Chapter 983: Invading The Warlocks’ Territory
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“We’re finally here.” The Lich Pharaoh sighed, surging from my shadows. “Hmm, the Divinity Aura of the Artifact I told you about is lingering, somewhere deep underground.”
“The Star Ship or whatever was it called?” I asked.
“Yes, the artifact we tried to create to visit the heavens and ask the Gods why they were bastards.” Sighed the Pharaoh. “And the reason why we were all killed. Baldr’s divine light was ruthless. And the bastard might descend again if we dare touching that divine artifact again.”
“I say bring it.” I smiled. “God or not… I’m going to fucking crush him. I got my trump cards. I won’t lose so easily.”
“Heh, such confidence. I suppose I couldn’t expect anything less from the Saintess of Death.” Said the Pharaoh.
“For now, stay still. Let’s sneak in first.” I said, as I swiftly moved across the shadows. The rest of my party waiting inside.
The corridor was long, but it led to a larger interior area of the pyramids. As I moved, I could feel a powerful dark presence growing stronger and stronger. And then, I felt several lifeforms nearby. I hid in a shadow, and completely erased my presence, as I saw a group of Warlocks walking across the corridor, carrying with them large flasks filled with groaning souls.
“Our Lord is soon to be reborn.”
“Master Maleficus said that we only need a few more sacrifices.”
“Do you think these souls will be enough?”
“Not at all, we need at least a few thousand more. Ot his resurrection will be half-assed.”
“Hmph, this better works… I am uneasy about asking outside help.”
“We must trust Master Maleficus judgment…”
Outside help? Are they asking for outside help? But from where? And why? Can’t they just ask the Saintess to bring them souls or something? Or… are they plotting against one another? This is weird. It feels as if Maleficus isn’t exactly the ally of that Saintess 100%. I guess you can never trust this vicious kind of vampires.
“Maria, I would recommend we kill those guys before they become a hindrance later.” Lucifer said.
“I know.” I nodded, winking at him. “{Shadow Domain}”
FLUOSH!
Before the two Vampire Warlocks could ever bring his master with the souls, they were engulfed in an endless sea of shadows. They were full of confusion and then, horror as they saw they were trapped inside my Shadow Realm.
Countless tentacles made of shadows appeared everywhere, constantly trying to constraint them. At the same time, the rest of my party confronted them amidst their screams, which nobody could hear.
“Dammit! An ambush?!”
“T-This woman! It’s the one that killed Lord Belphegor and the others!”
“T-The Witch?! No!”
The duo quickly transformed, from old-looking vampires, they became two giant and monstrous chimeric aberrations. Made of many stitched pieces of monsters stuck together. Each one was at least twenty meters tall, quite the behemoths.
“We won’t let you catch us!”
“Did you think we were frail little old men?!”
The two chimeric vampires rushed forwards, easily breaking out of the shadow tentacles from my Shadow Realm and attempting to break through its walls to free themselves. However, a gigantic figure loomed behind them, Lucifer appeared.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
With a single swipe of his tail, one of them was immediately thrown down, the second was swiftly blown away by his breath attack, their entire body ablaze with Abyssal Death Flames that consumed their bodies.
“D-Dammit!”
The one that was burning quickly tried to escape while conjuring magic. His arms, imbued with artifacts, conjured a dozen magic circles of all colors, firing tornadoes, flames, ice, stone, and all other elemental magic spells, trying to break through my shadows.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
“It’s almost cute how hard you’re trying to run away.”
My voice reverberated across the Shadow Realm, the vampire looking into the darkness as he saw my countless crimson eyes opening. I harnessed the power of my Divine Spectral Asura’s Endless Limbs Skill, as thousands of hands and fists appeared out of the shadows, made of phantasmal energy.
“W-What the…?! Just what are you?!”
As the man screamed and conjured his multi-elemental magic, my gigantic claws slashed him apart, my fists crushed his bones, and my fingers pierced his soul like a spear. He was unable to fight back, and unable to regenerate. He was swiftly torn to shreds.
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
I swiftly devoured his soul whole without missing a single bit, quickly absorbing part of his memories as information. But it would take a little while to process everything. At least I felt a bit stronger, it was a decently big soul.
“P-Please spare me! I will fight for you! I will become your slave, even! Just don’t kill me! I don’t want to die!”
The other Vampire was clamoring for mercy, but we didn’t give him any. The screaming souls they were carrying were of people they had kidnaped and killed in gruesome ways, so their souls would have a lot of negative energy, necessary for their ritual.
“There’s no mercy for the wicked.”
SLASH!
After saying that, Jonathan’s divine sword descended vertically into the weakened Vampire’s monstrous body, slashing him into two halves before he could even fight back. An explosion of light quickly engulfing the rest of his body, turning him into ashes.
BOOOM!
“Alright, let’s keep on moving.” Lucifer said, crossing his arms.
“Not fair! I also wanted to fight, daddy!” Nyx said.
“Okay, the next one is yours then.” I said. “Be prepared, Nyx.”
I kept creeping through the pyramid, noticing more footsteps approaching. There was another pair of Vampires. Both were also S- Rank, around the same strength as the ones we just killed. I quickly abducted them with my shadows without waiting another second.
Both appeared in my shadows, panicking. One screamed and turned into a giant praying mantis-like bug, the other became a three-headed snake, both roaring and trying to ask us who were we.
However, the last thing they saw was my daughter’s dragon form, burning them to ashes and ripping them apart.
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