Seeing the ongoing fight, Tatsuma couldn't sit still.
"Don't steal the kills, let me do it!"
Bang!
A massive amount of demonic power transformed into a pillar of light that shot into the sky.
"What the hell!"
Behind the palace frontline, Marius Tepes' eyes widened, revealing a surprised expression. However, before he could react to what happened, he saw Magic arrays appearing in the sky one after another.
Thousands of thunderbolts crashed down, and the lightning purgatory swallowed up the overwhelming Evil Dragons. In the scarlet light, a figure slowly descended from the sky, appearing directly in front of the palace.
"Which one of you is the high-ranking official of the Tepes Faction?"
The vampires of the Tepes Faction silently made way, revealing Marius.
"???"
Are you guys kidding me?!
Unable to help but curse inwardly, Marius braced himself and walked up to Tatsuma.
"Hello, I am Marius Tepes, the fifth in line to the Tepes royal family."
"Friend, on behalf of the Tepes Faction, I thank you for your assistance. May I ask for your identity?"
"Tatsuma."
"Tatsuma?"
A flicker of thought passed through Marius's eyes.
The name sounded a little familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before. Memories churned in his mind, and a few seconds later, his eyes widened and he let out an exclamation.
"You are the Red Dragon Emperor?!"
"It is I."
"Why are you here?"
"Looking for someone... Wait, I think I accepted a commission from the Carmilla Faction."
Halfway through his sentence, Tatsuma seemed to remember something and snapped his fingers.
The next second, a black magic array formed above his head, and immense gravity crashed down. Caught off guard, the vampires of the Tepes Faction were hit by this attack, losing consciousness and falling to the ground into a coma.
Listening to the string of prompts ringing in his ears, Tatsuma's mood became even better.
He retracted his magic and stopped his actions, looking at the only survivor present.
"Where is Valerie Tepes?"
"In... in the laboratory beneath the palace."
"Laboratory?"
Tatsuma looked thoughtfully at Marius.
He had been so focused on getting traits that he had forgotten Rizevim had collaborated with the Tepes Faction.
Now, hearing Marius mention a laboratory, he finally remembered his identity.
"Are you collaborating with Rizevim?"
Marius quickly shook his head. "Tatsuma-san, I don't know the Rizevim you speak of."
A wisp of purple flame appeared on Tatsuma's fingertip. "Tell the truth, or I'll kill you."
"This..."
Marius was sweating profusely.
He looked at the purple flame and hesitated for a moment before nodding in admission. "Yes, I am collaborating with Rizevim."
Tatsuma nodded in satisfaction, dropping the purple flame in his hand. "That's good. It seems I remembered the right person."
[Congratulations! You have successfully defeated Marius Tepes and obtained the purple trait: Vampire Bloodline.]
[Vampire Bloodline (Purple): Training effect +400%, greatly increased lifespan, gain different buffs based on blood quality when drinking blood, all stats slightly decrease when exposed to sunlight.]
It was a purple trait, but it was a training-type.
After placing [Vampire Bloodline] into the 'usable' category, Tatsuma walked into the palace.
The Evil Dragon army had been wiped out, and the vampires were in a coma due to gravity magic. Currently, the interior of the palace could be described as completely unobstructed.
Following the aura he sensed, Tatsuma made his way to the central area of the palace, raised his hand, and smashed downwards.
Bang!
A shortcut leading directly underground was freshly created.
Tatsuma jumped down the shortcut, and a few seconds later, appeared in a laboratory filled with precision instruments.
In a corner of the laboratory, a girl who looked to be around twenty, with long golden hair and a delicate face, was staring blankly at the wall.
Hearing a sound, Valerie turned and cast her gaze towards Tatsuma not far away, ripples appearing in her empty pupils.
"Greetings, Tatsuma-san."
"You know me?"
"Yahweh mentioned you in a dream last night. She said you would take me away from here."
"I see."
Tatsuma showed an understanding expression.
"Don't worry, I will take you away from here. But before that, I need to adjust your state."
Tatsuma walked up to Valerie and took out a golden Holy Grail.
Compared to the complex processes of stripping a Sacred Gear, fusing one was much simpler.
Accompanied by faint magical fluctuations, the Holy Grail transformed into a ball of light and merged into Valerie's body. With the Longinus restored to completeness, Valerie's aura increased slightly, and a hint of color appeared on her face. However, despite this, her eyes were still somewhat empty, and a faint aura of death emanated from her.
"It seems that simply restoring the Longinus's completeness isn't enough."
"Not enough?"
Valerie tilted her head. "Tatsuma-san, what do you mean?"
Tatsuma replied bluntly, "Of course, I'm talking about your mental state."
The Sephiroth Graal can subvert the natural order of life. It can reverse or twist life, modify the essence of others' lives, revive the dead, and bestow Immortality. Anything related to life, the Sephiroth Graal was involved in more or less.
However, unlike other Longinus, the Sephiroth Graal had severe side effects.
Each time it's power is used on others, the spirits and even concepts of the living or dead flows into the holder's soul, causing a certain burden.
Due to the Evil Dragon resurrection experiment, Valerie had been using the Sephiroth Graal with high intensity for the past few years, and her soul was already close to the breaking point.
If a way to rescue her isn't found, even if the stolen Holy Grail is recovered, she won't live much longer.
On the other side, after a brief thought, Valerie slowly understood Tatsuma's meaning.
"Tatsuma-san, don't worry about me."
Valerie shook her head slightly, a gentle smile appearing on her face.
"Being able to leave here and see the outside world is already enough for me."
"Don't give me that useless talk. You're not about to die immediately; there are countless ways to save you."
As Tatsuma said this, he recalled the effect of [Vampire Bloodline] he had just obtained.
Gain different buffs based on blood quality.
It seemed worth a try.
Tatsuma raised his hand and cut a wound across the palm of his other hand.
Suppressing the recovery effect, Tatsuma squeezed out blood and offered it to Valerie.
"Drink it."
"So fragrant."
Valerie stared at the blood in Tatsuma's palm for a few seconds, her mind becoming somewhat hazy.
Because of Sephiroth Graal, Valerie's need for blood was different from other vampires. Having lived for so long, this was the first time she knew blood could emit such an enticing fragrance.
She silently gulped, brushed the hair from her ear, and leaned down to suck the blood from Tatsuma's palm. Like a divine nectar, an indescribable deliciousness rushed straight to her head, causing Valerie's mind to go blank for a short time.
Following her body's instinct, a pair of fangs slowly emerged from the corners of her lips, and she bit down on Tatsuma's palm.
Crunch!
"So painful."
"This is the first time I've known a vampire could bite off her own teeth."
Tatsuma mobilized the natural energy within his body and used Senjutsu to heal Valerie's teeth.
"How do you feel? Have you recovered a bit?"
"Mmm, much more comfortable."
Valerie had already come to her senses.
She reluctantly glanced at Tatsuma's palm and then asked, "Can you give me some more blood?"
"I can, but I don't like being taken advantage of for free."
Tatsuma pondered for a moment and took out an Evil Piece.
"Join my Peerage."
"As long as you join my Peerage, I can provide as much blood as you want."
Valerie's eyes lit up. "Really?"
Tatsuma nodded. "Really."
"Then I'll accept."
Although she didn't know what 'Peerage' meant, Tatsuma offered too much.
Recalling the indescribable taste from earlier, Valerie instinctively stuck out her pink tongue and licked the corner of her lips, a hint of crimson appearing in her eyes.
"Tatsuma-san, you smell so good."
"I think you're hungry."
Tatsuma fused the upgraded mutated Bishop Evil Piece into Valerie's body and patted her head.
"Endure for now. I still have other things to do. Once I'm done with what I'm doing, I'll take you home, and you can have as much blood as you want."
"Mmm, I'll endure it."
Valerie nodded, suppressing the constantly surging urge to drink blood.
***
[Naruto: Slaughter System]
After transmigrating into the Uchiha clan, Hiromi activates a system that only has killing in its mind.
[Kill Sarutobi Hiruzen!]
[Reward: Rinnegan]
[Kill Shimura Danzo!]
[Reward: Eternal Magekyo Sharingan]
[Kill Uchiha Madara!]
[Reward: Eight Inner Gates: Eighth Gate + Sage Mode]
Thus, someone who kills people at the drop of a hat was born in the Uchiha clan.