Chapter 8 The Vampire Clan's Path of Sustainable Development <TOC>
Translator: SumTLMan
The last point is this location has plenty of space.
To complete the project of developing the vampire clan, Otto Braun predicts there would have to be at least 50,000 humans in the early stage and as many as hundreds of thousands in the latter stage.
Hundreds of thousands of humans are more than enough to support this small population of vampires. Moreover, as one of the strongest races in the world, the vampire clan is fully capable of protecting and ensuring the safety of the humans as they replenish their ranks.
This will require a vast territory.
But as luck would have it, this condition has already been met.
With their current location.
The ancient castle stands on the edge of the cliff. When faced from the front, this ancient castle is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, past the castle, it was a completely different story.
In the area behind where the castle is located, there is a gourd-shaped basin which is surrounded by high mountains.
The castle is just at the mouth of this gourd-shaped basin.
Behind the castle was a fertile piece of land 30 kilometres wide and 20 kilometres long.
The terrain then shrinks to the point where the bottleneck of the gourd meets the ancient castle.
From a width of 30 kilometres, the terrain was reduced to less than 2 kilometres, with towering peaks on either side.
After 5 kilometres of the gourd-shaped basin bottleneck, the second half of the gourd-shaped basin area can be reached.
The land here is every bit as fertile as the land behind the ancient castle.
What’s more, the fertile soil is 150 kilometres long and has an average width of 60 kilometres.
All this fertile land alone belonged to Otto Braun.
The ancient castle was built at the mouth of the gourd-shaped basin, which firmly guards this rich and fertile land.
This was Otto Braun’s greatest opportunity.
In his opinion, this land was simply a godsend holy land for farming.
In the depths of the distant mountain range, transportation in this rough terrain is so bad that it requires flight to traverse most of the terrain.
Coupled with the fact that the gourd-shaped basin is surrounded by mountains with peaks as high as 3,000 blades. There is no way to pass this natural barrier but to enter straight through the front of the castle, directly cutting off enemy attacks from behind.
Even if there were flying magic beasts, only a dragon could possibly fly over such high mountains.
Moreover, the land within the gourd-shaped basin is fertile with temperate weather all year round. Plus, this territory is far away from the threat of war or magic beasts.
As long as there are humans, this land will flourish.
Even given Otto Braun’s experience from being baptized in modern society, he has only praises for this piece of land found by the original vampire ancestor.
If he were on Earth, this land may be rendered useless due to the lack of transportation possibilities. But in this turbulent world filled with chaos and war, this is the most suitable base camp for his clan.
Although poor and inconvenient transportation means isolation from the rest of the world, it also means absolute safety.
And with him still residing in Green City, communication with the outside world isn’t an issue at all. His clan won’t be left cut off from the rest of the world because of their remoteness and isolation.
In the original vampire ancestor’s memory, this fertile land was found after exploring the distant mountains for more than a decade.
Unfortunately, the original vampire ancestor didn’t know how to utilize this land at all. Even though the original vampire ancestor believed there was potential here, he didn’t know how to bring it fully into play.
Vampires aren’t a race known for their farming abilities. Among the group of superior races with extraordinary talents, theirs belong to the forefront of combat ability in the World of Glory.
In regards to farming, he’s afraid that this race wouldn’t even be able to taste the dust left behind humankind’s backside.
Coincidentally, Otto Braun crossed into the world and inherited this fortune left by the original vampire ancestor.
This land will flourish in his hands.
“Patriarch, do you plan to raise a group of humans to work for us?”
This voice belongs to Otto Braun’s direct bloodline descendant ranked second among his seven bloodline descendants.
Freyr.
A vampire with a thin figure and sharp eyes.
His long aquiline nose looks somewhat cold when gazed at by his mysterious blue eyes.
Captive humans are no stranger to him. A hundred years ago, when the vampire clan had more than 3,000 members, he had managed more than 10,000 humans. Since then, he has had no good impression of those greedy and weak sources of food.
Otto Braun nodded and spoke his mind without scruple.
“Yes, our holy clan’s current way of life is extremely precarious. If we continue on this path of plundering mankind as our mode of development.
We will be forced to always stay in hiding in the distant mountains and be reduced to rats scurrying around in the sewers.
When Green City eventually discovers us, will we be forced to give up this land that belongs to us?”
“If all of you don’t want Green City’s transcendent mage to knock on our doorstep, their armies to break through our castle gates, plunder our wealth or burn our clansmen at the stake.
All of you must follow me and carry out my orders according to my plans.”
Sure enough, external contradictions are truly the best way to transfer internal contradictions.
Moreover, the deterrence from Green City’s transcendent mage far exceeded Otto Braun’s expectation.
There wasn’t much movement by the vampire clan when Green City’s army was mentioned, but announcing the title of transcendent mage turned everyone’s face extremely ugly.
“Patriarch, your will is our way.”
To his surprise, the vampire clan bowed in unison and uttered this oath very solemnly.
Otto Braun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene. In fact, he overestimated the difficulty of the matter.
No, it should be he underestimated the meaning of the vampire ancestor within the vampire clan.
Not only was he the head of the clan, but as the head of the clan, it was as simple as being a sovereign with supreme authority. This type of declaration that determines the fate of the entire vampire clan has always been decided with the vampire ancestor’s final word.
No one can defy the ancestor’s authority, not only because of his status but also because of the shackles which have been deeply engraved within his vampire lineage.
“Very well, I will now give the orders.
First, starting today, the area south of the castle will be cleared for the arrival of humans.
In addition, all holy clan members are forbidden from harming humans, directly sucking human blood, and robbing humans of their wealth.”
“Second, we will initiate a secondary plan for our holy clan. Within the next six months, all of the vampire clan’s food will be provided by the Blood Pool.
Once again, it is forbidden to harm innocent humans, whether outside or inside the castle.
With the exception of those who have malicious and hostile intents against us.”
“Third, tomorrow morning, all of you will come to the main hall… and be re-educated about the history of our holy clan… I will personally explain it myself.”
After the three consecutive orders were issued, Otto Braun stopped and gave the vampire clan some time to digest what has been said.
“The task of clearing the southern part of the castle is entrusted to Odis and must be completed within five days.
After the Blood Pool is opened, Freyr will continue being responsible for safeguarding and security.”
“The seven of you stay back, and the others will head back first. Everyone will gather here tomorrow morning at nine o’clock.”
Otto Braun waved his hand and of those who left, only seven direct second-generation bloodline descendants remained.
At one time, the vampire clan had as many as thirty second-generation bloodline descendants. But after the war with Green City a hundred years ago, there were only these seven remaining today.
To ensure the survival of the vampire clan and avoid discovery by Green City’s transcendent mage, the vampire ancestor has been suppressing the power of the clan. So, the population of vampire clan members has remained stagnant at around 200 or so for many years.
No longer concerned with the many different faces in the vampire clan, Otto Braun sat alone on the jewel-encrusted throne.
His eyes closed in quiet contemplation.
It had to be said that the framework of his improvised plan was still very vague, even crude, and there are countless areas that need to be improved upon during its implementation.
But this was an opportunity that Otto Braun would never pass up.
In three years, the players will arrive. If they don’t accumulate enough strength before this horde of embodied natural disasters stirs shit in the pot. Then he’s afraid the vampire clan really will be forced to lurk in these cold distant mountains.
And with the player’s ability to stir shit, the existence of the castle may no longer be concealed. When that time arrives, it truly will be a disaster.
The vampire clan is his foundation as determined by his status as the vampire ancestor.
Vampire Ancestor: You are the ancestor of vampires, have a strong bloodline, and are immune to sunlight. You can create a bloodline descendant every month. All bloodline descendants and future generations of bloodline descendants are eternally loyal to you. Each bloodline descendant will provide you with 1 point of experience every month.
The castle now has 200 vampires, and each bloodline descendant can provide him with 1 point of experience every month.
At present, the experience required for levelling up from level 10 to 11 is 5000. Even if he does nothing, he can be raised by one level in only two years.
Outsiders may underestimate one level, but Otto Braun knows very well how difficult it is to raise one level when above level 10.
There are millions of people in Green City, but only 20 senior mages have reached level 10. The higher the level, the more exaggerated the difficulty of levelling up.
<< Glory >> isn’t a game where one can level up by killing monsters. There is an extremely complex computing system which Otto Braun is still far from understanding.
And after the population of vampire clan members increases in the future, this number will continue to increase.
If he had 5,000 bloodline descendants, how quickly would he level up?
How big of a bug is this.
If he gives up the vampire clan, then he really will become just a vampire hiding amongst humans.
His advantage would be more than halved. So, the priority now is to develop the vampire clan until it has enough power to protect itself within these three years.
Chapter 8 The Vampire Clan's Path of Sustainable Development <TOC>