"Guren, what do we do next?"
"Run away, of course!"
Guren's voice echoed in Hiiragi Shinya's mind, but Shinya looked at the nothingness surrounding them.
Run where? How?
"We can return to reality through Rig's power. Don't move."
Shinya was somewhat surprised. Rig had sent them to such a strange place; he hadn't expected they could return using his power.
An extremely dense Demonic Aura overflowed from Guren's blade, not at all weaker than other Black Demon-class weapons.
In an instant, before those present could react, they were enveloped by the Demonic Aura.
The Progenitor had a bad premonition and hurriedly tried to stop them, but he was ultimately a step too late. He hadn't expected that anyone besides Mika and himself could freely leave the Sea of Consciousness.
Reality.
"Truly terrifying."
After a brief moment of adjustment, Rig's condition eased considerably. Through the connection of the chains, he had also seen the scenes within Mika's Sea of Consciousness, estimating the gap between himself and the Progenitor.
"As expected of Guren, to actually think of using the power of a Demon King to withstand such an attack."
Immediately after, he discovered someone attempting to follow the power of the chains back to reality.
Rig did not stop them. After all, everyone was in the same camp now; dealing with the Progenitor was the primary task.
Soon, all the people lying within the Cursed Formation opened their eyes.
"Welcome back, heroes."
Rig stepped forward, putting on the appearance of welcoming a party of heroes who had successfully subjugated a Demon King.
Shinya directly pulled out byakkomaru and pressed it against Rig's forehead, his eyes filled with anger.
Rig showed no intention of dodging.
"Turning against me so soon?"
"I was never on your side to begin with."
"Is that so? I thought we were already good friends. What a pity."
Rig's expression made his words completely unconvincing.
Shinya wanted to say more, but someone suddenly tapped his shoulder. Although he became alert immediately and realized something was wrong, he didn't even have time to turn around before his arm was twisted back.
byakkomaru vanished into thin air and instantly reappeared, its muzzle already turned to aim behind him.
Unfortunately, the opponent seemed to have anticipated this; before byakkomaru could fire, it was kicked away.
Failing the exchange, Shinya was pinned to the ground.
"Damn it, you again!"
The one pinning him down was none other than the Vampire Sixth Progenitor loyal to Rig, and also his colleague for the past few months—Bastia.
Shinya struggled to look back; the others had also been restrained.
Bastia ignored Shinya's shouting, pressed his head into the ground, and said to Rig.
"Forgive me, Lord Rig. It was my poor management of my subordinate that led him to offend you."
"Bastard, Bastia, who is your subordinate?"
Rig smiled, unconcerned, and knelt down to speak to Shinya.
"Hiiragi Shinya, don't you find your life very tragic?"
"What are you trying to say?"
Rig began to recount Shinya's life in a casual tone.
"Adopted by the Hiiragi Family, yet you were outwardly obedient but inwardly defiant towards them. For Guren's sake, you were turned into a Vampire by Luke and defected from the Imperial Demon Army. For the sake of those brats in the Imperial Demon Army, you attacked Vampires and defected from the Vampires. I picked you up and turned the Guren you longed for into a demon to accompany you, yet you still won't hesitate to put a gun to my head. Looking at it this way, you really are an ungrateful white-eyed wolf!"
Shinya only felt a brief moment of daze after hearing this, but quickly recovered.
"Heh, finished? Do you think words of this level can make me doubt myself?"
Rig shook his head and looked in one direction.
"Your value isn't enough for me to waste my breath trying to shake your heart. I've just been feeling a bit frustrated lately from being shut down by certain guys, so I'm just scolding you to vent a bit."
Not far away, Urd, who was watching with arms crossed, turned his head to avoid Rig's gaze.
Shinya:?
Rig stood up, looked at the Cursed Formation that had suddenly started fluctuating again, and waved to the Vampires.
Some Vampires immediately dispersed, while another group of Vampires subconsciously looked at Krul. Only after Krul nodded did they begin to follow Rig's orders.
Rig glanced at Krul.
Krul's subordinates have such a strong sense of belonging to her? Even status and rank aren't very effective. It seems I'll have to ask her for advice if I get the chance.
Krul felt that Rig definitely wasn't thinking anything good when he looked at her, so she simply went to stand behind Rig like the other Vampires.
Yuichiro and the others were also held here by Rig's subordinates, but Yuichiro was now like a puppet, his eyes dim as if covered by a cloth.
"Yu, are you okay? Hey!"
His companions also noticed Yuichiro's abnormality, but Yuichiro didn't respond at all. Thinking carefully, at the moment before they left, Mika seemed to have turned into Demonic Aura and entered Yuichiro's body. Yuichiro's current state might be related to that.
Rig stared intently at the increasingly reactive Cursed Formation, the curve of his lips widening.
Seeing Rig's growing excitement, Urd didn't need to ask to know the Progenitor must be making a move again.
Thinking of this, Urd walked toward Rig's side.
Boom!
After a few steps, a dull small explosion occurred in the Cursed Formation, and a figure that made the present Vampires freeze appeared in the clearing, gradually turning from ethereal to solid.
The Vampires: My heartbeat recognized you before my eyes did!
"It's quite lively, but it seems like everyone isn't very welcoming of me."
The Progenitor shook his wings and floated forward a short distance.
The Progenitor's gaze swept across the scene, finally settling on Yuichiro. To get to Yuichiro's side, he would have to cross the two guys blocking the way.
"Rig, you really are tenacious. And what did you use to make Urd willing to ally with you?"
Rig put on a very relaxed expression, but in reality, he was under no small amount of pressure. Even now, he didn't have full confidence in dealing with the Progenitor.
"Before I completely understand your plan, I will not die content, Father!"
Urd stood to the side like a block of wood. In the past, he would only blindly follow the Progenitor's orders, and even after the Progenitor left, it remained so. Even now, standing on the opposite side of the Progenitor, he still didn't want to say anything to him.
The Progenitor watched his two most trusted former subordinates stand against him without showing any emotion. Several scythes had already emerged.
Rig and Urd were not surprised by this.
"As expected, it can only develop in this direction. If you had told us your plan, perhaps there would have been a different result."
The Progenitor did not answer.
The battle between the two sides began!
The High-ranking Ancestors present also joined the fray one after another.
The Vampires also recovered from their initial state of bloodline suppression and wanted to help, but after thinking about it, they didn't seem qualified to join a battle of this level. Didn't they see that Lord Crowley and the others were also standing to the side?
However, just a few seconds after the battle started, Krul was forced back. Before she could step forward again, she seemed to feel something and looked to the side.
As the roar of an engine approached from the distance, the corners of Krul's mouth began to turn up.
"Heh, finally here."
The roaring grew louder, and more and more Vampires noticed it, looking toward the source of the sound.
A car could be faintly seen driving from the passage toward the plaza.
One of Lest Karr's subordinates nudged a subordinate of Rig's next to him with his elbow.
"Hey, did you see clearly?"
One of Urd's subordinates leaned over to help clear the confusion.
"I saw it. The one driving seems to be a Vampire, but the car seems to be emitting black mist."
"It's over!"
Hmm? They all turned to ask the Sanguinem Vampire who had spoken.
"What's wrong? Why is it over?"
The Sanguinem Vampire pointed at the silver hair of the Vampire in the car.
"He's driving back! Everyone, get out of the way!"
Some Vampires were bewildered. Who is it? Getting scared like this just because someone's driving back? It just looks like he's going pretty fast, doesn't it?
It had to be Lacus, the patrol team captain, who stepped forward.
"It's the Cute King Luke driving back! Full speed enchantment!"
The Sanguinem Vampires whose physical functions weren't high enough or whose vision was blocked heard this and scrambled to get out of the way in fear. The Vampires of other factions, though confused, followed suit, clearing a path leading directly to the battlefield against the Progenitor.
One of Lest Karr's subordinates muttered softly.
"Is that necessary?"
Crowley happened to be next to him and let out a sneer.
"Still too young. We really should let the Cute King go to Germany for a visit and exchange."
Meanwhile, a Sanguinem Vampire asked.
"Lord Crowley, wasn't it said that the Cute King's car is terrifying because of being a passenger?"
Crowley waved his hand and shook his head, looking like he understood everything.
"Still too little contact. Normally, that is true, but when his car emits black mist, it means he's enchanted the car with Demonic Aura to accelerate. Being hit by him using the car as a brake is far more painful than being cut by cursed gear."
Whoosh!
Before Crowley could finish his words, Luke drove the car through the crowd of Vampires and charged straight at the Progenitor...
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