Chapter 130.1
Forest of the Dead Part 2
The presence of a Vampire was confirmed. Moreover, a small village in the mountains was attacked.
It was generally accepted that the threat of a Vampire was not so much its strength but its ability to increase in number, which was both correct and incorrect.
An Undead was someone who had a Magic Stone before their death. Even if all the villagers were sucked of blood, only about 1% of the population would become Vampires, assuming that they would be Magic Stone holders.
That woman I saved and who attacked me also had a Magic Stone…I assumed that she was able to escape that far because she was capable of using Sorcery. If she was just a villager with no fighting skills, she would not have been able to escape when she was attacked by the demon.
But…even if they did not become Vampires, an even harsher fate awaited their victims.
I was running through the dark forest, illuminated by the hazy moonlight, when I stopped at the faint smell of blood in the air.
I turned my eyes toward the partially cleared forest and saw several figures lying on the ground, probably villagers who had run out of strength. I could already sense nothing but dark magical elements from their bodies.
The magic element that living creatures carry was mostly attribute-free, but as long as they were alive, they contained a small amount of magic element of all attributes. The Fire Element regulates body temperature, Water for blood flow, Wind for breath, Earth for bones and flesh, Light element for vitality, and Dark element for spirit.
They were already dead. The reason why dark magic elements tend to remain in corpses was because emotions tend to remain with the dead the longest and easily blend in with the dead.
“…Uuuu…aaaah…”
One of them grunted, exhaled, and began to wriggle. The man, who seems to have just come of age or still in his late teens, reached out as if to ask for help as he collapsed on his face.