Selena moved through the darkness with deadly grace, her body drifting between dinsions like a bloodthirsty ghost. Her crimson eyes glead with the light of the souls she had consud, allowing her to detect life signatures hidden from even the most advanced cloaking technology.
Target detected. Three vital signs. Distance 847 ters.
The enhanced systems coursing through her veins provided real-ti data on the prey she was hunting. The Silver Banner scouts might consider themselves stealthy, but to Selena, they shone like fire in the darkness.
"Interesting," she whispered, the sound echoing across multiple dinsions at once. "Cosmic-grade cloaking technology. They’re no amateurs."
Selena quickened her movents, her body beginning to transform. Her nails lengthened into claws capable of slicing through reality itself. Her fangs glinted with necrotic energy, amplified by Lucas’s power. This transformation was more than a physical change—it was an evolution into the ultimate predator.
Distance 500 ters. Their stealth integrity began to waver.
The three Silver Banner scouts moved with practiced military precision. They were unaware that their every step was being monitored, their every breath being picked up by the hunters pursuing them.
"The energy readings are becoming increasingly unstable," the team leader reported via encrypted communication. "Sothing is approaching us."
"Could it be a local detection system?" asked the second mber, his hand poised on a weapon gleaming with cosmic-tier enchantnts.
"No," replied the third, his voice tense. "This... this is different. Like being hunted."
Selena smiled faintly as she listened to their conversation. Her enhanced abilities allowed her to hear the encrypted communication as if they were speaking directly into her ear. Silver Banner technology was advanced, but they had never encountered vampires who had evolved beyond normal limits.
200 ters away. Ti to play.
With a barely perceptible movent, Selena began to emit the vampiric aura she had perfected. This wasn’t re intimidation—it was direct manipulation of the target’s nervous system and vital energy. The air around the scout team began to shift, becoming colder and feeling... hungry.
"Sothing’s not right," the team leader whispered. "The energy around us... is changing."
The second mber checked the readings on his detection device. The numbers that appeared made him pale. "Vampiric energy reading. Level... cosmic-tier. How is this possible?"
"Retreat. Now!" the team leader ordered.
But it was too late.
Selena appeared before them like a nightmare co true. Her graceful body contrasted with the terrifying aura radiating from every pore of her skin. Her red eyes glinted with a power that rippled reality around her.
"Excuse ," she said in a sweet yet soul-piercing voice. "Are you lost?"
The scout team reacted with impressive speed. Their cosmic-tier weapons raised, enchantnts glowed, and a coordinated attack was launched in a single breath.
Selena moved.
No, she didn’t move—she flowed. Her body floated amidst the cosmic energy blast that should have destroyed mountains. Her claws flashed, cutting through space and ti itself as she approached.
Clang!
Claws t the energy barrier erected by the third mber. Sparks of dinsional light flashed, but the barrier cracked under the unnatural pressure.
"Impossible," the scout muttered. "A cosmic-tier barrier can’t—"
His words were cut off when Selena smiled, and her claws pierced the barrier like cutting paper. Necrotic energy flowed from the wound, beginning to contaminate the scout’s internal energy system.
The team leader launched an ergency teleportation attack, his body beginning to shimr with dinsional energy. But before the teleportation could complete, Selena was at his side.
"Where to?" she asked, gently touching the scout’s shoulder.
The touch halted the forced teleportation. More than that, Selena’s vampiric energy began to flow into the scout’s systems, not destroying, but transforming.
"What... are you doing?" the scout asked, his voice beginning to change, its original tone gone and replaced with sothing more... hollow.
"Making you useful," Selena replied, staring at the other two scouts already ensnared in the grip of her necrotic energy. "My king likes dolls that can move."
The transformation process was not lengthy. Selena didn’t kill them—she did sothing far more horrific. Her vampiric energy flowed into their souls, not destroying their consciousness but restructuring their loyalties and cognitive functions.
Within minutes, the three elite Silver Banner scouts were transford into perfect puppets. They retained their original abilities, knowledge, and even their personalities. The only difference was that their eyes now glowed with a faint red light—a sign that their souls had been branded by Selena’s power.
"Excellent," Selena murmured, examining her work of art. "You will make an interesting prize."
She pulled out a communication crystal that shimred with dinsional energy. Using her enhanced abilities, Selena modified the crystal, transforming it into a transmission dium capable of penetrating the Silver Banner’s encryption.
"You," she said to the puppets that had once been the scout team, "will return and report. But before that..."
Selena took a small crystal from her inventory. This crystal was no ordinary weapon or communication device—it was a mory crystal containing a visual record of their transformation. She implanted it into the team leader puppet.
"Give this to Commander Aurelius," she ordered. "Tell him this is... greetings from our domain."
The puppet nodded chanically, yet still maintaining the illusion of life. "Commands received, Master."
Selena smiled with deep satisfaction. This wasn’t just an intimidation tactic—it was a demonstration of power that would shake the foundations of the Silver Banner’s trust. How could they trust their security systems if an elite team could be turned into puppets without anyone noticing?
"Go," she said, almost affectionately. "Go ho and deliver our ssage."
The three puppets disappeared in a flash of teleportation light. Selena stood alone in the deserted battlefield, her red eyes staring in the direction they had vanished.
Mission complete. Reward delivered.
She turned and began walking back to the domain center, but stopped when her internal system sent a startling alert.
Warning: Dinsional breach detected. Multiple high-tier signatures approaching. Distance: 12 hours.
Selena raised an eyebrow. "So soon? They’re panicking."
But then, a more detailed energy reading appeared in her enhanced system. This wasn’t just reinforcent—this was a full mobilization. Aurelius hadn’t sent another team. He ca alone, along with the Silver Banner elite core.
"Interesting," he whispered with a smile. "It seems our little gift has caught our attention."
Selena activated her communication with Lucas, her voice echoing with a mixture of excitent and anticipation. "My King, they’re coming. All of them."
Lucas’s voice responded with amusent. "How long?"
"Twelve hours. Maybe less."
"Perfect. Prepare a morable welco party."
Selena stared at the sky, which was beginning to change color, the dinsional fabric vibrating with approaching energy. The Silver Banner Alliance was sending their best.
She couldn’t wait.
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