“Easy peasy.”
Piarro, the last one to arrive at the main testing area that had everyone’s attention, smiled victoriously as she recalled the past month.
By the time she realized she had brought the wrong book, it was already an irretrievable state.
The moment she opened the book, a strange sensation seized her, and when she felt something was off, she had already entered the stage where she couldn’t back down.
In the end, after reading the book like a madwoman, she only regained her senses after the ‘forced mental awakening’ was triggered by the system.
Normally, she would have either gone insane or died on the spot, but the system’s blessing wouldn’t allow that.
Surviving, her soul’s ‘vessel’ had widened, enabling her to hold even vaster knowledge and power.
“Now the foundation is nothing!”
Having freely used the foundation, she logged back in after suffering a 2-day death penalty and grabbed the book.
This book cannot be shown to just anyone.
The knowledge within it is tremendous; if she mastered it all, not even the great Leo or the Sword Saint would stand a chance against her, let alone the ‘Elders’ who wouldn’t dare touch it.
Piarro made that vow and shoved the book deep into her bosom, but caught up in euphoria and pleasure, she failed to realize something.
For some reason, the door that had been firmly shut was slightly ajar, and the pages of the book she had left open had also changed.
■
“Where is the book?”
“Looks like you saw it?”
Piarro had returned after two weeks of disappearing in the Land of Vampires, laughing gleefully as she recovered the book.
The book she recovered after her resurrection.
Some parts of that book were being scattered, commonly referred to as the ‘Book of Revelation.’
At first, she had been consumed by madness and hadn’t noticed that someone had visited, but Piarro was a user.
Every time she surpassed her limits, every time she logged out, she underwent forced mental awakenings, allowing her to recognize the subtle differences she hadn’t understood before.
Piarro chuckled with a haughty gaze, unlike the usual way she looked at her master.
“Why didn’t you take it? Just take it like before.”
“That is—”
“Ah, I get it. You were scared, weren’t you? It was nothing compared to the first time.”
The book she had initially brought was one that anyone could look at without issue.
But the second one was a book that could shatter one’s mind and soul just by looking at it.
Even the Elders at the top of the Bloodsuckers would have found it difficult to rashly covet it.
In the end, what he chose was to copy only as much information as he could handle.
“Are you starting to get used to it now and trying to take even the original? How unfortunate. This isn’t even the original.”
“…You’ve changed, Baron Piarro.”
“Hehe.”
At the words of the Elder, Ardor, Piarro raised her eyes in madness and giggled.
“That’s… the same goes for you, Master.”
“……”
“You must be hurt deeply by Blodia, right? I’ve heard he took the name ‘Erbenus’ and that the gap in power has widened even more. It’s beyond comparison.”
“Don’t speak carelessly.”
Whoooosh!!
The blood curse from the Elder’s hand sought to bind Piarro’s mouth.
The blood curse that emerged from the Elder’s hand lunged to seal Piarro’s mouth.
The rank difference among bloodsuckers was absolute, so Piarro’s mouth should have been helplessly shut…
“…!”
Piarro waved her hand once, as if finding it amusing, and effortlessly untied the curse.
“The Master I know is someone who acknowledges defeat. But what’s this? Why are you dragging out this real fight like a mess?”
“Is that… a spell I’m not aware of?”
“The Master is just like me. That makes it even more fun.”
Hehehe.
“Answer the question. I could stop your heart right now.”
“Ah… this? It’s the special power you always talked about, Master.”
Being a user with a ‘System.’
Users bear no risk of the death of body and soul.
Therefore, engulfed in madness, she continued to die and resurrect, tolerating a minor penalty.
As a result, Piarro managed to learn an astounding four pages of spells in just two weeks.
“Although I couldn’t master incomprehensible ■■■ ■■■ ■ spells.”
Just by mastering the basic spells, she became able to resist the ‘Elder’s’ constraints.
“It’s an easy path to being a ‘true’ immortal, not a half-baked one like a bloodsucker. Very simple.”
“How ridiculous.”
Boom!
Piarro collapsed right there.
All blood in the world is more controlled the higher the class of bloodsucker, and Piarro, a high-class vampire, was no different from a corpse before an Elder.
“A bloodsucker unable to move blood has no meaning of existence.”
Hehehe…
Of course, that had become an old saying.
“You’ve become more irritable. The Master I know didn’t act like this.”
“The one who has changed the most is you.”
“Are you still hesitating?”
Swish.
“Don’t get bogged down in the past. Embrace the greater truth, and then your purpose will be fulfilled.”
“Don’t speak recklessly…”
“I’ll give you the book.”
“…!”
“But just give me one thing.”
■
“Hoo hoo hoo…”
I’ve become stronger.
Even though I handed over the book, I copied it just like Ardor did.
Just in case, I also preserved it in photos and videos through a streaming camera.
Of course, since it was captured on video, the power and knowledge were greatly diminished, and several sentences were completely unrecognizable, but that didn’t matter.
“After all, this was the limit.”
Reading beyond four pages was already unbearable; the unfamiliar characters were impossible to decipher even with the System’s help.
Even trying to read for a moment caused blood to pour out.
“The death penalty keeps increasing… This is the limit. I need to take more.”
The knowledge’s value reaches its peak when something can be gained.
Whoosh!!
Blood moves.
A much more noble and greater flow of blood.
“Hahaha!”
Gaining the Elder’s deeper blood, ‘True Blood,’ Piarro became a ‘Duke’ and felt overwhelming power.
She felt an overwhelming power.
At this level, even that Leo wouldn’t be intimidating.
She was originally strong, but her body was frail compared to her knowledge, which was a problem.
But now, she was in a situation where her body was filled with denser blood.
With this strong body, she could unleash her knowledge to her heart’s content, so there was no user left to stop her.
Brimming with confidence, she strutted into the academy and participated in the most popular “Spear Hunting,” earning a high score.
She was a bit startled by the abnormal number of 900, but she heard that it was a score from a dragon with professor-level magic knowledge.
Although she felt an inexplicable pressure the moment her eyes met that score!
She tried to ignore it and effectively claimed the 1st place score, after which she began sweeping through other facilities.
“Who is Piarro?”
“That person is doing better than Leo?”
“Wow, crazy, this place also had a change in the 1st place.”
“I know that person is taking lectures from Lily…”
Everywhere she went, she could hear her own story being discussed.
Yeah, this is it.
“Praise this body that has gained great knowledge and power.”
I have mastered all that you struggle with!
With her confidence rising even further, Piarro plastered her name over most of the facilities and headed toward the main event venue.
Of course, her current personality was quite different from her real-life self, but until she logged out, she could be considered someone different from the real Piarro.
Wooosh!!!
As she arrived at the venue riding the blood current storm she had recently created, everyone stared at her with astonished eyes.
And it’s no wonder, as this magic was based on the key element of the exam: the “foundation.”
Her entrance was akin to successfully passing the exam, making everyone marvel.
Even Lily looked at her with eyes full of anticipation.
This is it.
“Now that everyone is here, let’s get started.”
I’ve been waiting for this day.
“Oh, Maxi, it’s a bit disappointing. If only the arrangement of the foundation was more complete, it could’ve worked, but please wait over there.”
“Tch…”
Today is the highlight where everyone’s eyes are on me!
“While Muel has succeeded, is it an enhancement format?”
“Exactly! Isn’t it cool?”
“Hmm… it’s pretty much the same as wrapping around the foundation itself. But since you’ve succeeded, please go wait over there where Muel is.”
“Understood.”
Those remarkable rankers are not that impressive.
In the end, even if they learn from Lily’s lectures first, they will never reach this body.
“Lord Leo, you did well. Mixing the foundation with spirit arts…”
“Hehe, what do you think? I put some thought into it.”
“Wonderful. Let’s discuss the details later, and please go wait over there where Muel is.”
“Okay!”
Leo hopped over to the successful candidates’ area.
Lily was satisfied, and the participants gazed in awe.
“Well…”
To this body, they just seem like “young children.”
A child who has just learned basic arithmetic, solving problems and boasting.
“Next up, Piarro.”
It’s time to show something ‘real’, not that kid-like magic.
“I heard you’ve ranked in most of the facilities. Your skills must have improved a lot.”
“Fu fu. That’s basic. The problem is, it’s too easy.”
“Oh… You seem confident. Can we expect great things?”
“Of course.”
Lily steps back for the test as Piarro’s hand begins to move.
Click. Click. Click.
Dozens of lines of blood arrange themselves and spin rapidly.
Whoooosh…!
In an instant, a foundation is completed.
Everyone is amazed by the faster, more stable spell, but this is just the beginning.
The ‘foundations’ rise into the sky.
A whopping 10 foundations.
The foundations interlock, drawing a tapestry of blood, and finally create a towering giant in the sky.
Not just an ordinary drawing, but a colossal avatar with power.
“I died, died, and died for this.”
A spell written over four pages.
“Gigas, Suc(c)o.”
The avatar wields a giant scythe of blood, slashing through the sky!
As the space is cut, thousands of blood bats emerge, swirling in the air before disintegrating into blood.
With everyone watching in awe, Piarro elegantly bows, absorbing the scattered blood.
“W-wah!!!”
“What the heck is that? It’s insane!”
“How many foundations is she using?”
“Is she doing that without skills?”
“She’s better than Leo!”
Everyone is in admiration.
Lily, too, claps her hands in surprise.
This is it.
This is it.
Now, the age of Piarro is about to begin.
Neither users nor residents, not even vampires, can do anything about her.
Even elders wouldn’t dare to treat her carelessly—who would have the guts to touch her?
‘Vampires are nothing to me now—’
“Huh…?”
It’s dizzying… lovely.
The moment she faced ‘something’, the feeling of soaring in the sky crashed down, and her hands began to tremble.
Her heart constricted, making it hard to breathe, and a wave of fear of death washed over her.
She gasped, searching for the cause of this phenomenon, and finally spotted something small among the crowd.
A doll-like figure with red eyes…
“Is it fun?”
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