Watching the girl fall into self-doubt, Valerie, who stood beside her, asked hesitantly.
"It's nothing."
Waving her hand, Miss Moonlit pulled herself together again.
Hmph! There had to be something wrong with that gun. She wasn't playing anymore.
On to the next attraction.
Over the next few hours, the three of them experienced nearly every attraction in the park.
Because they paid extra for the VIP lanes, they barely had to wait. It was expensive, but they really did have fun.
Before they knew it, evening had arrived.
Watching the beautiful sunset, Miss Moonlit leaned against the Ferris wheel, letting the breeze lift her long hair.
Time flew by like an arrow, the years passing like a shuttle; time slipped through their fingers like grains of sand.
At this moment, in some small country in Northern Europe.
The night was black as ink, and the blood moon hanging overhead looked exceptionally eerie. Accompanied by the cries of bats flying past, it made everything seem even more terrifying.
If someone near the blood moon looked toward it through binoculars, they might have been able to make out a blurry figure.
Like a vampire...
And that figure was none other than Miss Moonlit Oath: For Love with Heart!
"That guy can really run! Where the hell did he get to in such a short time?"
Moonlit flew through the air, her crimson eyes scanning every corner below. She held a chainsaw in both hands, blood still dripping from it.
She looked like a goddess of the night, like a vampire queen!
Two years had already passed since Miss Moonlit arrived in this world. Throughout those years, the girl had never stopped moving, constantly traveling for Bounty Missions.
After wandering around Australia and the Americas, she had come to Northern Europe.
After all, Northern Europe had quite a few Bounty Missions as well.
Especially since Northern Europe was not within the Church's sphere of influence. Although there were churches here, it was still the territory of the Norse Pantheon.
The heavenly realm here housed a powerful force led by the chief god Odin. Under him were Valkyries, Heroic Spirits, witches, and wizards, who were no weaker than the Church.
Not to mention that the Church's greatest support, God of the Bible, had long since disappeared.
Although the three great angels still barely maintained the biblical system, they did not dare wage war against the Norse Pantheon. Fortunately, there was now a peace treaty, so large-scale wars generally would not occur again.
Miss Moonlit had appeared here because of a bounty.
But it was not for a Valkyrie or a Heroic Spirit. It was for an extremely powerful Artifact Wielder. Although the Artifact on his body was not a Sacred Gear, it was still among the very best Artifacts.
What Moonlit found unforgivable, however, was that this man had been using the lives of countless innocent civilians for human experimentation in a remote corner of Northern Europe.
Strictly speaking, this had nothing to do with Moonlit. But when she saw those cruelly mutilated corpses, most of them children around ten years old...
Seeing those children in such a miserable state, as a vampire with human emotions—or rather... a human—she could not help feeling displeased.
It was just that the guy was too good at running. After the monsters he released delayed the girl for a few seconds, he had completely vanished!
But how could prey targeted by a vampire possibly escape so easily?
She had already memorized his scent.
Vampire Miss's Prey
"Found you!"
Suddenly, the girl caught that scent again. Her gaze locked onto a corner below, and without a moment's hesitation, she hurled the chainsaw in her hands downward.
The chainsaw struck the ground, and its terrifying force directly blew apart the mountain forest, completely destroying everything within several hundred meters.
There were no living creatures in this area, much less any people, so there was no need to worry about harming innocents.
The terrifying force seemed to sink the earth itself considerably, but before the dust had even settled, a bedraggled figure dashed out.
Clearly, Moonlit's attack had not killed him.
Miss Moonlit moved in midair and rapidly flew toward her target. At the same time, an evil gleam flashed through her crimson eyes, and the figure ahead froze in place.
The Artifact Wielder only felt that in the blink of an eye, Moonlit had already arrived before him.
This was the ability of the Artifact, "Evil Eye."
However, this thing had severe limitations. The stronger the target, the shorter the duration of the stoppage. Against someone stronger than herself, it was almost impossible for it to have any effect.
It was best used when catching an opponent off guard. That way, even someone stronger than her could be stopped.
"Go on. Keep running."
Moonlit curled her lips and revealed her fangs, staring coldly at the man before her.
He had been far too good at running. She had chased him all this way.
"Damn it!"
"Who the hell are you? We have no grudge against each other, so why won't you let me go?"
The Artifact Wielder glared at the girl before him, wishing he could tear her to pieces. His experiments had been completely ruined by her, yet she still refused to let him go.
He clearly did not even know this vampire.
"By your logic, did those children have a grudge against you?"
Moonlit had been too lazy to waste words on him, but hearing what he said reminded her of those children who had become test subjects, and she could not help adding that remark.
"Because of those test subjects?"
The Artifact Wielder found it hard to believe. He had never expected this. The woman before him was not even human, so why did she care so much?
"Hahahaha! Since when did vampires start sympathizing with humans?"
"Are those your last words?"
Ignoring him, Moonlit raised the chainsaw in her hand.
However, the man reacted even faster.
"Die!"
His expression instantly twisted into something ferocious as he controlled ice to form spikes and shoot toward the girl.
"You have another Artifact? No, this is an Artificial Artifact..."
Moonlit cleaved through the ice with her chainsaw and realized what the item in his hand was.
It was an Artificial Artifact made by Fallen Angels. And it was not some ordinary mass-produced Artificial Artifact; it was likely modeled after a particularly powerful Artifact.
Even among Artificial Artifacts, it had to be something quite rare, right?
This man was connected to the Fallen Angels?
But even if he was connected to the Fallen Angels, she could not possibly let him go. Instead, it only strengthened her resolve to kill him. However... she could not let the Artificial Artifact in his hand or the Artifact inside his body go either.
"Damned vampire, taste the fruits of the Church!"
The Artifact Wielder controlled the Artificial Artifact, causing countless ice spikes to condense in the air and shoot at the girl. Then he activated the Artifact within his body.
Under the moonlight, his shadow began to twist, and streaks of darkness emerged from it. Those shadows revealed terrifying faces beneath the moonlight, like warped monsters.
Yet those monsters held Church holy swords in their hands!
No, they were not real holy swords!
They were merely imitations, but they still had a tremendous suppressive effect on demons and vampires.
"They..."
Moonlit looked at those "monsters," and her expression changed slightly.
These monsters were similar to the test subjects in the Artifact Wielder's laboratory earlier. These had probably all been... modified from those test subjects.
Staring at those twisted children who had died with their eyes open, Moonlit's expression darkened further.
"Kill her for me."
The Artifact Wielder controlled those "monsters" and sent them charging at Moonlit. At the same time, his shadow continued splitting apart into one shadow after another.
Those shadow creatures were different from the "monsters." They were purer shadows. This was the true ability of his Artifact.
It created shadow creatures from within shadows.
Storing those monsters was merely an additional ability of the Artifact. There were two ways for this Artifact to create shadow creatures.
One was to summon a large number of shadow assassins, though they were relatively weak. The other was to create a small number of individually powerful shadow monsters.
He had already developed his Artifact to the "Balance Breaker" stage. By concentrating on creating only a few shadow monsters, each individual could briefly rival a high-class demon.
With shadow assassins and the modified monster holy swords, he might not have lacked the strength to fight the vampire before him.
He had wanted to run earlier only because he had not been willing to sacrifice all his trump cards for a slim chance of survival. But now, he had no choice.
"Let the banquet begin! Let me help you find release."
Looking at the charging "monsters," Moonlit did not hesitate. Letting them sleep forever was the best outcome; at the very least, it was better than their current fate, worse than death.
A glimmer flashed through Miss Moonlit's eyes again as the "Evil Eye of World Stoppage" activated. Every monster ahead of her froze, and Moonlit seized the opportunity to rush forward with her chainsaw.
She dispatched all of them with ease.
Just as she was about to confront the Artifact Wielder, the Evil Eye's effect vanished. Almost the next instant, terrifying ice appeared before her again, while the shadow assassins attacked alongside it.
Moonlit merely increased the speed of her chainsaw. Red light erupted from her body as she violently smashed forward.
Whether ice or shadow creatures, all became nothing before that force. Every one of them was split in two by the chainsaw, and then... the chainsaw came to a steady stop before the Artifact Wielder.
Looking at the chainsaw only a few centimeters away from him, the Artifact Wielder pissed himself in terror.
"W-Wait, you can't kill me! I belong to the Fallen Angel lords. If you kill me, the Fallen Angel lords won't let you off."
"Those experiments were also ordered by the Fallen Angel lords!"
Seeing that he was about to die, the Artifact Wielder hurriedly shouted.
He had originally been part of the Church, but later defected to the Fallen Angels. The experimental data had originally belonged to the Church; he stole it and handed it over to the Fallen Angels.
Sure enough, after obtaining the Church's experimental plans and data, the Fallen Angels attached great importance to it and had him continue the experiment.
It was simply that the object of his loyalty had changed from the Church to the Fallen Angels.
To avoid being discovered by the Church, he had even fled to a remote region of Northern Europe. He had never expected to fall into the hands of a vampire like this.
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"Fallen Angels? Hmph, so what?!"
Moonlit had long guessed that he was connected to the Fallen Angels. Otherwise, how could he possess such an excellent Artificial Artifact? Artificial Artifacts had been invented by that Fallen Angel leader who had fallen because of Natsuko.
Moonlit truly was no match for him right now. After all, he was extremely powerful, above even the Demon Kings. But that did not mean she feared the Fallen Angels.
With a cold laugh, Miss Moonlit directly snatched away his Artificial Artifact, then thrust her hand into his body and began stripping away his Artifact.
Amid the Artifact Wielder's agonized screams, Moonlit was in no hurry... instead, she slowly stripped away his Artifact. The pain was like having one's soul torn apart, so he needed to savor it slowly!
Only after the man could no longer endure it and fainted did Moonlit completely remove his Artifact.
Then she raised her chainsaw, and with one swift motion...
His fine head left his body.
"The mission is complete."
Kicking the corpse away, Moonlit looked at the two Artifacts in her hands.
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