"Heh heh."
An eerie laugh rang out. Even after taking an entire barrage of Soren's attacks head-on, the Vampire God Child remained completely unscathed. His body kept repairing itself at an astonishing speed, as though the power of all the Fear God Children from before had gathered within him. In a sense, he was now even stronger than he had been in life.
No, no, no!
The real Vampire God Child was already dead.
His soul had ultimately been imprisoned and taken away by the Hell Poet, so the Vampire God Child before Soren should really have been called an avatar of the Demon Lord of Fear.
—"Divine Power Shockwave!"
—"Shadow Step [Shadow Portfolio]!"
—"Power Word Kill!"
Soren had no intention of fighting a prolonged battle. This was a mental world created by the Demon Lord of Fear, the enemy's home ground. The longer he dragged things out, the worse his position would become. The Vampire God Child regenerated too quickly, so Soren simply unleashed a barrage of his strongest abilities. That combination drove the Vampire God Child to the brink of death, and he finished him off with Power Word Kill.
The Vampire God Child died on the spot.
Reinhard was certainly powerful, but Soren was no longer the man he had once been. His strength had grown far, far beyond what it had been before.
As a deity with medium divinity, he could dispatch even the Vampire God Child in a single round.
But!
The instant the Vampire God Child died, a small, unexpected development occurred. His body suddenly dissolved into a sky full of bats, then came back to life within the Throne of Fear.
"It's useless."
"This is our world! You can't kill me here!"
The Vampire God Child's handsome face gradually twisted into a deranged