Lord Of Puppets

Chapter 249 – Leaving storm.

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Chapter 249: Chapter 249 – Leaving storm.

<<Ariava... Came... And then.>>

<<She only spend about a day in here, before then leaving the dungeon, saying that she will deal with the army outside, and then the emperor.>>

<<And... She just left.>>

<<Leaving me once again... But exactly alone, as the pure-blooded vampire Porai was left behind.>>

"..."

"So... What do we do now?" – asked Porai.

"I mean... This is your home... So... You know..."

"Any propositions?"

"..." – Thauma took out its notebook.

{"Honestly speaking, I want to just talk."}

{"Things."}

"..."

{"Simple put, things were going straight up too fast right now and I kind of need a moment."}

"Huh, you too buddy?" – asked Porai.

"Yeah... She came in like a storm... And is not planning on stopping anytime soon."

"I mean, I originally came here to enslave you, and now she left me here with you, guarding you."

"She is... Wow... Okay. I honestly don’t know how to explain it to you in the nutshell in the way it would make sense."

"She... Well... I mean, you know.... Wow. Even making it into the nutshell isn’t easy. Give a sec." – said Porai as she pondered how to explain the bizarre and sudden situation.

"..."

"Well, the best I can say this."

"Is that she is doing pretty much everything important one by one nonstop, without even waiting for the stuff to calm down."

"So yeah... She is freaking storm."

"And I fucking just given up thinking what she will do."

"She is straight up just.... Well, pilling up every fucking important thing one after another and doing them left and right without stopping or letting things rest a bit to make them... Well... Calmer?"

"Things... Are beyond fucked."

"..."

{"You are not worried?"}

"Of course I’m fucking worried... But right now, I can theorize all I want, but she can just do another random thing I would never be expecting." – said the extremely mentally exhausted vampire.

"I have fucking millions fucking theories about every single one of her moves, but I just don’t have any time to fucking think, since she is already doing next fucking thing!"

"SHE IS STRAIGHT UP NOT GIVING ME ANY TIME TO THINK THROUGH EVERY SINGLE FUCKING THING SHE DONE!"

"..."

"So yeah.... In my current situation, it is better to just stop thinking."

(Well, I say that, but honestly speaking, I straight up can’t stop thinking about what she could be doing.) – thought nervous Porai.

(I mean, for fuck’s sake. The mess she already caused already is extremely big and she will now cause even bigger one by dealing with adventurers.)

(And possible even bigger when dealing with the emperor.)

(Right now, she is creating massive snowball of a problems and annoyance, which could straight up become a bomb if she doesn’t deal with it correctly.)

(And to make it more annoying, I’m in that motherfucking snowball!)

(HECK! HER CHILD IS ALSO IN THAT FUCKING SNOWBALL BECOUSE OF HER ACTIONS!) 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

(The golem dungeon is now well too known; do you really think that simple "peace" could possible do it?)

(Heck. There could be a freaking catastrophe happening after the whole "peace" is established.)

(I don’t know if that woman is just being childish and carefree because she is overpowered monster.)

(Either way.... I think that woman is straight up fucking crazy... I mean.... JUST LOOK WHAT IS SHE DOING!)

(HER RUSHING EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE COULD FUCK US ALL UP!)

"..."

(Or is she by any chance all of her actions calculated?)

(The fact that she didn’t killed me straight up proves that she is scheming something.)

(...But then again, there is no way to know why or anything...)

(So yeah.... I can’t predict her, so it is for the best if I try and don’t think about her, and instead just focus on the present situation.)

(....But even if I don’t think about her... There is that guy over here.)

(Thauma.)

(Yeah... What the hell do I do with him?)

(Should I use this chance to get as much information about him as possible?)

(Ariava also said that I’m free to learn the Forged Skills... But I’m bit scared about this.)

(WHY DID SHE GAVE ME PERMISION?! SHE 100% KNOWS THE VALUE OF THIS SHIT!)

(Is she playing mind games with me or something?) – thought Porai as she was making some noises while holding her head in panic, somewhat confusing Thauma who just watched the vampire.

(Or maybe she is just using me as test subjects?)

(...)

(Fuck it.)

(I really and I mean REALLY want to research those Forged Skills, but at the same time, knowing how to make them would put me in way too much trouble.)

(Risk is beyond to be even considered possible taken.)

(I should just wait for Ariava to come back and then talk with her regarding this.)

{"Are you okay?"}

"Yeah... Was kind of lost in thoughts because of your mother’s actions."

"Anyway, you said that you wanted to talk, what exactly did you wanted to talk about?"

{"Pretty much. About a lot of stuff."}

{"The current state of the outside world. Using your knowledge."}

{"The vampires, I know what they are, but not who they are, I want to learn more about them."}

{"I want to start with something like that first."}

"Hm... Well, honestly speaking there is no problem here."

"But I want to also talk about something."

"I somewhat get a gist about you; from the talks we had so far."

"But I want a proper understanding of you."

{"Deal."}

<<Honestly speaking... This was great.>>

<>

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<<Not only that, I’m curious about vampires.>>

<<Ariava told me some basic information about them, but I need more.>>

<<Curiosity.... But at the same time to probably prepare myself.>>

<<As for the price... Well, honestly speaking there was no problem at all.>>

<<And so, we had our talk.>>

<<Some bits of the information I’ve had received from her were about the talk we had yesterday... But... I wanted a better understanding.>>

<<Why the hell several kingdoms are aiming to go to the war?>>

<<Specifically, I want to understand what exactly is the "stupid war"? Why Ariava is calling it like that?>>

"..."

"Em... Well... Fuck me." – said Porai.

"..."

"Okay... So... The answer is.... Well, simple put, it is extremely simple... And that is the problem."

"The answer is simple."

{"?"}

"Okay... So, listen here... Because, it will sound stupid. Like, the name suggest, it is really a STUPID WAR."

<<I’ve asked that information and Porai provided me with it.... And... I’ve obtained somewhat bigger understanding and story of what was happening outside of my dungeon.>>

<<Chaos.>>

<<This is the only way I can describe the situation.>>

<<The situation was truly swallowed by the chaos.>>

<<War after war, scheme after scheme.>>

<<According to her, vampires had truly no hands in the series of the nonstop wars that were happening, expect for the last war.>>

<<All the wars that had happened so far? It was caused by a greed of people.>>

<<No grand scheme or anything.>>

<<Nobody pulling the strings.>>

<<Just... Greed?>>

<<But why?>>

<<According to Porai, the land of Garmfon kingdom was straight up devasted by the nonstop wars.>>

<<It apparently is "usable", but there are still scars on the land that needs time to be healed.>>

<<Still.... This is stupid.>>

<<Why the hell are they starting wars left and right nonstop?>>

<<And according to the vampire, not only the 3 initial kingdoms would join the war.>>

<<....>>

<<That is if the other kingdoms wouldn’t aim to also pull something.>>

<<She said that there was a chance that some other kingdoms nearby may end up being involved and based what Ariava said before, Porai is now 100% sure that more kingdoms may had joined the war... Which could in turn cause a chain reaction, that could result in even more kingdoms joining int.>>

<<She said herself, that what is currently happening is beyond crazy.>>

<<There were series of the war just happening and people are just way more eager to start again some wars.>>

<<Wars.>>

<>

<<Empire sudden appearance may had "sealed" the chaos... But the empire was established way too quickly according to her and the "seal" is already breaking apart.>>

<<And the only nations are aiming to destroy the "seal" placed by the empire, aiming to wadge the war in the name of a greed.>>

<<They need to strengthen the "seal", and make sure that the other nations will behave... However at the same time, this attempt of reinforcing it could result in other nations panicking and attacking the empire???>>

<<What?>>

<<So... If I understand it correctly, the chances of yet another war, are somewhat high.>>

<<Even though there were already several wars very recently???>>

<<And not only that, It isn’t just one or two kingdoms.>>

<<There are several kingdoms that wants to go to the war, and as soon as they see some "greed", they already lose their minds and just go for it.... Blindly, without care.>>

<<Ariava was right.>>

<<After listening to the whole story.... The pieces are falling together.>>

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<<BECOUSE IT IS BEYOND STUPID!>

<<The empire is needed.>>

<>

<<If the empire were to fall and the chaos would go on the full swing.... Then my dungeon could end up swallowed by it.>>

<<If all the information I had been provided with are truly correct... Then the empire is truly a defensive line against the chaos.... Aiming to prevent the Stupid War.>>

<<...>>

<<But still... This is fucking stupid.>>

<<It is not like I’m not trusting the vampire, no.>>

<<I’ve even asked her for some details.... But this is just simplest situation.>>

<<Greed.>>

<<Just... Pure greed?>>

<<Is that it?>>

<>

<<Not just one kingdom, but several kingdoms?!>>

{"This is so stupid that I don’t know if you are lying or not to me."} – written Thauma.

"I know what you mean buddy." – said Porai with tired expression.

"Honestly speaking, what the hell I just talked about sounds... Well, ridiculousness."

"But again... This is what is happening right now outside."

"A Stupid War."

"A war that people want."

"This whole situation is beyond idiotic.... But then again, the history isn’t always a complicated tale or something bright."

"For example, I remember a story of some stupid drunk prince who stabbed the king of neighboring party during the party."

"A drunk and stupid idiot caused a war right on the spot."

"Nothing complicated, just one single move and one single idiot."

"Or for example, two warriors, who wishes to steal each other gems of power. They fight, they murder, they go to the war, all in order to obtain these gems of power."

"However want to hear funny thing?"

"Both gems never existed in the first place."

"If both gems didn’t existed, then why the hell war even started?"

"Simply put, delusions."

"Both sides were completely delusional fools that straight up convicted themselves that the other side has the gem."

"A stupid war."

"A war without any real purpose."

"Heck, I even once saw a small kingdom who was allied with much bigger kingdom, straight up betray their powerful allies, trying to take them over after some massive war, only for the small kingdom to get straight up obligated on the spot."

"A small and pathetic kingdom who only relied on the big kingdom power had thought that they could defeat the big kingdom?"

"Why did they done something THAT stupid?"

"Greed."

"They made that kind of move because of a greed that blinded them."

"..."

"Wars not always are about who is right or wrong."

"Sometimes idiots wadges them."

"There are also cases where the war is accidental, like something weird happens, which could in turn cause series of events that would lead to the war."

"Neither side really picked the fight, but only some random ass incident did that."

"...And in the current case?"

"Well... This is stupid war."

"The nations wants power and territories, but they are completely ignoring the reality."

"That after the war, there will be only destruction left."

"Something so obvious, yet they choose to not even acknowledge its existence."

"A stupid idiots that just want to start off a stupid ass war out of nowhere because they instantly get themselves corrupted by their greed."

"That is it."

"Nothing more, nothing less."

"Just idiots that got drunk on greed."

"..."

{"Empire needs to exist."}

"Exactly... If the empire falls, all hell will break loose."

"I may not had been the one behind the whole establishing empire plan, even though I was helping them out from the very start... But still, even I’m not blind enough to see the whole picture myself."

"A picture of idiots acting like a freaking childish bombs."

"The explanation from yesterday may had looked like it was ’lacking’ per say from your point of view... But in reality, we told you the whole pure reality of the situation."

"A stupid war."

"That is the best explanation of the whole situation.>>

<<I... Are.... Never mind.>>

<<...>>

<<I’m just beyond confused.>>

<>

<<THAT WASN’T THE CASE ONE BIT!>>

<<THE SMALL AMOUT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY HAD GIVEN ME BACK THEN DURING THAT TALK WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH???>>

<<HOW?!>>

<<No conspiracy or anything... Or extremely long stories, chains of events... Just anything?!>>

<<Pure greed... A greed is the only answer?>>

<<Can answer that short can truly explain the whole situation that perfectly?>>

<<...>>

<<Honestly speaking.... I was considering the empire as my enemies....>>

<<BUT WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW?!>>

<<If THEY die, I will be just straight up fucked!>>

<<HECK! THE OTHER NATIONS WILL END UP FUCKED IF THE EMPIRE DIE! AND YET! AND FUCKING YET! THEY WANT THE EMPIRE GONE???>>

<<This is... STUPID!>>

<<They will just murder themselves!>>

<<AND ME ALONGSIDE WITH THEM!>>

<<Honestly, I wish that the empire would survive no matter what right now after obtaining this understanding... Or at least until I’m strong enough to handle myself, without having empire being the guardian against the chaos.>>

<<...>>

<<There was no point in talking about that previous war or the war the other nations are possible planning.... Because it was as Porai said.>>

<<The answer was simple.>>

<<....>>

<<...I’ve.... Well... After.... Well, after this "stupid" talk, we talked a bit about the vampires... I’ m still confused farer that talk.... But again, I need to gather information.>>

<<And honestly speaking? I’ve learned a lot. More than I’ve thought.>>

<<Porai told me many stories about the vampires, their situation, political word, how they live, how they handle stuff and what not.>>

<<I’ve truly learned a lot.>>

<<It may seems like the vampires may have it all.>>

<<Healing ability.>>

<<Eternal young... But.>>

<<Apparently, being vampire isn’t always "easy".>>

<<More specifically, for the non-pure blooded vampires.>>

<<Many people see the "long lifespan" as a blessing.>>

<<But in reality, some people can’t handle it.>>

<<Simple put apparently races like beastmen or humans, may end up with something called "Age Depression".>>

<<Simple put, they cannot adjust their own "existence" and life to their new life.>>

<<Their "flow" of their own life is messing with them.>>

<<And there is also many un-pure vampires that straight up refuse to drink human or any civilized race’s blood.>>

<<Apparently, not all people that do willingly become vampires do that for power, sometimes they do it to extend their lives or save themselves.>>

<<However, the hunger of blood can drive you insane if you can’t handle it, turning you into the animal.>>

<<And people could fear you as nothing more than a monster than needs to be hunted down.>>

<<Then again, Porai also told me that many people turn themselves into vampires, or even straight up "slaves" in order to obtain the power and youth of the vampire race.>>

"So despise me saying that not all vampires are evil, many people with evil intentions do seek out the power of the vampire."

"Not only that, many people do become evil after getting the taste of the power."

"Again."

"The hunger for blood is one thing."

"But that doesn’t freaking shape you."

"The vampire nature isn’t evil.... But the people let it shape them."

"So yeah... That is the situation."

"..."

{"What about you?"}

"Me? Heck. I’m no saint."

"I’m just bitch that does whatever I want."

"I can be called evil, but I don’t go out of my way to slaughter an entire village for a stupid reason like I was bored or anything."

"I just like conducting my experiments and research."

"I find them entertaining and interesting."

"I did may had did some fucked up shit here and there, meaning that I’m not some sinless person... But still."

"..."

"I’m just me."

"That is it."

"I can kill a random ass human without batting an eye or shredding a tear."

"Or I just straight up murdered them because I just wanted to see how some of my own creations became."

"I did that countless times."

"Call me evil, I don’t care."

"As mentioned before, I only work with the empire in order to get my own stuff that would benefit me."

"I know what sort of chaos is going on, and I know that the empire is beyond important."

"Heck, it may not look like it, but the vampires living in this part of the continent would also end up being affected by that stupid ass series of war that is done by those greedy fools."

"..."

"But I still only care about myself."

"I’m not loyal to the empire."

"They are just business partners."

"I wouldn’t really risk my life to say them."

"..."

"So... What do you say about me?"

{"Neutral."}

"?"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

{"I don’t really see you as either good or evil."}

{"My understanding of ’evil’ and ’good’ maybe lacking, but at the same time I do understand that sometimes ’evil’ and ’good’ may not had been caused by the ’good intended’ or ’bad intend’."}

{"I’ve slaughtered countless number of people."}

{"The invaders that came my way and the villagers that weren’t involved one bit with me."}

{"These actions may had been considered evil."}

{"But in reality, it is survival."}

{"Am I really evil, even though I did it all to survive?"}

"..."

"Stop right there."

"I know what you are trying to say and what not."

"Evil actions were only actions you could take to survive, blah, blah, blah."

"But at the same time, this is reality."

"In the wars, both sides may see themselves as just."

"I understand what the hell are you talking about here, so let’s not do the whole speech about it, okay?"

"There is no point about it."

"..."

(Still... How much does he understand in regards of "evil" and "good"?) – thought Porai.

"All I’m saying is that I’m me. Doing whatever I want. Be it saving or murdering people. I do that."

"Sometimes I get paid to save people, sometimes I get paid to murder people."

"Sometimes I just go and save people or murder people because of personal reasons."

"That is it."

"I just do whatever the fuck I want."

"..."

(Her explanation is extremely similar to Ariva’s.) – thought Thauma as it remembers Ariava’s own introduction.

{"Then why do you research?"}

"..."

"Well... For fun, if I’m being honest." – replied Porai as she took out some of her liquid metal.

"I was originally a low-ranking noble vampire, a vampire noble maybe a powerful being, but I was just nobody from a no name family."

"But... Well, things were boring."

"I may had been born extremely talented when it comes to magic."

"But, I really didn’t seen a purpose in anything."

"Ever since I was a kid, I was always bored."

"I... Just looked dolled at the world around me."

"..."

"But then, I started learning magic... And then I started getting curios."

"How does magic work?"

"Why does it work that way?"

"Can I strengthen it?"

"..."

"The world around me.... It started getting interesting... I started looking at it... With...."

"Well... Fun."

"At first it was just magic, but as the time would get by, I would get more curious about other things, start researching them... And before long I would arrive at something that really hooked me up."

"Creation."

"I’ve created different kind of creations."

"Be it machines that can do weird stuff."

"To powerful items."

"I also enjoyed making myself new creatures."

"Golems and what not.... They really got me interested."

"I... Well, I just find a joy in researching things."

"And right now I really do love researching creating monsters with my own two hands."

"The vampires working with emperor noticed me and made a deal with me."

"And then I’ve heard about you... Which ended up getting me interested."

"..."

"And that is pretty much it about me."

"..."

{"You are like me."}

"?"

"What do you mean?"

{"I also like researching."}

{"Be it magic or golems, I also like researching them."}

{"I’m researching them in order to survive, but at the same time I also enjoy them."}

{"Whenever I make a new discovery, new breakthrough, I’m always happy."}

{"I also enjoy myself when I see my weapons working... Even if that means testing it on real people."}

(Honestly speaking... I wasn’t expecting her to be... Well... Like this?) – thought Thauma.

(This is.... Interesting... Maybe very interesting.)

"Huh... So, you are saying that we are similar to each other?" – asked Porai.

{"I think so."]

"..."

"Interesting." – said Porai with a smile.

(Is this guy really similar to me?) – thought interested Porai.

"..."

"Anyway, that was my part of information."

"Now your turn."

"What exactly are you?"

"Thauma?"