Reincarnated With The Van Helsing System - Chapter 650 - 650: A king’s role (part 12)

Reed basically saw red the moment the purple skull started laughing at him, not because he was taunted by it, neither did Sarah use her darkness nether to mess with his mind, it was because he felt humiliated, here he was using his Domain to suppress the crazy girl and she still had the leisure to do something as trivial as making a mere battle aura creation laugh at him.

It meant that even as of current, she didn’t feel pressured in the slightest, on the other hand, simple mana pressure wasn’t the only way to use a Domain to mess with the enemy.

“Let’s see you tough this one up you, brutish bitch!”, shouted the Asmadian Lord as he beckoned with his hand, causing dark pink flames to lit up on the air in front of Sarah, before they went off in the form of a large explosion.

“Booom!”, Reed’s pleasure flames are actual fire, they burn based on the lust of either the target or the user, normally the Asmadian Lord would either use the lust of the target, or the lust he feels for the target, since that way he consumes the least amount of nether.

But for some reason he couldn’t understand, he not only was uncapable of feeling the slightest desire for the purple haired girl, which had escaped from his grasp alongside his mother, when that wasn’t the case earlier, and also, he couldn’t detect the slightest lust on her.

Which was driving him mad, he has seen how she flirted with the masked silver haired youth, and Reed as a prince from the Asmadian family one of the main families among the Lust faction could see the desire in the eyes of the enemy every time she even did as little as glance on the masked youth’s direction.

‘I can’t use your lust nor lust after you but so what, it’s a hassle but pleasure flames created through my own lust are way stronger!’, inwardly cursed the Asmadian Lord.

“Mm, these flames feel different, they are… more disgusting than the previous ones”, said the crazy girl who came out of the dark pink flame explosion, she was residing inside the giant purple skull which shielded her from the attack.

“Now that’s more like what a mere Lord ranked knight should act in front of an Archmage!”, exclaimed Reed.

He felt elated to see that the purple haired girl had to defend herself with that battle aura creation instead of directly tanking his attack with her body like she has been doing, it meant that she did feel threatened by it, and the best part is that he didn’t use a spell, that was just the offensive capacity of his Domain.

Within a Domain, a mage’s control over mana increases, thus allowing them to control the mana of the atmosphere to produce results on par with what normally would require them to use spells, like that explosion of dark pink flames used by Reed and since that wasn’t a spell, it meant that he could do that and also cast a spell just like he was doing as of current.

“Royal Corroding Piercing Arrow!”, Reed pointed his bow at Sarah and darkness nether from all over the area gathered on it, forming a black solid arrow, the Asmadian Lord knew that his mind corroding nether would have little to no effect on the crazy girl, unless he used his strongest spells alongside it.

So, he instead went for the corroding aspect of the darkness element and further enhanced it with the darkness nether of the atmosphere, it’s also different than Aslan’s death nether because though both have their origin in darkness, Aslan’s darkness specializes in causing decay on organic objects, hence why though his nether affected the surroundings, it didn’t instantly melt the ground.

But Reed’s darkness was similar to the crazy girl’s one, and Sarah has melted both people, magic treasures and inanimate objects before with her combination of darkness and poison.

That being said, while apparently this was a quite strong spell because even with his Domain actively helping him reduce the casting time, it still took Reed enough time for the crazy girl to dodge, the Asmadian Lord didn’t look worried about it in the slightest.

For a simple reason, the moment he finished casting that black nether arrow, the crazy girl had already disappeared from sight, but surprisingly Reed pointed his left hand at a random direction and Sarah whose image had flashed in order to dodge the arrow was engulfed by a giant pilar of dark pink flames.

‘Previously I didn’t know how to efficiently look for you, so your stealth could bypass my detection, however in a field which is saturated to the brim with my lust nether, I simply have to look for the spots where my lust nether is unable to gather, since even you wouldn’t dare to face it with your bare body!’, thought Reed as he let go of the string of his bow, unleashing the black nether arrow which turned into a black flash that shot itself towards the pilar of dark pink flames.

With his Domain out, Reed was having an easier time blocking the mind destabilizing nether of the crazy girl, at least he had to direct less of his attention to protect himself against it, which gave him the leisure to regain his composure and properly deal with the enemy in front of him.

Things became clearer for him as soon as he escaped from the “poisonous claws” of the crazy girl, at least he was finally putting up a decent fight like Aslan and Byron, unlike what has been happening since he started clashing with Sarah.

“Purple Death Void”, the playful but fierce voice of the crazy girl could be heard coming from within the pillar of dark pink flames, then the purple skull which was surrounding her, preventing Reed’s flames from reaching her, tripled its size to then open its spike-toothed mouth in order devour the flames.

But then, to Sarah’s surprise, the amount of nether she could forcefully take away with the purple skull, didn’t reach even a fourth part of what she could take earlier, very much to Reed’s satisfaction.

“What, did you think I was powerless against that little trick of yours, no matter how much of a monster you are, you still need some time to control nether that it’s not yours and that is because you have to eliminate the traces of the original owner’s will, I simply increased the complexity of my nether, so you can forget about taking advantage of my Domain for yourself!”, roared Reed, things surely took a turn for him now that his mind was clearer.

And as a proof of it, he snapped his fingers and dark pink flames rained from above upon Sarah, drowning the crazy girl into them, just in time for the black nether arrow to reach her.

“Booooom!”, a loud shockwave echoed through the sky as the black nether arrow clashed against the purple skull that was protecting Sarah, the arrow had so much strength behind it that it actually dragged the crazy girl out of the pillar of dark pink flames, and forced her backwards a few hundreds of meters before it exhausted itself.

“Crack!”, then to Reed’s happiness, the right side of the purple skull cracked to then crumble apart with the point of collision between the itself and the black nether arrow, he actually managed to destroy Sarah’s martial art!

“Humph!”, the crazy girl snorted, with a snap of her fingers the skull which had been half-destroyed repaired itself, not without Reed shouting.

“Where is my damn boost!”, that was naturally directed to Byron who had buffed Aslan earlier, but he hadn’t done the same for Reed, who needed the physical boost the most out of them.

“It’s not that easy to focus with extreme positive light mana being slashed at me all the time you bastard!”, shouted back the Balax Lord as he stopped the thrust of the White Heavenly Spear with the left hand of his Battle Avatar, to then block Gram with both its right hand as well as his great sword.

“Clang!”, Narasha’s fierceness had left quite the deep impression on the Balax Lord, if he only used his magic weapon to clash against the sword, he would still be forced backwards even if it was only a bit, only by adding his Battle Avatar’s strength did the clash truly resulted in a tie, well had it not been for the fact that Gram is so heavy for enemies, Jasmine would have been for sure sent flying by the impact, luckily her mana was protecting her while also helping her diminish the strength needed to wield Gram.

Of course, since she was using mana for that, unlike Daimon who can wield Narasha just with his physical strength, she was burning through her energy reserves at a fast ratio, but the light princess didn’t seem to be worried in the slightest, which was causing Byron a headache.

“Tsk, that damn dead horse is useless for the time being, you should have buffed me first instead”, said Reed as he pointed his left hand at Jasmine’s battlefield, which was half covered by his Domain and half covered by Aslan’s.

The light princess felt the incoming danger and she retreated while raising her staff to cast her defensive spell.

“Light Fortress”, with a mellow voice, the image of a white brick castle manifested behind Jasmine, who was then encased in a light barrier, just in time for her to be engulfed by a wave of dark pink flames that was thrown at her by Reed.

Having gotten a couple of seconds of not having to deal with light mana which was causing him discomfort just by the close exposure to it, thanks to Reed, the Balax Lord had no choice but to return the favor.

“Royal Song of War!”, with his Battle Avatar’s right hand, Byron casted the martial art that increased Reed’s physical strength as a whole by 30%, unlike what happened with Aslan, Reed’s body didn’t change, though he now exuded a certain pressure which one would expect from a knight.

“Royal Archer Blessing!”, then with the left hand of his Battle Avatar, the arms and chest of the Asmadian Lord were cladded in a dark red light which was then absorbed by him, resulting in his upper body gaining a bit of mass, apparently that was a buff which especially booster arm strength with everything that included.

“Hahaha, now where were we… aghh!”, Reed who despite having attacked Jasmine a second ago, didn’t lose sight of his respective opponent, changed back his focus after receiving the boost he wanted from Byron, was suddenly hit on the face by a purple flash, resulting in a tooth flying out of his mouth, while he was smacked against the wall a hundred meters away from his previous position.

The purple battle aura mass which was dispelled the next second, revealing a crazy girl whose left fist was burning in purple battle aura, Sarah glared at Byron who felt a chill running down his spine upon being observed by those pretty purple eyes of hers, before she changed her focus to Jasmine who stopped being assaulted by Reed’s flames the moment he was punched on the face.

Only after confirming that her youngest sister was completely fine, did the murderous light in Sarah’s eyes diminished.

Daimon who was watching the fight couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow behind his mask, not at her outburst after Reed attacked Jasmine, that was expected, attacking the light princess in front of Sarah was probably the stupidest decision the Asmadian Lord could make.

No, what caught his attention was the both the speed, stealth and explosiveness of the movement martial art that Sarah just used to punch Reed on the face.

‘That was both “Royal Purple Step” and “Royal Purple Death Step”, she used the effects of the two movement martial arts at the same time, but her nether isn’t at that point yet so… that was Will Manipulation’, concluded Daimon after thinking about it for a moment.

That being said, he couldn’t help but be surprised by his own conclusion, at its early stage, Will Manipulation only allows a knight to imbue its will on themselves, to attain simple yet practical effects like slowing down one’s descend or like what Daimon did back at the tournament when he “attached” his teammates to his body, while he rushed through the maze.

A more advanced expression of this stage is to extend that effect to other objects, the most common use of it being retrieving one’s magic weapon, simple yet incredibly useful for a knight, those that are really talented can control their magic weapons at distance to a certain extent, which is why the captain was outraged at how Daimon seemed to be effortlessly controlling Gram, at least until he realized that wasn’t the case.

And then there is the middle stage of Will Manipulation, which is using one’s will to enhance control over one’s battle aura, after all knights innately lack in terms of precise energy control, and a Battle Avatar requires them to manipulate a huge amount of energy, give it form and maintain it, so they need to improve in that area.

It’s similar to how mages get a physical reinforcement before becoming Archmages, in order for them to be able to manipulate such a large amount of mana for their Domains.

There is the advanced stage but let’s leave that subject aside for the moment, since the last stage takes a completely different focus.

And what does the previous have to do with the fact that Sarah just combined two martial arts, to create the “perfect” version of the movement martial art that she innately learned, well, she basically forced her own nether to comply by using the advanced stage of Will Manipulation.

“I honestly thought that Mellie would be the first to break out of the limitations in Neptune, given that her innate ability enhances her realm not by force unlike the White’s, but by improving their understanding of their own bloodline, but to think she could brute force her way through it… not bad”, said Daimon.

He couldn’t help but praise the crazy girl, it was not the usual method and reaching the middle stage of it wasn’t permanent, but he could tell that Sarah had obtained Will Manipulation for the good this time, she had broken out of the limitations of Neptune’s natives, and wouldn’t have to rely on her lineage or anything to use the traits of the Lord rank from now and onwards, unless she wanted to use the middle stage like she was doing as of current.

Even then, it’s worth mentioning that most knights even at the four galaxies where having Will Manipulation is the norm, reach the middle stage of it when they advance to the peak of the Lord Knight realm and only obtain the advanced stage before becoming Archknights.

‘Will she be able to partially manifest her Battle Avatar before entering the Arch ranks, like the Lamia queen and princess or that Devil race Half Emperor which Aura mentioned?’, wondered Daimon, as much as he didn’t want to show it, his interest in the crazy girl increased.

Not his personal interest, that was unrelated to her strength, lineage and the like, since he considered the crazy girl his friend at this point and that wasn’t tied to any of the previous, he liked her as a person because he respected how she treated her sisters and close ones.

It was his interest as a knight the one that was piqued by this achievement, after all knight based Stellar ranks are way less in comparison with mage ones, and among them the only ones that he knew were able to do what the crazy girl did, are Mirellia and Ferris who are the peak of their race in terms of talent and one of the few people that are able to clash head on with Aura in terms of offense at the four galaxies.

Back to the fight, the crazy girl suddenly felt a “sweet” sensation filling her heart, upon noticing Daimon’s attention on her, which further helped her regain her cool, and in a rare occasion she didn’t respond by flirting with Daimon, instead of that her pretty face blushed a bit for a second, before she cutely smiled to then clad her whole body in purple battle aura.

“Royal Purple Death Comet~”, that was the name of the perfected version of her movement martial art, and that was obviously a reference to Daimon’s Comet Sword, which made the latter chuckle.

“That crazy girl”, softly said Daimon as he saw Sarah turning into a purple flash that left behind a trail, like a comet.

Reed who had come out of the hole in the wall in which his body had been forced earlier, was huffing, his haw had been dislocated by the previous punch he took to the face, which ruined his handsome appearance, he was furious.

“Don’t get carried away you, crazy bitch!”, he roared as he tensed the string of his bow, gathering an insane amount of darkness nether into a black arrow, which he shot at the incoming purple comet.

“Boooom!”, the arrow met with Sarah who was cladded un purple battle aura, midair, and directly exploded, resulting in a blinding flash that was half black and half purple colored, however that only lasted for a second before Sarah passed through the explosion, appearing in front of Reed the next second.

The Asmadian Lord’s pupils contracted like needles, he couldn’t react in time before the enemy reached his vicinity, so he went for the classic “retreat or die together” tactic, by summoning as much of both darkness and pink flames from his Domain as he could, alongside with a spell.

“Royal Corroding Pleasure Surge!”, that was basically an energy burst to blast away everything within a certain range and combined the incoming waves of corroding darkness and dark pink flames, Reed gathered what would amount to a tenth of the mana reserves of an early stage Archmage in a second.

“Boooom!”, the result was as one would expect, the whole left side of the throne room being engulfed in an energy cloud all of a sudden, causing a tremor due to the impact.

Once the explosion subsided, Reed who was blown away by his own spell, since he used without the proper preparation, looked at the epicenter of the explosion, just for his brain to suffer shortcut at the sight of the perfectly unscathed Sarah, she was calmly standing inside a purple skull made out of battle aura.

It looked exactly the same as the one that Reed half destroyed earlier with his arrow, with the exception that its purple color was brighter than before, and that’s because she was now using royal nether to completely manifest till the last part of the skull, unlike earlier when it was a mix of noble and royal nether, courtesy of her Will Manipulation.

“No way!”, exclaimed the Asmadian Lord, as he saw the skull devouring his nether like it was nothing, all it took for the crazy girl to bypass his special preparations to prevent her from stealing his nether, was for her nether to reach the initial same level as the one of the Lords, in other words at the same level even at a lower stage, they… were no match for her.

“Royal Purple Death Void”, the crazy girl mumbled the name of her martial art, after using it, her activation had surpassed her casting earlier, and now her image disappeared from plain sight, while the purple skull finished devouring the leftover nether used by Reed, Sarah appeared in front of him.

Instead of the crossbow, she was wielding her one bladed sword, which was sizzling as it was covered with the strongest poison and darkness battle aura she could produce as of current, it was to the point that the blade was showing signs of corrosion as it was unable to withstand the toxicity of Sarah’s battle aura.

“I was training my Will Manipulation to ask for a reward from Daimon and thanks to you, I had to show him this incomplete product, how are you going to pay for it if the nightmare bird girl finishes her next improvement before me”, said the crazy girl as she slashed her sword at Reed who had absolutely no idea what she was talking about.

“Aghhhhh!”, it happened so fast that the Asmadian Lord only reacted after he was cut, his body instinctively twisted backwards, which prevented him from being split into two horizontally, however a large cut opened on his stomach.

But the cut wasn’t the important part, as it was shallow thanks to the armor her was wearing, the problem is that the skin in the nearby area immediately turned black and that’s when the worst pain Reed has ever experienced started.

The reason is simple, the Asmadian Lord for some reason turned out to have a large amount of vitality, resulting in his wounds being healed time after time, like when Sarah nearly blasted away his jaw, just for him to recover in less than a minute, or when she nearly cracked his skull.

And now, that vitality was clashing with the crazy girl’s poison, so the flesh affected by her sword’s wound, was being continuously healed and melted, which resulted in a horrible pain that surpassed Reed’s ability to control his own mind in order to lessen or ignore negative effects.

“On a side note, attacking little Jas in front of me, I’m sure there are easier ways to kill yourself~”, casually said Sarah as she slashed her sword at Reed’s head, just in time for the right hand of Byron’s Battle Avatar to get in the way.

“Clang!”, the sword and the Battle Avatar clashed, resulting in the sound of metals colliding echoing through the throne room, the crazy girl’s expression became wild as her body started radiating purple flames, making the ground below her melt.

“Reed, move out of the way!”, screamed the Balax Lord as he felt his Battle Avatar’s hand being corroded by the purple haired girl’s poison and darkness, he was also having trouble dealing with Jasmine and Gram only with the left half of his Battle Avatar.

“R-Royal Decree!”, the Asmadian Lord whose eyes were bloodshot as he twisted his body on the ground due to pain, shouted to the sky, making Byron see red.

‘Not again, damn it!’, he screamed in his heart.

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