Chapter 185 – 185. The Palace

“Kang Dae-woong!”

As soon as I arrived at the Guild House parking lot, my aunt, who had been waiting impatiently, came running. It seems that he worried a lot.

“Where did you get hurt!?”

“No.”

As Seol Da-jin did, when he showed off his fineness, his aunt let out a sigh of relief and belatedly asked how the two were doing.

“The two of you? Are you not hurt anywhere?”

“We are fine too.”

Jeong So-hee and Ryu Eun-hwa smiled bitterly as if they understood each other while feeling sad.

After calming down her surprised heart, I headed to the second floor.

In my heart, I wanted to discuss the future treatment of the independent gate, that is, the reverse gate that lost the reverse monster, but I decided to follow my aunt’s words to wash and rest.

In fact, it was only sunk after being attacked by the fact that her aunt could handle everything alone anyway.

Well, anyway.

After packing up and taking a shower, I was lying in bed when two lovers who had gone camping came in with a knock. My skin felt soft, probably coming right after a shower, and it smelled good even from a distance.

“Come on.”

Fang Fang. When I raised my upper body and knocked on the bed, Jung So-hee and Ryu Eun-hwa sat next to me. I hugged both of them by the waist.

“First of all, you both suffered. It’s nothing else, it’s a bit sad that the camping ended like this.”

The first purpose of camping was to promote friendship between the two.
Unlike yesterday, which was just a warm-up, today I tried to plant special memories in earnest.

For example, body training such as skirts outdoors with a body-imitating foam dildo plugged in, or naked sparring.

But the goddamn Reverse Gate and Bathory ruined the plan.

“It’s a bit… I don’t feel like it’s over, but it was a good experience. It wasn’t a good fight, but…”

“I agree with you too, sir. Even though there are regrets left behind, isn’t there something gained instead? We can go camping again later.”

I didn’t get anything.
Independent gates, black mana stones, and fragments of the castle are the spoils. But still, regret is regret.

“…I’m sorry.”

“…”

“…”

As soon as they revealed their true feelings, a small laugh flowed from the lips of the two lovers as if they had made a promise.

“Huh, West. Would you like to soothe that regret a little bit now?”

“Dae-woong… No, if the owner is like that…”

“Is that so?”

It’s a reverse gate anyway. My aunt will take care of it with the fact raid that was hit earlier. I snapped at the bait they threw.

* * *

“…They say you did a good job. The rest of us are working hard.”

Later that evening, as I went down to her office to hear her report, her aunt let out her displeasure with her pouting face.

“Did you see it?”

“…I heard it from outside the door.”

“Sorry. I’m a little sad about the reverse gate.”

As I tightened her arms, my aunt, who was sitting next to her, reluctantly climbed onto my lap. Her dissatisfied face gradually loosens as she caresses her thighs.

“…I didn’t say this because I wanted something like this.”

“Is it because I like it?”

“Then…Go ahead and listen. The ownership of the independent gate was recognized without any problems, and the guild that will manage the gate also received a call that it had arrived earlier. You should have probably completed construction of containment and control facilities by now.”

“Already?”

“It’s a pretty famous guild here. The SS Knights have also been working with them for many years.”

In a word, pro.
Then I got it. There will be know-how and skills accumulated over the years. With a nod of her head in agreement, her aunt continued her report.

“I also sold the black mana stone obtained as a trophy to the Holy Ghost. It’s a pretty good quality item. I will text you the amount separately.”

“You worked hard, aunt. Is this the end of the report?”

“It is over.”

“Then go upstairs. It’s almost dinner time.”

As she removes her hand, which has gone all the way down her skirt, the aunt with a wistful expression rises from her lap. I locked the door to her team leader’s office and grabbed her butt.

“The seat next to me was empty tonight. Would you like to come?”

“…I’ll wash, get ready, and go.”

“I’ll be waiting for you.”

I went upstairs with her, looking forward to what kind of underwear she would wear today, and as expected, her aunt did not disappoint me.

After such a hot night, the next day.

The first thing I did after escaping from the arms of my aunt who slept in my arms was to examine Rusben, who had turned black.

‘…Did only the color change to black?’

There were no other changes in appearance.
Even when I tried swinging it, I didn’t feel any change. Lastly, I tried casting Geosimryu Hapsim.

It was then that I felt a change.
The sword body, which normally should have been cracked like a spider’s web, was intact.

It was the same even when I tried to cast it again.
It only trembled a little, but even the magic of the second colossal group was not broken and withstood it.

‘…Was it strengthened by drinking Bathory’s blood?’

The situation had to do that.
I woke my aunt from her sleep to see if she had ever had anything like this before.

“…Kang Dae-woong.”

Calling her my name, she opened her eyes and pursed her lips as if it were natural. After saying good morning, I showed Rusven.

“Aunt. Originally, blood crystals are strengthened by drinking the blood of other vampires?”

“…It’s kind of predation.”

“Homologic predation?”

“This happens occasionally with weapons made from the bloodstone of the vampire lord. In the academic world, it is speculated that it is a phenomenon caused by the vampire lord sacrificing even his own people. Not sure.”

“Then, if you feed me blood one more time…”

“I don’t know that far.”

Even this was enough.
The rest is up to you to find out for yourself. After expressing my deep gratitude to my aunt, I immediately checked the location of the bloody palace on the Hunter app.

The bloody palace belonged to the hive ‘Fallen Kingdom’ about an hour away from the guild house. After breakfast, I headed there with the other two lovers, excluding Ryu Eun-hwa, who had a hard time dealing with the reverse monster Batory.

Park Do-gi waited at the guild house in case something happened to the independent gate.

“So you’re here to see if Ruthven absorbs more blood while also training against flying enemies?”

Dajin Seol asked while getting out of the car and entering the hive building.

I nodded lightly.

“Well, yes. And there is something I want to ask Bathory about.”

“What are you asking?”

“Is it true that the person Bathory said is Buriel, and that Buriel is the eyeballs?”

“Eyeball? Is that the one you saw at the gate?”

“Are you interested in anything like that?”

“I know.”

He smiles bitterly and goes inside.
It was not much different from the abandoned land, so there was nothing to see. We jumped right into the gate we applied for.

True to its name, the bloody palace, the starting point was the basement of the palace. However, it was not an ordinary place. In case someone wasn’t a vampire, the corpse of a skinny woman was scattered all over the room.

“…It’s a place that makes you feel dirty as soon as you enter.”

“Ugh…”

The angry voice disappears, and I take the lead in walking towards the top where Bathory is. The first to greet us were the maids with abnormal arms like Bathory and the giant ‘guardian’.

Bang!!!

As Jeong Ha-ryun’s magic bullets blew away the maids, who were mere puppets, the guard revealed a face that made him feel sick just by looking at it.

-Human?

“It’s true that you can talk.”

-Human!!

He could talk, but he didn’t seem intelligent enough to hold a conversation. It was fortunate. If I had been intelligent enough to have a conversation, I would have had to look at that face a little longer.

‘Geosimryu (鉅心流)’

Thud! Step on the advance and wield Ruth Ben.

Beyond the dismemberment of the slender whip that did not suit her, a solid line was drawn on her fat body. I swung the sword once more and cut off what I thought was the neck.

“Ugh…”

“Oooh…”

As white oil like pus pours out along with blood, the lovers vomit. Looking at the reaction, it seems that I did well to deal with it quickly before Dajin Seol came out.

“Hey, are you going to feed that blood?”

“First.”

“Wouldn’t Ruthven hate it too?”

What is he saying now.

“Stay on the alert.”

Ruthven gets stuck in the cut part with a booming sound. It did absorb blood, but very little. I drew my sword and took the lead again.

After passing through the kitchen full of human corpses and going up to the first floor, a group of maids rushed at me. Like a miscellaneous mob, the power of each one was not strong, but the number reached well into the tens.

Seol Da-jin and I, who had dealt with them moderately in front, stepped back, and bombardment fell inside the palace. Along with the vibration that resonated throughout the palace, all the maids were oxidized to dust.

After defeating the army of maids on the first floor and going up to the second floor, an elderly butler stood in our way. As if to escort him, knights clad in steel armor lined up.

“Can you tell me too?”

The gate information section says that he doesn’t talk at all to the most human-looking subject, but I’ll try talking to him just in case.

The butler silently took out an ax and just marched the knights forward.

“Hey, I’m in charge of that butler.”

“He’s a picky eater. Just choose something delicious and eat it.”

“What.”

Jeong Ha-ryun’s magic bullets are fired at the knights.
Seol Da-jin and I, who had snorted as if it were absurd as a signal, kicked the ground.