Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 243

“Hmm…”

I nodded at Helena’s words and looked around.

Everyone was staring at me with puzzled expressions.

I knew why they were looking at me like that.

Usually, during raids, I was the type to focus so intensely that the word “funny” wouldn’t even cross my mind, so this situation must have been confusing to them.

“It was a mistake.”

So I boldly owned up to it.

Anyone could tell it wasn’t a mistake, though.

But when I say it, it changes everything.

I flashed a cheeky smile and stuck out my tongue at the party members.

“It was a mistake,” said the cute little party leader. No one would doubt it.

“R-right?”

“Is that so? Even the party leader makes mistakes sometimes.”

“Sorry everyone. But we’re still in the middle of the raid. It isn’t over yet. Focus up, and if any of our healers have a moment, please resurrect Hwarang.”

“Yes!”

With that, I turned my focus back to the raid, having assigned the resurrection of Hwarang.

The Hellfire Dragon Bahamut, having spilled some blood, was thrashing around, pounding Dogrik mercilessly.

I was the first to check my new race skills and traits after reincarnating.

[True Blood]

Max Health +10%

The effects of the ‘Magic’ skill are unified.

[Vampirism]

Absorb health from allies or enemies to restore your own health.

*Cooldown: 5 seconds

[Blood Magic]

You can substitute health for mana when using ‘Magic’ skills.

*Using health increases magic skill cost by 2x.

[First True Blood]

A special privilege for the first reincarnated.

Allows crafting of a kingly magnificent cloak by consuming your health.

As soon as I finished checking my skills, I immediately used the skill called ‘First True Blood.’

1% of my health drained away, and that lost health emerged to summon a crimson cloak that draped over my back.

Flap—!

“Gah…”

“The party leader revealed a new costume…”

“This time it’s a cloak…”

“Looks like a vampire concept…”

Just look at that cloak unfurling behind me.

The blood-red cloak had a clean appearance, its ends fading elegantly without looking messy.

And how about the long collar stretched around my neck? I felt cozy buried in the immense cloak.

“Yeo… you…”

“Shh.”

I shushed Helena.

Right now, I had to concentrate on defeating Bahamut in front of me.

I raised my staff high and shouted.

“Heeyooaah!”

A monstrous surge of magic was swirling up from beneath my feet.

The blood-red flames erupting from my body felt as if blood was igniting.

I turned my gaze to Hwarang’s DPS graph and checked his nickname.

He had died once, and his ranking was plummeting just like mine.

Now was not too late. If I used my newly acquired race skill, I could definitely put Hwarang in his place.

I closed my eyes.

I didn’t intend to, but somehow, the environment around me made me immerse myself in the setting I had created.

Yes. This was a natural phenomenon.

Isn’t Deron an MMORPG?

The director of Deron said he hoped adventurers would enjoy this world even more.

Role-playing is one of the ways to enjoy the game.

“Kuhuk… have you finally awakened…?”

“Yeo…?”

“It has been a long time… How many long years has it taken to regain my lost power…?”

“Yeo…?”

“Helena… my teacher, I’m sorry for deceiving you… but in truth, I am not human.”

“You’re part of the Demon Clan, right? What nonsense are you talking about?”

“I am True Blood. The true master of blood. An ancient being that has existed since the world began…”

I looked up at Helena and chuckled lightly.

My elongated fangs jutted out menacingly from my lips.

When I lightly touched it with my tongue, I felt a sharp sting.

“Behold… my power…!”

Fwoosh—!

The brilliant flames that used to shine brightly were now gone.

What burst forth from my hands were blood-red flames resembling blood.

With flames enveloping my entire body, I gazed at the gigantic dragon.

The Hellfire Dragon Bahamut.

Having accepted corrupted power, I awakened the blood power latent within, but the blood had faded away, losing its nobility and turning into mere mixed blood.

[Craaaak!]

With dull eyes that showed no signs of intelligence, it looked pathetic.

I clicked my tongue and reached out to it.

Just wait, I will grant you your final rest.

Boom—!

A gigantic blood-colored flame shot out rapidly, wrapping around the massive body of Bahamut.

*

After reincarnating as the True Blood race, there had been a few deaths, but in the end, we managed to bring down Bahamut.

[Kyahhh…!]

Boom—

“Gotcha!”

“Waaaah!”

The party members cheered as Bahamut fell.

I turned away from their cheers and immediately checked the DPS rankings.

1. Hwarang

2. Helena

3. Princess Yeo

4. Snow Mage

I bit my lip.

One assassination attempt through Vampirism was enough.

It should be counted as a mistake if an assassination attempt was made just once.

Hwarang wasn’t a fool either. He chose to roll away and keep as far as possible, anticipating that I would become infected by Vampirism.

Even with everything I learned through reincarnation and the use of new skills, there was no way I could beat him in my current state.

That was the conclusion.

[Blood Magic] as a racial skill.

On the surface, it looked like a very good skill.

But the drawbacks of being a wizard were holding me back.

Wizard.

The class with the lowest health in Deron.

Of course, even if I used Blood Magic, I couldn’t use high-cost magic skills.

In other words, I simply didn’t have enough health.

Of course, I could utilize this Blood Magic.

If I stacked up on items that boost health as a wizard, I could cast powerful magic that demands high costs.

But that was the problem. If I set up health for Blood Magic, I would be sacrificing damage stats.

In other words, Blood Magic was a double-edged sword for wizards.

While I was sulking alone, Hwarang approached and opened his mouth.

A cheeky grin was plastered on his face.

“Is that the ancient race?”

“…”

“Is that the power of True Blood?”

“J-just stop…”

I covered my face with both hands.

My entire face was certainly flushed red.

It was quite, no, incredibly embarrassing.

What I clearly said would definitely be judged as such, but it was simply the atmosphere that got to me.

It’s an MMORPG, right? It was just a normal thing to indulge in the setting I created and let out cool lines.

“Brother. Just stop it.”

“Heh, Helena…”

She was indeed the only one who thought of me.

She blocked the space between me and Hwarang, holding out her arms.

I clung to Helena’s waist and stuck out my tongue.

Hwarang liked Helena.

Because of that, he couldn’t move a muscle with just one word from her.

Even now.

Hwarang, who had been giving me that cheeky smile, took a small, awkward step back as he glanced at me.

Just when the atmosphere was about to turn sour, the equipment items dropped by the Hellfire Dragon Bahamut began to appear in the auction system.

[Heart of the Fallen Dragon]

Currently, this item cannot be equipped.

Can be equipped after Ether Grade Inheritance from the same type of equipment.

All stats +20% upon Ether Grade Inheritance.

Bound upon unique acquisition.

Necklace

Level requirement 85

Strength +15%

Intelligence +15%

[Power of the Fallen Dragon] skill can be used.

[Power of the Fallen Dragon]

For the duration of skill, a gigantic dragon shape appears behind the user, increasing their stats by 50%.

Duration: 30 seconds

Cooldown: 120 seconds

[Bahamut’s Scale Chestplate]

Currently, this item cannot be equipped.

Can be equipped after Ether Grade Inheritance from the same type of equipment.

All stats +20% upon Ether Grade Inheritance.

Bound upon unique acquisition.

Plate upper body

Level requirement 85

Health +30%

Maximum damage reduction +6%

Maximum resistance against all attributes +3%

While equipped, activates [Bahamut’s Momentum]

[Bahamut’s Momentum]

Reduces the defense of all enemies within a 5M radius by 10%.

[Master Rank Transcendence Stone]

When used, raises the Master Rank of the desired class by 1.

Bound upon acquisition.

*Cannot be canceled after effect is applied.

Three items dropped again this time as well.

I turned my gaze away from the auction items.

Princess Yeo was a character from the second party. She was just stopping by to lend a hand here, so I didn’t plan on bidding for items from the first party.

“Blood Demon King…!”

At that moment, the Snow Mage approached with an emotional expression.

She, too, gazed only at me, as if she had no interest in this auction.

As for Helena…

Perhaps she was interested in the newly appeared necklace as she was racing in the auction.

“What’s the matter?”

“That look… Did you perhaps reincarnate as a new race?”

“… Hmm hmm.”

I coughed and nodded at the Snow Mage’s question.

Maybe someone would finally ask about my changed appearance? I had secretly hoped someone would.

The Snow Mage scratched that itch in one go.

That’s why I couldn’t help but like her.

“That’s right, Snow. I have become True Blood.”

“True Blood…! A vampire…! Is that right?”

“Similar… But it’s on a whole different level from those lowly versions.”

A race that transcended Vampires, a race that was even more fundamental, the True Blood is what birthed the Vampires.

The race description clearly stated that.

[True Blood]

The race that serves as the origin of Vampirism revealed in Deron.

Information about it is scarce, hidden away for a very long time.

“Ooh…”

“Ahem…”

I fluttered my cloak and struck a poised pose.

Admire. My noble figure. And be in awe.

“You’re really amazing… You have now truly become the Blood Demon King…!”

“Exactly.”

“Master of Blood…!”

“That’s right.”

“Lord of Blood…!”

“Of course.”

“A high school girl vampire…!”

“Hmm hmm…”

“A young lady vampire…!”

I nodded along to the Snow Mage’s words and looked around.

And felt disappointed.

The party members were more focused on the auction of the raid drop items than they were on me.

*

[Today’s Legend of the Blood Demon King.gif] [32]

[Princess Yeo striking a fabulous pose with her cloak fluttering]

[Princess Yeo brushing her hair with bloodied hands]

Wow, I actually became a vampire.

The Blood Demon King claims to be a noble True Blood, an ancient being…

Unfortunately, we couldn’t record the voice…

[Comments]

[Why does the idiot’s nickname say Princess Yeo? Did she change it?]

N[Seems like an alternate character.]

N[Crazy girl, lol. She calls herself a princess, haha!!!]

N[Isn’t she a princess?]

N[For real;;; Isn’t she the princess of the Deron gallery?]

[Princess Yeo (now a high school student) lolololololololololololol]

[What costume is that cloak? I’ve never seen that before.]

N[Isn’t it from the costume received during the last event battle?]

N[Nah, that’s the pigeon wings. Jupiter always brags about it in the gallery.]

N[Oh.]

[What skin tone is that? It looks whiter and brighter than her current whitening skin tone.]

N[What’s with that, you dweeb?]

N[Those who don’t care about skin color are just pathetic.]

N[Isn’t that a screenshot that’s been edited?]

N[She doesn’t edit the screenshots she posts at all.]

N[If it wasn’t edited, how could she be that white? How does she do it?]

[Ugh… A high school girl vampire… I want to be bitten…]

N[For real, lol. I want to be sucked dry too.]

N[Could probably die without ever knowing, hahaahaha.]

N[Hurry, let me ascend.]

N[Ugh… That’s too stimulating…]

N[You guys are insane.]

[Seriously adorable…]

N[qt]

[A high school girl… Blood… Urgh… Too intense…]

N[???]

[An ancient being, haha.]

N[b>[The race description really says that.]

N[?]

N[Race? Isn’t she a Demon Clan?]

N[No. She reincarnated this time. She claims to True Blood.]

N[???]

[How do you do that?]

N[Are Vampires finally a playable character?]

N[Tell me, you jerk!!!!!!!!!!!!]