Collapse: Journey Begins with the Moonlit Oath
Chapter 6

I Swear by the Red Moon: We'll Never Part in This Life! / Pointy Things Are Cute Too~

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Compared to a cross, a chainsaw was a far more violent way of fighting.

It was not that the Moonlit Oath possessed such a brutal nature, but rather...

To save the person most important to her, she raised a chainsaw lined with sharp teeth in battle and hunted down her enemies beneath the red moon.

As the chainsaw charged up, crimson lightning continuously gathered and spread across it, like blood-red lightning serpents.

Clearly, Miss Moonlit also wielded the power of lightning.

"Don't touch me."

She took a step back, then raised the chainsaw with both hands and violently smashed it down at the enemy before her.

Holy power did restrain demons and vampires, but it had little effect on the Moonlit Oath. It only made her feel slightly uncomfortable. After all, she was not a vampire of this world.

The cross swords in their hands looked incomparably fragile before Miss Moonlit's chainsaw. The instant it came crashing down, the weapons held by the church members snapped apart.

The Pastors' expressions changed instantly. They seemed never to have encountered such a situation before. These Holy Relics were no ordinary weapons.

If not for the barrier created by the priest's divine artifact blocking the chainsaw, they would have been sawed to pieces on the spot.

Yet as the divine artifact's barrier faced the frenzied cutting of the chainsaw in Miss Moonlit's hands, cracks slowly began to appear! Especially when the girl exerted strength with both hands and pressed down on them, the barrier immediately shattered like glass.

"The banquet has begun!!"

With a single blow, she broke the barrier. Miss Moonlit raised her head and stared at them, her crimson eyes terrifying in the darkness of the night. Everyone who met her gaze felt a chill in their hearts.

Before they could say anything, the beautiful yet wild vampire girl raised her chainsaw again and swung it at them.

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

A sickly laugh escaped Miss Moonlit's lips as she lifted the terrifying chainsaw in her hands and began slaughtering the church members again and again.

Prey targeted by a vampire girl could not escape.

As the girl slaughtered them madly, one pastor after another died beneath the chainsaw. The gruesome sight finally became too much for the remaining priests to bear.

It was not as though they had never fought demons before, but they had never faced anything so terrifying and bloody.

They began to panic. They began to fear...

They no longer dared to continue fighting and instead turned to flee, hating that they had not been born with a few more legs.

"Ahhhhh!"

"Demon! You terrifying demon!!"

"No, spare me! Please spare me! I don't want to die!"

By the Red Moon's Oath, Never to Part in This Life!

"Ahhhhh! No, don't come near me!"

"Help! Help!"

Terrified screams rang out from the dark passageway and echoed into the skies, but no one came to save them. Even if someone heard them, they would only cower beneath their blankets in fear.

The stench of blood drifted into the distance on the wilderness wind. Even the insects fell silent.

One life after another fell beneath that terrifying chainsaw. The Vice Bishop was so frightened that he froze. He no longer had any thoughts left and turned to flee first.

He could not die here. He was a bishop!

Once he became official, his next step—his next step would be becoming an Archbishop.

As long as the plan went smoothly...

How could he die here?

As long as he escaped to the church and immediately notified the people from the Inquisition... he could rely on the church's power to hold her back and wait for the church to deploy the holy sword. That vampire would surely die, and he would be saved.

The Vice Bishop abandoned all the other priests and Pastors, using them to delay that terrifying vampire while he fled.

When he noticed that the vampire had not chased after him, he finally slowed down a little. He was exhausted!

But he had escaped, right?

That terrifying devil had not come after him...

Just as he thought that, he turned around... and saw the terrifying girl behind him. He had no idea when she had appeared there, but she had already raised her chainsaw and swung it at him.

"What!!"

The Vice Bishop's eyes widened, his face filled with shock and terror. Yet before he could speak, the blood-soaked chainsaw had already fallen upon him.

The sound of flesh being cut apart rang out, and his disbelieving head was completely severed before flying away.

Only after every enemy had died did the girl stop her slaughter and stand quietly beneath the moonlight.

She felt something slide across her face. Miss Moonlit reached up to wipe it away, only to discover that it was blood on her face...

It clearly was not her own blood, but that of those church members!

The vampire girl looked around at the bloody scene she had created. She felt a little unaccustomed to it, yet she inexplicably liked the feeling.

Breathing in the blood-scented wind, she stepped forward as drops of blood fell from the chainsaw. Her enemies' corpses had been cut beyond recognition.

The blood had pooled together into a puddle.

"Now I've completely become an enemy of the church!"

She put away the chainsaw and sighed softly.

Though she was not afraid of them.

Once her level rose, she would fear no one except the very strongest few! And even those people... as long as she completed the main quest, she could leave this world whenever she wished.

Once she gained even greater power, she could simply return.

She had already asked Ai-chan. Even after leaving this world, she could still come back. It simply would not be free, and she would need to spend Crystals.

It was not cheap either. It would cost ten thousand Crystals.

Of course, those ten thousand Crystals would not be wasted. It was not merely a return trip. She could also unlock another character for free, and even continue the current quests while receiving new ones.

It was equivalent to another journey through worlds.

"How strange..."

Was I born a murderous maniac?

Looking at the bloody scene around her, the girl held her cheeks in both hands, confusion in her eyes.

Why was she not afraid of such a horrifying, bloody sight at all? Instead, she even seemed to enjoy the smell of blood.

Was it because she was a vampire?

Some people vomited or became afraid the first time they killed someone!

Yet aside from the Lost Demon before this, this was her first time killing so many people. Even doing so in such a cruel manner had left her feeling nothing.

"Sigh! I didn't want this either!"

Why did they have to provoke her...

And because of that, she had once again fallen into bloodshed and slaughter.

She did not regret it. If she had not resisted, her fate in those people's hands would not have been any better. The angels of this world might be kind, but the churches below them were not necessarily so.

"I'm covered in blood. That person would hate it, so I need to wash up properly..."

Looking at the blood on her body, Miss Moonlit frowned. She did not dislike blood, but she worried that someone might dislike it.

"Uh, why did I start thinking about this again..."

It was obviously herself!

She would not dislike herself.

Still, she needed to wash up. There was blood not only on her clothes, but also on her body and face. That was simply what happened when killing with a chainsaw. Blood splattered everywhere.

With that thought, the girl lifted the hem of her skirt and turned to leave.

Not long after, she arrived at a large river outside the city. It was already dawn, and there was not a single person around. After confirming that no one was nearby, Miss Moonlit took off her clothes and slowly stepped into the river.

The river water was cold, but it was fine for Miss Moonlit.

Vampires naturally had lower body temperatures than humans.

Raising her pale, jade-like hand, the girl wiped the bloodstains from her body, a faint blush appearing on her beautiful cheeks.

So this is a girl's body?

And it was the body of her beloved Moonlit Wife. It felt so... comfortable.

She was clearly Theresa too, but... compared to that loli who never grew up, the Moonlit Oath's body had developed far too well.

This proved that some things had nothing to do with time or superhuman surgery!

"But... why did I become you, Miss Moonlit?" Instead of traveling here as myself and then meeting you, Miss Moonlit.

Otherwise, she could have rightfully held the girl's hand and made a vow to her beneath the moonlight.

By the red moon's oath, they would never part in this life!

"Sure enough... I hate sunlight."

Daytime.

Miss Moonlit stood in the corridor, raising her head to look at the sun in the sky. The dazzling sunlight left her unable to muster any energy.

Though she could live beneath the sun, she could not bring herself to do anything, especially at noon.

It was only because she had no money that she remembered... she had forgotten to search the bodies earlier. But she could not be bothered to search bodies like those, could she?

Without money or identification, she could not rent a room normally. In that case, she could only choose another method.

The sunlight grew stronger, and the girl disliked it more and more. She needed to make a decision. Looking at a hotel, Miss Moonlit went to a corner where no one could see her and turned into a bat.

Without anyone noticing, she flew to the upper floors of the hotel!

The girl planned to find an empty room and stay the night first. Once she had money later, she could simply pay for the room.

She could not stay beneath the sunlight forever.

Though she could have chosen not to pay since no one would notice, she still held onto her own morals and values when it did not involve her bottom line or her life.

At least, for now.

Even Pointy Ones Are Cute~

The sun slowly set, and the sky began to take on a deep orange hue, as though the entire city had been wrapped in warm sunlight.

The streetlights began to turn on, guiding the busy traffic, while the windows of towering buildings shone brightly like stars that had fallen to the ground.

Birds returned to their nests, and stray cats searched for safe corners.

Inside the hotel, the beautiful white-haired girl finally crawled out from beneath the covers. Looking satisfied, she got up and stretched.

Sleeping during the day and working at night—this was the normal way of life for a vampire.

Of course, if it was for that person, Miss Moonlit would be happy even in broad daylight.

She was willing to play beneath the sun with the person she loved.

Miss Moonlit had once been terribly afraid of loneliness, terribly, terribly afraid! She feared bad people and the sunlight of daytime, but ever since meeting that person, all those fears had vanished.

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