Ankoku Kishi Monogatari (WN)

Even the way I referred to myself changed from I (Watashi) to I (Boku) ever since I reunited with my big sister (her ghost).

I never heard of a vampire becoming a ghost after losing their flesh.

When a vampire was destroyed, he or she simply vanished.

I was sure that I was done for and that I was going to vanish. But, since I managed to meet my big sister at last, I didn't want to vanish.

「Don't worry Jusio. You're not going to vanish. Big sister will protect you.」

I felt something warm flowing from my big sister.

And my body healed with that.

I saw the figure of my big sister swaying, she tried to save me with her power.

「No. You'll disappear if you do that.」

「It's okay. Just like how you're not a normal vampire, I'm also not a normal ghost, that's why it'll be alright.」

Said big sister with a reassuring smile on her face.

The moment I saw that smile, I knew that she had been forcing herself.

Alas, I did recover due to her power.

At this rate, she might disappear for sure.

「Fuh, that's enough…」

Big sister made a relieved face, though her complexion looked pale.

I also felt relieved. I almost thought that big sister was gonna disappear for sure.

「Well then, what shall we do now? I don't care about the place as long as we can be together.」

I shook my head hearing my big sister's words.

Big sister was too optimistic.

「We can't do that. Those people will go after us for sure… We won't be safe wherever we go.」

Maybe we couldn't even escape since the kin of death was everywhere.

On the other hand, I couldn't go back to Zaffrada's place either.

My chest hurt so much upon recalling how many children I had offered for sacrifice under Zaffrada's orders.

Those children then had their blood sucked dry during a feast of blood by the kin of death. I had no qualifications to see those children again.

That was the reason why I had to go somewhere.

But I couldn't go to Elios' side either. They hate the undead like they’re their parent's enemies.

I told my big sister about this matter.

「I see, then there's only one place to go…」

「That makes sense…」

Big sister and I thought the same thing.

We raised our heads. Over there, we saw the battle between the Silver-Haired Girl and Zaffrada.

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◆Silver Witch; Kuna

I fought against Zaffrada in the air.

Guno and the others were riding on their wyverns, fighting against the army of death.

Though ghosts and vampires belonged to the strongest class of undead, they were no match for daemons.

Moreover, since Heqat's kin, Empusa's female knights, had also participated, I could leave the small fry to them.

Zasha, the reaper’s chi8ld, had a hard time against Glorious, the greater dragon. The current line up was enough to stop the kin of death.

That's why Kuna had to stop the red woman before her.

The Princess of Fresh Blood, Zaffrada.

She was the strongest among the reaper’s children.

I had no idea how powerful she was alas, I knew that she wasn't as strong as Kuroki.

「LARVAE! COME FORTH! LAMENT AND CRY!」

Thousands of larvae gathered together while roaring along with Zaffrada, then quickly became a few hundred legions.

The cries of the legions enhanced the effect of her necromancy.

That's why I stopped it right away.

「COME FORTH GOLDEN LIGHT ARMORED BUG! SHINE FORTH!」

Kuna summoned a few hundred scarabs that shone in a golden light.

The golden scarabs moved their limbs and created several spheres of light.

The spheres of light were only as big as fists alas, it was plenty enough to weaken the effect of necromancy.

「IMPUDENT! THOSE MEASLY BUGS WILL GET BLOWN AWAY BY ME! BLACK DEATH WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND!!」

Zaffrada's bat wings flapped and unleashed a black wind.

The power of the wind was really strong, even the golden light armored bugs that could withstand necromancy wouldn't be able to withstand that wind.

「NINE FOLD MAGIC SHIELD!」

I unleashed a nine fold magic shield to stop the wind.

「BARELY MAKING IT OUT HUH! HOW ABOUT THIS! RED GATE!」

Red light shot out from Zaffrada's red eyes.

The red light broke one of the magic shields and came at Kuna.

「What?! How can you destroy the magic shield easily?!」

I raised my left arm in a hurry, barely managing to deflect the red light.

A strong impact hit my left arm.

My stance crumbled due to the unexpectedly strong impact.

「I AM NOT DONE YET!」

Zaffrada opened red gates in succession. I couldn't block that unless I used a four fold magic shield.

That's why more and more golden light armored bugs were dying.

The cries of the legions only strengthened Zaffrada even further.

「THIS IS THE END!」

Zaffrada loaded more miasma into her claws and rushed at me.

「O Bushkey Butterfly!」

I wasted no time to summon my butterfly and escaped with teleportation.

As much as I hated this, I had to agree that this woman was really powerful. I had no choice but to keep my distance from her.

「COME FORTH! BLAST BUG!」

I threw several insects with live coal on their body the moment Zaffrada closed in on me.

They might be just as big as a human index finger, but their explosive force was to be reckoned with when they were gathered together.

The blast bugs exploded when Zaffrada's claws swiped at them.

Naturally, I knew that this was far from enough to defeat her.

「HEED KUNA'S CALL! GOLDEN BEETLE WARRIOR!」

Kuna summoned a few insect warriors whose size was around the same or bigger than Kuna.

Kuna had to raise the number of the shield.

Zaffrada then came out from within the explosion, unscathed of course.

「DON'T THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME JUST BY RAISING THE NUMBER OF INSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECTS!」

Zaffrada was laughing maniacally.

The golden beetle warriors were the strongest among the insect warriors, alas, I had no idea for how long they could stop Zaffrada.

「EVIL BLOOD MIST!」

Red mist spread from within Zaffrada's body.

Three golden beetle warriors in the front formation melted at once when they were exposed to the mist.

「IMPOSSIBLE! SHE KILLED MY GOLDEN BEETLE WARRIORS THAT EASILY?!」

I was really surprised.

I had not expected that she was this powerful.

Zaffrada was smiling ear to ear while licking her lips with her long tongue.

「That's the face I want to see. But don't think that you can even cry later.」

「Humph! Those are my words!」

Kuna could still fight. Kuna still had her trump card.

「Tree of Gems, Fly to The Flower of Gems, Iris Jade Jewel Beetle! Heed Kuna's Call!」

I summoned the jewel beetle with iridescent brilliance within the jade green light.

They were the strongest insect in Kuna's arsenal, comparable with the dream butterfly.

The iris jade jewel beetle had toughness comparable to that of gems, added with the magic shield that Kuna had deployed beforehand, it would be enough.

「Eei! I've had enough of these bugs that keep coming out one after another! Take my strongest attack!」

Zaffrada's body emitted a red light.

It was an even more ominous and intense light than before. Alas, Kuna managed to withstand that attack.

「HERE I COME! LITTLE GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRL!」

Zaffrada rushed at me.

Seeing that, Kuna raised her shield and scythe.

「ZAFFRADA!」

A moment later, when Zaffrada had almost arrived right before Kuna.

Something struck Zaffrada from the side.

It was the sword-wielding vampire.

The vampire suddenly stabbed Zaffrada's flank with his sword.

「Impossible? Jusio? You're not, dead?」

Zaffrada looked at the vampire with an unbelievable look on her face.

There was no way Kuna would let go of such an opening!

「GO IRIS JADE JEWEL BEETLE! GOLDEN BEETLE WARRIORS!」

Kuna sent the remaining golden beetle warriors protected by the iris jade jewel beetle to attack Zaffrada.

Being completely taken off guard, the golden beetle warriors’ swords hit Zaffrada's body.

「THIS, DAMN BUUUUUUUUUUUUG!」

Zaffrada's roar knocked the vampire and the golden beetle warriors back.

「BUSHKEY BUTTERFLY! SCATTER SCALES OF DREAM TO MY SCYTHE!」

The bushkey butterfly then perched on the blade of my scythe and scattered its scales.

Maybe because she instinctively felt the danger, Zaffrada retreated as soon as she roared.

Alas, Kuna wouldn't let her escape.

「You can't escape, Zaffrada! Dream Dimension Slash!」

It was a flying slash skill that targeted enemies from afar, which was only possible due to the power of the dream butterfly.

「GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!」

The next moment, Zaffrada wailed in pain.

Though Kuna failed to inflict a fatal wound, she managed to inflict a deep enough wound to Zaffrada.

Kuna only needed to finish her off now.

Zaffrada retreated to make her escape.

She spread her bat wings and escaped at full speed.

「Bushkey butterfly! Send Kuna to Za— What?」

The moment Kuna summoned the bushkey butterfly to teleport Kuna to Zaffrada's place.

Zaffrada's body was suddenly covered in something white.

「RED LIGHT REBELLION TALISMAN!」

Shining red papers flew at Kuna along with Zaffrada's roar.

It was a talisman.

Kuna teleported herself away immediately with the bushkey butterfly.

Then she looked at the direction where the talisman came from.

Over there, she saw a man clad in a priest's robe riding on a black cloud.

Upon a closer look, Kuna realized that the black cloud was a gathering of countless flies. And the priest actually stood up on top of them.

Looking at the face of the priest, part of his face was covered with a big eye.

Though this was the first time Kuna met this man, this man might be the high priest of flies and maggots, Zalbuth.

The one who single-handedly raised the army of the Reaper was none other than this man called Zalbuth. Reinforcements had come, huh.

「Are you okay, big sister? I'll heal you in no time.」

A talisman then pasted itself on Zaffrada's wound as she arrived beside Zalbuth.

「Kuh, you're just in time, Zalbuth… I'll take a rest for a bit. I'll leave the rest to you.」

「Leave it to me, big sister.」

When Zaffrada stepped back, Zalbuth pointed his bishop cane toward Kuna.

This might be a tricky situation.

Kuna had used a lot of her magical power in her fight against Zaffrada.

According to the information we had, though Zalbuth was weak in close combat, his magical power rivaled that of Zaffrada.

Alas, Kuna could still fight.

「You seem to be in trouble. RibbitRibbitRibbit.」

Kuna turned around upon hearing that voice.

Before she realized it, Heqat, who was riding on a cloud, had already stood beside Kuna.

「Heqat? What about Kuroki?」

「I've taken the necessary measures. We only need to wait for him to recover on his own. That's why you should go back for now. You're quite exhausted, right? Leave this guy to this old hag. RibbitRibbitRibbit.」

Said Heqat as she laughed.

「I see, I'll leave this place to you, Heqat. It's a situation in which we have no idea when Zarxis will come, so Kuna will take a rest for a bit.」

Kuna told her so as she retreated.

Heqat was also bad at close combat alas, her magical power could put even that Demon King to shame.

That's why let's see the true power of this archwitch.

Kuna could hear the singing voices of the Singer Princess and Toadman, which were probably summoned by Heqat.

Thus began a fiery battle of magic under the sky.