Vampire s Slice Of LifeVampire s Slice Of Life
"—ghhhhh!"
"Achoo!"
Lizbeth shivered and sneezed as she sat on Kenny's table.
Lith sat opposite to her and was reading a paper written by her.
On it was an impressive research and analysis of the poisoning Mace and Viona were affected with.
The wraith-like entities targeted a specific link in a person's body. This link was possessed by every single person in the universe, and was in their entire body. Making it collapse would lead to slow death for them.
Elemental affinities and spiritual power were connected together via a link. This bridge did not have a name, and was usually neglected by most because it didn't really matter much in the grand scheme of things.
However, these wraith-like entities exploited that very link. As they were beings from a non-materialistic dimension, the link looked like a normal part of a person's body which they can bite off or spread their poison in.
The poisoning won't result in immediate death as a person would be able to use their spiritual power despite not being able to feel a connection with the elemental energies.
Once the poison penetrated deep, it would hinder their spiritual power and corrupt it, thereby turning them into a mortal, and eventually the person would die from natural aging.
It was terrifying, and the cure for such a thing was usually to leave the body and have a new one.
Lizbeth, however, seemed to have found a way to make the poison penetrate deep and corrupt the person. Her alchemical skills were definitely top tier, and brought new insights to Lith.
Going through these papers gave Lith a lot of brilliant ideas and improved his own alchemical skills.
Lizbeth was in for a scolding for blowing herself and the roof of the castle, but with the level of effort that went into the paper, she was let off.
Roy was surprisingly out of the tense situation for a moment. He hoped that his luck continued to help him out like this and prayed for it internally, totally unaware that he was sitting beside the very embodiment of luck, Hyunsuk.
By the time Lith finished going through the papers and chatting with Lizbeth, Roy had articulated his words and was ready to have a conversation with Lith.
Lith let off Lizbeth with a warning and asked her to be more careful. He then stated that he would help her in her research later and went back to his seat to continue his conversation with Roy.
Roy took a deep breath and said, "To answer your question on why you shouldn't kill me…"
Everyone on the table looked at him with interest.
"…it's because I may not be the one you are looking for, but the one you were searching for."
"Hm?" The statement interested Lith.
Roy continued, "Jackie told me that you're after the clan because they hurt your family. Me… I handle the external financial affairs of the clan. They have nothing to do with hurting people, so I shouldn't be the one you were looking for. As for the latter half of my statement…"
Roy's eyebrows were knitted as he couldn't believe his own self on what he was about to say.
"…I am at a high position in the clan, in a place where I have details of every single person. I can help you find the ones responsible for causing problems to your family. With that, you can target the ones you have grievances with and not hurt the innocent ones of the clan."
Roy totally understood the gravity of the situation and knew there was no way to stop Lith.
He calculated many outcomes and preventing the impending doom seemed inevitable. Thus, he focused on lowering the damages instead.
Lith listened to the man's words and found them to be reasonable.
However…
Lith propped his elbows on the table and on the interlocked fingers, placed his chin as he looked at Roy as if he was looking at a fool.
"Do you think I am a saint, Mr. Roy?"
Lith smiled.
"What makes you think I wouldn't want to hurt the innocent? Why would I even bother to look for the ones I have a conflict with? Simply erasing every single one of you is much simpler and efficient."
Roy's heart skipped a beat in nervousness. He didn't expect Lith to be so cold and brutal.
Jacqueline looked at Lith with an expression of surprise. She didn't expect him to be so cold as well.
Answering this question of Lith's was not easy. Roy had a tough time thinking of a perfect response for it.
After some thinking, something clicked him. He looked at Lith and said, "You are a Evure too, right?"
"Yes." Lith answered calmly. "Not the same as you though."
"That's fine." Roy brushed it off. What mattered to him was the initial answer.
"See… since you're a Evure, if you spare the innocent ones, you could actually become the clan leader and—"
"Nope. I don't give a shit about your clan or becoming its leader." Lith cut Roy off.
"Please hear me out." Roy pleaded. "What I meant is that… our clan's really big and has a lot of resources. Some can only be accessed by certain people who are alive. If you spare them, you could have everything to yourself."
"In Shen Ze, neither you nor your coming ten generations of descendants would need to worry about resources for reaching the Legendary Rank mark. You'll also be able to learn the secrets of having all elemental affinities and so much more."
Watching Roy speak all of that felt painful. Jacqueline wanted to stop him from saying so much, but realized she was in no position to do so.
If Roy was so serious about this and was even willing to divulge the biggest secrets of the clan, then this meant the matter was definitely bigger than what Jacqueline had initially thought it to be.
Glancing at Roy, before answering him, Lith smiled.
He reclined back on his chair and said, "What secret is even there? Don't you have all elemental affinity due to a Unique Ability? I just need to kill the one possessing it and I'm good to go."
Roy's eyes widened like saucers and so did Jacqueline's.
"H-h-how do you know about Unique Abilities!?!" Roy couldn't help but ask. "They're a well kept secret of the Evure God Clan!"
Lith smirked. "Mr. Roy, do you even know how Unique Abilities appear? And who exactly possesses it?"
"You can even figure out who possesses it!?!" Roy was at the edge of his seat.
The clan was only able to track a few of those people. They did not exactly know who could possess it.
They've been thinking that it was a random thing!
Lith liked the reaction Roy was showing. It confirmed a few things about the Evure God Clan to him.
"You sure have an interesting expression there, Mr. Roy." Lith commented. "Too bad, I am not answering any of your questions. Though, since I'm in a good mood right now, I'll give you another chance."
Lith then yawned and said, "Tell me, Mr. Roy…"
"…why shouldn't I kill you?"