Rise from the coffin and rebuild the vampire empire

Chapter 1: Open the coffin and get up!

"This was once our empire. We ruled this land and controlled this darkness. The empire's might and power overwhelmed the world.
Until humans, instigated by the gods, launched a rebellion, overthrew our rule, and our country was overthrown.
For thousands of years, our castle lay in ruins, and we were forced to hide in damp caves, buried deep under the dust, starving and suffering from thirst.
But now, everything will be different. We will rise from the shadows, their blood will become the source of our strength, the vampires will once again dominate the night and conquer all those who resist! "

A voice-over like a background story sounded, and a girl with the ID "Half an Orange in a Mouth" slowly stepped forward.

The torch in her hand flickered, and the swaying shadow danced wildly as if it had life, making the dark cave look even more terrifying.

"Did this trigger some special hidden plot?! Blood clan? Vampires? The rise of the lost empire? So exciting?!"

The girl swallowed her saliva, gave herself courage, and continued to go deeper into the cave. Although she was timid, there was nothing she could do. She had already triggered the hidden plot, and she was unwilling to leave now!
The girl in the cheap leather armor had a delicate appearance. Although she looked a little dusty now, one could tell at a glance that she had a good foundation. Her black hair was tied into a single ponytail at the back of her head. She held a torch in one hand and a dagger in the other, and took small tentative steps forward.

In the eerie, damp, and dark underground tomb, there was an eerie silence. There was not even a spider web, and no trace of insects or animals, as if they were all avoiding this place.

[Take Half an Orange in One Bite] She moved forward tremblingly, and could only hear the sound of her own footsteps. The atmosphere was indeed a bit scary. Although she could be resurrected, the resurrection time was very long and the resurrection punishment was very severe. If she could avoid death, she didn't want to.

But special plots and hidden plots are hard to come by, and she definitely doesn't want to miss it even if she dies here. Being able to trigger the hidden plot is worth the price of admission even if she dies!
Her usual gaming style is that of a plot-oriented person. She likes to explore the plot in the game and dig out the background stories, character relationships, etc. buried deep behind the surface.

As the girl went deeper into the cave, she finally reached the end of the corridor. It was an empty tomb chamber. A spotlessly clean sarcophagus was located in the center of the tomb. At this time, the sarcophagus was emitting a strange blood-red light.

The surface of the sarcophagus is engraved with delicate patterns and carvings, and stone-carved thorny roses are lingering and decorating on both sides of the coffin.

A female figure in a black long skirt with arms outstretched is carved in the center of the coffin. The woman raises her head, but her face is not carved out. The carving is so detailed that even the pattern of the skirt is clearly visible. The lack of the woman's face is obviously intentional.

At the very top of the carving is a full moon hanging high in the night sky. The full moon casts its light, which is reflected on the female body, with a hazy beauty. Although this is just a sarcophagus carving, it is lifelike and everything on it seems to be real.

"Lady of the Night?"

The girl obviously knew the god carved on the coffin. He was one of the most important gods in this world, the "Lady of the Night" among the Gemini goddesses, one of the legendary twin gods of creation, and had appeared in the game's promotional CG before.

"Crack!"

A strange sound made the girl's heart skip a beat. She stopped moving forward and her eyes widened. She stared at the change in front of her with a stiff body.

"Buzz!"

The blood-red light on the sarcophagus became brighter, and the stone coffin lid with exquisite carvings floated in the blood-red light and fell to the side.

The entire tomb was illuminated by blood. [Half an Orange in a Mouth] couldn't help but cover her eyes. This game was too real. Even the brightness couldn't be adjusted. Her eyes were almost blinded by the light!

The blood light gradually dimmed, and [Take Half an Orange in One Bite] squinted his eyes and looked over there.

In the sarcophagus, a figure was gradually lifted up by the blood-red light. It was a blond man with pale skin, slightly pointed ears, and an expressionless face on his delicate face that looked as if it had been carved by a knife or an axe.

He stood straight with his hands in front of him, holding a two-handed sword. He was wearing a gorgeous dark red armor, and a black cloak hung behind him, fluttering gently.

"Qiang!"

The sharp sword blade pierced the ground, the heavy armor made a sound, and the figure landed steadily on the ground under the support of the blood light.

"Gulu."

[Eating Half an Orange in One Bite] She could clearly hear the sound of herself swallowing her saliva. She was certain that the man before her was the strongest person she had ever met in this world! This terrifying sense of oppression was already overwhelming!

"Buzz!"

Before [Half an Orange in a Mouth] could think any more, a surge of blood rushed through the body of the unbelievably handsome man, and the two eyes on his sculpture-like face suddenly opened, and the blood-red light made [Half an Orange in a Mouth] lose his sight again.

"This special effect is way too exaggerated!"
[Eating half an orange in one bite] She couldn't help but complain in her heart, but before she could calm down, she felt that her body had lost control.

She squinted her eyes and forced them open, and saw that the strange man had appeared in front of her, opening his mouth and biting towards her neck, with two sharp fangs sticking out, flashing a cold light.

"It's a special vampire storyline indeed!"
This thought emerged in [Half an Orange in a Mouth]'s mind, and then he lost consciousness in a dizzy feeling.

"hiss!"

After drinking a mouthful of the woman's blood, Karen Aegris Bloodsworn frowned, his handsome face full of confusion.

"Why does this woman smell so weird?"
Looking at this woman with a strange smell, Karen observed her carefully, but he didn't see anything special about her. She was just an ordinary human woman.

Her appearance was okay, but for Karen, who was used to seeing beautiful women and even gods being able to have sex with them, it was nothing worth mentioning.

"Boom."

Karen threw the woman aside and thought that this strange behavior was because he had not sucked blood for too long.

It has indeed been a long time.

Although Karen didn't know exactly how long he had been asleep, he could roughly estimate that it was at least a few hundred years. After all, his injuries were very serious before he fell asleep.

"It's been so long, I wonder what the situation is like on the front lines?"
Thinking of this, Karen's heart sank. Before he went into sleep to heal his wounds, the empire was dealing with several wars at the same time.

The green-skinned orcs emerging from the Divine Spine Mountains in the east, the green elves in the Round Dance Forest in the west, the several human kingdoms in the north, and the imperial humans who, with the support of the gods, rebelled against the empire, it can be said that the empire was surrounded by internal and external troubles.

"I don't know if I can still help now that I'm awake."
Karen sighed, and with an idea in his mind, he put the sarcophagus beside him into his backpack. The exquisite sarcophagus disappeared in an instant, leaving only a square concave mark on the ground, proving that something had been placed there.

Karen pulled up the backpack panel, visible only to him. A small icon depicting a sarcophagus appeared. Besides that, the backpack contained a few other items, all of Karen's usual gear, stored in its small compartments. The backpack had twelve compartments, which wasn't a lot.

This backpack is unique to Karen. In addition, there is a character panel that automatically appears after he travels to this world.

Karen is a traveler from another world. Before coming to this magical world called "Torres", Karen was just an ordinary person living in the University of Tokyo. His ordinary life only left a little bit of glory at the end. In order to save a child, he was taken away by Dayun who rushed onto the sidewalk.

"What a distant memory."
These stories are so far away from now that even Karen himself has almost forgotten them. If he didn't think of his origins every time he used the backpack, the memories of just over twenty years might really have been thrown into the corner.

Thousands of years have passed, and Karen is no longer the ordinary young man from the University of Tokyo.

Now he is the "Grand Master of the Blood Oath Knights", "the First Baturu of the Blood Empire", "one of the five ancestors of the Blood Clan", "the King of Blood", "the Champion Warrior chosen by the Lady of Darkness", and "the Guardian of Half-Elves and Ared" - Karen Aegris Blood Oath.

Karen called up the character panel, and a light screen listing personal information appeared in front of him. Karen could say frankly that he could achieve his current achievements entirely through his own efforts and sweat, and the system was of no help at all.

Because his system is just a simple UI, without any functions implemented!

[Name: Karen Eggers Bloodsworn

Race: Half-elf blood race ancestor

Age: 11111 years old

Affiliated faction: Bloodsworn Clan]

That’s right, this is Karen’s character panel, which simply records some personal information and has no other functions.

Karen's system has no task system that "dings" all the time, no levels, no experience points, and no proficiency. In short, it is pure garbage.

【Ding!

Torres Fantasy has started internal testing and the system will be launched soon.

The system is starting.]

Karen had just finished complaining in his mind when a sudden pop-up window appeared in front of him, accompanied by an extremely crisp "ding", as if responding to Karen's complaints.

'Closed beta?'
However, Karen was not surprised by the sudden activation of the system. He felt that he did not really need the so-called system. He could still live well without the system.

What really made Karen's hair stand on end was the strange word "internal beta". As a time traveler, the meaning of these two words was crystal clear.

The world of Torres, where Karen has lived for thousands of years. He can say with certainty that everything here is extremely real and is definitely not a virtual game world!

"Wait a minute, this age doesn't seem right, does it? How can I be over 10,000 years old? Did I sleep for thousands of years to heal my wounds?"
Karen noticed another blind spot. This age was not right. Although he no longer cared about the passage of time, it was too ridiculous to sleep for thousands of years.

The most important thing is that his injuries have not been healed at all, he has just been suppressing them, and it took thousands of years?
"Is this scientific? Am I actually a complete waste of healing?!"
This made Karen a little self-doubting. It was indeed the first time that he suffered such a serious injury. Could it be that there was a display bug on the panel?

Karen looked at the woman he had just seen. He did not kill her because he thought she might still be of some use to him.

Trespassing into the Blood King's chambers without permission was punishable by death under Imperial law, so sparing her life was a great mercy.

【The system has been launched and the internal test quota has been obtained. 】

Before Karen could find the woman to confirm the current situation, the system had already started up and seemed to have unlocked new functions, which instantly attracted Karen's attention.

'Issuing internal testing quotas?'
Seeing the content on this pop-up window, Karen was stunned. Was it what he understood?

【Ding! 】

With a clear prompt sound, a brand new panel that Karen had never seen before appeared in front of him.

【Internal test:
Current power size: Individual

Available internal test quota: 5
The number of internal test participants has been released: 0

At the bottom of the pop-up window, there is an option, (Yes/No) Start distribution?
Seeing this, Karen suddenly realized that this system seemed not so useless after all. Could it be used to summon players?
'But, are the players controllable?'
Karen immediately thought of this. He knew the players' character very well. What if the summoned player was uncontrollable? Could this quota be reclaimed?
[Ding! Players will be fully managed by the closed beta tester who issued them the closed beta qualification.

The closed beta tester can arbitrarily deprive players of their playing qualifications if their cumulative playing time is less than three months.

If the play time exceeds three months, a referendum will be held, with all players under the closed beta tester who have played for more than three months voting to decide. One vote from the closed beta tester is equal to five votes from other players.

The system popped up a message box at the right time to answer Karen's doubts, but then more new doubts arose in Karen's mind.

"If I understand correctly, does this mean I'm not the only one who can summon players? And what are these so-called closed beta testers? It looks like there are others."
Karen keenly noticed the system's wording. This ability to summon players was obviously not unique to him.

[Ding! The closed beta tester is a time traveler who entered the game sixteen years in advance.

Each beta tester initially has five internal beta test slots, and the number of internal beta test slots will increase as your power grows. Killing other beta testers can also plunder their internal beta test slots.

Looking at this prompt box, Karen couldn't help but fall into deep thought. This prompt contained a lot of information, but one point was very clear. It seemed that he had arrived more than ten thousand years earlier than other travelers?!

(End of this chapter)