Chapter 28
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– According to the current estimates, a total of around 2000 Vampires are living peacefully while consuming the blood of livestock. The government is currently protecting their identities which helps them enjoy a smooth integration with the society. And the increase in the number of Vampires seeking this protection of the government seems to be a fast-growing trend as well. I believe the reason why the Special Investigation Division of the Police has designated the serial killings of Vampires as hate crime, is because the authority doesn’t believe they aren’t serious enough in nature.
– However, weren’t all three murdered Vampires drinking the blood of humans? And on top of that, human remains were discovered in their homes. Not to mention, the last Monster Outbreak near the nameless church was the work of the Vampires as well.
– Of course, those incidents are being thoroughly investigated, as revealed by the investigators themselves. But, those incidents and this one is a separate issue. And, even if Vampires had committed such an atrocity, the punishment should not be immediate execution. We even established a special communication channel for Vampires as well, so this…
From the TVs installed inside the waiting area of the Rest Stop, the conversations that made Sae-Jin uncomfortable continuously leaked out. From his point of view, he just could not understand.
Vampires consuming the blood of livestock - what a pleasant idea.
However, the real nature of Vampires wasn’t like that. Vampires had a totally different origin from the Soo-ins, who had blended in with the rest of humanity by suppressing their nature and even going as far as mating with humans, knowing that their identity might be lost in the process. After all, they weren’t being referred to as bats for no reason, were they? These bastards betrayed others as if enjoying a meal…
"Mister Kim Sae-Jin. Mister Sae-Jin!!"
Sae-Jin woke up abruptly from the thrall of TV’s broadcast by the call of the approaching Yu Sae-Jung.
"What were you doing? You didn’t reply even though I was calling for you."
"Oh. I’m sorry. My bad. I was thinking about something else. Let us get going, then. So, which hunting ground did you say it is?"
"The low Mid Tier hunting ground."
Sae-Jung promptly answered. Sae-Jin fell into a slight contemplation. Currently, he was acting as a perfectly normal human Kim Sae-Jin. In other words, his Stats were in the lowered state. If he was to do rough evaluation of his rank in terms of the Knight ranking system… no matter how favourable, a Low Tier at most.
"…Alright. Sounds good."
It sounded about right, a team of a low Mid Tier Knight and a Low Tier hunting together in the low Mid Tier ground.
"Oh, by the way, what is your current Hunter ranking? Back then, you were ranked a Low Tier, yes?"
"I rose up by two ranks and now I’m a Mid Tier."
Yu Sae-Jung’s lips became o-shaped in an expression of admiration after hearing his words. It had been only four months. The difficulty of raising the rank by two during that short amount of time would have been unimaginably high, no matter whether one was a Knight or a Hunter.
"As I thought, your speed of growth is really fast. By the way, is that a weapon on your waist?"
"Eh? Oh, this? Yes, I also use a close-range weapon.
As you already know, it’s because of my Trait. But, well… it’s nothing much compared to a Knight, so it should be better to just think of me as an assistant for today. Back then, I just got lucky, is all. As I have said before, I can’t use Mana. Like a musclehead, all I’ve got is my physical strength."