Chapter 2657 – 2657. Daily Quest

Aiden, having spotted the incoming helicopter squadron, contorted his face in a scowl and glared at me.

“Martial law? What nonsense are you spouting! Are those helicopters your doing?!”

He wasn’t fazed by the sight of the helicopter squadron. Truly befitting of a True Ancestor Vampire. With his S-class abilities, he wouldn’t be too worried even if an armored division came charging, let alone helicopters.

“Martial law? What’s that?”

Hazel, being a pure American, didn’t even know what martial law was. Perhaps there wasn’t such a thing as martial law in the US?

Anyway, I kept my eyes on the vampire.

The quest objective was to not shed any blood. Not even the slightest scratch was allowed. The quest would fail the moment I let my guard down.

“Turn off this goddamn vulgar song! I have a broad mind when it comes to music, but… I can’t stand this!”

Aiden snapped.

“No can do. Listen for another 2 minutes and 40 seconds. If you can endure it, that is.”

The ability of [BGM-123 Martial Law Deployment] was to utilize modern weaponry and modern military forces for the 3 minutes the music played.

It sounded invincible, but… there were limitations to the scale. I had to be able to imagine and control it. Also, it had to be within the radius where the music was audible.

‘Theoretically, I could use nuclear weapons. The problem is that I’d be caught in the blast too.’

Since I had complete recovery, I could use it as a suicide attack.

‘If I were willing to risk the quest failing and Hazel’s death, that is.’

I couldn’t stand by and watch Hazel die, no matter what.

Attack helicopters fired missiles at Aiden. Aiden shot up into the air. Black smoke billowed from his hands.

The black smoke not only swallowed the missiles but also attacked the helicopters with physical force. Several helicopters exploded in mid-air.

“You think you can stop me with such pathetic power?!”

Aiden transformed his entire body into black smoke and flew through the air at high speed. A speed comparable to a fighter jet. Every time the black smoke touched a helicopter, it either crashed or exploded in mid-air.

‘It doesn’t seem like the black smoke simply has physical force… the helicopters are subtly being sucked into the black smoke. Is it a repulsive force?’

“Hahahaha! This is it! This power!! It feels so good to use my power!”

Aiden shouted excitedly. I decided to make him even more excited while also draining his power.

“Special forces, summon.”

Armed special forces appeared. Elite soldiers wearing night vision goggles and masks covering their faces.

“Go and kill that guy.”

“Yes, sir.”

The soldiers moved with perfect coordination.

The black smoke, having shot down all the helicopters, fell to the ground. Aiden, back in his vampire form, smiled at the soldiers. His long fangs gleamed openly.

“Oh, you’ve even prepared a feast for my second birthday! I was just getting hungry!”

They fired their guns at Aiden. They were products of my imagination. The bullets weren’t ordinary lead bullets but silver bullets. Vampires in fiction were weak against silver bullets, weren’t they?

But Aiden didn’t back down; he opened his arms to welcome the silver bullets. The bullets pierced through Aiden’s body. His durability was ridiculously weak for someone with an S-class physique.

However, his body regenerated immediately. Even if his head or heart was pierced, even if he was torn to shreds, he regenerated. The fallen pieces of flesh and spilled blood returned to form his body. It was as if time was being reversed.

‘Silver bullets are ineffective. Even the clothes he’s wearing are regenerating… Ah, the clothes are black smoke. He temporarily materialized them using that.’

Aiden pounced on a nearby soldier. He severed the soldier’s limbs and sank his fangs into his neck. He seemed to suck the blood with all his might before throwing the soldier away.

“What is this? These things… they look like humans, but they’re not. You’re making me angry….”

Aiden, his expression turning ferocious, transformed his lower body into black smoke and moved quickly. He was moving so fast that even I could barely keep up. He grabbed and killed the soldiers. The soldiers’ corpses piled up on the ground before disappearing.

“Armored division, deploy.”

Tanks and armored vehicles appeared. They poured shells and bullets at Aiden.

I wanted to summon a squadron of fighter jets, but the range of the fighter jets was too large. The BGM didn’t reach that high up in the sky.

“You pathetic things!”

Aiden charged at the armored division. Aiden was showing off his power.

Hazel, with a serious expression, approached me.

“You’re trying to drain Aiden’s power, right? It’s useless. Unlike ordinary vampires, True Ancestors don’t get tired.”

“But doesn’t he consume mana?”

“Watch Aiden fight. He’s showing off by using mana like crazy. True Ancestors regenerate mana at high speed too.”

“An immortal body with unlimited mana? What a cheat race.”

“True Ancestors do have weaknesses. Weak physical durability and low mana capacity, which makes their firepower weak.”

“He’s definitely fighting while his body is being torn apart. Can’t he feel pain? He’s laughing even when his head is exploding.”

“True Ancestors don’t feel pain except when they’re being burned by the sun. Pain is a signal sent when the body is in danger, right?”

“So, because he regenerates even if his head or heart explodes, it’s not dangerous, so he doesn’t need to feel pain. But the sun is dangerous, so it hurts? What kind of messed up…”

“Don’t judge vampires by human standards. Let me give you one piece of hopeful information… their mental strength isn’t unlimited either. Mental fatigue will accumulate slowly but surely.”

I had to exploit the weakness of the sun.

‘To kill him, I either have to hold him until sunrise or have Hazel kill him directly.’

There were roughly 6 hours until sunrise. Honestly, even for me, holding him for 6 hours without getting hurt was impossible. I didn’t even want to.

“Hazel. I’ll create an opening. You take that opening and kill him.”

“I’m counting on you. If you can create an opportunity… I will definitely kill him.”

Hazel, determined, gripped her gun and sword.

The 3 minutes were almost up, and the song was coming to an end.

[BGM-123 Martial Law Deployment] wasn’t as helpful as I thought.

‘Well, it was helpful just to see his abilities and fighting style.’

Aiden’s fighting style was simple for someone who had lived for 500 years. Whether it was pride or something else, he hadn’t learned any human martial arts or magic. It was a fighting style close to instinct, relying purely on his own power.

‘I understand. Since he doesn’t die. I guess he didn’t think he needed to learn combat skills.’

Just looking at him rampaging now, even hundreds of A-class hunters wouldn’t be able to defeat him. Because he doesn’t die.

3 minutes.

The BGM that had been playing around me ended. Aiden, who had been fighting, turned his head towards us.

“The warm-up is enough. Hazel. You’ve grown up so well. You make my mouth water. I had to suffer for years because of your father. Today, I will devour you and wash away the humiliation of that day.”

“Ha, that day, the unfinished business my father couldn’t complete… I will continue it. Today is your last day. Prepare to go to hell.”

I stepped in front of the enraged Hazel. I was just as pissed as Hazel.

“Hazel is my woman. Only I can eat her. You damn bastard.”

“What?”

Hazel looked at me in disbelief, and Aiden chuckled.

“Right. You were here too. You have to be offered to that person, so I can’t eat you. Not that I’m disappointed. Yellow monkeys were never my type anyway.”

“Did you see this racist mosquito bastard? I can’t let him get away with this.”

I took out a bone harpoon from my inventory.

[Hunter Killer’s Bone Harpoon
When thrown and hits the target, the target will be unable to recover for 3 hours.
Price: 20,000
※Caution
It is disposable.
Durability is average. Accuracy is important.]

A weapon I had obtained in the past.

Honestly, it was uncertain whether I could kill a vampire with this. The vampire might recover after 3 hours.

Aiden’s face hardened the moment he saw the bone harpoon.

“…What is that? That ominous thing. I’ve heard there’s a weapon that’s not compatible with us… You don’t actually have it, do you?”

“If you’re still alive after getting hit by this, I’ll acknowledge you. Why don’t you try it?”

“Shut up…!”

His wariness was at its peak.

‘He’s got good instincts. That’s actually good. It would have been a waste to use it on a guy like him. If he becomes passive because he’s wary of the bone harpoon, that’s a win for me.’

The bone harpoon cost 20,000 points, and it had to hit the target to activate its effect. It was a waste to use it on a guy like him, and if I threw it carelessly and it broke, I’d be the one at a loss.

Crackling.

Lightning gathered and rotated in my other hand.

Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Myriad Thunder (卍雷).

The lightning was fired at him. Aiden didn’t dodge. Myriad Thunder pierced through his chest.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been hit by lightning. 50 years? The tingling sensation is quite nice….”

“Really? Then try this too.”

[Using Acceleration. Duration: 10 minutes. Remaining stacks: 11]

[Using Moment (刹那). Remaining stacks: 10]

I closed the distance and swung the bone harpoon. Aiden was terrified and transformed his entire body into black smoke. The bone harpoon cut through the black smoke. Of course, it couldn’t inflict any damage.

‘Damn it. Thank goodness. If this guy hadn’t reacted, the bone harpoon might have broken.’

Even though I was fast, someone at the S-class level could naturally react to that speed. That’s why I accelerated openly from the front.

“You annoying bastard…!”

Aiden, who had reformed his body from smoke in mid-air, swung his hand at me. Black smoke poured out, aiming for the bone harpoon. He was openly targeting the bone harpoon.

‘Bone harpoon, reverse summon.’

The bone harpoon disappeared. Instead, the Fire Lotus Flying Dagger appeared in my hand.

Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Thunder Flash (雷閃).

A sword strike imbued with electricity flew towards Aiden. Aiden, as expected, didn’t dodge. The sword strike cut his body in half. He flew towards me, using the black smoke as propulsion, even with his body split in half.

“You! I’ll tear you apart and kill you right now!!”

‘Bone harpoon, summon.’

The bone harpoon appeared in mid-air. Terrified, he quickly twisted his body. He fell to the side and rolled on the ground.

“The noble True Ancestor is eating dirt instead of blood.”

“You damn blood bag… If it weren’t for that damn spear…!!”

“Oh, is that so? I can win even without the bone harpoon. Now, the bone harpoon is gone. Come at me.”

I reverse summoned the bone harpoon. I even reverse summoned the Fire Lotus Flying Dagger while I was at it. I waved my empty hands at Aiden.

“Before I offer you to that person, I’ll tear out your insides!!”

The provocation worked perfectly. Aiden, his eyes glazed over, didn’t even pay attention to Hazel and transformed his entire body into black smoke, charging at me.

Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Scattered Thunder (散雷).

Electricity scattered in the air. The sparkling electricity made contact with the black smoke. Scattered Thunder was a version of Sealing Thunder that scattered the sealing thunder, which had the property of temporarily sealing mana. In other words, he was now temporarily unable to use mana.

The black smoke was forced back into his body. He was naked.

“…What?!”

“What a filthy sight.”

Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Thunder Technique (雷術) Evil Thunder (惡雷).

Dark blue lightning burrowed into his body like a parasite.

“It hurts…. To think that something other than the sun could make me feel pain….”

Aiden staggered before emitting black smoke from his entire body. The Evil Thunder that had burrowed into Aiden’s body was pushed out by the black smoke and disappeared.

‘Evil Thunder sucks the target’s life force and remains until the target dies, accompanied by immense pain. Most people can’t concentrate because of the pain and fail to shake off the Evil Thunder.’

Aiden shook off the Evil Thunder without difficulty. It must be a resistance to pain. It was completely different from humans. Moreover, he also had the power to shake off the Evil Thunder.

Aiden opened his mouth. Now that the distance was closed, he was about to pounce on me, showing his fangs.

Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Sealing Thunder (封雷).

Crackling!

A single bolt of lightning fired from my hand pierced Aiden’s heart with a loud noise. Sealing Thunder temporarily sealed Aiden’s mana.

“It’s useless!”

Aiden moved regardless of mana. Still, his body was beyond human. He moved with his body electrocuted.

[Using Moment (刹那). Remaining stacks: 9]

I dodged Aiden’s claws using Moment and sneered.

“I know it’s useless. The reason I used it was to neutralize your perception.”

Behind Aiden was Hazel, her whole body overflowing with golden light.

Thud.

A sword enveloped in golden light pierced through Aiden’s back.

“Let’s end our bad blood here. Die, Aiden.”

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

Aiden’s entire body was engulfed in golden flames.