Ugh…!
Blood magic’s sigils rise around me.
Lasty’s spell, deciphered through the Book of Magia using blood-based magic.
I’ve been sharing magic with Lasty for a long time and already knew how to use blood magic.
‘However, this is the first time I’ve used blood magic with holy power completely blocked…’
Swish!
“This doesn’t feel bad at all.”
“…!”
Two chains made of blood erupt from the magic circle.
Unlike Juruinas, who attacks with thousands of weapons, these are just two red chains.
The chains fly quickly toward Juruinas, who flinches and turns into a bat, disappearing with a flap!
The vanished bats gather and reappear somewhere else.
[O]
[Map]
[Bats, moving sneaky, lol]
[Can we dodge that?]
“You’ve read up on this, haven’t you? The enhancement spell isn’t ordinary.”
“Of course. It’s difficult, but it’s manageable.”
“Then can you do this too?”
“?”
What…
Before I could even say that, the Blood Dagger pierced my shoulder.
The dagger turned into a red flower, eating away at my body, and as I pulled it off, the ground I was standing on transformed into a Pool of Blood.
The Pool of Blood was difficult to control, probably based on Lasty’s spell.
‘There’s definitely a difference in strength.’
With most of my abilities sealed, that Juruinas, the bloodsucker, was stronger than me right now.
I do have True Blood, but it was sealed to a ridiculously small amount, and he wasn’t a worthy opponent here.
I gave up controlling the Pool of Blood and flew up.
The flowers blooming from the Pool of Blood turned into Blood Bats and soared up to devour me.
I tried to swat the bats away using magic, but this was Juruinas’s territory.
With the difference in power being too extreme, victory through magical superiority was out of the question.
Thud!
“Ugh…! This damn…!”
“As expected.”
Just now, the red chains pierced through Juruinas’s evasion and defense spells, but he remained unscathed.
He simply shed the chains while recovering.
Bloodsuckers possess infinite regenerative abilities as long as they have blood.
[He’s not dying at all]
[Juru what’s his name is so strong]
[He keeps regenerating, lol]
[Regeneration mirror match, lol]
[Info) Lily has been seriously nerfed]
[But isn’t it still nothing, lol?]
At this rate, the fight can continue, but a conclusion won’t be reached.
Doesn’t.
The battle of the bloodsuckers is a fight to see who can retain blood the longest, so I had no choice but to stop using meaningless magic.
Instead, I moved the blood I used for magic and created a single weapon.
“Blood recovery…”
“Enhancement, crush.”
Kwah-zhik!!!
The crushing of blood oxidized all of the bats.
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Kwah-ng! Kwaah-ng! Kwaah-ng!!
“What kind of stupidity…!”
As Juruinas dodged the wildly swinging blood hammer, he swallowed his breath.
A bloodsucker flaunting noble dignity while wielding a hammer?
What kind of lunatic does that?
Feeling the pressure of the situation, Juruinas wanted nothing more than to kill this fool on the spot, but he couldn’t.
Hoo-woong!!!
“Guhk!!”
With every swing of that massive hammer, a fierce pressure oxidized the blood.
Just a brush against it made my skin feel like it was burning, and the blood bat supporting my body lost its strength and vanished.
It was genuinely overwhelming power.
If I had been hit head-on, it wouldn’t be strange if my whole body was shattered.
‘Was the spell of enhancement that strong? But it was probably an enhancement of magic rather than the body…’
What in the world harmonized to turn that woman into a monster?
Kwah-ng!
“…But.”
It’s still slow.
While the spell of enhancement made my body and power stronger, that was all.
I couldn’t keep up with Juruinas’s speed, which he pushed to the limit through acceleration taught directly by ‘That Person.’
Even if I aimed for the corners with an abnormal trajectory, it was all just grazing.
That much was recoverable enough; unless I took a direct hit, I would never die.
“Is that all? If so, there’s nothing more to see…”
“Not at all.”
Kwah-ruk!!
The hammer separates.
As a total of five hammers were launched, the now cornered Juruinas transformed back into a bat to dodge the attack.
Poodoo-deuq!!
Of course, most of the bats were lost due to the lack of angle, but this much was recoverable.
Calmly dodging the attacks, Juruinas had restored half of his bats before he assessed the situation.
‘This woman isn’t limitless either. I can see her blood diminishing.’
Though I pressed quite hard, in the end, there is bound to be a difference in rank.
All the blood in this space is controlled solely by Juruinas himself, which means that in terms of sustainability, I was far more overwhelming.
Normally, he would have lost control over all the blood the moment he entered the castle, but perhaps because they had read the Book of Revelation, he couldn’t seize control.
From that moment on, I should have lost control over all the blood, but perhaps because they read the Book of Revelation, I couldn’t take away their control.
However, the law that ‘one cannot manipulate blood other than their own’ was still valid.
‘As long as I stall for time, this body will win. I’ll just have to behead that arrogant woman and search her out.’
I must check that bizarre technique and power.
Perhaps I might find a clue to what that person said.
Yes, everything points to the victory of this Juruinas…
“……”
‘…That woman is bothering me.’
The woman sitting in the middle of the battlefield.
Sitting on a casket she produced from who knows where, she didn’t even flinch at this chaotic bloodbath.
Even the Shield of Blood she had set up some time ago was still intact.
That woman was on a different ‘rank’ than the one before her.
While continuing his thoughts, Juruinas dodged the hammer and launched his attack.
‘Can I win?’
Surely, if asked ten minutes ago, he would have said yes without hesitation.
That woman’s power is insignificant, weaker than the reckless ones.
He could kill her with a flick of his finger, but right now—
‘Is there time to be distracted?’
“…!”
He flinched.
Thud!!
“Gah!!”
With a rough explosion, Juruinas was slammed against the wall of the Audience Room by the hammer.
Fortunately, he managed to activate his bat transformation just before the hit, barely mitigating the damage, but recovery would take quite a while.
Huff.
She retrieved the hammer and slung it over her shoulder, slowly approaching.
She looked much like the Grim Reaper from hell, but Juruinas felt more fear from a different presence than her.
‘…That person?’
The moment their eyes met, the feeling was unmistakable.
If she had been an ordinary bloodsucker, he would’ve thought just a pretty baroness vampire, but Juruinas was different.
That sensation was definitely similar to ‘that person.’
“Elder… you say? Can’t be. I’ve never seen such a form among the Elders…”
“Are you ready to talk?”
Swipe.
The hammer pressed right below his chin.
No matter how much he used acceleration, he couldn’t avoid an attack from this distance.
“…Who are you?”
“I originally didn’t want to use the hammer, but I guess people have to do what they’re used to. But I didn’t use a blunt technique, so that’s something, right?”
“What nonsense… Fine. Asking you is probably a foolish thing to do.”
Hmm? The black-haired vampire nodded.
Juruinas chewed his lips and turned his gaze away.
“It’s dangerous to see ‘That Existence’ with my bare eyes.”
Now that ‘That Existence’ is ‘Focusing’ on him, he can only avoid eye contact as much as possible.
“…I don’t know who you are, but I shall assume you are hiding your identity.”
“?”
“……”
“I have received a great revelation from the one I serve. I don’t mind if you treat me casually, but I worry about the grace I’ve received from that person fading away.”
If Juruinas, who has inherited the great revelation, loses, it is the same as the defeat of a high ‘Someone.’
If the opponent were another high existence, it wouldn’t matter, but the opponent is a crazy bloodsucker swinging a hammer like a madman.
If he loses to such a ridiculous being, the wrath of that high someone might turn toward them.
“…Isn’t it just going to kill you?”
A voice as cold as ice.
Just hearing it sends chills down his spine, resonating throughout the Audience Room.
Though it was still a weak echo lacking power, it was enough to magnify Juruinas’ fear.
“…That person does not abandon useful words.”
“Are you useful?”
“Yes. Though I may fall short compared to you, I’m not lacking in helping that person’s work.”
“Who is that person?”
“……”
“Speak.”
Whoosh!!
“Ugh… I cannot say…”
“Then I’ll make you speak.”
“Aah, aahhh!!”
Juruinas’s blood circulation twists.
Just facing Lasty is enough for her to seize control over his blood.
This is a trait of the bloodsucker race that cannot defy the ‘Progenitor,’ regardless of how much power disparity exists.
In a state similar to Kuoh, Juruinas drooled and clenched his fist tightly as if about to shatter.
Finally unable to hold on any longer, he gasped and murmured, ‘Riven…’
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■■■■■■ ■■■
“■■■■■■■.”
“…!”
“What?”
Fwoosh!!!
It literally exploded.
Cleanly, without the chance for regeneration or resurrection.
“Lasty, that just now…”
“It’s the spell of my fake sister. I haven’t deciphered it.”
Something is happening.
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