11 The Parting Gift
20 MINUTES AGO
"Thou shall serve the penance in hell!"
The human army commander shouted and lifted his sword high in the air to finish off this young vampire who singlehandedly wiped out his whole battalion.
But as the giantsword of this commander descended on the head of the vampire who was barely breathing since he was thoroughly oppressed and weakened by the aura from the holy crosses.
At the end of the battle… The young vampire was simply a pebble about to be hammered.
Slash!
Kacha!
But just when the sword's blade descended on his neck… Dracula let out a wide grin in that microsecond.
Swing!
Before the sword even touched Dracula…
A shadow whip suddenly appeared from his right hand and made an upward slash.
Ting!
The sword's blade was plunged into the hard ground and the very next second…
Thud!
Thud!
"Arrrhhhh!!"
Two arms dropped on the ground.
Grasp!
Without wasting another moment, Dracula grabbed the greatsword that was plunged in the ground and shoved it upwards.
Kacha!
The tip of the sword pierced the commander's neck and exited the upper side of his skull.
Gasp!
Gasp!
All the remaining forces such as healers and priests of the enemy force gasped in shock as in just 5 seconds, their commander went from the hunter and became the prey of this vampire.
In reality, Dracula was never weakened by the holy crosses in the first place because of the immense boost granted by this unknown entity called system.
And with the amount of blood he was absorbing from the corpses of the soldiers, he was only getting stronger as the battle continued. At the end of the battle, his senses were heightened to the point that he saw the quickly swinging blade of the sword as if a dried leaf was slowly falling on the ground.
But his actual plan was to make the enemies think that he was running out of stamina and somehow getting affected by the holy crosses.
Dracula even carefully dodged the attacks from the holy guardian angel at the last moment throughout the battle.
So the enemies didn't flee the battlefield even after he was causing a massacre with the hopes of killing their enemy who was losing the edge during the fight.
This way, he got rid of the mobs and then the Captains with some magic skills and abilities superior to others and kept running around before the commander himself got him.
And finally… he knelt on the ground as if he was completely out of energy.
And just when his enemies thought that he was a defenseless lamb facing the butcher's knife… the overconfident commander deactivated his holy guardian summon and came close to finish off Dracula.
A veteran warrior like Dracula who had faced similar scenarios like this before, used the enemy's despair and eagerness to succeed against them to create an opening instead of dragging the battle longer and losing his life after this buff period given by the system finished.
And afterwards… Dracula hunted down all the remaining priests who had no fighting skills or armors.
No form of mercy was shown to these humans who didn't show any to his fallen clan members.
And finally after the 10 times strength buff period ended…
Dracula used their polearms and spears to impale the dead bodies of the soldiers to make a statement and created a small throne to commemorate his reincarnation in this new world.
This was how this new world had witnessed the birth of...
Vlad, the Impaler.
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"Alright… the so-called system.
Let's talk." spoke Dracula as he finally felt content after a good warm-up battle.
"Who are you? More exactly… what are you?" he asked with a somber expression.
[The system is an aide given to the host called Dracula Von Tepez.] replied the system.
"You used the word 'given'. Who was it?" he asked in a curious tone.
[The host should listen to this message recorded with the system.] responded the system and started an audio message in his mind.
'Dracula Von Tepez, it is I… Osmodius. The one you know as…' an ancient and archaic voice introduced itself and declared its identity.
'God of Preservation.'
A surprised expression appeared on Dracula's face and the next moment, it turned furious. Because after all… God of Preservation was one of the seven Gods of Creation from his original world.
'You're very ambitious. But you made a terrible mistake of trying to take on all the gods without achieving godhood first.
I know you might see me as your enemy because I partook in sealing your soul and helped in throwing you into a different dimension.
But believe me… the end results would've been the same.' declared God of Preservation in his message.
Dracula vividly remembered that during the time when he was chained and his punishment was being carried on in the Divine Realm...
The only god who did not show any form of enmity or resentment towards him, rather he seemed to be taking an interest in Dracula was this very God of Preservation.
'In our world, I represent the balance of life and preserving it.
And I fully agree with your thinking.
Humans have indeed broken the balance of life a long time ago and it has adversely affected our world because of their interventions as well as indiscriminate massacres of hundreds of species.
I already proposed to the other gods to not let them gain any more power.
But engulfed by greed in order to get more divinity to increase their powers… my brothers and sisters turned a blind eye towards the suffering of our world despite knowing the aftermath.' revealed Osmodius.
'Then you came… the one who understood the plight of our world and the rest of the species who became extinct. Had their reign over the world carried on and more divine blessings they received from gods… our world would have come to an end in just a couple of thousand years.
What you did was something I wanted to do myself. All sentient lifeforms should be preserved.
But now that you have failed to become a god yourself… the fate of the world will take the same route.
My abilities will not help me oppress the other gods. But you have already achieved the Law of Slaughter.' spoke Osmodius.
This perked Dracula's ears as well.
It was indeed the law of reality he was trying to gain access to in order to become a god in his old world.
'Only you have the strength to be able to restrict or even kill the other gods of creation.
I do not care if you do it for the sake of revenge or some ideals. I do not care what means you use either.
But you must return to our world to do that.
So as I join hands with the other gods to seal and banish your soul… I'm giving you a parting gift.
The one my abilities allow me to grant in order to aid you in whatever world you will be thrown into.
So return after you've become a proper god this time. The aide I'm giving you will be able to help you return to our world once you do that.
And I chose a fitting name for it.
A name suitable for someone like you who walked the path of blood and war.' said Osmodius.
Then God of Preservation declared the name of the partner Dracula was going to have in his new life.
'Blood Sovereign System.'
