"Blood Debt? Hey, that's the na of my companion quest," Jack said. He realized then that all this ti Arlcard's target was emperor Marcus, but who was this Cain that Marcus called?
Arlcard sneered upon Marcus ntioning the na. The red smoke apparition above him did the sa. When he next spoke, it was like two persons were speaking at the sa ti. One was Arlcard's voice. The other ca from the red smoke apparition. A voice Jack had never heard before.
"Hehe, you must never expect to hear from again. How do you enjoy the throne? From this young vampire's mory, I learned that you have ruled for a thousand years. Has it been that long?"
"… How do you survive?" Marcus asked.
"Survive? Do you call this survive? Hmph. This is just my lingering spirit. I know you fear that I will sohow co back from the dead. You know I practiced an ancient secret necromancy technique. You burned my body and tethered my remaining in an urn before locking it away at the bottommost floor of your royal mausoleum. All because you feared that I had so sort of enchantnt on myself."
"Since you are now before , I guess I've been correct?" Marcus said.
"You are, but what you didn't expect is that I place two enchantnts at separate places. One was in my body. The other was inside the conspirator who helped you to backstab . Our brother, Auberlard."
Marcus' eyes narrowed after hearing it.
"Yes. That ti during my final struggle, I bit Aubelard. Have you heard about the unholy reincarnation, brother?"
"That is just a myth," Marcus uttered.
"And here I am!" Arlcard or Cain exclaid. "I poured my mind into studying that ancient technique. If I had mastered it, I would have beco immortal! This technique allows us to reincarnate inside our vampire offspring. Even if our real body dies, we can be reborn again. When Aubelard created this young vampire, the unholy reincarnation that I'd planted in him was passed. My will grew inside this new vampire."
Arlcard's face seed jubilant when he spoke of the unholy reincarnation, then it suddenly turned into an ugly scowl.
"Now, my consciousness is strong enough to co to you. We will settle our debt today! The debt you owed when you betrayed . A betrayal so you could beco the sovereign of the country we had just united when it should have been mine by right!"
"What right?" Marcus snickered. "You were simply older and stronger, but you lacked the cunningness and the charisma of a leader. That was how you fell. That's how our brothers and sisters were willing to follow instead of you."
"And where are these brothers and sisters?" Cain asked. "I bet you have gotten rid of them as well? From this young vampire's mory, I learned that Aubelard betrayed you and stole your Book of the Damned. How did it feel to get betrayed? It didn't feel good, did it?"
"Hmph! What a load of bull. You are just an incomplete soul. Don't think that you can trick ," Marcus said. "As you said, if you have mastered the unholy reincarnation, you might have fully reincarnated, but you did not. What you are using is just an incomplete technique. I wonder how long you can last in that state."
"Even if so, it is enough to take you down!" Arlcard and Cain bellowed. The red smoke that ford Cain's visage enlarged exponentially and headed for Marcus.
Marcus ford a spell formation speedily. It was completed before the smoke engulfed him. A blinding radiance exploded. The entire room suddenly turned especially bright. Jack and Leavealone had to shield their eyes.
Cain's smoke form was burned by this extre light. He scread from the pain. He was blown back and Arlcard stumbled backward due to the pull.
"You might be stronger than in the past, brother, but a thousand years have passed. Do you think I'm still weaker than you?" Marcus laughed.
"Grggh…" The smoke was in shamble. It ford back into Cain after much difficulty.
Cain looked at Marcus who was now a level 85 mythical. Even during his pri, Cain was a level 82 mythical. He turned to Jack and said, "What are you waiting for? Attack…!"
Jack was unsure. This grudge between these two ancient vampires had nothing to do with him. He was unsure if he could still consider the person before him as his companion, Arlcard. But then he rembered killing Marcus was also the objective of Horatio's quest, which had sothing to do with him.
Jack transford into a supre dragon form. "Let's kill this blood-sucking motherf*cker," he said.
Leavealone followed suit and transford into the white tiger emperor.
"Brother, you asked before where our brothers and sisters are, do you?" Marcus chuckled. He didn't seem worried about being outnumbered.
"Let call them out!" He exclaid. The regal robe he wore shone.
"He is using his equipnt's ability," Peniel inford.
"Like my Judgent of Past Kings?" Jack asked.
"Yes, but Marcus is the first emperor. This country doesn't have any past sovereigns. What the equipnt summoned are the spirits of its founding elders who have died."
"That's right! The founding elders are my brothers and sisters," Marcus heard Peniel's words. "Even in their death, they serve !"
The first one appeared. It was a tall male vampire who held a long halberd.
"Isaac…," Cain recognized the spirit.
When Isaac was about to unleash his attack, a crimson tentacle suddenly pierced his back. He stopped moving then.
This took everyone by surprise. They turned their attention to the tentacle and saw that it ca from the Chalice of Blood.
A second spirit appeared. This ti, it was a female vampire. Cain identified her as Zara. Sa as Isaac, another crimson tentacle ca out of the chalice and stuck onto Zara's back before she could do anything.
Marcus stood at the side, smiling.
"Stop him!" Cain commanded.
Jack and Leavealone had the sa thought, but Marcus was ready. He cast another spell and a wall of light barred them from approaching.
Behind the light barrier, the process continued repeatedly. The spirits of Sangrod's founding elders appeared but they didn't unleash their attacks like they were intended. Instead, they were stopped by the Chalice of Blood.
"What did you do?!" Cain yelled at Marcus, which was only replied by the vampire emperor's wide grin.
Jack and the others never stopped hitting the light barrier, but the light barrier was very sturdy. Jack decided to use his Brave Slash combined with One-word Slash empowered by mana manipulation. The barrier was destroyed then, but Marcus' skill was completed.
Nine founding vampire elders were before Marcus. They didn't disappear as his equipnt's skill intended. They were forced to stay in this plane by the Chalice of Blood.
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