CHAPTER 759: UNKNOWN VAMPIRE 596

"..."

Silence.

An oppressively heavy silence.

Reiger faced off with the girl who had turned into a vampire, you looking at me, I looking at you, yet neither made a sound.

Reiger stared fixedly at the vampire girl before him, his eyes flashing fiercely with a crystalline sheen, watching her every move, ready to react at the slightest hint of action from her.

The vampire girl, on the other hand, met Reiger’s gaze, tilting her head inquisitively and with a hint of confusion, seemingly clueless about her thoughts.

The two stood in confrontation, making the air grow even more leaden.

"Uh..."

At this moment, Liz, who Reiger held in his arms, seemed to snap out of her charmed state, her vacant eyes beginning to focus, eliciting a low moan from her.

This moan seemed to catch the vampire girl’s attention.

The vampire girl shifted her gaze slightly, looking towards Liz in Reiger’s arms, the red glow in her eyes intensifying.

Seeing this, Reiger instinctively called out to her.

"Yuloli Reinayier."

As soon as her name was uttered, the vampire girl immediately showed a reaction.

She furrowed her brows slightly and blinked, returning her gaze to Reiger.

"Yuloli Reinayier."

Noticing this, Reiger called out to her again.

"..."

She remained silent, offering no response, unsure whether she couldn’t speak or simply didn’t want to, just staring at Reiger and continuing to blink.

Reiger pondered this behavior for a while, then spoke the following words.

"I am your creator, your master."

"Remember my name, I am called Reiger Brillhaut."

"You must obey my commands, understand?"

Reiger spoke these words not harshly nor meekly, but as if stating some objective fact, his tone lacking the slightest inflection, yet filled with an inexplicable persuasiveness.

"..."

The vampire girl still remained silent, not speaking, but the look in her eyes seemed to undergo some change as she regarded Reiger.

This allowed Reiger to understand her state to some extent.

"She has intelligence, but is like a newborn infant, with very basic understanding of the world around her."

"She appears to have no memory of her life before, yet knows her name is Yuloli Reinayier, perhaps her body instinctively reacting to this name."

"She is still recognizing me, coming to terms with the current situation."

"Therefore, she won’t contradict what I say, nor feel aversion to it, because she does not yet know what it means to resist or to dislike."

Quickly grasping the situation, Reiger immediately had some calculations in mind.

He set Liz, who was still moaning softly, against the wall, letting her rest on the side, then slowly approached the vampire girl.

"..."

The vampire girl blinked again as she watched Reiger, who was moving closer to her, her delicate hand stirring slightly, as if preparing to act.

"Don’t move."

Reiger’s timely command restrained the vampire girl, causing her to stiffen slightly and tilt her head in confusion once more.

Reiger, as if oblivious to all this, walked straight up to the vampire girl.

"Extend your hand."

Reiger reached out to the vampire girl and gave an instruction.

The vampire girl blinked, and only after several seconds did she extend her hand, placing it on Reiger’s.

"The other hand."

Reiger held out his other hand and continued to command.

This time, the vampire girl did not comply.

Reiger’s other outstretched hand was in a state of torn flesh and flowing blood.

The vampire girl was attracted by the fresh blood, her hunger piqued, and she began to stare intently at the blood on Reiger’s hand.

"Extend your hand!"

Reiger ignored this and issued his command in a more detached voice, exerting his control over the girl.

"..."

Conflicted, the vampire girl eventually stretched out her other hand obediently, placing it upon Reiger’s.

"Good."

Reiger then nodded in satisfaction, flicked his finger, and sent a droplet of blood toward the girl.

The girl subconsciously opened her small mouth and caught the blood bead flying toward her, swallowed it after a slight gulp, and then revealed an expression of pleasure.

"Sit down,"

Reiger suddenly spoke again, issuing a new command to the vampire girl.

The vampire girl reflexively followed the instruction and sat down on the spot.

However, it was not clear whether it was intentional or subconscious, but the vampire girl sat in a duck-like position on the ground and slightly tilted her head back, looking at Reiger.

That pose, it must be said, was quite enticing.

Reiger’s movements could not help but pause for a moment, before he smoothly recovered.

Next, Reiger gave the vampire girl several more instructions and, after she complied, fed her his own blood as if rewarding her.

After a few exchanges like this, the vampire girl no longer resisted Reiger’s commands.

Consequently, Reiger’s control over the vampire girl significantly strengthened, solidifying that subtle spiritual link between creator and creation.

If a clever person were here to witness Reiger’s actions, they would realize that he was taming Queen Yuluo Aili Reinayier.

It couldn’t be helped, the vampire girl’s power was too strong, and Reiger was unable to fully control her. He had to use this method to strengthen his control, simultaneously eliminating her instinct to resist and planting the notion deep in her heart that he was her master.

It was only now that Reiger could spare the effort to observe Yuluo Aili Reinayier and assess her condition.

"This queen has indeed become a vampire, an undead."

"But what kind of vampire has she turned into?"

"It’s clear she’s not some low-ranking vampire."

Just by appearance, this vampire girl should be a vampire bride.

Because ’YGGDRASIL’ emphasizes the monstrous nature of vampires, all vampires basically have a generally hideous appearance, unlike the handsome or beautiful creatures described in some stories.

Especially the True Ancestors, with mouths slit to the ears and canines that extended to the jaw, hands and feet like dead branches ending in several centimeters long claws, a mouth split to the ears filled with rows of white, fine, sharp teeth like those of a shark, and a long tongue; they were truly like gill sharks, just the sight of them could cause a steep drop in SAN value, and if one could still be excited after seeing such a vampire, they were truly a brave soul.

Vampires in ’YGGDRASIL’ were like this: the higher the rank, the more monstrous their appearance. Only the vampire brides and a few other vampires had the rare beautiful appearance among the undead, which is why Shalltear Bloodfallen’s attendants were all vampire brides, as opposed to higher-ranking undead.

As for the one called ’Destroyer of Nations,’ Iveyer, although a vampire, she was not a ’YGGDRASIL’ vampire but a native vampire from the Overlord’s world, belonging to an original species of another world. That’s why she could maintain the appearance of a human girl and not transform into the hideous True Ancestor of ’YGGDRASIL’.

The vampire girl before him maintained her beautiful human appearance, which one would think made her a vampire bride.

However, vampire brides were not high-ranking vampires; quite the contrary, they were low-ranking, with levels barely exceeding 30. In the world of Overlord, any being who had stepped into the Heroic Domain could easily subdue them.

Yet, the vampire girl before him was clearly a very high-ranking vampire, even higher than a True Ancestor. If her rank were expressed in ’YGGDRASIL’ levels, she would absolutely have exceeded the maximum level of one hundred, and even Shalltear Bloodfallen would have no choice but to bow before her.

Otherwise, it simply wouldn’t do her recent performance justice.

This was a vampire that had injured Reiger upon their first encounter!

This level of power, even with the most conservative estimate, wouldn’t be ranked lower than a True Ancestor, would it?

"Could it be a Progenitor or a Vampire God Ancestor?"

The vampire progenitors and the Vampire God Ancestors are the only two vampire types in "YGGDRASIL" that rank higher than the True Ancestors.

Especially the God Ancestors, they are the original vampires, one of the deities in the game setting of "YGGDRASIL." They are famous boss-level monsters within this game, and even players at the cap level of one hundred should not expect to conquer them in single combat.

Shalltear Bloodfallen’s race includes a Vampire God Ancestor, and Iveyer is also an incomplete Vampire God Ancestor; however, their God Ancestor level is lower compared to their True Ancestor level, which is why they are regarded as vampire True Ancestors rather than Vampire God Ancestors.

In other words, they are not sufficient to be called deities, at most they are merely True Ancestors.

In comparison, looking at the vampire girl before me, I could believe that her performance just then would qualify her as a deity of the vampire race.

The problem is...

"It is said that vampire progenitors are more monstrous than True Ancestors, and the God Ancestors don’t seem to be much better..."

This definitely did not match with the beauty of the vampire girl before me.

"Could this queen, like the ’Annihilan,’ be a special type of vampire?"

Reiger was somewhat undecided now.

The only certainty was that this woman was a monster; no matter how beautiful she appeared, akin to a vampire bride, or even more beautiful than one, she was undeniably a monster.

Her power far exceeded my imagination, and there was even a possibility that she was more powerful than my fully committed self.

Lv.8?

Or could it be... Lv.9?

Reiger dared not think further.

"...Master?"

At this point, Liz finally came to her senses.

The little princess muttered Reiger’s name groggily, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she immediately saw Reiger attempting to subjugate Yuloli Reinayier.

"???"

In an instant, a series of question marks appeared on the little princess’s forehead.

Ah, this...

Is this some kind of new battle?

The little princess was utterly perplexed.