Zero felt his mana being drain but unlike the first time which cost him all his mana and was almost life-threatening Zero only felt a fifth of his mana deplete.

ALTERATIONS COMPLETE

INCUBATION WILL NOW BEGIN

‘Good so I don’t need to be here, anymore right?’

AFFIRMATIVE

“Okay take care of Mina for me I have to go check something out. I’ll be back in a few minutes I promise I really will this. Oh, before I forget don’t peek in on her.” laughed Zero as he produced a shadow succubus to stand guard alongside Soma.

“Wait what!? Where are you going?” asked Soma

“The process is complete now Mina just needs to awaken which will take some time. Jokes aside it’s best that you don’t go in there. The process is delicate so stay out here until the shadow tells you it’s okay to go in.” said Zero as he started to walk away

“What are you going to do now?” asked Soma

“I need to go give a certain old man his full memories back.” said Zero as he teleported away

‘A certain old man? Wait could he be talking about Julius the vampire hunter?’ thought Soma

Zero appeared at the entrance to find Alucard by himself. Seeing that Hammer was no longer around Zero knew that he’d been sent back to the real world.

“Okay lead me to Julius and I’ll restore his memories so that he can leave.” said Zero

Zero followed behind Alucard and the 2 of them arrived at the area containing sirens and imps. Julius was battling them and a remarkable amount of souls floated around a mountain of corpses. Julius hadn’t noticed them yet so Zero walked over to the corpse mountain and open a portal absorbing the bodies and the souls.

After that was complete Zero called out to Julius causing the hunter to stop his battle. The sirens and imps attempted to attack Julius but Zero wasted no time shooting fireballs incinerating them all.

“Who are you? Why are you together with Alucard?” asked Julius

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“There’s no time for explanations.” said Zero as he activated his mental manipulation and unsealed all of Julius’ hidden memories.

“Zero? What took you so long to unseal my memories?” asked an angry Julius

“I’m sorry but quite a few unexpected things happened and I was forced to push it back until now.” explained Zero

“So, did the plan work out?” asked Julius

“Again, we’re short on time so pardon the headache I’m about to give you.” said Zero as he activated his mental manipulation to share certain memories of the events that Julius missed.

Julius collapsed on one knee clutching his head. More creatures emerge and rather than fight them Zero grabbed Alucard’s arm and place his hand on Julius’ shoulder teleporting the group to the castle entrance. After a few seconds, Julius let go of his head and stood up with a look of understanding.

“Don’t do that ever again. So, I understand what’s going on so now. Looks like things have escalated even more than what we thought.” said Julius as he rubbed his forehead in anxiety

“Don’t worry everything will work out I promise.” said Zero

“Yes, but for that to happen we need you to leave the castle now.” added Alucard

“Yup and I’ll need you to go with him Alucard. Before you say anything, Soma and Mina will be following you right after.” said Zero

Alucard looked at Zero for a few seconds before sighing and nodding in agreement. Zero turned to look at Julius who also nodded. Alucard walked over to the gate entrance but rather than going to the gate he went to the side and touched a brick causing a hidden entrance to open.

“So that’s where the exit is no wonder I never found it. Carmilla didn’t know of the hidden pathways of the castle. I guess I should have read your mind too.” said Zero quietly

After exchanging their goodbyes Alucard and Julius proceeded to walk through the hidden pathway. Zero then activated his soul link to Dahlia.

{Yes, my lord how may I be of service}

‘I need you to call back all the reapers and vampires now. Make sure everyone on our side is accounted for.’

{Okay I’ll get right on it. If you require anything else please just ask.}

With that done the only people in the castle to worry about were Soma and Mina. Zero opened his dimension rift and souls poured out. Zero activated his soul forging skill as the souls continued to pour out. All the souls converged into Zero’s hand as objects began to take shape. When the objects finally took shape and the forging was complete revealing 2 flat black disks and 1 white disk. Zero sent the remaining soul back and tossed the 3 disks into the rift.

Now that he was fully prepared Zero teleported back to the area where Soma was waiting. When he arrived, he saw his shadow succubus had just opened the door gone inside. Soma tried to follow but he was blocked by the succubus who shook its head before entering the room. Soma had a confused look on his face and as he was about to open the door heard, “The shadow’s helping her get dress first.”

Soma turned around to find Zero leaning against the wall with a smirk on his face. He blushed and asked, “How was I supposed to know that?”

Zero’s grin grew wider as he said, “Mina’s going to be so shocked when I tell her about this.” Soma rushed to Zero’s side and pleaded, “You wouldn’t actually tell her, would you? I promise I’ll punch you if you do.”

The shadow succubus open the door and waved for them to enter. The 2 entered and found Mina standing in the center of the room. She had gone through a few light changes. Her medium-length brown hair was now a long and flowing shade of light golden blonde. Her brown eyes had changed into a unique shade whereas the inside of her pupils were light blue and the outer area were emerald green.

‘System’

NAME: MINA HAKUBA

RACE: HIGH ANGEL LORD (SPIRITUAL VARIANT)

SOUL: SPIRITUAL ANGELIC SOUL

SOUL RANK: S-

LEVEL: 1

ATTRIBUTES: WATER, WIND, LIGHT

STRENGTH: 4918

SPEED: 8960

MAGIC ENERGY: 2,950,000

VITALITY: 2,970,000

SKILLS: LIGHT MAGIC MASTERY, FAIRY MAGIC MASTERY, ANGELIC MAGIC MASTERY, DARKNESS RESISTANCE, HOLY RESISTANCE, ELEMENTAL RESISTANCE, FLIGHT, WING MANIFESTATION, LESSER DIVINE ENERGY MANIPULATION, SPEAR MASTERY, LANCE MASTERY, GREATER VALKYRIE PHYSIOLOGY, FAIRY LORD PHYSIOLOGY, ALPHA PHYSIOLOGY, FAIRY LORDSHIP, LESSER ANGEL LORDSHIP, CELESTIAL ARROWS, HEALING, RESURRECTION, ILLUSION MANIPULATION, INTANGIBILITY, ETHEREAL FORM, INTANGIBILITY, MAGIC CLOTHING

PASSIVE SKILLS: SUPERNATURAL REGENERATION, IMMORTALITY, SUPERNATURAL CONDITION, LIGHT METABOLIZATION, EMPATHY, MALLEABLE ANATOMY, SUPERNATURAL DURABILITY, PRIME BEING