Chapter 35《Ice and Fire》- (2)
[Warning: Mentions of rape]
Important Note:: The Series has again been Continued by the Author! Enjoy~
“H-Ha, it’s a vampire….”
“Yes.”
On the walls of the mining city ‘Lavaheart,’ overlooking the moat of flowing hot lava, the lord of Lavaheart, Big John, gazed intently forward with an impassive expression.
“It is a vampire.”
Though it was difficult to detect with the naked eye, when magnified using a magic tool designed for close inspection, it could be clearly seen.
Stationed some distance from Lavaheart, leading an uncountable army of undead, was a beautiful girl with ash-gray hair.
Her eyes looked as if they were sprinkled with blood, her fangs were sharp like sculptures, and her skin was as pale as white jade.
John instantly recognized her.
That girl who had personally come to his city was, without a doubt, the worst calamity to ever befall humanity, recently released from a thousand-year seal—the so-called Progenitor Vampire.
“Lord! This isn’t the time to stay calm! It’s not just any vampire! She’s… she’s the Progenitor Vampire!”
…This is the very monster that, within just three days, had conquered both the great city of Ermaile and the royal capital.
In such a dire situation, where their own city could face the same fate, Big John’s calm demeanor made his secretary, Sebastian, panic and urge his master once more.
“Hah….”
However, John merely glanced at Sebastian with a sigh. His voice, still as calm and steady as ever, reached Sebastian’s ears.
“So, what does that matter, Sebastian?”
“What? What do you mean… what does it matter…?”
“You worry far too much over trivial things.”
Thud.
John patted Sebastian’s shoulder as if to comfort him. His armor of silver clanged slightly, producing a noise.
“Sebastian, haven’t you spent your entire life here, in this city, ‘Lavaheart’?”
“Y-Yes? Yes, that’s right. I’ve lived here for over sixty years.”
Though John’s question seemed a bit sudden, Sebastian answered sincerely despite his confusion. Indeed, the head secretary of Lavaheart, Sebastian, was a lifelong resident of the city.
“Then you know, don’t you?”
Hearing his secretary’s response, John grinned. A slight yellowish tint showed between his rough lips. At the same time, his confident voice echoed over the walls, which were radiating with heat.
“…that no one can break this city.”
“…!!”
“Even if they’re a monster from legend.”
John confidently stretched out his hands and gestured toward the city. For a moment, Sebastian saw him as a god-like figure.
“Of course, of course! No one would dare challenge this city, Lavaheart.”
Even in a moment of despair, when they ought to be fearing death, the lord’s confidence and belief in his city stirred up old Sebastian as well.
…As Big John said, this place was Lavaheart, the continent’s largest abyssal mining city.
…Alongside the fortress city Nevirthol and the great prison Reddown, Lavaheart was counted among the three most fortified and well-defended cities in the Avilia Kingdom.
And among them, Lavaheart had the most unique defensive system.
The defenses of Lavaheart were not focused on fighting from the walls and annihilating the enemy. This mining city’s defense was built on the principle of ‘endurance,’ a distinctive form of fortification.
To start with, a moat filled with lava made it hard for the enemy to approach. Conventional siege weapons would burn and disintegrate in the lava’s heat in an instant.
While the enemy hesitated before the lava moat, hundreds of rocks, arrows, and magic bullets would be fired from the walls to decimate them.
Even if they managed to break through the lava moat and walls, a massive pit awaited them next.
What exactly was this place, Lavaheart?
It was a strange city that, driven by an insatiable thirst for minerals, had dug away everything surrounding it, creating a massive pit with the city suspended in the middle.
The only things connecting the city to the outside world were the four drawbridges to the north, south, east, and west.
If those drawbridges were raised, there was nothing the enemy could do. They wouldn’t even be able to enter the city.
The only potential threats were arrows or magic bullets shot from the air, but the citizens of Lavaheart weren’t fools.
As a precaution, they had already activated a barrier that covered the entire city.
Furthermore, they had stocked up a year’s worth of battle rations within the city for a prolonged siege, so even a prolonged enemy blockade wouldn’t break them.
All that would be left would be for reinforcements to arrive from outside to sandwich and obliterate the enemy.
“…What difference does it make if she’s the Progenitor Vampire?”
John scoffed.
Even if she was the Progenitor Vampire, the monster among monsters who conquered Ermaile and the royal capital, she was no different from an ordinary monster in front of Lavaheart.
The response would be the same as always.
If they raised the drawbridges, not even an army of a hundred thousand undead would be able to take a single step into the city. Even if they tried to build an artificial bridge with the undead’s immense labor power, by then, reinforcements would have already arrived from the outside.
“…Vellius Grandius.”
If they just held out, using the lava and abyss as weapons, humanity’s greatest warrior, Vellius Grandius, would eventually arrive to subjugate that damn vampire.
Moreover, the fact that she was a necromancer and thus unable to wield particularly powerful magic worked in their favor. If she had been a sorcerer capable of unleashing natural disaster-level spells like meteor showers, even Lavaheart’s defensive barrier would have struggled to endure.
“So, we just need to proceed as usual.”
“Understood! I’ll inform the captain of the guard to treat it like regular training!”
With his yellow teeth gleaming, John spoke, and Sebastian nodded vigorously. The diligent secretary hurried down the steps of the wall to meet with the captain of the guard, who was preparing for battle.
“Hmmm….”
Once Sebastian had disappeared, John raised the magical tool once more, gazing at the Progenitor Vampire in the distance.
“…Beautiful.”
Scanning the gray-haired girl who still stood in place, John licked his lips. Legends had recorded her as having an ugly appearance, but tales often grew more exaggerated over time.
“Hmm….”
As he observed her beauty, John was reminded of a vampire hunt he had undertaken as an adventurer some thirty years ago.
“Those were good times.”
A faint smile played on his lips.
…Back then, Big John had been a young adventurer, taking up a request to investigate livestock that had been disappearing. The culprits were none other than a vampire family hiding in the forest.
A humble family consisting of a mother, father, and son. Apart from being monsters, they seemed like an ordinary family.
Although they spoke a different language, they were intelligent enough to beg for their lives before John’s adventuring party.
—What should we do, Captain?
—Hmmm….
Watching them plead, one of his subordinates asked John for instructions. Instead of answering, John scrutinized the vampire mother, who was tearfully murmuring.
Golden hair.
Eyes shining with a blue glow.
An enchanting figure.
Like elves, vampires inherited beautiful and eternally youthful features. Her beauty was indeed remarkable.
Seeing this, Big John made a decision with a knowing smile.
—Alright, I’ve decided.
…He decided to violate her.
—Ah, it was the best.
She struggled and screamed in an incomprehensible language, but one thing was clear: in John’s fifty years of life, there had never been a woman like her.
Driven by the memory of that experience, John continued to seek vampires but, due to their rarity, never encountered one again.
…And now, thirty years later, another vampire stood before him.
And this one was the most beautiful he had ever seen.
“Mmm….”
The Progenitor Vampire.
He knew well that this was no ordinary vampire but a monster among monsters, one he would surely have to kneel before if faced directly. Yet John felt a vile desire stir within him.
“By any means….”
…Somehow, the warrior would deal with her.
But if she were captured alive, John swore that he would spend an unimaginable amount of money to embrace her on his bed.
Indeed, he even felt a momentary urge to lead his troops out to capture her himself.
However, John wasn’t foolish enough to go that far.
Waiting would resolve it one way or another.
If he exercised patience and made the wise choice, perhaps he would be guided into the arms of that vampire girl.
“Hah….”
After observing the Progenitor Vampire for quite a while, John let out a sigh and shifted the magic tool slightly to look at the creatures standing beside her.
“Uh…?”
There stood a creature that hadn’t been there five minutes ago.
An undead, dressed in a white shroud, with skin as pale as a corpse.
“What is that….”
Previously, the only one attending to the Progenitor Vampire had been a zombie maid, but now there was this undead in a white robe. What could it be?
Did she summon it in the brief moment he had been talking with Sebastian?
Why?
Did it possess some special ability?
For what purpose?
“…”
John held his breath, pressing his eye to the magic tool as he carefully observed the undead’s every move.
“…What is it up to?”
…The undead in the white robe extended its hand towards the ground, its gaze fixed clearly upon the city of Lavaheart.
Then, its lips whispered something.
—……
“…!!”
What followed, hurtling toward his city, Lavaheart, was something unimaginable by human standards, a nightmare given form.
“Snow…?”
…It was the chilling touch of ice and a blizzard.
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