Kuraki Kyuuden no Shisha no Ou

PROLOGUE: Natural Enemy

Vision blinks. It was a wind of light that made my soul feel small in response.

The Knights of the End are purifying their duties.

If this is really purification, this soul-burning fever, the pain is probably meant to snow my overlapping business.

I know that the second raw is against the fundamental rules of this world. But still, I didn't want to die.

I'm not particularly ambitious. But there was too much remorse left to accept his death lightly.

It was wind, it was like waves, and it was like the sun.

In a white and luminous vision, he desperately moves his already vanished hands and feet and resists the power to come back to the right way.

Gathered the energy of death. I was feeling my powers getting stronger and stronger.

But it was just a matter of concern. If this power is attributed to one human being, all I can say is that I've been lucky enough to have lived long enough.

Oh, how tough on the undead in this world.

Existence disappears. I recall my life. Soon it will be erased. Consciousness fades away.

The first time miraculously resurrected. The second time Cenri helped me. But the third time is probably not.

"- Whoa!"

I try to roar, but I don't have a voice anymore. And I died quickly. [M]

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And I jumped up on the bed.

Completely close darkness. The windows are tightly covered in the blackout curtains you bring in, and not a single piece of moonlight comes in.

I had a headache and I slowly looked indoors holding down my beating heart.

"Ha, ha, ha... damn, again... it's that dream..."

Lower vampires don't sweat. If I had been able to sweat, I would have been soaked with cold sweat all over my body.

You don't even need to breathe. Rough breaths were like remnants of when I was alive.

When I close my eyes and concentrate, I feel my unconscious soul. My hands, my legs, my whole body was shaking.

But it's proof that he's alive. If it had happened while I was asleep, I would have died without fear.

"End.................. again, that dream"

"Oh...... but I'm fine. It's time to get used to it."

The sleeping centipede slowly wakes up as she circles herself next to her and grabs my arm. I see a centipede in an unprotected sleeping roll.

Nearly a week had already passed since the sudden Ephe raid.

My life has changed only slightly.

First, I started sleeping at night. Next, when I slept, the centipede started to lean in.

Of course, it's a temporary procedure, but the nightmare you see when Cenri is on your side is just a little better. Besides, even if that attack were unleashed again, we would soon receive blood and endure it.

I was just lucky enough to survive that wind of light.

I was awake, and there was a centipede right around the corner. Those two points saved my life.

If I had slept, I would have resisted. Soon I would have died. If there were no centipede nearby, I could not breathe blood in my dying and counter purification.

Cenri says that move seems to be one of the most basic moves of the End Knight, called The Light of Liberation (Seoul Release).

Originally, they only use it enough to kill the lowest undead. The move eroded my soul, the lower vampire, and took me to the point of purifying it in one more step.

There should also be a considerable distance between us and Ephe.

Cenri by day, and I by night, took the running distance at full speed. There's no way we can catch up even if we use a carriage.

And that meant that the power of the Ephesians of annihilation was far beyond my assumptions… and even Cenri's assumptions.

I breathe heavily and deeply in the smell of sweet blood drifting from Cenri's body.

Sleep rolls loose. The dewy neck muscles shine glossy, even though there is no light. I appreciate you putting yourself aside to take this one into consideration, but after a nightmare, I only have a slightly stronger blood sucking urge, so it's hard to put up with it.

You can't push me down and breathe blood even though I've had my life saved twice.

As Cenri whispers, she tells me to calm down.

"It's okay............ don't worry, end. With all that breadth, the master who illuminated the power to be able to kill the end... should have done quite a bit of impossibility. The power of blessing drains, the second time... there should be no"

"That's right. Sure, yeah................... Impossible. A second attack is impossible."

Tell yourself. I knew that was just a break.

Ephe is... that man, he's my natural enemy.

Cenri is a great partner. She is fair, kind, and has a merciful heart that can throw herself for others.

And that's why Ephe, who was robbed of the centipede, is trying to kill me with such horrible powers as to overthrow that plus.

Cenri's words that he couldn't do it would be true. If we could handle such power without disadvantage, the undead would be long gone from this world, and a week has passed since then, and there is still no second attack.

But at the same time - I don't even think that attack will take place again.

You were supposed to ask Kainushi to finish it, but I don't know why he wanted to put his hands down himself. Maybe Albatos reported a failure, or it could have cut the numbness from the fact that the success report never came.

But even if it was a move to use a lot of blessings... if that were possible again, that man would execute. As many times as you want, until Cenri returns.

Scary. I touched the scales. I even think about returning the centipede now. Cenri is already a necessity for me, but I also have a sense that it has distorted my life.

But when I give it back, I'm sure Ephe won't forgive me.

Kill them as enemies, so much so that they can be purified with mercy. I'm sorry about both of them.

So far, there's no way to counter that attack. Anyway, I can't see the enemy.

All I could do was run out of Ephe's range and build up power and mutate into a vampire as soon as possible.

I still can't stop trembling when I remember. It excites me to look at the neighboring centipede, who is going to get back to me unexpectedly.

She's trying to keep me alive. Whatever... we have to get out of here.

"Thank you, I'm fine, I'm calm. Cenri... you should sleep a little more. We have to move in the morning."

"No problem........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

"I'm fine. Oh, not yet... I'm fine"

I need self-control. Vampire instincts are trying to swallow me.

If Cenri abandons me, this time I will live as a real monster.

"Yes. I see. Good night, end."

Make sure Cenri can lie down, and I'll lay down on the bed, too. I frowned and bit my tongue at the delicious smell from right around the corner.

It's time to reach out and find and grip Cenri's hand. Cenri trembled for a moment, but he shook my hand back with force.

We have to travel. Aim out of the reach of people.

The power of Ephe is unusual. The attack from the super long range nearly killed him. In case of an encounter, it is only then that death is inevitable.

But there was one other concern.

From the slightly limp hand of the connected centipede, the movement of blood flowing through the arteries was felt. It gets hot in my head.

Weird. Weird, I sucked a lot of centimeter blood.

Vampires boost strength by inhaling blood. Cenri says my physical abilities are already comparable to 'vampires'.

In fact, my strength outweighed Albatross by a little bit, which I didn't do everything in my power. That means my negative powers are pretty close to vampires.

But I... haven't mutated into a vampire yet.

Lord said I was talented.

The periodically received Cenri blood is undoubtedly of the highest quality, killing even the Warcraft beyond counting.

It shouldn't be weird if it's mutated. No, the other way around. I survived this far, but I haven't... Something's wrong.

"The Light of Liberation (Seoul Release)" is a powerful skill, but the effect seems to vary according to the type of undead.

Simply put, it does not work well for those with stubborn flesh. It works best on the undead of the spiritual system, it also works on the lower undead, where the soul is protruding, and - visible and ineffective when it comes to 'vampires (vampires)'.

Lower vampires are pupae. So - they can't think of 'The Light of Liberation (Seoul Release)' to fill the negative power of lower vampires first - but it worked that far. Being a vampire reduces the likelihood of being annihilated with that power for now.

We have to build up our strength at all costs. Every means must be used.

Ephe will kill you before he does.