Operation Tanned skin

The crypt was cold, really cold. Not cold enough to freeze water, but it was very close to it.

Why is this place so cold compared to the surface?...

It is most likely due to how ventilation works here but… I mean, we are at the end of summer.

This place was also very smelly

I continue to descend the many rooms while avoiding the zombies walking around the place. I noticed that security was increasing as I got lower and lower.

Finally, I arrived at my first stop. The living quarters. Half-vampires aren't given the same status as vampires, so they have to live in these quarters. It doesn't matter if there is space, it's a question of prestige for them.

My objective is to kill as many half vampires as I can. So that the others back at the city could finish them off easily. One thing that I noticed is how weak most of the creatures here are. It's likely due to the lack of blood, but there are also human babies, who are raised as if they were cattle.

Thinking about it made me a little sick, they aren't treating just any people, it's their own children. I always had this thought that a vampire transformation can severely alter someone's psyche, and only the strongest people mentally can resist its mind-altering effects. But they can't negate it completely. A vampire will still drink blood. At most, the vampire will be a little guilty, but there was never anyone like this.

The barracks were silent. There were some zombies looking at walls doing absolutely nothing, but the most eye-catching thing in the room were two people playing something similar to chess. Behind them was a group of zombies carrying a scoreboard. With another victory of the big-headed HV(Halfvampire) the zombie wrote a number on the board."13673" vs "12"

How do I differentiate a normal Vampire from a Half-vampire? Their clothing style. Vampires tend to be... Flamboyant.

His opponent, the big-bodied HV, didn't look surprised. He just said:

-Again.

-For the love of God! You aren't going to defeat me, Snikie! Just leave me alone!

Snikie just pointed towards the "12".

-That was just luck! And 8 of those were me giving you the victory when you threatened me!

-Shut.

… The HV started to think a bit before saying:

-Play. You. Talk. Too. Much. Hea-Do. Said Snikie

-Arg! let's do it like this then. If you win even once before I get to 14000 you win! I will admit you are smarter than me!

-Hummmmm. For a good minute. Snikie thought profoundly.

-Good. Me. Much. Smarter. Than. You.

...These guys were so carefree. But it doesn't seem like I will get any information from them like this.

I looked around me and saw a few zombies around the place.

7 zombies plus two HV… No, 10 zombies if I count the ones holding the scoreboard.

I will use that. It will kill all of the zombies, but I will need more to kill those two.

I started to set some quick traps but…

/Creaaaak!/ The back door of the barracks opened. Revealing a figure clad in thick bandages.

-Reunion. Now. Said the figure with a childish voice.

-Why? We are still a few years away from the invasion, and the next feeding section will be next week.

-The lord requested it.

-The lord… Okey Snikie, our game will have to wait.

Snikie just nodded and they went their way.

… Well, that's bad. If all vampires are commanded to head to the main hall, then the disappearance of all of the surface vampires will be noticed. But I also have the chance to kill all of them together.

I checked my pockets, this might work.

…

I followed the group from afar, on the way, many more vampires joined us. This is a bit scary, but I could kill all of them in a single technique if necessary. But that would tire me a bit. Just a bit.

Keeping my distance is starting to get hard. And I can't really disguise myself here. Time for plan B.

Since I can't go in through the front door, I only need to find another one. And I already knew where from the detail told to me by the vampire from before.

I went into a rather secluded area, before moving a loose piece of wood and…

-...Haaa, Yeahh…

Fucking hell… Puta Madre… Dio Mio… Kuso… сука блятьt (cyka blyat)…

No amount of profanities could properly explain what I was seeing.

A group of deformed vampires were … "doing" a very ugly-looking female woman.

Jesus Christ…

I even felt a reaction coming from my IS in the nexus key…

…[Overdrive Barrage!] I kept punching them at high speeds, releasing multiple overdrives with each strike.

-...Few…

I will need some bleach after this.

After dispersing the ashes, I very carefully walked into the room without touching the... fluids on the ground.

-Disgusting…

Continuing down the corridor connected to the room.

This room was one of the abandoned areas of the city. Across millennia, many conflicts arose, and considering their small number, they couldn't really keep everything in good condition. So many areas ended up being forgotten, creating a very complex array of passages. This is one of them.

This area was covered in a very old carpet and some of the walls were filled with paintings and tattered tapestry.

This was probably one of the original areas of the city. Why didn't they use it? Did they forget or something?

…

If everything I heard was right, behind this wall should be the place.

Putting my hand into it I tried to detect any vibrations behind it. And I could feel several people talking far away.

It seems that nobody is behind this wall. But how to remove it?

It was a pure stone wall, composed of several big stones piled together.

I placed my metal cane into it and applied force.

The cane easily pierced into the rock. I then charged Hamon into it and pushed the rock out of the wall creating a perfect hole for me to pass through.

Going through it I found myself in a large theater-like structure, with many seats turned to a stone platform. I was currently in one of the many VIP rooms, but most of them were abandoned.

I looked downwards and started to count the number of vampires.

10...25...60...83. This is a lot. But most of them are low-level weak vampires. Only those in the Vip rooms are worth anything.

The place was barely lit, but I could still see something on the stone platform.

A very old and macabre vampire, he looked really old, comparable to a 100-year-old human. In fact, in the original manga, a vampire mummy was shown, indicating that vampires, just like normal pillar men, are actually "mortal". Perhaps they can extend their life by drinking blood, or there is a time where they just die. It doesn't matter either way.

The old vampire was releasing a very strange aura. It was evil and tainted. He was strong, there was no question about it. I need to pay attention here. I looked at the pile of items that I placed on the ground. As soon as all of the vampires are here I will initiate my plan.

10 more minutes passed and "all" of the vampires were here. Just a few more minutes until morning.

A butler came from the shadows and whispered something to the leader sitting in the stone throne

-... We are all here. Said the living mummy

Silence was immediately made.

-For centuries we stayed here in this condemned place. Fighting a long meaningless battle. Long ago we served the supreme beings but now they are dead, long defeated in the hands of what they once saw as mere ants.

-And we are not that far behind.

-Just a few years after the defeat of our old masters, those damned Ripple masters attacked us, before we even had the time to process the information of their defeat.

-We tried everything, from mobbing them with zombies to excavating the underground, but everything failed... We were caught in a desperate situation.

-Eventually, we hid here in order to recover. But it didn't come without costs. All of our stone masks were destroyed in the process. And now, our numbers continue to dwindle every single day… I say no more.

He took a stone mask from a silver box his Butler gave him.

-After millennia of research, from the pieces of the broken masks, we made a new functional one! With this, we will be able to increase our numbers without limits and finally crush those Humans and rule the surface!

-YEAHHHHH! X EVERYONE.

/CLAP CLAP/

Silence

-Now now. No need to get excited. This mask still needs time to be tested, but after all of our tests are done and the final calibrations end, then… Be ready for a feast!

-Every Half-vampire can apply to participate in the tests, and gain the chance to become a Pure-blood!

-OHHHH! X EVERYONE

Some people seemed displeased with the thought of not being unique anymore.

…

I need to act now.

I picked some cylindrical tubes that when detonated, will release high bursts of UV light. I might not be able to kill those stronger vampires with this, but they will get hurt.

4 tubes for the VIP rooms, 2 for the Mummy, and the rest for the weaker vampires.

The mummy continued his speech, I think his name was Commander Alexius.

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