Three months ago, around the time Victor was training with Scathach.
In Sasha's personal bedroom.
Sasha looked at the blonde-haired maid.
"Where are the girls? The mansion seems very silent today."
"Lady Ruby is out somewhere, Lady Lacus is sleeping, Lady Pepper is watching anime, and Lady Siena is working." Maria replied in a neutral tone.
"I see…" Hearing what she wanted to know, Sasha was silent.
"..." As Sasha didn't ask any more, Maria was also silent as she waited for any possible order from Sasha.
Sasha looked at Maria out of the corner of her eye and flashed a gentle little smile.
Although it seemed like an odd situation, for Sasha, it wasn't. For Sasha, the maid's silent company was…
...
"What do you think? It's perfect, right?" Victor's smile and words could frighten any weak soul, but not his wife.
Sasha woke up from her memories, as she looked at Victor in a daze for a few seconds, and nodded:
"Yes... It's perfect... Yes... It's perfect..." She repeated it twice, and then she looked at Maria with a cold smile, though anyone who knew Sasha well would know that that smile wasn't real.
Suddenly, Victor's smile died, he looked at his wife carefully, and a neutral expression appeared on his face.
Sigh...
He visibly sighed, his face returning back to normal:
"Sasha, you're too soft... You're too kind." He displayed a gentle smile.
"Huh...?" Sasha looked at Victor, not understanding anything he was talking about.
"No need to lie to yourself." Victor looked deep into Sasha's eyes:
"You hate Maria, you really want her to suffer, but you don't want to lose her because you don't want to feel lonely, right?"
"...W-What are you talking about...?" Sasha's voice visibly shook.
Sigh...
"I'm sorry, I should have thought of you more on this subject." Victor made a mistake in thinking this was his revenge, but it wasn't. This was his wife's revenge.
She must decide their fate.
He didn't want to make the same mistake again, the mistake of attacking Sasha's father and mother, since, even though Sasha said she didn't care, Victor knew what he did was wrong.
One wrong move and he could've caused irreversible damage to his relationship with Sasha.
Dealing with family was very complicated, especially when the issue at hand involved someone close to his wife, like a father or mother.
Although this situation was different from the previous situation, it still applied in the mentioned context.
Victor didn't want to be a tyrant to his family.
"Again, what are you talking about!?" Sasha yelled.
Victor looked seriously at Sasha, and it was a seriousness that scared Sasha. Somehow Sasha was more scared by Victor's serious face than his scary 'face'.
"Do not lie to me." His voice sent shivers down Sasha's spine.
Gulp.
Sasha gulped when she sensed Victor's mood; he was irritated with her.
"And most importantly..." Slowly, Victor's gaze became gentler, "Don't lie to yourself."
"…" Sasha opened her eyes wide.
"Revenge shouldn't be half-assed, you should be completely satisfied with what you want to do so that you don't regret it in the future." Victor's eyes slightly glowed a blood red:
"Now..."
"Tell me, my wife. What's your desire?"
"... I-..."
"Answer me honestly."
"..." Sasha stared into Victor's red eyes for a while, and then she looked at Maria, who was about to be finished by Carlos, and said:
"I hate Maria, I really want her dead... But at the same time, I don't want to be alone..."
"When you go somewhere, when the girls go out somewhere, I always feel lonely, but... at least Maria was there..."
"I want her dead, I want her to suffer, but at the same time, I don't want her to die." She wasn't making any sense anymore, and why was she repeating the same thing twice?
But she was just saying what she felt. She wanted the woman dead, but at the same time, without realizing it, over time, she began to enjoy the woman's silent company.
Though she sometimes didn't say anything, just being there gave Sasha a little comfort when Victor or the girls weren't present.
And this kind of situation was quite frequent when Victor was training, since, for Sasha, the six months felt like they passed quite slowly for her, maybe because she was worried?
But in some weird way, those six months were bearable because she had Maria's silent company when Ruby and the girls weren't around.
In the end...
She was just a girl who didn't want to miss something again, and without realizing it, she ended up considering Maria as that something.
"Why are emotions so complicated? Why can't I just be like you and let her die with a smile on her face? Why!?" Though she spoke in a cold voice, the emotions implied in her words were anything but cold.
She was confused about what to do.
"…" It was at these times that Victor wished he had a dictionary, perhaps an entire bookstore of books to learn about women.
Sigh...
Victor sighed again, and soon he displayed a loving smile:
"Are you silly?"
"Huh...?"
"You don't have to be like me, I want you to be yourself, I fell in love with you, your soft way, your gentle way, your noble way, although I didn't see much of your noble side. After all, you're surrounded by a bunch of crazy people. Hahaha~." He chuckled lightly at the end.
"...Oh..." She flashed a small smile, and her cheeks turned a little red. She didn't expect this surprise attack.
"Well..." Victor patted Sasha's head a little.
"..." Sasha looked at Victor's gentle smile with loving eyes.
"I would be a terrible husband if I didn't fulfill my wife's wishes." Victor looked at Maria, "And being a terrible husband is the last thing I want to be..."
...
"Goodbye, Demon." Carlos held Maria with his right hand, which was completely covered in black energy.
Fushhhhhhh
A golden power began to come out of Carlos' left arm, an oppressive power that, at the same time, was a gentle power.
Maria closed her eyes and thought; 'Although it was a painful life... Despite the difficulties I went through... This was a good life... I hope that God has mercy on my soul and doesn't throw me in hell...'
A small memory began to pop into her head.
"...Maria, how do you feel today?" Sasha asked
"Horrible."
"That is good." She displayed a small smile.
"Let's go now. My husband is coming out of his training."
'Hahaha... why is this the memory that appears when I'm about to die?' She couldn't understand herself sometimes.
"Die!" Carlos attacked Maria with all his strength.
But before Carlos' punch could reach Maria, everyone heard a crackle of lightning.
"You really are lucky, maid."
"!!?" Carlos quickly turned around, but all he could see was a leg covered in lightning coming towards him.
Time suddenly seemed to stop for Maria, and she looked up into Victor's neutral face with eyes wide in surprise.
"Wha-." She couldn't finish what she wanted to say because a loud blast of lightning interrupted her.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
Carlos let go of Maria and flew towards the sky.
Victor caught Maria with his left arm as he was coming at high speed, and, since he couldn't stop in time, he froze the grass under him and using the terrain as if it was a ski slope, he started to spin while holding the woman on his arm.
Managing to adjust his center of gravity, Victor stopped skiing and pointed the finger of his right arm at Carlos.
Winning my wife's soft heart is quite an achievement."
Rumble, Rumble, Rumble!
Lightning started to focus on Victor's finger, as he aimed his finger like it was a high-caliber rifle, and when Carlos was in the crosshairs, he said:
"Bullseye."
BOOOOOOOM!
A massive beam of lightning left Victor's finger and flew toward Carlos.
"!!!" Carlos set his center of gravity in the air, and using the dark power of his right arm, he grabbed hold of Victor's lightning bolt, and as if he were using some kind of martial arts, he deflected Victor's power back to him!
"ORYAAA!"
"Oh?" Victor's smile widens.
"…" Maria kept looking at Victor with her mouth open in shock, the only thing going through her head was, 'why didn't he let me die?'
But when she remembered the words Victor spoke, she opened her eyes a little wider:
'Is it because of my Master?'
Victor stepped lightly on the ground, and soon a pillar of ice was created towards the sky!
Victor's lightning struck the pillar, and a huge explosion happened, but nothing happened to the ice pillar.
Carlos, who was falling towards the ground at high speed, continued to look at Victor.
Suddenly, dark power covered Carlos' body, and he disappeared.
And in less than a few seconds, he appeared in the air a little far from Victor:
"Alucard, don't get involved, this is none of your business." He spoke in an ordering tone...
Victor looked at the dark power on Carlos' arm that had turned into a black wing, and then looked at Carlos,
"Mongrel."
"Know your place."
Fushhh, Fushhh, Fushhh, Fushhh
Various ice weapons covered with fire and lightning, such as spears, swords, and axes, began to be created behind Victor.
Victor pointed to Carlos and said, "I do what I want, whenever I want, and wherever I want. It's not a dog like you that's going to stop me from doing my bidding."
Soon all the weapons he created flew towards Carlos.
BOOOOM, BOOOOM, BOOOOM, BOOOOM!
Small sonic explosions happened every time a weapon was thrown in Carlos' direction.
"I see…" Carlos' eyes glowed blood red, and he assumed a martial arts stance.
"In that case, I must force you to withdraw." Then, with a movement invisible to human eyes, Carlos punched the air.
With only the pressure created by his punch, Carlos destroyed all of Victor's attacks since he was clearly on another level!
And knowing that his opponent was stronger than he expected, a gigantic smile grew on Victor's face.
Victor looked at Maria with a slightly annoyed face, "You're in the way."
"Eh? Wha-." Before Maria could say anything, Victor looked down towards the ground in a faraway spot, and when he found whoever he was looking for, he threw Maria in that direction.
"WHAT THE FUCK!"
Suddenly, Maria found herself in Sasha's arms.
"M-Master...?" Maria was no longer understanding what was happening.
Sasha ignored Maria and said, "Ruby, so far, I don't see any signs of other hunters."
"This is weird…" Ruby spoke into the communicator.
"And in the end, what was it that Darling wanted to do?" Violet asked.
"I'll explain later." Sasha cut the subject.
"...Fine." Violet spoke.
"What should we do?" Luna asked.
"Wait." Ruby replied.
"I very much doubt they would throw a commander of Carlos' power away like he was trash. There's some catch to this whole situation, you guys should be on your toes." Ruby explained.
"Yes." All agreed.
"Sasha, go back to the safe house with Maria, leave the rest to Darling." Ruby spoke.
"But…-" Sasha wanted to protest, but soon she heard Violet's voice.
"What Darling hates the most is when someone meddles in his fight, let him do what he wants," Violet explained.
"...Yes." Sasha picked up Maria's body like a sack of potatoes and disappeared from where she was previously.
...
"It's started."
A man sitting in a lab looked at the monitors on the television, and on those monitors, he could see Victor and Carlos fighting.
"As expected, Count Alucard is a special vampire, even among noble vampires. Three powers of the Vampire Count Households, and more unknown powers... He's really a strange existence." The man spoke in an emotionless voice.
"Is this alright?" Suddenly the man heard a woman's voice.
"Hmm?"
"If this continues, Commander Carlos will die. He's using his power too much, his body isn't stable yet."
"It's okay, that's what he wants, and despite being a specimen with incredible willpower... In the end, he's still a failure."
"He couldn't become perfect." He spoke in a voice that held great sadness.
"..." The woman was silent.
"He's not like you, unlike them, you're perfect, right, S-000?"
"Whatever, just don't make me clean up the mess again, I need to watch my K-drama." The woman turned and walked away.
"…" The man squinted his eyes a little. Why are his 'disciples' so strange?
Suddenly, she stopped walking, seemingly remembering something. She turned around and said:
"Do something about the A-000, he's starting to act very independently. That's not a good thing."
"Oh?" The man seemed to become even more interested:
"What's he doing?"
"He is actively looking for the person responsible for the previous incident. If this continues, he will find out that it was the daughter of that crimson demon who did this, and he will definitely do something harmful."
"…" Though still cold-faced, a small drop of sweat fell from the man's face when he heard the woman mention the crimson demon, and if it's a demon, he only knows one.
"Scathach…"
"I will speak to him." It is not yet time to provoke that demon.
"Thanks." Her voice came out a little livelier than usual. Now she didn't need to work anymore!
The woman turned again to walk away but was spoken to again.
"And... Don't use your power for useless things."
"... What are you talking about?"
"Don't treat me like a fool. You only managed to discover this information because you used your power. Scathach's daughter's plan was very well orchestrated and hidden, you wouldn't be able to discover it in a normal way."
"…" The woman was silent.
"This time, I'll let it go, but there won't be a next time."
"Yes... General."
"Good, now go watch anything you would watch."
"It's K-drama..." The woman seemed to pout.
"Whatever."
.....
Chapter 192: The power of Alucard.
When Victor threw Maria to his wife, he said,
"Now that the hassle is gone." Victor cracked his neck a little as he looked at Carlos with his eyes glowing blood red.
"Let's continue!"
"Alucard, you're overestimating yourself-," Carlos was about to say something, but he was interrupted by a punch so hard it made him fly into the sky.
"Wha-," The man quickly tried to fix his center of gravity in midair.
Rumble, Rumble.
"What were you saying?" He heard someone's voice behind him.
When Carlos would try to turn his face in the direction of the voice, he felt a punch in his ribs and rapidly flew up again, and before he could do anything.
Victor appeared beside him and attacked him.
'Ugh... He's too fast!' Carlos couldn't react to Victor's speed.
This same attack was repeated, over and over, and Victor looked like a golden beam of light attacking Carlos!
"Let's increase the speed!" Victor yelled with a big smile on his face!
He disappeared again, leaving lightning trails in the air, and began attacking Carlos in all parts of his body.
"AHHHHHHHH!"
Heads, legs, knees, ears, eyes, dick, Victor attacked Carlos's entire body with such force that the man's body began to break.
The man was being bathed in his own blood! And he couldn't do anything!
"Enough-." When Carlos was about to say or do something, Victor suddenly appeared in front of him and grabbed him by the neck.
"Tell me, have you ever tried getting punched at Mach 10?"
"H-Huh...?"
Not letting Carlos have time to think, Victor froze Carlos' body and threw him upward.
'I can't move!' Carlos started to struggle like a pig. He felt frustrated! He just couldn't react!
He didn't specialize in aerial fighting! He's another ground fighter!
"Ready..." Victor assumed a position like he was about to run an Olympic 100m sprint!
Rumble, Rumble!
Lightning began to cover Victor's body, and slowly Victor's red eyes began to turn a golden tinge.
"What is my Darling doing?" Sasha asked as she looked up at the sky.
"Hmm... Don't tell me..." Ruby opened her eyes wide when she saw Victor's running position, "Since when can he do this?"
"Do what?" Violet asked.
"Maria, are you alright?" Luna asked.
"Y-Yes..." She spoke in a difficult voice.
"…No, you're not fine. Lady Sasha, can you do something?"
"Hmm? Oh, I forgot." Sasha approached Maria and presented her wrist to the woman to bite
Suddenly, everyone heard a thunderclap so loud they had to cover their ears.
RUMBLE, RUMBLE!
Victor's body was covered with lightning, while the lightning seemed much denser and stronger than before.
"GO!"
BOOOOOM! BOOOOOM! BOOOOOM!
Victor flew into the sky like a golden rocket towards Carlos, and halfway through, everyone heard three sonic booms.
"That's not enough! Faster!"
This time the sound was much louder than before.
BOOOOOOM!
"MORE!"
BOOOOOOM!
Victor clenched his fist, he covered his fist with the power of ice, and in the blink of an eye, he was in front of Carlos.
Carlos's perception began to slow, and he looked into Victor's red, golden-tinted eyes with fear visible in his eyes:
'I will die! I will die! I will die!'
That's what he thought, but the moment he thought it, a dissatisfaction rose inside him:
'I do not want to die!' Slowly a dark power in his arm began to grow.
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Victor's fist connected with Carlos' chest, and a massive explosion ensued.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
The air pressure spread, and all the clouds in the sky disappeared, and the result of the attack on Carlos' body was...
Every part of Carlos' chest disappeared from existence.
"This is fucking bullshit." Luna couldn't help but say when she saw what Victor did.
"You get used to it..." Violet and Ruby spoke at the same time.
"…" Luna wanted to scream. He's never done that before, you know!? Why aren't you guys reacting!?
Well, the wives just had the thought, if it's Victor who did it, then it's normal.
They were tired of reacting to anything he did.
"What did Darling do?" Sasha asked in curiosity because she couldn't see what had happened since she was feeding Maria her blood.
"He punched someone at a speed of Mach around 10," Ruby spoke in a dry tone. She didn't know exactly what speed he had achieved, but just from the sonic booms, she knew it was around what she'd guessed.
"...Huh?" Sasha thought she went deaf all of a sudden. Did she just say that Victor punched someone at a speed of Mach 10?
What is he? Not even her family can do that!
That is a fucking bullshit!
Suddenly everyone heard:
"HAHAHAHA~." Victor chuckled in amusement. He enjoyed doing this; he must do this more often!
Cough!
Victor coughed blood, then, as he looked at his blood, "Oh? I suffered damage... Well, it's to be expected, I hit that speed, and I suddenly stopped in mid-air. That kind of action must have a consequence."
He also felt his fist, and his whole body was aching a little, but…
Victor didn't care too much, considering that, in less than a few seconds, all the damage he suffered was healed.
Victor looked at Carlos' flying body.
"What are you waiting for? Wake up!" Victor yelled with an annoyed face, "The fun isn't over!"
"Fucker!" The dark power in Carlos' right arm began to grow and soon covered his entire body.
He positioned himself in midair and looked at Victor, a hint of fear creeping across Carlos' face when he saw Victor's smile, but he ignored it as if it were an illusion and then threw a gigantic black beam of power in Victor's direction.
Victor looked at the black power beam with a bored look:
"Too slow."
Rumble, Rumble.
Victor's body was soon covered by lightning again.
And he disappeared, leaving behind a golden trail.
"Tsk." Carlos clicked his tongue in annoyance when he saw that Victor easily dodged his power, as the power that was covering his body disappeared, and the power of his arm created a black wing that looked like an angel's wing.Oh…? That black power speeds up your regeneration, huh." Victor spoke a little away from Carlos as he looked at his back.
Carlos quickly turned and looked for Victor, but he found nothing.
"Where are you!? Stop hiding like a coward!" He growled angrily.
Victor appears in front of Carlos, "Hahaha~" He laughed lightly as if listening to a funny joke, "Hiding? Me? Looks like the punch I gave you earlier made you stupid."
A vein popped in Carlos' head:
"Fuck off!"
Carlos quickly closed his golden fist and attacked Victor!
An immense wind pressure rushed towards Victor, and that wind seemed to carry a slightly golden color with it.
Victor looked at the air pressure coming towards him with a neutral gaze:
"I'll show you the difference between us." The magic circle of Victor's glove began to glow like crazy as hot air started coming out of Victor's body.
Victor breathed in a little and exhaled, allowing a small puff of flames came out of his mouth. He then closed his eyes and concentrated on his power:
When the wind pressure reached in front of Victor, he opened his eyes which were glowing blood-red:
Suddenly.
FUSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
A gigantic fireball was created.
"...W-What-."
Air pressure hit the fireball, but nothing happened.
Victor lifted the fireball up and looked at Carlos with his red eyes glowing.
Gulp.
Carlos gulped as he looked at the fireball and felt an instinctive fear of that power.
"Don't lose focus, don't bite your tongue, don't despair, the fight has just begun."
With every word Victor spoke, the fireball grew and grew.
"..." Carlos' spine trembled as the fireball increased in size
And soon, Victor looked like he was holding a sun.
"Don't disappoint me like others of your kind, Mongrel."
A feeling of fear covered Carlos' entire body, and he yelled,
"Monster!! What are you?! How can you use that kind of power and not feel anything?"
"I'm built different, Mongrel."
"...H-Huh?"
"... He's overreacting..." Luna spoke with a lifeless look.
"Yeah, he's overreacting..." Violet spoke with the same look.
"...Yes." Ruby just nodded while having the same look on her face.
Punching others at Mach 10 speed is okay, but creating a gigantic fireball is a big 'NOOO!'
Imagine the damage this will do if it falls to the ground!?
Gulp, Gulp.
The three look at the source of the noise and see Sasha giving her blood to Maria.
"The wounds are taking a while to heal, huh," Ruby spoke as she looked at Maria's burned body.
"Yes, but she's more stable now."
"The power of hunters is very dangerous for Ghouls. The only reason for a ghoul to have survived is because it is stronger than normal." Sasha said:
"If this keeps up, it's going to take years for her to get back to normal…" Sasha's eyes narrowed a little.
"Take it." Ruby threw something at Sasha.
Sasha raised her hand and caught the item, "A vial of blood?"
"It's not just any blood, it's our husband's blood."
"...I don't want to give her Darling's blood," Sasha spoke.
"Don't worry, the effect will be a little better than normal blood. After all, she's not drinking straight from the source." Ruby spoke in a neutral tone.
"...You seem pretty sure of what you're talking about."
"Of course I am." Ruby flashed a sly smile.
"...Don't use our husband's blood in your experiments, Ruby," Sasha spoke.
Ruby's eyes grew cold, "…Do you trust me so little? I experimented on myself, I did two tests, I drank my husband's blood straight from the source, and I drank his blood from a vial."
"The result? The blood in the bottle is much weaker for some reason. The blood doesn't give the same nutrients and power, unlike drinking straight from the source. Don't you remember telling us about this in the past?"
"…" Sasha was silent while she thought a little about the past and remembered that this happened when she was coming to the vampire world with Ruby. A look of recognition appeared on Sasha's face.
"Satisfied? Now, just give the damn blood to your Maid." Ruby turned her face away.
"I'm sorry Ruby..." She spoke in a gentler voice, "I just don't like it when people use some part of my husband's body in an experiment."
Ruby looked at Sasha with the same cold gaze, "I'm not just anyone, Sasha. I'm his wife."
"…" Sasha was silent again.
Ruby's eyes began to go lifeless, looking like endless darkness, "And just like you, I don't like it either. Because of that, I must know everything about my Darling, everything about his body, I must know everything about anything related to his blood so that in the future, something like these Mongrels won't be born using my husband's blood as an experiment. "
"That's a good thought…" Sasha spoke up.
"Right? Now, do your thing." Ruby turns her face away.
"Yes."
"..." Violet, who was watching all this, just displayed a small satisfied smile. She decided not to interfere because she knew that the girls, despite having disagreements and arguments once in a while, will reconcile quickly. After all, they've known each other for a long time.
Soon she heard Victor's voice:
"Burn." Victor threw the massive sun-like fireball towards Carlos, while this fireball seemed to be much bigger than the one before!
Violet looked at Victor with loving eyes; 'he is so amazing~. Oops, I can't, if this keeps up, I'm going to get wet. Focus, Focus.' She patted her face lightly.
She always liked it when Victor used her power, and unconsciously, she felt that way.
"Are you crazy!? Are you trying to erase this city from the map!?"
"HAHAHAHA~!"
His crazy laugh told Carlos everything he needed to know.
"Tsk." Carlos glanced at the mansion for a few seconds, and seeing that the power was going towards the mansion, he got even angrier.
Carlos' eyes began to glow blood red, and at the same time, the power of his golden fist began to grow.
"Haziel! My guardian angel, protect me-."
Rumble!
"Tsk, Tsk."
Victor appeared beside Carlos, and he tapped him on the shoulder and looked at Carlos like he's an old friend.
"Why are you going to defend yourself? Just take the attack like a good boy."
"Eh-...?"
Victor covered his fist with ice and attacked Carlos' stomach.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
"Cough!" Carlos spat blood from his mouth.
And then he flew towards the mansion, where the roof was destroyed and fell to the ground.
Victor looked at the fireball and displayed a small smile, and soon he disappeared, leaving behind lightning trails.
Victor appeared in the air and looked at his attack that was getting close to the mansion.
Suddenly.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
"Ahhhh~, it's so beautiful. Can't this be considered a work of art?"
"HAHAHAHAHA~" Victor chuckled as he clapped his hands, while he felt he was acquiring a taste for destruction.Chapter 193: The power of Alucard. 2
"Ahhhh~, it's so beautiful. Can't this be considered a work of art?"
"HAHAHAHAHA~"
"...This monster is not even taking the fight seriously." James squinted a little as he stared at the monitor.
"Of course not." The woman walked to General James' side as she looked at the monitor with a neutral gaze.
"...?" James looked at the woman, "Didn't you leave to go watch that thing?"
"It's K-drama." The woman repeated again.
"..." James had a face that said, 'I don't care.'
"And yes, I would go watch my 'K-DRAMA' but… This is more interesting." She highlighted the word so the man could remember the next time.
"Alucard is a literal monster, that's not enough to make him fight seriously." The woman seemed to rate Victor very highly.
"I know that. He's the fusion of the powers of Clan Scarlett, Fulger, and Snow. Of course, he would be strong."
"..." The woman looked at her boss like he was an idiot:
"That's not what I'm talking about."
"...?" James didn't understand for a few seconds what the woman was implying.
"...I'm talking about his mentality, you can give an ordinary man the power to defeat God. But, if he doesn't have determination or willpower enough to learn to control his powers, or if he doesn't have the mentality of going into battle prepared to die, he will become useless."
"No matter how talented you are, no matter what kind of power you have, if your mindset isn't right, you won't be able to use that power properly."
"Oh..." James now understood what the woman had been implying earlier.
"Alucard already had a few screws loose in his head even before he became a vampire, and when he became a vampire, that subsection of his personality grew stronger, he joined the useful with the pleasant and became a monster."
"... And to make matters worse, he found that woman."
"Yes, fate is a bitch sometimes, it even seems that she wanted Alucard to be born as an irregularity..."
"Oh." The woman opened her eyes wide.
"You seem to have thought of something, tell me." James' eyes twitched a little.
"It's just a silly thought..." The woman narrowed her eyes a little, and she looked at James, "I just thought: what if that was true?"
"What?"
"Alucard was born to be a symbol of change? Something like a generational change."
"...That's ridiculous... Vlad is a much bigger monster than he is. They can't be compared."
"I very much doubt that that man would give up on everything he's accomplished to some stranger."
"Yes, that's why I said it was a silly thought."
"..." A silence fell around the room, and the only thing that could be heard was Victor's laughter.
"Well, whether he's a symbol of change or not doesn't matter." General James looked at Victor with a calculating look.
"Let's start phase two." James approached a keyboard and hit the 'Enter' key.
Soon a visible change began to take place on the monitor.
Victor stopped laughing and looked at the mansion with a serious look:
"Oh, he noticed, huh? As expected, we shouldn't underestimate the senses of a vampire, especially of an irregularity like him."
"...Are you really going to waste so many resources just to know the limit of this monster?" The woman spoke as she stared at the monitor screen.
And on the monitor screen, she could see the appearance of 3 men, and the strange thing about these men was that they looked the same. They were like triplets, black hair, and blood-red eyes, all of them around 180 cm tall. :
'A-010, A-011, A-012... Is he sending three A-level experiments just to fight him? This is such a waste!'
"Yes, we must assess and understand Alucard's strength, this is for the good of the Pope's plan."
'That's not enough…' She was going to say it out loud, but she knew the general wouldn't listen to her, so, because of that, she just kept silent.
When she heard about the Pope's part.
The woman squinted her eyes a little:
"...I wonder if the Pope agrees for you to use humans in experiments."
"Hahahaha~." James chuckled playfully.
"..." The woman opened her eyes a little since she had never seen this man laugh before.
"My dear, S-000. The pope is not as holy as you think. You don't live 1900 years without getting your hands dirty, he even allowed what happened to you to come true."
"..." The woman was silent and thought it made sense.
She squinted her eyes a little: 'As expected, everyone is rotten...' She had little hope that the Pope didn't know what was going on, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
"We must use whatever is necessary to defeat the evil of mankind... Vampires must be eliminated." He spoke in a voice that was lifeless, but one that held unshakable determination:
'Especially that monster, he definitely won't forgive you.'
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"..." James looked at S-000's back with a neutral gaze, and seemed to be thinking of something, then "And to fulfill that reality, I don't mind getting my hands dirty. After all, I know I will be forgiven... God is on my side." The man's black eyes seemed to glow gold for a few seconds.
"…" The woman turned, and as she walked towards the exit, she said,
"God can forgive him… But people definitely won't…"
'Especially that monster, he definitely won't forgive you.'
"..." James looked at S-000's back with a neutral gaze, and seemed to be thinking of something, then he looked at the monitor.
...
"Target acquired." An emotionless voice was heard while he was looking at a man in midair.
"As we always do... As per the general's wishes, we will eliminate the threat." A neutral voice was heard."Illusion, Charm, claws, bat wings, and a weird golden flame." Victor used his fingers and listed everything he learned from that brief encounter, and soon he looked at the three of them with a big smile on his face.
"..." The three felt a shiver down their spines when they saw Victor's smile.
"I'm curious. You guys are interesting, I want to know more!" With every word Victor spoke, his voice got louder.
A demonic aura exploded from his body:
"Let's have fun!"
Gulp.
What in the seven-hells did the general order them to fight!? That's what was going through the triplets' minds.