Chapter 478: Here I Am (1/2)

[V6C8 – Sorrow of a Silent Parting]

This flower was incomparably beautiful, but this extremely bloodthirsty flower of terror also symbolized status—a power in the face of which there was no room for disobedience.

Furthermore, there was an old man with a profound aura standing beside the youth’s throne. He was only an ordinary count, but he was also a true count of the Monroe clan, unlike the youth who had only returned to the clan because he had awakened his bloodline during his growth process.

The vampire youth’s face became increasingly flushed as he became more and more riled up. Fury and excitement mixed together, reaching the extremes in the blink of an eye. He leapt out of his seat, pointed at the sky, and sent his hysterical voice ringing throughout the castle.

“Who? Who will take this lowly human’s head for me? Who will go and defend the Monroe clan’s ten thousand years of ancient glory? Go! All of you will go. Find that human! Find him and kill him!!!”

As if in deep response to his words, the earth began to shake and explosions rumbled in the distance. The entire castle was trembling as dust and stones fell continuously from the ceiling.

The change was so sudden that the entire hall was immediately silenced. People glanced at their surroundings in hopes of finding from whence the transformation had arisen. The vampire youth’s hands were still raised in the air, but his expression became frozen—even his mouth was still open in its previous shape.

An inexplicable haze and pressure quietly pervaded the air.

The heavy doors at the castle entrance flew off from its tracks and crashed onto the floor. The several warriors pressed under the metallic structure had long since gone silent—only a stream of flowing blood from underneath extended outward.

Qianye calmly walked into the castle with East Peak on his shoulders. He then said slowly, “There’s no need for that. I’m already here.”

At the same time, cannon fodder from the dark race combat squads charged clamorously into the castle courtyard which was wide enough to accommodate several horse carriages. Meanwhile, those charging down from the castle stairs were the true dark race soldiers. They arrived like a black tide and swarmed toward Qianye in many layers.

Far off in the distance, a certain figure was traversing the mountains and rivers like a bolt of tempestuous lightning. It was traveling at an inconceivable speed. Its movements were domineering, with every step of its feet producing a big depression on the ground. However, its movements in the air were extremely smooth and would cover dozens of meters with every stretch of its straight torso. It was almost like a bird gliding through the air.

It would cross over any and all obstruction without the slightest bit of hesitation, even bounding over hundred-meter precipices in a single leap. His route was in an absolute straight line, and at the end of it was the castle Qianye had just stepped into.

He had just stepped onto a mountaintop when he came to a sudden stop. The transition from extreme action to utter stillness flowed naturally as though the development was what it should’ve been all along.

There was an isolated mountain standing before him, and upon it stood a graceful figure. She was shrouded in faint mist, but that didn’t affect her charm at all—on the contrary, it even added a touch of mystery to her allure.

The blonde man’s blue eyes were profound as he spoke with a deep voice, “Twilight.”

Twilight responded with a faint smile and called out softly, “William.”

William slowly loosened his collar and laughed protractedly. “Are you trying to stop me?”

Twilight chuckled charmingly as she replied, “No, I just want to chat.”

William’s expression blossomed with a radiant and sincere smile. “I don't talk to old, ugly women.”

Twilight’s smile froze momentarily and only returned to its original state after some contortions. Immediately afterward, she made a grabbing gesture in the air and said, “But I like plucking the fur off of big dogs!”

Big dog was a derogatory term the vampires used to call the werewolves, but William wasn’t angered. On the contrary, he revealed a pondering expression as he looked up at the Iron Curtain above. Both he and Twilight had surpassed the limits of the Iron Curtain. It would surely be an arduous battle with their powers restricted, and there was no telling when the battle would end. Twilight excelled in speed, so the battle could drag out for an indefinite length of time should she entangle him in a protracted fight.

There was a firm resolution in William’s eyes when he looked back at Twilight.

Twilight felt somewhat flustered as she forced out the words, “William, what are you doing? Don’t be impetuous!”

“Step aside!” With that, William let out a long howl and raised his power abruptly. He rushed past the restriction boundary and showed no signs of stopping.

“You!” Twilight was shocked out of her wits. She had been operating under the Iron Curtain for a long time. How could she not know Sky Demon’s terror? Moreover, why would William go so far as to seek mutual destruction even if he knew that she was scheming something?

However, William didn’t stop at all. His power rushed up to the count-rank and was still climbing!

Twilight’s last hopes of getting through by a fluke had disappeared. Her own strength was inferior to William. She would be badly injured, if not killed outright, should she allow William to open up his full combat strength while hers was kept restricted. A flash of hatred flickered through her eyes as she bit her lower lip and pounced toward William. The distance of a hundred meters was crossed in an instant, and her dagger was already at William’s chest.

A simple, unadorned twin pistol had appeared in William’s grasp at some point. The muzzle flickered with brilliance as it blasted twice at Twilight on the brink of this incoming crisis. Twilight’s hair almost stood on end when the series of profound light patterns emerged at the muzzle!

The timbre of the gun was like thunder and not inferior at all to that of a heavy cannon. The mountain peak under William’s feet was filled with cracks as his feet sank into the rocks no less sturdy than metal alloy. This went to show just how powerful those two shots were.

Two blobs of green light vanished into the mountaintop where Twilight had been standing before and erupted in an earth-shattering explosion. Rocks, broken trees, and soil flew out in all directions as the entire mountain top was shaved off.