58 Prologue : 天敵 (1/2)

My vision flickered. It was a wind of light that made me feel that my soul was diminutive.

The Knights of the End claim their duties as purification.

If this is indeed a purification, then perhaps the heat and pain that burns my soul is to cleanse me of my karma.

I know that a second life is against the fundamental rules of this world. But I still didn't want to die.

I don't have any particular ambition. But I had too much regret to accept my death so easily.

It was like the wind, the waves, and the sun.

In the flickering white of his vision, he struggled to move the limbs that were already gone, to resist the forces that were trying to put him back in his rightful place.

I gathered the energy of death. He felt his power growing stronger and stronger.

But that was just my imagination. If this power came from a single human being, then I was just lucky to have survived until now.

Oh, how harsh this world is on the undead.

Existence vanishes. My life is erased before I can recall it. Consciousness vanishes.

The first time, I miraculously came back. The second time, Senri saved her. But there will probably never be a third time.

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I tried to roar, but I couldn't speak. And then I simply died.

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And I jumped up on my bed.

Complete near-darkness. The window is tightly covered by the blackout curtains I brought in, and not a ray of moonlight is coming in.

My head ached and I slowly looked around the room, holding my racing heart.

Huh, huh, huh. ...... d*mn, it's ...... that dream again. ......

Lower level vampires don't sweat. If I could sweat, I would be drenched in a cold sweat.

Breathing is also not necessary. The ragged breathing was like a remnant of the time when I was alive.

If you close your eyes and concentrate, you can feel your own comatose soul. My hands, my feet, my whole body was trembling.

But it was proof that I was alive. If it had happened while I was asleep, I would have died without being able to fear like this.

”End ............ that dream again.

”Oh, ......, but it's okay. I'm getting used to it.

I'm not sure what to do, but I'm going to do it. I can see Senri in her nightgown, defenseless.

Nearly a week has already passed since Epe's sudden attack.

My life has changed slightly.

First, I started to sleep at night. Secondly, Senri started to snuggle with me when I sleep.

Of course, it was only a temporary measure, but having Senri by my side made the nightmares a little better. Besides, if that attack were to happen again, I can take the blood and endure it immediately.

It was just my luck that I survived that wind of light.

I was awake, and Senri was close by. Those two things saved my life.

If I had been asleep, I would have died before I could resist. If Senri hadn't been nearby, I wouldn't have been able to suck blood and fight the cleansing as I was dying.

According to Senri, that technique is called ”Soul Release” and is one of the most basic techniques of the Demise Knights.

It is said to be used only to kill the lowest level of undead, but it consumed my soul as a lowly vampire and almost purified it.

This was despite the fact that there was a considerable distance between us and Epe.

Senri ran at full speed during the day, and I ran at full speed at night. There was no way we could have caught up even if we had used a carriage.

And that meant that the power of Epee the Annihilator was far beyond my expectations,......, and even Senri's.

The sweet smell of blood wafting from Senri's body made me take a deep breath.

She was dressed in a loose nightgown. Her bare neck shines lustrously, even without lights. I'm grateful that she's so considerate of me, but the urge to suck blood is a little stronger after a nightmare, so it's hard to resist.

I can't just push you down and suck your blood after you've saved my life twice.

Senri whispered to me, trying to calm me down.