City after city of the Beast Man nation fell one after the other, although each city held millions, a huge amount of the Beast Man living in each city managed to escape, but that didn't mean Dracula didn't kill thousands,
the more kills he gathered, the more his instincts were sharpening. reaching a but that he just had a gut feeling of the world around him. this was impressive, and don't think it was fast. it had been a month since they arrived in the Beast Man nation, and they had been moving around, avoiding Momon and a few others who were always arriving moments after they fled.
Shalltear was forced to think was just acting randomly. She was instead making some zig-zag towards the capital to throw off Momon and the others. along with Momon were Nabe, and the party of Blue Roses, although Evileye wasn't with them. Flunder was also amongst them, with Gazef and Remedios.
This group of people was to hold off the combat maids, allowing Momon to deal with Shalltear. Of Course, Momon would call for Momon as soon as the moment called for it. but it was like playing a game of cat and mouse. why were they not using an item or spell to pinpoint Shalltear's location? well, because it just so happened that one of the combat maids would block all of such spells. it even misled them once, leading to them falling behind greatly.
they also were slowed down by vampires, created by Shalltear and strengthened by Dracula, of course, Momon alone was enough to one-shot them, but if there were hundreds of them, what could he do? Shalltear only needed to bite a person's neck, and Shalltear being Shalltear aimed at the female's neck.
"... this is a million," Momon said in a soft voice leaving at the mountain of dead bodies, everyone who was flying on top of a magical beast didn't say anything. everyone had noticed that Dracula's killing percentage was improving by the moment,
"S-should we move to the capital?" Fluder asked in a soft voice, to which Laykus glared at him.
"And we just leave everyone else to suffer?" She said, to which everyone went quiet before Momon spoke
"There is a chance they might not even go there, all of this killing and running. she knows we are after her, so why would she go to where we expect her to be?" Momon asked, causing everyone to go quiet. things were looking bad, what were they going to do?
but at that moment, Momon got a message, with a slight nod, he looked toward Fluder.
"teleport us towards the capital, the beast king has reported Dracula is attacking," Momon said quickly, to which Flunder wasted no time. after a moment, they were all teleported far away, appearing above a city, where below Dracula was flying all over the flash, slaughtering everything in his path,
Momon wasted no time and jumped towards Dracula, only to be blocked by the damn Honyopenyoko, who gave him a gentle smile.
"Husband is just about to regain his strength, and soon his mind... things are about 70% complete, killing him now is as good as killing him." She said softly, while bullets shot from the ground to the sky. CZ used a magic gun, which she could use for snipping or mid-range battle.
while Flunder cast a spell, creating a barrier that blocked the bullets from hitting the magical beast, allowing it to land on the ground. with it on the ground, Laykus wasted no time and jumped towards Dracula with Gazef. they were far stronger than the others Dracula had faced, as could be seen by how hard it was for him to deal with both of them with just his instincts alone.
"This is just cruel, I will not allow you to go on like this," Laykus said, remembering Evileye's pain at getting the news. She respected Dracula, she felt he didn't hold the same worldview as her. just during the battle with the evil lord of wrath, Dracula was willing to kill all of the demons with Momon... but the moment the vampire king stepped in, he hesitated.
she understood that Momon was ready to give up his life, and Dracula knew Momon was good enough, so he wasted no time. but for the evil lord of wrath... she heard Dracula favor vampires move more than others, that was just a hint of it. then there was Honyopenyoko. if Dracula killed her instead of sending her away to be locked up, would this have happened?
Of course not, yes there might have been more to the reason Dracula didn't kill her. but the matter stood that Dracula favored his race more than even his best friend... Momon. oddly enough, he was willing to give his life up for Momon. which only meant that he put his life 3rd, the vampire rice being first, and those he loved.
Those were thoughts, in Dracula's shoes... well, she didn't know if she could have killed her friend, or teammates, even if she knew it was the only way. she wasn't strong enough. Dracula was, and for that, she deeply respected the man and didn't want to see him suffer any longer. even more so by this crazy woman, he was unwilling to marry in the first place.
As for Gazef? this was the man who stepped forward, even without being asked to, give them this never-before-seen ring to help the king take control of his kingdom. Dracula was the man who appeared, and although it was Ainz's plan from the start, he appeared to help their kingdom and the world find a more peaceful way to deal with things. Dracula was a man in his eyes who was more human than most of the people he had seen in his life. yet now he was being forced to be that crazy woman puppet,
"Dracula, kill them. their blood would do wonders for you." Honyopenyoko's voice filled the sky, causing Dracula to suddenly attack when he was busy blocking.
"Dracula! you have to be able to fight this. think of Evileye..." Laykus wanted to continue with her words when Dracula froze at the words, Evileye. a scene that caused both her and Gazef's eyes to narrow. it was for a split moment, but they noticed it as clear as day. Honyopenyoko seemed to have as well, causing her face to twist as she knew it was not a part of an act.
"Let's retreat for now," Honyopenyoko said with an annoyed look, to which the battle-mades who were fighting, Nabe, Flunder, Tia, Tina, and Gagaran quickly retreated. Tai, Tina, and Gagaran were not strong enough to take on the battle maids, Nabe and Flunder were the main hitters while they landed support. with them not falling back, and even shooting attacking towards Momon to force him off Honyopenyoko, Honyopenyoko was able to quickly shoot towards Dracula.
"Not so fast, Deminsal Lock." Ainz appeared at that moment, while Honyopenyoko kicked Gazef and Lakyus away. she wanted to teleport, but it wasn't so easy. Honyopenyoko gritted her teeth seeing this, how was she to escape now?
"Dracula, make it rain of holy water with some holy thunder," Honyopenyoko said, causing the sky to quickly darken. Ainz seeing this frowned deeply, before he stepped forward, casting a Reality slash toward Honyopenyoko, but before Honyopenyoko could do anything, Dracula flashed forward, blocking the attack with his own reality slash.
"See, he loves me. Now get out of our way." Honyopenyoko said through gritted teeth, to which Momon snorted.
"Dracula would have done the same to any vampire," Momon said while stepping forward, the lightning failed, blocking his path, while Ainz was busy blocking off the holy rain and the lightning which would target him every time he even tried to cast a spell.
"Dracula... now lightning that the dimensional lock... if you can do it?" Honyopenyoko said, not knowing the limit to Dracula's control of the weather. but to her shock, lightning made out of the element of space fell, shattering the dimensional lock, allowing Honyopenyoko to quickly teleport away with everyone else.
"... what was that!" Ainz said in annoyance, Ainz glared at the sky, where the rain was slowly shooting.
"Dracula's control of the weather is nearly limitless, but it was never this powerful," Ainz said, and his words were somewhat true. well, Dracula was level 100 at the moment, he was not lowering his stats due to him wearing that necklace, and he wasn't foolish enough to gamble everything. but in doing so, he was controlling the lighting with the stats of a level 100, which made it dangerous for both AInz and Momon.
for Gazef and Laykus, didn't feel that power, they were busy being healed by the holy water. Something Honyopenyoko didn't think of.
"what should we do? if we can't hold them, how are we going to stop them?" Flunder asked with a deep frown, to which Laykus spoke while how that one attack Honyopenyoko had given her nearly killed her, yet the rain had washed it away.
"Dracula is in there... Honyopenyoko felt it as well, I could feel that jealous she had once I said Evileye." Laykus said softly,
"what are you saying?" Momon asked softly, Laykus closed her eyes for a moment before speaking.
"Evileye might be able to get through him. It is a gamble... transform one of us into Evileye, we can use it to try and slow him down, enough to end him." Laykus said to which Momon nodded slightly,
"Oh, you're trying to use the virgin weakness against him. A woman's touch, I'm all for it," Gagaran said with a nod of approval. but at that moment, Momon let out a weird sound, which was almost mistaken for a laugh, but it was a cough... what a weird cough this guy have.
"as for the recording, I will make a copy of it and give it to you all. that way we can all try and see anything we can use against them." Momon said, to which everyone nodded in understanding, Ainz didn't bother to stay and simply opened a portal and left.
what none of them knew, was that Honyopenyoko wasn't far, no, just a few miles away, she appeared above. why? because this was what Dracula had asked her to do if they could flee, and now that they were here and not being watched he removed his mask.
"we were being watched," Dracula said with a serious look, causing Shalltear and everyone to widen their eyes.
"wish it not Nazarick my lord?" Yuri asked seriously, to which Dracula shook his head while taking out the Eye of Odin, along with some scrolls that held support magic, which he used on the eye to boost its overall capability,
"but gut feeling says here," Dracula said while the map that appeared before them showed... nothing. but after a moment, a huge build was revealed, hidden by a high-grade spell that made that place pretty much invisible from the outside world.
"It's a guild... that follows the beast type," Dracula said with a smile while looking toward Yuri who was shocked.
"Yuri, when did those 3 soul eaters appear?" Dracula asked calmly, to which Yuri thought for a moment before speaking.
"about 300 years ago... is lord saying this guild belonged to players from then?" Yuri asked to which Dracula nodded his head slightly.
"Either they were the reason for it, or they stopped the soul eaters, and ever since the player has been working on improving the beast race lively hold. but my gut feeling says they started it to gain XP. They might have even stepped forward, stopping them. they are the true rulers of this land or something like that." Dracula said, to which Yuri sneered at the picture slightly.
"so many years and none of their accomplishment is remotely equal to Lord Ainz and yourself..." She said to which everyone sneered, leaving Dracula speechless for a moment.
"I wouldn't say that. they might have been low-level players or something like that, from what I see from 300 years ago. the beast man race was a place where the weak are eaten, unless you were from a note-worthy family, you were food for others. plus, back then many tribes were in a state of war. the beast race has never been more united than now. if this is all done under this player's hands, it's impressive. not even the humans are this united." Dracula said calmly, the beast race was made out of many tribes, snake demi-human, lion demi-human, and the list went on.
be it from demi-humans who ruled the sky, to those that ruled the ground, they have all united here. yes, it was rare for different types of demi-humans to marry, but today it is starting to be accepted.
"You guys, return to Nazarick. Shalltear and I would go there to say hi." Dracula said with a smile, Yuri and the others were unsure about this. but seeing as Dracula wasn't going to take no for an Answer, Yuri nodded, wishing to hurry back and report this to AInz.
"Good, let's go hi Shalltear," Dracula said to which Shalltear eyes brow, they would finally be alone, just her and Dracula.