Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

"R-Run…" In front of such an overwhelming and striking display of power, how could their morale not break.

As soon as they realised they were just sitting ducks waiting to be butchered, they immediately started running away. However, how could it be so easy to run from True Vampires?

Just as they started running, blood that had already been spilled on the ground, seeped out as if being pulled by some force and formed thin lines of threads that quickly ensnared and immobilised them.

"[Ephemeral Bloodweave] and then for the follow up [Ethereal Haemal Blades]" Ariel made a few hand signs and the many immobilised criminals were immediately turned into Swiss cheese by the thousands of blades made of blood, falling from the sky.

"Hmph, this should be put me in lead. Let's see how that dark elf is doing"

Muttering to herself, she turned towards Drow who was in the midst of killing her opponents like culling crops with the numerous clones she created. She was like an army continuously increasing in number with the blood of her fallen opponents.

After killing who knows how many opponents and dyeing her clothes crimson with the blood of her opponent, she turned towards Ariel and gave a smirk of victory.

Seeing that look, Ariel was instantly incited and started killing the gangs of criminals even faster. Who knew when, but at some unknown point in time, they started competing against each other over who killed the most number of enemies.

If Drow and Ariel who were the most smart and astute among Theodore's kindred were already like this, so one could imagine what Diana who was all brawns and no brains, was like.

Sniff… Sniff… with her extraordinary sense of smell and other senses, she located the most powerful opponent amongst the enemy and went straight for him. Her speed breaking the barrier of sound, crushed any opponent that stood in her path and quickly arrived before Dieter.

Dieter who had just defeated a high level member of the resistors, sensed an intense amount of battle intent directed towards him and turned around only to find a Cienthrope Beast Kin looking at him.

"Oh? A beast Kin huh!! It is said that amongst the beast kin, the Cienthrope are a race that specialises in battle. They possess so much raw destructive power that it could be even compared to some Apex races of this world"

"It is also said that they possess special senses that allow them to detect the strongest person in the vicinity. Although I don't think you are comparable to those powerful Cienthropes from the legend, you are not wrong in approaching me in the sense that I am the strongest here"

Dieter proudly declared. His eyes then was drawn towards the beautiful figure of Diana. He looked at her well balanced figure, lustrous hair, attractive curves and black suit that accentuated her beauty even further.

"For a demi human you are quite maintained by your master. Un, I have decided, once I kill your master, I will take ownership of yo..ugh" Dieter was unable to complete his sentence as a hand grabbed his face and lifted him up.

"RAWR~…" With a primal roar that shook the very air, Diana grabbed the man babbling something in front of her and jumped high up with him in tow.

Gifted with the natural strong body of the Cienthrope and now granted with the extreme abilites of a True Vampire, Diana became a force that couldn't be trifled with.

Her race's already raw destructive power was taken to a whole new height after she became a vampire. Like a weapon of destruction polished and upgraded to the extreme, she was the definition of completion.

Whether it be her body or her abilities, it had reached a frighteningly destructive level. As could be seen how easily she neutralised Dieter who was the strongest member of the Blades of Ascension and jumped as high as sixty meters without breaking a sweat.

It was not only her athleticism and agility that needed to be feared, but even her strength was so. Diana did a few spins in the air and flung the man down with all the inertia and momentum.

BOOM…

As one could imagine, being thrown at such high speed and from such height, did to the person. Dieter plummeted down onto the ground, creating a large crater in the process.

Clouds of dust and debris rose to the sky for dozens of meters and blotted the vision. Blood seeped out from the openings of his armour, his bones creaked in pain and his vision became black for a moment.

The impact alone knocked all the air out of his lungs and almost made him lose consciousness.

Dieter was unable to believe what had happened at that moment. What kind of being was he fighting? Before he could think properly, he was forced awake by a loud sound coming from directly above him.

The person who did this to him, was coming for him again.

"RAWR~…" Diana shouted from up in the sky and came plummeting down right where Dieter was.

Her extreme physical strength allowed her to change directions in the air by generating great amounts of wind pressure just flinging her arms and legs. This in turn also allowed her to remain in the sky much longer even without the use of any flight skill.

Using her immense physical strength, she came plummeting down to the ground at a breakneck speed.

BOOOM… As if an artillery had been fired, the air shook with the sound of thunder. The ground trembled and clouds of dust and debris was flung in the sky once again.

The already big crater collapsed even further and the ground ran with crisscrossing cracks. Though more than the condition of the ground, the one who was in a more miserable state was Dieter.

After taking on the full brunt of the air drop from Diana, most of his armour and rib cage was crushed, several of his bones fractured and he suffered heavy concussion. Although he was still alive, he had already lost consciousness.

His defeat was swift and overwhelming with not even chance to make a comeback and all it took was a few seconds.

One need not even explain how short that was. Before everyone could even understand what was happening around this part of the battlefield, the strongest member of the Blades of Ascension was already defeated.

However, Diana did not just stop after knocking her enemy out, she picked him out of the hole and hurled him around like a club destroying and killing nearby enemies.

The side of the criminal organisation already had enough on their plates dealing with Drown and Ariel and now the image of one of their leader casually being manhandled around like he was an inanimate club, was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Their morale collapsed and they fell on the ground defeated. Nevertheless, the nightmare for them was yet to end.

Who knew when, but at some unknown point in time, a sweet scent started spreading through the air. When these people inhaled the scent, the colour in their eyes changed to almost match that of the blood.

Their expression became savage, blood flowed out of their seven orifices and after a few more seconds, they started behaving peculiarly. They attacked each other, tearing and biting the flesh of the other like a maddened beast who had lost their mind.

It was not only them, such scenes could be seen playing out everywhere on the side of the criminals.

In the distance, Alia the Cat kin from the Golden Jaguar Tribe could be seen puckering her lips and exhaling some glitter like substance.

"Baneblood Hysteria Inducement" she slowly muttered under her breath.

It was not only the three kindreds from Theodore's side that were running rampant across the battlefield, Maybell's side were no different.

While Alia made the despondent and crestfallen crimianls to fight each other, Rob was currently taking on one of the five members of the Bales of Ascension, the Heavy Guardian class Joses and sweeping the floor with him.

All the five demihumans were showing off their new powers and abilities and dominating the battleground.

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Done with capturing the leader, Diana looked around for any other strong enemies. Although her senses did pick a few individuals, they were far too weak for her entertainment. Even their leader who was supposed to be the strongest, could not even take two blows from her.

Bored, she dragged Dieter along with her as she made her way back to her master when...

"Dieter!!"

On the way, the mage Alecia blocked her path. She quickly conjured several spells to attack Diana; however, most of it was either swatted away by her or dodged with minimal movements as if they were some poultry tricks and not powerful spells.

"Kuh!!" Seeing that ordinary magic did not even faze the demihuman in front of her, Alecia resorted to more complex and powerful attacks.

She distanced herself from her opponent, erected a magic shield and started chanting spells for Seismic Magic, advanced attribute of Earth magic and several Amalgamtion magic of Intermediate Tier.

Using the lost tier [Shadow Chant] and [Concurrent Chant] skills and several other Mana consumption skills, she was easily able to keep up with the strain of casting so many powerful magic at once.

Under her manipulation, the ground around her seemed as if it was made of water, as wave after wave rose up and rushed towards Diana as if wanting to bury her underneath.