a dream...right? (edited)

If you are in any chapter between 41 and 49 before 'redoing'/(edited) I ask you to read chapter 41 again, or else you will get confused xd

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(POV: Noah)

I felt like I was in heaven, floating in the immensity of nothingness. Everything felt so good... I slowly opened my eyes and saw darkness with small lights in the distance. Where am I...?

I looked around and it seemed like I was in space. I tried to move but just floated. I felt calm but at the same time nervous. This is a dream... right?

I moved more and more, and slowly I began to be able to maneuver better. I thought of something and moved my hands up, and gradually I began to fly. Wow, it worked! I was flying in the infinity of space, seeing planets nearby and sometimes stars far away. This was beautiful.

"It's fun, right?" A voice startled me, and I looked back. I saw a woman in black clothes covering her body, her face undeniably attractive. Who was she...?

"Don't worry... I won't hurt you. I just want to see you at least once... Noah Williams," the woman spoke with a small smile. A chill ran down my spine. Who was this woman...? Oh... wait!!

"Ah... you are...?" I said with an awkward smile. Please don't let it be her or him? Or whatever that is.

The woman laughed a little and floated towards me, putting a hand on my cheek. She said, "Death always comes for everyone, you know?"

I felt a chill throughout my body. Those eyes scared me. Shit... it's Death.

The woman disappeared, and a voice came from behind me. "So... do you like your life?"

I frowned at that question. Why do they always ask me that?

"Ah... obviously," I said with a smile, though the anxiety was still inside me. Death smiled and said, "Although I think you're grabbing souls without any permission..."

I felt cold sweat running down my back. Shit... she realized. I thought I would have to grab at least billions of souls for her to notice...

"Haha... calm down. I won't do anything to you... you're interesting, Noah... quite interesting..." She approached me and whispered in my ear, "Do you want to make a deal with me?"

I quickly stepped back and said, "Ah... is that... safe?"

She laughed lightly and said, "Yep, the deal is simple... I'll let you take souls with my permission, as many as you want. I won't stand in your way, but... you'll have to do something for me in the future. How does that sound?"

Do something for her...? That doesn't sound bad at all, but... what do you want me to do...?

"What do you want me to do...?" I asked, seeking at least an answer. Death smiled and said, "I can't tell you now... he won't let me talk... but it will be an interesting deal. What do you think?"

I closed my eyes and thought. This has an advantage and a disadvantage... I can have endless souls and Death won't get in the way... but the disadvantage is that I don't know what she wants... shit...

"Oh, okay...?" I said with an awkward smile. I need to get many more souls... Alucard's card needs many souls to reach its full potential...

She clapped with her skeleton hands? and said, "Well! Deal completed. I won't break my part of the deal, I won't interfere with you... now wake up..."

Suddenly, I felt my vision darken. I felt like I was being swallowed by something warm. It felt... very calming...

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(Third person)

Death watched with a smile as Noah disappeared into the darkness and left.

"Well... it seems I'm the first to realize his plans... although maybe he let me look at his plans..." Death said with a smile, but quickly stopped smiling. She moved her hand a little and looked at a small photo in her hand. It was of a boy with brown hair, a woman, and a man.

"So this is his family... he looks kinda cute..." Death said and threw the photo into nothingness. She sighed and muttered, "Haha... even that guy with three faces doesn't know this... this is quite intriguing without a doubt... I hope to see what you do in the future, Noah."

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(POV: Noah)

I opened my eyes slowly and looked at the ceiling of a room. I think this was Seras' room...

I moved my head and saw a Michael Jackson poster. Yup, it's Seras' room...

I tried to get up, but something obstructed my movement. I saw a young woman in a chair, her face on my feet. She seemed asleep. Seras fell asleep here, huh...

I looked at Seras and touched her cheek with my finger. "Hey..."

She just made a noise, so I touched her again and said, "Hey." 

 "Hey!!"

She opened her eyes suddenly and was startled, almost falling off the chair. I grabbed her hand before she fell. She looked at me and said, "Master!!"

Oh... wow, she hugged me. It didn't feel bad at all...

"Oh... ah!!" She quickly pulled away and coughed a little, her face turning a bit red. I sighed and asked, "How long was I asleep?"

"Ah... well... three weeks..." Seras said, scratching her head with a slightly blushing face.

Three weeks!?

I sighed and asked, "What happened while I was asleep?"

"Well... not much. Sometimes I went shopping with Jess, helped John with some things, and nothing more... it was quite normal," Seras said, her face still a little red. I nodded and said, "Can you bring me a glass of orange juice?"

"Okay, Master!! Wait a minute," Seras said and left the room. I got out of bed and looked at my body. I didn't have any active card, and I had the same clothes from three weeks ago. I smelled them, and surprisingly, they didn't smell bad... how odd.

I lifted my shirt and saw my abdomen. I was well-trained; it seemed that Blacklight improved my physique. Not bad...

I approached the mirror and looked at my face. It was completely the same, although I didn't have my glasses. I stretched a little and yawned.

"Oh, you woke up, finally," I heard Jess's voice behind me. "Yup, I finally woke up, huh..."

I looked behind me and saw Jess smiling at me. "What?" I asked.

"You look weird like that..." She said, looking at my form. Ah... yes.

"Yes... I know," I said with a smile, looking at my reflection in the mirror. I was always like that...

"Master, I already brought the juice!" I heard Seras behind me. I looked at the glass of juice and grabbed it, drinking it all in one gulp. How good it feels...

"Okay... I'll stay in bed for a while..." I said and lay down on the bed. I looked at the ceiling and said, "I'm tired... I'll be here for a while..."

"Ha... well, bye. Me and Seras are going to buy things. Let's go!" Jess said as she grabbed Seras by her arm and dragged her away. Seras tried to speak but gave up. "Go with her... so she'll be safe..."

"Okay, Master!!" I heard Seras's voice outside the room. I looked at the ceiling and thought about the strange "dream" I had... though it's most likely not a dream. Now I don't have to be afraid of getting souls... good news.

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(POV: Andrew Bloodburn) (a few days before)

I looked at the life candle on a large table. This table shows the life candle of each royal guard. I stared at an unlit life candle next to two others.

"Sofia..." I murmured as I looked at the candle of life that had just gone out... no... NO!!

I clenched my teeth and screamed, "SHIT!!"

I clenched my fists, and the ground slowly shattered, cracks quickly appearing on the floor.

"Who did it...? WHO?!?" I shouted in fury, breaking the table into pieces. I will kill you... BASTARD!!

I left the room and decided to do something risky... ask permission from Dracula himself... the king... I hope he lets me go... please... I have to go kill him...

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I knelt before him and said, "Great Dark King... please allow me to go after Sofia's team's objective..."

"Hmmmmmm... so they died... predictable..." I heard his voice, and my heart beat with anger... I can't deny it... he was right... Sofia's team was more or less experienced... but she was... my friend... MY FRIEND!!

I clenched my fists and said, "Please... great sir... allow me the honor of bringing his head... I will bring the head of that target..."

Silence filled the room quickly. I felt a disturbing sensation, and I did not look up in any way...

"Andrew Bloodburn... are you sure you want this...? The enemy is unknown, and his power is unknown... the target defeated four royal guards... an unprecedented feat..." Dracula's voice echoed throughout the great room.

"Yes... I will bring his head... please allow it... my lord," I said, clenching my fists. I needed to destroy the bastard who took Sofia's life...

"Well... I'll allow you... go with Arkham... he'll tell you the direction of the objective... go alone... no companion... you're lucky he at least let you go there..." Dracula's voice echoed, and I smiled. "Thank you very much, my lord...!"

I was going to kill him... I will kill that bastard without hesitation...

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(POV: Noah)

"Deez nuts," I chuckled at the video, enjoying the simplicity of mindless entertainment on YouTube. After everything that had happened, I needed a break—no enemies, just me and a bunch of silly videos to stave off the boredom.

A classic. I watched another video and yawned a little. "Status, Seras Victoria."

The information appeared before me, confirming my suspicions about Seras's growth.

[Seras Victoria: Level 19 / ???

Age: 20+

Physical Strength: Great Destructive Level / Multi-Building Destroyer

Speed: High Hypersonic / Mach 50+

Intelligence: Average

Skills:

Bloodsucker: The ability to absorb a person's blood and soul, along with their knowledge and memories.]

Holy shit... Level 19!?! How the hell did she level up so quickly... Ah yes, the royal guard... but still, so many levels!

"Status," I said into the air, and my status was displayed.

[Name: Noah Williams

Age: 16

Physical Strength: Superhuman

Speed: Supersonic Speed

Intelligence: Slightly Above Average

Characters: Jeff the Killer, Pyramid Head, Alucard (Hellsing)!]

I sighed and tapped the name "Alucard," another status window opened.

[Alucard (Hellsing): 18 / 30 !

Statistics!

Skills !]

I looked at the small status window. This looks different... I tapped "Statistics."

[Alucard (Hellsing) 18 / 30

Physical Strength: Great Destruction (Base) / Pseudo City Destroyer (Level 3)

Speed: Mach 50+ (Base) / Mach 170+ (Level 3)

Intelligence: Genius / ???]

I stared at the statistics, surprised by the absurd speed... Mach 170... Also, it seems they show the statistics of the base state and the strongest level. Not bad.

I looked at the new abilities, remembering the notifications in my head when I killed the royal guards but ignored them to bring Seras home.

[Alucard (Hellsing): 18 / 30 !

Statistics!

Skills !]

This time, I tapped "Skills." A list of skills appeared in front of me, but there were more than before. I swiped a little and reached the new skill.

[Telepathy: The host can use telepathy on a being that is somehow connected to the host.

(Compatible: Seras Victoria)]

Oh... telepathy, not bad... it's useful, something I didn't have before. It can be quite handy in complicated situations...

[Familiar Control: Allows the host to summon a being whose soul has been taken by the host. The user can use the absorbed soul's abilities, the user can give will to the taken soul or control it completely!]

Well... that's useful... VERY useful...

I got up and activated the Alucard card. I felt a little fatigued but nothing bad.

I moved my hand, deciding to use an interesting power...

The glass next to me was finely cut into two parts. I saw a small and almost invisible drop of blood next to the glass cut in half... So that's how it works...

It removes a certain amount of blood for each cut... It is quite similar to Sukuna's cut... but the user has to spend a certain amount of blood, and each cut takes blood away from the user. That's why I sometimes saw the woman sweating when it worked... but this "disadvantage" now doesn't apply to me. Not bad...

It's quite OP...

I moved my hand, and a crimson whip appeared in my hand... incredibly fast creation of blood weapons... in less than a second, the weapon was ready...

The last one was the guy called Goliath. I felt my arm burn, my veins boiling and burning, my arm filled with a crimson flame. Not bad...

The fire stopped quickly. This familiar control is very useful... Alucard has absurd potential... he can probably increase his potential externally to the system... not bad...

Now that I think about it...

Andrew Bloodburn... "friend" of Sofia Scaleblood... it would be better to call him a stalker... It seems that Andrew was harassing Sofia since they were children... It seems that the boy was in love with Sofia and all that... Well, I killed her, and I also have his soul under my control...

"Damn... it looks like I'll have to go out... the girls could be in danger..." I sighed and got out of bed. I changed my clothes and left the room. Walking down the hallway, I saw John eating ice cream on the couch.

"Where are you going?" John said as he ate his ice cream.

"Outside..."

"Well," John said, watching television.

I sighed and left the house, hoping that bastard Andrew doesn't do something crazy...

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As I walked down the bustling street, I sent a quick message to Jess. Using telepathy with Seras would be redundant since it would essentially be the same as sending a text.

*Noah: Hey, what store are you in?*

*Jess: Wait, I'll send you the location.*

I paused to check my phone and glanced up at the sun, feeling a mix of frustration and resignation. It seemed I wouldn't even get to rest after being asleep for nearly a month.

Navigating through the crowded streets, I soon received the address. After a few minutes, I arrived at my destination.

I stood in front of the mall and muttered, "Really...? This place?"

Sighing, I walked in. The mall was packed with families and shoppers, creating a noisy, lively atmosphere.

I bet these two came to buy clothes or something.

I navigated through the throng of people, heading up the escalators to the top floor. After wandering for a while, I finally located the store.

"Where are those two...?" I grumbled, feeling a bit annoyed. Besides, I had to keep an eye out for Andrew. That guy had a curious ability—he was a puppeteer.

Eventually, I reached a clothing store. "Ha... I thought so," I said with a tired smile upon seeing the store.

Inside, I noticed several women glancing at me curiously. Ignoring the lingerie section, I wandered around until I spotted Jess and Seras.

"Really? A clothing store...?" I asked.

"Hey... clothes are important. Look at her," Jess said, pointing at Seras. I glanced at her and had to admit, she didn't look bad at all. She wore tight jeans and a blue t-shirt, her face slightly flushed.

I sighed, "Let's go. Something dangerous might happen here..."

"Okay... now what did you do...?" Jess eyed me suspiciously.

"I didn't do anything... I just feel like an enemy might attack here."

Jess sighed, "Well... let's go, Seras."

We headed to the cashier to purchase the clothes. As we left the store, I began, "Well, as I was saying—" I felt a sudden sense of danger. Turning around, I saw a guy in a pink rabbit suit staring at us from a distance.

"Hey... get out of the mall quickly. Enemies," I said urgently.

Seras looked at the person in the rabbit costume and remarked, "That looks like a scene from a horror movie..."

"Yep. Seras, take Jess outside," I instructed with a small smile. Seras nodded and took Jess by the arm.

"Hey!! Be careful," Jess called out, narrowing her eyes at me.

I nodded and watched in surprise as several more people in rabbit suits appeared, looking at me.

Okay... this is going to be complicated. There are many civilians here...

I muttered to myself, "Ah... right, this will be very useful..."

I put my hands together and murmured words that I understood but simultaneously didn't. It felt like passing through a waterfall, and the people around me disappeared, leaving only the rabbits. It's a good thing I have these skills, or I would have had to destroy most of the shopping center...

I turned to the people in bunny suits. "Hey!! Come here!"

The rabbit-suited figures blurred towards me. I saw their kicks and fists coming, and I quickly dodged all the attacks, smiling. I countered swiftly, hitting them in their chests and sending them crashing into nearby stores, shattering walls and glass.

"Are you coming out or not...?" I called out. One of the rabbits slowly stood up and removed his rabbit head, revealing an older man with gray hair, blood seeping from his pores.

"So, you are... Andrew?" I asked.

The man furrowed his eyebrows. "Interesting... so you're the target. It wasn't difficult to find you... I have my ways."

"Well, let's stop the useless talk and fight," I said with a smile.

He grinned and vanished in a blur. I dodged his fist aimed at my face, grabbed his arm, and kicked his leg. He showed no expression as his leg broke, the bone jutting out.

I punched him in the face, causing his head to explode like a balloon. The puppet's inert body fell to the ground, and I scanned the area. No one else moved.

"Well... seems that was it..." I mumbled and deactivated the isolated dimension.

Time to go home.

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I lay down on the couch, feeling a sense of relief. For now, we were safe...

I glanced at the girls chatting, noticing Seras had changed back into her usual outfit. Sighing, I decided to rest for today.