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Chapter 2508: A special family

The vampire settlement was recovering from the recent attack from the Divine Brigade. There had been next to no issues since the event but it was causing ripple effects throughout the vampires' society, not just at the vampire settlement.

The vampires feared that the attack might be targeted towards them, rather than the general population since it had occurred during the time all of the vampires had gathered.

In a way, the fact that all of the leaders were preparing for the worst, just made tensions for everyone else rise that much higher.

In the vampire settlement, a meeting was taking place, Layla, Xander, and Muka were the main ones that were present. They were sitting at the normal round table in the garden stationed out the back of the main castle.

"This is proving to be a bigger headache than I first thought." Muka declared, as she pressed on a small square device on the table in front of her. A projection of files opened up and everyone was able to see what she was talking about.

"The Graylash vampires, and the Vampire Corps units, have reported nearly every little thing they find suspicious, but it's almost impossible to tell if any of them are related to Immortui, or if it's a completely separate matter."

"Even out of the reports we have investigated, we still haven't been able to find anything that is related to the matter either." Xander stated.

"We can't just disregard what is happening either." Layla said, as she remembered what had occurred at the event. "If a large scale attack was to occur with whatever attacked us today, and we don't have measures to help the people, then the worse will occur."

All of them agreed with the severity of the situation, and it felt like all they could do was to just continue on doing what they had been doing this whole time. It just meant that there were more tiring days ahead of them.

"Galen stop it!" A short voice said.

Turning around they could see that a few more guests were arriving. They could see a man that had the same appearance as Quinn, and by his side, was Galen and Minny.

Galen was walking in with his hands behind his back, looking elsewhere, while Minny seemed to be filled with anger at him for some reason. Directly behind her a portal of shadow appeared, and out of it, a large hand was made from the shadow.

After creating the hand, a long dangling finger would poke Minny on her back. Immediately Minny turned around, she could only see the lingering finger of the shadow.

For a while now Galen had been using the shadow more often. People were becoming aware of what he could do, especially those in higher positions, but not only had he been using the shadow more but his control and power over it were extremely impressive and he was improving at a rapid rate.

'His shadow powers, are they growing even quicker than Quinn's?' Vincent thought, as he was observing everything for a while now. 'He hasn't even used techniques like shadow eater or anything like that. I wonder how his powers are able to grow."

Vincent had been keeping a closer eye on the two children. Since Layla was now taking up more of a role in the settlement, she didn't have a lot of time to directly look after her children. But considering how they were a main target, they needed someone to look after them.

"Mommy!" Minny said, running over and leaping up, she jumped straight into Layla's arms who had caught her. "When is Daddy going to come back? It's hard staying with grandpa all the time because he looks so much like daddy that I miss him, and Galen, he never speaks to me, everything is so boring."

Things were tough and it only made Layla's heart ache more every time Minny would ask this question. As more time went on, she had to prepare that there was the chance that perhaps he wouldn't come back.

She looked at Vincent, who just reluctantly shook his head.

"I have some good news perhaps." Vincent said. "But it might not be the best news. The passing of time is different in the space where the others had gone to. An hour passed here is a different amount of time in the other space. However, I do not know what that time is. With this news it could explain why Quinn is taking so long."

The idea was for Quinn to enter the space and deal with Immortui; that didn't happen, and then a group of their strongest had entered and had gone to deal with Immortui and still there was no news or anything different. They couldn't help but worry, as they never imagined things would take this long.

"Very well, then all we can do is for all of us to keep on trying our best." Layla declared.

With the meeting over, all of them stood up from their position and started to walk back to the settlement. It was quite often the group would make their rounds, and just make a public appearance to the general vampires to settle their worries.

As they entered the settlement and started to walk into the main living areas, they had quickly discovered that something was amiss. The air felt steady, almost not moving.

There was no sound of the wind, and when they walked forward, they finally could see the vampires of the settlement. All of them were frozen in place, not physically frozen but unmoving, and not even breathing.

"What is going on?" Xander asked.

Layla's heart sank.

"I've experienced this before, I remember, when this happened last time. Galen, Minny, hide and take cover!"

The two listened quickly, using the shadow space and getting rid of themselves, but Layla started to wonder. Why could their group still move? It must mean that whoever was coming to see them had the intention of talking to them.

Almost seeming to appear out of nowhere, the one who Layla had envisioned in her mind was standing in front of her.

"It's been a while since we have seen each other, hasn't it?" Mundus said with a smile. "Now, I have a very very important question to ask you, and it's important that you answer it honestly.

"This isn't just for your sake, but for his as well. Where is Quinn?"

All of the vampires were startled, not saying a word, so Mundus decided to take a further step forward.

"No one attack him." Layla said to the others. Xander was already twitching, reaching for his weapon, and Muka was taken aback as well. Vincent was the only one that remained somewhat calm.

"This one is incredibly strong." Layla said.

"Is all of what is happening, is all of what is happening now, his doing, how is that possible? What type of power is this?" Xander asked.

She knew it was Mundus' doing, and last time none were able to stop him, and without the black sword on her, it would be even more difficult to go against him again.

Minny had managed to put up a good fight, but in the end she had lost, and Layla would rather Minny stay safe in the space than come out.

"Alright, let me rephrase the question since you seem to be struggling with giving me an answer. Is Quinn in the red space? Has he gone to take care of Immortui?" Mundus asked, his voice causing a shiver to run down each and every one of their bodies.

If they told him, Layla had to wonder, would Mundus be a friend in this situation, or a foe.

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Things were moving all over the place, and one of the celestials was keeping an eye on everything that was happening, unsure of what the overall outcome would be.

"Did your powers show an unfavourable future?" Sam asked.

"My powers so far have shown me this, what is happening right now. The Ancient Ones have gotten involved, and the others are learning of what is happening. I fear for what is to happen because, right now, this future is what I foresaw."

"And what, are you hoping that it will change?" Sam asked. "Is that possible?"

"I have told you before, the only times my predictions have proven to be wrong, are when there are Talens involved." Bliss answered. "And this time in history, at this point, there are three. Let's hope the three of them can make a drastic change, otherwise there is much worse to come."

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    Could it be the reason Quinn's body didn't drop a godslayer crystal was because the armour would revive?? maybe when mundus reverses time it will also heal the armour which will then activate the skill to revive quinn for round 3
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      The armor has a blocked skill that is probably the phoenix's revive ability. How it will be used is difficult to say, perhaps Mundus will try to turn Quinn's body back in time and the armor will be reconstructed and activate automatically.
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    I think mundus going to reverse time for whole world in red space to retrieve blood crystal .
    Reversing time for only quinn it's not possible because universe don't allow two god slayer crystal of the same origin be exist. But one thing that doesn't make sense is why doesn't demon king has crystal? aren't demon kings a god slayer?
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      Возможно из-за того что они из красного пространства , у них его нет
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      Tal vez al ser creaciones directas de Inmortu, creo que son como seguidores dedicados a su manera con poder equiparable a God Slayers
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    Chapter—2523:
    Wake them all up.

    The fight from above the vampire settlement was intense. Buildings were being destroyed as a werewolf grabbed onto the body of a vampire, and hurled him though several buildings.

    Almost immediately, several vampires from above attacked with blood swipes hitting the werewolf, while another came with a sword and stabbed it right through its stomach.

    However, the werewolf was still standing and strong, opening its large mouth it bit down on the vampire. The general public, those that weren't guards, knew they had to get involved.

    There was no running to safety, every single person would need to do their part if they were to get rid of the enemies.

    When the werewolf was done eating what was in front of it, it was ready to charge in next to another vampire, until it was blasted by a black energy. It was badly hurt, a hole had appeared through its stomach, but shortly after and a black spear had gone right through the werewolf's head killing it on the spot.

    - Did that thing just kill the werewolf, does that mean it's on our side? - The vampires wondered.

    The being was large in size around three humans standing on top of each other, it had dark wings on its back and dark spear in its hand.

    - No... that thing, it was what appeared at the event!

    The vampires had realized a little too late, when it turned around it pointed its spear towards them and fired out a large beam of black energy. As it hit their bodies, it left nothing behind, killing them on the spot.

    A three way battle was taking place, The Divine beings attacking everything they could see, the vampires defending themselves as best as they could, and the werewolves taking out the vampires and the Divine beings that were on their tail.

    The order had been received, to wake up those in eternal slumber. The vampire knights of each of the current families were on the move. They were heading down below to the castles, underground.

    It was where all of the tombs were placed. In the search for the old vampire tombs, Muka had managed to return most of them but not all. She placed them back under the castles of those they had found.

    But still, vampires were growing older in the settlement over time, and even the vampires that lived in the Graylash planets or part of the Vampire Corps would choose eternal slumber in the Vampire Settlement.

    Vampires who had grown tired of the world, and even the past leaders who people feared were working with Immortui who had decided to go to sleep were in slumber.

    As the nights entered the underground tombs, but the side, they placed their hands on the strange combination to the side. Soon part of the wall started to slide down and smoke appeared from the bottom.

    Now in front of them, were rows of tubes that contained different samples of blood. This was a system and creation that had been set up by Vincent.

    It took far too much time for them to find out which vampires belonged to which families, and whether or not their blood was able to be used to wake up those in a slumber.

    So a blood sample of every single person who went into slumber was made for this very occasion; when the settlement was in dire trouble, and it certainly looked like that. After getting the samples of blood the vampires stood by the chambers pouring the blood down.

    The tombs started to swirl up out of the ground opening up one by one. The vampires' eyes opened wondering what was taking place, but could see many others in the same situation.

    - There isn't much time to explain what is going on! - The vampire knights shouted.

    - Right now, the settlement is under attack, and it's by werewolves.

    There were confused looks on the vampires' faces, some of them even chuckled thinking that it might be some sort of prank, but when they listened closely they could hear the panicked heart beats of all the vampires inside, and the screams that were coming from above.

    - We must protect the settlement, at all costs! - A vampire shouted, stepping out of the chamber.

    On the surface, Layla was going toe to toe with one of the werewolves, she had pulled out her sword and redirected two of their slashes. She hit them away with her sword, flinging them to the side.

    With her other hand free she had made a Qi arrow and threw it forward hitting the werewolf right in the arm. Another werewolf had appeared from the right, leaping in the air.

    Quickly, she opened her mouth wide and flames erupted, covering the werewolf. It didn't slow it down, but made it hard for it to see. She quickly rolled out of the way, and switched to her bow, firing out several arrows at the werewolves.

    Right above them, she could see a pair of Divine beings having chosen them as their target, instead of continuing her attack she had decided to continue going through the settlement, helping those she could.

    Her and Muka had long split up, they couldn't focus their strength in one area, because there wasn't a single enemy that they needed to defeat, they were all absurdly strong.

    - Xander has gone to try and communicate with the Graylash family and the Vampire Corps, to see if they are dealing with the same issue. If it's only us though, they will send in support, but I don't know how long we can last.

    - Even if it was just the werewolves, or the gold and dark beings, I don't think we will be able to make it out of this. Just what is going on, Quinn, where are you!

    —— —— ——

    The school had only just restarted in the vampire settlement, and once again trouble had taken over all of the place. The children were told all to evacuate to the large sports hall.

    Although everyone was expected to take up arms, this wasn't true of the children who were, for the most part, significantly weaker than the vampires.

    - Why is this happening! - Abby shouted as she was crying.

    - It's okay, this stuff always seems to happen! But we don't have to worry! - Tobi declared.

    All of the children crying their eyes Sout would disagree, especially since the teachers were already battling it out. They were fighting and broken walls, along with explosions, were constantly going off one after the other. The children flinched each time they heard this.

    - It's okay children, I will protect us! - Miss Bedford declared.

    Right in front of her eyes, an explosion had occurred, rubble and dust were chucked in front of her, and on the ground a dead vampire laid there.

    Then walking through the rubble there was a beast covered in fur, with razor sharp teeth. It was a werewolf. All of the children screamed in response to seeing the werewolf.

    Miss Bedford acted quickly as she threw out a blood swipe, but when the werewolf swung its arm it broke through the blood swipe like it was nothing.

    - It's okay - Tobi said again.

    - We don't have to worry, because... we have her!

    Jumping through like a red blur. transforming into a small little red vampire form, Minny came out, and struck the werewolf at full strength right in the head, sending it right back down the hallway.

    - We don't have to worry, because we have one of the strongest vampires in the whole settlement protecting us. - Tobi said proudly.
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      Chapter—2524:
      Final Chance.

      A small flash inside a cave had appeared, and a blonde-haired figure held a curly dark-haired man in his arms. He softly placed him on the floor, and as he looked upon his face, tears couldn't stop from rolling down.

      - Quinn... Quinn, you can't be, it's impossible, you've never done this before, answer me! - Sil shouted as he shook the shoulder of his friend, but his eyes kept lingering down.

      As they did, he looked upon the large hole in his chest. Even now touching him, Sil could tell he felt very cold, and he couldn't even sense a flicker of a heartbeat.

      - You can't die before us! You can't! - Sil shouted.

      - You can't die when you were the one that saved all of our lives! We came here to help you, not to bury you, so get the F#ck up, get up! Get up, get up! - Sil continued to shout at the top of his lungs.

      After getting Quinn from in the middle of Unzoku and Immortui, he had returned to the cave. At the time, he wasn't able to get a proper look at Quinn, but seeing him on the ground, he feared the worst, and now seeing him like this, it appeared as if the worst had occurred.

      - You attacked Unzoku when there was no need to. - Another voice said, bouncing off the cave walls.

      Sil wasn't alone in the cave, for Mundus had discovered him and had remained inside, watching the events. In truth, he had a plan; he just didn't realize how ridiculous his plan was. He was to snatch away the red crystal from Immortui if Quinn was to fail.

      He was a little slow in acting, he didn't know why, himself. On reflection, perhaps he had put too much hope in Quinn winning the match. When he tried to intervene, the power that was emitting from the fight was too much for Mundus to handle.

      Then when the fight was over, Immortui hardly looked damaged at all, and he felt like Unzoku was even stronger than before. It was impossible to stop them, so he stayed here, but Sil had decided to act.

      - He was going after Quinn, I had to stop him! - Sil shouted back.

      - But Quinn is dead, and you are alive! - Mundus replied.

      - I already explained to you. I restored your MC cells back to what they were, but that was a one time thing. The colourless ability is still inside you, I can't remove it.

      - Soon my power will weaken, and the colourless ability will continue to spread. It won't kill you, but whatever powers or energy you use from now on will never be restored again.

      - You just attacked Unzoku, and wasted your power for no reason!

      In the condition that Sil was in when Mundus found him, he wouldn't have been surprised if he ended up dead in a couple of hours, but Mundus was able to pause the ability to keep it on hold.

      On top of that, he had placed his celestial powers over Sil's heart. This was to shield it from the colourless ability, keeping him alive. Then, using his powers to speed up time while using his powers to stop time, he stopped the effect of the colourless ability while allowing Sil's body to recover.

      He had regained his MC cells. However, when Mundus' ability had stopped, the colourless ability continued to spread through Sil. He could use the MC cells that he had restored, but after that, he would never be able to use his powers again.

      At that moment, Sil wasn't thinking of the explanation Mundus had given. He just wanted to stop Unzoku at all costs.

      The sound of sobbing continued, and they were left there in silence, while he looked out at the scene that was taking place. The portal was opening, and the large fleet ships were breaking through.

      - I have failed my task.

      While looking out the opening of the cave, blocking his view, he could see several human shaped figures start to enter the cave. They had done so quite rapidly, one after the other.

      - You? - Russ said, immediately noticing Mundus, but the sound of heavy footsteps soon stopped all of that.

      With each step, the ground shook, as it was violently filled with Qi. He walked past everyone, and they all took a step away as they looked at Peter.

      - Quinn. - Peter said, walking forward.

      He could see Sil sobbing as he held him and shuffled to the side, allowing Peter to have a better look.

      - It's a lie, right? - Peter asked, taking another step, stronger than the last, his power erupting, causing a few pieces of rubble to fall from above.

      - QUINN! - Peter shouted with such strength.

      - Get up, get up! - Peter shouted and went down to the floor, falling to his knees.

      - Please... please... - Peter repeated these words and moved his hands slowly.

      He went and grabbed Quinn's hand, lifting it, and started to rub it back and forth.

      - Come on, man.. don't do this to me, please.. you're like the only thing I have left, please. - Peter said.

      It was a heartbreaking thing for them all. The wight that was known for showing no emotion was, for some reason, showing an extreme amount of emotion.

      Peter's head sunk into his chest, and he closed his eyes tight.

      - F#ck, F#ck, F#ck! - He squealed out.

      - How... Am I meant to go back to Layla without you?

      Eventually, Peter's shoulders started to move up and down, and red tears were streaming down his face. His body was in a state of uncontrollable motions that his celestial energy had transformed him, and he was crying out tears of energy.

      Everyone, at that moment, even Russ, had stood up. They then walked to the side of the caves and in silence looked at the body of Quinn. A well of emotions was filling them all up.

      They were remembering everything that had happened, everything that took place that made it so they were here, why they had decided to come and join and help Quinn out on his journey.

      As they thought about all of this, emotions were changing by the second. Could they have done more? Angry at themselves for relying too much on Quinn, for putting too much on his shoulders.

      Edvard lifted the flask with the Demon King's blood in it and moved forward. The champions had done the same with their flasks as well.

      - We completed the mission, but it looks like we were too late in doing so. - Edvard said as he poured it into Quinn's mouth.

      Soon after, Pultra had done the same with her flask. There was a bit of hope in all of them that maybe the demon blood might have done something, but there was no reaction at all.

      - If we had gotten here in time... and gave him the blood, would he have beaten Immortui? - Calva said out loud what the others were thinking.

      They all knew a large-scale battle had to have been taking place, they could feel the energy, so they guessed that this was all his doing.

      - Quinn has asked us to do so for a reason. - Chris said, as he looked at his hand.

      - I believe, just like how werewolves get stronger from those they consume, Quinn would have gotten stronger by the blood he absorbed.

      - He realized this and asked us to get the blood of all five to help him. Quinn has never failed in protecting us before. He has always won the fights, even when no one thought he could. It was us that failed him. We didn't bring him the blood in time.

      The room was somber, with both Sil and Peter still by Quinn's side knelt down. That's when Mundus walked across the room past everyone who was grieving and looked out at the portal.

      - Immortui can't go through the portal just yet. Which means that there is still time. - Mundus said out loud.

      He then turned to face the others.

      - Do you all truly believe that if you had the blood, if Quinn had gotten it in time, he would have beaten Immortui? - Mundus asked.

      The others didn't say much at first; they just looked at each other, with most of them nodding. But Peter had his back facing away from Mundus.

      - What are you asking such a stupid question? - Peter said.

      - Of course he would, he'd kick his f#cking arse!

      Hearing the strong words from Peter, Mundus smiled.

      - Very well then, I shall give him his final chance.
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        Looks like they are going back to time 🙀
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    Chapter—2521:
    Red space to golden space.

    The fist of Immortui had gone right through Quinn's chest, and the blood crystal was now in his hand. Just from touching the outside, Immortui could feel the energy from within. His hands were slightly sing.

    - This power, it's power that has been cultivated for an incredibly long time. You must have been through a lot to have gotten so strong in such a short amount of time. It is a shame that your journey ended here.

    When Immortui's arm was pulled out, the lifeless body of Quinn fell to the floor. Blood was dripping from the hole in his chest, soaking the ground beneath it, and his eyes showed no sign of life.

    As a god closely connected between life and death, he knew for sure that Quinn had perished, and he was no longer something to worry about. However, having followed the race of vampires, a creation that he had made, he did know one thing.

    Original vampires, the first creations of Immortui, when they were to perish, their bodies usually turned into ash. Yet, even though a few moments had passed, Quinn's body still hadn't done so.

    The armour that was on Quinn's body, Immortui could sense that it was powerful, and even though it was mostly destroyed with shards and more practically embedded into Quinn's body, it still had a sense of power. But what could armour do if the person who was wearing it was dead? It was useless, and Immortui was far more focused on the goal he had been waiting for a long time.

    - The connection of the crystal is strong with the golden space, and the power of the crystal is something that is similar to my own. A blood stone is a complicated object; it's not just a simple stone that stores the vampire's powers; it has more than just that. - Immortui thought as he started to gather the red mist around the crystal.

    He slowly started to pull his hands, and the red mist connected with the crystal. It was vibrating in place as Immortui pulled his hands further and further. More of the red mist started to gather, and the crystal was beginning to light up.

    Just a little ahead of where the crystal was, the red mist was forming a relatively large circle, and inside that circle, patterns, shapes, along with strange writing, were forming.

    It looked similar to the magic circles that Agent 4 was able to draw up.

    - In your last moments before death, you would have had a strong emotion, a thought in your mind of a particular place! Those strong emotions would have spread through your body and even kept in the Blood stone. Wherever this blood stone opens will be the place that you thought of in that moment.

    I guess the one saving grace is that you won't see the ones you care about the most die in front of your eyes.

    Immortui moved his hands away, and the crystal was being held up by his strange red power as it started to glow further. A beam came out from the crystal and hit the magic circle mist formation.

    The moment it connected, the mist started to glow bright red as well, and all merged into one large image. Finally, the energy from the blood stone was being used, and it was breaking through, creating a portal from one world into the next.

    Moments later, from above, a small object was seen getting larger by the second. It then crash-landed by Immortui's side and shook the ground beneath them.

    - Oh... so it looks like you finally achieved it, we are finally moving forward. - Unzoku said.

    - I got your message, but I thought it might have been a trap.

    The Demon King Unzoku had stopped his fight, as a message had been delivered to him, and not just him, but the rest of the demons as well.

    - The portal, it isn't strong enough for us to go through just yet. If we try now, our bodies will just get rejected, but as for the other demons, they will be able to make it. - Immortui explained.

    - Don't worry; the fleets are already on their way. I will let my army of werewolves head in first. - Unzoku replied and started to look around the place.

    He could see the dead body that was on the ground, but he was wondering about something else.

    - Where are the other Demon Kings, where is Luce and Bisha? - Unzoku asked.

    - You're not going to ask about Tenbris? - Immortui said, giving Unzoku the side-eye.

    It was as if he already knew what had happened.

    - All of them are dead. You and I are the only two left, but it's all we need to take charge and get rid of the celestials. We accomplish this, and you can have and do whatever you wish.

    Unzoku seemed unfazed by it all, and in the distance, they could see the large fleet of ships moving their way. The Divine Brigade were still annoyingly fighting with their forces, but Immortui didn't care. In his mind, the war had just started sooner than he thought. When they went to the golden space, it would be a free-for-all, as he knew the Divine Beings targeted anything on sight.

    - That body... it still has power left in it. - Unzoku said.

    - Do you mind if I eat it?

    Although the blood stone was no longer with Quinn, there was still a strong energy left in the cells of his body. Unzoku was already imagining just what stage he would get at. Would eating this body on the ground be the same as if he was to eat that werewolf from before?

    - Sure, go ahead. - Immortui stated, as he waited patiently for the other demons to arrive and the portal to open.

    He had been waiting so long for this moment, and now it was just a little longer.

    Unzoku came close to Quinn's body, and when he went to snatch it with his hand, a blonde-haired figure appeared right in front of them.

    Immediately, it was covered in large blue lightning all over his body.

    - Don't touch him! - Sil shouted at the top of his lungs.

    Lightning struck from his body constantly, rapidly firing out and hitting Unzoku. It sent a weird tingling sensation through his body. It didn't do much damage but had frozen him in place.

    - You again, how are you still alive! - Immortui shouted as he saw who it was.

    Sil immediately grabbed Quinn's body, and as quickly as he had arrived, he had disappeared.

    - Damn it! Damn it! - Unzoku screamed, and the ground beneath his feet started to crack.

    He had recently gained a large increase in strength and he was still feeling a high of that power gain. He wanted more, and desperately.

    - Don't worry about them; he was already dead, and the others should be close to it anyway. - Immortui said.

    - We have to focus on bigger enemies.
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      Chapter—2522:
      An invasion of the past.

      After the last attack on the vampire settlement and getting no further information on Quinn, Muka, Xander, and Layla had decided to put some defensive measures in place. Although the previous attack had happened from within somehow, there was no harm in increasing their defenses.

      The wandering guards that patrolled the settlement had their numbers increased, and each of them was given a communication crystal. It would amplify their voices, and the message would then be relayed to certain towers that had been built in the settlement.

      These towers served two purposes. One was as a repeater, if a message was received from the transmitting crystal, it would play it out loud for everyone to hear and spread it until it reached another tower.

      At the same time, vampires were stationed on the towers, keeping watch over the settlement and its surroundings.

      Then there were the settlement walls. They had been upgraded with new materials, making them stronger and more reinforced compared to before. The materials had been donated by the Graylash planets, and with Logan's help. automated defenses had been placed in the wall.

      The walls had several cannons and ballistae that worked using crystals. They were cleverly designed because once a target type had been designated, they would use facial recognition to distinguish between friend and foe.

      Additionally, the face of every vampire in the settlement had been scanned. The cannons would never fire at someone who was in the system. They could also be manually operated, but that would defeat the purpose of the automated system.

      Both Muka and Layla were walking around the settlement, reviewing all the changes that were being made.

      - It still isn't as strong or good as when Quinn was able to control the place with his system. - Layla commented.

      - Those were some crazy times. - Muka replied.

      - But the vampires are stronger than they were back then. They weren't able to put up a fight before, but we can now, and besides, perhaps we are worrying too much, nothing has even happened.

      When Quinn had the system, he was able to upgrade the entire settlement when he became king. He changed the walls, created towers, and even introduced golems. It was quite an impressive feat.

      He had lost all those abilities when he turned into a Celestial vampire, and when the settlement itself was moved. Layla had the idea to improve the settlement based on what had been used back then.

      - I mean, you are right. We've decided to start up the school again, and still, no incident has occurred. It was just so random? Right after that strange being appeared along with the others, I just thought that something big might be happening, and without that sword, I can't help but feel nervous.

      The two were walking toward the front gate, where they could see several vampires stationed there. The wall looked completely different compared to before, made out of metal sheets and curved inwards. Around the back, there were platforms for vampires to stand on.

      A vampire ran up to them, bowing down. When he lifted his head, he was suddenly taken aback.

      - I welcome...

      Before he could finish his sentence, his eyes widened as he looked at something appearing next to the settlement.

      It wasn't directly above the settlement, but off to the side. As Muka and Layla turned to look, they could see it as well.

      In the sky, there was a giant red portal. It was swirling, and a strange mist was escaping from it, turning the entire dark sky red.

      All the vampires in the settlement were drawn to what was happening, pointing their fingers.

      - Prepare for combat! - Layla shouted immediately.

      The vampires quickly picked up their transmitting crystals and shouted the words into them. Soon, throughout the settlement, the words "prepare for combat" were being spread to every corner.

      They hadn't seen anything come out of the portal, and it could well have been Quinn and the others, but Layla wasn't going to be hopeful.

      After the portal opened up, a large black vessel could be seen coming through from its tip. It was enormous, casting a shadow over part of the settlement. Onboard the vessel, there were countless Divine Beings that Layla and the others had seen before, but it wasn't just them either.

      It was clear that they were fighting against something. Soon, from the vessel, a number of creatures started to drop down into the settlement. The turrets immediately opened fire.

      Most of the creatures had fallen outside of the wall, but they had immediately gotten up and started running straight for the settlement walls. They were running on all fours, and when they got close to the wall, they leaped right up in the air.

      A blood swipe was swung toward one of them, hitting the creature's chest but doing next to nothing. The creature landed on top of the vampire and began to bite down on its neck.

      Several more of the creatures were scaling the walls, and a grand battle began. Soon, Muka could see exactly what creatures were coming toward them.

      - It's... it's werewolves! How... I thought they were extinct!" Muka shouted.

      - What is happening!

      The vampire guards continued to draw their weapons and use their abilities as they battled with the werewolves. For many of the vampires, it was their first time facing enemies as fast and strong as these creatures.

      Instead, they had to focus on using their blood aura to attack from a distance. Without their strength, it was difficult to severely injure the werewolves. Especially these ones.

      Having been raised by Unzoku they were far stronger than the werewolves of the past. When the blood aura would hit their bodies, it did next to nothing. At least a group of ten vampires or even more would have to be used to deal with one werewolf, and yet, the vampires didn't out number them, there were many.

      The only saving grace was the Divine beings that were attacking them still.

      Layla pulled out her bow from her back, gathered her Qi, and started firing arrows. They hit some of the werewolves right in their mouths and claws before they could bite down on some of the other vampires.

      - Does that really matter right now? What matters is that we need to do everything we can to defend ourselves! - Layla shouted.

      She was, of course, worried about Minny, but she knew that Minny was strong. If anything, she would be the one protecting the school because it was quite clear that each one of these werewolves was deadly strong as well.

      Muka, having snapped out of her daze, shook her head.

      - You're right. This is an old enemy of the past, one that nearly drove us to extinction... We won't be able to win this battle if we don't act appropriately! - Muka stood up o and pulled out her transmitter device.

      - Wake up all of the vampires in eternal slumber; everyone must fight for the survival of the vampires!
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