Reincarnated With The Van Helsing System - Chapter 653 - 653: A king’s role (part 15)

Earlier thanks to Reed rushing at Sarah, resulting in both Jasmine and Reyne attacking him, which forced Byron and Aslan to interfere, the effect of the “Mind Flame” reinforcement used by the Asmadian Lord was given away.

Since Byron and Aslan suddenly moved way faster than before, apparently besides suppression through Royal Decree, the Lords can also concede a trait of their lineage to their companions as long as they possess both royal nether and a crown type innate ability, since the neon pink flames and that black mist wisps that appeared above their crowns, consisted of royal nether exclusively.

The crazy girl saw the substantial increase in the amount of darkness element that Reed could control, and giggled to then mockingly say.

“I didn’t believe it was possible, but you actually suck more as an ally than as a father and the bar was set quite high already~”.

Reed didn’t bother to answer Sarah’s provocations; he turned into a black-neon pink flash that clashed against the crazy girl who had wrapped herself in bright purple battle aura.

The Bane Lord who had just used his innate ability, saw the nelapsi girl instantly realizing what its effect was, due to Reed not even bothering trying to hide it, which screwed up his chance to take enemy by surprise, gritted his teeth.

Unfortunately, he had lost the gap to launch a surprise attack, so he could now only clash head on with Reyne.

“Royal Black Death Legion”, with a single command, a couple of dozens of undead raised from the ground around the blond haired nelapsi, whose red-green eyes shone with disgust, she was especially sensitive towards death.

And though those undead were just skeletons, which had no flesh nor actually any rotten flesh, Reyne found them unsightly, it’s worth mentioning that the nelapsi girl has met Rita before at Kerrol but didn’t have this kind of reaction, it could be because these undead were created with nether, and Rita was instead imprinted by Daimon’s mana.

‘I wonder, if it will be the same with Horals’, wondered Daimon, Rita’s path obviously tilted towards a humanoid race, in fact she couldn’t be considered an undead since a long time ago, and was more of a higher ranked version of the queen from the Black Night race that served Reed, while in the middle of her evolution, but that doesn’t appear to be the case for Horals.

“Humph!”, back to the fight, Reyne snorted at the waves of undead that were rushing at her, her body exploded in crimson red flames which expanded with her as the center, burning the incoming undead, which made the Bane Lord smile to his insides.

“Royal Black Death Plague!”, the moment those undead were engulfed by Reyne’s crimson blood flames, Aslan made them self-destruct, releasing the darkness and death nether stored inside of them, in a single go.

Which dyed a portion of the wave of crimson blood flame battle aura released by Reyne, black in a second, making the nelapsi girl frown, she felt her flames being contaminated and was forced to cut off the part that was invaded by the darkness and death nether.

And to make things worse, a new group of undead was created in a matter of second, surrounding the nelapsi girl from every direction, while Aslan remained at the back of his army.

This was the method he came up with to deal with Reyne’s crimson blood flames which are a rarity for knights, as they both cover a wide area and have highly explosive power.

‘It’s not a bad idea, since Reyne’s new battle aura hasn’t been perfected, he can forcefully introduce darkness and death nether to mess with the balance between fire and blood elements’, thought Daimon.

The nelapsi girl was facing a similar problem as Daimon when he was consolidating his own battle aura, in other words his Demon Light, only after he had reached a decent level of mastery over Demon Light, he became able to change the proportion of the multiple elements conforming his battle aura to achieve different effects.

‘So, since Liliana has my mana and is an ice element mage, Reyne has a vampire bloodline like me and has fire element, they sure are a competitive girls’, amusingly concluded Daimon.

“Royal Crimson Surge!”, Reyne who felt Daimon’s attention focusing on her, brightly smiled, with crimson battle aura burning her pretty eyes, she just finished adapting one of her martial arts to be used with royal nether, the blond haired nelapsi girl stabbed her flaming lance on the ground, to then release a sea of blood red flames that blasted away the incoming undead, to which Aslan self-destructed them, resulting in a clash between blood red and dark energies.

“Boooom!”, the energy explosion made the throne room shake, which drew Jasmine’s attention towards her sister’s side of the battlefield for a second, before she was forced to focus on the Balax Lord again.

“Clang!”, Byron’s great sword, alongside the right arm of his Battle Avatar was blocked by Gram, which made sparks fly all over the place, then Jasmine thrusted the Heavenly Spear frontwards, meeting the left hand of Byron’s Battle Avatar.

Like earlier, it was a tie, but unlike before Byron didn’t show any sign of discomfort, because Jasmine’s light mana was being blocked by a veil of black mist which was cladding the Balax Lord’s Battle Avatar.

Also, the tie didn’t last long, Jasmine suddenly flashed backwards, avoiding by the skin of her teeth a stream of black mist, that was aimed at her lower body where she had no special protection.

“Boooom!”, the stream of black mist carved a path on the ground where Jasmine used to be standing, leaving behind a trail of destruction as it advanced for a dozen of meters before dissipating into the atmosphere.

That attack was released by the black bone horse mount which Byron was riding, since it was a creation of the Bane Lord, the nether inside of it was exponentially increased, so the Balax Lord was actually enjoying two different benefits thanks to Aslan’s ability.

His Battle Avatar gained a layer of darkness which was protecting him against the exposition to Jasmine’s light, and his mount was now able to release a breath-type of spell by gathering nether from Aslan’s Domain.

And that was causing the light princess a headache, she could block two of Byron’s attacks and also counter with an attack of her own, since Narasha was lending her a hand, but now she had to deal with three attacks and then had to find a chance to land a hit on the Balax Lord, which is not easy for the light princess who is inexperienced in close combat.

That being said, let’s not forget one simple yet really important thing, the light princess is an incredibly fast learner, so unless one can directly overwhelm her in a single go, like Byron tried to do earlier with that giant mass of nether, just to be stopped by Daimon’s Manifestation, they can forget about having an easy time when fighting Jasmine.

A white blinding light suddenly exploded in front of Byron, forcing him to look away just for a fraction of a second, by the time he forced his eyes to look in the direction of the white blinding flash, he realized that there was nothing there.

“Royal Radiant Step”, then a mellow but fierce voice, made the Balax Lord turn around on the spot, naturally his Battle Avatar followed right away, just in time for the light princess who slashed Gram with her right hand, releasing a white stream of light that hit the left arm of Byron’s Battle Avatar.

“Crack!”, almost instantly, the whole arm was severed from the base at the shoulder area by Jasmine’s attack, with a “swoosh” and before Byron’s sword and the death nether breath of his mount could reach Jasmine, that blinding white star appeared in the battlefield, and the next thing that Byron knew was that the severed arm of his Battle Avatar was… blasted away.

“Booom”, a white line of light pierced the red battle aura arm and then dragged it away, destroying it in the process.

“Royal Light Piercing Thrust”, the light princess showed off her talent as a fast learner by using not one but two spells with royal nether, both of which were adapted for combat, because her movement spell was focused in an instant explosive increase in speed, additionally, the blinding effect caused by Jasmine’s light acted as a complement to confuse the enemy.

But the most important thing was the strategy that the light princess was using, because after destroying the arm of Byron’s Battle Avatar, she once again turned into a white blinding star, which Byron punched with the remaining arm of his Battle Avatar, just for the fist to pass through the agglomeration of light, meaning that Jasmine had already moved from that position.

Byron frowned on the spot, he had his reaction time and overall speed increased thanks to Reed’s mind flames and yet, he was falling short of the speed that the light princess gained thanks to her new movement spell.

“Ack!”, the next second a strong impact landed on the head of the Battle Avatar, pushing Byron who was inside of the Battle Avatar to the side, nearly making him fall from the horse, the impact was that strong and was concentrated on a small area to throw Byron out of balance.

“Damn it!”, with a loud voice the Balax Lord cursed to then sweep the left arm of his Battle Avatar at the direction from which the impact came, but once again the fist of his Battle Avatar didn’t hit anything.

That being said, Byron had already started reconstructing the right arm of his Battle Avatar all the way to the elbow, just for it to be blasted away in a second, an action that was followed by Jasmine slashing the Balax Lord’s avatar all the way from the chest to the lower abdomen.

“Crack!”, making a fourth part of it crumble apart a second later, which forced Byron to abandon it as he was open for a direct attack from that horrifying sword, which had left those white burning marks on his Battle Avatar, which prevented him from being able to reconstruct it in a short amount of time.

It’s worth mentioning that not every slash from Gram was activating “Light Branding”, or more accurately, Narasha wasn’t using it with every slash, because Daimon told her not to go all out against the Balax Lord, he is Jasmine’s opponent after all, and if Nasha did her best, the fight would not be helpful for the light princess.

So, the sword girl was keeping the assistance she was giving to Jasmine at support level only, and since Byron was making Jasmine use large amounts of mana, she was forcing the enemy to do the same.

That being said, Narasha was given full freedom when it came to dealing with Byron’s sword, because the sword girl was still disappointed at how things ended with the captain’s “Fallen”, but the enemy wasn’t using all the power of his sword, and Nasha was getting impatient.

An emotion that was transmitted to Jasmine, who was also growing fiercer with each second that passed, something that made Daimon chuckle to his insides.

‘So, it’s a competition in terms of nature for these two, Jasmine who is meek and docile has to become fierce in order to progress, while Leslie who is energetic and aggressive due to her lineage, must learn how to reign her instincts… I guess she is not Reyne’s sister for nothing’, he thought.

Speaking of the light princess, she saw Byron condensing his Battle Avatar once again and softly snorted.

“Why is someone that was so adamant in killing me and my sisters now hiding behind his Battle Avatar… or is it that you can’t keep up with me in terms of close combat”, disdainfully said Jasmine which made Byron see red.

He a prince, from the Violence faction which excelled in terms of war and close combat was being looked down upon by a young girl, who wasn’t even a knight, and the worst part of it, is that she wasn’t bluffing, as of current his Battle Avatar couldn’t withstand a direct slash from that sword she was wielding.

And he can’t complain by saying she is receiving help, because he has both a magic weapon and the support of his mount, which earlier helped him gain the upper hand, but now the enemy wasn’t letting his Battle Avatar have its two arms, and with the explosive increase in speed, he couldn’t protect the arms.

‘Ridiculous, why should I, the strongest out of the deployed nethereal army have to resort to defend!!!’, he swore to his insides, to then explode in dark red battle aura, at the same time as when Jasmine turned into a blinding white star once again to then appear behind the left shoulder of Byron’s Battle Avatar, since she now wanted to get rid of the other arm to then focus in slashing down the Balax Lord.

“Clang!”, but then as she slashed her sword, the sound of metals colliding, followed by the sound of something cracking, echoed through the sky.

“Crack!”, Jasmine felt her right hand tremble, her pretty blue eyes looked at Gram’s blade which was stuck in… a bone?

“Royal Reinforcement, War Bloodstone!”, after the words of the Balax Lord reached Jasmine’s ears, and when looking at it closely, the light princess realized that Gram wasn’t stuck into a bone, but some kind of stone-like material which had taken the form of a bone.

Not like that’s what mattered, Jasmine who was stuck inside the half-severed left arm of Byron’s Battle Avatar, slashed Gram once again and managed to cut off the arm alongside the bone that was now acting as support for the Battle Avatar.

But by now, the right arm which she had cut before, had finished regenerating, which took the light princess by surprise, as the giant dark red battle aura condensed fist that was about to land on her, suggested.

“Humph!”, Jasmine softly snorted, she blocked the incoming attack with Gram, which prevented the advance of the giant fist, due to its insane real weight, however the impact was so strong that the light princess’s arm trembled.

Despite her protection mana and the buffs that were applied to her, the area between her right index finger and thumb, ruptured, which led to a few drops of blood to stain Jasmine’s pretty hand, as well as Gram’s hilt.

She isn’t Daimon after all, though Gram blocked the attack, preventing the light princess to be sent flying by the giant fist, some of the impact was transmitted to her, previously her light mana was parrying the shock, it just so happened that the impact behind that punch had increased to the point where it could bypass the light mana armor that Jasmine was using.

That being said, the light princess didn’t let out a peep, she valiantly tightened her grip on Gram’s hilt to then flash from her current position, barely avoiding a black stream of darkness and death nether, which was shot by Byron’s mount.

Jasmine who appeared a few hundreds of meters away from the Balax Lord, observed the new appearance of his Battle Avatar, externally it looked the same, it was a dark red battle aura condensation with Byron’s appearance, wearing armor, however on the inside, now there was a skeleton, which acted as a support.

And that was the reason as to why Jasmine’s slash was stopped and why her pretty right hand bled.

“Condensed vitality… no, blood, a physical reinforcing ability that works in proportion to the blood that its target has spilled during a certain amount of time”, mumbled the light princess, which made Byron’s triumphant expression sour, Jasmine saw through his strongest innate ability right away, which in understandable.

Regardless of it being a buffing spell or a lineage tied ability, it’s a boost and Jasmine’s talent when it comes to boosting techniques, far surpasses that of Byron, she created boosting spells that adapted to Daimon, in a matter of weeks and even modified the ones used by Ivory family, something that so far only Aurora who also had obtained the oath that acted as introduction for Jasmine and Daimon, has managed to do, since the time when Joanna’s direct descendants were alive.

It’s worth mentioning that Jasmine’s mother was as talented as her mother and daughter, but she didn’t get a chance to inherit the oath’s ability, because she wasn’t really affectionate with Byron for obvious reasons, and according to Bell, she wasn’t a support type mage at her base, unlike Aurora or Jasmine but a fighter, apparently, she is the one from whom Jasmine inherited that fierceness which had started shinning in her eyes.

“I wonder of you just got too interested in this ability of mine, or perhaps you don’t care about those two as much as I thought”, viciously said the Balax Lord, to which Jasmine frowned, she indeed got a bit too immersed in the effect of Byron’s ability.

But not for the reasons he thought, but because of the same reason as to why Daimon also showed interest in Byron’s ability.

‘So that’s the where Reyne’s blood affinity came from, the Balax family has some talent for blood affinity in their lineage, of course unlike that guy’s one, Reyne’s one is of a way higher level’, thought Daimon.

Also, he was once again seeing a way to alter one’s Battle Avatar, and that wasn’t all, Byron used a similar trick as Sarah, his nether got stronger due to the anger he felt at Jasmine for mocking him.

The difference being that it took him quite some time to “charge” before he could use his boosted wrath nether, to activate that innate ability, which the crazy girl instantly got boosted just by being exposed to his mana.

‘Well, it is also true that no matter if I pay her attention or ignore her, she’ll like it, so I guess it’s way easier for her to stimulate her nether… that “all-encompassing” lust based nether is a damn headache’, concluded Daimon, in a sense Sarah could always get twice the result with half the effort, because whether she was treated nice or bad, she loved it, as long as the other party was Daimon.

Speaking of those two, Jasmine wasn’t the only one whose strategy and rhythm was messed due to Byron’s innate ability.

“Royal Black Death Armored Legion!”, the nelapsi girl who had advanced through the undead army of the Bane Lord, and was about to attack him with her flaming lance, was stopped by a black and red “wall” that appeared in front of her.

“Booom!”, with a sweep of her crimson flaming lance, Reyne of course blasted away the obstruction in her way, but was met with a violent reaction in the form of a strong explosion with a higher impact than earlier.

Unlike before when only the proportion of the elements within her battle aura was affected to interrupt her charge, this time the explosion forced the blond haired nelapsi girl backwards.

“Hahaha, this is one of the signature spells of my Bane family, enjoy it to the fullest, Royal Corpse Explosion!”, the Bane Lord who was laughing out loud after having regained the capacity to use one of his favorite spells, snapped his fingers and red armored undead surged from the ground below Reyne, to then… explode.

“Booooom!”, the ground shook due to the explosion, which released darkness and death nether, while sending debris flying in every direction, that wasn’t the corroding property of darkness, but a violent exploding property which Aslan was able to use now that his undead were being boosted by Byron.

“Royal Crimson Flames”, Reyne’s voice came from the veil of death nether, which was burned away in a matter of seconds, to reveal a nelapsi girl who protected herself with her lance, that being said, the crimson flames cladding it were reduced quite a bit, that explosion forced Reyne to use quite a bit of battle aura in order to block it.

Even then, there were some slight scratches on her arms which took the explosion head on, though they disappeared almost instantly, since Reyne’s vitality is quite high.

Reyne who was about to stab her lance on the ground, as she felt a small tremble coming from below, a sign that those undead were about to appear again, froze in cold when she felt them suddenly… flee.

Then a purple “comet” falling from the sky, to then heavily land in front of her.

“That was quite a wild fly~”, the purple comet was dispelled the next second to reveal a crazy girl who was inside the purple skull she manifested with her battle aura, the thing had a couple of dozens of black-red arrows which had half pierced their way into the purple skull.

That was probably caused Reed getting boosted by Byron’s ability, but Sarah didn’t seem to be worried in the slightest, in fact she was smiling from ear to ear as of current.

“Why are you…”, Reyne who was about to ask that crazy older sister of hers, what she wanted, was interrupted by Sarah the next second.

“My cute younger sisters are being bullied, so of course I had to come~”, said the crazy girl with her usual playful voice, however the darkness nether that was being radiated by her body, didn’t go along with the merry expression on her pretty face.

Even Reyne who normally doesn’t go along with Sarah’s whims, couldn’t help but remain silent this time, she recognized the atmosphere coming from the crazy girl, that was the sensation she perceived when both Jasmine and herself manifested their crowns for the first time.

“Void Crown”, and she was right, all that darkness nether which was being radiated by Sarah, condensed into a spiked black crown above the head of the crazy girl, what followed was… the three Lords vomiting blood on the spot.

“Aghhhh!”, three pained screams echoed in unison through the throne room, followed by the merry laugh of the crazy girl, who cutely looked at Daimon, she had the words “Praise me” written all over her pretty face.

‘So that’s why she didn’t use it before… this crazy adorable girl’, thought Daimon.