novelonline Chapter 3567 The Vampire's Ambition
Chapter 3567 The Vampire's Ambition
Chapter 3567 The Vampire's Ambition
Upon touching the [Demon Hunter's Seal], the black figure was thrown back as if struck by a tremendous force. At this moment, the dagger that had been stuck in Miss Cohens's chest had been pulled out by Shad and then plunged into the black figure.
It tried to escape, to escape deeper into the hotel, but the shadowy figure struggled in vain. Strands of black lines were constantly absorbed by the black dagger, causing more and more blasphemous symbols to appear on the originally unpatterned dagger.
The dagger clattered to the floor as the dark figure vanished with an angry scream. The silver blasphemous symbols on the dagger flickered as if breathing, and the entire dagger trembled continuously.
Despite his discomfort, Shad quickly retrieved a small wooden coffin, the size of which matched the dagger, that he had prepared beforehand—actually, it was a real coffin turned into a toy. After tossing the dagger inside, he continued casting the spell, ignoring his headache:
"The Coffin of the Underworld!"
The holy symbol of the Old God—the God of the Grave—appeared above the small coffin, then transformed into a small black skeleton that lay prone on the coffin lid, tightly embracing the coffin. The seal was complete. Although, according to the doctor, this could only contain the demon temporarily, it was enough for Shad.
He leaned on his longsword and helped the trembling Miss Cohens to her feet. He was about to speak when he noticed the stench of blood in the corridor seemed much stronger than before.
tick~
A viscous liquid fell onto his forehead; Shad knew it was blood without even looking up. At the same time, a dark red light appeared in front of him. Shad looked ahead and saw a tall figure, dripping with blood, had somehow appeared at the edge of the candlelight.
"Again?"
At the feet of the evil creature drawn by the previous battle, dark blood gradually flowed into the flickering light of the dying candle, causing the glow to shrink inward. Shad took a deep breath, wanting to raise [Dawnbreak] again, but the vampire witch's voice came from behind them:
"spiral!"
The blood, flowing straight forward, traced eerie spirals on the ground before retracing its path. The blood-soaked figure standing at the edge of the light shifted its gaze behind Shad and Miss Cohens; after a moment of silent eye contact, it vanished into the darkness.
Miss Cohens fainted again at that moment, and Miss Novares rushed over to help Shad support her, but Shad suddenly grabbed her hand and looked into her eyes, which were filled with bloodshot spirals:
"You used the power of your right hand to devour the power of that spiral evil in room 2547?"
Just looking into her eyes, Xia De felt as if his mind was splitting again.
The red-haired witch nodded in agreement; she looked much better at the moment.
"Given the circumstances, I wanted to recover quickly and gain greater power to help you, so this was the only way. I know what you're worried about, but isn't this a good thing now? If I didn't step in, were you going to drag the two of us wounded along to fight new evil creatures?"
Xia De knew she had a point, but he also knew that the problems with this twelfth-tier vampire witch would likely erupt at some point in the near future.
He did not argue with Miss Novare:
"Let's go back first. I saw the elevator room 2500 when we caught up. Wait a moment."
He turned and closed the door to room 2547, but the key still hadn't fallen out.
"That's right. The items in rooms 2547 and 2548 never actually escaped from their respective rooms."
There was still the room on the 25th floor where the moon beast was imprisoned, but Shad needed rest at the moment, so he didn't search for it. He and Miss Novare helped Miss Cohens to the elevator room. As the elevator began to descend slowly, Shad lit another match before asking:
"How did you suddenly disappear from the room just now?"
Although he knew that this was the work of those two evil beings who distorted space, Xia De still asked about it.
"In my opinion, you suddenly disappeared after you stepped into the bedroom. I couldn't find you, so I went back to the hallway and then realized that I had come out of the door of room 2548."
When I tried to return to my room, I opened the door only to find myself back in the hallway. Then I was attacked by a demon and dragged into a nightmare. I was powerless to fight back. Using my racial abilities and the power I had previously absorbed, I barely escaped the nightmare, only to be severely injured by Koens in reality.
It seems that the evil beings of 2547 and 2548 wanted to deal with the two of them one by one, so the witch was driven out first, leaving Shad alone in the room.
On the way back, they encountered no other accidents. Shad was originally worried about whether it would be safe to leave Lady Gerd alone to guard the witch he had rescued from the demon. Fortunately, when the three of them returned to the safe room, the black-haired girl with a cold body still had not woken up.
Miss Cohens's coma was caused by a complex reason; Shad's forced expulsion of the demon also harmed her. During the time the demon possessed and controlled her body, her consciousness was actually trapped in a nightmare.
Her situation was actually very similar to that of the witch whose name Shad still didn't know. However, there were no medical facilities in this hotel, so Lady Gerd, who was skilled in potions and medicine, could only stabilize their condition based on the available materials and supplies brought by Shad.
This resulted in only three of the five people present being able to move around, and these three people still needed to spare some manpower to take care of the two wounded.
"Look on the bright side, at least you successfully drove out the demon and completed the second task."
Ms. Gerd noticed that Shad was in a bad mood and offered words of comfort.
The vampire witch's injuries have been healed because she devoured the power of the evil entity, but she knows that doing so could easily lead to a loss of control, so she needs time to perfectly integrate the absorbed power.
When Shad returned, he recounted his experience to Lady Gerd while resting and recovering by the campfire.
Only 20 minutes of the original 100 minutes had passed. Even if the time didn't double this time, he still had plenty of time to do many things. So Shad wasn't in a hurry to go out again. He closed his eyes and calmed himself down to the sound of Lady Gerd mixing potions, while his mind wandered to other things.
He spoke only after feeling a little better:
“Since the demon Miss Cohens was tracking has always been on her, then her entering this hotel is not an accident; she was the hotel’s target all along.”
He was testing whether the other two were aware of their own situation, but the two awakened witches showed little emotion on their faces.
"I'm actually a little envious of her; at least she's achieved her goal."
As Ms. Gerd shook the reagent bottle, she spoke, revealing that although she was the lowest-ranking among them, her age made her appear more composed in her words and actions:
“If my mother is actually attached to me, I would be happy that I don’t have to look for her anymore.”
Miss Novare also opened her eyes and said:
"Humans can only possess others in a spirit form. Don't you want her to still be alive?"
Although her eyes were still bloodshot, the spiral patterns from before were gone, and she was absorbing power very quickly.
Ms. Gerd shook her head:
“My mother was expelled from the Zalas Society because she did something wrong. I know what wrong she did, and she deserved to be punished. I just want to see her again and ask her about what happened back then.”
Witches cannot have children; I am her adopted child. I've always wondered why my mother adopted me.
Everyone here has a story.
Because there wasn't time to search the rooms during this outing, the matches simply went to waste without being replenished. Miss Noire was somewhat anxious about this, but she quickly began to dream about other things.
Although repeatedly absorbing the power of evil creatures at the inn failed to advance her to the thirteenth rank, the acquisition of various special abilities still fueled the vampire lady's desires. A small corner of her heart even suggested that the eerie Whispering Hills weren't as dangerous as she had imagined, and that staying longer would allow her to gain even more power.
"But I can't do it alone."
She glanced furtively at Shad, who was exchanging experiences on treating demon-possessed individuals with Lady Gerd, thinking to herself that she should try to win over this ally.
Lady Gerd was quite knowledgeable, because this time was closer to the Dark Ages than the Sixth Age. Therefore, although she had not encountered the ancient evil spirits in the normal world, she had a lot of knowledge about how to heal people who were harmed by demons.
This woman, a graduate of the Zarath Academy, told Shad many things that even Dr. Schneider had not mentioned, and she was quite knowledgeable in other fields besides demons.
Then Shad remembered that he was still facing many troubles in the Sixth Age. He took out his notebook and drew the symbols on the surface of the petrified "yellow snake-eye gem" that he had obtained from the young Clement Kruger, and asked the lady to help him identify it.
"This is what I got after someone risked their life to play cards with me. Does anyone recognize this symbol?"
Miss Novares also came over to look, but she didn't recognize the strange symbol. Miss Gerd, however, thought for a moment and actually offered some suggestions:
“I’ve seen similar symbols before, but I don’t know their specific meaning. They’re symbols that an ancient organization used to display when communicating with academia. Maybe you can ask them for the answer.”
Xia De was pleasantly surprised:
"That's good. May I ask what organization it is?"
He was somewhat worried that the so-called "ancient organization" had disappeared without a trace in the Sixth Age, but fortunately, the answer Ms. Gerd gave was familiar to Shad:
"The Hermitage of Light is an organization that firmly believes in apocalypticism and actively prepares for it. They do not communicate much with others, but are dedicated to preserving records of civilization and preparing supplies for the end times."