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From the Abyssal Gate that opened behind Annette, several Vampires stepped out, led by their supre ruler, the Vampire King.
At that very mont, as their army clashed with Maria’s forces amid the chaotic imperial castle, the sharp eyes of their King, Sirius Dracul, regarded them with calm, almost emotionless detachnt.
"So this is the so-called ’ghost’ that has slipped through our fingers all this ti?" he mused. "And the one who claid the lives of Famine and Conquest..."
"Indeed, it’s her," Annette said, her face twisted with fury. "She ruined my plan. I managed to steal the crown, but if she hadn’t interfered, Tear—that Ice Giant—could have joined our family by now."
"Hm, indeed. She would have filled the vacant seat of Conquest... or perhaps Famine," nodded the muscular, masked vampire beside them, Hercules. "A pity she fights for them instead."
"We have prepared more than enough," Sirius Dracul stated. "With the Empire of Light completely fallen, we will spread Blood Miasma and Curses across the entire continent and then the rest of the world. It will beco the perfect realm for to rule. Our ancestors in Umbralheim will be most pleased."
"With so many worshippers dying, Odin and the others will grow deeply weakened," Annette added. "Weak enough for us to strike them with the aid of the Family Heads of Umbralheim!"
"Indeed, a flawless plan," Sirius said. "Of course, we anticipated Maria’s arrival as well." He paused. "But... Hm?"
His eyes widened slightly as he observed Maria’s army and the sheer level of power they displayed. The thousands of powerful Vampiric Chiras they had prepared were falling rapidly. Even with Annette endlessly reviving them through her formidable Necromancy, the losses mounted far too quickly.
"What is this? There are far more living beings in her army than I expected...!" Annette gritted her teeth, glaring as Maria’s forces tore relentlessly through her defenses. "Just who are they?! They don’t seem to originate from Yggdrasil!"
"Hm, she prepared more thoroughly than we anticipated," Sirius remarked, his face remaining expressionless. "However, this should suffice."
A demonic stigma on his right hand flared to life. Instantly, their entire army surged with demonic power and underwent further grotesque mutations, transforming into powerful Vampiric Demonic Chira Zombies.
The overwhelming corrupted energy they released spread across the Empire like a thick black fog of nether, while panicked screams rose from the city. The formation relentlessly drained the lifeforce of everyone trapped within.
"H-How can this be...! The Empire! What is happening?! Why...! How did we not see this sooner?!"
The General of the Soldiers groaned in pain as Annette’s foot crushed his back, snapping bones. She laughed coldly at his suffering.
"Because you’re all a bunch of fools! Now stay quiet and enjoy the ride! Hahahaha!"
As she cackled, Hercules crossed his arms and gazed into the distance, his eyes glowing with sharp crimson light.
"Well, with Jonathan betraying the Empire of Light and most of their heroes already dead, they are at their weakest point," Hercules said. "You mortals are nothing but puppets to the gods, you know? You’ve been conditioned to beco utterly dependent on their blessings and fortune. The only reason this Empire exists is to regulate mortals and extend Odin’s influence. He never truly cared about any of you."
"This cannot... this cannot be...! It cannot beeeaaagghh!"
The general writhed in agony. Hercules clicked his tongue and glared at Annette.
"Hey, just kill him already. Have at least so rcy," he sighed.
"Hm? I’m not the source of his agony," Annette replied, looking down. "And—"
"You’re completely right, Vampires."
Suddenly, an ominous, grave voice erged from the general’s mouth.
A second later, Annette felt an iron grip clamp around her knee.
The man’s eyes blazed with divine, thunderous light.
"What...?!"
He rose slowly, radiating an imnse aura of divinity and lightning that filled the air.
He fixed the Vampires with a piercing glare, his power surging without limit.
And then he locked eyes with Sirius.
"Mortals are nothing but ssengers and vessels to us," the general declared. The Vampires now knew beyond doubt that this was no longer the sa man. "However, they remain our property. We cannot allow you Vampires to trample over everything as you please. This is our world, not yours."
"I see. You must be Thor, God of Thunder, hm?" Sirius asked, a faint spark of interest in his gaze. "How amusing. So you do care, at least a little."
And at that precise mont...
RUMBLE!
The heavens roared. Rays of divine light cascaded across the entire city of the Empire of Light.
One by one, the most suitable vessels were suddenly possessed by the Divine Consciousness of the Gods. Over a dozen godly beings rose into the air and flew toward the castle.
The red-haired general smirked, summoning a colossal hamr forged of divine lightning. He swung it toward the Vampires.
"Roar, Mjolnir!"
BOOOMMM!!!
A titanic explosion engulfed everything in a massive radius. The entire castle vanished in blinding light, vaporized along with the surrounding area.
People outside perished even faster from Thor’s strike than from the Vampire formation.
Hundreds died instantly!
However...
"Oh?"
Thor’s eyes widened. He raised an eyebrow in dark amusent.
In front of Annette, Sirius had stepped forward. Sparks of lightning danced across his body, yet he stood completely unhard!
"How could this be? What have you little Vampires been scheming right under our noses?" Thor laughed. "Not so long ago you were just a brat we spared out of pity! Now look at you... What trick did you pull to withstand my full attack, Sirius?"
"Hm, none," Sirius replied calmly, eting Thor’s gaze. "I simply electrocuted myself for one thousand five hundred years and attained the Lightning Immunity Skill."
"...?!" Thor’s eyes widened in genuine disbelief. "What?"
"From the mont you destroyed my ho..." Sirius continued. "From the mont you killed my father... I swore that one day I would kill you all. I trained without rest, day and night, pushing myself to the limit. I simply embraced the powers within my bloodline—the ones my father forbade from using because he deed them too ’vile.’ Now, Thor. What can you do against soone completely immune to your divine lightning, oh so-called ’God of Thunder’?"
"Hah... Skills, is it? You truly believe a re Skill can negate the might of the God of Thunder?!" Thor roared, his body blazing with divine thunder. "Let’s see how far your immunity truly reaches!"
RUMBLE!
With a single step, Thor transford into living lightning and closed the distance.
Sirius remained utterly composed, watching the god approach through sharp crimson eyes.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A relentless barrage of thunderous hamr strikes rained down from every angle. The surrounding Vampires watched in stunned silence.
"Master, do you require our help?!" Hercules called.
"Stay out of this and entertain our other guests, Hercules," Sirius replied, calmly readjusting his tie as he blocked every blow with only his hands and arms.
"What is this bullshit?! H-HOW?!"
anwhile, Thor was losing his composure entirely.
It was real.
Lightning Immunity was actually nullifying his power?!
He could hardly believe it, even as he witnessed it with his own eyes.
"How can this be possible?! I am a Divine God!"
Thor bellowed, unleashing a colossal explosion of thunder and lightning that erupted from his body and struck Sirius from every direction.
And yet!
"Hm, well, for soone born after your father conquered this world—such as yourself—I suppose this might co as a surprise," Sirius said evenly. "But this world is rely one of a hundred more within the Tower. The Soul Book every mortal possesses is the Tower’s System. And as you can guess, I have undergone the Player Awakening Tutorial."
"...?!" Thor’s eyes widened again in shock. "The Soul Book my father created is restricted! No mortal should be able to rise beyond their assigned level!"
"Yes, that’s true!" Sirius answered. He drove his fist into Thor’s face. A violent explosion of crimson thunder erupted on impact.
Not only was Sirius immune—he was sohow storing the lightning within himself.
Indeed, it had evolved far beyond re immunity.
"Lightning Absorption?!" Thor gasped, blood spilling from his mouth.
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