Chapter 4 First Time Spellcasting <TOC> Chapter 6 Prelude to Farming, The Vampire Clan Must Change
Translator: SumTLMan
Flutter~
As Otto Braun was studying a magic spell with utter fascination, a sound of fluttering wings stirred from just outside the window.
A palm-sized bat flew itself through the half-open stained-glass window and into the room.
Otto Braun squinted his eyes slightly and noticed this was a bat raised in his vampire castle, it serves the same purpose as a carrier pigeon raised by humans.
It came to deliver a message.
Holding out his hand, the hovering bat was extremely clever as it glided and landed handily in the palm of his hand.
Carefully holding the bat up to his ear, a voice sounded.
“Your Highness Ancestor, please come back to the castle as soon as possible.”
Second circle spell, Sound Playback.
A very rare type of spell which Otto Braun has never learned. As the original vampire ancestor wasn’t particularly interested in these support class type of spells.
There are only two second-generation bloodline descendants in his vampire clan which have studied this spell, and this voice belongs to one of the female vampires, a woman named Lucy.
Otto Braun was curious about his vampire lair.
As the vampire ancestor, it’s time to head back. After all, the vampire clan is now his foundation.
Turning to look at the clock on the wall, he noticed it was already three o’clock in the afternoon.
Clocks and watches have already appeared in this world since long ago, but time wasn’t measured in hours, but helios.
One helios is equal to one hour.
A little odd, but not too difficult to remember.
Otto Braun shakes the magic bell in the room, and the crisp and melodious sound spreads to every corner of the mage tower.
A few minutes later, the sound of Verna’s soles treads from far to near on the hard tower floor.
Bang bang bang~
The door was pushed open as the girl took a few breaths of air. After a few undulations from the tall and bulging chest supported by the blue mage robe, she recovered.
Verna’s face was slightly flushed as she asked.
“Lord Otto Braun, how may I serve you?”
Otto Braun pulled out the original’s usual excuses.
“I have studied a new magic spell and want to head outside the city to find a few magic beasts to practice against.”
A vampire must consume blood once a month. Although ordinary food can provide a vampire with a certain amount of sustenance, it cannot, however, provide the unique substance which only blood possesses.
This is true for every vampire, even a vampire ancestor is no exception.
If a vampire doesn’t suck blood, the vampire’s life will be in danger.
Since the original vampire ancestor didn’t kill people in the city, he must return to his castle to drink blood once a month.
The original vampire ancestor’s bloodline is so mysterious. Even a transcendent mage cannot discover his true identity through normal means, so lurking in Green City wasn’t too dangerous.
He would never do something so foolish as to expose his true identity.
Therefore, Verna has become accustomed to Otto Braun’s frequent outings.
“Lord Otto Braun, pay attention to your safety. I will start cleaning your room.”
With a slight nod after explaining some trivial matters, Otto Braun immediately prepared to leave for his castle.
His Feat is immunity to sunlight. So, the sun, which is a natural enemy for a vampire, won’t hinder him from going out at any time during the day.
Vampires have a very terrible reputation in the eyes of the human race and have long been regarded as a mortal enemy. Once discovered, this race will be hunted down by armies and mages.
To avoid being followed to his lair, Otto Braun’s castle was built in a remote mountain range about 500 kilometres away from Green City.
After making the arrangements, he heads down from the seventh to the first floor.
As he walked down, a dozen or so mage apprentices he had met along the way had bowed and saluted respectfully towards him.
As apprentices who have been accepted by Otto Braun into his mage tower in the past three years, these are all good seedlings and have the potential to become future mages.
But the most difficult and demanding hurdle to becoming a mage is talent, and none of this group of apprentices has so far grown up to become an official mage.
Otto Braun nodded slightly. These apprentices were originally recruited as a cover for the original’s true identity. So, the original vampire ancestor hadn’t really taught them much.
Of course, now he still has no intention of focusing on teaching, and these apprentices could only wait until later when he had more time to deal with them.
In front of the Scarlet Mage Tower, the two servants he called to arrange for a carriage had arrived.
When Otto Braun appeared on the street wearing a black senior mage robe, the surrounding crowd instantly showed expressions of fear.
Many commoners even bowed their heads straight down, daring not to look directly at his figure.
Because a mage typically lives in their mage tower to study magic spells for many years on end, most mage personalities become somewhat aloof… So, it’s well-known that mage lords have erratic tempers.
A mage, people who have mastered the mysterious power of magic spells and possesses abilities far beyond the realm of man, have always been the object of envy and fear among the common man.
If a commoner offends a nobleman, perhaps they will just be sent off after a few whips. But if one offends a mage lord, be prepared to meet the God of Death after receiving a magic spell.
Otto Braun had no reaction while seeing the many envious and fearful expressions from the surrounding peoples. These scenes were so common in the original’s memory.
Not even the nobles of Green City dare to be presumptuous in the presence of a powerful senior mage. Magic spells are truth, this has always been the maxim of the Goddess of Magic as well as the truism of a mage.
The interior of the carriage was very luxurious, with the furs of unknown magic beasts stitched together to form blossoming flowers.
The soft cushions are even more comfortable than a modern sofa, collapsing under him as he takes his seat.
Windows walled off the cold air from the carriage, and when the curtains were lifted, the view from both sides of the road was revealed.
Although Otto Braun admits that the city has a strong exotic atmosphere, the areas of squalor in the city still make him, a modern man who is accustomed to cleanliness, show a frown.
Clogged sewers, rats crawling up and down the streets, and even beggars who drop their pants down in the alleyways to relieve themselves.
All these scenes illustrate the ignorance and backwardness of this era.
At the same time, the reality presented before him was so true that Otto Braun was reluctant to pry his eyes away.
Whether it’s the expression of a caring merchant on the street or the limb movements of a nobleman passing by from time to time, the expressions on their faces, the body movements, and behaviours all show that this world wasn’t a virtual game.
Every person before him had their own unique soul, and each one belonged to a living breathing human.
It took a full one and a half helios before the carriage pulled out from the towering city walls. This megalopolis with a population of one million is incredibly large… There are no modern high-rise buildings here, so the land area within the city was horrendously underutilized.
Not far from the city gate, the two servants were told to park the carriage beside a deserted grove while Otto Braun got out of the carriage alone.
The two servants had long been accustomed to his behaviour and said their goodbyes before quickly driving back to the city.
Otto Braun went into the woods, used a second circle spell, Detection, and found no outsiders tailing him.
In his mind, he opens up the property panel and looks at the abilities listed to directly use his vampire racial ability.
Bat Incarnation.
Bat Incarnation: You can incarnate as 100 tiny bats, each bat contains 5% of your strength. As long as one bat remains, you can be reborn. You can conjure bat wings for flying, speed is limited to 50% of tiny bats.
This ability can almost be regarded as a vampire’s strongest life-saving skill.
Transforming into 100 tiny bats, as long as all the tiny bats scatter as they fly away, one tiny bat escaping is enough to be reborn.
In terms of rankings of life-saving skills, it’s enough to rank at the top for escape-related skills.
Similarly, it can also be used for travelling.
Because it is a racial talent, the spellcasting process for Otto Braun was even simpler than invoking Small Fireball.
Brush~
There was a flash followed by black smoke.
When the sound of Otto Braun’s voice instantly vanished, what was replaced was the flutter of a hundred bat wings taking off.
Chapter 4 First Time Spellcasting <TOC> Chapter 6 Prelude to Farming, The Vampire Clan Must Change