Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 239

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 239

160. What Kind of Being Are You? (1)

The fellow who had his limbs restored within an hour, befitting a Vampire Lord, was named Belwood, and thanks to his appearance, the remaining vampires surprisingly surrendered obediently.

“I thought they would at least resist.”

“Each and every one of our kind is precious to us. There’s no reason for… futile resistance.”

He looked at the vampires standing behind him with an utterly dejected expression.

The vampires had surrendered.

Of course, six of them had died before that.

That doesn’t mean I feel guilty or sorry for those guys.

If we hadn’t done that, we would be unconscious by now…

Some wouldn’t have woken up, and even if some did wake up, they would never see sunlight again.

“It would have been really nice if you had surrendered from the beginning.”

I clicked my tongue at how he pretended to surrender before attacking.

Well, it was his choice.

Since they were vampires anyway, they had negated their own mana, so their bodies wouldn’t burn until death.

So now we need to have a talk.

“Answer the questions obediently, and promise not to interfere with whatever we do in this city from now on, and I’ll let you go.”

“…What? Weren’t you guys a subjugation force sent by the Empire?”

He asked with his eyes clearly open despite being in pain.

An Imperial subjugation force.

“What subjugation force.”

“Didn’t you come to subjugate us? But you’re a Sogress, and your skill level is even…”

“If that were the case, I would have come with Imperial Army or family knights.”

“…Hah.”

Judging by the sigh of relief and nuance, it seems they’ve been living quite anxiously.

Well, the Empire’s basic policy toward other races is exclusion and alienation.

Vampires are considered more dangerous than Lycanthropes, so they wouldn’t be left alone.

In other words, these guys have been hiding here very well for the past 10 years.

“Are you planning to go back and call the Imperial Army?”

“That depends on how cooperative you guys are.”

At those words, Darbado objected.

“We should sweep away all these bastards! What are you talking about!”

“Do you want to reclaim the city you desire so much by borrowing the Imperial Army’s help?”

“…”

If we reclaim the city that way, would the Imperial Army quietly return?

Not a chance.

They would take everything they could from this city.

Darbado glared at the Vampire Lord, Belwood, and I reassured such Darbado.

“Let’s talk about it later, there will be a way.”

For now, it’s time to continue asking questions.

“Let me ask you something. What were you guys trying to do here then?”

“…We just wanted to live.”

“Then have you never seen anything strange here?”

“Something strange…?”

Belwood tilted his head.

“When we came, there were tons of undead. Of course, we didn’t bother to clash with the undead. We didn’t know you guys would come and sweep them all away.”

“Anything else?”

“There was nothing special. At least, there were no living beings other than us.”

Belwood, who had spoken up to that point, asked.

“Then what is your purpose?”

I pointed at the spire with my finger.

“That.”

“…You mean what’s inside there?”

“Right.”

“Then you’d better give up. No wait, since a dwarf came with you, it might be different.”

He shook his head.

“When we came, there was almost nothing inside the spire.”

“Th-that can’t be!”

The spire is a place where everything of the dwarves exists.

But there was nothing?

“We were puzzled too. But it’s true. It was completely emptied, so we had to search other dwarf houses and bring furniture.”

“Th-the blueprints? The weapons? The equipment?”

A futile answer came back to Darbado’s urgent question.

“There was nothing.”

“Don’t tell me you guys took them! You damn…”

“What would be the point of lying about such things now?”

So what do we do now.

These guys came here 10 years ago.

When they came, the spire was completely empty.

Then…

“That means someone took them. They couldn’t have escaped with everything in that chaos.”

“Damn it…”

Then the conclusion is that those unknown creatures did it-

“Form a defensive perimeter.”

I rearranged my mana to surround the area with mana barriers so the vampires couldn’t escape, then summoned my beast.

“Keep a good watch.”

To be precise, it was one Eterak.

“Kruuuuuuu!”

The vampires trembled, their legs probably going weak.

“Let’s go, Darbado.”

“Damn… cursed… bloody bastards!”

“Cursing won’t change anything. Let’s look inside.”

Of course, I didn’t drop my suspicions.

Above all, that Vampire Lord fellow is cooperating to a strangely suspicious degree.

Is it really right for all those vampires to kneel just because I’m strong?

I wonder.

Probably even now, they’re thinking in their heads.

Looking for a chance to kill us all or infect us.

Since I summoned Eterak to prevent that, we’re safe for a while…

“Keep a good watch, Priscilla.”

That’s why I left Priscilla behind.

Just in case problems arise, she can respond the fastest.

“Leave it to me.”

As proof, Priscilla was fully prepared to draw upon her superior divine power if needed.

That’s very reassuring.

And before leaving, I asked Belwood.

“Are there any facts you haven’t told us yet?”

“…No.”

“I hope that’s true. Otherwise, your race might end here.”

I saw his eyebrows twitch, but I pretended not to notice and turned away.

“Let’s go.”

The members heading to the spire were me, Ernest, Darbado, and Jenada.

Leila stays here to support Priscilla in case of any unexpected situations.

Same goes for Altur and Dorian.

Altur’s skill level is sufficient, and Dorian has improved considerably, so they should be able to handle things adequately.

Click, creak.

Using the key we had taken earlier, I opened the spire door to reveal the interior.

Immediately, Darbado’s lament burst out.

“…To decorate our historic place like this.”

The interior was completely filled with vampire tastes.

Blood-red lighting, eerie decorations hanging everywhere, and even fancy chairs.

No matter how you looked at it, everything was completely unsuitable for dwarves.

“Those damn bastards…”

Crash!

Darbado, still unable to calm his anger, smashed and tore down decorations from various places, throwing them to the floor.

I didn’t particularly stop him.

I wouldn’t understand every aspect of the dwarf’s feelings, but I could roughly guess what he was going through.

And after a while.

“Huff… huff…”

I asked Darbado, who looked exhausted.

“Feeling a bit better now?”

“Not at all!”

“Then vent some more later and let’s search this place.”

“…I suppose we should.”

Fortunately, Darbado’s agreement came quickly, and we thoroughly searched the entire spire.

And we took everything that looked valuable among the vampire’s belongings.

“This should sell well.”

“Our club funds are really going to overflow.”

As Ernest said, among the vampire’s belongings were quite a few precious gems and artifacts.

We’ll consider this payment for attacking us.

“Now only the underground remains.”

After searching for a long time, I said while checking the outside situation.

The vampires were still behaving quietly.

Even in Leila’s periodic communications, there seemed to be nothing unusual.

Then shall we go to the remaining place?

“What do they store in the underground of this spire?”

“I know it as just empty space. As you know, this city already has a lot of humidity, so if you bury things deeper, humidity control becomes difficult.”

“Can’t dwarven technology solve that?”

“There’s no need to store things underground when storage is possible in other places.”

Nodding at Darbado’s words, I went down the stairs.

After a while.

We faced an unremarkable door and a completely empty underground with nothing special.

“The spire really is completely empty.”

At my observation, Darbado let out a hollow laugh.

“Ha, haha… all of our… everything…”

It’s admirable that he didn’t collapse in despair.

I looked around the underground more just in case, but couldn’t find anything particularly special.

“There doesn’t seem to be any path leading outside or special devices.”

I nodded at Ernest’s confirmation.

“Then are we done with business in this city?”

Our purpose was to find the treasure in the underground city.

But somehow, everything we had targeted was gone without a trace.

It’s unfortunate, but what can we do?

Failure exists in adventures too.

But it’s not like we gained nothing.

“Is it fortunate that we at least got the vampires’ belongings?”

“More important than that is the experience of facing vampires.”

Adventures come with experience.

Perhaps we gained something greater than material things.

Of course, even saying this, it’s still a bit disappointing.

“Let’s slowly head out…”

That’s when I got that far.

“Kyuruk?”

I noticed Karnas’s strange reaction.

“What’s wrong?”

“Kyuruk!”

Karnas poked his head out from my chest and began looking around while sniffing.

He had been sleeping the whole time after the battle with the vampire lord, and now he shows this reaction as soon as he wakes up?

“Does it seem like there’s something there?”

“Kyuruk!”

Karnas jumped out completely and landed on the floor, starting to sniff around.

Then he stopped at a certain point and stared directly at me.

“Does it seem like there’s something here?”

“Kyuruk!”

Nothing particularly visible.

But there must be a reason why Karnas stopped there.

“You’re saying there’s something here? Karnas is?”

“It seems that way.”

But I don’t feel anything.

I can’t see anything.

It’s just an ordinary floor, and there doesn’t seem to be any additional space below.

“Wait a moment.”

I tried expanding my sensing ability to the extreme, but the result was the same.

Now, what to do?

That’s when I was lost in thought.

“Can I help? If you’re looking for something…”

Jenna approached and asked me.

Right, necromancy.

“Do you think you can do something?”

“Mmm. I’m not certain, but… I recently accepted a decent soul.”

A decent soul.

That’s an intriguing statement.

I nodded, and Jenna immediately began preparing necromancy.

And after a while.

“To think I’d see a dragon with my own eyes.”

A completely different voice flowed from Jenna’s mouth than before.

Unlike her usual shy demeanor, it was an extremely heavy voice.

“The dragon seems to have detected something, let me take a look.”

Jenna, or rather something borrowing Jenna’s body, said that and knelt before the place Karnas had pointed to.

“Show me.”

And after a moment.

“So this was it.”

A smile appeared on my lips at the scene unfolding before Jenna.

Belwood was constantly repeating to himself inwardly.

‘No. There’s no way they’ll find it.’

He had cleared everything from the spire.

He had eliminated anything that could become a trace.

So, there was nothing to be found.

He had handed over everything as ‘that being’ demanded, and thus they were able to fill the empty spire with their own space.

But…

What was this uneasiness?

‘Stay calm.’

Belwood tried to act as if nothing was wrong.

It was fortunate, if anything, that his wounds were healing quickly thanks to his status as a Lord.

If he went all out, he might be able to break this barrier surrounding them.

‘If we can take the others hostage once more, we’ll definitely have the advantage.’

Their numbers were many, and his kin were strong.

Most importantly, if push came to shove, he could summon ‘that being.’

However, the price would be steep.

‘…What exactly is this existence from Beyond the Horizon.’

But it was a hundred times better than being exterminated like this.

‘For now, I wait. Until my body recovers…’

But that hope was shattered to pieces.

“Dane is returning.”

Turning his head, he saw the group that had left for the spire coming back.

And Dane was looking directly at him.

A moment later.

Dane approached with the barrier between them and asked.

“The scene inside was quite interesting.”

“…That’s just how our tastes are.”

“That’s one thing, but the basement was intriguing.”

“…”

There was no way they could have found out.

Was this just a bluff?

“From what I saw, it seemed like someone had been staying there.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Ah, right. There are no traces. But traces can be restored.”

“…!”

Belwood’s eyes wavered.

At that point, Dane smiled with apparent certainty.

“You were hiding something quite big.”

Dane said this while pointing toward the underground city, the great temple north of the spire.

“I’m going to head over there now.”

“…”

Gulp, swallowing dry saliva.

“And I’m planning to go meet that fellow sleeping there.”

At those words, Belwood’s eyes snapped wide open.

But what was even more shocking were the words that followed.

“I’m going to wake him up and ask why he did it.”

There was only one thing Belwood could say at this moment.

“You crazy bastard…”

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