"Who!?"

Luna looked at the person who had arrived.

She didn’t feel any presence from this person, so she was completely unprepared for the sudden changes that had just occurred.

"Is it because of the cloak?"

She speculated, thinking that clothes and cloaks that can conceal one's presence were not so rare.

"But if you want to die, there's nothing I can do."

Seeing that the woman did not react, Luna was not willing to waste time with her.

Now, the most urgent goal was to resolve the situation quickly and return to the castle with Shirley.

The nails on her right hand sharpened, and just as Luna was about to attack, the mysterious woman disappeared.

Suddenly, the situation seemed out of Luna’s control, as she had no idea how the woman vanished.

Was it extreme speed or a spell?

Just when she had so many doubts in her heart and looked around to determine the other party's location, that figure appeared again.

The location... right in front of her!

The distance was even less than a step!

"What!?"

Luna was shocked and tried to take a few steps back to distance herself, but the pain in her abdomen made her double over.

"Uah!"

A large amount of blood spurted from her mouth uncontrollably, staining the ground red in an instant.

Her whole body trembled, she staggered a few steps back, and finally fell to her knees.

And that mysterious woman slowly retracted her fist.

To her, it seemed like she had just done something insignificant.

How is this possible!?

Luna couldn’t believe it, even though her current physical condition was poor, it was an exaggeration to be so powerless to retaliate.

Is there really such a powerful combat force among humans?

After incapacitating Luna with a single blow, the mysterious woman did not continue the attack but looked at Shirley’s coffin.

She approached Shirley’s coffin with the same steps as before, then crouched down and lightly touched the coffin lid with one hand, causing it to shatter and reveal Shirley’s body once again.

“What are you going to do!?”

Luna, leaning on the ground, spoke in a hoarse voice.

Ignoring Luna, the woman stood up and grasped the hilt of the enormous sword she had been carrying on her back...

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I’m so tired...

Shirley only felt this now.

As if every drop of blood and every cell in her body was exhausted.

I feel so tired even when I’m just sleeping, I still feel so tired even when I don’t think about anything...

This feeling of fatigue made Shirley irritable.

Suddenly!

An intense sense of life-threatening danger coursed through her body, and the lazy cells started working overtime due to the death threat, making Shirley open her eyes abruptly.

She still couldn’t see her surroundings or know what was happening.

Shirley only saw the tip of the sharp sword approaching rapidly and heard Luna’s desperate scream.

At that moment, Shirley felt time slow down and tried to move to avoid the fatal blow.

She couldn’t even react, but after the sudden shock, when she regained her senses, it seemed her body had moved slightly to the side, just enough to evade the blade.

Shirley, still a bit dazed, turned her head unconsciously and found that the glowing blade was only half an inch away from her.

Several strands of hair were cut by the sword’s sharp light and fell to the side.

Seeing this, Shirley furrowed her brow deeply.

She seriously and calmly thought about the current situation.

Then her eyes widened, she took a deep breath, and leaned back.

“Wow!!!”

A scream escaped her lips.

What’s happening now? Why did a giant sword almost pierce her head!?

Waking up to a scene like this is really disturbing!

Regardless of the image, Shirley crawled to the corner of the wall, trembling, and looked at the woman who was retrieving the sword from the ground.

Although she couldn’t see her face, Shirley unconsciously felt that the other person was a very beautiful woman.

And even with her life threatened by this woman, Shirley thought she was incredibly cool!

She held an enormous sword in one hand, which was completely disproportionate to her size.

The blade emanated a golden, sacred light, making it the brightest thing in the dark room.

If she had the ability to defend herself, if she could be sure she wouldn’t be killed by this woman...

Shirley would indeed think that being hunted by such a beautiful and mysterious woman would be quite wonderful, but unfortunately, the situation was quite different.

"Princess Shirley!"

Luna struggled to get around the mysterious woman and reached Shirley’s side.

"Luna, what’s going on with this woman!?"

Shirley and Luna moved slowly along the wall, exchanging information quickly while looking at the approaching woman.

“I’m sorry, Princess Shirley, I just woke up and have no idea of the current situation.”

“But, in any case, this woman is here to kill us, right? It looks like we’re not going to resolve this well today…”

Shirley said this, and compared to usual, her somewhat cloudy red eyes showed a fierce expression at this moment.

“Princess Shirley, with all due respect, it’s impossible for us to fight her in our current physical condition.”

Luna said worriedly.

She had taken a frontal blow, so she knew this very well.

If that woman had used the sword instead of her fists, Luna wouldn’t have even seen Shirley’s face before heading to hell.

With the frightening speed, escaping is probably just a dream...

It seems the only way to escape this situation would be...

As if she had thought of something, Luna slightly lowered her head, and a shadow covered her face.

"Ah..."

Groans of pain and the sound of stones falling could be heard.

Beside them, Delia and Eileen struggled to free themselves from the walls.

They were in terrible condition, if it weren’t for their special vampire physiology, they would probably be dead.

“Princess Shirley, you’re awake too?”

They crawled closer, now four trembling vampires in the corner of the wall, looking at the woman approaching.

“It’s really... annoying!”

Finally, Shirley stood up.

“Although I’m weak now, I’m not easy to defeat... Luna, take them away and I’ll deal with this woman!”

As she spoke, Shirley moved her shoulders, pretending to be relaxed, emitting a sharp sound in her joints.

However, the actual situation was not as calm as she tried to show; the strength she could muster was ridiculously small, even for herself.

It’s said she’s going to deal with that woman, but it’s better to say it’s just to delay for a regrettable moment.

“What’s wrong, Luna? Go already and don’t hinder me…”

As there was no immediate response behind her, Shirley, confused, spoke.

Suddenly, she felt someone hugging her from behind.

The familiar sensation and what she saw when she turned around was Luna’s familiar face.

“Luna?”

Shirley still didn’t know what Luna intended, but soon felt a sharp pain in her neck.

Only then did she remember that this was a very familiar action and a very familiar pain to her.

However, it was always her who inflicted this on others, never experiencing it herself...

—This is the pain that Luna caused her.

Luna had opened her mouth and sank her sharp teeth into Shirley’s neck...