525 Chapter 525: The Fall of Lute Dragoon (2/2)
Lute Dragoon's harem, they had all fought to the last to protect their beloved – the one person they surrendered their virginity to, or had sex with even though they were supposed to be married to some other person (like Lute's mother and aunt, for example). Even though they were mostly damsels in distress who Lute Dragoon constantly saved throughout his lifetime of heroism, when he was finally killed, they all charged Fan Le Lao in a mad rage to try and avenge their beloved.
They were so obsessed and deeply in love with him that they were willing to throw their lives away for him, and die with him when they saw that he was killed. Lute Dragoon put up a good fight, summoning his horse and using both his sword and spear skills to deal severe injuries to Fan Le Lao. Unfortunately, Fan Le Lao was yet another Mary Sue character with plot armor, and he was able to survive Lute Dragoon's constant attacks.
Unlike Lute Dragoon, who was the protagonist of a half-written story that would probably never be completed, Fan Le Lao was the male lead of a published web comic that was still ongoing, and thus his Mary Sue-ness surpassed that of the poor harem protagonist. With trickery and blood magic, he struck Lute Dragoon when his guard was down, and slew him by yanking out his heart.
Lute's harem, aghast at seeing that a man – of all people – had seized the heart of their beloved, went mad. Turning into yanderes, they charged the stunned Fan Le Lao as one. Fortunately, his plot armor kicked in and he was able to kill all of them in one fell swoop. With their savior dead, none of the women in Lute's harem could fight. After all, they existed purely as damsels in distress, useless characters who sat around getting captured or abducted by the villains just so Lute Dragoon could dramatically swoop in and save all of them. Consequently, they had no combat ability to speak of, and they were easily slaughtered by the vampire prince.
”That was….stupid.”
Fan Le Lao rolled his eyes. Raising a hand, he pulled all the blood of his victims together and began drinking it. Having drained Lute Dragoon's blood after he completed the massacre of the Mary Sue's harem, he was able to swiftly regenerate his wounds and heal himself completely. That was the speciality of vampires. No matter how injured they were, as long as they could drink blood, they would be able to heal themselves completely.
Amazing. Not that it was enough to persuade me into becoming a vampire, of course. I would rather keep my humanity. Drinking blood – especially human blood – was not a line I was willing to cross at all.
”What fools. To sacrifice yourself for a man who treats you like trophies to be collected…well, I'm not any better, given that I'm a badly written shoujo manhua male lead who abuses the female lead…”
Fan Le Lao sighed and glanced into the distance.
”I hope Father is doing fine,” he muttered, and then smiled sinisterly. ”It would be a pity if an unfortunate accident happens and I will be forced to take the throne at my young age…”
*
Fan Le Lao's father stood in the midst of the ruins of the school, watching as one of the teachers succumbed to his subordinate's assault.
The white-haired vampire, You Shou, who had served at Fan Le Lao's father's side as his right-hand man for decades, paused to observe the devastating consequences of their siege.
”Even the teachers are no match for us, despite being veteran mages,” he declared smugly.
”As it should be,” Fan Le Lao's father, Fan Fu Qing, responded coldly.
”However, the siege is dragging on for longer than we've anticipated.”
”Yeah,” Fan Fu Qing agreed with You Shou's assessment. ”My subjects are too self-indulgent, gorging themselves on our enemies' blood. That's their only fault.”
Suddenly, You Shou straightened rigidly as a murderous aura of mana sank upon him. Both he and Fan Fu Qing slowly turned around to stare at the source.
Teacher Zui Qiang was standing there with three dead adult vampires mounted atop his shoulders, all of them impaled on his bloodthirsty sword, Xue Wu. He grinned as the blood of his victims dripped down onto him and his torn white coat, trickling onto the ground and forming puddles. With a grin, he leered at Fan Fu Qing.
”Hey,” he sneered. ”Are you the boss of these punks?”
Fan Fu Qing merely smiled back in silence. On the other hand, You Shou's eyes widened.
”That is…!”
Zui Qiang was radiating a killing intent that was so powerful it was suffocating. His very presence was causing the hair on the vampires' limbs to stand, and their guts crawled with fear in a very similar manner to mine when I was overwhelmed by my current enormous opponent. Teacher Zui Qiang was often said to be the strongest mage in Saint Teresa Academy, second only to the headmistress, Teresa Taylor. He taught combat magic, by the way. I hadn't taken any of his classes because I already took them under Teacher Ruff Fielding's class back in Jing Tian Academy.
”Zui Qiang!”
With a swing of his hands, Zui Qiang callously dumped the corpses of his opponents onto the floor, the dust swirling upward from the impact.
”Three of our strongest followers,” You Shou murmured in disbelief. ”How did you…?”
”It was nothing special. I just cut them all with my sword and they fell like the weaklings they were.” Rubbing his neck as if he had just completed a strenuous warmup, Zui Qiang grumbled. He sounded almost as if he was bored.
”I see.”
You Shou stood between Zui Qiang and his lord, evaluating his new foe.
”Even if you say that, those three ranked among the top thirty-six of our clan. For you to finish them off so easily…I did hear that you're a monster, so I guess those rumors are true.”
Zui Qiang grinned and ignored You Shou's glare.
”I have no interest in you, white beanpole,” he sneered before he lunged forward, his bloodstained sword slashing through the air at Fan Fu Qing, who had remained silent all this while. ”I just came here to kill you!”
”My lord!” You Shou shouted, turning around. But he was too late. Zui Qiang was already at Fan Fu Qing's throat.
However, Fan Fu Qing merely smiled. He raised his bare arm and parried Zui Qiang's blade, and the two tremendous oceans of mana collided in a massive explosion that sent gigantic shockwaves rippling through the battered academy and bowling over the beleaguered survivors.
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