154 – Blood Mother – (1)

Raise the Empress. Is a growth nurturing game.

The ultimate goal of the game is to steadily develop the stats of the main character, Lyncia Ayren, overcome the Dead End and defeat the final boss in Act 8.

Raise the Empress. Was a game that provided a huge volume and a variety of options, so there were countless builds in the direction of Lynchia’s growth.

Currently, Lincia was riding the spirit sorcerer build, commonly known as rice soup, but in the original work, she could learn emission-type elemental magic similar to Seira, and the build that could learn the swordsmanship handed down in the imperial family and face the apostle without an escort was also a ride. Can

This game was able to become popular thanks to the numerous deaths of the female protagonist, Lyncia, but the driving force that attracted players through such topicality to continue to hold on to the game was the freedom of nurturing.

In fact, many players in the community shared their builds. Starting with the soup spirit spirit build, which is commonly referred to as a newbie recommendation, to a concept build that pursues romance rather than performance.

I’m also quite a romper, so I often share concept builds with the community.

Double swords, or builds that only use mind-altering magic. There was also a build that didn’t go well with Lin Xia’s physique, but only mastered her taijutsu.

‘Of course, everyone is corrupted by performance bugs.’

The reason was simple.

Cleta Escobal, the incarnation of the abyss that decorates the eighth act of this game, boasted an insane difficulty level worthy of the title of the final boss.

It was spraying damage that was unreasonable with normal growth, and even just one, three or four debuffs were applied.

Because it was a boss that made the users who had been steadily playing the game with concept builds make noise, of course, they were angry.

In the end, users who pursued romance either closed the game with profanity or started a new campaign and started riding a high-efficiency, high-performance build.

Are you conscious of such dissatisfaction? Emma, the mother of a blood relative, is the minimum welfare NPC that the production team added as an update.

This NPC, commonly referred to as blood money among players, appears in Act 7.

“Do you think so?”

“Yes.”

A further step from the dungeon of resistance where Aranion is imprisoned.

This place, no different from the deepest part of the imperial palace, was so remote that there were no soldiers guarding the post. In the thick darkness, only the lantern held by Uriad was shining softly.

“I was thinking of taking him someday, but I didn’t expect you to talk first. You guys in the gutter, you had better intelligence than I thought. I’ll have to wipe them all out sooner or later.”

“…… Ahahahaha.”

Uriard seemed to be very dissatisfied with the leak of information. In fact, the Mouse King and Hilda would not have even dreamed that this NPC would be in the deepest part of the imperial palace.

Yuri Erd walked slowly forward and inserted the bloody key into her keyhole.

Now then.

Wow.

The ground trembled and the stone gate in front of me slowly began to move sideways.

What I can feel inside is the thick smell of blood.

I was so nervous that saliva went down my throat.

“Well, it can’t be helped.”

Uriod sighed and held the lantern high.

Then the inside of the stone gate was illuminated, and inside the room was a pool of blood and stained chains coiled around.

And in the middle of it, a tightly closed iron coffin stands there.

Yuri Erd turned his body in the same position as he was holding the lantern and spread his arms at me.

“Welcome. This is the secret of the imperial palace, the Demon War.”

“In that coffin… ….”

“Yes. The former apostle of fresh blood, Emma, is asleep.”

Ema, the mother of blood relatives.

The leader of the clan in the past and one of the apostles of the foreign press. However, she was usurped by the modern apostle Kazimir and imprisoned by the Royal Guard.

The reason she came with Yuri Erd was because, of course, he was the one who caught Emma.

According to the lines and tooltips of the original, it seems that after a large-scale battle with the Apostle, Yuriad, who was a Guardian Knight at the time, captured it. However, after knowing the background of this world, I could understand it now.

“The thing that restrained Emma…… Is it then?”

“…… Okay. A battle that took place in the Iscobal estate. There Emma was captured by us, or rather, she was captured by me.”

The Tragedy of Iscobal.

An unprecedented situation in which the arrogant apostle and the stingy apostle died, and the fresh-blooded apostle was captured.

Uriard muttered with a wry smile.

“To visit this time…… It’s been half a year.”

“Half a year?”

“When I just arrived at the imperial palace, I borrowed her wisdom to grasp the trend of her church. Although she wasn’t much help.”

With those words, Yuriard stepped inside the stone gate.

I also hurriedly followed him. A splashing pool of blood. The place where the blood flowed out was between the cracks in the coffin.

Uri Erd put his key to the coffin without delay, and the coffin door began to open slowly as if resonating with it.

Kikik.

The blood that flowed little by little started pouring out like a waterfall whenever the gap opened, and the chains entangled in the coffin stretched out, making a terrifying metal sound.

And.

“…… This woman is Emma.”

Inside the finally opened coffin was a woman with a huge awl stuck in her chest, asleep as if dead.

Her blood-stained dress, her pale skin contrasted with her jet-black hair. It was a typical vampire woman that often appears in the media.

Soon, a strong wind pours from the hole in her chest. Blood gushed out, and the woman slowly lifted her eyelids. Then she opened her mouth, turning her dark red eyes towards us.

“This is a fairly early visit. I thought I would have to wait a few more years.”

A ghastly voice, like a venomous snake grazes the ground.

At first glance, the sound similar to Arwen made her hair stand on end.

The vampire woman, Emma, rolled her eyes and she smiled slightly at me.

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“Here is this kid…… Oh, yes. That boy of the promise then.”

With the awl stuck in her chest, Emma laughed softly as if she felt no pain at all. A pair of sharp fangs peeked into her eyes between her slightly parted mouth.

Uriard pointed the lantern at Emma.

“I came to see you on a business, Emma.”

“Ha. Not anytime.”

While Emma answered Uriard’s words indifferently, she began to twist her tightly bound limbs.

“So, what happened this time?”

“It is news that blood relatives are moving. We will be coming to the capital soon.”

“Whoa. This is good news again. Kazimir, can we see how big the kid is?”

“Don’t you think that if the apostle finds you, she will kill you for sure?”

“That’s right. But it doesn’t matter. Because Jim doesn’t die.”

As I watched Uriard talking to Emma, I was lost in thought.

The mother of the blood relative, Emma.

Commonly known as blood money, it was an NPC that was added through an update. So I was worried that she might not exist in this world, but fortunately my worries were overruled. Emma came to life before her eyes, just like the dot graphics I saw in the game.

‘Stat Reset NPC.’

Her role in the original story was simple.

Ema could reset the main character, Lyncia’s stats and skill points.

It was a special measure taken by the developer when people complained that the eighth act was too difficult. Because of her, players who rode her romance build will be able to see the ending by switching to her performance build before her final boss fight. Core gamers also tried to find an efficient build by resetting Lyncia’s stats several times through Emma. As such, the addition of Emma was a well-received update.

Due to her unconventional background as the former leader of her clan, Lynxia was able to learn from her a special spell called blood magic…… In this world, I had no intention of having Lyncia learn such vicious and evil magic.

There is only one reason why I came to see Emma.

She is the mother of a blood relative. She was a person who knew better than anyone else about the internal circumstances of her blood relatives, including the apostle Kazimir of fresh blood.

“Emma.”

I interrupted the conversation.

Yuri Erd looked at me with a frown on her brow, and Emma twisted her head curiously.

“A cute child. I was also handsome. She’s grown up nicely, kid. It must have seemed that Uriard raised you with pampering, right?”

“I have no intention of having a trivial conversation with you.”

I slowly approached her.

The bloody smell intensified.

“I need your help, Emma.”

“That’s what Uriad always says. If there’s something embarrassing about it, she’ll come to this place and spit out nonsense mixed with complaints. Then Jim only responds to that heart.”

Is it like a psychological counselor?

Looking at Uriard, he cleared his throat and looked the other way.

As I was doing that, Emma reached out her hand and tapped her on my nose. Her eyes twitch sharply.

“If what you want is s*xual service, then you can do it. However, it is something you have to bear with becoming a blood relative.”

“Grandpa Uriard, no way… ….”

Looking back at Yuri Erd, he shook his head desperately.

I’m sure he’s not that far-fetched.

I sighed and turned my gaze back to Emma. She had a smile on her face as if she was enjoying our skit.

“I don’t really need that kind of help.”

“Then what do you need help with?”

“I’m asking you to help me overthrow my blood kin.”

At those words, Emma’s eyes narrowed.

“Little boy, are you saying that Jimbo is going to kill an old family member?”

“Right.”

“…… That’s funny. No, it’s not even funny.”

Emma did not hide her displeasure. She clicked her tongue and spoke her words.

“No matter how much I am in the situation of being taken away by that child Kazimir and being held by you, my kinship pride is not that dull, kid.”

“What if I gave you something better than that pride?”

“Hmm?”

Emma only moved her chin.

I was told to say it once.

“That… ….”

I remember clearly. In the original story, what Emma is crazy about, and why she helps Lyncia reset her stats.

The reason is…….

“Emma, what I can bet on is the blood of God. In addition, I will present the body of freedom. How is it. Are you a little appetizing now?”

It was to taste Lynthia’s holy blood.

Emma is always a vampire.

The bloodline of the creator god that flows through Lynthia’s body, commonly known as Godblood. In her original game, Emma would taste her blood and roll her eyes out with excitement.

And my prediction was not wrong.

Knock.

Do.

The sound of saliva dripping was heard.

Emma had her eyes wide open, a reddish blush on her pale cheeks.

“Really?”

It looks like a girl in love.

I grinned while singing for joy inside.

“Yes. Really. It’s just like the bloodline of Ayren, the successor of the creator god. I can even give you a tasting.”

“…… Flow.”

“Isn’t that a bad suggestion for you?”

The corner of Emma’s mouth went up. It is clear that she is excited. Saliva trickles down her chin from the corners of her mouth.

Pimlie. Or should I call them blood otaku?

Uriad, who was looking at this, sighed for the ground to disappear.

“That…… Where is your pride not dull?”

“…… Sup, this is an exception.”