Redemption! (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Chizhong!)

"Madness!"

With a swift twist and elbow strike, the alluring woman pulverized Yaliana's body. Before transforming into Vampire, she was just an ordinary girl with virtually no combat training, fighting solely on instinct. Compared to the experienced and alluring woman before her, she seemed like a clumsy child. Vampire possess long Hit Points, resulting in many older Vampire having formidable combat Feat, including masters proficient in all weapons.

The alluring woman before them had undoubtedly undergone considerable combat training; with a light Dagger of her wrist, she severed Yaliana's tendons.

This injury poses no threat to the Vampire, but it can temporarily impair her movements.

Two Vampire grabbed Yaliana's arms from either side, then used brute force to knock her down, forcing her to kneel before the alluring woman.

"Tsk tsk."

The alluring woman chuckled softly, then slashed Yaliana's face with her Dagger, leaving a bloody gash. She licked the blood from the Dagger with her scarlet tongue and said slowly, "What a beautiful face! No wonder Master doted on you so much! But you won't be so lucky after you're captured!..."

As if filled with hatred, she drew her Dagger and slashed it across Yaliana's face repeatedly.

Strands of blood appeared.

Yaliana's face was instantly covered in blood, but the Vampire's powerful Regeneration abilities were still intact, and the wounds gradually healed.

I'm going to kill you!

Yaliana opened her mouth, revealing sharp fangs, and glared angrily at the alluring woman before her. She glanced around, but couldn't find Soren, which plunged her into despair. Two Vampire behind her held her arms firmly, completely pinning her to the ground. Due to her excessive struggle, one of them stomped her to the ground, slowly saying, "Take her back! Master will give her the punishment she deserves!"

The alluring woman glanced at him indifferently and said coldly, "I don't need you to teach me!"

"Break her limbs and take her back."

Vampire possess powerful Regeneration abilities. Losing an arm or a leg doesn't matter; breaking all four limbs undoubtedly makes things much easier.

A look of despair crossed Yaliana. She struggled desperately, letting out a beast-like growl. Her pupils gradually dilated, changing from eerie green to blood red, until her entire eyeballs were blood red. This bizarre change startled everyone. The alluring woman frowned and said, "Raging Bloodline? Damn it! It's her father's bloodline!..."

Her father was a Berserker.

Just as they were about to break Yaliana's limbs, a dark figure suddenly appeared behind one of the Vampire. With a flash of cold light, Scimitar pierced his heart. Sisi frost appeared on his skin; the Vampire's skin Scimitar as if it had come into contact with sulfuric acid. Before he could even scream, Soren twisted the Scimitar and shattered his heart. A corpse remained on the spot, its flesh rapidly Aging —this was a Low-tier Vampire had lived for over a hundred years.

Enemy!?

The sudden attack caught them off guard, and one of them lost control. Yaliana roared and pounced, then opened her mouth to bite the alluring woman before her. Soren instantly sheathed his sword and retreated, disappearing into the darkness. He used his ability to Hide Sight and re-entered Stealth mode. The alluring woman was entangled by the enraged Yaliana, while the other Vampire wanted to help, but was extremely wary of the Stealth Soren. He couldn't find his enemy at all!

Kill her!

A cold glint flashed in the alluring woman's eyes. She struck without mercy, seizing an opportunity to stab Yaliana in the heart. The girl, who had been just an ordinary young woman not long ago, was unable to dodge and was struck in the heart in an instant. She seemed to have fallen into some kind of madness. Ignoring the wound on her chest, she instead bit down on her enemy's neck.

Ah!

A scream rang out.

A pool of blood stained the alluring woman's neck. Her face turned ferocious, sharp fangs emerging from her mouth, her expression twisted in a grimace. She grabbed Yaliana's arm and snapped it, tearing it off with a snap. Yaliana, however, clung to her tightly, biting off a large chunk of flesh from her neck, blood gushing out. She then clamped her legs around Ariana's waist and bit down hard on her neck bone.

Slurp!

A cold glint appeared in the darkness once more, and Soren's figure materialized instantly. He swung his blade through another Vampire's chest, then splashed some liquid onto his body. A sizzling sound filled the air as the Vampire's entire body seemed to be corroded by sulfuric acid, and in the blink of an eye, he was unrecognizable. He expressionlessly sheathed his blade and vanished. The next moment, the nearby shadows twisted, and his figure appeared in the darkness behind his enemy, swinging his blade to stab the alluring woman before him. The woman's Intuitive Evasion was astonishing; she had anticipated his attack and turned around, using Yaliana, who was tightly entangled with her, to shield him.

The strike had already exerted its force, and once Soren activated Shadow Shift, he couldn't retract it.

Pfft!

The Scimitar pierced Yaliana's Backstab. Even though Soren had shifted his position, the Holy Water coated on the Scimitar still sizzled and corroded her flesh. She let out a painful howl, but then Yaliana did something no one expected: she actually rammed herself backward, still holding the alluring woman in her arms. The Scimitar passed through her abdomen from her back and then plunged into the alluring woman's body.

Another scream rang out!

Soren had no time to think about anything else; another Scimitar Neutral, and he swiftly slashed towards the alluring woman's head.

A beautiful head fell to the ground.

Soren's Scimitar narrowly severed the enemy's head, stopping just short of Yaliana's.

Thump!

The headless corpse collapsed to the ground, blood gushing out in large spurts. Yaliana weakly loosened her legs, her eyes seemingly dazed and unfocused. Her heart had been shattered, yet she hadn't died on the spot. For Vampire below the highest rank, head and heart wounds were fatal, yet she could continue fighting despite her injured heart. The alluring woman wasn't a high-ranking Vampire; although she had drunk the blood of high-ranking Vampire, she didn't yet possess the ability to Avatar a bat or a gaseous form.

Why do this?

Soren's expression was somewhat cryptic as he gazed at the increasingly weakened Yaliana before him. Her heart had been shattered, an injury essentially incurable. He sighed and slowly said, "If you had just held them off for a moment, I was confident I could have killed them! Why risk your life like this?"

Soren hesitated for a moment, then slashed his own wrist with his sword, held it to the other man's mouth, and said in a deep voice, "Drink it. Perhaps it will heal your wounds."

Blood was flowing.

Yaliana's expression cleared somewhat, but she was still extremely weak. With her remaining arm, she struggled to remove Soren's wrist from her mouth, and then murmured, "I saw my brother... I saw so many dead people... I didn't want to kill... I really didn't want to kill..."

A drop of blood-red liquid appeared at the corner of her eye.

It's said that Vampire sometimes shed blood-like tears, and this is the first time Soren has ever seen it.

"You will die."

Soren knelt before her, his expression complex, and said, "Drink my blood, and you might come back to life."

Yaliana slowly shook her head, her pupils growing increasingly unfocused. In a low voice, she said, "I... I'm finally free... Thank you... thank you..."

"Soren... will my soul... find redemption...? I don't want to fall into the Abyss Hell..."

Soren fell silent.

Vampire are destined to fall into the Abyss Hell, unless Legendary priest or even Avatar performs a redemption ritual for them, their souls are very likely to be reborn in the Abyss Hell.

This is a pure soul.

Such a soul will not be swept into reincarnation by the River Styx. If no one in the Celestia God's Realm guides her, the Abyss Hell will be her final destination.

Vampire are cursed creatures!

Not to mention that she killed so many people; even the Deity she worshipped wouldn't intervene, and might not have the energy to pay attention to such an insignificant soul.

Soren slowly took her hand in his and whispered, "Yes. You are free. No one can enslave you anymore. As long as your heart remains pure, no one can defile your soul."

"May you find salvation!... May your soul rest in peace!..."

A faint smile appeared on Yaliana's lips, her pupils gradually dimmed, and she murmured with her last breath, "I... I'm sorry..."

Her hand fell limply to the ground, and no one knew what her last words meant.

Soren felt a strange tightness in his chest. He slowly lowered the other man's arm, then walked to the body of the alluring woman, sliced open her spine, and removed the central half of her vertebrae. He silently cleaned up the battlefield. Although he wasn't injured at all, he still felt uneasy, as if he was suppressing something.

He bent down and picked up Yaliana's body, taking her arm, which had been torn off by the enemy, and put it back on.

An intact corpse.

This was out of respect for the dead. Soren carried the body into the darkness and walked away into the distance.

She's a good girl.

Regardless of what she has experienced or done, her soul remains pure, and she deserves a quiet and beautiful burial place after her death.

That place will be warm and blooming with flowers next spring!

(P. S.: Requesting annual votes.) (To be continued~^~)