Looking at the situation, it seems like you’re subjugated to me right now. Yeah?”
“.......”
“No?”
“......That’s correct.”
Roynan answered with difficulty.
Wow. I thought ‘no way,’ but it’s real?
Still, I don’t know exactly what it’s because of, but one rule is ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ obvious.
Seeing how the guy who used to call me a shit mutt suddenly became this obedient.
Su-ho asked with a grin.
“So why did it suddenly become like this? Hey, while we’re at it, let me ask you a few things.”
“......Yes.”
“You said you were High Blood too, right?”
“......Yes, that’s right.”
“......Why do you keep answering a beat late? You got a problem?”
“N-No!”
“Good. If you’re already subjugated, let’s make it clear.”
“......Yes, understood.”
“Hey, you little shit, seriously.......”
“N-No! I’ll answer properly!”
“Last warning. Or else.......”
Su-ho summoned Eclipse.
Roynan’s eyes widened bigger than they ever had before.
Mana-infused sunlight was the only way to kill High Blood.
“H-How?!”
“You see it, right? I used Bloody Hand out of curiosity, but I do have a sure way to kill you. So let’s behave, okay?”
“Y-Yes, understood!”
“Okay. I’ll be watching.”
That should be enough ‘discipline.’
No matter what, he wouldn’t want to get scorched to death by sunlight heat.
Su-ho continued.
“You said you were High Blood. But why does it say just Roynan for you instead of Roynan de Nosferatu? If you’re High Blood, aren’t you a royal vampire? Where’d you sell your surname?”
“That’s correct. But.......”
Roynan hesitated for a moment, then answered.
“It seems that from the moment I was defeated by you, I lost my qualifications as royalty. So the middle name and surname that were only granted to royalty were not displayed.”
“I see. Hm, but if you lost your qualifications, did you get weaker too?”
“It’s shameful, but yes. Unless you grant me freedom, I will be nothing more than a brood inside your Blood Prison.”
“So that’s how it is? That’s pretty fascinating. But that aside, why do you suddenly start using polite speech? If you act insolent to me, do you die or something?”
“I won’t die, but...... yes, well, an authority is like that. That power, based on an absolute oath...... is deeply engraved into every vampire.”
“Yeah?”
That’s a pretty fascinating function.
But wait.
Su-ho frowned and asked.
“Then why are you calling me ‘you’?”
“......What do you mean, sir?”
“You’re my brood. What kind of slave calls their master ‘you’? You wanna die?”
“......I apologize. If you have a title you command me to use, I will use that.”
“A title, huh...... what should it be?”
Master? Lord? Owner?
No matter what, all of them feel awful to me.
After thinking for a moment, Su-ho asked Roynan.
“What do you want to call me?”
“Usually, Master, Lord, and so on are the common choices.”
Of course it’s just those.
But I hate all three, so what do I do?
Still, being called “you” by that bastard is worse.
'But ‘Boss’ or ‘Big Bro’ or ‘Teacher’ would be even weirder.'
After thinking it over, Su-ho decided to just hand over the choice.
“Just call me whatever you want.”
“Yes, Master.”
“So it’s Master after all...... okay, I guess that can’t be helped. Then I should decide your name too, right?”
“Yes? My name, sir?”
“What, you thought I’d call you Roynan?”
“M-My, my name is Roynan, but...?”
“No, no. Think about it carefully. There’s a brand-new name that suits you perfectly.”
“......?”
Roynan tilted his head.
At that vague expression, Su-ho grinned and said.
“Shit dog.”
“......Pardon?”
“What, you called me a shit dog too. But now I’m your master, so there’s no reason you can’t be a shit dog, right?”
“T-That’s...... y-you...... n-no, Master! Please calm down and think about it just one more time......!”
“Mm, no. Go back. From now on, you’re shit dog. If I say ‘shit dog,’ you come running out, and if I say ‘shit dog,’ you respond right away. If you don’t...... you know, right?”
Su-ho floated Eclipse above his palm.
Roynan, seeing it, swallowed hard.
“Got it?”
“......Yes.”
“That’s why people have to watch their mouths, day and night. Oh, you’re not a person, you’re a mosquito brat, so it’s different? Whatever. Consider it the price for wagging your tongue carelessly.”
“......Yes.”
“Listen to that voice.”
“Yes!!”
“Good. Oh, and if you become my brood, what happens to the vassals you used to command? Don’t tell me you actually killed them.”
“No. They’re all alive.”
“Bring them out.”
“.......”
At Su-ho’s order, Roynan snapped his fingers.
Then, based on Su-ho’s mana, Roynan’s vassals were summoned in front of him.
They were Shuraia, Seorio, and Periotin.
Seeing them, Su-ho smiled.
“Hi.”
“We greet Master.”
“We greet Master.”
“We greet Master.”
As expected, outstanding subordinates.
Because they were all vampires as well, the moment Roynan became Su-ho’s brood, they automatically began serving Su-ho as the master of their master.
With his arms crossed, Su-ho smiled as he looked them over.
Then he asked Periotin, who looked like the most senior of them.
“Your name was Periotin, right?”
“Yes, Master.”
“Are you guys High Blood too?”
“No. We are all of noble-class vampire stock, vassals who swore loyalty to Lord Roynan.”
“Yeah?”
So that’s how it is......
Su-ho grinned and said.
“Do you happen to know the saying, ‘Once lowly, always lowly’?”
“I do not know it well.”
“It means if one parent is lowborn, the child becomes lowborn too. But your master became my brood, so it means you’ve all become my brood too.”
“Yes, we know that, Master.”
“You’re not very surprised? Then in that sense, isn’t it kind of weird? If you became my brood by the rules, you should all be in the same boat, so how does ‘a brood of a brood’ make any sense?”
“......?”
Periotin tilted his head for a moment.
Then he understood what Su-ho meant, and his face started turning pale.
“Master, surely you mean...!”
“Yeah. All broods and vassals under me should all be equal. But a vassal’s vassal? That’s ridiculous. If I give Roynan a job, Roynan will always dump the grunt work on you, so as your master, is it right for me to just sit and watch that?”
“B-But...!”
“Shh, quiet. I didn’t ask because I wanted your opinions. So, for that reason, I declare as of this moment: you are no longer Roynan’s broods. You are my broods. Hey, shit dog.”
“.......”
Su-ho called Roynan.
But Roynan didn’t like the title “shit dog,” and he didn’t like the current situation either.
No—he didn’t want to accept it.
But because of the rules engraved deep into his bones, all he could do was bite his lip and endure.
Looking at Roynan with his face flushed red, Su-ho let out a hollow laugh.
“Hah, this bastard must think I’m just playing house with him because I keep only talking.”
The timing was perfect.
Su-ho immediately summoned Eclipse again.
All the vampires present swallowed hard and tensed up.
[ Paladion activates. ]
[ Divine Aura activates. ]
Then, after activating two more skills, Su-ho approached Roynan.
And without even a moment of hesitation, he grabbed Roynan by the nape.
Chiiiiii!!
“Guhhhhhk!!”
Sun, fire, sacredness, light...... every power among what he had that felt the most holy, noble, and scorching hot was mobilized.
So no matter if he had been High Blood, the moment he was caught in Su-ho’s grip, he had no choice but to feel a searing pain like his whole body was being pressed with a branding iron, like his whole body was being burned alive.
Su-ho lifted Roynan, whose face had turned bright red.
Then, without blinking an eye even as smoke rose, he warned him.
“Shit dog. Like you said, I might be a mongrel and a shit dog. Because I’m human, from the start. But what can you do? I’m the one who inherited Revan’s power and will—the Revan you people oppressed and persecuted the most. So I have no intention of sparing you or pitying you. So I’ll say it one last time. If you don’t want to die like a dog like the other High Blood, get down on your belly and crawl on your own. Otherwise, I’ll slowly scorch you to death in front of the guys who used to be your vassals.”
“I-I-I’m sorry...... p-please, just one more chance...!”
At that moment.
Boom!!
Su-ho exploded power, causing an explosion in Roynan’s chest.
“Gyaaaaaaah!!”
A huge hole was blown open in Roynan’s chest.
At the same time, flames rose all over his body and swallowed him.
The flames were sacred fire.
Only after watching Roynan roll on the floor in agony for a long while did Su-ho withdraw the sacred fire.
Roynan was charred black.
He wasn’t dead.
That level of injury—if Su-ho sprinkled mana on him a few times, he’d regenerate soon.
So Su-ho shifted his gaze and, looking at the three who had once been Roynan’s vassals, said.
“You three remember this too. All broods under me are all the same. Especially you vampires. So realize clearly who your master is, and watch how you act.”
A razor-sharp warning.
At that warning, the three vampires swallowed hard, then dropped to one knee and showed Su-ho respect.
“We will obey.”
At that moment.
[ Blood Prison’s skill information will change. ]
[ Blood Prison ]
Rank: S+
# A High Blood’s Blood Force Vessel.
# It classifies and stores the energy extracted from Bloody Hand, automatically supplies it, and stores up to 10 copied innate abilities.
# Currently stored abilities: ＜Memorize＞＜Storm-and-Rain Art＞＜Wave Strike＞＜Foxfire＞＜Yeolhwageom＞
#
It was the moment Su-ho’s vampire vassals increased to four.