Ancient Vampire in a Modern World

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After Han Shin used his palm to strike the man who prepared to cut his limbs he jumped and went in Mia and Keiji's direction. He planned to help them get out of this place as his instinct kept telling him to run because something dangerous would occur. He grouped up with them and the three of them faced each other's backs. 

Then he said, "Both of you, thank you for your help. I promise that if we ever leave this place I would not hesitate to give my life to repay you."

He said those words without turning back and facing them but they could hear the sincerity in Han Shin's words. Han Shin wanted to kneel on the ground just to thank them but that would give the enemy a chance to attack them. 

Mia heard this and replied, "Don't worry old man, we are just doing what we are supposed to do." 

Then she looked at the body of the man lying on the ground with a worried look. She couldn't help but feel guilty because he was here to save someone not to kill someone. She was not someone who treated criminals worse than a good citizen. In her eyes they are just the same but if she will not tolerate seeing someone dying in front of her. Even if it was a criminal. 

So she whispered in a very low voice enough only for Keiji and Han Shin to hear "R is that man already dead or is he still alive?"

She asked but was hesitant to do so because she forced herself to think that Keiji is still devoid of killing. She thinks that Keiji was not someone who will kill and he never killed anyone so this was his first time. And he might receive a shock and this incident might cause trauma for him. But still, she decided to speak up and continue to ask Keiji.

She really could not bear seeing someone die in front of her which is why she decided to ask no matter what Keiji feels. 

Keiji kept silent as he kept holding the sword in his hand. Everyone thought that he was just nervous and couldn't move because of the pressure in the surroundings. But what they didn't know is that Keiji was trying to see if he could sense the so-called aura on his body.

He closed his eyes and tried to feel every nook and cranny on his body. He checked every cell and inspected them one by one. Then inside his mind, one could see countless images in which trying to dig deeper into something. Then it changed its view and it showed Keiji's body. It looks like the camera would be in front of Keij but this is Keiji's power. He was able to spread out his blood and turn it into a gaseous state in which it blended in the air.

And he only needed one drop to cover a radius of one mile. A drop of his blood contained billions and trillions of cells that no human would imagine. And what he did is to let one drop of blood from his body and let it out in the surroundings. Then every cell on the blood would spread throughout the surrounding area where Keiji wanted it to. Every cell was being controlled by Keiji and everything inside it would not escape Keiji. Even the inside of their body would not be able to escape Keiji's eyes. 

And right now he was looking at himself from another perspective so that he could feel the so-called aura of a player. And after countless times of inspecting his body and trying to sense the so-called aura of a player. He was finally able to and was successful. He could felt that his body was emitting a very strange smoke and it was. 

And he found out that this aura was coming out from his endothelial cells. Or the cells that made up a layer of blood vessels. He looked at the inside of this cell and found that a strange black thing was spreading throughout all the endothelial cells. Which means that it was spreading in his blood vessels. Because endothelial cells are the innermost layer of most blood vessels which is why every blood cell in the body was travelling through this endothelial cell. 

Every part of the body has blood vessels which means that it already spreads through everyone. Keiji could see that his endothelial cell was getting darker in colour although it can only be seen by him. He then thought that this thing is not the same as what everyone thought. He had already concluded at that time that it does not strengthen the individual and it is not an enhancement instead it was like a virus. 

It spread throughout every endothelial cell a person had and started affecting all the cells in the surroundings which gave them an enhancement in their strength but because of Keiji's discovery, he found out that this only gives an individual a moment of strength and if the owner or the maker of this virus emerge. They are doomed to be its servant. 

They would not be able to withstand their order because they can control everything that was infected with it. Keij was intrigued because he wanted to know how he got this thing and it only pointed out in the virtual world. 

He smiled and let the thoughts go for now. His smile only creeped out everyone that was watching him. They have been scared of Keiji because he just killed Cody, the second strongest man in their group right at that time. Only their leader of the camp was stronger than him which is why they were very cautious of Keiji. They have already anticipated that they would not be able to take down Keiji especially unlike the old man who didn't intend to kill and only wanted to escape. 

From their perspective, Keiji was different because he killed Cody which means that they might die if they face Keiji. They are not afraid of being defeated which is why they fought with Han Shin even though he was stronger than them. They were afraid of dying and Han Shin still didn't cause death. 

This was also the reason why the man in the distance who was reporting the situation to his superior requested backup. He was only allowed to request for backup if someone died or someone were to die. He thought that Han Shin was not going to kill someone which is why even though Han Shin was strong he did not call for reinforcements. But right now Keiji killed someone that is why he called for reinforcement.

Keiji didn't answer Mia even after thinking through the so-called aura of a player. Mia thought that Keij was still in a state of acceptance after killing someone so she tried to comfort him.

"Rei… don't worry too much.." Mia said but in the next second, she was at loss for words. She didn't even know what to say because she herself needed comfort. This was also her first time seeing someone die. This is why she didn't know what to say but she forced herself to do so.

"R it's alright, it's not your fault even if that man dies. You only use self-defence, don't worry about it. And it's their fault we only did the right thing." Mia continued to speak but his voice was also in deep sorrow and was staggering. The old man, Han Shin, wanted to comfort them but this was also her first time seeing someone die. 

Even though he was already old enough, seeing someone die in the real world still made him feel guilty. He has been secluding and cultivating his whole life and in the game, he was only hunting and gaining fighting experience. Although that was his cycle of life he was still not cruel enough to kill someone especially since he also had his own family and friends. 

He felt sorry for Keiji as he thought that this was also Keiji's first time seeing someone die but his experience was much more impactful because Keiji was the one who did it. So he forced himself to at least speak some words to comfort him.

"Young man, don't worry too much it's not your fault it's my fault because I didn't stop you from saving me." Han Shin said feeling sorry for Keiji. He knew himself that he was guilty because he didn't stop them from saving him. After all, that is what he really wants. If he would choose between his grandson's life or their life the answer would be obvious. He would choose his grandson without hesitation.

That is why right now he felt really guilty but he couldn't do anything and just accepted the fact that he was selfish to let them get involved in the fight.