MAEPG: Episode 46
Episode 46 Heaven’s Turn Society (4)
Whirr—
I opened the window of the room and looked outside.
People busily moving about as morning came.
They were ordinary people living their daily lives.
Perhaps it was because I frequently interacted with the outside world through avatars, but at some point, I no longer felt fear of the outside.
I still felt a mental burden about going outside directly, but I could now open the window and feel the outside air without any problems.
I blankly looked outside and organized my thoughts.
-Individual Name: Heinz the Second
-Race: Vampire (True Blood)
-Common Traits: “Mind Hub”, “Persona”, “Clear Mind”
-Individual Traits: “Blood Kin (True Blood)”, “Hybrid Evolution”, “Blood Mystery”, “Refined Blood Essence”, “Acceleration”, “Super Regeneration”, “Insight”, “Concealment”, “Invisibility”
-Special Notes: Repeatedly evolved through collecting bloodsucking factors from various dimensions. Partially ignores hostile abilities of other vampires as a predator and exerts instinctive pressure. Excess energy recently absorbed is stored in the Blood Essence formed in the body.
After the battle at the villa, Heinz suffered from indigestion for a while.
‘I sucked the blood of all the executives, as well as the vampires guarding the place, so it’s only natural.’
Even low-level vampires were helpful in collecting new bloodsucking factors, and he devoured them all because it was a waste to throw them away.
But there was a limit to everything, no matter how little physical limitations there were.
As he reached a saturation point where he couldn’t hold any more in his body, he used his strengthened blood control ability to gather and compress the overflowing bloodsucking factors, creating a single essence.
‘Most of it was from low-level vampires that just took up space.’
Although they evolved due to the influence of “Hybrid Evolution” after entering his body, their quality itself was too low to use directly.
They weren’t of much help to Heinz, whose level had already skyrocketed, but it was a waste to throw them away.
It was the newly acquired special skill “Refined Blood Essence” that made it possible to use them.
‘The problem is the thoughts contained in the blood, right? Then the solution is simple. For me.’
He had already done it before.
When he received the baptism through Heinrich.
He combined his skills and blood control ability to extract the bloodsucking factor, devoid of thoughts, from ‘Heinz the Second’s’ Blood Essence.
The skill and the result of his efforts were “Refined Blood Essence”.
The essence of vampire evolution, containing no thoughts.
This “Refined Blood Essence”, when entering another vampire’s body, would become a catalyst for evolving their bloodsucking factor.
It was just a catalyst, so even a small amount would have a definite effect.
Of course, the more he injected, the greater the change and the faster the mutation would be.
‘There are some side effects, but…’
Actually, it wasn’t even a side effect.
After all, it was the process of ‘bestowing’ and ‘inheriting’ blood, so it was just a very, very minor issue of the inheritor being subordinate to the bestower.
It was nothing to a vampire!
‘It’s something all vampires are used to. It’s just that the target changes.’
Gaining definite power in exchange for loyalty.
It wasn’t a bad deal for the remaining hardliners who were in chaos due to the empty positions of the executives.
After all, they were those who craved power to the point of considering cannibalism.
He would embrace those who accepted it and use those who resisted, clinging to the old system, as materials for the consumed Blood Essence.
It was a very ideal structure.
‘…Huh? This is no different from what the hardliners were trying to do… Hmm, no. I’m eliminating those who are trying to disrupt society.’
He was just making a small profit in the process.
A very healthy plan, no different from a bounty hunter.
I smiled foolishly and then closed the window, entered the room, and sat down in front of the computer.
The internet search results for an incident were displayed on the screen.
-Seoul Station Terrorist Attack, August 20XX.
It was the place where he lost his family.
The corners of my lips, which had been smiling weakly, stiffened and drooped.
My heart sank coldly.
It was a chaotic time.
Superhumans who had gained power in other worlds and returned were swarming in one place, but there were no monsters or demon kings on Earth for them to use their power on.
All there were were other superhumans in the same situation.
But just because they were in the same situation didn’t mean they had the same values, so conflicts arose everywhere.
The only thing that could prove yourself in that situation was power.
Stronger power was the justice, the order, and everything in this world that could enforce your will.
Countless innocent people were sacrificed in the process, but those without power could only endure and bear it.
They just called it an accident, something that couldn’t be helped.
They couldn’t do anything about it.
I was the same.
Boom—!
Until now.
Cracks appeared on the desk as I lightly slammed my fist down.
I had blindly pursued power after awakening “Avatar”.
I didn’t want to feel the helpless moment of being defeated because I lacked power ever again.
“Persona” only helped me prevent being consumed by emotions and rotting away, it didn’t completely eliminate them.
Those emotions remained intact in my heart.
So I poured the accumulated power, the anger and resentment with nowhere to go, into judging ‘villains’.
The incident back then was a random terrorist attack by an awakened one whose motives were unknown, and the terrorist exploded right in front of me immediately after the incident.
So even after gaining power, there was nowhere for my anger and desire for revenge to be directed.
I thought the only thing I could do was to take down the villains I could see.
“…I thought so. But… there was? The culprit?”
My stiff expression softened, and the corners of my lips curved upwards again.
A silly smile reappeared on my face.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
‘Ah, I see.’
And I realized anew.
‘I was already broken a long time ago.’
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be laughing like this in this situation.
“Heh… hehehe… Hehehehehe… Ha…”
Laughter kept escaping my lips.
I was laughing so hard that drool, tears, and snot were running down my face, but I couldn’t stop laughing.
“Haa… haa…”
It was exhilarating.
After laughing for a while, my mind felt clearer than ever.
Having a goal gave me motivation I had never felt before.
“Wow~ Things turned out like this? As expected, doing good deeds brings good fortune. I kept taking down bad guys, and their backer just popped up like this.”
I wiped away my tears and thought.
How could I screw them over?
I had already done it a few times.
I had gained some experience now, so I thought I could do it better.
‘If they were the type to back down easily, they wouldn’t have caused such a mess for so long. They’re in hiding now, but they’ll definitely show their faces again.’
I needed to be prepared to catch them by the neck when that happened.
To be prepared to completely eradicate them, including any backers behind them.
‘And it seems like they’re active all over the world. I don’t even know how much of a blow it is to stop their activities in Korea.’
Tap, tap, tap.
I crossed my legs and tapped my fingers on the desk to organize my thoughts.
If things got this big, there was definitely a limit to what an individual could do.
To face those who had already formed a huge force, I also needed the help of a force.
‘A force that could continuously track them down, gather information, and hold them back when needed.’
And the Blood Alliance could fulfill that role to some extent.
It would be even more helpful if I continued to support them, grow their power, and expand their scale by subjugating other organizations.
And I had more than enough funds from raiding other worlds and criminal organizations.
‘They’re an underworld organization, so they should know how to launder money. Come to think of it, it would be a good idea to indirectly control the guys I traded gold bars with through the Blood Alliance. They’re a bit lacking to be directly under my command, but they seem quite competent as a subordinate organization.’
I glanced at the lottery tickets that were still stored in a corner of the room.
It wasn’t urgent, so I could use them later.
But as I had seen in this fight, the most important thing was the existence of a strong individual with absolute power.
‘Hans and Heinz… and Heinrich is also steadily growing. But…’
It wasn’t enough.
This time, they retreated after suffering heavy losses because they weren’t prepared for me, but I didn’t know what would happen next time.
They were already aware of Hans and Heinz, and judging by the information I had obtained so far, Heaven’s Turn Society wasn’t just an ordinary organization.
To deal with their scope of activities and eliminate them completely, I needed more strong individuals.
Beings that they couldn’t predict or anticipate.
Even ten bodies wouldn’t be enough.
But I was someone who could have ten bodies.
If I lacked bodies, I could just create more.
‘And for that, I need Karma. I don’t have the luxury of leisurely growing my unique skill. To accumulate Karma, I need to have influence in another world.’
Then how about creating a major incident that would have a significant impact on another world?
For example…
“War… or something?”
I frowned for a moment after saying that.
Could I really cross that line?
Was I ready to abandon my humanity, blinded by my desires, and pursue power by sacrificing innocent people?
I wasn’t sure yet.
I knew it was strange, but I didn’t feel much anger or desire for revenge.
Rather, I felt more excitement and anticipation.
‘Heh… I’m not sane either.’
An opponent who deserved all my malice, no matter what I did, and whose goals and desires didn’t matter.
And at the same time, an opponent who wouldn’t be easily defeated and required me to fight with all my might.
…In my current state of mind, war wasn’t a very appealing option.
‘Then let’s put it on hold for now. A way to have a world-altering impact like war without sacrificing innocent people.’
There was no way such a convenient method existed…
“…There is?”
At that moment, very coincidentally, I had the perfect material in my hands.
“The Demon King and the Hero.”
An evil Demon King who led the forces of evil and threatened the continent.
A righteous Hero who received the support of humanity and fought against him.
It was a classic cliché.
I couldn’t help but chuckle.
‘I’ll roughly set the framework like that. I need to think about the scenario. I also need more information, and it seems like it’ll be important to maintain balance. Can I do it?’
The plan that came to mind wasn’t that great.
Hans would lead an evil organization and attack corrupt nobles, and Heinrich would punish them and become a hero.
Repeat that.
And in the climax, if I gathered all the evil organizations and wiped them out, wouldn’t it be a good thing for the continent?
The thing to be careful of was that the larger the scale, the greater the civilian casualties would be if I acted carelessly.
Countless uncontrolled variables would arise.
But perhaps because it was much more toned down than the option of war, I didn’t feel as much resistance as before.
The results could change depending on our efforts.
‘The moment I rationalize unnecessary sacrifices, I’ll be no different from them. I have no choice but to try my best.’
There was always a way.
It wasn’t something I had to worry about right now.
It was a long-term plan that required a lot of preparation, and I couldn’t implement it right away.
Hans was still too lacking to cause trouble on a continental scale.
First, I had to find the last remaining ‘Immortal King’s Fragment’.
‘There’s plenty of time. Heaven’s Turn Society suffered heavy losses this time, so they’ll be quiet for at least a few years. The time difference with another world is 10:1. It’s not too late even if I proceed slowly.’
It was impossible to stop them from operating overseas right now.
It would be better to build up my power during that time.
“Heh…”
I chuckled again unconsciously.
I felt happy again for some reason.
“Well… whatever your goals are, whatever you want. I’ll do my best to get in your way.”
Find me if you have any complaints.
Even if I focused on Auterica for the time being, it would still take a lot of time.
Hans had to find the Immortal King’s Fragment while avoiding the Church’s gaze, and Heinrich had to gain recognition from the Church and rise to a high position.
‘Heinz needs to build an information network to understand the continent.’
And I suddenly thought of the perfect candidates for that organization.
‘I need to raise ‘Harley’ during that time. Find a way to make him stronger as quickly as possible. Maybe there’s a way using “Adaptation”?’
There was no need to rush.
I could just proceed step by step, one by one.
Like preparing for a play.
“The stage is Auterica, the main character is me. And the audience is the entire continent. The scale is a bit large.”
The release date was still undecided, but…
Well, it wouldn’t take that long.
Whirr—
I opened the window of the room and looked outside.
People busily moving about as morning came.
They were ordinary people living their daily lives.
Perhaps it was because I frequently interacted with the outside world through avatars, but at some point, I no longer felt fear of the outside.
I still felt a mental burden about going outside directly, but I could now open the window and feel the outside air without any problems.
I blankly looked outside and organized my thoughts.
-Individual Name: Heinz the Second
-Race: Vampire (True Blood)
-Common Traits: “Mind Hub”, “Persona”, “Clear Mind”
-Individual Traits: “Blood Kin (True Blood)”, “Hybrid Evolution”, “Blood Mystery”, “Refined Blood Essence”, “Acceleration”, “Super Regeneration”, “Insight”, “Concealment”, “Invisibility”
-Special Notes: Repeatedly evolved through collecting bloodsucking factors from various dimensions. Partially ignores hostile abilities of other vampires as a predator and exerts instinctive pressure. Excess energy recently absorbed is stored in the Blood Essence formed in the body.
After the battle at the villa, Heinz suffered from indigestion for a while.
‘I sucked the blood of all the executives, as well as the vampires guarding the place, so it’s only natural.’
Even low-level vampires were helpful in collecting new bloodsucking factors, and he devoured them all because it was a waste to throw them away.
But there was a limit to everything, no matter how little physical limitations there were.
As he reached a saturation point where he couldn’t hold any more in his body, he used his strengthened blood control ability to gather and compress the overflowing bloodsucking factors, creating a single essence.
‘Most of it was from low-level vampires that just took up space.’
Although they evolved due to the influence of “Hybrid Evolution” after entering his body, their quality itself was too low to use directly.
They weren’t of much help to Heinz, whose level had already skyrocketed, but it was a waste to throw them away.
It was the newly acquired special skill “Refined Blood Essence” that made it possible to use them.
‘The problem is the thoughts contained in the blood, right? Then the solution is simple. For me.’
He had already done it before.
When he received the baptism through Heinrich.
He combined his skills and blood control ability to extract the bloodsucking factor, devoid of thoughts, from ‘Heinz the Second’s’ Blood Essence.
The skill and the result of his efforts were “Refined Blood Essence”.
The essence of vampire evolution, containing no thoughts.
This “Refined Blood Essence”, when entering another vampire’s body, would become a catalyst for evolving their bloodsucking factor.
It was just a catalyst, so even a small amount would have a definite effect.
Of course, the more he injected, the greater the change and the faster the mutation would be.
‘There are some side effects, but…’
Actually, it wasn’t even a side effect.
After all, it was the process of ‘bestowing’ and ‘inheriting’ blood, so it was just a very, very minor issue of the inheritor being subordinate to the bestower.
It was nothing to a vampire!
‘It’s something all vampires are used to. It’s just that the target changes.’
Gaining definite power in exchange for loyalty.
It wasn’t a bad deal for the remaining hardliners who were in chaos due to the empty positions of the executives.
After all, they were those who craved power to the point of considering cannibalism.
He would embrace those who accepted it and use those who resisted, clinging to the old system, as materials for the consumed Blood Essence.
It was a very ideal structure.
‘…Huh? This is no different from what the hardliners were trying to do… Hmm, no. I’m eliminating those who are trying to disrupt society.’
He was just making a small profit in the process.
A very healthy plan, no different from a bounty hunter.
I smiled foolishly and then closed the window, entered the room, and sat down in front of the computer.
The internet search results for an incident were displayed on the screen.
-Seoul Station Terrorist Attack, August 20XX.
It was the place where he lost his family.
The corners of my lips, which had been smiling weakly, stiffened and drooped.
My heart sank coldly.
It was a chaotic time.
Superhumans who had gained power in other worlds and returned were swarming in one place, but there were no monsters or demon kings on Earth for them to use their power on.
All there were were other superhumans in the same situation.
But just because they were in the same situation didn’t mean they had the same values, so conflicts arose everywhere.
The only thing that could prove yourself in that situation was power.
Stronger power was the justice, the order, and everything in this world that could enforce your will.
Countless innocent people were sacrificed in the process, but those without power could only endure and bear it.
They just called it an accident, something that couldn’t be helped.
They couldn’t do anything about it.
I was the same.
Boom—!
Until now.
Cracks appeared on the desk as I lightly slammed my fist down.
I had blindly pursued power after awakening “Avatar”.
I didn’t want to feel the helpless moment of being defeated because I lacked power ever again.
“Persona” only helped me prevent being consumed by emotions and rotting away, it didn’t completely eliminate them.
Those emotions remained intact in my heart.
So I poured the accumulated power, the anger and resentment with nowhere to go, into judging ‘villains’.
The incident back then was a random terrorist attack by an awakened one whose motives were unknown, and the terrorist exploded right in front of me immediately after the incident.
So even after gaining power, there was nowhere for my anger and desire for revenge to be directed.
I thought the only thing I could do was to take down the villains I could see.
“…I thought so. But… there was? The culprit?”
My stiff expression softened, and the corners of my lips curved upwards again.
A silly smile reappeared on my face.
I couldn’t help but laugh.
‘Ah, I see.’
And I realized anew.
‘I was already broken a long time ago.’
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be laughing like this in this situation.
“Heh… hehehe… Hehehehehe… Ha…”
Laughter kept escaping my lips.
I was laughing so hard that drool, tears, and snot were running down my face, but I couldn’t stop laughing.
“Haa… haa…”
It was exhilarating.
After laughing for a while, my mind felt clearer than ever.
Having a goal gave me motivation I had never felt before.
“Wow~ Things turned out like this? As expected, doing good deeds brings good fortune. I kept taking down bad guys, and their backer just popped up like this.”
I wiped away my tears and thought.
How could I screw them over?
I had already done it a few times.
I had gained some experience now, so I thought I could do it better.
‘If they were the type to back down easily, they wouldn’t have caused such a mess for so long. They’re in hiding now, but they’ll definitely show their faces again.’
I needed to be prepared to catch them by the neck when that happened.
To be prepared to completely eradicate them, including any backers behind them.
‘And it seems like they’re active all over the world. I don’t even know how much of a blow it is to stop their activities in Korea.’
Tap, tap, tap.
I crossed my legs and tapped my fingers on the desk to organize my thoughts.
If things got this big, there was definitely a limit to what an individual could do.
To face those who had already formed a huge force, I also needed the help of a force.
‘A force that could continuously track them down, gather information, and hold them back when needed.’
And the Blood Alliance could fulfill that role to some extent.
It would be even more helpful if I continued to support them, grow their power, and expand their scale by subjugating other organizations.
And I had more than enough funds from raiding other worlds and criminal organizations.
‘They’re an underworld organization, so they should know how to launder money. Come to think of it, it would be a good idea to indirectly control the guys I traded gold bars with through the Blood Alliance. They’re a bit lacking to be directly under my command, but they seem quite competent as a subordinate organization.’
I glanced at the lottery tickets that were still stored in a corner of the room.
It wasn’t urgent, so I could use them later.
But as I had seen in this fight, the most important thing was the existence of a strong individual with absolute power.
‘Hans and Heinz… and Heinrich is also steadily growing. But…’
It wasn’t enough.
This time, they retreated after suffering heavy losses because they weren’t prepared for me, but I didn’t know what would happen next time.
They were already aware of Hans and Heinz, and judging by the information I had obtained so far, Heaven’s Turn Society wasn’t just an ordinary organization.
To deal with their scope of activities and eliminate them completely, I needed more strong individuals.
Beings that they couldn’t predict or anticipate.
Even ten bodies wouldn’t be enough.
But I was someone who could have ten bodies.
If I lacked bodies, I could just create more.
‘And for that, I need Karma. I don’t have the luxury of leisurely growing my unique skill. To accumulate Karma, I need to have influence in another world.’
Then how about creating a major incident that would have a significant impact on another world?
For example…
“War… or something?”
I frowned for a moment after saying that.
Could I really cross that line?
Was I ready to abandon my humanity, blinded by my desires, and pursue power by sacrificing innocent people?
I wasn’t sure yet.
I knew it was strange, but I didn’t feel much anger or desire for revenge.
Rather, I felt more excitement and anticipation.
‘Heh… I’m not sane either.’
An opponent who deserved all my malice, no matter what I did, and whose goals and desires didn’t matter.
And at the same time, an opponent who wouldn’t be easily defeated and required me to fight with all my might.
…In my current state of mind, war wasn’t a very appealing option.
‘Then let’s put it on hold for now. A way to have a world-altering impact like war without sacrificing innocent people.’
There was no way such a convenient method existed…
“…There is?”
At that moment, very coincidentally, I had the perfect material in my hands.
“The Demon King and the Hero.”
An evil Demon King who led the forces of evil and threatened the continent.
A righteous Hero who received the support of humanity and fought against him.
It was a classic cliché.
I couldn’t help but chuckle.
‘I’ll roughly set the framework like that. I need to think about the scenario. I also need more information, and it seems like it’ll be important to maintain balance. Can I do it?’
The plan that came to mind wasn’t that great.
Hans would lead an evil organization and attack corrupt nobles, and Heinrich would punish them and become a hero.
Repeat that.
And in the climax, if I gathered all the evil organizations and wiped them out, wouldn’t it be a good thing for the continent?
The thing to be careful of was that the larger the scale, the greater the civilian casualties would be if I acted carelessly.
Countless uncontrolled variables would arise.
But perhaps because it was much more toned down than the option of war, I didn’t feel as much resistance as before.
The results could change depending on our efforts.
‘The moment I rationalize unnecessary sacrifices, I’ll be no different from them. I have no choice but to try my best.’
There was always a way.
It wasn’t something I had to worry about right now.
It was a long-term plan that required a lot of preparation, and I couldn’t implement it right away.
Hans was still too lacking to cause trouble on a continental scale.
First, I had to find the last remaining ‘Immortal King’s Fragment’.
‘There’s plenty of time. Heaven’s Turn Society suffered heavy losses this time, so they’ll be quiet for at least a few years. The time difference with another world is 10:1. It’s not too late even if I proceed slowly.’
It was impossible to stop them from operating overseas right now.
It would be better to build up my power during that time.
“Heh…”
I chuckled again unconsciously.
I felt happy again for some reason.
“Well… whatever your goals are, whatever you want. I’ll do my best to get in your way.”
Find me if you have any complaints.
Even if I focused on Auterica for the time being, it would still take a lot of time.
Hans had to find the Immortal King’s Fragment while avoiding the Church’s gaze, and Heinrich had to gain recognition from the Church and rise to a high position.
‘Heinz needs to build an information network to understand the continent.’
And I suddenly thought of the perfect candidates for that organization.
‘I need to raise ‘Harley’ during that time. Find a way to make him stronger as quickly as possible. Maybe there’s a way using “Adaptation”?’
There was no need to rush.
I could just proceed step by step, one by one.
Like preparing for a play.
“The stage is Auterica, the main character is me. And the audience is the entire continent. The scale is a bit large.”
The release date was still undecided, but…
Well, it wouldn’t take that long.
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