Chapter 359 – Reenactment Transcendence

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Cleon walks further into the space with Illenu.

Her wounds her, which she stitched up, prevented her from progressing and suffering, but if she moved violently, they would open again.

Still, there was a slight discomfort in her, but thanks to her, she did n’t lose her mind.

After a violent clash of hearts once, the lull between the two leaves only the sound of footsteps in the silence.

However, the closer the distance to the inside is, the stronger the aftermath of the sharp magical power transmitted through the air.

No matter how awkward the atmosphere was, he thought about not saying anything in the face of a life-and-death battle.

Illenu cleared his throat with a ‘Kheu-hum’ aiming for a change in the atmosphere.

If Cleon stops her steps her and looks at her-

Illenu talks to Cleon with her hand on her waist her.

“Well, then… I decided not to film that ostentatious self-sacrifice drama. The Alessios in this one is stronger than the Scythian woman I dealt with earlier. You know that?”

“…Yes. Because I’ve been dealing with someone.”

When Cleon answered like that, Illenu nodded her head with an ‘Mmm’.

That someone, of course, was Illenu.

To be precise, it was the other Illenui.

“…Couldn’t it have gotten stronger than back then?”

When Cleon asked a question, recalling the hellish battle he had gone through, Illenu also hardened his expression her a little at his words her.

Even if they think of each other as people from different worlds, that part was something they both experienced in common.

In my head, the strength of Alexios is intense and clear, and we share our experiences with each other.

“No… It won’t. Yes, it won’t. It will regenerate almost infinitely using the magic inside it. It will be fine.”

“Infinite regeneration was something that guy used to do too… – Come to think of it, back then. In the end, was it you who fought until the end?”

After answering with a sigh, Cleon asked Illenu a question.

Then, in the decisive battle at the cathedral.

While Cleon and Illenu joined forces to fight Alesis, Cleon was seriously wounded by Allessios.

To be precise, it was a strangely large wound that part of the abdomen her had been pierced through and not dead.

In exchange for that wound, the ‘stake covered in holy water’ into which Alexios’ heart was driven was successful in greatly weakening Alexios’power his.

Even if it was a weakened Alesios, there was no problem in killing Illenu and Cleon, who had lost their power due to injuries.

In such a situation, Cleon’s resolution is to make Illenu drink his own blood her to enhance his power her.

Being a dhampir, she refused to drink her blood her and get close to her vampires.

At Cleon’s persuasion of her, who told her that in order to survive, sometimes she has a stubbornness to overcome.

She drank his blood her, which flowed to overflowing.

Inside Illen Nu’s body her, her magic power her expanded, and she rushed toward Alessios, spreading her beautiful bat-like wings her.

And, at the crucial moment, Alexios’ body stopped moving due to the force of the stake.

Illenu’s blow pierced him and his body burned to death. Finally, Cleon passed out.

When he regained his senses, his body recovered and the vampire disappeared.

And, lying under the bright morning sun, only Illenu, barely dressed, greeted him.

Thanks to Illennu’s potential his, it could be said that he was able to survive the decisive battle with Alessios.

“—That’s right. With various conditions overlapping, I was able to become stronger than that guy, albeit briefly, but…”

“Condition…?”

Illenu put on a slightly embarrassed expression, probably remembering what happened back then.

Cleon was concerned about the conditions she was talking about, but she wasn’t in the mood to ask.

“…Now I have to fight even without such luck. Please don’t say that I’m scared now. I’ve already prepared myself. Because of who.”

“…Yes. I’ll take responsibility.”

When Cleon said that, Illenu wrinkled her forehead and stepped on one of Cleon’s feet on her.

“I never said take responsibility.”

“That, yes…”

She must’ve stepped on it quite seriously, even under her thick leather boots, her feet hurt her, but before Cleon could say anything, she turned her body around in a swish.

“—Besides. Neither you nor I are who we were back then. Not a short time has passed.”

To Illenu’s words, Cleon answered ‘yes’ and looked down at his hand her.

If you think about it, at that time, he hadn’t even been able to properly use the power of a demonic sword, and he was just a kid who ran around recklessly, trusting only the Sword Master’s swordsmanship and a slightly strong, easy -to-cut sword.

Compared to now, there is a difference between Alvein and Aruru.

“I don’t know how strong you have become, so I can’t say anything. You haven’t neglected your training, have you?”

“—I’ll return those words to you.”

To Cleon’s words, Illenu responded with a ‘Ha!’

“Then. Let’s not grab each other’s ankles. Magic Swordsman.”

Saying that, she moved forward, reminiscing about something she missed, as if she was slightly happy somewhere.

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The image space spread inside Illenu.

Its deepest core her.

Until just now, the space where vampires used to cut, stab, and kill each other repeatedly.

Now, there was only a chilling silence left, and only the corpses of vampires who collapsed and disappeared were visible.

What Cleon and Illenu looked at as they walked among the corpses—

In the center of space, half-submerged as if sinking into a swamp, a ‘woman who looked exactly like Illenu’.

The ruler and creator of the realm, created by mixing all these vampires into one.

Goddess of death

——A man sat down beside the goddess of death, quietly raising her head and looking at her.

“Alessios…”

When Cleon said that, Illenu nodded.

His face His was covered with a swirling shadow, just like the twin-tailed vampire or Illenu.

Even after killing all the vampires other than himself and Illenu, he did not reveal his true face of her.

Besides, it seemed that there was still enough energy left for the fight.

“—In this space where there are only monsters. It’s a monster with a different arc.”

Illenu evaluated Alexios that way.

Just because they’re vampires doesn’t mean they aren’t monsters.

No matter how weak a vampire is, it is a sufficiently threatening existence.

What would be called a threat if a monster that could increase its family, increase its power, and live as if it were melting among humans was not called a threat.

However, Illenu says that Alexios is far more dangerous than them.

Because he’s a monster with a monster’s heart.

A monster is not understood by others and does not understand others.

The monster moves only for its own instincts.

The monster imparts overwhelming fear to the viewer.

Vampires, in order to live among humans, have a little bit of human mind and understand them, and sometimes they are fascinated by them.

Among those who became vampires by birth, there were not a few who still considered themselves human.

However, although Alexios was originally human, he is a being who has completely abandoned the human mind.

That’s why he didn’t melt among humans, and led a vampire’s life in a way that dominated them.

That’s why he was able to betray and cut his former comrades without hesitation.

That’s why he tried to kill the soul of her own daughter who inherited his blood her, and tried to use her body her as his vessel her.

When a monster tries to exist as a monster, it becomes the most dangerous being.

“—Illenu.”

Cleon looked at Illenu.

She could see that her arms were shaking a little.

It was the same in previous battles.

A blood relative who shared the blood that brought him into this world. Father.

And, an enemy that can never be forgiven. The man who murdered his mother his.

The very existence of evil that threatens the world and the continent.

And the anxiety that he, too, might be a dangerous being born from his blood.

When all of that gets tangled up in her head her, shaking her resolve.

An anxious feeling different from fear becomes a heavy shackle that holds her body her and clings to her her.

“So, you can’t do it alone.”

In the same words as the other day, when Cleon spoke, Illenu blinked and looked back at him.

“He’s a sensitive guy. Do you still remember the words of that time?”

“Because I can’t forget. I’m just remembering.”

After repelling Illenu’s criticism, Cleon once again fashioned a sword imitating Galatea’s in his hand and took it out.

“Shall we go, Illenu?”

“…Yes.”

It wasn’t until the critical time came, Illenudo, who finally became honest, took his position his-

One step, two steps—

Then, from three steps, the gear was raised and the two charged forward.

“Alessios——!!!”

On that day, in the dark cathedral, I didn’t even know the name of the monster called my father, whom I only called as a vampire or a damn child.

Illenu jumped in from the front while shouting with a fierce voice.

Alesios, who was sitting in the seat, also held the same rapier as Illenu’s in his hand.

I swing to get her sword.

Caang! Then, a high-pitched metallic sound rang out, and the two swords stayed in the air like a tug-of-war that allowed no advance or retreat.

“Kuh…!”

The shock wave of the collision alone caused the ground to vibrate and splashes of water to rise.

Cleon, too, felt his whole body her vibrate, and his moving feet her stopped for a moment.

Kagak soon stepped forward, dug into Alessios’ body his, and swung his sword toward the empty waist his.

Chew! And, his body his cut easily.

However, the blood that splattered between the cut pieces of flesh hardened in the air and—

It becomes like a thorn and flies towards Cleon on its own.

‘Is that so…!’

In response to an attack he had never seen before, Cleon said ta dat and took quick steps, momentarily increasing his distance from Alexios.

The blood-colored thorns that pursue Cleon.

Cleon was conscious of the trajectory of their flight and succeeded in knocking them off by spinning his sword.

In the previous fight, his arm was tattered from this attack.

It was an attack that was ‘learned from being hit’ several times, as if being surprised by a vampire facing for the first time and its unknown abilities.

However, Cleonion and Illenu are also adventurers and warriors who have grown up over the years compared to back then.

The speed of growth was different from that of the sneaky child who was only thinking about how to take over Illenu’s body her in the image space, inside Illenu.

I do not forget what I have learned, and I engrave and replace what I have learned.

That alone can eliminate the one-sided battles like before.

Illenu confirmed that Cleon was dealing with Alexios’ attack.

Immediately from his back, spreading his bat-like wings. In addition to the power I put into my body, I get momentum.

Then, Illenu’s sword, which had been maintaining its balance, pushed Alessios’ sword all the way while making a loud noise.

She, too, succeeds in cutting Alessios deeply into the shoulder area, and she flies up and escapes from her confrontation composition of her.

Sure, her splatter of her blood, her chases her, but-

“Mana Shock!”

When the magic Cleon specializes in extends like lightning from his fingertips his.

The thorns of her blood that pursued her scattered and disappeared in her air as if evaporating.

After flying into the air, Illenu quickly landed next to Cleon.

“…You can do it.”

“Okay.”

At Illennu’s words, Cleon nodded his head.

It was just an exchange of sums.

But it was never conceited.

Cleon and Illenu also imagined being killed by him many times based on their experience of fighting before.

But even with all those disturbing fantasies, they never backed down.

“Go…! Damned vampire son!”

Illenu and Cleon shouted at the same time, extending their swords and pointing at Alesios.

That spirit was like that of a hero who confronted the demon king.

And-

Blah blah And the sound of something cracking echoed through the room.