I awoke to a song being played by an electric guitar.

Such an instrument must be needed for Reyana's request, but it seems that there's no way to hand it to her because of the seals.

"When I grow up I wanna be a bio-logist!! ...Cus everyone nowadays needs a thera-pist!! ...Why! does! every-thing! need a! reason. to! EXIST?!!!"

The Shark was singing loudly on top of a wooden crate.

She and Shinpitekina then looked at me, abruptly stopping what they were doing.

"Ah. Long live the king, they say. Must it be a reason to keep on living? When everyone around you has concluded?"

"Good morning, Rireith!!"

I was sitting on the couch where I fell asleep on.

A blanket was placed over me, it has the stench of fish and unknown plants.

"Food is ready..! We had to wait until you woke up so we could eat!"

I stood up and walked over to the table where unfamiliar edibles were placed on.

"What is this..? Never have I seen such delicacy..."

First things I've noticed was that my voice is slightly different, and my arms have turned normal again.

Have I reached full maturity?

My body has changed, it has become longer, and I can feel it's also more athletic now.

"This is called a Cake! An expensive meal you find in a city..! Rest easy, Rireith. Today's your birthday!!"

Confettis then exploded, raining down at us.

It was surprising. I forgot what day it is, after everything that happened.

Well. I guess this means that it should be the time to take a break.

"Happy birthday. We shall feast on fine luxuries. Pitiful Shark had to sever multiple heads for her pay from oh-so great Baphomet."

"Really..? Thanks then, Shark. Also, your name is too long, so I'll call you Shark for now..."

She replied by saying it was okay.

Later, we began eating. The food was delicious, but I couldn't recognize what it was.

More than 30% of my memories have been deleted. She told me it wasn't that worrying, but I fear more will be lost.

"Reach for the skies, not the stars. An unappealing figure awaits within the firmaments, where we will head to."

"We're going to heaven..? The Ninth Polar Heaven, or that place of religion?"

"We seek not from the physical world, but in the eternal solitude."

The sky shined down on us, lowering the mood with that unpleasant color.

Nonetheless, we still head forwards.

After leaving the forest, we journey towards the North, in hopes of finding the New Hero's Party members.

"I've kept a multitude of rats under this cloak. We're going to meet up with an enemy Vampire. Not to worry though, since YOU are the strongest..."

The Shark wore a loose garment covering her entire body, only thing visible was her head and tail.

Through the use of spells, I could see her animals hiding under.

They weren't hostile, despite being one of the most violent species. I can sense magic within them, which explains why they weren't attacking us.

My guess is that Shark imbedded them with some kind of spell to subjugate their body, completely ignoring their will.

We arrived at a large city in a few days.

Birds constantly kept flying up to her along the way. She gave them letters, while some gave her messages from other humans.

I thought she was just joking when she told me that she would handle everything.

"An Apothecary named after the Solar Altadena-Superi lives here."

"The Solar Altadena-Superi?"

"The Sun God, leader of the Raddi Administration."

That name was unfamiliar. I wouldn't be able to find anything about it even if I searched my brain deep enough.

We walked into the city, entering through the sewers where the Shark picked up more rats.

Upon reaching the surface, I began searching around using [Spatial Investigation], and sure enough, I found a suspicious individual.

"Keep an eye out for anyone standing out from the rest. The crowd may remain unwary, but we will seek redemption."

"Irredeemable... Thou shall be struck down, as gratitude..."

"Rireith, that fraud is a descendant of an ancient Vampire race, where the strongest ones were born from. Although it is a fallen race today, we will never forget about it."

People roamed around in a panic, some desperately trying to find food while some attempting to steal from others.

The effects [Antares] had on this continent caused hysteria, leaving the survivors a chance to save themselves one last time before death became more common again.

Some monsters still ate people, and a ton of lives still continued dropping, but the numbers have greatly decreased.

"Prime Solar Blood Technique: Flower Disarray."

The suspicious individual, a man with a red flower on his head then began chanting while resting his hand on another person's shoulders.

"...This smell... Sniff sniff..."

After sniffing out the blood in the atmosphere, the Shark's friendly eyes grew confrontational.

"This..."

My Blood Magic was different from the enemy Vampire's Blood Magic. They weren't even using Blood Magic, but Blood Techniques.

"Enemy... ENEMY ATTACK!!!"

The massive crowd of people were then torn apart by threads of hardened blood.

Shinpitekina began to take action, pulling out a long sword enchanted with Magic.

He struck down the enemy's attack, defending us from harm.

"Crimson Blood Magic: Dilapidated Killing."

Crimson Blood Magic was instantly carved into my soul when Arisa took over, giving me intensive knowledge of her personal usages of Blood Magic.

Even among Crimson Blood Demons, Arisa's Crimson Blood Magic remained one of the best.

A shield of blood forms on my left arm while a blade erupts from my right.

The perfect way to use a shield and a sword, was in my hands. The enemy realized that it was an outmatched 3 versus 1, but he still didn't give up.

The Shark then opened up her cloak, letting 50 rats run free. They all charged towards the Vampire in front of them, forcing him to use his threads on the poor animals to save himself.

"Prime Solar Blood Technique: Royal Cruelty-"

This opening however, led to him being sliced open by Shinpitekina.

He had dashed in a straight line, slashing at the Vampire with his sword.

"KKRAAH-!!"

Another slice severed his head, leaving him a headless body.

As Shinpitekina sheathed his sword, he realized that there was no blood spilled from his demise.

I also realized there was no blood anywhere, despite all of the innocent people who had their blood turned into weapons.

Detached limbs and organs were scattered everywhere though.

The Vampire then regenerated himself, taking his head back to his body through the use of strange tendrils.

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"Reduce the amount of bloodshed, fraud. We are not here for such reasons."

"It's a 3 on 1 right now... You are doomed to fail..."

But the man still remained calm. His eyes gazed up at us.

He figured it wasn't the best move to attack us again, so he peacefully stopped the battle.

"I see. Your Bloodlust has gone. It's safe to say he won't be causing more problems anymore."

"That's more like it!"

He looked really exhausted. It seems that even Shinpitekina can defeat him even though he's significantly weaker than us.

"You damn bastards keep on trying to hunt me down... For what reason..? This place is the last place I'd destroy... You have forced me into such misery. ...Using such disgraceful techniques just like last time..."

"Kukuku..!! Actually... We aren't here to turn you into mincemeat..! We're here to ask you for education!"

"Eh?"

Eh?

We both had the same reaction. I thought we were here to defeat an enemy important for resolving the Blood God situation.

"Education..? What lies have you spoken..? What lives have you ceased?"

"Stop speaking, fraud. I'd like to introduce you to a newborn Vampire. This is Rireith, or Lylycan. Full-bladed conjurer of Time, Born of an Ancient Demon deriving from Primordial Entities, a Vampire, you can call them."

"Huh..? I can sense Arisa within her... Fallen comrade helped me during the Eras of Apostasy, sad to see her gone... Why's she even here..?"

I wondered what they're talking about.

Having relieved that we weren't going to fight, I turned my limbs back to normal.

"Come forth then. Thou shall became my apprentice. Until her return, I'll teach you the ways of my blood's Prime Solar Blood Techniques."

"Alright now! Goodbye and take care, Rireith! Our house isn't that far away from this place, and they also have a telephone if you wanna talk with me!"

Shinpitekina and the Shark left me alone with the Vampire.

They all went back into the sewers, where they eventually found their way out.

The Vampire led me into a mine before the guards arrived at the scene he made.

A line of electrical lights were on the ceiling, along with innumerable amounts of wires. Multiple hazards were on the path, which explains why there aren't too many people around.

Only desperate souls lurked in the mines. A lot of corpses remained untouched. This place was perfect for hiding.

Although there were a lot of dangers here, we still somehow made it inside a closed off section of the mine without any problems.

"This is the place... I fought in the wars during the Eras of Apostasy, and when it was all over, I found peace with my new family."

"May I ask, what is your name? My allies only called you a fraud, or an Apothecary named after the Solar... Uhh... The Solar Whatever."

"Ah, I remember... I was a medic during the wars. I eventually grew tired of bloodshed near the end, so I poisoned friendly soldiers to escape, and fake my death. My name is Veno Atri. That's what everyone called me, but my name won't show up in any records, simply because no one was there to record it."

The lights were weak, but my [Crimson Vision] skill allowed me to see without any problems.

More disgusting sights could be seen in here. Flies circled around the torn up corpses, which were similar to the corpses made by Veno earlier.

He then opened up a door leading into another room.

The room had a cleaner interior. It's at least better than outside, where the cursed monsters and the angry people roamed around in.

"Hostile creatures walk around in here, even the city isn't safe. But recently, they grew weaker and less violent. The same went for humans, who weren't even that cursed in the first place. This is my home, where you will be safe from most dangers."

"Hm? Oh. I'm responsible for that. Also, I thought you had a family, so where are they? I expected people to be in here... But it looks like it's an abandoned military underground bunker."

"This place is too dangerous, so of course my family wouldn't be here. This is mostly just a place for communication. I use it to contact allies and help out the Holy Kingdoms to save us from this mess..."

The Holy Kingdoms huh..? I still fear that they'll turn on me really soon...

He sat down on a chair below a ceiling fan, grabbing a rifle to clean it or something.

I looked around the place for a while, inspecting many devices and unfamiliar objects.

I was right. This is a military underground bunker. There are a lot of medical supplies and useful items around.

Rats and other small creatures were also crawling around everywhere, but they're mostly harmless so it won't be a problem, I think.

After a few hours of roaming around, I laid down on a soft bed near a control panel.

Eventually, I fell asleep.

"Zzz..."

The following morning, I woke up like usual.

The telephone rang and I went to pick it up while Veno was still asleep sitting on his chair.

"Hello? Who's this? Shark?"

After a bit of static, someone finally picked up the phone on the other end.

"Doctor? Doc- ?!':!?'+_+&!& Doctor, I repeat! ??+&_;! ?_!_++? This- ?!+_+_?"

"Hello hello? Who's there?"

"Doctor?! Where have you been?! It's Sergeant Will! Enemy Codenamed ?!_&++ has interrupted, we request further assistance, over."

It wasn't what I expected. Maybe they have mistaken me for Doctor Veno?

"Umm... This isn't Doctor Veno, but I'll get him to ya."

After I woke Veno up, he went to pick up the call and they later talked for a few hours.

They spoke like soldiers. When he was finally done talking, he sat down on the carpet before chanting.

"What was that about?"

"Nothing. They just wanted me to take part in another mission. I denied their request since I don't want to go back to war. Furthermore, I almost forgot about blood practice. Today we will begin training."

Training..?

I sighed. Shinpitekina and the Shark led me here just so I could learn more about Blood Magic. But is it really necessary?

I can still remember cutting the entire universe in half. With this power, maybe I'll finally be able to defeat the Blood God...

"Alright I'll-"

Suddenly, the telephone rings again.

I picked it up and found the Shark speaking.

"Hello, Rireith. The Dragons have gone wild. Operators have gathered Intel and we've figured out that the Demons have kept a nuclear missile hidden from us."

I went silent as I realized what the situation has turned to.

Having Cat defeated, the Demons must've achieved full control over the Ninth Polar Heaven.

The Baphomet has done her job, there won't be any fight with them anymore, since Heart is defeated along with Fiya and Arisa now.

Heart was the ruler, and also the Obelisk guarding that place. With both Cat and one of their most important figures, Heart Cornea out of the picture, the Demons have finally resorted to using Nuclear bombs against the creatures with the most potential of becoming their enemies; the Dragons.

"I didn't hear anything about it. No one but Baphomet did. ...Rireith, why did you kill Cat?"

Mistakes after mistakes.

I've been making too many mistakes.

We should've focused on escaping rather than fighting the Baphomet during that time...

Wait. No... It's my fault again..?!!!

I should've saved everyone and escaped instead of trying to defeat the Baphomet..!!! I should've let Cat live in the first place..!!

Or- wait... I did cut the universe in half... So that means... I defeated her..! It was our only option, so that we could escape, probably.... But then something else happened...

I'm not just trying to make excuses here... I truly feel like someone else has done something to save the Baphomet...

So it shouldn't be my mistake then... Someone must've wanted this to happen...

Someone...

Heart..? Or that Mysterious Man..?

"Do not worry. I'll always be by your side, Rireith. Let us leave the past in the past. They who lingers, mustn't interfere."

"Ummm... So what exactly has happened..?"

"Even before the Eras of Apostasy, no one dared to catch the attention of Dragons. They were fierce beasts who ruled the skies. Monstrosities who grew larger than mountains. They tore apart the humans for a million years."

In comparison to True Dragons, Pikaia and Fang are just butterflies...

"The Blacktail Dragon Plains are where they're native to. Demons, who feared complete destruction of their race, launched a massively powerful weapon capable of mass destruction into their home."

They existed in the peaceful mountains where collosal bones sat around in.

Peaceful now, but in ancient times, it was hell.

"The Private Sentinel Group has established an alliance with an extremely powerful nation. It seems that the people of Earth will be partaking in this situation now."

"The Private Sentinel Group? An alliance with who? Who even are they?"

"They're Otherworlders who lack Magic. They've grown to adapt to this, and created weapons capable of being on the same level as Abyssal Magic. The Private Sentinel Group are also known as the Worshippers of Baphomet. Our current situation here has become dire because of them temporarily becoming allies with the most powerful nations in their world."

So they've allied with the United States of America and Great Britain?!

"Isn't that good for us though?"

"Yes. But also no. They're here to calm down the situation, and try to stop it from escalating to a point where Earth is directly involved. But Demons will be against it. Since their main mission is to relocate the Dragons and bring them back to their original numbers, a possibility still remains, a chance that the dragons who survived might find out about their attackers and fight back."

"Hmmm... I think I've heard of something something... Uhh... The southern hemispheric gates or something..? Maybe they're here to close them, and prevent radiation into Earth..? I'm not saying it's 100% sure though..."

"That's their secondary mission. The southern hemispheric gates are actually one of the ways for the Otherworlders to observe us, but they'll be closing them for now. Our biggest problem here is that if the Demons find out about this, a huge war between the Otherworlders, all members under Baphomet, including us, and the Demons will break out. It's a secret mission since the Otherworlders feel that the Demons might get paranoid and turn on them if they find out that they're getting help from the Baphomet."

"Sigh... My god. Why can't you guys just get along with the Demons?!!"

"We can't. We tried for a long time, but nothing worked. Only thing you can do now is help us out and try to make the Demons believe that the Dragons are all dead, Baphomet will no longer cause trouble for them, and that the Demons are the strongest creatures alive now."

"Using me to help you guys now huh? After trying to get rid of me just yesterday? But okay. I'll help... Since you guys are actually doing the right thing here..."

"Y-You really don't forget huh..? But thanks youu!! Also, don't worry about anything for now. Continue with your training. Once you become a Full-fledged Vampire, we'll go deal with the Demons and the Dragons! Don't forget about the Blood God and the New Hero too, alright? ...Mission begins in a few years so you'll have some time to prepare..!"

How annoying... Guess I have to do more work...

The Demons will be a huge problem for us now. I'll act as a spy for the Baphomet. But they might be suspicious of me after everything that happened.

Heart and Fiya's defeat led to their bodies taken away. Without their bodies, they can't be revived.

I saved their superweapon from Cat, but that was a mistake. They won't think I realized that and betrayed them at the end, won't they..?

They just wanted to save themselves, and the Nuke must've been their backup plan for if Heart failed the mission.

I'm not sure what happened to the 5 sacrificial lambs, but the Shark has already told me that she would take care of any problems.

"Alright... Also, what's with the Full-fledged Vampire thing? What do you mean by that?"

"The Electrocandle, also known as Rireith, or Crynosphere, is the separate being born between Vixen and Arisa, which is you, a newborn Vampire."

A newborn Vampire..?

I see...

During the fight I had with Cat, Crynosphere must've been born amidst my transformation into Arisa.

My human self, which is Vixen, and my Crimson Blood Demon self, which is around 80% of Arisa, when both of them were combined, they made Crynosphere.

Crynosphere, which is the current me.

A Crimson Blood Demon mixed with a Human... Creates a Vampire..?

"Well then. I heard what you two were talking about. My senses exceed yours, but I feel that you'll become stronger than me."

I put down the phone, looking at Veno sitting on the carpet with his eyes closed.

"Even when blinded, you can use Blood Echolocation to perform normally again. Though I am not blind, because it'd be painful. ...So, would you care to learn the ancient Blood Techniques?"

"Seems that there wouldn't be any reason to say no."

"Hm. It's been a while since I've thought anyone anything. I stopped, when they all kept dying. But you... I sense great potential within you, Crynosphere."

I walked over to the carpet and sat down in front of him.

It's a good opportunity to finally hone my skills. There weren't too much books I could read to improve my abilities, nor were there anyone to teach me.

Blood Magic only belonged to Vampires or similar creatures like Crimson Blood Demons, but Vampires and Crimson Blood Demons are just rare monsters nowadays.

Sometimes I wonder, how did I even get such abilities?

Blood Magic and Imitation Techniques are a mystery to me. It appears that I was just born with them. Is this the "Basic but Overpowered Skill" that every protagonist in a reincarnation fantasy story has nowadays?

Well. Those type of stories don't exist here, they only exist in Earth, but you know what I mean.