Listen While Reading: Divine Bloodlines
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[The {Desecrated Shadow King} glares at you.]
[Darkness overflows it all; those that are beyond salvation can only pray to their deepest desires.]
[The King of the desecrated shadows of the damned asks you a question.]
[“Are you strong enough to go against someone willing to sacrifice everything for victory?”]
[“What would you sacrifice?”]
Vlad saw the notifications appear, incapable of believing that the same nonsense as the Unending Crimson’s Raid was happening again!
However, this time it was in a much more twisted way; there was yet another strange, mysterious entity talking to him, but he simply couldn’t care less.
Asthartez swung the staff he held, manipulating the giant Tier 6 Draconic Beast to move its foot, trying to crush Vlad like an insect.
“Crush him!”
As Asthartez commanded, the beast moved, its crushing foot looming above Vlad.
“Dammit, I don’t have time for this nonsense!”
Spending a few thousand Arcana, Vlad quickly encompassed his entire body in spiraling winds and flew away from the attack, which hit the ground below and shattered the paved floor.
BAAAM!
As Vlad flew into the skies, a presence quickly appeared behind him: Asthartez, whose silver-colored metal encompassed the young man’s body and whose short blue hair waved by the wind.
“Where do you think you’re going, my dear brother? Don’t you think it's inadequate to even greet your big brother?!”
With mocking laughter, the crazed young vampire man swung a huge silver-colored katana he summoned out of the silver-colored metal he materialized, imbuing it with azure-colored electricity.
“{Thunder Blade Storm}!”
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
A storm of electrifying slashes reached Vlad in the middle of the skies, engulfing his entire body in constant elemental explosions that rapidly created a storm, even making the clouds above rumble and tremble.
“Uuuggh…!”
“HAHAHA!”
Asthartez only laughed as he kicked Vlad in the helmet, pushing him down with all the power he held. The crippled prince could only be sent down, falling like a meteor and impacting the ground with a huge explosion generated from all the electricity burning his body constantly.
BOOOM!
For a moment, everything became completely blank for Vlad; he couldn’t breathe, he couldn’t even feel the beating of his heart, his armor’s durability was already almost halfway gone, and his entire body looked like it had been almost calcinated.
Bones broken, muscles torn apart, his internal organs twisted and crushed—from his eyes, mouth, and ears, there was only blood coming out; he even felt like his skull had gained a huge crack in the middle of his forehead.
“A-Aaahhh…! W-Why is this… happening out of nowhere?”
Crimson runes started glowing across his white skin, and as a Blood Power Aura slowly began to surge from his body, his regeneration speed was hastened, rapidly regenerating his lethal damage much faster than ever before.
“Hahhh… Hahhh…”
As he was gasping for air, Vlad slowly stood up again, grabbing his magic sword and glancing at the sky, where Asthartez was being attacked, distracted by Chris and two magic wolves he had summoned made out of holy light and fire.
“Leave him alone, you fuck!”
His trident flashed around the skies, constantly striking Asthartez from left, right above, and below, yet the armor encompassing Vlad’s brother, made of silver metal, easily intercepted the blows, protecting him from them.
However, the reason why he was being primarily slowed down was because of the endless barrage of elemental arrows being fired at him and a series of small explosions that were constantly burning, freezing, or slicing his skin and flesh.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
“Just who are you?!” Asthartez roared angrily. “You dare stand in the way of my battle against that crippled good-for-nothing?! BEGONE!”
With a single step, Asthartez reached Chris, whose entire body was imbued with electricity. His giant katana swung down against the incubus, who panicked but was unable to react.
“Chris!”
Vlad immediately jumped from the skies to stop Asthartez, only to see a blazing and ghostly power emerge from Chris body, repelling the deadly attack with a hair!
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BOOOM!
“Ugh?!”
Not only that, but the damage Asthartez would have dealt to Chris was fired back at him, covering his body with deadly cursed flames that were able to easily move around his body, taking advantage of the parts he couldn’t cover with his silver metal.
“Aaaagggh! It burns like hell!”
As Asthartez screamed and Vlad drew closer, the crippled vampire prince smiled.
“Right! Chris equipment has that ability!”
Chris was barely saved from his amazing equipment and its ability that triggered the {Blazing Phantom Blazing Bat Veil}, the ability to help him repel two lethal attacks a day and then reflect 10% of the damage the lethal attack would have dealt back at the user.
“SHYAAAH!”
But that wasn’t all, as Chris Aura of flames left his body, suddenly turning into a huge, ten-meter-tall demonic bat made of ghostly flames, roaring ferociously.
The {Blazing Phantom Blazing Bat Veil} Ability also had the ability to Summon the [Blazing Phantom Bat Queen], a Familiar born from the lethal blow that was repelled, carrying 50% of Alitheus Stats and also the stats of the equipment itself to calculate its total power.
“You filthy summoner!”
With an angered, wrathful scream, Asthartez quickly slashed apart the bat queen flying towards him, only for the bat queen’s halves to fuse back together behind him, her giant talons grabbing his shoulders as she pummeled him down with tremendous force and speed.
“Yeah, fucking get him!”
Chris celebrated as Asthartez was crushed into the ground as a huge explosion of cursed ghostly flames engulfed him completely.
His metal could protect him from most damage, but it didn’t insulate him from temperatures; every part of his body covered by the metal was now boiling, cooking him alive!
“Gryyyaaagggh!”
As Asthartez struggled to destroy the familiar, Vlad reached Alitheus.
“Chris! I got worried there for a second. Thank God I made that equipment like that…” sighed Vlad.
"Yeah, don’t worry, we got this! Let’s fuck him up together!” Chris winked at him. “Is this the brother you talked about? He’s sure a nasty motherfucker!”
“…And you sure got a sharp tongue yourself, dear Alitheus,” sighed Vlad. “Ahem, but… Let me handle him on my own.”
“What?! Are you serious? He was sweeping the floor with you, dude!” Chris said.
“I know, but… This is a personal vendetta, something that Vlad must solve on his own accord,” sighed Paul. “Call me dumb if you want. I know this is stupid, but... The butlers weren’t the only thing Asthartez did to Vlad; the character I’ve become… has been abused by this bastard for years.”
“Huh…” Chris muttered. “Okay, but if you get almost killed, I’ll help.”
“Thanks; actually, I really need you to go help out Vlad’s mom,” said Vlad. “Asthartez said his mother went to fight her! And I am pretty sure Vlad’s mother is not as strong as she used to be after her long slumber in the coffin. And based on what I’ve been seeing, Asthartez and his mother have received the help of someone or something… We are Players, if we die, it’s not like it’s the end of the world. Even if we need to wait six months for a new character creation but… Teressa will die permanently. She’s a highly advanced AI, a person, and…”
“Okay, okay! I get it; I’ll leave now!” Chris laughed. “But don’t let that dude bully you anymore! Use the power of the heavenly demon!”
“Ah, nah, I got something different to deal with him for now,” Vlad seemed confident. “He’s about to free himself by now; go!”
“Yeah!”
Chris flew across the skies, looking for Teressa and then finding her and joining her in her battle.
At the same time, Asthartez stood up again, the staff in his hands glowing as the Draconic Beast roared again.
“ROOOAAARR!”
Its giant, blade-like tail swung rapidly, aiming at Vlad! The vampire prince quickly put his sword in front of him, barely being able to block the immense attack as he unleashed a powerful blazing technique, summoning a second sword made out of a Blazing Doppelganger.
“{Dual Blazing Blade Arts}: {Dual Style: Flame Dragon Dance}!”
“ROOOAAAR!”
By mixing Soul Ether and Martial Arts into the equation, Vlad managed to reach a new level of swordsmanship, even if slightly. The roar of a mighty Chinese dragon echoed from an aura of blazing Soul Ether and Arcana combined together.
CRAAASH!
And then a huge downward, spiraling blow with both swords blocked the gigantic blade tail, pushing it down with all the force Vlad could muster. With a huge explosion of flames, several cracks appeared over the tail’s enormous blade attached to it using a lot of ropes.
“Where is he?!”
However, there wasn’t any time to relax for him yet.
CLASH!
Asthartez’s enormous silver-colored katana, charged with electricity, swung down, hitting Vlad’s swords, which were barely trying to block his immense, electrifying strength.
“Where did that cockroach go?! How dare that commoner sully me in such a way?”
Asthartez was barking nonsense, obsessed with “keeping appearances” as a noble, instead of even caring about the battle in hand.
This could only mean one thing, actually.
He was looking down on Vlad.
“He’s gone!”
Vlad roared, pushing forward as the Blood Runes covering his entire body continued to glow with crimson light. His golden blood aura continued to grow stronger.
“Asthartez, are you sure you want to keep looking down on me?!”
Without hesitating and surprising Asthartez, Vlad unleashed a barrage of sword attacks imbued with only flames, constantly trying to boil his brother alive beneath his silver armor. Asthartez was easily keeping up with him and his amateur-level swordsmanship, but the flames kept accumulating, slowing him down.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
“Where is this strength of his coming from?!” thought Asthartez. “A few days ago, he was nothing but a cripple! Is it the armor or his sword?! They’re both exceptional, but even then- UGH!”
Asthartez waved his staff as the Draconic Beast roared. In that moment, he imbued Blood Power into his entire body and charged against Vlad, blocking most of his fire with his steel. Even as his skin beneath boiled and burned, he didn’t care.
“RAAAH!”
With a furious roar, he kicked Vlad down with a powerful strike, making him fall from the skies while his entire body was constantly being electrocuted.
At the same time, the Draconic Beast opened its jaws, charging purple and red-colored flames into its jaws, unleashing another devastating dragon breath against him.
“DIE!”
Vlad’s crimson eyes squinted as he saw the flames approach; his hands moved as his blazing sword fused with the other two blazing Doppelgangers he summoned, glowing and becoming blue-colored.
“I’ve been hit by this two times already; don’t think it’s going to work again!”
“{Dual Blazing Blade Arts}: {Dual Style: Flame Dragon Dance}!”
He spun around at the same time as the cannon of purple and red flames impacted him. The dance of the flame dragon absorbed the immense amount of flames coming towards him, as he quite literally controlled the fire, making it spin around him, generating a huge storm.
FLUOOOSH!
“What?!”
Asthartez was left speechless, gritting his teeth as he charged his katana with electromagnetic energy and moved down, aiming to cut Vlad into two halves.
But it was too late, and even worse, he had entered the range Vlad just wanted him to get into.
“You see, my brother... I am no longer the same cripple you once mocked,” Vlad’s words echoed.
“{Geomancy}: {Cursed Fire Dragon Storm}”
FLASH!
Out of nowhere, the tornado of purple and red flames took the shape of a huge dragon, opening its maws and engulfing Asthartez into a searing hell of burning flames.
“T-This is impossible! Since when…?! How are you…! AAAAGGGH!”
Asthartez tried to escape the dragon, but it was futile; the entire attack completely captured him, trapping him inside an endlessly spinning storm of flames.
His body rapidly burned constantly as he attempted to protect himself and regenerate. Vlad closed his fists, completely unleashing the Spell and terminating it.
“VLAAAAD! YOU BASTAAAARD!”
Asthartez screamed in utter disbelief and fury as the flames rapidly compressed around his body.
“Burn in hell, brother.”
BOOOMMM!!!
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