Novel Full Chapter 548 Greatest Fear Of Dying
Dozens of miles away from the Vampire Stronghold,
Adhara and the others are already nearing a city that is big enough to have a teleport formation running for them, they will be bringing back Giana to Ratmawati City so she can be treated properly and decrease the chance of her sustaining other complications.
City guards saw them heading the city way as many of them went down to help them.
With the event that happened last night, Ratmawati City can feel the impact let alone cities that are only this far from the Vampire Stronghold, they also knew the fact that Lady Giana should be around the area escaping for her life.
Officials from the UWO and FAA have already contacted the cities near the Vampire Stronghold.
It didn’t contain much as they only stated to keep a head up for any possibility of Lady Giana, and these people heading towards the city looks to be in rough shapes which definitely needed help. Evelyn looks forward and saw a city guard heading their way.
Each one of them has already reverted back to their human forms.
The city guard didn’t suspect a thing as he approaches them with sweat covering his face, “Quick, help us bring her inside. If there’s a teleportation formation then activate it for Ratmawti City”
Upon hearing this, the city guard was stunned as he pointed at Giana with a pale expression.
“Yes, it’s Lady Giana. We need to bring her back to Ratmawati City, or do you want to bear the responsibilities of killing a ninth-rank Awakened?”, Evelyn added sharply seeing that the city guard was stunned, it’s a natural reaction to seeing a ninth-rank Awakened.
For someone of their caliber, seeing Lady Giana up close is like looking at a God.
Lady Giana is someone impactful and powerful that normal people can only admire from afar, it’s only a pipe dream for normal people like them to see her. But that powerful entity is right in front of him wearing a weak expression that screams help.
Nodding his head decisively, the city guard looks back to the others.
“COME HERE AND HELP!! IT’S LADY GIANA!!”
Finding that the approaching group was actually Lady Giana’s group, the other city guards immediately move and tried to help them. But when they were about to help, a howling sound can be heard from afar.
This howl attracted Adhara, Evelyn, and Kyran that instantly recognize the howl.
In addition to that they also realize that the howl is a howl of dominance which indicates one thing only, “Rex made it, he really destroyed the Vampire Stronghold. As expected, we have never lost a single fight and that’s because of him…”, Evelyn mutters in shock.
“At this point, I should’ve gotten used to it. But I never could…”, Adhara mutters softly.
Despite all odds against enemies that everyone thought were too powerful, Rex has always managed to overpower them or at least even them out resulting in no winner. Well, there is one thing.
But aside from that he’s basically always won.
With so many things that they have gone through Adhara shouldn’t be surprised anymore for him managing to pull off an impossible task, but she kept being surprised and even worried. It even makes her shake her head a bit.
Out of nowhere, “How did you know he managed to pull it off?”
Upon hearing this Adhara glances at Lady Giana that is breathing heavily, she’s looking at her with confused eyes. It’s not clear in her perspective how the others manage to conclude that Rex did it, and that image is clearly depicted in her expression.
Adhara frowns also in puzzlement, she looks at the city guards that are still running at them.
“Didn’t you hear the howl? You may not recognize it, but that’s Rex’s howl”, she whispered lightly, this kind of talk is after all sensitive and can’t be heard by anyone else aside from Giana.
But the frown on Giana’s face didn’t fade.
“What howl? I didn’t hear any howl”
“Huh…?”
“You must be imagining things, there’s no way Rex finished the Vampire Stronghold that fast”
With that being said Lady Giana was supported by two city guards before she made her way into the city, her legs are still weak as she hasn’t fully recovered yet. Of course, she can force herself to walk but it’s just going to worsen her legs’ condition so she didn’t do that.
Adhara watches Giana’s back in puzzlement, she looks to the others as they too are puzzled.
Despite they all are Werewolves and have enhanced hearing abilities, the howl is loud enough for even a normal person to hear at this distance. It’s not their imagination, Rex’s howl is definitely real.
Kyran who is looking at the far horizon knitted his eyebrows together.
“I think something blocked the sound, we’re the only ones that can hear it because of our strong connection with Rex. Other people beyond a certain limit can’t hear his howl”
“Blocked? Maybe the Cessation Knights blocked it”, Adhara blurted out her thoughts.
On the other hand, Evelyn is looking at the far horizon too with a pondering look, she then mutters without looking at the others, “The timing is pretty terrifying for a coincidence, how would they know that Rex is going to attack the Vampire Stronghold? In order for them to anticipate anything from the Vampire Stronghold, the Cessation Knights must know of Rex’s identity as a Werewolf”
“Maybe we’re overthinking it, at the very least Rex is fine. That’s all that matters”
After saying that Adhara walks toward the city, she’s a bit limping from turning into her new Werewolf form and all the injuries she sustained from the fight last night. Kyran soon follows as he helped Adhara to walk properly.
Both of them left Evelyn as she kept looking in the direction of the Vampire Stronghold.
What worries her the most is the sheer amount of energy that got put into making the dome.
It’s without a doubt that this dome is made by the Cessation Knights, and at the very least conjured by ten or more platoons at the same time. Without that many Awakened, it’s not possible to have this amount of elemental mana in the dome.
“Hmm… I hope I’m just overthinking it”, Evelyn mutters inwardly before turning around.
Meanwhile, Vampire Stronghold.
Rex ceased his declaration howl while looking at the Supernatural territory menacingly, his purple eyes are still glowing brightly without any hint of going away anytime soon. Possessing the King Mark, he has an endless amount of energy.
Way back during his time in the military, there’s a day that many can’t forget.
A powerful fight in the Supernatural territory between a ninth-rank Awakened against the King of Shapeshifter, King Oddity. The Awakened’s team got wiped out leaving him alone and stranded in the Supernatural territory.
No backup or reinforcement can be given to him leaving him completely alone.
Because of that, a fight breaks out that was known as the Last Stand of Fire where the ninth-rank Awakened fought against the King of Shapeshifter for more than a week, the damages are catastrophic as their fight brings ruin to mother nature.
It’s a time of crisis where humanity and the Supernatural wage war dozens of times a day.
Everything ended with the ninth rank Awakened finally dying after the Succubus Queen arrived to aid the King of Shapeshifter, if left alone their fight would’ve gone forever without no conclusive meaning.
Knowing that Rex now can feel directly the kind of power that allows them to fight that long.
‘If every ninth-rank Awakened has this kind of power coursing through them, then killing one of them would’ve been a very hard task…’, Rex thought while looking at the palm of his hands.
Taking one last look at the Supernatural territory, his eyes catch something.
From the woods a couple of miles from the Vampire Stronghold, he can see many Supernaturals went out of the shadow of the woods to see him. They may be numbering in a hundred, and they all are looking at Rex intently.
Now that Rex has announced himself, every Supernatural race knows of his existence.
Shapeshifter and Succubus race that is kept out of the loop now know of his existence, nothing is hidden anymore for the Supernatural. But that is what Rex wanted, it’s not a great move but it is something that he can’t deny for himself.
Rex wanted them to know that he was coming to take out every single one of them, it will be done.
After gazing at the Supernaturals that are looking at him, he then looks back and jumps down from the wall before landing beside two crippled Supernatural. Both of these Supernaturals are Nhonzanex and Davorin.
Without a ninth-rank Supernatural, both of them are doomed the moment they met Rex.
Looking to the side he finds Flunra kneeling on the ground while pulling out the icicles, and blood needles one by one. Each time he pulls something out of his back, he can’t help but grunted as his body doesn’t recover the way his Werewolf form did.
It’s mainly because he’s weakened in this form, but there’s nothing he can do about it.
From the moment Rex turned him into one of the Silverstar Pack, he was stripped from his Werewolf form and developed a human form. It can be accessed later when he reaches a higher bloodline but for now, he’s stuck in that form.
Even though he can access his Werewolf form, Rex has second thoughts about it.
‘Wouldn’t it be torturing for her to only have a human form?’, Rex thought while rubbing his chin, but he then shakes his head as he still have some urgent matters that he need to attend to. One that involves dealing with these two crippled Supernaturals.
Rex didn’t waste any second before he takes out a white vial from the inventory.
Stepping closer to Nhonzanex that is crawling back in fear since five of his books are destroyed and the skulls are now nothing without them, Rex has completely crippled Nhonzanex to the point of submission.
Not only that but his legs are also broken as he can only crawl back desperately.
Opening the white vial in his hand Rex stomps Nhonzanex’s chest pinning him in place, the sight of the white vial makes him emit a horrendous pale aura showing the fear he’s feeling right now.
“W-What are you doing? Just let me die like an honorable being!”
“Honorable…? You’re a filthy Undead, you don’t get to have that”
Replying with a diabolical expression, Rex poured the white liquid right onto Nhonzanex’s body.
The second the white liquid touches the Undead’s body a steaming sound was instantly produced, “Kyaaaghh!”, a scream of pain escaped Nhonzanex’s mouth as he was confused and also fearful of the white liquid that is being poured onto him.
But that confusion didn’t last long as he realized what the white liquid was.
“N-No way… I’m a Death Knight! You can’t purify my Pure Death Energy!!”
“You really think so?”
“Kyaaahhgkk!”
Rex didn’t stop as he pours the entire vial onto Nhonzanex that kept screaming in agony, “Pure Death Energy is just higher rank energy, all I need is a higher rank vial and also a mid-Ultimate rank light element”
“Keke, where will you get that light element you damned Prince!”, Nhonzanex mocked.
Without even saying anything Rex threw the vial away while shaking his head in disappointment, “You’re a Death Knight from the Undead race, master of magic. But you can’t even answer that? How did you think I create an illusion of myself earlier?”
Upon hearing this, Nhonzanex’s expression froze as he realized what Rex meant.
“L-Lunar Light!”
“Oh, you catch on quick”, Rex gave Nhonzanex a devious grin before the palm of his hand glows with bright bluish energy, the Lunar mana started gathering onto his palm like water. Nhonzanex tries to beg, but all of it falls on deaf ears.
Soon the Pure Death Energy starts to dissipate visibly, it’s the most-feared death by the Undead.
Dying a deathless death.
Flunra who is busy dealing with his wound was attracted to the scream and even Davorin on the side that is not in a better state than Nhonzanex widen her eyes in total fear. It’s like watching her own fate that lies in front of her.
She watches as Rex cleanses a very high-ranking Death Knight out of his Pure Death Energy.
“Don’t be scared now, I haven’t even started with you yet”
Just from hearing that alone Davorin can’t help but gulp harshly as she tries to escape despite it being futile, she doesn’t want to die the way Nhonzanex would die. It’s an ultimate disrespect to herself and the Origin.
But her strand of hope ceased when Rex lifts her up by the neck.
“Undead race’s greatest fear is not being able to enter the Netherworld, I’ve confirmed that with your friend. As for Vampires greatest fear should lie in their pride right, care to enlighten me?”
“D-Don’t do this, we’re at war… Give me a warrior’s death!”
“Since you don’t want to answer the question then I’ll try a hypothesis of my own, I have to guess that Vampire’s greatest fear in dying would be humiliation. Now, be a good little Vampire and help me with this little research of mine, okay?”
Looking at nothing but her dilated red eyes, one can see one emotion overflowing out of them.
Davorin can feel the increasing fear as she watches the brutal expression on Rex’s face that is etched deeply into her mind, she was expecting her death to be full of glory but it seems that’s not the case.
‘Have mercy, dear Origin…’