Reborn As A Ghost: Time To Build My Undead Army!-Chapter 1898: Everyone Against Sirius, The Vampire King Of Yggdrasil

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"Part of being my age is that I have let go of emotions that would get in the way of my goals," Sirius sighed. "My children died without remorse, and their deaths served the same cause as mine. When we came here, we expected to die fighting for what we believed."

"Killing all humans?" Jonathan demanded. "Enough! Deactivate this formation!"

"No," Sirius replied coldly. "The formation will expand further… it's already reaching the nearest villages. The writhing screams of humans echo inside my soul. Their bodies are turning into mummies, their blood and souls being extracted… straight toward me."

In that instant, Sirius's Aura surged violently. Maria sensed more than two hundred agonizing souls gathering inside him, only to vanish—devoured instantly.

His Aura flared brighter, granting him even greater power.

"Bastard…!" Jonathan roared, fury blazing in his eyes.

"I see what you're doing," Maria said, stepping forward. "But that won't work as long as I'm here. Because I possess greater authority over Death than you, Sirius Dracul!"

"Hm?!"

Sirius suddenly convulsed, an overwhelming urge to vomit rising. He opened his mouth, and two hundred wailing souls erupted from his stomach.

"Gaaaack?! Haaahh!"

He groaned in disbelief and agony as Maria seized the souls, cleansing them with her radiant light and allowing them to pass on peacefully.

"Y-You…?!"

"Yes, I can do this!" Maria shouted angrily. "Don't tell me you never expected it! You've been looking down on all of us this entire time, haven't you?! You think that just because we haven't suffered for thousands of years, our pain, our experiences, and everything we've achieved means nothing compared to you?!"

"Tsk…" Sirius's face twisted with clear annoyance. "I will simply kill you all and be done with it."

RUMBLE!

His Aura erupted, instantly forming a Dominion!

The world around them turned a deep crimson. Giant monsters made of blood and shadows materialized everywhere—bat-like monstrosities known as Blood Beasts.

"GRYSHAAA!"

As they lunged at everyone, Sirius covered himself in crimson armor and summoned a pair of blood swords.

Then he charged Jonathan, whom he deemed the weakest.

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

He attacked relentlessly while Jonathan fended off dozens of gigantic Blood Beasts!

Blood Roots spread across the ground, trying to pierce Jonathan's body.

Blood Fog rolled in thick waves, attempting to weaken him.

Blood Suns rose in the sky, firing searing beams.

Sirius's Dominion became a chaotic battlefield where he unleashed every power at his command to annihilate his enemy completely.

However…

"{Heaven Sundering Holy Blade Style}: {First Form – Rising Sword}"

Jonathan was no defenseless, talentless human as Sirius assumed.

With a single swing of his ethereal arm, a massive blade of pure light erupted.

All the monsters assaulting him were instantly cleaved apart.

Sirius, trying to defend, made a fatal miscalculation.

SLAAASH!

His twin swords split in two. His eyes widened for the first time in shock.

Then Jonathan blitzed forward, his Aura resembling a radiant sword streaking through the sky.

"What's this?! He's truly no longer human! His Soul… it's like he's become a sword?! A human evolved into a sword? What sort of absurd—"

"{Heaven Sundering Holy Blade Style}: {Third Form – Piercing Thrust}"

Jonathan thrust both hands forward, forming a colossal blade of Aura that pierced straight through Sirius's defenses.

CLAAASH!

Sirius staggered back, defending desperately. He punched Jonathan in the face—only for his hand to erupt in deep cutting wounds.

He kicked—only for his armor to shatter from countless slicing strikes.

"Hitting him physically means I get cut?"

It was an utterly bizarre power.

Jonathan had covered himself with razor-sharp cutting attacks.

These were embodiments of his techniques and swordsmanship.

He had literally imprinted them onto his own skin.

Every part of his body was a blade if he willed it.

Sirius clenched his fists, regenerating his wounds instantly.

Then his Aura exploded outward, clashing against Jonathan.

Both fought using perfect "Flow"!

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

They avoided and intercepted blows in a relentless dance.

Sirius possessed greater raw strength and regeneration…

But Jonathan's strange "body" and astonishing speed far exceeded Sirius's expectations.

Still…

More Blood Beasts emerged, Blood Roots crept closer, and Blood Fog tried to poison him.

Jonathan began to slow.

"I will end you and refine your body into a divine blade!"

Sirius smiled viciously. His twin blood swords regenerated and aimed straight for Jonathan's chest!

Jonathan defended, gripping his own body like a sword and charging directly into the attack.

"{Heaven Sundering Holy Blade Style}: {Second Form – Sword Parry}"

Using his arms and entire body, Jonathan parried the blow, redirecting the energy back at Sirius in a storm of slashing wounds.

"Ngh! Tsk!"

Sirius lost composure, firing dozens of Blood Stars that bombarded Jonathan until he plummeted into the blood sea below, where giant octopus-like aberrations of blood and shadow roared.

But!

FLAAASH!

A brilliant crimson light surged upward, seizing Jonathan's leg and lifting him into the sky.

It wasn't Maria as he expected—it was Partner… no, Scarlet.

"Eh?! Partner!"

"I'm Scarlet now! Remember my new name!"

"Okay, sorry…! It's just so sudden—we've known you as Partner for years…"

"Ugh, call me whatever you want!"

She had changed profoundly. Her Aura and body overflowed with crimson starlight, leaving a nebula-like trail as she moved.

With a wave of her hands, all the Blood Energy around her shifted targets—straight toward her.

Blood Beasts.

Blood Roots.

Blood Fog.

Blood Sea.

Blood Specters.

Everything flew to her palm, compressing violently, twisting space, and shattering apart.

Sirius trembled in shock.

"She has greater authority over blood than mine?!"

His hands shook uncontrollably as disbelief consumed him.

And yet…

"No, I won't accept this!"

With furious denial, he pushed back against Scarlet's pull.

He fused the stolen energy into his body, transforming it into ghostly, spectral blood.

As he absorbed every trace of blood, his power swelled dramatically.

"I won't let you trample my Dominion! It is mine! MY WORLD!"

With a mad, furious roar, he charged both Scarlet and Jonathan.

Scarlet wielded her twin spears, Jonathan his sword-body. Together they clashed against the Vampire King.

Explosions of blood energy and radiant light erupted constantly.

The sound of metal striking metal rang louder with every passing second.

Techniques unleashed one after another in a relentless storm.

Jonathan's holy sword techniques slashed across Sirius, covering him in deep cuts.

Scarlet's piercing strikes broke through his defenses, targeting shoulders, chest, stomach, and legs with devastating force.

Sirius always guarded his head, but the rest of his body regenerated instantly upon being struck.

Unlike Hercules, who had no counter to Jonathan's Holy Runes suppressing regeneration, Sirius had already deciphered them and could destroy them with a mere thought.

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