Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy Chapter 324

The Land of Vampires, Beltane (4)

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Though filled with an ominous aura, it clearly isn’t the ‘black magic’ engraved with [Dark Covenant].

Despite the unusual appearance and red gleam in his eyes, he’s neither a vampire nor a Death Knight.

The man was definitely ‘human’.

It’s just that his exterior was so peculiar that it was difficult to consider him human at first glance.

-No answer, eh? Then I’ll have to ask directly.

A voice that sounds as if it’s been scratched is heard through [Language].

And as he opens the old closet, the man slowly walks out.

The fact that he called ‘Kelbilid’.

And this familiar warrior’s aura I’ve experienced several tis.

There was a high probability that this man was a mber of the ‘Tern tribe’.

In other words, it ans we’ve co to the right place.

“……”

But perhaps due to that unpleasant impression and unfriendly attitude?

I notice Ripley beside suddenly drawing up magical power.

In fact, throughout our journey together, Ripley had completely entrusted combat situations to .

After all, my own strength is formidable, and our contract relationship isn’t a full master-servant arrangent like other contractors.

But now, she’s showing a slightly different side.

She’s exuding magical power as if ready to kill the man before us at any mont.

‘…Why is she like this?’

Instead, I inwardly swallowed my tension.

Ripley is a mage beyond an S-grade Holder.

With one spell from her, this entire castle could be blown away.

The spell was prepared in an instant.

The attribute is fire.

Within 3 seconds of the magical power gathering, an intense heat engulfs the surroundings.

At a glance, it’s such a powerful fire-attribute spell that one might believe Kang Juyeon had cast it.

It displayed the majesty of a level 20 [Elental User] rune.

“Ripley, what’s wrong?”

“I don’t like him.”

Here, ‘him’ obviously refers to that gloomy Tern guy.

At her gesture, even the Tern guy seed to flinch for a mont.

…It seems he also realizes this is no ordinary magic.

“In what way?”

“Everything from how he looks to how he acts. That bastard, he’s one of those damn Tern offspring, right?”

“……”

I kept my mouth shut at the harsh curse that spilled from Ripley’s lips.

As I felt when interrogating Caroline earlier, Ripley particularly despised the Tern warriors.

From what I hear, even when she was in , Ruden’s domain, she supposedly turned every Death Knight Tern warrior she saw into dust… I couldn’t understand why she hated them so much.

Perhaps it’s related to the reason why Ripley called to conquer , I thought.

“And one more thing. You’re Do Jae-hyun, so why is he calling you Kelbilid?”

“…Good point.”

As expected of the noble vampire countess.

She seems to have understood the Tern language even without the [Language] rune.

Moreover, every word is right on point.

Kelbilid and I just happened to use the sa sword, but these damn Tern guys keep calling Kelbilid every ti they see .

Thanks to that, I always had to fight with all my might when facing Tern Death Knights.

Ripley, still holding onto the magical power she had drawn up, turned her head and asked .

“Shall I kill him? Master.”

“……”

…You finally said it, huh?

Where on earth did you learn to say that?

But I didn’t have ti to answer.

Suddenly, the Tern warrior who had been by the closet ca right in front of us with heavy steps.

Then, he spoke in a sowhat urgent voice.

-I was mistaken. You’re just a human who wields Kelbilid’s sword. And Countess Ripley is here too. It’s a pleasure to et you.

Hearing that, I thought.

This bastard…

You’re scared of Ripley too, aren’t you?

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The man was different from the Tern guys who recklessly charged at us in .

I heard that they had lost their reason after becoming Death Knights and acted that way.

That’s why they couldn’t distinguish between and Kelbilid and attacked indiscriminately.

‘…But even you called Kelbilid at first.’

The man conveniently glossed over this contradiction.

Anyway, after a compromise tinged with a bit of force,

We were able to sit face to face in Caroline’s room and have a conversation.

The topic was naturally about Caroline’s relationship with Tern, and the man’s identity.

-Pleased to et you. I am Orland, a high-ranking warrior of Tern.

Says the Tern warrior Orland, thumping his shoulder with a thud.

His gestures and tone exude great pride.

Certainly, given his title of ‘high-ranking warrior’, he doesn’t seem to be an ordinary warrior.

But Ripley frowned at his deanor.

Then she emits magical power again.

“Shall I kill him? Mas…”

-I’m Orland. It’s a pleasure to et you.

I can say with certainty that these guys are not warriors.

What kind of warriors so easily bend the knee in the face of force?

Clearing his throat a few tis at my incredulous expression, Orland continued.

-Ahem. Anyway, I’ve heard the whole story. To sum up, my contractor Baroness Caroline sided with the Ludenark School, acted as their pawn, and t with misfortune, is that right?

After realizing we could communicate, I briefly explained our situation, and Orland grasped and summarized it in one go.

Unlike his appearance, he’s quick-witted and sharp.

But then I heard a familiar word from him.

“Contractor?”

-Ah, I misspoke. Technically, the contract has been terminated in the system, but the paperwork still remains, so I expressed it that way. To be precise, she would be my forr contractor.

“No, no. That’s not what I’m curious about. You were Baroness Caroline’s contractor?”

“That’s probably right.”

I turn my head at Ripley’s words.

She seriously added an explanation to help understand.

“Do Jae-hyun, it’s similar to the contract you made with . Vampires are classified as summons, albeit special ones. So they can make contracts with humans or other races.”

“Didn’t you have to offer your heart?”

“That’s a taphorical expression for sharing my symbol-“

Ripley, who was answering my questions smoothly, suddenly closes her mouth.

Her vampire symbol, the ‘seed’.

It seems she almost carelessly talked about the ‘seed of doubt’ related to the contract.

…Though I already know all about it.

“Anyway, Do Jae-hyun, just like you offered your heart, other vampires have their own ways of contracting. The Tern warrior Orland probably contracted with Baroness Caroline in that way.”

Orland nodded at Ripley’s words.

-That’s correct. Baroness Caroline proposed a contract with in exchange for destruction.

Contracting in exchange for destruction.

The cheesy contract contents using symbols are all similar, huh.

Orland thumped his shoulder again and continued.

-It was a satisfactory contract for . Unlike other Tern warriors who quickly settled in Beltane, I’m a bit old-fashioned, so I found a guardian vampire rather late.

Guardian vampire.

Another unfamiliar term ca up.

“Help out, speed wagon.”

“Don’t call by strange nas.”

“Sorry.”

“A guardian vampire is exactly what it sounds like. Specifically, it refers to vampires who contract with Tern warriors and provide them with conveniences. You’ve heard that when the Tern tribe was destroyed, they scattered to Ludenark’s domain and Beltane, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Most of the Tern warriors who ca to Beltane contracted with vampires. After all, they need so kind of backing to survive in this land of death.”

-That’s right. As I ntioned, I was late in making this contract compared to other warriors, so I didn’t hesitate much to proceed with it. But then one day, dinsional movent began, and the system was applied to Beltane.

Holder system and dinsional travel between worlds.

Orland was talking about becoming a dungeon.

-And not long after that happened, Baroness Caroline attempted to escape the dungeon and left Beltane. I don’t know the exact reason, but in my opinion as a contractor, I think she probably went to find her father. That’s based on combining what Mr. Do Jae-hyun and Countess Ripley said.

And then the decisive word ca out.

“Father?”

-Yes. Baroness Caroline is a half-vampire born from a vampire and a Tern warrior. And her father, who was the chieftain warrior of Tern, Tashmad, went to Ludenark’s territory. Unlike us who settled in Beltane, Tashmad was a representative warrior who settled in Ludenark.

Hearing up to that point, things started to make sense.

So Baroness Caroline left to find her father and went to the , where she t her father and the Ludenark school.

And then, accepting their proposal, she tried to carry out a terrorist attack at the New York arena.

When Ripley first ntioned it, she said Caroline was expelled from , but that seems to have been incorrect information.

Caroline didn’t get expelled from , she escaped on her own. Just like Ripley.

Such a tiline roughly ford in my head.

“So is Caroline the only vampire who escaped?”

Most vampires who escaped from went to the .

I asked the question to confirm their additional forces.

-That’s probably not the case. Countess Ripley standing right in front of you also escaped, and I heard that several vampires who are on friendly terms with Caroline also crossed over, but there probably won’t be any vampires above the rank of viscount.

Through that answer.

The main purpose of why I ca all the way to Baroness Caroline’s domain in was achieved.

That was to check how much vampire power the Ludenark school had.

Since I learned about their new forces through Baroness Caroline, I needed to understand this more accurately and specifically.

‘If they’re all at the baron level… It shouldn’t be too difficult.’

It seems like it won’t be as difficult as I thought.

I didn’t stop there and imdiately asked about my second objective.

“Orland. Then what’s the power level of the Tern warriors who went to Ludenark’s territory? I think most of them would have sided with Ludenark.”

But this question seed to make Orland uncomfortable as he frowned.

-What? That’s difficult to answer. Even though I’m a Tern warrior contracted with vampires, how can I so easily give information about warriors who were once my kin…

And then Ripley emits magical power.

“You like fire attributes, right?”

“I-I’ll tell you.”

Indeed, comrades were far, and magic was close.

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