Intermission 4 -The First Ancestor

I am Caster. My job class is black mage. I use spells to nuke and fry my enemies. I like my meat well done after all. I have a fragile body, so attacking an enemy from a distance is perfect. I leave the front to Saber. She is reliable as a tank.

I am the second person to be created by my leader Dasas. The first being Saber. I come from the world Arlenia and my race is a high human. The race gives me heterochromic eyes. My left eye is red and can perceive magic power. My right eye is blue, but it is normal.

Thanks to my red eye. I can see the truth about magic power. Magic is alive. I call it Darkness, so a good name for the one. Who is formless and invisible, but exists.

Displaying the emotions of those I look at with my eye. I will know what and where magic is casted. The red eye is called ‘mana sight’ in Arlenia. I prefer to call it ‘eye of god.’ It sounds better that way.

“Ku ku ku. I can see all. Know all. I am the Dark Magic Master.” –Caster

I often put my left hand over my red eye in an attempt to block the power at times. Too much sensory overload is why. Maybe I should get an eyepatch. It will look awesome and make me appear mysterious. I should ask my creator about it sometime.

Life on Arlenia is normal. I usually work with my other companions created by leader. To be able to create people, for leader is totally cool.

Before I knew it, for we got transported to another world. Even the castle belonging to my creator got taken along. Good news for us. At least we did not have to move to another world homeless.

At first I was scared. Then later I got curious and excited. When I realize magic power is different in this new world. The darkness took on a new form in this world and I wanted to discover why. With this red eye of mine I will look into the truth of this world.

My red eye can also see the truth about my creator. It seems he is lonely, but a fire burns deeply within him. He craves violence and destruction, but he denies it. He always act like fighting is troublesome, but he gets excited when it happens. Leader once said. He is not bloodthirsty like us. He is a civilized person of the twenty-first century. I wonder what it means.

While in this new world we fought a few monsters and some humans. They were all pathetically weak. I did not need the darkness to even tell me that.

Then she appeared. The whore in white and she killed me. I died a few times before on Arlenia and then revived by my creator. However, it seems death in this new world is permanent.

I wonder if a high level white mage spell [Arise] works in this world. I think it should. All my magic works here. Sadly, my support job is only level fifty. Not high enough to cast [Arise]. I can’t cast it on myself anyway. Making it pointless, for the situation I was in.

Good thing leader was able to revive me somehow. I end up transforming into a vampire as a result. I became a monster that drinks blood. Granted I was scared at first. Later I got used to it. Especially when I learn the transformation came with immortality.

I can stay young and beautiful forever. Being a young healthy girl the thought of growing old and ugly is scary after all. It was my creator who turned me, so I am happy with it. I trust my life to him after all.

The vampire abilities I have gained are superior physical strength and fast bodily regeneration. Good thing as light magic will harm me being an undead now. I can’t cure myself with my white mage support job anymore. However, I can still cast it on others no problem. I still have more to learn about my vampire abilities though.

After the battle with the whore in white my group had to split up. My leader wanted to go with the elves we encountered to try and form an alliance. Rider, Assassin, and I are to go back to the mansion and stand by.

We had to take along this fat human pig noble too. He was my first meal when I woke up as a vampire. I still feel disgusted that I touched this pig. However, his blood tasted good and fulfilling. A meaty taste like fine cooked steak.

The trip back home after the split we went and captured some people to feed on. The fat noble ended up turning into a vampire. He became a servant of mine. I can feel our connection. I am disgusted even if he lost weight due to the transformation. He will always be a pig to me.

Rider suggested helping our creator by making an army out of the people I turned into vampires. We do need to fight that whore again apparently. I shall have my revenge in the future.

We finally returned to leader’s mansion. More like we returned to the abandoned frontier village near leader’s mansion. A bunch of people turned into vampires accompanied us. They came from some random village we attacked on the way.

Without Archer here we can’t navigate to the mansion in the forest without getting lost. I end up using wind magic to cut down all the trees. Creating a path straight to mount tai from the abandoned frontier village.

I also used earth magic to lay down a road. Make it easier for travel. I am such a genius. I do have the highest INT in our group. So it is to be expected. I am about to head to the mansion.

“Ku ku ku. The First Ancestor arrives in style.” –Caster

“Hmm. We can’t take these bloodsuckers with us to the mansion. Let them stay in this frontier village and rebuild it. Hell maybe even make it into a fortress while we at it.” -Rider

“Ku ku ku. Good idea Rider. Let’s go with that.” –Caster

I turn around to look at the crowd before me. The vampire servants are acting a little run down and sluggish due to the sunlight. It seems the sun is bad for vampires. It does not affect me, so I did not realize until now. I wonder why it is okay for me.

“Vampire princess Caster here commands you. Live in this village. Rebuild it. Make it stronger. You can use the trees I cut down earlier as materials.” –Caster

“Hoooooooooooooooo!!” –Vampire crowd

The vampires shout with fervor then start to run into the direction of the forest. Where I cut down all the trees to make a straight path to mount tai. Having servants of my own is pretty neat. Leader will definitely praise me for such good work.

A couple of weeks later the new village is almost complete. Where an ugly abandoned frontier village used to stand, for a new structure is being erected. Maybe I should name this new place Blood Village or Darkness Village. It is helpful that undead can work all day and night without rest. It makes building things go faster.

While Rider, Assassin, and some of my vampire servants are out obtaining more bodies to feed on and make our army grow. I was hanging out at the new village the vampires were building. Wanted to make sure everything is going smoothly.

Then I notice in the distance my companions with a large undead mob tagging along. They are returning. The village will be completed in a couple of days with all the new undead joining. I notice the pig noble is with them too. He should be out gathering info on the Fori kingdom and our enemies. I wonder why he is here.

“Yo Caster.” –Rider

“My queen!! I return with bad news!!” –Anton

“Hey Rider. It seems you and Assassin brought back a good haul.” –Caster

After greeting Rider from his triumphant return. I flick away my long wavy red hair to the side. I turn to the pig noble with a look of disdain apparent on my face.

“Stupid Pig!! I am no queen!! Do I look like an old hag to you? I am still a young and fresh girl. Call me princess!!” –Caster

“As you command!! My quee…princess!! Also my name is Anthony…” –Anton

“Shut up Pig!! Pig is good enough for you!!” –Caster

I always seem to become emotional and lose myself when it comes to this pig noble. The fact that he was my first will always haunt me. Why did he have to be my first blood meal and first soul connection? That was the only true bad thing to happen to me after turning into a vampire.

The returning group brought back bad news. A large army from the Fori kingdom is marching to our place. They might arrive here in over two weeks or more. Rough estimate as we are unsure of their capabilities. The pig noble never had been in the army or witness an army battle, so he is useless.

Assassin has been training the vampires in ninja techniques and attacks. Vampires being creatures of the dark it will help a lot. Rider suggested sending out the vampires to attack the marching army. Under the cover of darkness attack their supply lines and assassinate their officers.

Rider is very reliable. Pretty sure he never had any war experience though. The enemy forces should be delayed and their numbers reduced once they arrive here. I am going to have to call leader on my communication ring to let him know.

“Ku ku ku. War is coming. Soon the First Ancestor will make a debut.” –Caster

I should ask the stupid pig noble to help me get an eyepatch. He should be familiar with merchant trades and such in this world. I need to look good when the enemy arrives.