To Be a Power in the Shadows!

As Miriam expected, there seemed to be little vampires left in The Red Tower.

But it wasn't like they didn't encounter it at all, and the two were sporadically raided by vampires.

Claire wields her sword and severs the vampire's neck. But the vampire flesh was still moving.

"Poke my heart!

As Miriam said, Claire pierces the heart of a vampire with no neck. Then a fine crack emitted red light as if running from the vicinity of the heart, after which only ash remained.

Behind Claire, Miriam was ending the last unity.

It was Miriam's cooperation that got us here without any injuries from the vampire raid.

Miriam's magic power does not reach Claire, but her sword's arms are ripe. And most importantly, I'm used to fighting vampires.

A lot of vampires battle relying on their physical abilities, but it was easy to imagine struggling with that human estranged movement and amazing regeneration if they fought properly.

But Miriam reads ahead, as if she knew how to fight a vampire, and moves promptly and accurately.

Her cooperation is something we have to do to save our brother. Claire understands that very well.

But still - Claire couldn't help but ask.

"Aren't you hiding something?

Claire asked Miriam, who was later staring worryingly at the remaining ashes.

"What is...?

Miriam looked back with an emotionally unreadable face.

"Miriam in the library was crazy. It's like having a vampire shoulder. Weren't you going to crusade The Blood Queen?

"I'll crusade you."

"Oh yeah. Then I ask, why are you so familiar with vampires? You can tell by the battle. You definitely know vampires. I understand more deeply than anyone."

"Because I have lived only to crusade the 'Queen of Blood'..."

"That's not natural, I'm telling you. So what's the meaning of the last word in the library? What's a resting place? What path does she aspire to?

Claire's tone grew stronger and stronger.

But Miriam answers nothing.

Shut up and you'll never know.

"Not even Claire is the same."

"Huh?"

"Even Claire has something to hide. Why did you stick to devil possession?

"It's..."

"There's no cure for demon possession. We all die when we possess the devil."

"... right"

Claire bit her lip.

"Everyone has something to hide. Isn't it?"

"... ok. Without prying into each other, I cooperate in the 'Queen of Blood' crusade, and you cooperate in the rescue of my brother. That's all there is to it."

"That's fine..."

The two went straight up the tower without gazing at each other.

"Wait."

A while later, Miriam, going ahead, said and stopped.

"What's wrong?"

"Someone's fighting ahead."

The two turn off their footsteps and get closer to it. The battle seemed to be taking place beyond the door. There seems to be no other passage.

"I guess I'll just have to go in..."

"Let's just open it and take a peek."

Miriam nodded at Claire's words and peered inside through the gap in the door.

It was like a big hall of space inside. A red moon is floating in the sky from a large opening.

So, the brown giant grabbed the vampire's neck.

"I'm weak..."

The giant wax the man had was stained with blood, and the area was littered with ghouls of meat and ash.

"You were definitely an executive. It's a familiar face. Where's Crimson?

The brown man asks as he tightens the vampire's neck.

"Well..."

"I don't know what to say."

"Say, you don't have to..."

The moment the vampire said so, he turned to red fog. Only high-ranking vampires can use 'fogging'.

"Oh?"

The brown man's hand grabs the sky and a red mist gathers behind him.

Vampire arms appear there, sharp claws attack the brown man.

But the brown man didn't look behind him.

"I don't mind..."

He just wielded a giant magnum uncrafted.

A tremendous wind pressure reached the door, and Miriam and Claire hurriedly held the door down.

Once again I peered inside, there rolled a flesh mass of vampires scattered unharmed like ground beef.

The meat mass immediately turns to ash.

"What the hell is that?"

I'm not a vampire from what I've seen. But he didn't even look like an ally.

"He's one of the rulers of a lawless city, the 'tyrant' Juganote. Better not fight him. The vampire he killed is the third most powerful executive in The Blood Queen..."

"That's the third..."

There was an overwhelming difference between 'tyrants' and 'tyrants' so unlikely.

"Let's hide and do it..."

Claire also nodded at Miriam's suggestion.

But the voice of the 'tyrant' reaches from beyond the door.

"I have a good idea... you're here, right there?

"Huh!"

Shortly after, the door smashed to pieces.

A giant scythe appeared across the door in the horizontal scythe, and the two lay down to avoid it. There was a violent noise over the heads of the two of them.

"Two little girls?"

Ahead of the door smashed, 'Tyrant' was looking down at the two of them.

"Worst."

"I just have to do it"

The two pulled out their swords, and the 'tyrant' snapped.

"You don't look like a vampire... well, die here"

And the giant wax swung down.