## Chapter 2653 – 2653. Daily Quest

Eventually, the pickup truck we were in stopped after driving for a long time after sunrise. We really had spent the entire night just riding in the truck.

What’s more, the place we stopped wasn’t a city or a rest area, but the middle of the desert. At least the cacti scattered around were something to see.

“You’re really not going to sleep? You’re not going to go a whole week without sleeping, are you? Even an A-Rank Hunter can’t handle that.”

Hunters are human too. They might not be like regular people, but if they don’t sleep, they’ll have physical and mental problems. Usually, it leads to a decline in their condition.

“Vampire hunters work at night and sleep during the day.”

“There’s no need to match your lifestyle to vampires. Isn’t it better to hunt vampires during the day in the first place?”

“Vampires know their weaknesses too. They use various methods to compensate for them. One of them is to eliminate their presence using special methods. It’s hard to pinpoint the location of a sleeping vampire with magic or something. More than anything, vampires don’t get weaker during the day. They can exert 100% of their power indoors where sunlight doesn’t reach. There are even vampires who prepare traps all over the place and sleep during the day. And most of them tend to look down on humans at night.”

“Ironically, it’s easier to deal with vampires at night, huh? That’s interesting.”

Hazel took out a sunbed from the truck bed and assembled it. Then, she placed it in a sunny spot and, after glancing at me for a moment, took off her clothes. Wearing only black underwear, she climbed onto the sunbed and put on sunglasses.

“I’m going to sleep now. You should sleep too. You can sleep inside the truck.”

“Wait a minute! Why are you sleeping in the sun in your underwear?”

“I have a special constitution passed down through my family. It’s the ability to absorb sunlight and change the nature of mana into the nature of the sun.”

“…There were also awakening abilities passed down through bloodlines?”

“There are surprisingly many abilities passed down through bloodlines. You just don’t know about them.”

“If that’s the case… wouldn’t it be better to sleep completely naked?”

“Shut up. There’s no way I’d sleep naked with you next to me. And don’t do anything weird. I’m sensitive to presence even when I’m asleep. I’ll know right away if you do anything even slightly strange.”

“Okay. I’ll just look.”

“……”

Hazel glared at me before turning her head away.

I blatantly scanned her body up and down. She was showing it off so openly, there was no way I could not look as a man.

Her tanned skin was the picture of health. Her body was smooth without a single scar. It was clear that water would slide right off her. She had no excess fat, and her abs and thighs were well-defined with muscles. Her breasts and buttocks were full and firm.

The panties she was wearing were T-shaped with a small area. She definitely had a bare pussy. Otherwise, it would have been sticking out from the side of her panties.

‘Is she trying to seduce me to take her? Should I get closer?’

I was about to move when I stopped.

I could feel Hazel’s detection range. And I could feel the mana around her being sucked into her. If I approached Hazel, she would open her eyes right away. And the atmosphere would be ruined.

‘Hazel showed herself to me in her underwear. That means she trusts me to some extent. There’s no need to rush and ruin things.’

I decided to get some sleep too.

It was impossible to sleep under the scorching sun like Hazel. Even though it wasn’t summer, my body would get too hot if I was directly under the sunlight.

‘I should sleep naked in the truck. Hazel slept naked too, so she can’t say anything.’

I sleep best when I’m naked. Even more so when there’s a beautiful woman next to me. Unfortunately, it looks like I’ll have to sleep alone today. I reclined the seat all the way back and lay down. It was more comfortable than I thought. I turned my head slightly to the side and saw Hazel’s underwear that she had carelessly taken off.

‘Hmm. It doesn’t smell much.’

I fiddled with my lonely dick before falling asleep.

“Crazy! You slept naked?! Hey! Wake up! You crazy bastard!!”

I opened my eyes to Hazel’s voice. Hazel was shouting from outside the car with a shocked expression. I habitually touched my dick. I could feel my dick was fully erect.

“…Ah. Men are usually like this. You understand, right?”

“Put some clothes on!”

Hazel turned her body away. I awkwardly put on my clothes. I stopped halfway through putting on my pants. I couldn’t put them on because of my erect dick.

“Are you dressed? We’re leaving.”

She had only seen my upper body through the window, and she got into the driver’s seat before freezing.

“You crazy bastard! I told you to put on clothes!”

“No. It won’t go in like this.”

“……Do you need time?”

“Do you want me to jerk off here?”

“No, I mean… Haa. Never mind. I’ll be back in a bit.”

Hazel went out of the car. The good thing was that she didn’t seem completely disgusted.

‘I almost screwed up.’

I waited for my erection to subside in a daze.

Soon, my erection subsided, and I put on my clothes. Hazel got back into the driver’s seat. We acted quietly as if nothing had happened.

Hazel entered a destination into the navigation system.

“Are you going to a village?”

“It’s late, but we still have to eat lunch. Well, it’s morning for us. We also need to get food for dinner at the mart.”

“We have emergency rations.”

“Emergency rations are just that, emergency rations. They’re the last resort for when there’s an emergency. There’s a village on the way, so it’s right to stop by. More than anything, we need to fill up on gas.”

The truck arrived at the village after driving for two hours. The first place we headed to was a gas station. As she got out of the truck, the eyes of the men around her were fixed on her.

They were low-life thugs. They were giggling and sending blatant looks and gestures. It was what they call catcalling.

‘Are these bastards crazy?’

Before I could step in, Hazel raised her hand. A golden light flashed from her hand.

A more terrifying Awakened than a gun.

The thugs were startled and quickly ran away. Hazel didn’t even glance at them and continued to fill up the gas.

I lowered the window and said to her.

“You seem used to it.”

“It’s a common occurrence when a woman travels alone. Those guys from earlier were cute compared to some. There were even guys who tried to attack me.”

This wasn’t Korea, but America. What’s more, it wasn’t even a big city. It wasn’t safe for a woman to travel alone.

“Did you kill them by any chance?”

“I didn’t kill them. But they’ll never be able to have children again.”

“Wow.”

The next stop after the gas station was the mart.

Before entering the mart, I held out my hand to her.

“We’re on a date, right? I can at least hold your hand.”

“…Hmm. You’re helping me, so… I’ll let you link arms with me.”

Hazel grabbed my left arm. Part of her firm breasts touched my arm. I was flustered and looked at Hazel.

“Why are you so flustered?”

Seeing the corners of her mouth raised, it seemed like she was doing it on purpose. She was definitely a virgin, but surprisingly bold in this area, like a gold digger.

‘And that intense twerking last night… is she a virgin bitch?’

Considering that she showed me her underwear today and didn’t get too angry when she saw my dick, it seems like her mindset is open.

We did some grocery shopping at the mart and then had a late lunch at a decent restaurant. Looking at it like this, it really did feel like we were on a date.

‘It would be perfect if we went to a decent motel and had sex.’

While drinking lemonade after the meal, she asked.

“Why did you come to America?”

“No particular reason. I came to have fun.”

“You’re an S-Rank candidate who’s almost guaranteed to be an S-Rank, right? Aren’t you busy?”

“I only do what I want to do. I’d rather not be an S-Rank Hunter than be a dog for the Hunter Association.”

“Yeah. I can see why the World Hunter Association is wary of you. Well, it’s not just you, they can’t treat other S-Rank Hunters carelessly either.”

“Hazel. What are you going to do after killing Aiden?”

“What else? I have to hunt vampires. There are many vampires in America besides Aiden.”

“Didn’t you say that Aiden is the only Vampire Lord? Isn’t it over if you kill him?”

“Vampires are like viruses. They can turn humans into vampires. If they tempt them with eternal life… surprisingly, many people fall for the temptation. Not just regular people, but even hunters. There are at least 100 vampires in America. All of them were originally human.”

“Is Aiden different?”

“Aiden is a Vampire Lord. In other words, a True Ancestor. Unlike the one we saw yesterday, he’s a being who was a vampire from birth. The only True Ancestor who escaped on that day 500 years ago.”

“What happened 500 years ago?”

“I only know from records, and I don’t know the details. 500 years ago, vampire hunters joined forces with the Church to seal the True Ancestors. Aiden was the only True Ancestor who escaped that day.”

“The Church? Not the World Hunter Association?”

“Ah. What? You knew too? Then there’s no need to hide it. That’s right. The World Hunter Association and the vampire hunters joined hands. The True Ancestors have an average strength of an S-Rank Hunter… If they hadn’t sealed hundreds of True Ancestors back then, the masters of the Earth might have been vampires instead of us humans.”

I remembered when Europe was destroyed by vampires during the Virgin Ghost incident. At least hundreds of vampires were having a feast of human flesh. If their strength was average S-Rank, it was natural for Europe to be destroyed.

“If the seals are broken, we’re all screwed? Europe will be destroyed first.”

“Oh, come on. I heard from my dad a long time ago that the seals are triple-layered, so there’s no chance of them being broken. Even the World Hunter Association, which led the sealing, can’t break the seals.”

“Ah. I see. That’s a relief.”

I wasn’t really relieved.

I believe that the seals can be broken at any time. When the sealed vampire True Ancestors start running wild… can the world handle it?

‘…The World Hunter Association isn’t an incompetent group. They can handle it if it’s just vampires.’

The dangerous elements in this world aren’t just vampires.

I looked at Hazel. Hazel tilted her head slightly at my deep gaze.

‘If Hazel, who can be said to be the natural enemy of vampires, becomes an S-Rank Hunter… wouldn’t she be able to wipe out all the True Ancestors and whatever else by herself?’

I heard that her father, John McCarthy, who inflicted a fatal wound on Aiden, was an A-Rank Hunter.

“It’s starting to get dark. Let’s go. It’s time to hunt vampires.”

We captured a vampire hiding in an abandoned house, tortured him, and extracted information.

This guy knew the exact location of Aiden.

[Day 3 Quest
Do not use mana for one day.
Quest Success Reward: 1,000 Points, Random BGM.]

A tricky quest has appeared.