Fantasy Library.

Chapter 466 "Divine Beast" vs. "Fellow Beast"

Undoubtedly, compared to Sendou Yuma, both Arador and Iblisbell are enemies far superior.

Rather, the two are simply incomparable.

Although Yuma Sentoki is a rare witch, she gained her power by making a pact with a demon. At most, she can only be compared to the vampires of the old generation. To think that she can be compared to someone who is only one step away from becoming a True Ancestor is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Nangong Nayue is an exception. Even if she were to fight against beings of the level of Vatra, Arlador, or Iblisbell, she would not be completely powerless. Otherwise, the mother of Sendoumu Yuma, namely Sendoumu Aya, would not have been defeated by her.

That's why her presence on Itogami Island might hinder Arador and the others' actions to some extent. That's why the girl who orchestrated all of this excluded her first, preventing her from getting involved in the commotion.

Even Nangong Nayue would find it somewhat difficult to match either Arador or Iblisbell, let alone Sendoumu Yuma, who is a clone of Sendoumu Aya. The level of trouble she would face is incomparable. Moreover, Aize is not facing just one, but two.

If two vampires who can rival Vatra join forces, then even if a true progenitor comes, they will have to take it seriously.
Despite this, Aize showed no change in expression when facing the attacks of two extremely powerful vampires, just as he had when facing Sentoki Yuma earlier.

"Dance, gluttons!"

Aradol was the first to summon his familiars, causing a dense array of short swords with jet-black blades to appear.

Hundreds, even thousands, of jet-black blades appeared one after another, painting the entire sky a deep, dark black. The blades pointed at Aize below and shot off without a word, engulfing Aize's figure.

"Swish, swish, swish -"

Facing the countless black blades falling from the sky, Aize stood there motionless, but silver short blades appeared around him, turning into silver flashes as they shot into the sky to meet the countless black blades attacking him.

"Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!" "Clang!"...

The incessant clanging of metal against metal suddenly rang out like firecrackers, causing the silver short blade and the black blade to bounce off each other, sparks flying.

The ability of the Hundred-Type Heavy Armor Demon-Slaying Blade - Silver Flower Kirin is to sever space. Originally, it should have been able to sever even the familiars of vampires.

Koyalado's Gluttons are familiars with the ability to pierce through their targets and strip them of their magic. When they collide with Aize's Hundred-Type Heavy Armored Demon-Slaying Blade, they begin to steal the power of the pseudo-space-severing spell flowing through them, temporarily disabling Ginka Kiri's abilities.

"Stab me, you jealous ones!"

At this moment, Aradol commanded the dark greatsword, which had been hovering behind him and was decorated with dim colors, to strike down with tremendous force, as if it were about to cut the entire Itogami Island in two.

The Jealous One is a beast used to destroy fortresses or city walls; its advantage lies in its terrifying destructive power.

If this strike lands on an empty spot, then regardless of other places, the plaza in front of the Foundation Gate will certainly be lost.

Faced with such an attack, Aize glanced at the night sky above and then made a call.

"Come out……"

At Azer's call, a magical beast appeared that looked no different from an ordinary lion, but was extremely large.

"Roar!"

The giant lion roared, its body swelling like a balloon under the moonlight. Then it leaped high into the night sky, heading straight for the dark greatsword that was slashing down.

"boom!"

The dark greatsword, powerful enough to destroy a fortress or city wall, slashed down on the giant lion, creating a booming shockwave, but was deflected by the lion's attack.

"what?"

Yalador's expression changed slightly.

"That monster's fur is so tough that even the Jealous One can't cut through it?"

Of course, you can't cut it in.

Because the giant lion summoned by Azer, named the Nemean Lion, was a monster that existed as one of the twelve trials of the great hero Hercules.

Compared to the Hydra, the Nemean Lion did not possess a deadly venom that would frighten even the gods, but its fur was as tough as metal, impervious to blades and spears, and even weapons forged by the gods could hardly harm it.

In Greek mythology, Hercules, in an attempt to rid the people of this wicked beast, shot an arrow at its weak point on its left side, but the arrowhead bounced off and could not penetrate the lion's skin at all. He then shot another arrow, which struck its chest, but to no avail.

Hercules could only strike the lion's head with a club, but the club cracked and did not harm the Nemean Lion at all.

Left with no other choice, Hercules had to abandon his bow and weapons, grab the lion by the neck with both arms, and strangle it with all his might until it finally suffocated.

The toughness of the Nemean lion's fur captivated Hercules, who wanted to skin it to make armor. However, no matter what tools he used, he couldn't damage the fur in the slightest. In desperation, he had no choice but to cut the skin off himself with the lion's claws. Only then was he able to successfully skin the Nemean lion and make armor from the fur. He also used the lion's head to make a helmet, which proved to be of great help in many fierce battles.

Legend has it that when Hercules donned the lion skin of the Nemean Lion, his imposing presence terrified Eurythus, the King of Mycenae, who hid in a bronze jar and dared only communicate with him through a messenger. Hercules is often depicted in ancient Greek pottery wearing a lion skin, and archaeologists frequently use this imagery to identify the hero. Consequently, the lion skin and olive wand have become iconic symbols of Hercules in many later works of art.

Now, Azer summoned this invulnerable beast, causing the giant lion to roar and pounce on the familiar named Jealous, biting it off with its fangs.

"Tch... So that's one of the mythical beasts from the age of mythology, a bio-weapon sealed within its body like Leviathan? It's truly remarkable!"

Yalador's expression was somewhat grim, and he spoke with a serious tone.

"However, this monster alone is not enough to defeat me."

Kill him! You arrogant fool!

Aradoll immediately summoned a new familiar.

It was a blade that was entirely black, just like those of the gluttons and the envious.

However, this time, the black blade that was summoned pierced through space the moment it appeared, suddenly appearing in front of the Nemean Lion.

"Pfft!"

With a flash of the black blade, the Nemean Lion was cleaved in two amidst its howl and vanished on the spot.

Upon closer inspection, it turns out that what was actually cut in half was not the Nemean Lion, but rather the space where the Nemean Lion had been located.

The arrogant one, this familiar's ability is exactly the same as the Hundred-Style Heavy Armor Demon-Slaying Blade - Silver Kirin, both of which can sever space.

"Awaken, you lazy ones!"

Yalador then summoned a longsword with a serrated blade that was over ten meters long and resembled a whip.

The serrated longsword was clearly a familiar with specialized cutting power. As soon as it appeared, it swung its blade, slicing through the air, and slashed towards Aize.

But in front of Azer, a two-headed dog with a snake's tail and a three-headed dog engulfed in black flames appeared at the same time.

The two-headed dog Otrus and the three-headed hellhound Cerberus appeared together.

"Roar!" "Roar!"

With a roar, two terrifying-looking monster dogs pounced on the incoming serrated longsword, colliding with the pitch-black blade that appeared through space, and entered into a fierce battle.

Aize watched all this with a cold eye. From the shadow beneath his feet, the lion-headed goat-bodied chimera and the sphinx appeared again. The two alien monsters pounced straight at Arador, forcing Arador to summon new familiars and cover his entire body with jet-black armor.

The massive full-body armor, composed of countless sharp blades, had an outline reminiscent of a demon, making Arador look like a terrifying steel monster.

The armor on Arador's body was made from a familiar that could fuse with its host. Arador used that familiar to wrap his entire body, thus gaining considerable protective power.

Two alien monsters pounced on Arador and engaged him in a fierce battle, shaking the entire plaza. The concrete fragments thrown up by the monsters as they smashed the ground fell like rain, and the attacks of the summoned beasts by Arador also dug into the ground, exposing the structural materials of the artificial island everywhere.

In an instant, darkness, flashes of light, roars, and howls appeared against an ominous backdrop of magic. The intense battle shook the entire Itogami Island, causing the aftershocks of the occasional explosions to form shockwaves that blew toward Aize.

Aize stopped paying attention to Yalador and started fighting with another obstacle.

"Chop him up, Kebshanav!"

Iblisbell's eyes turned bloodshot. Behind him, the golden falcon with a wingspan of fourteen or fifteen meters flapped its huge wings, stirring up countless swirling wind blades, and charged straight at Azer with the force of a typhoon eye crashing down, more like a natural disaster than a natural catastrophe.

Faced with this offensive, Azer also activated the power of the King of Monsters and summoned a new divine beast.

It was a giant eagle with a wingspan no less than that of a golden falcon.

"Wow!"

The giant eagle let out a sharp cry, flapped its wings, and headed towards the golden falcon. Its sharp beak instantly pierced through countless spinning wind blades, tearing them apart one by one.

"What kind of magical beast is this?"

Iblisbelle frowned slightly, clearly in a bad mood.

"A mere magical beast dares to challenge the familiars I raise in my blood?"

Iblisbelle was unaware that the giant eagle Aize had summoned was the Caucasian Divine Eagle.

That was the eagle that Zeus, the king of the gods in Greek mythology, used to punish Prometheus by pecking at his liver every day.

In other words, this is a divine beast that has eaten the entrails of gods and pecked open the bodies of gods.

Unaware of this, Iblisbell immediately summoned a new familiar.

"Crush it! Domtef!"

A golden jackal with bared fangs suddenly appeared behind Ipsbell.

The golden jackal let out a deafening roar, and its charge stirred up huge waves of air, leaving no doubt that even a huge warship or a fortress would be instantly destroyed in front of it.

Aize, of course, did not stand on ceremony and immediately dispatched new servants.

This time, he summoned a dragon.

In Greek mythology, Ladon was the hundred-headed dragon who guarded the golden apples.

The sleepless dragon that guards the famous Golden Fleece—Korkis.

Then there were the Trojan dragons, and the famous dragons were summoned one by one by Azer to meet the golden jackal summoned by Iblisbelle, whose expression changed drastically, as well as a familiar named Hapi that was summoned later.

Domtef, Kebshanaf, and Hapi... These were the three familiars that Iblisbell used to possess. Although few in number, their power was astonishing. Even the elders of the third generation could hardly contend with one of them, making them infamous.

However, these three familiars were powerless against the Caucasian Eagle summoned by Azer and the dragons that appeared one after another, and were beaten and howled in pain.

Enraged by this, Iblisbelle summoned a new familiar without hesitation.

"Get their insides out, Melisage!"

A serpentine beast resembling a giant cobra appeared in the square.

Its entire body emanated a purple aura that turned the air into a highly corrosive acidic toxic mist. As soon as it appeared, the divine beasts summoned by Azer immediately melted, and cried out in pain.

"That familiar beast..."

Arador, who was locked in battle with the aliens summoned by Azer, saw this scene and his gaze sharpened.

"That's the familiar of Maivia, the second princess of the Extinction Dynasty!"

Yes, this was not originally Iblisbell's familiar, but belonged to her sister, who was also a second-generation vampire.

However, his sister had secretly conspired with Iblisbell's enemies during the Flamelight Feast and plotted to kill him. Therefore, Iblisbell immediately took revenge after returning home, defeating his sister, devouring her, and seizing her power and familiars.

"Even mythical beasts from the age of mythology cannot resist this potent poison that can corrode everything!"

Iblisbell made a bold statement.

Then... the monster appeared before him.

"It's your turn, Hydra."

The shadow beneath Azer's feet stirred, and then a gigantic nine-headed monster emerged, roaring at the sky.

"Pfft!"

The Hydra, a divine beast whose venom even the gods feared, pounced and crushed the king cobra, whose body was emitting purple venom. All nine heads emerged and bit into the king cobra, injecting venom into it.

The next second, the king cobra let out a miserable howl, its entire body turning into a thick liquid under the influence of the venom.

"This is impossible!"

Iblisbelle's eyes widened, and the arrogance on his face finally crumbled.

"Azure Fire Falls".

Aize ignored all of this, calmly raising his hand and releasing a burst of pale blue flames.

"Oh!"

The pale flames struck Iblisbell and engulfed it.

(End of this chapter)