Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

Roya rose from the crater, closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath of the lingering fragrance in the air, and sighed with intoxication in the tone he usually used when reciting biblical hymns.

Then, the dissolute youth excitedly opened his eyes, staring intently at Arcueid as he approached, and raised his right hand slightly, involuntarily making an inviting gesture.

“Arquette, look, we are the perfect match. If you are willing, we can join hands to trace back to our roots and become the Adam and Eve of the new era!”

As the man pondered, the broken bones automatically reset, and the gruesome wounds began to heal at a visible speed. Even the spilled blood seemed to flow back into its original owner's body as if it were alive.

Immortality and the ability to heal oneself are qualities possessed only by gods.

However, he had already mastered this power, becoming one of the beings standing at the top of the food chain.

Arcueid, who was standing before him, also possessed the same grace, so in Roja's view, they were the most suitable companions for each other.

"I don't want to be Adam or Eve with you! Go to hell, you scum!"

But as soon as she finished speaking, the blonde, bloodshot-eyed girl, like an enraged lion, angrily waved her hand.

hum!

Instantly, violent ether surged forth from the acupoints throughout her body, forming a visible dark red flame. Between the girl's fair fingers, it transformed into a blood-red giant sword a hundred meters long, which slashed down with overwhelming force.

"Why refuse? We're clearly the perfect match."

Roya frowned in confusion, but he had anticipated Arcueid's angry attack.

After all, he had asked Arcueid similar questions more than once during their encounters.

Although each time it only made the princess even angrier.

Lightning strike!

Seeing the blood sword slashing down from the sky, Luo Ya's vertical pupils opened and closed, and arcs of bluish-gray lightning flickered and gathered around his body. At the same time, his body, which was enveloped in flowing light, instantly moved a hundred meters, narrowly avoiding the sharp edge and fleeing far away.

"Don't leave!"

Arcueid gritted her teeth, gripped her sword in one hand, and curled her other hand forward, grasping at the air.

In an instant, the space in front of him twisted and collapsed, and Roya, who had turned into lightning and fled, was trapped in a quagmire.

Counting secret patterns? Separating accumulated thunderbolts!

Luo Ya unleashed a barrage of lightning in all directions, forcefully breaking free from the oppressive forces emanating from all sides.

However, even after breaking through this barrier, the speeding lightning seemed to have hit bulletproof glass, its movement repeatedly slowing down and stopping, with cracking sounds constantly coming from along the way.

From afar, wherever Roya went, a transparent hole appeared, like fragments of crystal falling gently.

In a desolate thicket, Samael, who had pressed Natalia down, took a piece of fallen, crystalline debris with some surprise and examined it briefly.

Spatial powers?

No, it should be "the realization of fantasy".

Tsk tsk, Arcueid?

As expected of that woman's successor, even in the current state of the decline of the divine era, her interference in the laws of the world has reached such a level.

The ancient snake sighed inwardly, secretly reinforcing the surrounding bushes while stroking its chin, pressing down on the astonished Natalia, and cautiously observing the scene unfold.

"Go to hell!"

At this moment, Arcueid saw that the fleeing bastard had made a mistake in breaking through the obstacle. He immediately curled his fingers, leaned back, and condensed the Bloodflame Greatsword in his hand into a javelin, which he then swiftly shot out.

puff!

With a sharp, explosive sound, half of Roya's body suddenly exploded as if hit by a high-explosive shell.

Crimson blood and stark white bone fragments were scattered everywhere, forming eerie raindrops.

However, in an instant, the ethereal sound of a sacred hymn rang out, and the autonomous spell engraved on Roya's body was activated. The scattered body parts, as if drawn by threads, were reassembled back onto their original owner.

However, due to the extent of the damage, the reassembled Roya looked like a body part sealed in wax, appearing bizarre and disgusting.

However, the rapidly growing granulation tissue then filled the cracks between the fragments at a visible speed, allowing the creature to gradually heal.

On Koroya's increasingly pale face, a hint of anxiety and apprehension began to appear.

Performing this level of resurrection technique is not without limitations; it requires consuming a huge amount of life force. After several rounds of exploitation, this body is almost at its limit and can no longer withstand the upcoming battle.

It seems I need to leave as soon as possible and change into that spare body.

Having made up his mind, Luo Ya's eyes flashed red, and he swung his right hand down, forming several purplish-red magic circles around the man.

"Heavenly Thunder Collapse!"

Accompanied by a deep roar, several purplish-red lightning bolts, each more than ten meters in diameter, struck one corner of the nearly collapsed cliff in succession.

Amidst the fierce lightning, the black-haired girl, who had been comforted by Arcueid earlier, remained as quiet as a doll, obediently squatting on the ground, completely unaware of the impending danger.

Shameless!

At this moment, Arcueid, who had already taken to the air and was chasing after his nemesis, saw this and his eyes widened in fury. He abruptly stopped his momentum and subconsciously turned back.

Lightning rod? A viper!

However, Roya had anticipated Arcueid's reaction. His thin lips curled into a sinister smile, and his raised right hand, like a venomous python, pierced through from an unbelievable angle. A blood-red glint shot from his fingertips, stabbing directly into the blonde girl's abdomen, nearly piercing right through the figure he had just been praising.

puff!

With a dull thud as a blade pierced flesh, golden-red blood spurted from Arcueid's gruesome wound on her abdomen. The girl, groaning in pain, fell helplessly to the ground.

But the seemingly terrible wounds on his body were nothing to Arcueid. His bloodshot eyes, filled with anxiety, turned to the figure under the fierce lightning.

At this point, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and the whip is too far away to reach.

hum!

At the critical moment, two figures rushed out from the desolate bushes on the side, and just before the crimson lightning bolt struck, they barely managed to pull up the confused and bewildered black-haired girl and roll her down the cliff.

"avalanche!"

Arcueid saw that the child was out of danger, his blood-red eyes gleaming, and his heart was filled with excitement. Then, a surge of anger rose in his chest, and he raised his arm to strike back.

boom! boom! boom! boom!

Above the precipice, lightning bolts and crimson arcs of light intertwined and collided, and a red and black ether storm swept in all directions, uprooting vegetation along the way, shearing off dozens of meters of mountaintops, and igniting and melting the surrounding rocks and soil. The entire battlefield resembled a blood-red hell.

Chapter Thirty-Six: You think you're called Roya? (2/3)

He's really getting shot even when he's lying down...

In a secluded mountain hollow temporarily spared from the brunt of the attack, two bounty hunters, their bodies secured by rope guns, restrained the somewhat agitated Xia Lei. They exchanged a glance, speechless.

That scumbag Roya truly deserves the name of a scoundrel; he even harms innocent bystanders.

Fortunately, they dodged quickly; otherwise, the two of them would most likely have been beaten up along with this bald hilltop today.

At this moment, the bombardment on the mountain continued. Samael frowned as he watched the falling rocks and the precarious rock face at the grappling hook. He then handed Xia Lei, who was in his arms, to his teammate.

“Natalia, to avoid the spread of the disease and the proliferation of the Dead Apostles, you should take this child and go to the outskirts of the village for the time being. Remember, try not to come into contact with the agents of the Holy Church.”

"Why not just deal with this kind of trouble on the spot?"

Natalia frowned and asked in return. As a professional bounty hunter with the blood of a nightmare, she had compassion, but not enough to overwhelm the ticking time bomb in front of her.

"It seems there's still hope for her. We should give it a try. And if we can resolve this case, the council will have a better strategy in case of a widespread crisis of the Dead Apostles."

Samael pondered for a moment before explaining, then smiled with narrowed eyes and added, "A decisive blow."

"To put it simply, if you safely bring this living 'Patient Zero' to Parliament, your reward can be increased by more than half."

"So that's what happened! You should have said so sooner!"

Natalia, who had been somewhat uninterested, suddenly lit up with excitement upon hearing this. Xia Lei, who was in her sight, looked like a glittering little golden statue, exuding an amazing allure.

Immediately, the female dream demon swiftly tied up her money tree and hoisted it onto her shoulder.

For some reason, the girl who had been somewhat agitated just moments before became unusually docile after being handed to Samael, and fell into a peaceful sleep, her tightly furrowed brows quietly relaxing.

Natalia, who had initially thought she would be carrying a burden on her journey, was even more pleased, as if she could see bundles of Franklin beckoning to her.

Samael looked at the energetic female nightmare demon, slapped his forehead, and sighed to himself in exasperation.

Indeed, it's more practical to talk about money with employees.

"By the way, if I have to go first, what about you?"

As they parted, Natalia paused for a moment, turned to look at Samael, and couldn't help but ask in a deep voice.

“I’m going to stay and observe how things develop. After all, those two guys are too dangerous, and the other one is also related to the child’s transformation.”

The ancient snake answered in a low voice, its gaze serious.

"Forget it, I'll stay here, and you can take care of getting her off the island."

Natalia rolled her eyes slightly and pursed her lips as she made a suggestion.

"Don't worry, I was just looking from a distance. There was no danger. Besides, you noticed earlier that the stronger blonde girl seemed quite friendly towards humans."

Samael smiled slightly and politely declined his old friend's offer.

"what ever……"

Natalia gave the man in front of her a deep look, said nothing, and took the unconscious Xia Lei with her, turning and heading towards the village.

As he watched the agile figure leap and dart through the forest, gradually disappearing from sight, Samael's smile vanished abruptly, and his sinister gaze turned toward the precipice.

Bomb me with lightning?

So you're called Roya, huh?!

At the same time, atop the cliff, two crimson figures clashed and collided, fists and claws striking each other, battling from mid-air to the ridge, from the ridge to the rock formations, and from the rock formations to the bushes. The explosions created dazzling bursts of light, turning the sky into a shattered mirror.

boom!

Due to the difference in strength, Roya was once again thrown and slammed against the cliff by Arcueid using a throwing technique.

However, just as he was about to crash to the ground, the man who had narrowly escaped being disemboweled suddenly had a glint in his eyes. He immediately struck the ground with one arm, and his falling body burst forth with arcs of lightning, soaring into the air and fleeing to the side.

Damn it! Trying to escape again!

Arcueid, who lacked experience in combat, realized that he had fallen for the enemy's escape trap, but because the distance was too great, he could only watch helplessly as the bastard escaped from his perception range, making him grind his teeth in anger.

Boom!

However, before Luo Ya could even rejoice in his good fortune, the lightning surrounding him went out of control and exploded erratically, the chaotic arcs of lightning instantly tearing his skin apart.

boom!

In the blink of an eye, its charred body plummeted from mid-air, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

what happened!

The humanoid figure, with multiple fractures in its bones and severely carbonized muscles and skin, vomited a mouthful of purplish-red blood clots and struggled to its feet. Looking up, it saw a figure flipping over from the edge of a cliff, smiling and waving at it. The opening and closing of its lips silently uttered two words.

goodbye?

Goodbye!

Luo Ya, whose mind was still in a daze, had not yet come to his senses when a violent aura, like a falling comet, plummeted from behind him.

"boom!"

The next moment, a loud explosion rang out, and the blonde girl, shrouded in layers of blood shadows, trampled the ants beneath her feet into a pool of splattered pink flesh like an enraged dragon.

Dead, that bastard is finally dead...

The blonde girl, standing in the crater, looked at the mess on the ground. A hint of pleasure appeared in her blood-red eyes, and she breathed a sigh of relief as her chest heaved violently.

However, as her mind relaxed and she felt weak from the long battle, Arcueid felt a strong urge to eat. Her blood-red eyes then locked onto a figure not far away who had climbed over the rock wall and was leaning against a tree trunk, also panting heavily.

A sweet scent emanated from the man and entered Arcueid's nostrils.

The blonde girl wrinkled her nose, took a deep breath, and unconsciously rolled her pink tongue between her slightly dry lips and teeth.

It smells so good...

It's delicious...

Strange thoughts, accompanied by a surging hunger within him, began to sprout in his mind.

"Are you OK?"

Seeing that the battle was over, the man calmed himself down, stepped forward, and asked Arcueid about her with concern in the crater.

The murmur in her ear startled Arcueid, whose eyes had unknowingly turned a sinister crimson. She immediately shook her head and slapped her cheeks hard with her raised hands, using the slight stinging pain to drive the thoughts from her mind.