## Chapter 1085 – Ancient Vampire

An insane spectacle.

“Kyaaaaaaaaak!!!”

A scream syndrome.

“Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!”

A maniacal shriek.

Hilde and I hugged each other, screaming like mad, engraving this horrific scene into our corneas…! What a crazy place! Here, humans were nothing more than factory parts!!! I don’t know exactly, but machines were drawing human blood!!!

—Major shock!!!

My vision flickered rapidly, making the hanging humans look like sugarcane, then returning to normal, causing a ruckus. I can’t trust my sight anymore! It’s so terrible that I’m even seeing hallucinations!

“But I have to see all of this clearly!!!”

Even if this incredibly horrific and cruel sight damages my mind, I am Kim Kat, the Unyielding Demon King.

With a steadfast heart and the power of Fusion Confucianism, I thoroughly cleansed my mind and faced reality with a clear vision.

—Even so.

Still a crazy place.

“That machine! That machine is operating!!!”

Each time the machine, spewing pure white steam of malice, moved…! Blood was drawn from the tubes attached to the human bodies, gathered in one place, and then flowed down to be stored in a transparent glass tank!!!

The giant glass tank filled with blood was already large enough to be called a reservoir!!! No! That’s not a reservoir! It’s a kind of storage tank!!!

A cylindrical tank filled with blood!!!

“Just how many of those storage tanks are there!!!”

Enough to make a swimming pool out of blood!

“Kat, this is so awful!!!”

—Whoosh.
—Whoosh.
—Whoosh.
—Whoosh.

Even as we were in shock, the machine was running peacefully. The restrained humans didn’t even seem to notice we were there, merely exhaling white breaths as their blood was drawn.

“How much blood must they have drawn to be so emaciated!”

I broke free from Hilde’s embrace and immediately jumped down to the railing below.

It’s high.

They’re using several underground floors as if they were one.

—Thud.

I landed in the center of the basement.

“Crazy bastards…!”

I felt like I was going half-crazy from the momentary mental shock, but I managed to perfectly control my mental strength and recover. Nevertheless, the sight was so terrible that I felt pure rage pushing out all other emotions and burning.

“Vampire, you son of a bitch!!! I swear I will kill you!!!”

How could something so infuriating happen!

I was so enraged that it exploded, and the blood filling my blood vessels felt like it had all turned into lava…! The Vampire Lord extracted human blood in the same way his parents were executed in the past!!!

I indulged in that anger, taking in all the sights accurately.

The 배치된 (baechidoen) machines.
And the people.

They denied it, but they were arranged regularly and neatly.

The emaciated humans were hanging, their limbs restrained, or fixed to the wall, or bound to the ground. They didn’t have a single hair on their bodies. Their skin was white, probably because they hadn’t seen sunlight, and all sorts of tubes were embedded in their chests and abdomens.

Because of that, they looked like they belonged to a different race.

However, that’s not all.

Their faces.

They wore bizarre black blindfolds, and their mouths were covered with gas masks with tubes attached. I could read evil malice in them. The tubes on those gas masks were used to supply nutrients to the humans…!

That transparent tank hanging from the ceiling!!!

The green liquid filling that tank was the nutrient fluid! These people were being infinitely drained of blood while being supplied with nutrients!!!

I swear to God, I was suspicious as hell from the moment I first came in here! But to think such a secret was hidden…!

Then what about the humans outside?
Were they vampires?

Or is this a pure factory farm, and the humans outside are brainwashed humans raised in happy, eco-friendly, free-range farms? Either way, both are inhumane and a grave crime that the perpetrator must be punished for.

I can’t tolerate raising humans like livestock!

The Vampire Lord was collecting human blood like this! And it’s unlikely that this is the only facility! Somewhere! There must be even more terrible facilities somewhere in this castle!!!

Those evil creative ideas pierced into my brain, spurring on my anger.

—Whirr!!!

The mana emanating from my whole body swept over my body in an instant and blazed.

“Ah.”

I will save all these humans.

In the world of blazing Fusion Confucianism, I vowed to do so. I will save these poor beings from the tyranny of the vampires! This place was a true sugarcane field! No, a transcendental hyper-natural sugarcane field beyond that! By saving these people, I will further benefit this world!!!

“That is Kim Kat, the Unyielding Demon King.”

Whatever it takes, I have to kill the Vampire Lord.

* * *

Soon, the girls who came down and stood next to me comforted me, holding my shoulders. When they asked if I was okay, I told them that I had already accepted and recovered, and comforted them in return.

Things like this can give me a momentary shock, but that’s it.

There’s no way I can’t overcome something like this.

“Ugh, but seriously… I’ve seen all sorts of things while living, but this is a bit much.”
“I’m so disgusted right now, I feel like I’m going to throw up everything I ate earlier.”

They, too, were slowly accepting this reality and began to look around with deeply furrowed brows.

“To think they were raising humans like this… I can’t believe it. Judging from the collected blood, it seems certain that vampires did this… But this kind of facility.”

Risha said, looking at the cruel machines located in the center. Surely, these machines wouldn’t just be here. Were they made using ancient artifacts? Or did the Lich make them?

“Risha. This machine and that machine that collects the souls of the Great Demon. Were they made by the same guys?”
“It’s possible, but we can’t know for sure right now.”
“Hmm.”

It’s suspicious, though.

“Kat. This is really crazy. Is this reality?”

Winia, along with Hilde, stuck close to my back and said in a subdued voice.

“It’s crazy and it’s reality… Winia.”
“This doesn’t look good for mental health.”
“Let’s finish this quickly and go back. When we go back, let’s only see good things.”
“I really want to do that.”
“Honestly, it’s a pretty terrible sight… But it’s okay. I’m here.”
“That’s true, but…”

It’s rare to see Winia looking so scared.

“Kat…! I am truly enraged! That the being who created this terrible sight is still breathing and living! I can’t forgive it!”
“Yeah. I can never forgive it.”

My anger piggy bank had already been broken long ago. With every breath I took. With every heartbeat. The overflowing anger filled my bones and muscles, seeming to even encroach on my nervous system.

My mana was also fluctuating violently.

“No matter what, I have to kill them… I will definitely kill them.”
“Kat…”

Claudie grabbed my hand with a worried expression.

“It’s okay, Claudie. No problem. Right now, I’m only thinking about killing them.”
“Yeah, yeah. For now, just think about that, and we can think about other things later.”
“Hehehe, of course.”

Prioritize thoughts.

That allowed me to calm down.

For now, saving the people inside is not something we can do. I carefully removed the blindfold of a restrained person, and their eyes were already rolled back.

Nearly a thousand humans were having their blood sucked in that state.

I have to save them.

But not now. How can we tear off all those tubes? And it’s impossible to protect them. I don’t do impossible things.

I will save them by killing the Vampire Lord.

That’s enough.

“Father. There’s no way this facility can be maintained automatically. And the facility is quite clean. There’s congealed blood, but not that much.”

Ari, who had been diligently looking around, came up and said.

“This place is being managed. There’s no sign of anyone right now, though.”
“Yeah. That’s right. This kind of facility requires meticulous management.”

As Ari said, there’s no way this facility can run automatically. The tubes that draw blood… The machine spewing steam in the center. All of it must have involved precise magical technology.

There was no sign of anyone on the first floor earlier.

“So they only appear when the sun goes down, huh.”
“Maybe.”

They might be sleeping in a coffin somewhere.

“Let’s go up for now.”

With that, we left the terrible Blood Ranch behind and went back up to the first floor. As we went up, we talked and re-established our plan.

“There’s one thing we can think of. The vampires are somewhere in this castle. No. The vampires are asleep, and they come down at night to manage the castle. There’s no other explanation.”

Karin said in a calm tone.

“That means we’re at a disadvantage against those bloodsucking bastards when night falls.”

Karin said, opening the door with the tip of her sword forward.

“So, we have to find them before the sun sets. These crazy vampires. I’m going to mince them all.”

Immediately enter the room and search.

We searched all the rooms on one floor in that way, knocking on the walls and floors to check for secret spaces. Should we just start from the top floor? Usually, those guys are at the top. But this is a castle where anyone can enter, so there’s no way common sense would apply.

So, it’s a thorough search in order.

“What if we can’t find them…? If they wake up, there’s no way they won’t know about the intruders who entered their castle! We’ll lose the initiative!!!”
“Should we just run? Hey, what should we do? Should we just run if we can’t find them?”

Karin said to me.

Escape, huh.

“Risha. Can we break the barrier and get out of here right now?”
“I checked earlier, so I think it’s possible. I should be able to break it anywhere and get outside, so you don’t have to worry too much about escaping.”

If it doesn’t work, we’ll run, damn it.

I feel sorry for the people in the basement, but if that happens, we’ll run.

That is the Kim Kat-style salvation.

“Then let’s run if it doesn’t seem like it’ll work.”
“Yeah. If you’re going to do something, you have to create an escape route first.”

Karin nodded.

“However… Breaking the barrier recklessly could be a little dangerous.”
“Huh? Why is that?”

Claudie tilted her head.

“Why would such powerful beings, who can maintain such a facility, not have come out already and be enjoying this kind of life here? Perhaps the vampires are unable to come out.”
“Are they trapped in the barrier?”
“That’s a possibility.”

Well… It’s not impossible.

A guy trapped in a barrier, huh.

It’s full of strange things, but.

“Of course, I, Kim Kat, don’t think I’ll lose.”
“That’s our Father.”

In that way, we thoroughly searched the inside of the castle.

But damn it.

A suspicious coffin was found in a room located three floors below the top floor.

“If I had known, I would have started searching from the top, damn it.”

I can’t divide the personnel, so.