Chapter 2016: The Loyal Vampires

A few minutes ago, when Aleksandra had acquired her Spirit Heart, within her Divine Realm, enormous bursts of Spiritual and Blood Energies emerged, resembling endless streams of blood. These energies quickly reached the Vampire Tower, encompassing it on its totality until it quickly began to break apart all the bubbles where the Vampires were sealed.

When Gods ascend or attain new powers and elemental particles, their Divine Realms would usually undergone special changes, and this change came within her Divine Realm in this manifestation of her powers. Because she was not in Genesis anymore, a Tribulation didn't emerge, but something else appeared.

A manifestation of her desires, amassing the leftover energy and doing what could be considered a miracle! The Blood Elves watched in awe and shock as the Vampires were freed from their seals, full expecting them to awaken as monsters again...

However!

FLAAAASH!

"W-What's going on?!"

Instead of that, they noticed the Vampires bodies were cleaned, the cancerous crystal growths were absorbed completely and the energies clogging their Divine Realms were also cleaned.

And in fact, they weren't left completely pristine, their hearts were covered in this crystal again, yet this time it strengthened them. There was something mixed within this Spiritual Energy, the rich Blood Energy of the Sea of Blood, making it easier for them to refine their own Spirit Hearts.

The Vampires dropped into the ground one after another, their bodies, souls, and powers having been upgraded to the next level, surprised, they glanced around themselves, finding that they had finally woken up from whatever nightmare they have been!

"W-What happened...?" Caedmon wondered. "You! Where is Lady Aleksandra?!"

"S-She's outside, fighting a huge monster, sir...!" A nervous Blood Elf lady cried, intimidated by the Shadow Lord Vampire's figure, his charcoal black skin and black eyes making him resemble the embodiment of the night.

"I see..." Caedmon sighed. "Jerold, are you up for the challenge?"

"Yeah, we don't have much time to think right now." Jerold sighed, his sharp cat-like eyes glowing bright gold, as lightning emerged from his hands. "Let's go help her! I can still remember how hard she tried not to kill us when we turned into monsters... I have to repay this, even if I haven't fully accepted her as my leader or whatever."

The two Vampires, followed by a dozen more at their side, quickly rushed outside, appearing through portals in space right as they found Aleksandra being impaled by the monstrous creature she was fighting, a child of an Outer God themselves.

And Aleksandra herself already knew they were coming, the reason why she said she was such a bad leader was because of that... She thought that she was so pathetic she had to rely on her subjects, much weaker than her, to save her ass.

"Dammit... I'm a terrible leader..."

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH!

In that very moment, three crimson-colored portals leading to her Divine Realm opened, and from within them, several figures overflowing with divinity and spiritual energy emerged!

"You sure are..." Jerold sighed, his sharp cat-like eyes overflowing with lightning. "I don't know what sort of power this is, but looks like I can handle a bit of it..." The spiritual energy transforming his lightning powers and making them even stronger.

"Likewise." Caedmon sighed, his hands beginning to summon swirling shadows, with sparkles of spiritual energy that made the shadows much more potent and dark.

"Lady Aleksandra!"

"Hang in there!"

"[Spirit Blood Elixir]!"

Dozens of Vampires rushed to Aleksandra's help, as Caedmon and Jerold rushed towards the beast, their claws clashing against the countless of tentacles impaling Aleksandra and weakening her by absorbing her energies and freeing her!

CRASH! CRASH! CRAAASH!

"GRYSHAAAAH!"

The beast didn't take that too well, roaring furiously. Its various eyes immediately firing beams of black light, chaos, and crimson energy, alongside pink beams that could bend the mind and weaken thoughts!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

However, Caedmon and Jerold held really well, their magic powers amplified amazingly thanks to their new Spirit Hearts, the two Vampires gracefully generated barriers of shadows and lightning, setting aside their differences and rivalries and combining them into a mirror shield!

"Alright, let's do this, cat-eared bastard."

"Sure, I'll beat your ass once we're done."

"[Divine Spirit Fusion Magic]: [Black Lightning Shadow Mirror Dimensional Barrier]!"

FLAAAASSSH!!!

The beams reached the mirror barrier, which were absorbed by the endless spiritual shadows and then shoot back to the beast through the lightning powers!

BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!

The attacks easily reached the immovable and floating sphere of crystals, its entire body receiving several shots and beginning to fall into pieces, several parts of its body crumbling down.

"GRYYYEEEH...!"

At the same time, the other Vampires weren't speaking, combining their magic and divine techniques together in the many ways Aleksandra had taught her family troops, while one group was gathered around her, healing her wounds.

"Lady Aleksandra! Drink this blood!"

"You're going to be alright!"

"Please hang in there!"

"Ugh..." Aleksandra slowly opened her eyes, feeling pathetic. "I'm fine! Stop babysitting me."

She quickly stood back up, her wounds instantly regenerating as she was able to feel better right away when those sharp crystal spears were no longer absorbing her blood energy and spiritual energy, which seemed deadly to her.

"Hahh... That beast's tricky, Caedmon, Jerold! Don't let it pierce you with those tentacles, or you're going to weaken a lot!" Aleksandra roared, rushing towards the two generals of her army. "Everyone else, stay around us! Begin the formation of Barrier Divine Techniques! Another group create an Array of Strong Divine Magic! Those that are good fighters, stick with me, we're going in and saving the last ones of our family, no matter what!"

"OOOOHHH!"

The Vampires roared fearlessly, their red eyes shining brightly as they felt completely revitalized and ready for anything! Aleksandra smiled as Caedmon and Jerold nodded at her and then at one another.

"SHAAAAAHHH!!!"

The monstrous spherical crystal beast roared, its entire body beginning to rotate, as crimson and black flames made of Blood Energy and Chaotic Energy started to erupt from its body, firing hundreds of blazing crystal meteors at them!

"Barriers Up!" Aleksandra roared.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM! BOOOM!