Shade, Miss Annette, Miss Bayes, and the Silver-Eyed One all entered the range covered by the Words of Sublimation.
With wings growing from its back and vines wrapped around its body, the mutated monster threw back its head and roared beneath the blood-red sunset. A blood-red greatsword appeared in its hand. It raised the blade high, aiming at Shade, who had only just managed to pull the longsword from his shoulder.
The Words of Sublimation were complete. A blood-red glow completely swallowed everything around them, as though dragging all things into this blood-colored twilight beneath the setting sun. Yet strangely, that giant tree and the divine statue and holy emblem farther away still remained, as though another painting had been abruptly pasted into an oil painting of a blood-red sunset.
This made the sight before them even more bizarre. The giant tree glowing with faint blue light and the stone statue quietly watched everything beneath the blood-red sunset.
Blood-colored radiance surged upward from the sword blade in the tall vampire's hand, as though it would pierce the sky. The sword cleaved toward Shade. Shade took a deep breath. The soaring blood-red light reflected in his eyes, yet his heart was incomparably calm. He had long been prepared.
"Laguerre's Leap."
His figure vanished, and the blood-red greatsword that seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth struck nothing but air.
The monster dragged its greatsword as it turned around, the blade carving marks across the ruined ground. It saw Shade appear before Miss Annette, with Miss Annette and Miss Bayes supporting him together.
The three stood amid the ruins of the Blood-Colored Dusk. The setting sun shone upon their faces. At that moment, it felt as though this was the end.
After delivering that strike, the out-of-control vampire's power had weakened considerably,