PNB Chapter 779 - 779
Chapter 779 - 779
Eiji was thinking something very rude in his heart."The Warring States Domain? You mean the one ruled by the First True Ancestor, the Lost War King?"
"Which other could it be?"
Veldiana patted her butt, dusting off the dirt on her clothes.
True Ancestors were the original vampires, emperors who commanded dark subordinates.
The three oldest and most powerful True Ancestors led tens of thousands of their kind, each establishing autonomous "Empires of the Night" across three continents.
Currently, only three were widely recognized: the First True Ancestor, the Lost War King, who ruled Europe—his Empire of the Night was called the "Warring States Domain"; the Second True Ancestor, the Annihilating Eye, who served as the leader of the West Asian alliance—his domain was known as the "Annihilation Dynasty"; and the Third True Ancestor, the Chaos Princess, who ruled North and South America—her territory was referred to as the "Chaos Realm."
The Karlarna clan was a vampire nobility under the First True Ancestor, even possessing territory granted by the Lost War King within the Warring States Domain.
"But, I recall the Karlarna clan was destroyed, wasn't it? Even their territory was reclaimed by the Lost War King?"
Eiji suddenly muttered to himself.
Veldiana's body stiffened instantly, her expression darkening in a flash.
"That's right. My family was destroyed by despicable, lowly Ghouls. I am the last of my clan, so I must revive my family. To do that, I need to obtain a vessel..."
Eiji remembered.
When he had previously investigated Zaharjas, he had come across this information.
Zaharjas had invaded Count Karlarna's territory, seized the Ninth, and thus became a participant in the Feast of Flames and Radiance.
It was quite strange.
The Lost War King had done nothing to help his subordinate vampire territory defend against the invasion.
After the Karlarna clan was annihilated, the Lost War King even issued a statement declaring the Karlarna clan unworthy of holding territory and decided to reclaim it.
In other words, Veldiana was now a fallen noble, the sole survivor of her entire family.
And Zaharjas was the very enemy who had destroyed her clan!
"I see. For revenge and to restore your family, you're following Kojou to get the Twelfth, right?"
Eiji understood.
The words that came from his mouth made Veldiana shudder in shock.
"How do you know that?"
"Never mind that. Just don't—"
Mid-sentence, Eiji suddenly frowned.
"Boom!"
Abruptly, a bluish-white thunderbolt descended from the sky.
The lightning, several meters thick, was astonishingly powerful, aimed directly at Eiji and Veldiana. In an instant, it melted the asphalt road!
Eiji had already stepped back in advance.
Veldiana had also sensed the attack ahead of time and scrambled away.
The lightning strike missed, leaving the stench of burnt oxygen filling the air, with electric sparks flickering as the atmosphere was assaulted by the thunder.
"A bolt from the blue?"
Veldiana was startled at first, then her chest tightened.
"No, this is...!"
Eiji turned his head.
On the rooftop of a building a hundred meters away, a girl stood there.
The girl was enveloped in crackling lightning, appearing to be around fourteen or fifteen years old. Her golden hair was styled into a boyish short cut, and her deep blue eyes seemed ablaze, shimmering with a fiery radiance.
She was clad in a suit of white-gold armor adorned with golden trims, clearly battle attire.
What caught Eiji's attention was this:
The girl's face was identical to that of the Ninth—the one he had taken from Zacharias!
"This lightning... the Fifth... Why is the King—?"
Wilhelmina stared in horror at the lightning-wreathed girl.
Having already discerned the girl's identity, her eyes brimmed with terror.
"The Fifth Fetus, Regulus Aurum (The Golden Lion), huh?"
Eiji gazed at the girl, who descended like a thunder god with awe-inspiring might, murmuring under his breath.
"Hand over that briefcase!"
The girl moved with the speed of lightning.
In the blink of an eye, she closed the hundred-meter gap, arriving right before the two.
She completely ignored Eiji beside her, dismissing him as an unlucky bystander caught in the crossfire, her fierce, lion-like gaze fixed intently on Wilhelmina.
Their personalities were entirely different.
The Ninth was relatively calm, but the Fifth seemed fiery and explosive!
Even though they were merely Fetuses, could their personalities really differ so distinctly?
"There's no other way!"
Wilhelmina stomped her foot in frustration.
"Hey, you over there... what's your name?"
"Nanjo Rihan."
"Nanjo Rihan, help me hold her off! I'll let slide that incident where you peeked under my skirt!"
"No way."
Eiji refused outright, without hesitation.
"You're the one who exposed yourself to me, and now you accuse me of peeking? How dare you slander me like that?"
"What did you say?!"
Wilhelmina was so furious she nearly jumped.
She had even brought up an issue symbolizing a maiden's purity as a bargaining chip, yet this guy had the audacity to turn the tables?
I might not be human, but you're truly a dog!
"Besides, she's clearly targeting you. Why should I stick my neck out?"
Eiji turned his head, a teasing glint visible beneath his sunglasses.
"If anything, I'm quite curious about what's in that briefcase of yours. To attract the attention of a Fetus—it must be something valuable, right?"
"You...!"
Wilhelmina's face flushed red with anger.
She had initially thought this guy was willing to stand up for a friend, at least not a bad person. But not only did he refuse to help, he even set his sights on her belongings?
"Hand it over, or die!"
The Fifth took a step forward, her patience for their banter exhausted. The flames in her eyes blazed brighter.
The pale blue lightning wreathing her body suddenly erupted violently, surging arcs of electricity carrying intense heat, sweeping toward Wilhelmina!
Eiji took a step and nimbly leaped out of the lightning's range.
Wilhelmina stared at him in disbelief.
Her eyes seemed to say, "How could you dodge so decisively, without leaving any room for negotiation?"
The Fifth's lightning was undeniably the power of the Fourth True Ancestor!
With her own strength, Wilhelmina stood no chance of resisting it!
If struck by that lightning, there would be no possibility of survival!
For a moment, she felt as if she could already foresee her own death.
"Stand down, Fifth."
In an instant.
All sound and movement came to a halt, as everything was forcibly plunged into a domain of silence.
Wildertiana only felt a blur before her eyes, and the next moment, she found herself lying on an empty patch of ground thirty meters away.
She wore a bewildered expression.
Completely unaware of what had happened, she had no memory of that period at all, as if time itself had been stolen.
A slender figure appeared on the scene, separating Number Five and Wildertiana.
At the same time.
Upon seeing that figure, Eiji's eyes abruptly turned icy cold.