Chapter 669: Demon King vs Vampire King.
In a burning city, hordes of Demons of different shapes and sizes stared at a single golden-haired man in front of them.
The man, although handsome, was only wearing a rather ordinary suit. It was an unbelievable sight considering this man was in front of several Demons.
“Vlad Dracul Tepes, The First Progenitor of Vampires, The King of Vampires. I didn’t expect to see you here.” A man sitting on a golden throne spoke with a bored but slightly amused face.
“Yama, King of Hell… You’ve changed quite a bit since I last heard from you.”
“Of course, I’ve changed. After all, I’m not the same Yama.”
‘It seems that the old Yama died, but why is he so similar to the Old Yama?’ Vlad narrowed his eyes and looked at the Demon’s Soul. When he peered at the Demon’s Soul, he noticed the Old Yama’s familial signature, indicating that the Soul in front of him was related to the Old Yama.
From there, the conclusion was logical:
“Are you Old Yama’s son?”
“Wrong, I’m his Grandson.”
“… I see … It looks like the nature of Demons is alive and well.” Vlad’s tone was neutral, but his words’ slight hint of irony was quite evident.
“Heh, but isn’t that normal in our world? Parents kill children, and children kill parents, all in the name of power and authority: Your children were planning to do the same thing to you, right?”
“And they failed. If they can’t even plan my downfall without my knowing, they’re not worthy of my Throne.”
“Hahaha ~, that is the arrogance expected from the Strongest Vampire.” Yama got up from his throne and started walking toward the ground.
The three Demons behind Yama opened their eyes wide and reached toward Yama as they called out:
“King Yama -.”
“Generals, did I tell you to leave your posts?” Yama’s voice was casual, but the three Generals standing behind Yama felt shivers run down their spines.
Understanding their King’s message, they reluctantly remained in place, but their vigilance over Vlad grew much stronger than before.
“Oh? That’s impressive… I would never have thought I would see such loyalty in any army other than Lilith’s.”
“Unlike my grandfather, I understand the importance of good subordinates.” Then, slowly, dark Miasma with violet hues began to form on Yama’s head, and soon a crown appeared.
‘Ruler’s bond… And a strong one at that. Looks like he’s stolen the complete rulership of Hell from him…’ Vlad thought.
The Progenitor wasn’t worried. Even if in front of him was someone who could negate his Soul-Damaging attacks, it didn’t matter to Vlad.
He would still win.
It wasn’t arrogance. It was a fact.
As a Ruler, Soul attacks had significantly reduced effects. Just like a Progenitor, a Ruler’s existence was special, and it could be said that they were even more special than the Progenitor of Vampires.
As Beings that dealt with Souls, they needed to have a strong Soul themselves. The Ruler would never be seriously harmed by Soul Damage because their ‘status’ as a Ruler would protect their Soul from destruction.
Of course, like everything in the world, it required balance, and the Status of the Ruler was no different. Despite being special Beings that even Gods of Death could not damage the Souls of, the same did not apply to entities that meddled with Souls like The Judges of the Abyss and the Universal Tree.
‘Coming straight into the confrontation, and alone… Is that arrogance or overconfidence?’ Vlad questioned himself as he looked at Yama, standing less than 10 meters away.
“Let’s have fun, Vlad. After all, I wasted a lot of time trying to pull you out of your hole.” Miasma began to cover Yama’s body, and soon he was in the full Ceremonial Robes of a King, robes of red colors with shades of gold.
His formerly human skin began to change to shades of red and dark blue, fangs protruded from his teeth, and the Crown of Miasma on his head began to catch fire.
His expression changed to a serious one, with a big smile. He looked furious but, simultaneously, like he was about to have a lot of fun.
“The least I expect is a little fun.”
The whole atmosphere started to get heavier, and the growing sensation of Miasma began to be felt by everyone.
Vlad narrowed his eyes.
‘Going straight to his Demon Form and using all his power… Good, he may be young, but he didn’t underestimate me.’ He thought as he had his attention wholly focused on his surroundings. After all, he was in enemy territory, so a trap was quite likely waiting for him.
Since the incident of his son drugging him with poison before he died, he was very alert so that failure would not happen again.
Vlad suddenly turned his head towards the Generals and narrowed his eyes. They might’ve tried hiding it from him, but the scent of his kind was quite noticeable.
“Did you know I was going to come after the Vampires?”
“It was a hunch… Fortunately, I was correct.” Yama looked back specifically at his Generals.
“Bring them.”
The Generals nodded their heads and raised their hands, and a very familiar Magic Circle appeared in the hand of the Demons; soon, several Beings started to appear.
Vlad was internally amazed at the ‘Magic Circles’ the Demons were using; he had never seen anything like this before.
‘What is that?’ He didn’t have much time to think about it because Vlad’s eyes glowed blood-red momentarily when he saw which Beings appeared.
They were Vampires, albeit different.
They had sharp fangs made of unrecognizable metal, slightly pointed ears, pink skin, and golden eyes. The faces of this group were more ‘soft’, and most of them were androgynous Beings.
The variety didn’t end there. Some had slightly blue skin, blood-red eyes, and sharp faces.
One group, in particular, had a more gray skin color, and they had ‘cracks’ that could be easily noticed on their legs, and they didn’t have humanoid legs. Instead, like a Demonic Beast, their legs were robust, and their claws were made of the same material as the teeth of the Vampires with pink skin.
Others had chocolate skin, blood-red eyes, and usual fangs, but the claws on their hands were similar to the same metal as the other groups.
The claws on the hands of this group looked more like a naturally created sharp gauntlet, the proof of which was that some men and women in this group had half of their entire arm covered with this natural protection, which was quite robust.
Some specific ones even had their entire arms completely altered into some kind of monster claws.
This particular group had the most human ‘features’.
When the blood-red eyes of a woman with chocolate skin and curly hair met his, he narrowed his eyes in thought.
From the dress that looked like a shaman, it was obvious that the Priestess was one of the group’s Leaders.
There was also a tall, muscular man who wore clothes similar to hers but were of a more masculine variety.
The two were the Leaders of these Vampires.
Although each group member looked different, it was obvious they belonged to the same Bloodline, the only difference being that they had developed differently over the years.
The Bloodline of the Ancient Progenitors still lived.
“Lord Vlad.” The man spoke in a tired tone of voice.
“You have been captured, Bomani.”
“I don’t know how they managed to find a way through our village’s protection… It seems there was a spy in our ranks.” The taller man didn’t want to think about it, but it was obvious that there was a traitor. After all, the entrance to the village was only known by its inhabitants. Only Vlad knew of some entrances, but the inhabitants made sure to double the vigilance in those entrances that Vlad knew.
The Demon’s attack, however, came from an entrance used only by the inhabitants, which only the inhabitants knew about.
“What’s the point of this, Yama?”
“Is it all to fight me?” Vlad’s voice grew heavier as his golden hair began to darken, then his entire body. Soon his entire existence was pure darkness with shades of red.
He was no longer disguising himself and proudly displayed the true face of the ‘Progenitor’, Vlad Dracul Tepes.
Vlad recognized his opponent. Yama was someone Vlad couldn’t restrain his power against. You didn’t become a Demon King by being weak; that never happened. Plus, Vlad’s instincts said:
This man, the new Yama, was strong.
“Correct.”
Yama’s body pressure started to increase even more.
“I want to know who was the man that even my grandfather respected.” Yama’s hands were covered in thick Miasma and became sharp claws.
Yama positioned himself in an open guard stance and spoke:
“The situation is simple.”
The three Generals pointed their hands at Vlad and Yama, and Magic Circles with strange patterns began to appear. Soon a red dome of Demonic Power started to be created, thus enclosing Vlad and Yama.
Vlad looked around and realized that this space was more extensive than it should have been possible.
‘They imitated the same technology Witches use to make arenas… Impossible.’ It had been a while since Vlad was shocked by anything that wasn’t Victor related.
The Demon war started by Diablo was a surprise but not ‘shocking’.
“Defeat me, and you get the Vampires.”
“Simple, right? King of Vampires.”
‘Indeed. Very simple. Too simple for my taste.’ Vlad was full of distrust. He didn’t believe for a second that Yama just wanted to fight him since he didn’t give off the same feeling that Scathach and Victor did.
The feeling of a battle maniac.
Instead, he felt Yama was more like someone shrewd and who liked to plan, someone like his dead son, but just more competent than he was.
[My King, I didn’t find the vampires… I only see traces of destruction.]
‘Alexios can contact me, meaning I can leave here if necessary. They didn’t use that strange Magic that negated the Powers of the Alioth…’
“Yes, very simple…” a Blood Sword was created in his hand. “A method of dueling that would greatly please the Second Progenitor and annoy him simultaneously.”
“After all, you are using a hostage to make me fight.”
[… I understand; I’ll go back and observe.]
Smiling inwardly with satisfaction from his most loyal subordinate, Vlad continued:
“Fortunately, I am not the Second Progenitor.”
Vlad and Yama disappeared as Vlad’s Blood Blade and Yama’s Miasma Claws clashed, causing a rumble all around them.
“That tactic won’t work on me.”
“The incident involving your beloved daughter refutes those words.” Yama dodged Vlad’s attack and retaliated with his claws.
Vlad dodged the attack and struck back in an attempt to cut off Yama’s head.
“You grew a heart, Vlad. Something you didn’t have before.”
“Don’t act like you know me, brat.”
The fight started to grow faster, and sounds of metal clashing were echoed out incessantly, and the two opponents were vanishing and reappearing at an insane speed.
The surrounding terrain was destroyed just by the casual clash of their weapons.
But even with such destruction, it was obvious that the two still weren’t fighting seriously; they were just sizing each other up.
“Hahaha ~, Oh, but I know you very well, Vlad. More than you think.” Yama backed away and raised his hand in the air, then an ominous Miasma began to form in his hands rapidly, and soon a spear-shaped energy construct was created, and that Spear started to catch fire.
Yama threw the Spear towards Vlad, who casually tilted his head to the side, making the Spear miss. The Spear flew toward the ground, and when it touched the ground,
A gigantic explosion erupted from the impact, followed by a mushroom-shaped smoke cloud.
“…” Vlad just looked neutrally at that amount of power.
Yama created another Spear of Power and held it in his hand.
Using the Spear now as a weapon, he positioned himself and said:
“Finished warming up?”
Vlad casually glanced back at Yama, seeing the neutral look on the Demon King’s face, his doubts only heightened, and he didn’t ignore that bad feeling.
Therefore, he made the most logical decision here. He was going to subdue the enemy as quickly as possible.
Vlad raised his hand toward Yama and tried to control the blood in Yama’s body, but he was surprised when he realized that he couldn’t
“Did you think I wouldn’t have a countermeasure to your Power…” Yama disappeared and reappeared behind the Progenitor, “Vlad?”
Yama tried to pierce Vlad’s body, but just like before, they passed through his body, or he dodged the attack…
At least, he thought so.
Vlad pulled away from Yama and looked at his dark belly, which was cut open and leaking dark energy.
“… I see… I understand now; you’ve done your research Yama.” Vlad spoke in a very neutral tone as he watched the cut on his body instantly heal.
Yama’s body stiffened as the atmosphere changed and became more oppressive.
Vlad raised his head and looked at Yama:
“Very well, you have my attention.”
Yama’s smiling face changed to a stern one, and two more arms were created below the usual arms.
Vlad’s entire body began to distort; his Human Form disappeared entirely, leaving behind something unknown, a kind of liquid biomass of crimson-hued darkness.
Blood-red eyes began to open within this liquid, as well as sharp teeth, and soon an abyssal amount of this liquid flew toward Yama.
Halfway through, that wave started to turn into a massive Demonic Beast.
ROOOOOOOAR!
Yama threw his Spear at the Demonic Beast, effectively evaporating the creature, the ensuing destruction leaving room for Vlad to interfere.
Yama felt someone tapping his shoulder, and when he turned around, he saw Vlad’s distorted face.
“Form and appearance are meaningless to me. I can be whatever I want, whenever I want.”
Suddenly, spikes of Blood burst out from every inch of Yama’s body, leaving him appearing like a pufferfish.
“What -…” Life began to drain from Yama, and soon his entire body was bursting with blood.
“For someone who said he knew all about me, you died quite quickly, Demon King.”
Vlad’s Humanoid Form started to reform again, and when he was about to turn around, he narrowed his eyes when he saw something forming on the ground.
‘….Of course, it wouldn’t be that easy.’
And in the blink of an eye, Yama’s entire body was rebuilt again.
“I expected that… But still, I couldn’t react. You are truly deserving of your reputation, Vlad. My grandfather was right to respect you.”
When the Crown of Miasma and fire formed on Yama’s head once again, the Demon King declared:
“As the Strongest of The Progenitors, something of equal caliber is needed.”
FUSHHHHHH.
Energy exploded from Yama’s body and rose to the heavens in a crimson pillar.
“Warm-up time is over.”
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