## Chapter 1096 – Ancient Vampire

A coordinated attack with Karin.

We charged simultaneously, splitting to the sides in perfect timing, then attacked from both flanks. This was the advantage of a gang fight: striking from opposite directions at once. It was almost impossible to withstand.

“Kyahhhhh!”

Coltrahen turned his head and thrust his heart sword toward Karin. ㅡClang! Karin blocked the attack and tried to counter. I didn’t need to worry about her; what I had to do now was!

ㅡSquish!

Target the relatively undefended, caterpillar-like lower body!

“Dejahhhhh!”

With sword energy surging.

ㅡThwack!!!

I plunged my sword deep into his lower body.

ㅡClang!

Then, kicking off the ground, I sprinted forward, slicing all the way through.

Instantly, his caterpillar-like lower body began to thrash. Whether writhing in immense pain or not, he attacked Karin while transforming his wings into tentacles.

“Not gonna work, you moron!”

ㅡSlash!

I sliced those off too, completely severing his lower body.

ㅡFwoosh!!!

A massive amount of blood gushed out.
As expected, there was no match for a gang fight… No!!!

ㅡGurgle!

In that instant, something spewed out from the gushing blood.

I thought it was some kind of internal organ.

“Ah, ah…! Ahhh!! Ahhhhh!!!”

But the organ opened its maw and screamed!

“Mother!”

It wasn’t an organ at all!

What poured out of the blood were humans covered in blood!

“Aaaagh!! Aaaaaaaah!!!”
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
“Aah! Aah!! Aaaaah!!”

And not just one or two, but a whole damn lot of them!!!

“What the hell is this?!”

The humans screamed and reached out to me!

A quick check revealed they were all hairless—these bastards were those people!

Those humans who were trapped underground, having their blood sucked!

They were absorbed by Coltrahen and became his familiars… No! They were one from the start! They weren’t real humans; they were part of Coltrahen from the beginning!!!

“Could it be!!!”

Were these the people of Tescania, the nation Coltrahen had been wailing about!

“Tch…! This bastard’s pretty good!”

While I was launching a fierce offensive, Karin wasn’t overwhelming Coltrahen. He had a body that had completely transcended humanity, and his regeneration was limitless, so even Karin couldn’t overpower him.

“Uwaaaaaaaah!!”

I frantically slashed at the humans while hacking Coltrahen’s entire body to pieces. But his regenerative power was immense. Every time I cut off flesh, humans spewed out with the blood, and he instantly regenerated, making it impossible to inflict any meaningful damage.

Even so!!!

Consuming him like this was the only answer!

“Stop!!! Stop it!!!”

It was in the midst of that relentless assault.

“I can’t withstand the seal any longer!”

ㅡClang!

Coltrahen, screaming, shed tears of blood and spun his body, blocking our attacks with his massive blow.

In that state, with arms more than three times longer than a human’s and a heart sword five times longer than Bihal, he freely wielded it with one hand, deflecting our swords and intercepting us with tentacles extending from his wings.

“Never! I can never be sealed again!!! Please!! So please…!! Kyahhhhh!”
“Shit!”
“Tch!”

Coltrahen, berserk and in a state of frenzy, now spewed demonic hands from his entire body, attacking us with them…!

ㅡClang!
ㅡBoom!

We were fighting in coordination with Karin, but we were still being pushed back.

ㅡRustle!

Dangerously so.

From the start, we weren’t at full strength!

With continuous attacks piling up like this, we could only barely manage to block.

“This won’t work! We need one more person to subdue him!”
“Need one more!”

But that would break the balance…!

The others in the back were blocking the surging tide of blood. Even though those things were weak, if that many reached us, even we would be done for. So they were working hard to cover us from there.

“Finish this quickly! There’s no hope if we get pushed back here anyway! We’ll take help just once and ride the momentum to beat him until he dies!”
“Got it! Then, Cloudy!”

I called for Cloudy.

“If I do that…! I might not be able to move!”

Cloudy, responding to my words, immediately ran toward us. She seemed quite slow, probably because she was already exhausted.

ㅡSwish!

Delivering the decisive blow was her specialty. She flew like a meteor, severing Coltrahen’s waist and cutting off dozens of arms as she passed, and we seized the opportunity.

“Kuaaaaaaaah!!”
“Dejahhhhhhhh!”

We squeezed out our last bit of strength and charged!

If we couldn’t break him here, we’d have no choice but to run like hell, but even that was starting to strain us…! So we attacked, thinking of it as our last chance!

ㅡClang!
ㅡKwoooong!
ㅡThwack!

All we had to do was decompose him faster than he could regenerate! Karin unleashed sword energy and slashed wildly, I unleashed the Heavenly Demon Destruction Palm while using up most of my remaining mana, and then I swung Bihal haphazardly, grinding away at his flesh.

From the start, this bastard was almost out of strength too…! It was a close call, but if we kept beating him like this, he’d die eventually, even if he was a semi-immortal being!

“Just die already, you son of a bitch!!!”

ㅡSlice!

The moment I unleashed that massive strike.

ㅡHis regeneration suddenly stopped.

“Th… Thaaah! Thaaagh!! Khaaaaaagh!!!”

A miserable scream erupted from Coltrahen’s maw.
ㅡA critical hit landed!

Then.

ㅡRumble!
ㅡCrumble!

The space shook.

“No, shit!!”

Was he planning to change the background again! That was some serious bullshit! Just die already, Coltrahen! Originally, whatever existence you are, it’s good for your mental health to die when the time comes!

“Kahyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!”

And my ominous premonition didn’t come true.

ㅡRumble!
ㅡCrumble!

The surrounding spires.

ㅡFwoosh!

Melted and began to decompose into black blood. The same was true for Coltrahen himself. He continued to scream, his entire body melting hideously.

“So that’s it.”

I could feel it.
This wasn’t a reconstruction of the barrier.

“…His strength has finally run out.”

He had used up almost all of his energy, that is, his blood, and could no longer maintain the barrier or himself.

I sensed victory as I watched Coltrahen self-destruct.

He had used up all his strength with this.
All that remained was death.

We had barely managed to win.

“The floor is collapsing!”

At that moment, Risha shouted.

What we were standing on now was the roof of the spires and watchtowers. These were also buildings that had sprung up within Coltrahen’s barrier. Naturally, these floors were also melting miserably, pouring blood down below.

ㅡRumble!!

The same was true for the red moon hanging in the sky.

The moon, cracked and shattered into small pieces, fell to the ground, creating a loud noise. The parts still hanging in the sky shattered and disappeared like ashes scattering.

The barrier was collapsing.

“Krrr…! Krk!”

Coltrahen, now only with his upper body remaining, lay on the ground, emitting a blood-red glow and revealing his aggression. However, he could no longer regenerate. He couldn’t even move.

“I’ll finish you off.”
“Shut up, human!!!”
“The time for rest has come.”
“That can’t be…!”

Death comes to everyone.

“However, there is no rest for vampires. Fall into hell and burn forever!!!”

ㅡCrunch!

I swung Bihal and pierced his forehead, and Coltrahen twitched for a moment before completely disappearing.

ㅡThud.

As soon as I landed the final blow, the entire background completely melted away.

From horizon to horizon. From the half-collapsed, blood-soaked ground to the red sky above. All the backgrounds that had flowed down as blood turned black and disappeared like scattering ashes.

The sunset appeared.

“A lot of time has passed.”

I looked around.

Familiar forests and plants.

This was the middle of the uncharted territory.

ㅡThe barrier was shattered.
We escaped from within.

We lived, shit…!

“We, we won! Finally!!! We have slain the evil vampire and achieved victory!!”
“Ah, ah…”
“Haa…”

The bewildered women sat down and collapsed. Everyone lay down. Without exception.

“Next time we catch something like a Vampire Lord, let’s be a little more careful, damn… I’m so tired.”
“I really thought we were done for.”
“Haa… This one is really… tired too.”
“Yes!!! Me too!!!”

I was about to pass out too.

“Ah… Katt. But what about the loot…?”

Cloudy said as she lay down.

“Oh.”

The loot.

“This shit!! The loot!!!”

We went through all that trouble, and there’s nothing left!

“Heh, hehe. It’s okay, Katt. We gained a lot this time. Come here.”
“Ha, really….”

I was about to approach Cloudy when.

“Father! Over there!”

Ari jumped up and shouted.

“What!”

Could there be something more… No!

ㅡFlash!

I immediately shot my body forward.

“Cough…!”

What was there was Coltrahen in human form. Human. No, it didn’t seem like he could be called a human. He had aged about 200 years in that short time. Not only was he old, but he was also half mummified.

Coltrahen in that state was lying down and groaning…!

“He’s still not dead!”

But this was his end.

“What!”

The women got up from their seats.

“It’s okay! He’s already a corpse! Rest there!”

I told the women who were trying to come this way, then raised Bihal high. But well, they didn’t listen to me and rest. Everyone came here and looked down at the old mummified Coltrahen.

“Cough!”

Coltrahen vomited something black and looked up at us. Looking up, very weakly. Like an old man with no strength even to lift a spoon, he slowly raised his hand in a motion like unbuckling a belt.

As if trying to grab something.

“Ge… Get out of the way… I can’t see… the setting sun…”
“What?”

I turned around.

“…”

The sun was just setting.
So the whole world was orange.

Did this bastard want to see the sunset before he died?

What a luxurious bastard.

“Only that unanswered sunset burns red!!!!”

I shouted as I looked at the sunset.

“Ah! Ah! Ah!”

Ah ah!

“Ah! Ah! Ah!”

It’s a red sunset.

ㅡGurgle! Cough!

As I was singing, Coltrahen vomited something black again. As if he had used up all his strength by vomiting that out, his body slowly turned to ash from his toes and began to scatter.

ㅡRustle.

This was the complete death of the ancient Vampire Lord.

“I… just because I’m a vampire…”

ㅡHaa, haa.

Coltrahen said with difficulty as he disappeared.

“It wasn’t that I didn’t care for… my people… Why do my people… humans… hate me…”

It was a voice filled with deep sadness, grief, and regret. I didn’t touch him and just looked down.

“Beautiful… Tescania… my bloodline and… my familiars…”

This bastard… From what I heard while fighting, it seems he was once the king of a nation called Tescania. It seems to have been quite prosperous, but for some reason, he was betrayed. Was it the people of Tescania who betrayed him? So he ate them all and became this semi-immortal super vampire?

You never know what will happen in life.

“I’m going… there too…”

At the same time as Coltrahen finished speaking.

ㅡRustle.

He completely disappeared.

At the same time, the sun set.
The scattering black ashes were swallowed by the darkness and disappeared.

What remained there.

ㅡShine.

Was a heart that looked like it was carved from a large ruby.

“Katt-nim… what is this…?”
“This is.”

I grabbed it.

“The loot.”

Should I call it an exquisitely shaped, blood-red jewel? It reflected a blood-red light and sparkled like crazy, and it was so clean and transparent that it was very beautiful. And it was almost the size of an ostrich egg.

ㅡThump.

I could feel immense power from this.
We got something good.

It could be said to be the essence containing the power of Coltrahen, the transcendent ancient Vampire Lord.

“Haa… so it’s finally over…”

Winia breathed out.

“Ugh!!! That was really hard! Let’s wash up in a nearby stream, sleep, and then leave right away tomorrow morning…”
“Ah! Wait a minute! This isn’t the time for that!”
“What?”

Suddenly, Risha interrupted Liztina’s words.

“Hmm? Why, Risha?”
“Oracle! The Oracle is gone!”
“What!!!!!!”

So surprised, I jumped vertically 8 meters high.

With that, I could see.

“Gagagagagag!!!”

The Oracle was floating in the darkness, chattering its mandibles.