EXP Is Golden: Volume 3 by Harajun

Author:Harajun [HARAJUN]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2025-07-25T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5: Report, Inform, Convulse

Wind back time to the first day of the new patch.

Blanc stood atop her balcony overlooking Ellental, gazing down at the town below.

“Wow, is it just me or are people showing up already?” she said. “Look at them, just standing there. Why aren’t they coming in? They waiting for something?”

Standing diagonally behind her was Weiss. “As this town lacks outer fortifications, my lady, there exists no precise boundary to separate it from the lands beyond. You observe that they have yet to ‘come in,’ but perhaps it would be more accurate to say that, by positioning themselves within your sight, they have already trespassed upon your domain and thus have already thrown themselves at your mercy.”

The warm morning sun cut through the early morning chill to shine down on the oddly mismatched pair. Weiss, like Blanc and the others, was a daywalker, possessing the skills necessary to survive in daylight. Had he not been, Blanc would have sent him back to the count for adjustments. But, of course, the old vampire was far too considerate for that.

“Well, if you say so, Weiss,” Blanc said, giggling.

“I must confess I’m unsure as to what I’ve said to provoke such a reaction, but I assure you I meant anything but.”

Meanwhile, Azalea and the others busied themselves inside the manor preparing tea and snacks. The leaves were gifts from Leah. The snacks, Lyla.

And yes, while vampires were usually creatures that sustained themselves primarily on blood, in the game, that trait was translated to a modifier to their hunger gauge.

Blood remained the most efficient way to replenish hunger, but normal food worked too, just at a significantly reduced rate.

In the absence of both food and blood, sap from trees and other plant juices also sufficed. In fact, they were actually more effective than regular food. Maybe this was inspired by mosquitoes, which could drink both blood and nectar. Or maybe it was a nod to certain fictional depictions where vampires could substitute blood with tomato juice.

Essentially, any vital fluid would do—if not animals, then from plants. Plant fluid, leaf juice, tea.

From a bit of testing, Blanc had found that her hunger could be fully satiated with a cup of royal milk tea paired with a fruit tart.

In addition, she’d learned that processing food, as in cooking it, stripped away its good-for-vampire properties, even if its origins were technically vital fluids. Blood sausage, for example, replenished hunger like regular food instead of blood.

To work around this, the milk for the tea was carefully heated to just below boiling, and the tea leaves were bloomed separately before being added to the hot milk and steeped further.

“I mean, yeah, it only makes sense they did this,” Blanc mused. “Imagine how hard of a sell it would be trying to get players to drink nothing but straight up blood.”

Of course, world-building still mattered. That was probably why the devs even bothered to implement the different satiety mechanics for vampires. It was a neat little middle

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