Chapter 339 – Predestined Harmony

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Solina and Lis couldn’t help but be agitated when they saw Illenu’s condition was strange.

Contrary to what others said that her body had weakened and she could no longer walk, she had goosebumps powerful and evil energy emanating from her now.

Besides, even though the gait was somewhat staggered, the vibration transmitted every time I stepped on the ground.

It was hard to figure out just how much power was contained in that small body.

“What happened to Layla!? Why is Illenu here…!”

“That’s not Illenu! What controls Illenu’s body is the power of the vampire within her…!”

Lis and Solina couldn’t help but open their eyes wide at Layla’s words to her.

“Is Illenu a vampire…?”

“To be precise, they are dhampirs. They are half-bloods, born between humans and vampires… Beings with human reason and the abilities of a vampire.”

After Beatrix’s explanation, Solina realizes that the reason she always wears a parasol is n’t because of her fragile skin.

“What should I do, Laila…? She’s being manipulated by her vampires of her, but that her body of her is definitely Illenu’s. What hurts her is…”

“I know, I’m thinking…”

Lila also tries to work out her solution in her head as she bites her lower lip.

As for how to deal with vampires, it was already mentioned in the story I had just heard.

‘With the vampire’s true name, I will vampirize his power.’

In other words, the only thing that can completely kill a vampire is the same vampire.

Only Wilhelmina can do that here and now.

At that time, Illenu-no, Alessios, who borrowed her body her, spoke while raising the corner of her mouth her.

“You don’t have to look so nervous. It’s been a while, Wilhelmina.”

“That way of speaking… As expected, Alessios…! Why are you here… And how you look…!”

“Ah, this body? My lovely daughter.”

At his answer her, Solina muttered as she involuntarily stepped backwards as if she was shocked again and again.

“Illenu… The daughter of the hero Alexios…!?”

“I’m a warrior. Now I’m just a mad vampire.”

When Layla said that, Alessios looked at Layla with a sneer.

“You’ve been aiming to steal her body from the beginning, you…!”

“Yes. I transformed my body into a vampire with half the power, but it was an incomplete previous life. I needed a new bowl to contain the power of the vampires I’ve hunted so far.”

As Alexios says so, he clenches his fists with an expression tinged with greed and madness.

“The method of creating a relative through vampirism and taking their body her. I also tried raising a follower and finally transferring to that body, but none of them succeeded. It’s just a fake.”

For more than 800 years, Alexios sacrificed countless humans in order to somehow obtain Wilhelmina’s power her as his own.

In the process, Wilhelmina reviewed the materials she had studied over and over again, and eventually came to a conclusion.

“In that case. I just need to create a vessel that inherited my blood from the beginning. A mixed blood of a human and a vampire. The potential of that vessel was close to infinite. There was trial and error… Although many ‘mother bodies’ were broken…The parent body of this body was a success, even though she destroyed it right in front of her eyes to bring me back.”

A way of thinking that thinks of people as just a vessel and a placenta for giving birth to that vessel.

Seeing their disgustingly monstrous appearances, both Solina and Lis realize once again how hideous enemies they are to humans as vampires with malicious intent.

Although Rhys wanted to cut Alessios right away with the magic-eating sword he was holding in his hand.

That body belonged to Illenu, not to Alessios.

Rescuing her with her physical attack was next to impossible.

“What’s the reason for wanting the power of a vampire even like that…!? We came together to protect humanity from the darkness!”

When Wilhelmina calls out to him in her hate-filled voice, Alessios responds with an instant hardened expression.

“Things like that have no value to me. Before I pulled out the Holy Sword and even after I pulled it out. I told you. I have no desires. I just leave my body to the passing fate.”

As Alexios said, he slashed his own wrists with his fingernails.

Then, a large amount of blood spurted out and fell to the ground.

“Illenu!”
“You son of a bitch…! Taking someone else’s body as you please…!”

Beatrix and Lyla shouted in excitement, but Illenu’s wrist her healed instantly.

As if there were no wounds in the first place.

“If hunting vampires along with Van was my destiny when I was young. After that, Wilhelmina. Seeing you gain that power, I also realized it. Meeting the two of you was an attraction to bring me eternal life. .”

“Fascinated by the power of darkness, even your soul has been dyed black… Alessios…!”

Wilhelmina couldn’t help but put on a sad face, as if she were resentful.

Had she realized his distortion of her a little earlier, she could have saved him away from the darkness.

“It was you who showed me that possibility. Wilhelmina. Since you rejected me, I couldn’t help it. If I didn’t do this, I would be rejecting the fate I realized.”

“What is fate…! It’s just that greed blinded them! Give Illenu’s body back!”

Layla threatened her, lowering her staff to the ground, sending dozens of her giant fireballs into the air.

When a single line of guys with the power to burn a huge monster appeared in a row, both Solina and Lis looked up at the spectacle while holding their breath.

However, Alessios, who is the opponent, speaks while twisting the corners of his mouth as if laughing at Layla.

“You can’t attack. Because I can’t allow this body to be hurt. If not, would you destroy me along with this body? That would be a way. If possible.”

“Kuh…!”

As Alexios said, if I used magic regardless of Illenu’s body, I would still be able to stop him.

Once Alexios loses his body, Wilhelmina will be able to stop him after that.

“It was unexpected that this body would have an ally. In particular, that magic swordsman… If left unattended, he would have been a stumbling block in my plans. If I used the power of the imprint of control, I would have been able to completely confine my ego within this body. .Fortunately, I succeeded in killing him before that.”

“What?”

As soon as Alessios finished speaking, Lyla’s voice rang out.

“Did you say Cleon? That guy who breathed meaningless wind into this body. Giving blood to this body wasn’t bad… , It is this body that killed Cleon.”

In the next moment, an eerie magical pressure erupted from the party.

The magic power so strong that even Wilhelmina looked startled was emanating from Beatrix, who was standing by Layla’s side of her.

With her eyes wide open and expressionless beyond the permissible expression of hatred, she immediately cast her magic at Illenu, who was possessed by Alessios. .

The sword of flames burning blue moved as if dancing and attacked Illenu.

“Bea!”

“You… You are the senior…!”

Enraged to such an extent that she had never seen it before, Beatrix’s hair her rose against gravity in response to his magical powers and emotions her.

Seeing her Bea so furious, Layla was able to regain her cool a bit with her reverse her, but she was just as angry to the ends of her head her as well.

However, when Alexios saw Beatrix’s magic her, he created a wall to protect his body her by manipulating Illenu’s blood her that he poured into the ground a little while ago.

The next moment, when Wilhelmina raises her magic power, a huge skull-shaped incarnation of magic appears behind her.

“I’m sorry, guests. If we don’t stop him, there will be a lot of blood on the continent.”

So, she was going to attack him, and Layla, too, had to make her decision her.

“Alessios! You almost lost to me 800 years ago, but are you thinking of defeating these humans with a weaker body?”

As Wilhelmina conjured great magic from the skeleton’s hand her, Alessios frowned at her.

“You almost lost? That was just a strategy back then.

The next moment, the floor of the ruins where the party was standing shone red.

It was like a huge magic circle, and reacted with the ruins to create a distorted magical response.

“Ugh…!”

The magical image created by Wilhelmina is distorted and blurred.

It wasn’t just her, it was Beatrix and Ryla, who were emitting her magical energy her so violently that she held back her tears in her anger.

And, even Solina was the same.

“What…!”

Only Rhys, who possessed almost zero magic power, was able to survive on top of the magic circle.

“The magic circle of the Dragon Demon…! You, do what you want with my research…!”

“Yes. It is a magic circle that melts the magic of the enemies on top of this magic circle. When you woke up, you had to do something about that annoying magic ability. I thoroughly prepared.”

“Sometimes, something like this…!”

There was no way he could activate a magic circle that was huge enough to cover the entire ruins without any preparation.

A situation where even the members of the guards, who are a little far away, collapse in their seats one by one.

Ryla also realized the true nature of this magic circle he had prepared, while being perplexed by the amount of magic power disappearing faster than it was produced by the magic organ.

“No way, the real purpose of borrowing Emma’s body is-“

“Yes! I had Illenu defeat me and hid in his body! After inducing him to settle down in this village, I manipulated the servant’s body and carved a magic circle into this ruin for 4 years! Traces that the guards can find From the beginning , to raising the level of vigilance against the ruins, to releasing Wilhelmina’s seal for complete sealing!

At Alexios’ words, everyone gathered there put on desperate expressions.

In particular, the shock she received from Solina, who took the lead in this work, was incomparable to others.

“If I didn’t insist on completely sealing the ruins…!”

“Come to your senses, Solina! That’s the result! If you stop that motherfucker, there’s no problem…!”

“Do you think that would be possible for a human like you?”

As if Illenu was laughing at Reese, he disappeared from the spot in an instant.

The next moment, it appeared right in front of Reese and brandished a rapier.

Obviously, even though the sword was much thinner than the magic-eating sword that Reese was holding, Reese managed to block his sword, feeling the shock that his arm was about to tear off.

“Lease!”

As Solina’s screaming voice echoes, the next moment she reflexively draws her own sword and swings it at Illenu.

As Reese said, somehow she had to stop him.

Lyla and Beatrix, the magicians, were suffering from even breathing, as if they were being further affected by the magic circle.

“Haa… Ugh…!”

Severe magic loss to the point of nausea, Beatrix’s previous magic her had long since disappeared, and her posture her collapsed to the point that one knee touched the ground.

“Bea!”

“It’s okay…It’s okay, more than that, if you don’t help the two of them…”

Lyla nodded as well, turning her eyes to Solina and Reese’s fight.

Alesios, who controlled Illenu’s body with her, was dealing with the two with quick and graceful swordsmanship, as if playing with them.

“Wilhelmina, is it impossible for you to absorb her power by vampirizing her—or him?”

“If that was possible, I would have done it already…!”

And, if it was more difficult than the two wizards, it would be Wilhelmina, an undead who moves with magic.

Even moving her legs her seemed to be difficult as her mana her drained from her body her as her lich her.

Lila thinks.

If the way she had in mind was impossible, she had to find another way.

She searches through the archives in her head, thinking that there must be a breakthrough somewhere.

Think about it, what would Cleon do at a time like this?

“—Cleon…”

Layla looked back at Wilhelmina as if she had just remembered something there.

“Wilhelmina! There’s a human I want you to summon with your necromantic spell! I’ll provide you with information about the soul!”

Wilhelmina looks at Lila asking her in her urgent voice, and she nods her head with difficulty.

“Lyla, don’t you-“

“Yeah, I can’t believe it… Bea. You can help me too.”

Then, with the dagger hanging from her own waist, she cuts off the tips of her fingers and draws her blood.

Next to Layla, Bea draws her blood her in the same way, and Wilhelmina somehow gathers her own rapidly diminishing magic power to follow the clues contained in the drops of blood her to find her beyond the underworld. She Tried to summon her spirit of her.

“It will take some time… It’s hard to gather mana. If I don’t summon it properly, I’ll go back as soon as it comes out.”

And, after hearing her story her, Lyla somehow stood up and looked at Alexios.

“If it’s time, we can make it.”

“Yes…!”

Even Beatrix, even though he had become difficult to use magic, he stood up as if he couldn’t stay without doing anything.

“Let’s go, Lila!”

“Okay…!”

And, even if he couldn’t win, he walked forward as if he was going to buy time for the last remaining hope.

“Well…?”

Alexios looked at the two people coming closer to him and looked a bit surprised, but then he swung his sword into the air-

A bloody blade made of magic appeared and flew towards the two.

Layla somehow creates a barrier of her magic to keep it at bay, but her large amount of magic her drains away again, causing blood to flow from her nose to her.

“Blaze Chain!”

“Prometheus Gate…!”

If Beatrix immediately creates a chain of blue flames and restrains Alexios’ body.

The next moment, spears of flame rain down from above his head.

However, Alexios didn’t show much reaction and just defended himself with magic.

“You’re tenacious. Wizards. Even considering that this body isn’t in perfect condition because it hasn’t been able to drink blood for a long time… Don’t you think it lasts quite a while?”

As Alexios spoke as if he was tired of it and showed a gap, Rhys immediately swung his sword and tried to slash his body his.

“Haa… There’s no way a person with no talent like you could damage my bowl. If you’re a normal person, like a normal person, lay down in your seat.”

As he said that, Alessios simply drew his hand made of blood.

Saying that, the giant hand pressed Reese down from above, causing Reese to groan in pain and fall to the ground.

“Captain!”

“Damn it, this monster…! In the form of Mr. Illenu…!”

And, when the few members who were still able to move each held their swords and charged Alexios-

He doesn’t even look in that direction and sighs.

“No! Run away!”

Reese screamed at the sight of those subordinates, but it was already too late.

The bloody thorns extending from Alexios’ body pierced the members who were aiming for him at the same time.

Without even a chance to scream, at the same time their necks were pierced, they drooped. Soon after, he fell helplessly to the ground.

“If you guys are ordinary people, these guys are less than that… Disappointing.”

“Zen, Jean…! You bastard!!!”

The next moment, the magic-eating sword that Reese possessed flashed and cut off the bloody hands that were weighing down Reese’s body his, weakening the restraints.

Thanks to that, when he gets up and swings his sword upward with a surprise—

Booung! With a clatter, an invisible flying slash hit Alexios’ body on his.

Chew! There is a sound, and blood gushes out of the body.

For the first time, Alexios looked at the sword with a genuinely puzzled look on his face.

“You have a troublesome ability. A slash that entwines the opponent’s magic power and nullifies even the defense as it is… “

“Haa… Haa… Kuh…!”

“However, it seems your body isn’t strong enough to do such a fluke.”

After performing a flying slash once, Reese’s body creaked.

It seemed that two or three times was the limit for entangling mana and cutting it.

“Ha!”

However, a sword imbued with holy energy that immediately follows and aims at his body.

Paladin Solina was swung towards Alessios with her holy magic of her.

“This side has potential… Lack of experience. And lack of training.”

However, the index and middle finger of the right hand. Alexios blocked the sword with just two fingers.

Solina sees the attack blocked and she tries to break through the defense somehow, but the sword won’t budge and she desperately tries to force it.

“Look. If you attack with all your strength, there will inevitably be a gap. ‘Here’ or something.”

“No!”

In the next moment, Alexios’ fingers landed on Solina’s stomach her.

Immediately after Reese’s shout her, a bloody spear would pop out of that finger.

Solina’s torso her was pierced, along with the armor she wore across her body.

“Sol-“

Seeing her own sister with her blood spurting from her mouth her, Reese put on her devastated expression her.

“Hmm… Her holy magic is annoying as expected. Is it incompatible with this body?”

Solina’s body her fell to the ground with a thump, her clatter her, and Alexios murmured as he looked at his slightly burnt fingers her.

“Solina !!!

When Reese swung her sword with all her might, she made another flying slash at Alexios.

However, unlike her earlier her, Alexios, who was not vigilant, lightly dodged it and pointed her finger at Solina, who was immediately knocked down.

“He must have the ability to heal. Paladin. Should I kill him now?”

“It’s dark…”

Solina loses her consciousness, pouring her blood from the openings of her gaping wounds her.

Gradually, even as her head her goes blank, she tries to summon her healing magic her to somehow close the hole.

Time was running out.

“First… One.”

As Alexios’ voice resounded like that, the next moment a bloody spear was about to be created at her fingertips.

Something like black lightning came flying and bounced off his hand.

“…What?”

There was no great shock, but that his attack was interrupted and that it was a sudden attack.

What type of magic was that just now?

When the accident is delayed for a moment, he immediately notices a black shadow rushing towards him with a gust of wind.

“What!?”

Alexios raised his sword with a panicked voice and blocked the shadow’s attack.

“…!”

Lyla and Beatrix looked at the shadow with their eyes wide open.

It was like a doll, painted black from head to toe.

It barely had a human form, but its eyes glowed white and it held a sword in its hand.

The two noticed that it was a kind of undead that barely gave substance to the ‘spiritual body’.

“Haha…”

From behind came the sound of Wilhelmina’s labored breathing.

“I managed to summon it somehow… What will happen now?”

To her question her, Lila answers.

“…With that guy, we have to stop Alexios… But from now on, the tide is turning.”

Just as Layla said, Illenu- no, Alesios seemed quite taken aback.

“Keuuu… Even if you die, you’ll disturb me… Magic swordsman—Cleon!”

Calling the name of the owner of the shadow who had returned from the underworld, he sent a hateful gaze.