The golden burst of light fell, and Karaman, the "Wizard King" who had lived for over a thousand years, crashed in pieces at the entrance of the Church of the Night, each piece shrivelled and blackened, without a drop of blood.
Among them, an object fell out of his burned-to-ashes black robe – a hand of normal size, with skin texture inhuman, dull luster, slender fingers, and uniform flesh.
If not seen in such a setting, Emlyn would definitely have thought this hand was part of some exquisite life-sized doll.
Reinette Tinicol, carrying another head in her hand, swung it forward and quickly bit down on this hand.
At the same time,
Emlyn steadied himself, glanced at the dissipating "Summoning Gate" created by the "Ring of
This scarlet moonlight then shattered into countless fragments of light.
Brilliant and eerie red scales roamed under the moon's radiance and reorganised beside Karaman's corpse into
He didn't watch the precipitating Beyonder characteristics, dispelled the "Lightless Cross", bent down, and with his left hand wearing a black velvet glove, picked up the glass ball-like "Pure White Gaze" that he had thrown aside earlier.
His other hand shook "Layman's Travel Notes", letting the magical book open to a page where the depicted symbols and mystic patterns all belonged to "Travel".
Emlyn's figure then turned transparent and vanished from the scene.
He was acting according to the plan, leaving first after the operation, not interfering with Sharon and the others cleaning the scene and erasing traces, after all, he was the weakest among them, relying entirely on sealed artefacts and magical items to fight, and his consumption was already quite significant.
As for the spoils, they would be distributed after returning to
In this regard, Emlyn fully trusted Gehrman Sparrow's promise and the credibility of the moderate faction of the Rose School.
After "teleporting" back to an empty house in Backlund, he abruptly dropped "Layman's Travel Notes", took out the bronze box inlaid with multiple rubies, and placed the "Pure White Gaze" inside.
Only after doing this did Emlyn have the energy to take off the glove on his left hand, seeing blisters all over his fingers, swollen and painful.
With a vampire's regenerative ability, an injury of this degree should have healed long ago, but in fact there was no improvement at all.
"The burn from the 'Pure White Gaze' takes at least seven days." Emlyn took out a tube of ointment, squeezed some out, and applied it to the wound.
The pain that pierced the soul was immediately covered by a cool feeling, and Emlyn slowly exhaled, seeming to have finally come alive.
He had just used great willpower to refrain from throwing the "Pure White Gaze" directly to the ground, because once this sealed artefact lost control, it would spontaneously absorb surrounding light and emit a radiance that purified everything, which for a vampire was a very good way to commit suicide.
Immediately after, Emlyn took out a bottle of his own blood drawn in advance, smeared it on the surface of "Layman's Travel Notes", and then drank another bottle of blood to alleviate the bloodthirst caused by the "Ring of Lilith".
After such operations, he finally eliminated the negative effects brought by the sealed artefacts on him.
Only at this moment did Emlyn have time to recall the accident that occurred during the battle.
The "Summoning Gate" he projected with the "Ring of Lilith" failed to summon a creature from the Spirit World but instead brought a strange moon.
That moon hung behind the "Summoning Gate", quietly shining on the "Wizard King" Karaman, suppressing many of his Beyonder powers belonging to the "Moon" domain.
If not for this change, even if the "Ring of Lilith" had summoned a Saint-level Spirit World creature, it wouldn't have ended the battle so quickly; perhaps they would have needed to wait for the arrival of the angel from the moderate faction of the Rose School to gain an overwhelming advantage.
"...A moon with a trace of silver... Could it be that the Ancestor gave help?" Emlyn's thoughts turned, and he had a corresponding guess.
This was in line with his identity as the saviour of the vampires chosen by the Ancestor.
After serious thought, Emlyn had no doubt about this guess, but unlike usual, he was not so excited or agitated.
When he truly witnessed a demigod-level battle and truly confirmed that he had to shoulder such an important responsibility, he felt no pride; his heart was heavy, full of pressure.
"Ha..." After a few seconds, Emlyn opened his mouth and whispered:
"I am the saviour of the vampires."
When he said this, his expression was unusually solemn, with a trace of dignity, without any hint of hesitation.
"…………"
Inside the house where Emlyn had previously met
The vampire saw the doll-like lady take out two items and heard her say in a slightly airy voice:
"As agreed, we only take one item. This is the rest."
The two items were:
A gem like coagulated blood, fist-sized, emitting a scarlet light like a miniature red moon; and an exquisite male doll wearing a dark red robe with gold patterns, with only two black holes where the eyes should be.
"'Wizard King' Beyonder characteristic... 'Eyeless General'..." Emlyn nodded, seeing the two items seem to come to life and fly over on their own.