Everything turns dire when a mistake happened.
Giana and the Silverstar Awakened have the upper hand as Giana managed to defeat the sinister creature whilst the Silverstar Awakened manages to intercept Calidora and the others. It's looking pretty pale for the Vampires.
With the speed that is close to lightspeed, they didn't expect Giana to suddenly ambush them.
If they are ambushed by an army of Awakened then there are many instances that they can use for Calidora to escape, but the one that ambushed them is a ninth-rank Awakened instead. One wrong move then they will get hit by the collateral energy of the expert.
Although they're quite powerful themselves, there's a reason why the ninth-rank reigns supreme.
Even an eighth-rank Supernatural or Awakened will have the power to completely obliterate an entire city with a wave of their hands, one can't even begin to imagine how powerful the ninth-rank realm is said to be many times stronger than an eighth-rank.
Queen Shanaela who is an eighth-rank Elf can't even sustain one attack from Giana.
This exchange alone shows that a ninth rank Awakened is an influential piece of the war. One of them can cause catastrophic damage and can kill countless eighth-rank Supernaturals or Awakened if they necessarily want.
With that in mind, it's clear why they need to wait for the perfect chance to escape.
But instead of managing to escape with the time bought by the sinister creature, the Silverstar Awakened manages to intercept them. From a glance, this should be humanity's win but that quickly turned for the worst.
Giana got sneaked and attacked by the sinister creature that was supposed to be dead.
Since she turned off every spell enhancement because of the sinister creature's ability to eat mana, there's nothing that can block that contaminated arcane mana resulting in it merging with her body.
It crippled Giana's left leg as it turned almost instantly to dark blue as if it was a corpse's leg.
Not stopping at that, the arrival of the pack of Werewolves is an addition to the already dire problem that she had. Those Werewolves landed not far from the battlefield boasting their wicked aura.
Even the ground trembles from their landing, these Werewolves came without anyone sensing.
Trembling the ground from their landing, these Werewolves came without anyone sensing them.
Because of the fight between Giana and the sinister creature, the entire place that should be a river in between a valley was nowhere to be seen. Everything is flattened from their collision, and with that spotting, the Werewolves shouldn't be that hard.
Anyone should be able to see them or sense them as they are walking on an open plain.
Contrary to what should've happened, no one from the Silverstar Family Awakened, the Vampires, and even Giana sensed them as they are literally invisible. Giana looks at the Werewolves in absolute shock.
'I deactivated my invisible water sense, they manage to sneak on us!'
One of the leading Werewolf that is quite towering than the others is the one that Giana is wary of the most, that Werewolf doesn't have any kind of aura whatsoever as if it was nothing but a regular one. But that is exactly why Giana wary of it the most.
Arnulf is the one leading the pack followed by Zegrath on the side, both of them are the leaders.
"Oh... my Prince, looks like the Origin has blessed us with an easy prey"
"Praise the Origin, a ninth-rank Awakened has been put in a plate for us to devour..."
Glancing at the sinister creature that is lying dead on the ground with a big hole in its chest, Arnulf's eyes flashes in excitement, "Blood Infant, it's the minion of the Origin. So that's why this poor ninth-rank Awakened got injured"
With nothing but a glance, Arnulf instantly recognizes the sinister creature without much thought.
After inspecting the sinister creature's corpse, his eyes then darted to the other side seeing a hundred of Awakened circling a handful of Vampires. This piqued Arnulf's interest as he turns and face Ruston, "Who is the King and Queen of the Vampires right now?"
"King Solomon and Que-"
Before Ruston can even finish, a blurted chuckle escapes Arnulf's mouth.
"I may be mistaken, but is it Solomon Eitan Blodirra from the Blodirra Family?"
"Yes, that's the current Vampire King"
Upon hearing this Arnulf can't help but laugh out loud sparking the awkward gazes of the other Werewolves present. He's, after all, laughing at the current Vampire King. A ninth-rank Vampire capable of slaughtering all of them with nothing but a glance of his eyes.
Arnulf's laugh reverberated to the surroundings as if he just heard something amusing.
"I can't believe it, the descendants of Sith Blodirra the coward have taken the throne. I must be damned to live in this era, Vampire Queen Elizabeth would've stayed in her coffin if she heard this. So who's the Family below the Blodirra? Which Royal Family do they come from?"
"Demelza Family should be the one below that, she's the Duchess of the Vampire"
"Hmm... no wonder nobody prevented Solomon from ascending the throne. The second in line, the Demelza Family isn't even a part of the True Royal Family. They're just a second-class family, pretty weak with a dream invaders ability"
On the side, Ruston and even Zegrath were caught off guard by this sudden information.
Ruston glances at Arnulf before he asks in utter confusion, "Lady Demelza can kill a person from hundreds of miles away with that ability, how did that consider to be weak? At the very least, it should be in the middle, and even that is an understatement"
"Understatement...?"
With his slow movement, Arnulf glances at Ruston exposing his nasty grin.
"It requires blood which is very hard to obtain in the higher rank, that flaw alone put it at the lowest tier of Vampiric Innate Ability. Ruston, if you say that ability is strong then you're not going to last even for a second in the Radical Era..."
Even the others Werewolves gulp harshly hearing the sentence coming out of Arnulf's mouth.
Because of the disparity of era between their birth era with the Radical era, they didn't even see their Origin much less know the condition of the Radical Era. They heard stories, fairytales but they never believed them.
Coming from a being that comes from that era, that saying alone brought chills to their body.
But as they were conversing among themselves,
Kaboom!!
A powerful shockwave that blasted the other weaker Werewolves away pulled their attention back to their front. Giana heard all of this and she can't help but feel offended by his nonchalant behavior of Arnulf, her pride as a ninth-rank Awakened was hurt because of him.
Not only do they ignore her, Arnulf even has the audacity to educate the other Werewolves.
Activating back her entire arcane mana and also going back to her Spirit Gladiator form, Giana raises her gaze and expose her grim expression. Looking at the Werewolves in contempt, she then said overbearingly, "Don't underestimate me you damned Supernatural, I'm a ninth-rank Awakened"
KABOOM!!
Upon saying that, another even more powerful shockwave exploded from Giana's body.
It was a powerful shockwave that was followed by forceful air pressure from the arcane mana that even scarred the Werewolves' bodies just from standing near her, this alone makes Zegrath worried.
Upon looking at Arnulf, he can see that the pressure didn't even scare him.
Don't get Zegrath wrong Arnulf's body is being torn and healed repeatedly from the arcane mana, and that alone shows that he's not on Giana's level. But for some reason, he's not at all scared of Giana's monstrous power that can even shatter mountains if she wanted to.
"Show your loyalty, Arnulf...", Zegrath mutters from the side holding onto the ground with his claws.
Putting on nothing but a smile, Arnulf cracks his body before slowly advancing despite the resisting pressure coming from Giana. Fearless despite the monstrous Giana is ready to attack at any second now.
"What is your name, human?"
"Why do I need to tell my name to someone that's about to die?"
Giana replied fiercely with her dagger eyes, but this sparked nothing but a chuckle from Arnulf.
"Back during my time, I've seen countless humans with the same strength as you. In fact, many of them are even in the tenth rank which is way stronger than you", he said a bit loudly just to instill what he said to Giana's head.
Just like he expected, Giana's expression turns into a frown after hearing that.
Since the Supernatural Emergence hasn't even reached 20 years yet, humans have adapted very fast to fight back against the Supernatural and find ways to make themselves stronger through various methods.
An Awakened is one of them. And as a ninth-rank Awakened she knows pretty much everything.
Out of all her years being an Awakened she has never heard a realm above the ninth rank, even the Supernaturals maxed out at the ninth rank realm so humanity assumes that it's the strongest state they can achieve.
But now Arnulf stated confidently that he has fought Awakened in the tenth rank.
"Are you sure about telling me that? We humans can match you Supernaturals in a bit over a dozen years, what makes you think we won't find a way to reach the tenth rank?"
"Typical human youngsters, information enters your right ear and left from the other"
The frown on Giana's face grows even harder with each step Arnulf takes. It's like she can feel invisible pressure from Arnulf but it's not the pressure of aura, but more like the pressure of overwhelming confidence.
Arnulf raises his gaze to look at Giana before he smirks.
"I told you that I've met Awakened way stronger than you, a tenth rank or even higher than that. But here I am... standing in front of you", spreading his arms to the side, Arnulf's smirks suddenly becomes a source of terror.
Giana can't help but feel doubtful as she unconsciously takes a step back.
Upon seeing the mighty Giana, a ninth-rank Awakend taking a step back. Arnulf can't help but grins even wider finding that she finally gets the gist of what he's saying. Even the Werewolves behind him feel an enormous amount of pressure coming from Arnulf.
It's like he's an unbreakable wall that is not scared of anything, even in front of such an entity.
"You're curious right...? Then let me show you a trick, but I must warn you that it's going to hurt"
Swoosh!
Out of nowhere Arnulf suddenly disappeared from his place. But instead of charging to Giana, he dashes right at the Silverstar Family Awakened and the Vampires that are still locking in a stance. The pressure makes Giana loses focus for a couple of seconds.
This was properly taken advantage of by Arnulf to appear just behind Calidora.
"Princess Calidora, I'm going to borrow you for a little bit. I need something, so please be cooperative if you don't want to get hurt"
"Eh...?"
"Wait, don't!!"
Before Seth and Queen Shanaela can even reach for Calidora, she has already been brought away.
With nothing but a gentle leap, Arnulf landed back in front of Giana that just snapped out of her daze. She was in a daze for a second and now Arnulf is still standing in front of her, but he was holding Calidora by the nape.
Calidora didn't sit still, she activated her Eyes of Terror but suddenly her eyes dimmed back.
"Hmm... I expected you to only have Blood Eyes but turns out you have Eyes of Terror, quite good despite coming from a cowardly bloodline", Arnulf mutters right on Calidora's left ear.
As a prideful Vampire, she finds Arnulf's word insulting but she can't do anything.
It's as if every time she tries to activate her blood energy or Eyes of Terror, there's a force that calmed her down forcing her ability to deactivate on its own. Calidora is in a helpless state under Arnulf's might.
Shifting his eyes back to Giana, Arnulf points Calidora's eyes right at her.
"Let me hear you scream one more time, Madam ninth rank...", Out of nowhere, Calidora's eyes glow brightly triggering the response from the Blood Devourer in her hand. In the next second after that, Giana can her legs tingling again.
Identical to the feeling that she experienced when the contaminated arcane mana enters her body.
But before she can even able to do anything, the contaminated arcane mana starts to create havoc inside her body, "AARGGHH!! YOU BASTARD, WHAT DID YOU DO!!"
"Despite it's inside your blood, the contaminated energy is not yours anymore. Our little princess here is the one that controls the Blood Infant, so she's in control of those energies. You see now? You just tasted a bit of the Vampire Origin's power, congratulation!"
Arnulf remarks with a mocking smile, but then suddenly Calidora's body glows brightly.
The light completely envelopes her entire body turning her into nothing but red light, and just after that Calidora vanishes from Arnulf's grasp, "Tch! Royal Savior Earring huh... nothing much I can do with that"
It seems Calidora has been saved by a piece of equipment that she wore.
Without Calidora in his grasp, Giana slowly recovers from the pain in her legs as she wipes the blood leaking from the corner of her mouth. Knowing that waiting will be a bad idea, Giana controls her arcane mana before she dashes right at Arnulf intending for a one-shot kill.
But under her surprised eyes, Arnulf managed to block her chakrams using his claws.
"Quite hasty eh? Don't get too happy now, I've known every trick from the oldest book of the Supernatural. I still got some that I wanted to try on you, please bear with me...", Arnulf mutters while looking directly at Giana's berserk eyes that turn back into worry.
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