Master Of None

Chapter 2047 2047. Not Many Left

"I am eighty four years old before I was forced to go dormant and slumber for longer than I even know. I can sense that the world is different and that even the few things I know might be false. I am extremely weak and lost all of my physical prowess that comes with being a vampire. I also know that there is a lot that I can do to help my own race besides just sit still. That's why i used a few skills to allow myself to be able to stand up and find someone important to speak with." 

This introduction had come after a life mage had brought over some of the monster blood taking from the monsters that perished when the ruins were returned to the surface. It was clear that this blood had been boosted with some skills by the life mage. 

While the life mages of the angels still have extremely limited skills due to the difficulty of learning to harness life mana, he still had very strong skills. He had used the innate life mana of the vampire before him to better absorb the nutrients from the monster blood. 

This rapidly increased the state of the life mana researcher Gloria. Her face looked slightly less gaunt while her hair regained a silvery color instead of a pale and dull milk white color. Beyond that, it was evident that the life mana residing in the dead monster blood had been boosted with some form of buff skill by the life mage. A unique skill that Walker wondered about. 

Unfortunately, he had to step on his curiosity before it ran away with him. He could sit there and meditate for days about life mana. He did not have that right now. He had to focus on the tasks at hand. Help the vampires. Then, begin to process what he had learned about the vampire race and the demon lord. From there, he would pursue the war with the demon lord. 

"I lost all my research to familial disputes five times. I was forced to start over with the test subjects, the collected information, and even the books I wrote and wanted to publish which were locked up and kept away from me. I wasn't even allowed to reference my own notes depending on which family was in control of the research lab I lived in." 

'Lived in? You were made to live in your lab?" Su felt this sounded more like a prison. No one should be forced to live in one place and never go any where else. 

"No, not forced, choose. It was better to remain there than out in the city where I could be captured by another family. My research was based on the ability to walk within the sunlight without suffering a negative effect from the sun itself." 

"So, vampires do not burn up in the light? We saw some of that." Walker was testing Gloria. He still had a feeling that the vampire's had their odd beliefs. Some that would not accept the other races right away. 

"When wwe become monsters, we can no longer walk in the sun. but as you can see, it is only making many of us pass out or slow down. Especially me. You saw the effects of my body before you had this life mage assist me and feed me." Gloria was trying her best to show her sincerity, but this was a foreign event for her. 

"I only knew of a few life mages within the vampire race. They were sought after since we can siphon life mana from living beings. Some of the most powerful can do it through touch. But that is rarer than being a life mage or life researcher like I am. It is more common to have a darkness or blood related system affinity. The blood stalkers are the scariest."

"Royal family guardians. Only to the purest of bloodlines. They seek out the purest blood and bring it together. Protect it whether they want it or not. Vampire blood is mixed between others. Normal events. But often, that causes multiple changes to create a purer blood at times." 

Gloria was just rambling. It reminded Walker of the other researchers he had met. Tangents that ran off. However, Su was thinking differently. Gloria reminded her of Walker when he found new magic skills to learn. Or was studying different manas that made Walke think a little too much. 

"I could never focus on the life mana bolstering the ability to resist the sun. Even if I could keep the weakness to just darkness and blood affinity, it was very temporary. But I could inspire the regeneration skill to appear in some more pure vampires. Not that other races can't awaken this skill. It's just infinitely rarer." 

"We understand. But you said test subjects. Experiments. What kids. Who did you test on?" This stopped Gloria. She felt the threat in Scylla's voice. Scylla had listened as Walker and Su evaluated the vampire that they had sat down under a healing tent with the life mage. She was quiet and respectful since she was also still feeling out the vampire race as a whole.

"Bats mostly. We have many blood kin bats that were created from our own blood. So it was more like my own body was made in to experimental subjects. Or better served, I used myself." the confusion on Gloria's face slowly faded away as she realized how little they knew about the vampires. 

"Why are there no other vampires? Why are there no people here that know about us?" This was a shaky question. It was clear that there was some miscommunication. 

Yes, this was a place sealed away. But there was always hope that some nomadic vampires survived elsewhere. That the history of vampires had remained for the other races to know. That they would understand the grand history that spanned for a very many years of the vampire race. 

Even the thought that Gloria had related to the vampires being hunted down to free them after seeing their historical ruins elsewhere had settled in her mind. She wanted to believe that the people where had come to rescue her and not just fight the demon lord and monster that had controlled and fought them.

"Vampires were believed to be an extinct race for some time. Even the immortal chasers are extinct. The only one left was one called Immortal king. He told us about your race since he is the only remaining being other than the demon lord to know. I am sorry to say, but you were freed because the demon lord wanted to steal something from a vault."

"We are the founders of an alliance, the Genesis alliance of all races. We freed the demons from the demon lord and their power driven society. Then we pursued the remainder of the demon forces. We helped the angels unite and fight against the demon lord's plans. And now we pursue a war with the demon lord and the corrupted undead he controls." 

"We are just lucky to be able to free your race and welcome you in to the world again. This time, in a more peaceful time than before." Walker wanted to say more, but he realized that his distrust had worked against them. He had missed the fact that these vampires were in the dark. 

They had knowledge of things from many years ago. Not now. Therefore, they were completely blind to the state of the world or what might be right now. He had lost himself in the current events. Forgetting that he should cater to their needs since they were victims right now. 

"Then I start over again… my research that is." Gloria looked at the ruins outside the healer's tent. The open canvas allowing her to see outside all the way to the ruins from where it stood. 

"I did recover all of the records of history. All the research documents. And whatever other books or tomes from the vault. Everything will be available within Genesis for any vampire to read. We will even make copies. Your history may be taking a new path here, but it will not be forgotten." 

Su reached out a hand and placed it on Gloria's shoulder as her stunned gaze drifted baack to focus on the two. "Then I think I will be helping you a bit. Besides my position as a life researcher. I am one of the youngest children of the last reigning family of vampire nobility. I have a rightful position as the new ruler of vampires. It's why I am able to sense all of my fellow vampires. Why I am recovering faster. I am connected to them through blood." 

This statement was another mystery. But Walker just nodded. He did not have anything more to ask right now. He knew that Gloria would need time. Time to understand everything. time to come to terms with it all.

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