"That really hurt! Guess I shouldn't look down on angels. In the past, I'd probably be dead by now," said the vampire ancestor.

But something wasn't right. The weakened vampire suddenly got way stronger, his dark energy growing several times. He slowly stood up in front of me.

This looked familiar! Just like when I fought Camille last night.

No way! Does Earth's environment make monsters stronger?

I was shocked. This meant Camille's power boost wasn't a one-time thing. Since this guy was already stronger than a succubus, he recovered super fast. In seconds, he was back to full health and even stronger than before.

"Haha, now it's my turn to attack!" The vampire ancestor got real cocky. With a crazy laugh, he became a black blur, his claws coming right at me!

I barely blocked with my weapon, but the sword couldn't handle such huge power. It broke into pieces.

Luckily I dodged in time and wasn't hit directly! The claws just grazed my chest, leaving five bright red scratches. No big injury though.

But the enemy didn't give me a break. After powering up, this vampire got really strong, plus he was ruthless and experienced! He kept chasing and attacking me.

Good thing I learned from past mistakes and kept extra weapons. I quickly pulled out another sword from my storage ring and faced him head-on.

This ain't gonna work alone!

After a few exchanges, I realized I was in big trouble. The enemy was at least 7th level, super hard to handle. No wonder he was so cocky at first.

But I had almost no magic left, just enough for one last "Paradise Lost Shockwave". I couldn't even use low-level spells.

My trump card, Blue Wing mode, was useless. There's no water element on Earth, so I could never transform here.

If Adrian was here, his help would give me the advantage. But he and Raydwin went off training somewhere. Since they can't sense elements, they probably don't even know about this fight.

Should I run away?

I could probably escape this fight. But I really didn't want to after finally catching this ancestor.

"Hang on, I'm coming!" Suddenly, help arrived! A shiny white sword flew at the vampire ancestor's back.

But it missed. Even while fighting me, the vampire noticed and dodged. The sword stuck in the ground with a "whoosh".

I recognized that sword right away - it was Cyra's element weapon from last night! So Cyra finally noticed our fight and came to help?

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The sneak attack missed, but it wasn't over! A white figure swooped down from the sky, pulled the sword from the ground, and swung at the target again. The whole move looked super cool!

"Argh!" This time the vampire ancestor got hit, but not fatally. The sword left a long wound on his right arm, glowing white and getting bigger. He screamed in pain and kept backing up.

Light element weapons really hurt monsters, but you gotta hit them first. The vampire ancestor finally took some damage. It didn't kill him, but it gave me a great chance to attack.

"Paradise Lost Shockwave!" I used my last bit of magic without hesitation. The light beam hit the target dead-on again.

The vampire ancestor fell again, bathed in blinding light. I was too tired to charge in, so I yelled at Cyra:

"Quick! This won't kill him. Finish him off! The weak spot is the heart!"

"Huh?" Cyra looked back at me, shocked. But with a big enemy in front, she didn't think too much. She flew to the enemy and stabbed him right in the chest.

Now even God couldn't save him! The heart is a vampire's core. They look human, but they're really bats inside, with the heart hidden in the left chest!

"So this is what a vampire really looks like?" As the vampire ancestor died and turned to black mist, Cyra lifted her sword, amazed at the bat corpse on the tip.

"What's so weird about that? I told you before! Now come help me up!" I was a bit annoyed seeing her reaction. I used all my strength to stand up. Using up all my magic was rough. It'd take a long time to recover.

"Oh... right!" Cyra suddenly remembered something. She tossed the bat corpse and ran towards me, but stopped a few meters away.

"Feliciana?" She rubbed her eyes in disbelief, asking: "Is it really you? Am I seeing things? It's really you!"

"Huh? What do you mean?" I was confused and got a bad feeling. Was she still livestreaming for views? Did she broadcast my whole fight with the vampire?

But things didn't go like I thought. I looked around but didn't see any cameras. Instead, Cyra's eyes filled with tears. She dropped her sword and hugged me tight.

"Thank goodness, it's really you! I wasn't mistaken! You're not dead, thank goodness!"

What? When did I die? Her reaction was crazy. Was she still acting for a livestream?

But I couldn't find any hidden cameras, and Cyra's crying on my shoulder didn't sound fake. I finally realized something was off. I pushed her away and asked worriedly:

"Hey, stop crying! What's going on? What happened?"

But Cyra was still really emotional, like she'd been through something terrible. She said a bunch of random stuff I couldn't understand. I only caught bits like "you saved me", "empire sneak attack", "lots of people died", "Nicola sent me back".

"??????"

I was totally lost. What was she talking about? Did it have anything to do with us?

"Feliciana!"

Luckily Cyra was calming down. I was waiting patiently when I suddenly heard Adrian's voice from behind.

"I saw a light beam like Paradise Lost Shockwave on this hill from far away. I guessed something happened to you, so I rushed over!"

Adrian ran to me, looked worriedly at me and Cyra, and saw something was off. He asked: "You okay? Who were you fighting?"

"We're fine. Just a vampire. Cyra killed him," I shook my head and said, downplaying the fight so Adrian wouldn't worry.

"That's amazing!" Adrian was surprised at Cyra's performance at first, but then remembered her fight with Camille last night and understood.

"Master! Wait for me... I can't go on!" Adrian followed the light beam here, so Raydwin came too. But he was way behind, too tired. He finally climbed up slowly.

"You're pushing too hard! I said you don't need to do so much exercise at first. It's most important to build up slowly!" Adrian shook his head and reminded him.

Raydwin caught his breath next to us. Seeing Cyra there, he excitedly bragged:

"Tell... tell her how awesome... I am. I just... ran... about 3 km with Master... and climbed... this mountain! So you... you didn't see wrong, I'm definitely... the chosen one!"

That's it? You've got a long way to go!

I thought but didn't say it out loud to discourage him. I just muttered to myself.

No one else noticed, but the sword on the ground was still glowing white.

"Oh yeah! Cyra, where'd you get this element weapon? I didn't get to ask before..."

I picked it up and looked closely. It seemed familiar. Suddenly I realized - isn't this Elara's sword?