Blood Assimilation

"W-What happened to them, Randy?! Why are they unconscious?" Zophia immediately asked him upon his arrival in the building.

'Hm? Are they famous Dungeon Hunters?' Randy's eyebrows raised slightly as he wondered inwardly, judging from the reaction he saw from Zophia and the gazes of the other Dungeon Hunters in the building.

He turned to Zophia and said: "They were attacked in the Meistic Forest and I happened to save them on my way back."

Randy answered without mentioning that it was a vampire that attacked them, as it would only cause a commotion if he did. He didn't like being in the limelight, especially with so many people around them.

Furthermore, since he said, 'attacked in the Meistic Forest', they would automatically assume that it was the work of magical beasts. This was also true as they were indeed attacked by magical beasts before they were harmed by the vampire man.

Moreover, he could simply tell Zophia the truth later. But now was not the right time.

But, then again, those four Dungeon Hunters fought the vampire man, so they should be able to tell that it was a vampire. Therefore, he might not have to say anything in the end.

"Anyway, I am tired today, so can you take them from me? Even though I healed them, it wasn't with a true healing spell, so they still need proper check-up and treatment." Randy said to her before she could respond.

"Oh, Okay. Please follow me to the infirmary. You can place them there."

"Alright."

Randy followed Zophia to a designated medical room at the back of the building and then placed the two women down before leaving shortly after.

As he was leaving, the black-haired girl wanted to say something to him, but he left before she could do so.

After Randy left, Zophia turned to Liena before asking: "What happened to you guys in that forest? With your group's strength combined, you shouldn't have suffered any deadly injuries even if you faced A-Rank magical beasts."

Liena said: "It wasn't the magical beasts. Although we were attacked by a magical beast horde, we managed to survive thanks to that young man aiding and helping our leader to escape with her life."

Zophia tilted her head and said: "If it wasn't magical beasts, then what did you guys fought?"

As she said this, Zophia suddenly recalled hearing from the Society Leader that there were sightings of demons near the Meistic Forest, and her eyes immediately widened with shock.

"Don't tell me you guys fought against demons?"

"Of course not. How could we face demons with just us alone?" Liena was confused by her words, as she wasn't aware demons were near the Meistic Forest.

They were preoccupied with saving their own skins against the plethora of magical beasts, so they didn't notice anything out of the ordinary.

Not to mention that they were too far away to sense anything out of the ordinary with their current level of strength. Perhaps, their leader might've sensed something, but they certainly didn't notice anything.

"Then...?" Zophia continued to ask.

Liena pondered for a moment before answering: "It was a man who appeared to be... No, it was a vampire."

"A vampire!" Zophia exclaimed when she heard.

To run into a vampire was considered bad luck since they are a pain to deal with due to their insane regeneration abilities and extraordinary physical prowess.

Normally, unless they were strong combatants, they wouldn't leave to tell the tale, as they would be sucked of their blood and then die shortly after.

And then she turned to the two women and the stout young man who were sleeping on their respective beds and continued: "Are you guys okay? Is that why they look like that? Did they get their blood drained by that vampire?"

"Yes, we're okay thanks to that young man."

"You mean Randy? But how...? Furthermore, why do they look like nothing happened to them? If I recall correctly, those who survive a vampire assault usually have pale skin from losing so much of their blood."

"You're right. However, that young man you called Randy used some type of spell that I had never seen before to heal the others until they recovered their skin color. But it seems like he wasn't able to recover their blood which was understandable, considering he said that it wasn't a 'true healing spell'. Liena said to her.

"I see. It's great that you guys are okay. Anyway, I think I need to report both the magical beast horde incident and the sighting of this vampire to the Society Leader." Zophia said.

Following that, Zophia left Liena alone, as she planned to report what she heard from her to the Society Leader.

Of course, before leaving, she proceeded to ask some more questions regarding the situation in the Meistic Forest and whether or not there were casualties.

In case there are casualties, they need to send reinforcements as soon as possible to minimize the damage.

...

Meanwhile, Randy walked over to the reception area to confirm the completion of his request.

However, he soon realized that Zophia wasn't coming out of the infirmary for some reason.

Therefore, he decided to pay a visit to check in with the other receptionist.

Randy found out that, including Zophia, there were three receptionists in the Society building, and they were all young women.

Thus, after confirming the completion of his first request with one of the receptionists who was available at the front desk, Randy proceeded to his room.

He then came out shortly after to take a bath in the public bath in the Society building. After which, he decided to take a rest for the rest of the day, as he was so tired.

Unknowingly, he had slept for three whole days without his awareness, and he was only woken by a knock on his door.

When he heard the knocking on his door, he jolted awake from his sleep and immediately used his Dimensional Sense to check out who it was. He let out a sigh of relief shortly after when he discovered that it was Zophia.

Even though he knew that this place that he was staying in would be safe, considering that it was a public building, he still couldn't afford to let his guard down.

"I'm coming. Give me a minute." Randy said outwardly.

About a minute later, Randy came out of his room fully dressed, as he took off his clothes before sleeping.

When he came out of the room, he had his hair brushed backward, which allowed his handsome appearance to be revealed for the first time.

Zophia was instantly dazed by his handsome face and well-built body when she saw him coming out of his room, wearing nothing but a black tank top.

After all, Randy's appearance wasn't that unattractive. In fact, he actually had a decent face that would easily make most girls swoon his way when they see him.

But sadly, due to his reputation as the loser of his school, most of the girls don't even bother to get close to him. They were afraid they would contract his bad luck or something.

"Zophia?"

When he came out, he pretended that he didn't know that it was her and immediately asked: "What is it? Do I still have to complete another request?"

"Ah, no. That's not it. I came to tell you that you have been summoned by the Society Leader." Zophia snapped out of her daze.

"Summoned?" Randy frowned slightly. He didn't know why he would be summoned by the Society Leader, considering their last meeting was not long ago.

"Yes."

"For what?"

"He wants you to come to his room to discuss some matters related to the incident three days ago. He said you can come whenever you have free time."

"Wait, what?! Did you just say three days?" Randy was shocked by this discovery.

"Eh? Yes." Zophia raised her eyebrows at his sudden reaction.

'What's wrong with him? Why is he reacting like that?'

Randy then asked: "How long have I been sleeping? No, how long have I been in my room?"

"Now that you mention that, after I heard from my co-worker that you returned to your room, you didn't come out of your room the following day. I thought you may have left the building without my notice, but I guess you were here the whole time, huh?" Zophia said as she looked at his disheveled hair, dumbfounding him.

'Damn! In this dangerous and unknown world, I had wanted to maintain caution at all times... But to think that I would fall asleep for three whole days straight without care. Was I that tired?!' Randy cried inwardly, as he felt like he had committed a blunder simply because he was tired and slept for that long despite the possible danger.

No wonder he felt refreshed after waking up. It turned out that he had been building up too much fatigue in his body— both mentally and physically.

If he thought about it, although time-lapse was different from the outside world, he had to spend a few days inside the dungeon of beasts without much rest, and he also failed to sleep properly when he came, because he was caught up in absorbing the knowledge within the unlocked seal on the black tome.

Moments later, Randy finally calmed down and sighed: "Okay, tell him that I would visit him after taking a quick bath."

"Okay. Then I will leave you alone." Zophia said before walking away.

A few minutes later, Randy finished taking his bath before proceeding to make his way to the top floor of the building.

Recalling from his memory, he made his way to the Society Leader's room, knocked on the door, and then waited.

Shortly after, a response was heard.

"Come in."

Hearing this response, Randy immediately opened the door and walked in right away.

There, he saw the grey-haired middle-aged man from before, standing with his back facing him.

After taking a few steps into the room, the grey-haired middle-aged man slowly turned around to face him with a welcoming smile on his face.