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"Y-You cur! Attacking me so blindsided, I'll apologize to lord Ehit afterwards, but I'll destroy you here and make you beg for death!"

From the molten lava arose bones, and at a startling speed those bones became wrapped in flesh and blood. Right before the eyes of Ivan and Yue a body was being reborn.

"Even if you now possess the body of a royal vampire the only one that should be capable of coming back from that level of destruction is Yue. So tell me, are we right in our deduction, Alva~?"

Dienleed— or more accurately, Alva the demon-god of the demons, took tentative steps out of the tub of lava as he glared at the two responsible for his first ever demise with burning hatred.

Not even Ehit, his creator, had slaughtered him to test his nigh-invincible regenerative abilities. Even if he were blown up to ash, frozen into pieces, or torn up and scattered, he'd remain alive.

With a snort of his nose new clothing covered his body as his previous garments were turned to ash. He hadn't lost total sight of his mission, so even when his cover was blown he stared at Yue with nefarious intent.

He had possessed the body of her closest relative for the sake of deceiving her and handing her over to his creator once she let her guard down. But it appeared that it was all for naught.

"For centuries I've acted as my lord's hands, deceiving races, playing at the world so we can watch as they mutually destroy each other, but because of you two things have become too uncertain. All of my lord's precious pawns have been eliminated—"

"That's not necessarily right. As much as I'd like to brag about my 100 percent success rate there's still one pawn left. And that's you~!"

"...."

Alva stared back at the finger pointed at him with resentment. He wanted to retort but his mission stood first. He would stifle his anger now and revel in the despair of the boy once the ceremony was complete.

His body was immediately wrapped in bright colors, a tinge of his silver mana seeping through as he combined both air and fire magic.

As a creation of Ehit he was as capable as any other apostle, in fact he was quite possibly Ehit's strongest creation. Especially when factored in that he was even bestowed some of Ehit's personal skills.

Chantless spells, spells without circles, mastery of every element, the ability to meld two different spells together, and he even possessed what in his opinion was undoubtedly the most powerful spell of all.

Though personally he felt it would be an affront to his pride if he had to use it on some pathetic mortals.

It was the signature skill of his creator after all, even if he possessed it he felt the compulsion to ask for permission.

"Lend me your screams, my lord will take satisfaction in them!"

The billowing flames swarmed at the couple with incredible heat, even the marble pillars lining the room they were occupying started melting away without even coming into contact with the flames.

But Ivan's suit was resistant to weather conditions such as heat and cold, while Yue simply didn't care about it as her regeneration was fast enough for her skin not to melt. So she simply dodged the wave as a golden light shimmered around her body.

Ivan held one hand up to meet the wave, coming into contact with what could be called the nucleus of the spell as it all dispersed as if it were an illusion.

Thankfully he didn't have to worry about the armor melding together with his skin.

Since his enemy was a spawn of Ehit, Ivan had no doubt he had some proficiency with combat. So even when the little bastard was stunned by the uselessness his attack had he probably had the situational awareness to react to his upcoming attack.

The space around Ivan distorted as the ground beneath him crumbled into several hundred pikes of marble, without a wave of his hand they flew toward Alva with a speed that nearly rivaled supersonic.

Alva waved his hand and a wall of earth rose beneath him.

*STAB!*

He smiled sardonically listening to the thin pikes stab the wall as if they were hitting sand bags.

"RAHHH!"

*SHATTER!*

Alva's first mistake was obscuring his own vision. The moment the wall divided the two Ivan rushed up to it on his own two feet. Red lightning coursing through his body as his left fist shattered through and transmuted the rubble into spikes.

His mind couldn't compensate for the sudden change in situation, and as such his body was riddled with rubble that stuck into his organs and eyes.

"Yue, now!"

"Mm… Thunderlord's Judgement."

The spell she had been casting during the short conflict finally came to fruition, six lightning orbs circled the blinded Alva and quickly closed in, threatening to crush him.

"ABABABABA—!"

The healing Alva spurred noises from his mouth as his body was in a constant state of electrification. And things only worsened from there as when the orbs met each other in the center, a huge ring surrounded Alva and made it impossible to get close without being hit by it.

Listening to the god spawn get zapped Ivan smiled cruelly as a coffin-like structure appeared out of his spatial ring.

He laid it open on the floor and lifted the hatch after inputting a few numbers into the keypad embedded on the side.

Without worrying for its safety against the raining thunder, Ivan slid the coffin with the kick of his foot over toward Alva.

The coffin moved as though it had a mind of its own, in fact it did in a weird sort of way, imbued with metamorphosis magic, it sought an opponent its master sought to have devoured.

*THUD!*

Alva had finally managed to raise both hands above his waist, readying his attack that would hopefully push him out of the circle of death, his attention was taken away from him as a metallic gray and black box hit his foot.

"Huh…?"

The coffin jumped off the ground and engulfed him. Metal protruding spikes were the last thing he saw as it consumed him. Pain writhed his body as his vision was completely darkened. And to add it all up, the coffin itself was a great conduit of the electricity Yue's spell was constantly casting.

'GRAAAAHHHH!!!'

His mind was becoming a mess. Here he was to consummate the ceremony and bring his lord into the mortal world, and yet he was interfered with over and over again.

Alva hoped that thanks to Yue and Ivan separating from the rest of the group his job would be easier. And yet, his blood now boiled with rage. He had the blood of his beautiful creator flowing through his veins, he'd never be able to show himself again if he failed.

'I'd rather kill myself here and now!'

Not that it was an option. He was practically unkillable after all.

"ENOUGH!!!"

After several dozens minutes of being impaled and electrocuted Alva pushed away all inhibitions. Even if he had to use his creator's ability to solve these pests, he had resolved himself into completing the mission.

His silver/golden mana rampaged and filled the metallic coffin to the point of inflation. The sound of the corrugated steel bending resounded through the room.

His pure mana dispelled the electricity and blew open the coffin.

"Divine Edict — Fall!" Alva's voice was oppressive, and manipulative. Ivan felt his body move before he even had time to think. An oppressive weight fell over it as he face planted into the granite floor.

The same applied to Yue, who struggled and flailed in an attempt to lift herself up. Only to give up as her elbows buckled with each attempt.

"You damned mortals, rejoice. For you two have had the pleasure of experiencing the Lord's own Edict. And now, the purposes for which you've been allowed to make it this far shall be fulfilled."

Seeing the two targets lay flat on the floor, Alva held a maniacal smile on his face as he approached them. Snickering all the while.

First he went over to Ivan. He crouched down and lifted the boy by his draconic helmet, applying a bit of force. He smiled in satisfaction as he got a look of the face that has been troubling him for the past year or so.

Now he couldn't wait to see the boy's face the moment the ceremony was complete.

Alva let go of the boy's blonde hair as his head sank to the floor with weight.

*THUD*

Now he turned his direction to the target of his lord for the past 500 or so years. The immortal vampire queen. With the possession of Dienleed he got access to every memory, all but the location of the main target known as Aletia.

For some reason the man possessed a powerful enough block to thwart both his and his lord's attempt to break in. Well, there was the more likely option as well.

And that being that the man might've wiped that memory from his brain just to keep her safe.

'Either way that doesn't matter now. I shall begin the ceremony before other pests interrupt me…'

Alva held both hands in front of him, slowly he pressed his palms together as a silver aura covered his whole body. Light descended from the sky in a holistic beam, landing straight on Yue's figure.

On the side, Ivan grinned lightly as 'Yue's' body ascended.

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