My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness

Episode 242 Vampire Rise (2)

It was too chaotic and disordered to be called the mental world of a single being.

‘What is this…?’

Crimson rain poured down in one area, a pool of blood swirled in another, and right next to it, a barren desert stretched endlessly.

It was a world of fragmented realities, forcibly stitched together and jumbled.

-How could you devour your own kind…? Power… my ambition…

-I don’t want to die… How long… must I hide…

-Research… I must continue my research… Heaven’s Turn Society… power!

And fragments of unknown thoughts flowed through the space, swirling like a storm, making his mind spin—.

Just being exposed to this hostile environment was rapidly eroding his soul, hardened by ten thousand years, and his ego, formed by a thousand years of memories.

[…Are these all thoughts from devouring his own kind? Just how many did he consume…! No, more importantly, how is he even able to think clearly with his mental world this contaminated…?]

He hurriedly shielded himself with his massive karma, hardened over the eons, like armor, and muttered softly.

He had thought the poisonous blood was because of some unknown bloodline… but he hadn’t expected his mental world to be this messed up.

Heinz had been acting perfectly normal.

[Oh, the original vampire? You’re holding up quite well in this environment.]

And as he was desperately trying to grasp the situation,

A familiar voice echoed through the chaotic storm.

It was Heinz, the master of this insane world, his target.

[I apologize for the mess. It was a sudden visit, so I didn’t have time to clean up. This is the first time I’ve had a guest. Well, it was such a mess that I had given up on it anyway.]

A mocking voice, laced with amusement.

Obaifo frowned and looked around.

But Heinz was nowhere to be seen in this twisted and jumbled world.

‘He’s not planning to show himself… Is this a trap…?’

As expected, there was no way a Sacred Blood, the leader of a powerful clan, could have such a messed-up mental state.

He must have a safe zone somewhere, where he kept his true mind.

‘But even that is quite impressive…’

He slowly raised his aura, a smile spreading across his lips.

‘He seems to be relying on this trap…’

The mental world was a world governed by will and thought, not by the laws of physics.

Wandering around aimlessly would only play into his opponent’s hands.

[You underestimate me, Heinz…!]

But he wasn’t an ordinary being either.

Obaifo focused his mind, drawing upon the unknown power within his soul, and took a large step forward.

Driven by his desire to reach Heinz, the master of this world.

Swoosh—

The surrounding scenery shifted in an instant, as if he had used some sort of teleportation technique.

‘Whew, let’s finish this quick…’

He looked up triumphantly, thinking he had succeeded…

And then he saw it.

[…Huh? What’s that…?]

A massive wall, towering as if to divide the world.

The inviolable sanctuary, “Soul Firewall”, born from the contamination caused by Immortal King Hans.

‘Damn it, is he hiding in there…?’

Another obstacle.

He felt his breath catch in his throat, overwhelmed by its sheer size and the insurmountable pressure emanating from it.

And the erosion that was trying to devour him continued, so he couldn’t just stand there.

[To come this far in an instant… To use your power so skillfully in someone else’s mental world… Impressive. But that power just now… was it…]

Heinz’s voice echoed again, but Obaifo ignored him and focused all his energy on charging towards the gate.

He unleashed the power he had received from the Revolutionary to its limit.

[…The power of the abyss? No, it’s something different. This isn’t something I can just ignore. But how do you possess such power?]

But the gate remained unyielding, no matter how many times he slammed against it.

Heinz also seemed confident that the barrier wouldn’t break, his attention elsewhere.

His dismissive attitude infuriated Obaifo, who had been ignored since the beginning.

[Ugh, you’ve been chattering nonstop…! If you’re so curious, why don’t you find out yourself?! You won’t gain anything by hiding in there like a coward!] ṛＡ₦ỐВÊŠ

Annoyed by the impenetrable gate and fueled by his frustration, he lashed out.

And the response he received was completely unexpected.

[…You have a point. It seems we need to have a more in-depth conversation.]

[What…?]

As soon as he finished speaking,

The gate, which had been unyielding until now, started to tremble, and then slowly opened, as if welcoming him.

It was an anticlimactic opening, making his previous efforts seem pointless.

[I’ll invite you in. Come on in.]

And then, a meaningful provocation followed.

[If you’re not afraid of regretting it.]

It was an arrogant declaration, opening the gate that protected him and inviting him in, but Obaifo didn’t hesitate and confidently entered.

This was his goal from the beginning, and he had no other options left.

‘You fool… You’ll be the one regretting it…!’

And above all, he was confident that he wouldn’t lose.

‘He doesn’t know that I can also draw upon the power of other bloodlines in the mental world.’

The essences of the Sacred Bloods he had fused into his heart.

If he unleashed them all at once, combined with the power he had received from the Revolutionary…

‘My output will increase tenfold, even if it’s only temporary.’

No matter how advantageous this mental world was to Heinz, there was no way he could overcome such a difference in power alone.

Even if he could somehow handle a four- or five-fold increase, the result would be the same.

It would be over before he could even react.

Obaifo, with his sinister plan, confidently entered the opened gate—

[You’ve arrived.]

And finally met Heinz’s spirit, a crimson human figure, in the innermost sanctum of his mental world.

But what he hadn’t anticipated was…

[…What… is this…?]

…that Heinz wasn’t the only one waiting for him.

[Khehehe— Interesting. You have some strange things attached to you.]

A pitch-black monstrosity, an amalgamation of all impurities, stared at him with piercing black eyes that seemed to see through everything.

[That power. I’m very interested. It seems like the Revolutionary did something.]

A pure white saint, enveloped in a brilliant halo of blessings, radiating a bright light, as if favored by God.

[Tsk, I’m hungry, even though I don’t have a body. I wonder what will happen if I eat him? Will it satisfy my hunger?]

[Ah… I can definitely sense a strange energy from him…]

And there were others as well. A madman seemingly made of crimson flames of madness, a green figure emanating a warm and languid aura…

Almost ten of them were surrounding Obaifo, who had just entered the fortress.

‘When did they get reinforcements…? Wait, no. They’re all masters of this mental world?’

Having lived for a long time and mastered both magic and the mental world, he immediately realized that the situation was very strange.

And it wasn’t in his favor.

‘Multiple personalities…? No, a mere alter ego can’t have this much power! And their dispositions and levels are all completely different! A dark mage strong enough to be considered an Immortal King, a saintly figure, a High Elf… and… Don’t tell me, is that a dragon…?’

Among them, there was a golden creature with a silhouette clearly different from the others, a humanoid figure.

A powerful, endangered species he hadn’t seen in almost three hundred years.

‘The most likely possibility is that he sealed the souls of summoned heroes within his body using some kind of grand magic…’

One thing was certain.

He was in deep trouble.

His trump card? The power he had been granted? It was all meaningless now.

‘…Damn it.’

He felt a chill down his spine.

It must have been his imagination, as a spirit in the mental world couldn’t feel physical sensations.

[Khehehe— My research has been progressing smoothly. I never thought I’d find another clue to the abyss here! Come to think of it, he was also part of Oath of Heaven’s Defiance, wasn’t he? This could be a valuable lead.]

A chilling voice, making his blood run cold.

He instinctively looked back, but the door he had entered through was already firmly shut, as if it had never been opened.

[Don’t worry, you just have to cooperate. I have something nice for you! It won’t hurt too much. Ah, to be more precise…]

A dark figure, holding an orb, approached him, followed by other menacing spirits.

And—.

[…You won’t even feel the pain. Hahahahahaha!]

That…

…was the end.

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“Hmm.”

Heinz the Second slowly opened his eyes and looked at the old vampire, Obaifo, who was frozen before him.

A considerable amount of time had passed in the mental world, but only a few moments had passed in reality.

He slowly raised a hand and removed Obaifo’s hand, which was still clutching his forehead.

Obaifo’s arm went limp, as if he was a puppet.

‘I wasn’t planning to accept him as a subordinate, even if he surrendered.’

Obaifo was a scheming bastard who had been plotting in the shadows with Oath of Heaven’s Defiance for a long time.

He had a completely opposite personality from Briki, who was carefree, and he was also skilled in magic, so he would have been a constant nuisance even if he became a subordinate.

“The loser gives everything to the winner, you said.”

Thud—

Heinz’s hand, without hesitation, pierced Obaifo’s heart, which was now just an empty shell.

His heart, still beating despite his crumbling body, was in Heinz’s grasp.

“This is a satisfactory offering. I’ll gladly accept it.”

And with those words, Heinz crushed the heart.

At the same time, Obaifo’s blood, along with nine essences of Sacred Blood that seemed to have been implanted through some method, was absorbed into Heinz’s hand.

‘Hmm, not bad as an energy source.’

Now that most of the vampires on the continent were under his command, having more Sacred Blood didn’t make much of a difference, other than increasing his energy capacity.

As he had said before, they were just one of the countless vampire factions, and more importantly, he had “Hybrid Evolution”, the superior version.

‘That’s not the point.’

Well, it was important… but there was something more important right now.

The change that had occurred as he absorbed Obaifo’s essence.

He felt his body heating up, steam erupting from his skin, and then he slowly smiled as he saw the notification that suddenly appeared.

《Achievement unlocked! You have become the ‘King of Vampires’, the vampire monarch who united the divided race.》

《You have gained control of most of the vampires in Auterica. You are granted the perk “Monarch’s Authority” as a reward.》

《You have achieved a feat that has greatly impacted the world. Karma increases further.》

Heinz the Second, who had started as a human, become a Fledgling vampire, and then reached the pinnacle of Sacred Blood…

…had finally become the true king of his species.

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