## Chapter 1091 – Ancient Vampire

Coltrahen has become ridiculously strong!!!

“You crazy bastard!!!”

Taking a single step, he instantly closed the distance, his white hair and red aura swirling as he unleashed an extreme thrust at me.

—Crackle!

An unknown red current surged from the tip of his blade. That looks seriously dangerous… But of course!!!

“Garlic-munching son of a bitch!!!”

It’s not like I can’t handle it!

I immediately gripped the handle of Vিউgal with both hands, braced myself by stepping forward with my right foot, and pulled my left hand back slightly as if drawing it, flipping the sword upwards to defend against his thrust.

—Clang!

“Shit!”

The impact was considerable. A jolt of intense pain, enough to make my grip tingle, grazed my bones, and at the same time…

—Fwoooooosh!!

A torrent of blood erupted from the tip of his sword.

A technique slightly different from the Blood Demon Death Beam. Since I had just defended against his attack and deflected the blade upwards, I wasn’t really hurt.

Still, it would have hurt like hell if I had been hit directly.
I need to be careful of that.

“…!”

I gritted my teeth against the pain in my grip and powerfully launched my body forward, striking his forearm with my right elbow.

—Thwack!

The impact caused his arm to move significantly. The movement of his arm meant that the sword, the foundation of the battle, was moved aside, which created an opportunity for me.

“Die!”
“Hmph!”

I powerfully kicked upwards with my right foot, which had been forward.

—Whoosh!

As my foot, raised above my head, struck his chin.

—Snap!

Coltrahen’s head was cleanly severed and soared into the air.

Fighting in close quarters is my specialty. I can kill anyone the moment they show an opening. That is the true essence of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and the Real Combat Fist Technique. I realized that long ago.

But he won’t die from something like this.

—Gush!

Blood spurted from his neck, now headless.

Knowing he wasn’t dead, I executed every movement faster than he could react. My senses, sharper than ever, accelerated my thoughts and amplified the power in my body.

—Grip!

Gripping the sword tightly, I slammed a slash into his torso.

—Shwaaaaaack!!

His body was cleanly cut in two.

The upper half slid down, but the lower half was still standing, spewing blood. Of course, there were no internal organs. Everything was made of blood. That bastard creates his body with blood.

Anyway, I unleashed a fierce kick at his still-standing lower half.

—Thwack!

A kick imbued with the essence of the Heavenly Demon Descent Step.

Upon impact, his lower body exploded, scattering blood everywhere, and as soon as I finished that motion, I brought my sword down on his upper body, which had fallen to the ground, performing a series of slashes to pulverize it completely. Then…

—Slice!

I swung my sword again, cleanly severing Coltrahen’s head, which had soared upwards and was now falling back down, and pulverized the fragments with the Heavenly Demon Shattering Palm.

—Thwaaaaaaaang!!

A torrent of mana.

A fierce shockwave erupted from the point of impact between my fist and his head, pulverizing his head and blasting the remains straight ahead. Only then did my accelerated thoughts gradually return to normal speed.

I instantly turned him to dust.

Clearly, his aura had changed. The insane atmosphere had completely disappeared, and from the moment he pulled out the heart sword from his chest, his combat power fluctuated wildly and soared. But in the end, it’s just like this when it comes to close combat.

Just two seconds after he first attacked with a thrust, I had sliced him to pieces. Of course, he will regenerate. Turning him to dust now is purely to buy time and make him expend blood.

“…Not bad.”
“Where are you?”

He regenerated up there.
He regenerated from the remains I had blasted away earlier.

“It’s been so long since I’ve drawn the heart sword… I had forgotten the feeling.”

A deep, resonant voice.

From high above in the vast interior of the temple, in that pure white space, Coltrahen, with his red wings spread and his long white hair fluttering, spoke.

“Thanks to you, I remember.”

He was practically burning with intensity, and a crimson aura was rising from his entire body. As expected of a blood-using bastard, everything about him is red. Even the luxurious aristocratic attire he’s wearing is in shades of red and gold.

“I offer my gratitude.”

Seriously, what’s with this guy.

He was getting his ass kicked just a moment ago, and now he’s putting on this show of bravado, it just makes him look pathetic. I immediately rebuked him with contempt.

“Judging by the fact that you only remember when you get your ass kicked, you must be quite the moron, Coltrahen.”
“What?”
“You idiot. Only the uneducated remember things by getting beaten. Isn’t that right?”
“…”
“Now!”

At that moment, when I signaled.

—Crackle!
—Whoosh!

Lethal spells were fired, exploding to shoot down Coltrahen. Coltrahen immediately flapped his wings, trying to evade the spells, but he couldn’t dodge them all.

—Boom!!!

After being hit by one, his movements stopped, and as soon as that happened.

—Boom boom boom boom!
—Clang!
—Thoom!!

He was bombarded by more concentrated attacks of magic. Unlike the other powerful enemies we had faced so far, he didn’t seem to possess extreme magic resistance. He burned and was incinerated in mid-air, regenerating endlessly, but only to be set ablaze again in the same spot.

At that moment.

—Creak!
—Snap, snap!

The moment Ari, kneeling on one knee and pressing her hands against the floor, emitted a green aura from her entire body.

—Rumble rumble rumble!!!

Thick, sturdy-looking vines sprouted from the floor in massive quantities, growing all the way up to that high place like the inhuman vines in Jack and the Beanstalk…! Big, beautiful vines! Jack climbed those and slaughtered all the giants living in the land of giants!!

“Father…!”
“Yes! Well done, Ari!”

I immediately kicked off the ground, jumped, and shouted as I stepped on the vines.

“Karin! Liztina! Cloudy! Alji! Protect Risha from below and provide support when appropriate!”
“Okay!”
“Yes!”

Immediately, Risha began working to create a gap in the barrier. So, the only ones intercepting Coltrahen right now were Hilde and Winia. Risha’s absence meant a sharp decrease in firepower, but he would soon return to normal.

If I have this, I can get up there in an instant without any problems…!

If I put pressure on him from above and protect Risha from below, we should be able to create a gap in the barrier!

“Screeeeeeeeeech!!”

—Zap zap zap!

With that, I shouted and raced up the giant vines that Ari had created to where Coltrahen was. They weren’t growing vertically, but rather in a semi-zigzag pattern, making them sufficient as footholds.

“Khaaaaaaaa!!”

The moment I reached Coltrahen, he had just deployed a blood barrier to block the magic attacks and was reaching down to unleash the Blood Demon Death Beam.

I won’t let him!!!

“Look at me! Look at me, you bastard!!!!”

I immediately drew his aggro and launched my body forward, slamming a Heavenly Demon Thrust into him.

—Thwack!!!

“Y-you…!!!”

Vিউgal pierced cleanly through his solar plexus. The moment he burned with intensity, he swung his hand at me.

“Hahahaha!!!”

But I raised the sword I had stabbed into him.

—Fwaaaaaaaack!!

Coltrahen was split in two from his solar plexus to the top of his head, spewing blood. In that state, I slashed him from his shoulder to his thigh with my gaze, and the vines grew, naturally creating a foothold for me. In that state, I hacked him to pieces again.

“You remembered how to use a sword!!! Or did you not!!!”

You pathetic bastard!

—Thwack!

Coltrahen, who had turned into a waterfall of blood, began to regenerate again in a place slightly away from me.

“…You are quite strong.”
“You arrogant bastard!”

I shot towards that place—

—Fwaaaack!

“Damn!”

This time, he was faster. Coltrahen, who had flown towards me in an instant, was about to unleash his heart sword at me, trying to overwhelm me.

“Just this…!”

—Clang!

I blocked the descending sword.
It was the moment I was about to counterattack.

—Slice!

The counterattack was successful. My sword cut his body again. However, Coltrahen’s momentum did not falter.

“A mere human, nothing more than livestock.”

Even though his body was cut in half, he relentlessly charged forward, thrusting his heart sword. It was a tactic he could only use because he couldn’t die in the first place. He didn’t consider the damage he was taking at all, and kept coming in, no matter if his body was sliced, regenerating his body at an ultra-fast speed on the spot.

It’s almost a cheating fighting style.

“Beep! Foul!”

—Thoom!

I kicked off the ground, pulled my body back, and completely escaped from the scene. If he comes out like that, it’s extremely difficult to fight.

“No charging after your body’s been cut in half!!!”
“Nonsense.”

—Wham!

No sooner had I pulled my body back than he completed his regeneration, spread his wings, and charged again, and I ran along the vines, dodging him… Indeed. Has he now remembered how to use a sword? He wasn’t being helplessly beaten like before. He’s attacking by making use of his characteristics. Yes, since he has an immortal body, it probably takes some time to warm up for combat.

However, he is not invincible.

—Thwack!

“If you cheated, you should leave the game, you bastard!!!”
“You are not even worth answering.”

Just like now, he throws his body and launches a relentless attack. Each time, I defended against it, retreated, and ran away.

—Shwaack!

Even if I defended and seized an opportunity to cut his body, it was the same.

He charged at me even without a head. The moment his head flew off, he regenerated it, accurately wielding his swordsmanship with only a waterfall of blood gushing from his shoulders, aiming for my life.

Of course, I had calculated that.

—Slice!

I immediately raised my sword and succeeded in severing both of his arms. This bastard showed almost invincible health, but his absolute skill is below mine. Even if you have infinite power, if your skill is lacking, you’re just an infinite punching bag.

“Kuh!”

Coltrahen, who had lost his arms, flew his body at me while regenerating his arms.

“Heavenly Demon Shattering Palm.”

I went into his arms and released Vিউgal as it was and fired the Heavenly Demon Shattering Palm.

—Thwaaaaaaaang!!

“Hmph!”

With tremendous impact, Coltrahen exploded and turned into a blood mist. Immediately, I picked up Vিউgal and was about to jump, predicting the location where he would regenerate.

—Fwaaaack!!

Coltrahen, who had regenerated far away.

“Dare you try to break my barrier.”

Aiming below.

—Zzzzzzz.
—Fwoooooooooosh!

He fired a blood cannon.

An attack to interfere with Risha, who was trying to create a gap in the barrier below. Of course, she could block it well enough with that level of power, but I should keep holding him back as much as possible. I don’t know how the situation is going down there right now, but anyway, if they’re there, they’ll manage somehow.

“Don’t you dare look away!”
“Do you think I am looking away?”

Coltrahen, who said that, aimed at me and fired blood cannons.

—Wham!
—Fwoooom!

It wasn’t difficult to avoid. I accurately watched and nimbly moved my body, dodging all the incoming blood cannons. Coltrahen fired more than ten blood cannons at me in that way, but they weren’t as powerful and fast as the Blood Demon Death Beam, so I was able to avoid them all without any particular damage.

Instead, the vines right behind where I dodged began to be damaged. Perhaps I can’t ask Ari for help right now.

This bastard is really annoying!

“Take this, you bastard!!!”

I kicked off the vines again and shot my body towards him.

“I’m starting to figure it out, you lowly human.”

And he says.

“I can feel my darkened eyes and sunken mind becoming clearer and clearer. It’s a pity, but once you’ve entered my castle, you have no chance of winning.”
“Nonsense!!”
“Behold the infinity of a true Vampire Lord.”
“Go tell that bullshit to your mother’s grave!”
“What did you say!!!”

Something seems to have changed, but I can’t give up the momentum!