Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 155 – VAMPIRE

As soon as I returned to the palace, the first thing I did was to ask Yasmin to explain her knowledge of the monsters we saw at the forensic clinic of Doctor Minerva.

It used the corpse of a former living person as its container, but it was definitely not necromancy since the possessed corpse had the ability to heal itself.

“That's a vampire, Master.”

“So you know it right?”

“Yes, they are a virus that thrived once on the plains of the Artemis Continent before the appearance of Demon King Ozama there.”

“You've remembered your past, Yasmin? Didn't you say you barely remember anything about your past?”

It wasn't me, but it was Albert who asked Yasmin this time. However, it also represents my curiosity all along.

“Yes, I think I remember it. It is not clear where I remember it. It seems like I read it first in one of the sacred temple libraries, but I don't remember where it is clearly. For sure I clearly remember this information after seeing the vampires in person.”

In cases of partial memory loss is common if memory memory is mostly lost, although memory related to science or intelligence will not be lost.

One of my curiosity was answered, but that was not the important thing to be discussed at this time.

“Vampire yes... But what do you mean by virus, Yasmin? So they're not living beings?”

“Which I remember, it's true, Master. They are a type of virus embedded in the blood, copying the memories of their host, and then using them to disguise themselves by behaving exactly like their host. They spread through the medium of blood.”

“Is it limited to humans or can it be to other creatures as well?”

“Usually human-shaped vampires will only be interested in sucking human blood. As for the vampire in the form of a wolf, it will also only be interested in sucking wolf blood. There have never been cases in the past where they could be transmissible between species.”

I feel lucky that Yasmin has all that in her memory. Had Yasmin not been amnesic, I would have been able to find out in the hidden library where in the sacred temple she had read the documents. I was really curious to read the documents in person.

Regarding access to the strict sacred temple, I could not freely seek access to information to their library. As a result, even though I felt that I had read all their books, apparently there was still information that I did not know about like the vampire virus in the ancient civilization of the demon continent.

“Lantas what about their host, Yasmin? Are they still alive inside?”

“When their bodies were taken over by the vampire virus, the host should have died. But uniquely, they have the ability to mimic the attitudes and habits of their hosts perfectly even to the extent that their closest family will not notice it.”

“Lantas how will we catch such monsters if we cannot distinguish them from normal humans before they themselves reveal their identity?”

“If it is, it is quite easy, Master. Since vampire viruses can only incubate at cold temperatures, they will soon burn up once exposed to the scorching sun. They are also weak against one of the antibiotic substances contained in garlic that causes their blood contact with garlic liquid will also cause their recovery ability to disappear.”

“Also, there is a part of the virus that is very reactive in silver where pitting them with silver metal will interfere with their photosynthesis process in producing energy that leads to death in each of their cells. But of course the most effective way to kill them is to damage their heart, the place where the main body of the virus incubates to create new offspring.”

Hearing the full explanation of the information provided by Yasmin, I smiled with satisfaction at her.

“Good work, Yasmin. This information you provide is really very helpful.”

Yasmin smiled back at me with pride.

***

Search commenced. I assigned each imperial soldier to look for villagers with the alleged criterion of vampires as described by Yasmin, which is to suddenly lock themselves in a room during the day, avoiding eating garlic, or suddenly no longer wearing jewelry or other items made of silver.

Unfortunately, during the search until the fifth day after the first disaster, we have not found any clues regarding the mother vampire. But we instead found five new bodies that experienced the same symptoms back. Four of us pricked his heart before he could be awakened by the vampire virus, while the other one had risen, but we immediately killed while still entering the stage of his madness.

Based on additional information from Yasmin, before the vampire virus reaches the brain of the host, he will show hysterical activity first as we have seen before. But once it reaches the brain, he will immediately learn the behavior of his host and then copy it well.

After the fifth day, we tightened our guard around the area where vampire disasters often occur. Fortunately the radius of the area was not so wide that we were able to optimize the guard.

It was around the location of the sacred temple settlement. But that's exactly what makes me so worried about Ilene also staying within that danger radius. I could only immediately eradicate the danger because I could not persuade Ilene to evacuate from there.

***

Arriving on the fifteenth day, the disaster rate was found to be reduced thanks to close supervision. But it can not also be said to be successful in the span of ten days after that, we are still missing two cases even after with extra strict supervision. In addition, there is no clue at all about who the identity of the vampire mother who has mingled with the human race.

Simultaneously, Alice arrived from Apes City after finishing dealing with the post-motion caused by the Maosium Kingdom there.

“Vampire disaster? I'm afraid you can find access to that information too, Master.”

Wait, wait, wait! From her words, it was as if Alice also knew about the information regarding the vampire before.

“You know something about the vampire disaster, Alice?”

“Yes, it was in the old documents of the ancient sacred temple before it became the orthodox holy temple it is today, Master. I've known it since my father understood the holy temple of Protestants. There was not a single Protestant holy temple left today that refused the worship of inanimate objects, but in my old mansion, I had time to read some of the documents.

“One of the things that caught my attention was the history of the Armtemis Continent in the days before the appearance of the tower and the Demon King where one of the discussions was about the monster that materialized from human greed, vampire.”

I talked to Alice a long time later to get more information about vampires.

The one I surprised. According to Alice, perhaps the mansion in her home is the only remaining treasure of the Protestant holy temple, but even now it may not be left. It was because of the orthodox sacred temple movement that eliminated all traces of Protestant sacred temple information, including the unusual information it carried such as the state of the continent before the appearance of the tower and the Demon King.

Based on the information Curtiz had given me back then, Yasmin was clearly a low-ranking sacred servant of the sacred temple of the sacred sect of the fire worshipers. So, how can a low-ranking sacred servant of an orthodox holy temple like himself be able to access the confidential information of the followers of the Protestant holy temple?

Was Yasmin actually a spy or something before she lost her memories sent by the secret organization of the Protestant holy temple adherents that actually still existed on the continent? Even that wild mind could not escape my head.

Come to think of it, the documents on the orthodox sacred temple only focus on the appearance of the Demon King as the great enemy of mankind in the future.

As for the historical documents related to things before the appearance of the Demon King and the tower in the Armtemis Continent ten thousand years ago were completely annihilated, including the past relationship of the Continent of Ernoa to the other three continents in the world, the Eastern Continent of Asia, the Southern Continent of Ifrak, and the Northern Continent of Arteik.

The orthodox holy shrines have completely erased history. No, not only removed, some even changed like the first hero of Aries who arbitrarily replaced his position with the Rizard. I don't know how much more false information that the orthodox holy temple has implanted in this Continent of Ernoa.

“But why does the Master look so moody?”

Alice suddenly asked me in the middle of my daydream thinking about the thorny problem of this vampire disaster.

“How can I not be moody. It's been fifteen days that the mother vampire is roaming free, but I have not found a clue at all that can come close to him even though all the palace soldiers and my familiar have been deployed to all the nooks and crannies of the capital.”

“Take it easy, Master. Leave this to me.”

“What can you do?”

Of course I was astonished by Alice's priminent self-confidence. I alone with all my might tried desperately for these fifteen days, have not found a single clue despite having deployed my pride's ice birds…

“Oh.”

“Finally Master remembers something?”

Why I forgot Alice's basic elements. It was a lightning bolt capable of sensing the location of the cold darkness.

“It's only natural that with that Master element, Master can't investigate it since your base element is as old as you. But unlike my lightning element which is a natural opponent of the cold darkness, we will definitely soon be able to track it.”