Chapter 87: Victor Vs Tatsuya and Einer.
"This time, you will spend 10 years training with me in isolation~." Scathach would not allow a disciple of hers to be weak.
"!!!" The three wives reacted strongly to Scathach's words.
"W-Wait, Mother!" Ruby said.
"You can not do that!" Violet growled angrily.
"Yes, he just got out of training!" Sasha agreed with Violet.
"…I think that would be a reward for him…." Pepper whispered.
"..." Lacus and Eleonor looked at Pepper.
"What?" Pepper asked with an innocent face.
"Nothing," Lacus replied.
"..." Scathach ignored everyone and continued to look at Victor.
Victor exhibited a small smile as he rose from the ice throne while holding Ophis like a princess and placing her where he was sitting. As he made these movements, Victor's shadow grew, and soon Kaguya stepped out of his shadow.
Realizing she couldn't stay in Victor's shadow during the game, Kaguya stepped out of his shadow and walked towards Luna, Maria, and Yuki.
"Hmm...?" Ophis turned her face away in confusion.
Victor removes his glasses and places them beside the ice throne.
He looks into Scathach's eyes and displays a gentle smile, "Thank you, Scathach."
"..." Scathach felt a strange sensation in her heart when she heard those words. It felt warm and sweet, but it wasn't bad...
"Girl, I'll be back soon. I'm going to play for a bit~" He spoke in a playful voice as he had a small sadistic smile on his face; he looked like a kid who was going to leave home to play with his school friends.
Although, the smile he had on his face at that moment was not the smile of someone who would play with friends...
Then he turned and looked at the glass, and lightly touching the glass, the magic symbols of his white gloves began to glow blood red.
And then a scene that left some people shocked happened; Victor's hand began to pass through the glass.
"W-What?" Sasha, who was closest, was shocked.
Slowly, Victor's entire body passed through the glass, and soon he was standing there floating outside the arena.
"How is this possible?" Violet was shocked, she knew what it was, but how did he ever learn it?
"Did he learn that too...?" Ruby was surprised.
"Didn't I tell you?" Scathach walked towards her throne.
Hearing Scathach's voice, everyone looked at her, "I trained his basics. That means he's mastered what I consider the basics of a 'noble vampire'." She spoke with a slight smile on her face as she sat on her throne.
She crossed her legs elegantly and continued, "If he couldn't do it, I would be disappointed~."
"…" Everyone was speechless. They were wondering something, how high is Scathach's standard? They know that this technique is basically a fusion of bat transformation abilities with the vampires' fogwalk ability.
An advanced technique! And she considers it basic!?
Scathach's disciples were wondering if this was why she always had a bored face when she taught them. Was it because they didn't meet her standard!?
"Don't be so surprised. My foolish disciple hides more secrets~." She laughed a little, "After all, I personally taught him that in a fight, you should have two or three hidden cards to surprise your opponent. Just sit back and enjoy the show."
Luna, who was carrying several documents while accompanying Scathach, only sighed when she saw that she was forgotten, soon she walked towards Siena and handed all these documents to her:
"Take it, Lady Siena."
"Huh?" Siena was taken aback by the amount of documents she received. "What is that?"
"Work."
"Eh? But it's my day off..."
"..." Luna didn't say anything, she just walked away from Siena and stood beside the maids.
...
Einer and Tatsuya, who were informed that the game was changed by their respective clan leaders, looked at Victor, who was floating in midair as he descended towards the arena.
"That smile, I don't like it." Einer no longer liked Victor.
"…" Tatsuya's opinion was neutral, but internally, he didn't like that smile from Victor either.
"Oh? That boy, has he mastered it...?" An older vampire in the audience spoke in curiosity when he saw Victor floating, "As expected of that woman's disciple, I think?"
Victor descended smoothly in the middle of the two participants, and the moment his feet touched the arena floor, the entire surface was turned to ice!
"!!!" Einer and Tatsuya quickly jumped.
"This power…" A man in the audience was shocked.
"It's from that woman's Clan!"
"Is that why he has the last name Scarlett!? Is he her son or something!?"
"Idiot, didn't you see the other last names too!?"
"So who is he!?"
"I do not know!"
"Shhh, shut up! Things are starting to get interesting!"
Victor's smile grew, a smile that showed all his sharp teeth was shown to the audience, he inhaled a little of the air around him, and when he let the air out of his lungs:
"Einer Horseman" His voice echoed throughout the arena; it was a heavy voice, a strong voice.
"Tatsuya."
"Let's have fun~."
"Start!" The referee spoke as if following Victor.
Wasting no time, Einer ran towards Victor. He felt an instinctive desire to want to wipe that smile off Victor's face; he didn't like it!
Creating a Rapier with his powers, he tried to pierce Victor's face. He wanted to pierce his head! And wipe that smile off his face!
"Die!" The thrilling scene he'd been hoping for didn't happen.Covering his fingers with pure ice, Victor stopped Einer's attack with just one finger:
Beng!
Everyone heard the sound of two blades colliding.
"Wha-" Before he could react to the scene that happened before him, he felt his face being hit by something invisible.
At the same time, Victor made a move. He positioned himself with a simple martial arts pose and punched the air!
Fuusshhhh!
A blast of air flew towards Einer, he was unable to dodge.
The gust of wind hit him with violent force!
BOOOOOOOM!
An explosion happened when Einer hit the wall.
"Cough!" Einer coughed up blood on the floor, but the attack wasn't over yet.
The effects of Victor's attack began to show up in Einer's body, his body slowly starting to freeze.
"What...?" The audience didn't know how to react. They just couldn't understand what just happened in front of them.
"Is that the power of a vampire baby?" The older vampire opened his eyes in shock. He felt like he was seeing the power of a 500 year old vampire! The only thing he was thinking now was; 'That monster created another little monster….'
"Good~" Scathach would look pleased.
"Mother... You overreacted... Again." Pepper could only say that she had seen this attack before, and she knows how devastating this attack is.
"Yes, he did it. I hope that guy is alive." Lacus.
"He's a vampire; he won't die that easy. I think…" Ruby.
"Darling~" Violet is a little red in the face.
"...Lady Victoria." Hecate didn't know what to say when she saw Victoria's glare.
"That woman created a monster."
"…" Hecate can't help nodding her head instinctively, so she goes back to looking at the arena with curious eyes.
Victor looked at Tatsuya, "You use Katanas, right?" He flashed a small smile, "Let's make things a little fairer."
"..." Tatsuya remained silent. His eyes were very serious, and he simply understood that the man in front of him shouldn't be underestimated.
Victor snaps his fingers, and slowly a greatsword of pure ice is created in front of him, and then he takes the greatsword and places it on his shoulder as he displayed a provocative smile on his face:
"Now the fight is fair."
"…" The audience was speechless. Is that fair? You are carrying a sword over two meters long! Bulshit!
Victor raises his hand, and with a provoking gesture, he says:
"Come."
"..." Tatsuya didn't move, and he just held his scabbard and positioned himself.
Slowly, Tatsuya's image began to fade.
"Heh~. You won't come? In that case."
Victor's body began to crackle with lightning, and soon he disappeared and left only a trail of golden light behind.
Tatsuya's eyes opened in shock, "Wha-"
Rumble!
The sound of lightning hitting something was heard!
Soon everyone could see Tatsuya flying towards the sky; he seemed unconscious.
With a big smile on his face, Victor lifted his finger, and a sphere of fire began to be created, and slowly... This sphere started to grow.
"What... am I dreaming...?" Someone from the audience asked in disbelief as they rubbed their eyes.
"This is… what is this? What is this being? No... What is this monster!?"
When the sphere of fire grew enough to be called a miniature sun.
"Burn."
The sphere flew towards Tatsuya.
"TATSUYA! Doge now!" Victoria screamed in horror, she feared for her son's safety.
Hearing his mother's voice, Tatsuya's eyes opened, his eyes seemed to glow golden for a few seconds, his body was enveloped in lightning, and soon he disappeared from the sky.
The fireball flew towards the dark Nightingale sky and exploded, the effect of the explosion so big that all the clouds around the city were gone. For the first time in many years, everyone could see the capital's sky clear without a cloud.
"…" An uncomfortable silence descended on everyone in the arena.
The audience was speechless again, they didn't know how to react to what they had just seen, it was just too unbelievable, that man... No, that monster just used the three powers of the Count Clans!?
Despite having lost the title of vampire count, Clan Fulger was still considered by the public to be a count's family. After all, they held the title for a long time.
Victoria sighed in relief when she saw her son safe, but...
"...Scathach..." She spoke in a low voice as her body began to shake, and, slowly, a feeling of anger rose inside her.
Her eyes glowed blood red, she squeezed the chair she was sitting in so hard that the chair cracked under her strength:
"SCATHACH SCARLETT! JUST WHAT KIND OF MONSTER DID YOU CREATE!?"
Victoria's voice echoed throughout the silent arena...
And soon, everyone could hear the wild laughter of the strongest female vampire in the world.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Chapter 88: A little monster was created.
"Father…" Zwei spoke in a neutral tone.
"I know... I didn't expect this result either." Niklaus spoke with a serious face, very different from what he'd shown before.
Hearing Scathach Scarlett's laugh, the man clenched his fist a little harder. He felt cheated, now he understood why that woman was so confident, but soon his expression became serene since he remembered that even if his son lost to Victor, he wouldn't lose the count title. He would just lose Scathach's support.
'That woman, did she do all this just to show off her disciple?' Niklaus thought it was very unlikely, she didn't seem like that kind of woman.
Niklaus looked at Victor:
"What kind of monster are you?" His curiosity started to grow. For him, a vampire who could use three completely opposite powers was something quite interesting; 'Is he an experiment organized by the three clans? Are they in an alliance?'
Niklaus thought that an abnormal vampire like Victor couldn't be born suddenly overnight; someone must have created him.
"…" Jessica looked at Victor and then looked at her father, 'He really didn't recognize him? Is he getting senile?' She thought inwardly.
Jessica looks at Victor again, 'Although... He has changed a lot compared to his old appearance.'
Violet Snow, the heiress of Clan Snow. She's spent her entire growth phase in the human world, and that would obviously arouse a little curiosity from the other clans.
'What is Clan Snow's heiress doing in the human world?' That was their curiosity at the time, and to satiate their curiosity, they sent someone to investigate, and the result disappointed most of them.
'Oh, so she's just obsessed with new food.' That's what the older vampires thought, and they completely forgot about that subject.
They would never imagine that this 'food' would become what it is today.
Victor's smile grew:
"C'mon, C'mon! Get up!"
"What are you waiting for!? I know you weren't defeated by that alone. I trust you, don't disappoint me!"
Rumble!
The sound of lightning was heard.
Hearing this, Victor's smile only grew more distorted, "Good~."
Soon Tatsuya appeared in front of Victor, his appearance was immaculate as always, but some parts of his Yukata were completely destroyed.
"I don't know how it feels to know you trust me." He spoke in a neutral tone as he stretched his body a little. 'That hurt...'
BOOOOOM!
An explosion is heard by everyone, and soon Einer appears beside Tatsuya:
"Mother Fucker." Einer's expression was not good.
"HaHaHa~"
Slap, Slap!
Victor started to laugh out loud as he clapped his hands.
"Good, Good! That's how it has to be! If that weren't so, it wouldn't be fun!"
"I almost died..." Tatsuya muttered with a neutral expression. Tatsuya was wondering if this man had forgotten the rules.
Victor looked at Tatsuya, "Don't lie to me. I knew you would survive that attack."
"..." Tatsuya remained silent since he didn't want to deny or confirm Victor's words.
"And you." He pointed to Einer.
"I knew you would survive that small slap I gave."
'... Small slap? That one...? I almost died!' Einer was quite annoyed.
"Now! Let's continue!" With a small thrust of his arms, Victor threw his greatsword towards them both.
"!!!"
The two quickly dodged the attack.
BOOOOOM!
Like a missile hitting the ground, the sword was destroyed and created a massive explosion of pure ice.
Looking at this scene, Einer and Tatsuya look at each other for a few seconds and nod. They seemed to have come to a common understanding.
Einer pulled away from Tatsuya, his body slowly grew, his skin turned dark, and long black wings appeared behind him.
"Oh?" Victor's smile only widened as he saw Einer step into vampire count form.
Tatsuya's body began to crackle, and, gradually, his body was covered in Lightning, and soon he disappeared in a flash of golden light.
"HaHaHa," Victor creates another ice greatsword and defends against Tatsuya's attack.
Beng!
The sound of swords clashing was heard by everyone.
"Have you finally decided to use all your power?"
"…" Tatsuya didn't answer. He didn't need to; he just concentrated on using the lightning power more.
He uses his power to increase his speed, and soon he disappears in front of Victor.
Suddenly a large black thorn came out of the ground, pierced Victor's stomach, and lifted him into the air.
"Die!" Einer threw black thorns from his wings.
"HaHaHaHa," Despite having a massive wound in his stomach, Victor never stopped laughing.
"Darling/Husband!?" Ruby, Violet, and Sasha exclaimed at the same time.
"…Are you really vampires? That wound is nothing, watch." Scathach spoke.
Victor snaps his fingers, and a large ice pillar is created that destroys the black thorn. Then he stood on top of the pillar and created an ice shield in front of him.
The thorns thrown by Einer hit the ice shield and do not leave a scratch.
"Tsk." Not wanting to give up, he continued to throw the thorns into the ice shield. Slowly, the shield began to crack, but just when Einer thought it would be destroyed, the ice shield suddenly regenerated!
FUCK! Die! Die!"
"HaHaHa," Victor chuckled in amusement. He liked seeing Einer's angry expression.
A few seconds passed, and a scene happened that left all the younger vampires gaping:
Victor's stomach regenerated at an abnormal speed, and his clothing was also intact! It was like he went back in time! And it was in less than 7 seconds!
"...What is this guy?" They kept being surprised to see Victor's abilities.
"See?" Scathach smiled.
"…" Sasha, Violet, and Ruby knew this, but they were still worried!
Tatsuya suddenly appears behind Victor. He was floating in the air with his body covered in lightning as he positioned himself in an Iaijutsu pose.
"Oh? Are you going to use that technique!?" Victor's smile grew.
"Ryujin... Hakai no sora!" He unsheathed his katana at an almost invisible speed.
ROOOOAAAAAAAR!
Just like the last time, a blue-eyed oriental dragon with golden scales covered in lightning flew toward Victor.
"OOOOOHHH!" The audience was excited when they saw that eastern dragon again.
And the audience wasn't the only one; Victor was too.
"Aaaah~, it's so beautiful." Victor wore a satisfied smile as if he were enjoying a piece of art.
"But..." Victor raises his hand in front of him, the magic circle on his glove starts to glow brightly, "It's a shame it's so weak..."
He waits for the dragon to touch his hand, and a vision that all young vampires and Tatsuya won't forget happens. The dragon became a sculpture of ice...
"... How is this possible!? He froze the lightning! It makes no sense!"
"…This…" Tatsuya was speechless.
Victor clenched his fist a little, and soon the entire ice sculpture was destroyed, then he looked at Tatsuya with his eyes glowing red:
"It's my turn."
Tatsuya unconsciously took a step back when he saw Victor's gaze, and upon realizing what he had done, it made him very angry with himself; 'Me scared? Me!?'
'Unforgivable!' He was very strict with himself.
"When you meet something you don't know... You feel scared." He suddenly heard Victor's voice beside him.
He quickly turned around in an attempt to react, but it was useless, and Victor grabs Tatsuya by the neck:
"Apparently, you feel it too~."
"Let go of me!" Tatsuya started to struggle. He tried to cut Victor's arm, but Victor's arm was covered in pure ice, and Tatsuya's katana couldn't cut the ice from his arm!
"Okay. I will." Victor showed an innocent smile.
"Eh?"
While holding Tatsuya's neck, Victor rolled a little in the air and threw him towards Einer.
Seeing Tatsuya flying towards him, Einer flashed a smile, he thought it was a good idea to submit Tatsuya now, but thinking that he would have to face Victor alone later, he changed his mind...
He decided to help Tatsuya.
He flies towards Tatsuya and catches him in the air, "Stop playing around. Let's defeat this monster soon."
"What do you think I'm trying to do?" Tatsuya spoke in a serious tone as he covered his body with lightning.
The giant ice shield that Victor created melted, and Victor began to control the water towards the sky.
"Today's weather forecast is ice thorns~. Take care of the children." He displayed an innocent smile.
"This fucker...!" Einer's eyes flashed with anger.
Soon a shower of icy thorns began to fall towards the two men.
Tatsuya managed to dodge the attacks using his lightning power. However, a very different situation was happening with Einer, as he didn't have much mobility in the air, he decided to use his thorns as a defense.
"Hmm, Hmm." Victor seemed to be tuning his voice, then he spoke with an innocent smile on his face:
"Attention, please. We have just received information that intense lightning showers are on the way."
Rumble, Rumble!
Sounds of thundering lightning could be heard in the sky.
"Mother Fucker..." This time even Tatsuya insulted Victor.
And as Victor spoke, an intense rain of lightning began to fall towards Tatsuya and Einer.
"Fuck!" Lightning broke through Einer's defense and hit him.
The same happened with Tatsuya.
"Ugh." Despite having the power of lightning, Tatsuya was not immune to it. Why?
"Fire…?" The audience was speechless when they saw that wherever the lightning struck, a few seconds later, that same area caught fire, and it was quite obvious that this occurrence was unnatural.
"Can that monster merge his power!?" Someone in the audience screamed.
"Hahahahaha!" Victor laughed a lot.
"He looks like he's having fun..." Ruby flashed a small smile.
"Yeah." Sasha also displayed a small smile.
"... Darling~." Violet's eyes looked quite dangerous now.
Narrowly surviving the rain of lightning and icy thorns, the two looked at Victor with an annoyed look.
"Good, Good!"
Victor started clapping again with a big smile on his face, but as if by magic, his smile changed to an innocent smile, and he said:
"But… What are you going to do with this one?" He pointed to the sky.
Einer and Tatsuya, even the audience, looked up at the sky.
And the first thing they saw was... A giant spike of ice that could easily cover the entire arena.
"Fuck…" The two spoke at the same time.