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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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He sat with his knees pulled to his chest, staring blankly at the fire.
How difficult was it to burn down a wooden building?
Starting a fire was the hard part. Once it was burning, all you had to do was add fuel.
The mansion, built entirely of wood, would burn on its own.
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
He heard occasional level-up notifications. The vampires were dying one by one.
He could hear faint screams from within the flames.
Burning alive was a horrible experience. And that was true for vampires.
Vampires in this world didn’t have a weakness to sunlight. It was the first time they felt the pain of being burned.
“There aren’t many vampires coming out.”
“Well, it’s expected.”
Escaping from a burning building was difficult. That’s why fire safety drills existed.
The structure of the building could change during a fire. Entrances might be blocked and paths might lead to dead ends.
The doorknobs would be hot, and smoke would fill every room, making it impossible to see.
Fire was a disaster that impaired judgment.
“It’s a gamble inside there.”
“Gamble…?”
“Yeah.”
Being burned alive was not the only danger of a fire.
They could be crushed by debris or suffocate from carbon monoxide.
Suffocation or being crushed was a relatively painless way to die.
A modern person would try to use a fire escape, but there was no such thing here.
There were two ways out: charge through the flames or jump out of a window.
If it was a second story building, it was fine. But any higher than that, and even vampires’ legs would be broken.
Some vampires had tried to escape out of the windows, but they had died on impact or burned to death after falling.
It took an hour for the mansion to burn down completely, leaving only a skeletal framework.
But there was one room that was still intact. It was located at the very back of the first floor.
“Why is that room untouched?”
“There’s magic coming from it. A thin shield, maybe?”
“So there’s still a vampire in there.”
Magic was versatile.
He thought he would be bored after how easy this had been, but it seemed he was wrong.
He kicked the door.
Bang!
“FBI open up!!”
The interior was a mess.
The floor was covered in blood. The windows were blocked off, and in the center was a bed, where a silver-haired girl with a sapphire eyes was tied up.
It looked like something out of an SM play.
“Oops. Did we interrupt something? Goodbye.”
“B-be careful!”
A voice called out to him, and then a deep voice spoke:
“Blood magic.”
The blood on the floor gathered and formed thorns that shot toward him.
The thorns pierced his body before morphing into a man.
“You’ve made quite the mess… You filthy human. It ends now!”
“Ow, you little shit.”
“Wh-what?!”
He drew his greatsword and swung, forcing the vampire to jump back.
All Elemental Resistance.
The skill had enhanced his resistance against all elemental attacks, including blood magic.
“Luke! Are you okay?”
“You ask that now?”
She should be worried if someone got pierced by blood thorns, no matter how resistant they were.
“How are you alive?!”
“I’m alive because I’m alive.”
He had never seen someone ask “why are you alive?”
“Just die, you experience point piñata.”
He swung his sword again, but the vampire was too fast.
He felt like he was fighting a fly.
“You’re just running away.”
“I’m not going to fall for your petty provocation.”
“If you don’t have anything to say, just say so. It’s not a provocation, I’m just saying what I think.”
He just wanted to cleanly cut him in half and level up.
The vampire just kept flying around and using weak blood magic.
Luna tried to help him, but he was too slippery.
I don’t think he was here when Arthur showed up.
What was his name? Dimitri? Dory? He had awakened Yui, and then he had been killed by the awakened Yui.
He needed a counter for that kind of opponent.
A new version of an old technique.
“Luna! Transformation!”
“…”
“Hurry!”
“…Okay.”
Luna looked reluctant, but she did as asked and poured oil on him.
He pulled a match from his inventory and lit his body on fire.
Whoosh!
He burst into flames.
He wasn’t going to die. His skill would protect him.
All Elemental Resistance could also enhance his offense as well.
His opponents would underestimate him.
“Here I come, Tingly Luke! Fire☆Style!”
Nobody had survived after seeing this.
Because he made sure they didn’t.
“I’ve never seen a human who was so keen on their own death.”
He didn’t understand the fear of his transformation.
“Fire☆Hug!”
He spread his arms and charged at the vampire.
The startled vampire tried to dodge.
But the room was small. And he grabbed him easily. It was more of a target skill than a non-target one.
The vampire had been trying to escape, and he hadn’t thought of a counter.
The vampire was trapped in his fiery embrace.
“Aaaaaaaaah!!!”
The vampire tried to bite his shoulder.
What was he going to do?
He increased the grip on his arms.
Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”
He didn’t know his level, but his strength was over 70.
He was no longer D-rank.
The vampire couldn’t handle his strength.
The vampire went limp and gave up. He burned to ashes.
Then…
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
He had leveled up a lot. He would check the status later.
“Now let’s kill the queen.”
He approached Yui, who was still bound.
Snow-white hair, a small figure of 159.5cm, and sapphire eyes.
She looked like a queen.
The artist had put a lot of effort into her design.
But she had been bisected by Arthur, much to the readers’ disappointment.
She was beautiful. He felt like becoming her fan.
She started to tremble, tears welling up in her eyes.
“P-please… save me… I’m not with them…!”
“No.”
She was a huge source of experience. Why would he save her?
“P-please! I’ll do anything!”
“Anything?”
“Yes! Anything!”
Her personality was different from what he had remembered. She wasn’t supposed to be this cowardly.
“Hmm… anything, huh…?”
Killing her was the original plan, but…
Anything was tempting!
“Luna, free her.”
“Yes.”
He had a new slave!
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They finished the request before dawn and returned to the estate.
With their new premium slave, Yui.
It was late, but he wanted to get some sleep.
“I’ve finally found you, commoner.”
“You’re not tired of this, pig?”
The pig was waiting outside the inn with a group of thugs.
He had brought them instead of the guards. It seemed Isaac had been busy.
He just wanted to get his revenge and take Luna.
Those kinds of people were annoying. They’d never give up.
He had to make sure he never tried anything again.
“How dare you ignore my father’s request and play around? I had to search the entire town.”
He really was working hard. A fool’s body suffered because of his idiotic brain.
He was clearly trying to beat him up and take Luna. He wasn’t going to give up easily.
Those types were the most annoying.
“Luna. Can you do anything for me?”
“What…?”
“Can you?”
“…Yes.”
“Good.”
He was dead, pig.
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