"Are you sure about this? This is a decision that will set the path for your future," Draco said solemnly.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    "Yes, Uncle. I can''t be a weakness to my brother," Adria replied with a determined gaze, solidifying her decision.


    Draco had exined to her that what was happening wasn''t an illness but the result of a power originally belonging to her brother. He wanted to retrieve it for Adrian because he had an important mission to fulfill.


    Draco had briefed her on the situation without going into details, but with her intelligence, Adria was able to grasp the overall picture.


    He also told her that he could make her keep the power, but her life would never be the same. She would tread a path filled with bones and ughter.


    "If you be strong enough, you will be able to protect yourself and take revenge for your parents," he exined, leaving her to make the choice: to remain human or be a demon.


    As expected, she chose the path of a demon, which didn''t surprise Draco. From the moment he arrived, he had noticed her yearning to see the outside world and her hunger for strength, which had piqued his curiosity.


    "Okay. Let''s call your brother and hear his decision," Draco said.


    He called Adrian and exined his sister''s decision to him. Since Adria had chosen this path, Adrian decided to follow her as well.


    The blood ritual began. This was what Xra had called it.


    "It''s now up to you, Xra," Draco said mentally.


    "The process will get a bit painful from now on," Draco warned, trying tofort the siblings.


    Xra moved her hands in intricate patterns, forming a blood seal in the air above Adria. It began drawing something from her, causing Adria to whimper in pain. She frowned, trying to suppress her difort.


    A deep silvery-red blood emerged from Adria''s forehead, radiating waves of demonic energy.


    Draco felt a slight unsettling reaction in his own blood.


    "No wonder," Xra muttered.


    "No wonder what now? Can''t you just finish your sentences?" Draco snorted.


    "A vampire follows their instincts to devour blood. Although she belongs to a noble bloodline, as a newborn vampire, her brother''s blood should not have been enough to satisfy her. Normally, she would have grown bored of it, but she has only drunk his blood."


    Draco and Xra observed the twins, who had both fallen unconscious due to the blood extraction. Adrian had been rendered unconscious by Xra.


    "So what''s the cause?" Draco asked.


    "She possesses another bloodline that suppresses the Vampire Blood. It''s not angelic or from any n I know. Its origin is obscure," Xra exined.


    Draco felt a headacheing on.


    "What the hell is a repulsive bloodline doing in her body? Why isn''t anything going ording to n?" Draco shouted mentally.


    "It seems one of their parents has an origin that isn''t to be underestimated. If the Vampire Blood fuses with the other bloodline, unknown changes might ur," Xra replied.


    "Didn''t you say they were repulsive? How can they fuse? And why doesn''t Adrian have this bloodline?" Draco asked, pointing to Adrian. Theplexities of bloodlines were bing a headache.


    "If only I could farm EXP instead," Draco thought bitterly, his expression intoxicated.


    "His soul is purely Vampire, so the repulsive bloodline couldn''t manifest in him. It all went into her," Xra continued.


    "Enough," Draco interrupted. "Just get on with your work."


    Xra shook her head, separating three-quarters of the extracted blood. She sent it into Adrian''s body.


    **THUMP!**


    His heartbeat grew louder and faster, and a silver-red cocoon enveloped him, beginning his transformation.


    The remaining quarter of the Vampire Blood hovered in the air. Xra separated it into two portions and looked at Draco.


    "Why are you looking at me like that?" Draco asked, uneasy as her gaze locked onto him.


    "I need your blood," she said cheekily.


    Draco was rmed, looking at her suspiciously. "For what?" he asked.


    "Your blood willpensate for the energy deficiency in the Vampire Blood and assist in fusing the repulsive bloodline," Xra exined with a giggle.


    "Fine," Draco said, still wary. He took out a bronze sword to cut his finger.


    **CRACK!**


    The sword shattered, leaving Draco stunned.


    "Just bite yourself," Xra suggested.


    "I''m not a child," Draco snorted, pulling out a higher-ranked sword.


    **Silver-ranked weapon: cracked.**


    **Gold-ranked weapon: shattered.**


    Draco tried every weapon he had, but they all broke.


    The disadvantage of having high defense was ringly obvious now.


    Finally, he considered the Weapon of Plunder, hoping it would work.


    "Don''t bother. It won''t work. They''ll negate each other," Xra said.


    Draco''s mood turned sullen.


    "You''re the only one who can hurt yourself," Xra continued.


    Draco sulked, realizing the bad feeling he''d had earlier had been justified.


    He raised his finger,ughing bitterly. With no other option, he bit himself.


    Before proceeding, Draco looked at the twins. They were still unconscious. As for Xra, he said, "Close your eyes and turn the other way."


    Xra rolled her eyes at Draco''s childishness.


    "Isn''t it just to bite your finger? Why are you acting like you''ve been asked to show your little brother down there?"


    "Just close your eyes," Draco demanded, ring at Xra, who reluctantlyplied.


    Seeing that she had indeed closed her eyes, Draco began.


    He put his teeth on his finger and bit it. No blood came out.


    He started moving his teeth like a saw cutting through wood.


    *This is embarrassing!* Draco shouted mentally.


    ncing at Xra again, he noticed she had maintained her position with her eyes closed, which helped him calm down.


    Little did he know, Xra was sneaking peeks at him, letting out small giggles. She even seized the opportunity to take a picture of what Draco was doing.


    "This is it," Draco muttered, controlling his pure red blood to float in the air.


    "You see, it''s not a big deal," Xra giggled, while Draco snorted in response.


    Draco was puzzled as to why the Vampire Blood stayed below his own, trembling as though it feared his blood.


    Xra performed another hand seal, sending both Draco''s blood and the Vampire Blood into Adria''s body. A golden-red cocoon formed around her, marking the beginning of her transformation.


    Draco wanted to ask what the remaining blood was for, only to see it shooting toward his forehead at an unavoidable speed.


    He lost consciousness, cursing Xra for not warning him. He knew this was her doing.


    ---


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    On an unknown, a million timesrger than Cerulean, small dots could be seen from the sky.


    No, these weren''t small dots. Upon closer inspection, they were beings.


    On one side were undead, ghosts, dragons with dark demonic scales, phoenixes with ck mes, vampires unfurling their wings, elves exuding auras of destruction, wolves embodying ughter, angels with ck wings.....


    There were countless other creatures, all radiating a demonic aura of war.


    Eleven figures floated in the air, their facial features concealed. Ten stood behind one figure, clearly the leader.


    On the other side stood humans, angels with white wings, golden dragons, ming red and ice-blue phoenixes, elves with green hair exuding auras of life, witches with broomsticks and hats...


    There were countless other creatures on this side too, radiating a holy aura of war intent.


    These two sides were like yin and yang—opposites destined for conflict.


    This was war.


    "Should I say I''m honored to be besieged by three Gods'' domains?" the leader of the dark side chuckled.


    "Plunderer, you''vemitted too many atrocities. It''s time for you to be eliminated," shouted one of the figures on the ground.


    ck mes consumed the figure who had spoken.


    "My master is talking. Ants like you have no right to interrupt," scoffed one of the ten figures behind the leader, evidently the one responsible for the mes.


    The scene silenced everyone present. The rumors of the God-Killer were true—any mistake led to death.


    The leader of the light side waved his hand, reviving the burned individual, though the person''s face now disyed extreme fear.


    "He''s right. It''s time for you, scourge, to be eradicated," said a deep, aged voice.


    "If it isn''t Alex, the Light God. I never expected you to lead this crusade," Xandros, the Plunderer, ridiculed.


    "I''m not the leader, Xandros. I''m just here to eliminate some scavengers," Alex chuckled, his ring twenty-four wings shining as heunched an attack toward Xandros.


    Xandros simply waved his hand, making the attack disappear and reappear elsewhere, where it obliterated an entire in a massive explosion.


    Thankfully, no one lived on that, or millions would have perished.


    "Oh, so Void and Chaos agreed to this?" Xandros asked, thoughtful. Alex remained silent.


    "I see," Xandros grinned.


    "Xandros, before we begin, we have a gift for you," Alex chuckled.


    A massive fox''s head, dripping blood, appeared in the air. Its lifeless eyes stared nkly, and each drop of blood that touched the ground burned holes in it.


    Unconsciously, everyone knelt from the overwhelming pressure emanating from Xandros. His killing intent materialized, sending shivers even to Alex.


    The head disappeared from Alex''s hand, appearing in Xandros''s grasp. His gaze turned gentle, yet sad, as he touched the fox''s head.


    "It''s true," he murmured.


    Then, that gentle expression vanished, reced by a cold killing intent.


    "I think it''s time to eliminate the scourge of this world," Xandros said, as both sides prepared for battle.


    A battle to the death.


    "ATTACK!"