## Chapter 1087 – Ancient Vampire

An endless barrage of attacks.

Karin’s sword energy raged, and Liztina’s clawed hands shattered space. Following that, Claudia meticulously ground the severed fragments into dust. I, too, recalling the maxim of “Jot-daguri,” unleashed the Heavenly Demon Divine Art to chastise the bastard’s flesh.

At this moment, our hearts had become one…!

This was the Jot-daguri imbued with the power of love. Originally, the power of love was stronger than the power of friendship, and a daguri was a much more powerful attack than fighting alone. Now that the two were combined, it was practically invincible.

Therefore, no one could survive such an attack.

However.

“You crazy bastard!”
“Why won’t you die!”

The vampire did not die easily.

Even as his body was dismembered, fragmented, and pulverized.

As if disintegrating, he momentarily dissolved into a torrent of blood, then re-emerged from within the blood, reconstructing his body.

“You son of a bitch!”

Could he possibly have some kind of damage immunity?!

Even as we were performing Jot-daguri, turning the vampire’s pulverized flesh into a soupy essence, he was still rising again! Judging by this insane regenerative power, this guy really seemed to be the Vampire Lord Coltrahane!

Such transcendental reconstructive abilities!

“Kuh…! Kuaaaaaaa!!!”

But he was screaming.

Was it not effective?

ㅡTu-ta-ta-ta!

While everyone else was unleashing murderous attacks, Ari was firing her garlic machine gun in bursts.

In a way, it was a cute-looking attack, but each time Coltrahane dissolved into blood and regenerated his body, he became a Garlic Man, studded with garlic all over, and the proportion was becoming increasingly severe.

The garlic, which had originally been embedded in only about 20% of his body, was now over 80%, to the point where he had become a true garlic maniac.

Already, all of his teeth and eyeballs were studded with garlic…! What the hell was wrong with this guy’s body?!

ㅡWhoosh!
ㅡZhiiiiiing!

When Winia’s Blaze Beam and Hilde’s Hellfire struck Coltrahane, all that could be smelled was burning garlic.

ㅡPachichichik!

Even Risha’s black magic was thrown in on top of that.

“Kuaaaaaaack!!!”

Coltrahane screamed and turned into blood again, pouring down. At the same time, the garlic cloves also plummeted, diving into the blood with a thud. Was the garlic actually working?

Anyway, seeing that the attacks were working, it seemed like we could somehow manage.

But to kill a vampire, you had to destroy its heart, so what was this? We were destroying his heart over and over again, but he didn’t seem to be fatally wounded.

“I’m trying to evaporate the blood… but it’s not working well! Be careful!”
“Okay!”

Being sufficiently cautious, we continued to unleash powerful attacks. But there was something about it… his blood seemed infinite. He was repeating destruction and regeneration while screaming, but he wasn’t dying.

More than anything, even though he was splattering blood everywhere while attacking, the absolute amount of blood didn’t seem to change at all.

ㅡZhiiiiiing!!

It was at that moment.

“Oh, shit!! Katt! Look at that!!!”
“Hey! What’s that bastard trying to do!”

Suddenly, a red magic circle, one with a completely different shape from any magic circle I had ever seen, floated above the coffin, emitting a thick, bloody scent and radiating light.

ㅡBubble.

At the same time.

ㅡTwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

As if a waterfall were flowing in reverse, a massive amount of blood gushed out of the coffin, shooting garlic and silver coins in all directions! An amount of blood that transcended the laws of physics!!! The blood, as if originating from infinity, shot out with tremendous force, destroying the ceiling and soaring upwards!!!

Instantly, I felt like we shouldn’t touch that blood.

And everyone else felt the same way.

“Let’s get out of here!!!”

The moment I shouted loudly, everyone immediately turned around and started running out of the room.

ㅡTu-ta-ta-tat!

I immediately grabbed Winia and Ari in my arms and pulled them out of the room.

“What, what is that blood?!”
“This one doesn’t know either! Such blood!!”
“Nothing good will come of touching something like that!!!”

We ran, matching our speeds, and sprinted down the hallway. Hilde and Risha were each held by Karin and Liztina.

Anyway, there was absolutely nothing good about being swept away by such abnormal blood!

“Just focus on running!”

I shouted and thought.

Was the magic circle from just now a trigger to release some kind of power? Was Coltrahane, who was being attacked like crazy, enraged and releasing some kind of restriction and unleashing his power? I couldn’t be sure, but for now, we would retreat and then attack again.

Because there was no way we could lose.
After a brief reorganization, we would attack again.

ㅡPa-pa-pa-pat!

As I ran, I glanced back for a moment.

“No way!!! What the hell!!!”

ㅡGush, gush, gush!!!

The rear was already a complete disaster!

A tsunami of overflowing blood was filling the hallway and surging forward! I didn’t know where that incredibly fragrant blood had come from, but it was coming to swallow us.

“A blood tsunamiiiiiiiii!!!”

But fortunately, it wasn’t faster than us. Even though we were running while carrying people, we were superhuman. We possessed strength and stamina that were on a completely different level from ordinary people, so escaping wasn’t a problem.

“Ari! Shoot a ton of garlic over there!”
“Yes!”

Ari, who was clinging to my waist, was a marksman guarding my rear.

ㅡTu-ta-ta-ta!

Following my orders, Ari continued to aim her Flower Scepter and fire garlic in bursts. Since we didn’t even know if other attacks were working, it wasn’t a problem for Ari to use garlic attacks. It wasn’t like the little bastard was eating garlic and recovering.

“Father…! It doesn’t seem to be very effective!”

However, even though she was shooting a ton of garlic, it didn’t seem to be very effective. The momentum of the blood tsunami surging from behind didn’t seem to be changing at all.

“Just keep shooting as much as you can without overdoing it! Even if nothing else works, it was definitely pissing him off!”
“Yes!”

Earlier, when that bastard was regenerating, he couldn’t shake off the garlic and had to reconstruct his body with it embedded. I didn’t know for sure, but the blood tsunami was definitely caused by Coltrahane. That meant he was using his own blood, and there was no way he wouldn’t be pissed off if his own blood was being filled with minced garlic in bursts.

“Uh…! Darkie! Sisters!”

It was then, as we were running.

“Doesn’t the hallway seem a bit long!”

Winia, who was clinging to my arm, shouted.
The hallway was long?

“It is long!”

Feeling a sense of unease at those words, I immediately looked back and forth.

ㅡZhuuuuuuuk!

The hallway had really become longer…!

No, this was absurd! It had been fine just a moment ago! Was the structure of the castle changing? The hallway had clearly become longer! It felt like it was several kilometers long!

Was this Coltrahane’s castle, and he was manipulating it freely?!

“It’s real, damn it! The hallway got longer!”
“Katt, should we break down the wall?”
“These walls on either side won’t work! They’re connected to the interior!”

The only way to get to the outer wall was to go to the end!

“Damn it! Is this blood magic?!”
“It might be an illusion!”

Karin and Liztina shouted.

An illusion? An illusion, you say? No. This was by no means an illusion. Just like the farmers outside had been real, this was also the truth…!

“Risha!!!”

I called out to Risha, who was being held by Liztina.

“Ugh…! This one will somehow…!”

Risha, in that unstable posture, deployed black magic while floating all sorts of magic circles.

ㅡZhiiiing.

As I watched that, I just kept running down the endless hallway.

How much time had passed?

“It’s done!”

At the same time that Risha executed some kind of magic.

ㅡClang!
ㅡPachijijijijik!!

Along with a sound like something breaking, black currents arose, and the endlessly lengthening hallway stopped. Risha’s black magic had stopped it from lengthening any further!

I’d ask about the principle later!

“Run faster!”

For now, we were going to the outer terrace at the end!
We could go outside through there and land!

And then escape to the place where there was a gap in the barrier!

We could make one here, but if we did, the blood tsunami might chase us. We should avoid creating a gap if possible.

ㅡPa-pa-pa-pat!

And so, we went out to the outer terrace at the end of the hallway.

“No way!!!!”
“This can’t be!!!”
“Darkie! What is this!!!”

We were shocked.

“Kieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!”

The scenery outside was, to put it nicely, hell…!

ㅡA blood-red sky.

The blue sky from before had been dyed blood-red, and the whole world was the color of a burning hell. What hung in that sky wasn’t the sun. It was an inhuman moon, emitting an ominous crimson light!

And that wasn’t all!

The golden wheat fields, which had been there from the beginning, were gone, and only an endless and vast swamp made of blood existed! No! To be exact, it felt like the brilliant wheat fields we had seen earlier had all melted down into sticky blood sludge…!

On the ground, which had turned into a swamp of blood, mannequins made of something like blood jelly were walking around with a squelching sound.

Waving their bodies like farmers harvesting wheat!!!

“Such a mess!! I can’t believe it! Where did the wheat fields from before go! All that’s left is that blood-red sea!!!”

Hilde shouted in shock.

“What are those moving things over there! Could it be!!!”
“They’re farmers!!!! The farmers from before have turned into that!!! Into monsters made of blood clots!!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!”

Liztina also screamed along with Hilde…!
This! This kind of situation was unfolding!

“Was this barrier this kind of space from the beginning!!!”

The golden wheat fields we had seen, the blue sky, and even this castle! Were they all fakes made of vampire blood!!! And we hadn’t noticed at all!!!

ㅡHwaeek!

I immediately turned around.

ㅡGush, gush, gush!!!

The blood tsunami was rushing in as if to engulf this terrace. No lie, it was a real tsunami. It reminded me of the movie “Haeundae” that I had seen a long time ago.

“Hey, damn it! Shouldn’t we go down first?”
“I don’t think that Bloody Wave and the blood sea below are any different, Karin!”
“Damn it!”

The castle was quite high.

Of course.
This was on the top floor, only three floors below the very top.

But it wasn’t a problem for Rocket Heavenly Demon Kim Katt.

“Everyone!!! Get on my back!!! Stick close!”

I shouted immediately.
First, we had to escape from that tsunami!

We could deal with the blood sea below somehow!

“What are you going to do, Darkie!”
“We’re going down there!”
“The blood sea?!”
“Something I can do because it’s me! Trust me! We’re going down there!”

ㅡFlap!

At that moment, Hilde spread her wings.

“I’ve taken out my wings! I can carry up to three people!”
“Good, Hilde!”

Hilde, who had spread her wings, put Liztina, Risha, and Ari on her body and flew up. So all I had to cover was Claudia, Winia, and Karin, only three people.

We could go safely.

“Quickly!”

When I shouted confidently, they clung to my body. Carrying three people was really no problem at all.

“Katt, hurry! It’s coming!”
“Okay!!! Here we go!!!!!!”

And so, Kim Katt.

ㅡJump!!!

Became the Black Birdman and jumped over the railing.

“I’m the Black Birdman, de-jaaaaaaaaat!!!”

It was high.

Very high.

But something like this was nothing to me.

ㅡWhoosh!!!

As I fell, the air resistance was tremendous.

“Kyaaaaaaaack!”

Winia, who was clinging to my back, put her mouth to my ear and screamed loudly. She was so scared. Our Winia was really timid. Claudia and Karin didn’t really react.

“Just hold on tight! I’ll take care of everything else!!!”

ㅡSwaaaaaaak!!!

As I fell, I maintained a very precise center of gravity.

ㅡGooo.

I operated the mana in my whole body.

ㅡ…!

At the moment of landing.

I offset all the impact.

“Heavenly Demon Divine Art.”

I deployed the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

“Heavenly Demon Descent.”

ㅡBbeogeooooooooooooooooooooong!!!!

A roar as if the sky was breaking and the earth was shattering.

ㅡPuwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!!!!

The parting of the Red Sea.

Landing on the ground, with me at the center. The blood sea was not only parted but exploded and flew away in all directions, evaporating and revealing clean ground. Thus, land without a single drop of blood came to be around me.

From the first time I saw the blood sea, I thought I would be able to do this.

ㅡKugung!

And that wasn’t all.

ㅡUrrrrrrung!!

The ground shattered from the impact, creating a large crater centered on my feet, and pillars of rock soared up from here and there. Yes. Yes, was this a glimpse of the true Heavenly Demon Descent?

I understood the feeling.