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Chapter 229: A Shout Of Motivation.

A man... Wrong, a monster with long black bat wings, a spiked tail, and an all-black body was holding a woman by the neck.

His skin was a dark gray, his eyes were blood red, and claws could be seen on his hands.

Cough.

Natashia coughed up blood on the floor.

"Mother!" Sasha cried out in concern when she saw the man's claw piercing Natashia's heart.

"Piece of shit." She roared, "Get your filthy hands off me!" She raised the golden sword, the sword covered in the signature lightning of her clan, and with a wave of her hands,

She cuts off the man's arm.

She tried to remove the man's arm from her chest, but...

"…Huh…?"

"Tsk." Scathach wore an annoyed face. She didn't like where this was going at all.

The sword simply stopped at the man's skin and didn't cut anything.

"Surprised?"

Natashia looked uncomprehending as suddenly her vision started to blur, and her world started to spin.

"...W-What happened...-"

"I think you are, but... It's too bad you can't show it to me." He punched the woman in the face.

Crack, Crack.

The skull of the woman's face sunk in, and she blacked out.

But even though she was unconscious, she never let go of her sword.

Soon the vampire's incredible regeneration started to take effect, but it seemed so slow...

Her face began to slowly heal, and she woke up.

"Despite having my poison, the regeneration is still active... As expected, I need more updates, that's still not enough..." He started to whisper to himself in a low tone.

But as Natashia was close to him, she could clearly hear what the man was saying, but...

The man's voice sounded quite far away to her. It was like an echo coming from a place so far away that she had no idea what he was talking about, her eyes started to get lifeless, and...

The sword dropped from her hand.

A small smile appeared on the man's face, suddenly he appeared in front of the woman and attacked her heart again.

Soon he pulled out the woman's heart and threw her to the ground like she's a piece of trash.

BOOOOOOM!

A spider web-shaped crater was created.

Crack, crack.

Cough.

Sounds of bones breaking could be heard, and it didn't take a genius to know that every bone in her back was completely broken.

And not just the bones were broken.

The woman's golden armor broke completely, and soon the white bra she was wearing was shown to everyone.

"OHHHHHHH!" Some men in the audience reacted to this scene and felt sadistic pleasure to see that irrational woman in such a state.

"Good work, Count Niklaus! We believed in you!"

Agnes looked at the audience with her eyes glowing gold as she raised her hand.

Fushhhhhhhhhhhhh

Soon a fireball was created and, even though the fireball was small, it was very hot!

It was like she was holding a mini sun!

"...She's not going to do that, right?" Natalia asked with a strained smile.

"Yes, she will." Adonis replied with all the certainty in this world. He knew his wife very well.

And just as Adonis predicted. Agnes threw the fireball into the audience!

FUSHHHHHHHH

The fireball was approaching with ridiculous speed!

"What!?" The vampires didn't have a chance to react; they didn't have time to flee, as the fireball was already reaching the audience.

But before the fireball reached the audience, the woman clenched her fist, and the fireball disappeared as if it never existed.

Gulp.

Everyone on that side of the audience gulped.

For a moment, they could actually feel death approaching their necks!

If that fireball hit them, nothing would be left to tell the tale!

"You pieces of shit, you're lucky. Really lucky." As a countess, she couldn't commit such an act in front of the king, especially not when there were a lot of non-vampire groups watching.

'If the king wasn't here, everyone would burn.' Agnes particularly had a neutral opinion of Natashia, but... As a female companion and a long-time acquaintance, she was uncomfortable with the gazes of these insects.

"Mad woman, what are you planning to do! There are innocents here!"

Nod, Nod.

Some men quickly nodded in agreement with the man, they did nothing!

They also wouldn't admit that they felt a little happy to see that woman being treated like that.

"HMMMM?" Her face said: I don't give a fuck.

"..." The men were speechless. Despite not having said anything, they understood the woman's message very well.

"Look, he's doing something." Suddenly a woman on the other side of the arena spoke.

All eyes in the audience are focused on the arena again.

Niklaus lifted the woman's heart, and it burst, then all the blood contained in her heart dropped into his throat.

"Indeed. You have delicious blood…as expected of an older vampire." The man seemed to taste the woman's blood, and an expression of ecstasy covered his face for a few seconds.

"I want more..." A black miasma began to leave his body, and a predatory smile appeared on his face as he looked at the motionless woman.

He raised his claws and attacked the woman!

He cut her into pieces, hands, legs, chest, and head. Everything was completely separated from the woman's body, as a bloody mess was being created, while he had a maniacal smile on his face.

"MOTHER!!!"

Rumble, Rumble!

Sasha's body was covered in lightning, and her appearance changed.

"Oops, I can't... I have a job to do..." He walked towards the woman, and as he walked towards her, he created a black sword with his powers.

'An obstacle must be eliminated, and by doing so, I will be closer to my goal.'

"Stop, don't interrupt." Adonis appeared in front of Sasha, who was completely transformed into her Vampire Count form.

"Huuuh?" Sasha wasn't in a good mood. Her eyes gleamed dangerously, and she was in a state where she didn't care that the person in front of her was her childhood friend's father.

'I won't lose another family member again!'

Rumble, Rumble.

The lightning that enveloped Sasha began to crackle louder.

"Father, Sasha..." Violet seemed unsure what to do. On one side was her father, who she liked a lot, and on the other side was her friend; she was in a difficult position.

"The game isn't over... Remember, it's a fight to the death, both of you agreed to that."

"You think I care!? It's my mom who's lying there and about to be killed!" Sasha screamed, her voice coming out like the crack of lightning.

"..." A moment of silence fell in place, and for the first time in Violet's life, she saw something that shocked her.

"You do not understand!?" Adonis lost his gentle face and spoke in a serious voice, the man's eyes changed to blood red, and he stared at Sasha.

"By interrupting the duel, you're basically stepping on the pride of two Vampire Counts! Two elder vampires! Who do you think you are, child!?"

A frightening pressure left Adonis and went toward Sasha.

"Ugh..." Sasha fell to the ground as she felt the pressure on her body. Despite being sick and weakened, the man in front of her was still an elder vampire.

Wrong, the man in front of her was still a countess's partner.

Her transformation was undone, and she dropped to her knees.

"I ask..."

A cold pressure covered the entire room.

Suddenly everyone heard a cold voice, and they looked towards the entrance to the room.

And standing at the entrance to the room was Ruby... And she looked quite different...

Her long red hair was bigger by almost the same length as Violet's hair, she got a little taller too, an aura of 'adult' was emanating from her body, and not only that...

"Who are you to raise your voice to Sasha?" The woman's eyes glowed a deep red.

Crack, Crack.

The entire room began to shake as the two auras clashed.

"S-Sister…?" The sisters could tell with just one look her sister got stronger!

"Ruby…?"

Ruby ignored the girls and kept looking at Adonis with him watching.

"... You came back." Adonis spoke in a nonchalant tone and didn't seem affected at all.

But even so, she was no match for an elder vampire.

She twitched her brow a little, and her aura got even stronger!

A small drop of blood threatened to come out of Adonis's mouth.

"..." Adonis narrowed his eyes, wiped his mouth, and drew back. He didn't want trouble, as he just wanted to stop the girl from doing something stupid."I don't want to fight you, I just don't want her to do something stupid. What do you think would happen if she jumped in the middle of the arena?"

"That's not your problem." Ruby replied in an indifferent tone as she approached Sasha and helped the woman to her feet.

"Thanks...Ruby..." Sasha was still surprised by Ruby's changes.

Suddenly her eyes lit up, "My mother!"

Ruby suddenly hugged Sasha, "Shhhh, don't worry, she'll be fine." She spoke as if it was an absolute truth, like she was very confident.

"H-Huh…?"

Adonis and the girls around him watched all this in silence, but their silence didn't last long when Adonis asked:

"How did you get stronger in such a short time?"

"…A short time, huh?" She whispered in a low voice and didn't respond.

Suddenly Violet's eyes widened, "Wait, if Ruby is here..."

"FATHER!" Ophis's bored face seemed to brighten, and she quickly looked up.

Suddenly, a dark pressure fell on the entire royal capital.

"... What a delay, I was almost getting bored." Vlad flashed a small smile.

'...He came, huh...?' Theo thought, his eyes gleaming with a slight annoyance that was gone the moment he appeared.

"That man..." Lilith looked at him with curious eyes.

"Ugh... He's here, I thought it was going to be a quiet game..." Elizabeth whispered, though...

She looked at her father and at her older brother Theo. She also looked at Alexios, who at some point had his eyes open, showing those scary eyes to her.

'What is happening?' She felt like something was happening right in front of her, and she couldn't understand it.

"..." Alexios, who was looking at the man in the sky, displayed a small smile, and soon he closed his eyes.

"Oh...?" Scathach flashed a small smile when she saw Victor, "You came back, my stupid disciple, but isn't that much faster than you promised...?"

Her smile died when she saw Victor's changed appearance, and her mood got even worse when she saw Victor's face. He didn't have the small smile he always had. He didn't even have the smile of amusement he had when he saw a strong opponent.

A murderous air began to leave her body, and she turned her gaze to Vlad…specifically, to the golden-haired man beside Vlad.

Violet walked quickly to the window and looked up.

Standing on top of the arena was a tall man with hair as black as night that reached his shoulders, while his eyes were blood red.

"His hair grew..." Violet showed a confused face, suddenly, she felt all of Victor's emotions, and the only thing he was conveying was:

"He's angry." Violet and Sasha spoke at the same time.

Ruby flashed a small smile, "...You have no idea."

"..." The audience was silent as they looked at the man floating in the air.

They just didn't know how to react because...

The pressure that was coming out of that man's body was frightening!

"The four counts are here..." An older vampire spoke with a cold sweat.

He looked at the pillars and saw the two countesses, then he looked at the arena and saw a count and a former vampire count.

... And he looked at the man in the air.

'Alucard... the youngest Count in history... Why...? Why do you have that kind of aura around you?' He couldn't understand. That man's aura was second to of the vampire counts present here, and that fact for the older vampire was:

'This is just bullshit!'

Victor's eyes gleamed dangerously as he looked at Niklaus.

As Niklaus was about to deliver the final blow to Natashia's head, lightning struck from the sky, revealing the appearance of a man.

Tink! Crack.

He bit his sword... And the sword disappeared from existence...

"Huh?" Niklaus was surprised when he saw the man in front of him, and he was even more surprised when the man simply ate the sword made of his power.

The man points his palm at Niklaus, "Burn..."

A gigantic beam of fire shot out of the man's palm.

"UGH!" Niklaus quickly assumed a defensive stance, and soon he was blown away.

"..." A silence fell in the arena and inside the arena.

Victor looked at Natashia.

Victor's eyes were covered by his hair, but everyone could see his mouth creaking.

He took the woman's head and held it level with his face.

"Natashia..." Although he spoke in a low voice, everyone could hear his words, as slowly his voice began to rise and with a demonic scream that sent shivers through all the vampires who heard his voice:

"ANNASTHASHIA FULGER!!!"Chapter 230: My Mother in law Wants My Naked Body... Gulp.

Natashia saw herself in a dark world completely devoid of light, and the only thing visible in this world was herself.

"Where am I?" She asked aloud, but the only thing she got in response was the sound of her question echoing through this strange place.

Okay, in this kind of situation, the first thing is to remember what happened, right?

As a woman who had lived a long time, she had experienced many strange things, and she understood that in this kind of situation, it was best to remain calm.

"Let me think, I was fighting that bug..."

Suddenly, several memories started popping into her head.

"Fufufufu, despite being the original and the strongest, you were easily caught in his poison… How pathetic."

"Hmm?" Natashia's face distorted, and she looked in the direction of the voice. She was a little surprised when she saw a woman just like her wearing a long black dress.

"Hello, my other self." She greeted the woman with a friendly smile.

"..." Natashia's smile grew... And it wasn't a friendly smile.

Rumble, Rumble!

She appeared in front of the woman and tried to cut her with lightning daggers.

But...

The daggers just passed through the woman and didn't kill her... It was as if she were a shadow...

"Fufufu, do you really want to kill me? Don't you feel sorry for killing a part of yourself?"

"Of course not... You were a mistake from my past, and you're getting in the way of my current goals."

"..." Natasha's smile grew widely:

"But you know? I really like that man too."

"…Huh?" Natashia didn't understand where this woman came from with those words.

"No need to make such a shocked face. Remember, I am you too, and just like you, I also like strong men."

"But unlike you who seek that man's approval..." Her smile distorted even more:

"I seek to dominate him."

"That's our difference."

"..." Natashia stopped trying to attack Natasha and said:

"You are silly." She spoke in a simple, straight tone.

"...?" Natasha didn't understand what her original's meaning was with her words.

"No one can dominate a king. A king is one who stands above others and points the way for us common people to follow them..." She spoke in a neutral tone that even a monkey could understand this indisputable fact.

"If a king is dominated... He will no longer be a king... but a puppet."

"Fufufu, but isn't that more exciting? Imagine what a pleasure it would be to completely dominate someone who is destined to be king?"

"Just imagining this sight, I get a little…" Her face turned a little red, and her breathing became heavy, "Excited."

"...This bitch..." Natashia couldn't believe that this woman was her other personality.

"Bitch...?" Natasha's face distorted, and she looked at Natashia, "You're the only one who's a bitch here! You're still looking for something impossible like 'love' in the midst of this rotten thing we call vampire society!"

"..." Natashia was silent.

Rumble, Rumble.

"If 'love' cannot be found, we must create it for ourselves, that's how vampires work!"

"..." Natashia was silent since the words of her other self held a bit of truth.

Just how long had she been looking for something true?

100 years? 500 years? 1500 Years?

She had seen several human realms grow and crumble over time, yet vampire society remained unchanged, like a tough stone that never changed with the passage of time.

Although it looked pretty at first sight... Over time, it had become something dull... Something boring...

And in the midst of it all, she always looked for something 'true', but she never found it...

And when she had thought she'd found it in the past, she was disappointed, and because of that foolish mistake, the woman in front of her was born.

A trauma that was born out of a big mistake from the past... A memory she wanted to forget but couldn't... The woman in front of her represented all that to Natashia.

And... She was right. If you can't find something, you just create it for yourself; that's the way vampires do things. After all, they're immortal beings, so they can wait as long as it takes to get closer to 'something' they desire.

But...

Natashia looked at Natasha:

"...But even if you 'create' someone to love you... That won't be true. It will be something artificial... You'll never feel truly loved." She spoke in a neutral tone:

"That is an indisputable truth... The false will never replace the true."

"No matter how hard you try, no matter how much you fail, no matter how hard you try to 'dominate' the other party, that truth will never change..."

"..." Natasha was silent this time.

Her face took on a slightly sad expression, and she said, "I remember... When you took my place, you tried to create 'something' like that for yourself, but in the end, you failed... having failed in that goal, you kidnapped any man who would serve the Clan, and thus my daughter was born."

"But unlike Scathach, who killed her husband because he wasn't 'gifted' or 'strong' enough."

"You left him around to satiate your vanity."

"..." Natasha couldn't deny the woman's words.

"But... Something good did come from that chaos."

"What?"

"My daughter..." She flashed a motherly smile.

"My precious little baby, my little lightning bolt, my ray of light... She was born... And the day she was born was the happiest moment of my life..."

"..." Natasha was silent. If there was one thing she agreed with Natashia, it would be her feelings for her daughter...

Despite being twisted and misunderstood, she always wanted the best for her daughter... But...

Yes...

But...

"In the end…" Natashia's sad smile turned into a depressing smile, "We both failed."

The two failed to fulfill their determined goals.

"ANNASTHASHIA FULGER!!!"

Suddenly a voice invaded their shared world and shook their surroundings, and Natashia's body shivered when she heard the voice.

Natasha's body shuddered, and her face turned a little red, but quickly those signs faded into existence as if they had never existed.

"Oh..." Natashia's depressed smile changed to a loving smile, and she looked like a teenager who was experiencing her first relationship.

The weather around her seemed to have cleared as if it were spring itself...

"He's here..." Her smile was now so beautiful that it did a little damage to Natasha.

"I have to go back..." She spoke unconsciously and started walking towards a location.

"…Will you make the same mistake again? This time with that man?" Natasha asked in a skeptical voice.

Natashia stopped walking and turned to face Natasha, "...He's not a mistake, he's not like those men who care about Status or other meaningless drivel... He's something I've always looked for."

"But he hates you."

"Thanks to you."

"Ah, you're welcome." She flashed a small smile.

Natashia narrowed her eyes when she saw the woman's smile.

"He may hate me now, but in the future… I know he will accept me. Wrong, he has to accept me, considering he is to blame for making me feel these feelings! He made me feel these feelings, he has to take responsibility..." Her eyes were dark as a black hole:

"I'm 100% sure that in the future, he will become mine...-" She stopped talking and flashed a small, gentle smile.

She turned away and started walking again, "My Darling..." She spoke in a low voice that echoed all over the place.

"...." Natasha opened her mouth in shock...

She just kept watching the woman until she disappeared.

When the woman left, a small smile appeared on Natasha's face.

"I see..." She turned her face and looked at a location.

"I'll keep watching you...-" Natasha spoke, but when she felt a hand touching her shoulder, she stopped talking as she laughed a little and spoke while touching the hand of the person who touched her shoulder, " Wrong, we will..."

...

"Ugh...!"

All except for Vlad and Scathach put their hands to their ears.

"His voice is so loud." Someone from the audience spoke.

Slowly Natashia seemed to come to life, and she saw...

A faceless being looking at her, a being whose eyes and a mouth that had several sharp teeth were the only things visible on its face, and this being seemed to be irritated!

Wrong, he was angry!

"...I-." Natashia looked like she was going to say something, but the man wasn't done talking.

"Is this the demonstration you wanted to show me?"

Natashia's eyes widened.

"Do you remember what I said?"

"...Y-Yes..."

"If you remember what I said…." He seemed to grit his teeth, "What's with this pathetic showing?! How do you explain your current deplorable appearance!?"

"I-..."

"Count Alucard, you are in the way—." A referee tried to intervene.

Victor looked at the referee:

"LEAVE!"

"!!!" The referee's whole body trembled under the man's gaze, and he felt that if he disobeyed the man's order, something very terrible would happen to him.

Gulp.

"...Yes."

Victor ignored the referee and looked at Natashia again:

"Annasthashia Fulger."

"...?" She looked at Victor.

"Is this the display you wish to show your daughter? Is this pathetic state something you want to show to your subordinates?"

"...Noo..."

"Is this the display you want to present to me?"

"Definitely No!" Her eyes glowed blood red.

"So, what are you waiting for? Get up and kill him!" He pointed at Niklaus, who was approaching them.

Niklaus looked at Victor with a wary look, 'That little monster, the moment he appeared, his mouth changed into this weird shape and devoured my power...'It was only for a split second, but he could clearly see what Victor did.

'He's getting better at controlling this power…' He looked at Natashia, 'I must eliminate her and win the game, if he gets in my way, I'll eliminate him too… Wait, I can use the rules to my advantage. '

Niklaus stopped walking and started thinking.

Natashia looked at Niklaus with anger on her face, but...

"I can't, his poison won't let me regenerate..."

"Oh... Is it just that?" Victor's smile grew eerily, his distorted face disappeared, and soon Natashia could see the man's face.

He looked a little more mature, and his hair was longer...

Victor bit his mouth, and soon the blood started pouring from his lips, and he made a move that left the entire arena silent.

He kissed Natashia!

"HhhmhmmmmM?" Natashia was surprised by this development since she wasn't expecting it! But that didn't mean she didn't like it!

The problem was... She didn't have the body to hug the man she liked!

"…Eh?" The man's thoughts stopped working as he witnessed the sight before him!

"Huh?" The people in the stands were shocked.

"...Victor..." Scathach narrowed her eyes.

"Darling, I'm glad you're helping my mother… But! But!" Sasha didn't even know what to say anymore...

"He really did that..." Ruby flashed a small smile as she looked at Violet and tapped the woman on the shoulder.

"Stop that look."

"Huh? What look are you talking about?" Violet spoke with a look like a black hole.

"That look..." Ruby hugged Violet and said in a low voice:

"Don't make a decision until you know what happened to Darling and me... You want to know why we look a little older than the last time we saw each other, right?"

"..." Violet opened her eyes wide.

"What happened...?"

"That's a story for another time." Ruby laughed and spoke with a gentle smile.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Vlad laughed a lot.

"Eh?" This time it was Vlad's sons who reacted to their father by laughing.

And along with Vlad, another person laughed:

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, THAT MAN! He's got balls!" It was Anderson who spoke.

"...As expected, he's a molester...I must banish him from existence..." Liza's expression wasn't pretty at all.

Gulp, Gulp.

Natashia drank Victor's blood, and she felt something 'impure' being taken from her:

"That's enough..." Victor suddenly stopped kissing Natashia.

"E-Eh…?"

"If you want more, do what you promised! Then we'll talk!"

"...!" Hearing Victor's words, it was as if lightning had struck her head, and she finally understood everything.

'THIS IS A PROPOSAL MARRIAGE!'

"...I'll do it... Let's kill this motherfucker!" Her eyes were burning with determination!

"..." Victor displayed a small gentle smile. It seemed that his work was no longer necessary, so he let go of the woman's head.

Natashia's blood around her began to pool in her body at a ridiculous speed, as a new body was being created at a rate never seen before by vampires.

Rumble, Rumble, Rumble!

Lightning clouds began to form in the sky.

And a gigantic lightning bolt fell on top of Natashia.

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!

An explosion occurred where her body was forming, followed by a flash, and soon a golden clawed hand appeared.

Natashia made a movement with her hand, and, with the pressure of the wind, she showed herself to the audience.

"Oh…that's the full form, huh?... It's beautiful..." Victor admired the woman's new form as if he were looking at a work of art.

And at the same time, he realized that in that form, the woman was incredibly strong… Ridiculously strong, he couldn't even feel her level of power.

And knowing that, his smile grew, 'She's strong… I want to fight her… But… I'm not her match yet, I need to grow older…' And when he understood that, he was frustrated with himself.

He clenched his fist.

'I need to train harder, if 2x the effort isn't enough, I just need to work 500x harder!' He didn't want to wait 500 years, or 1500 years, he wanted to get stronger now!

'Fuck the rules!'

Natashia's pale skin was glowing gold, her hands became sharp claws, her feet too, long bat wings protruding from her back.

Her eyes were a deeper red, while her hair looked like it was made of lightning itself.

All her clothes disappeared, and in its place, a kind of bra and panty-shaped scales were formed. It was as if it was there not to show the important parts of her to the world.

She looked like a monster... An incredibly beautiful monster.

She looked at her fists and opened and closed them.

Rumble.

Seeing the lightning in her fist, she flashed a big scary smile.

'I got stronger… As expected of my husband!'

"Now." Victor's voice came out neutral as he raised his fist, and the magic circles on his glove started to glow madly, while a big wild smile appeared on his face:

"Show me who the woman named Annasthashia Fulger truly is!"

"!!!" Victor's voice seemed to thrill Natashia's entire body, and with a smile similar to Victor's, she said:

"... I Will..."

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