Eris stared at Vlad, taking a deep breath. "HA!" She screamed, firing a purple ball of plasma toward the ground between them, creating a massive explosion. Using that as a cover, she immediately turned around, kicking one of the spears off Arad's back.
Arad gasped, staring at her, "Run!"
Eris ignored him, swinging a second kick toward another spear.
SWOSH! Vlad flew through the flames of the explosion, kicking Eris in the back of her head, sending her flying and rolling on the ground. "Turning you back to me is a big mistake. Ignoring his words was another big one,"
Vlad lifted his hand, pointing a finger at her, "Let's if your blood is as strong as his,"
Eris stared forward, her eyes burning with a purple spark of plasma as the ground beneath her feet melted. Vlad stood between her and Arad, ^I know I can't beat him. Our only hope is to get Arad back into the fight.^
Two jets of plasma burst from her back, shattering the ground behind her as she got ready to accelerate.?^Get behind him. And cut the spears.^
BAM! She burst forward at terrifying speed, melting the ground on her way.
Vlad waved his hand down, sending a slash of blood toward Eris.
Eris flew around the slash, dodging it in exchange for an arm as it was too fast.
Vlad followed her with his eyes as she flew by, amused. Eris swung her fist, ripping one of the spears off Arad's back, immediately trying to go for another one.
BAM! Vlad kicked her in the back, sent her flying, and rushed after her. She regained her balance, looking back and seeing him swinging a fist at her face.
She moved her head to the side, and barely dodged his fist, but after losing her left ear, ^I didn't have enough strength nor durability to block any of his attacks. That means he's leaving me alive on purpose.^
She swung her arm, crossed her fingers, [Holy Expansion: Solar Domain] BAM! With a massive blast, she illuminated the night and sent Vlad flying back, his skin charred and his flesh falling off in chunks.
CRACK! Vlad's body hit a wall, and Eris rushed toward Arad to free him.
SWOSH! Before she could reach him, another blood slash cut her way. ^The bastard can still fight?^ She growled. ^I need to pummel him a bit more to put him down long enough.^ She shifted her direction toward Vlad.
"An all-direction explosive smites, an impressive expansion, and a deadly one at that," Vlad said as he healed, looking at Eris charging at him. "But, the potency is quite weak compared to other paladins smites. Probably since your faith is quite new, or the fact you aren't faithful to Amaterasu at all, heretic loved by the goddess."
He smiled, lifting his hand and conjuring a blood blade, "I feel all the smites laid upon my vampire descendant by the paladins and can tell who is the strongest. Your holy magic isn't nowhere near the top ten,"
"Give me a break," Eris conjured a spear of plasma and swung it at his head, which he easily dodged. "I only got under her a few weeks ago," Her spear flashed with divine magic, burning Vlad's left cheek.
"You say that," Vlad smiled, "But do you know that the paladin named Lydia has the second strongest smite? Right after paladin general Alphonse?" He swung his sword toward her stomach, but she moved back, using the range of her spear to get some distance.
Vlad's sword extended with blood, lacerating her stomach, "Range isn't a problem for me," He smiled.
"Neither it is for me," Eris smiled, her spear shifting into a scythe and splashing Vlad's head off. ^I've been watching you fight. That scythe of yours looked useful.^
Eris kicked Vlad's body away and used that force to jump back toward Arad, swinging the scythe toward the spears on his back, cutting two at the same time.
Vlad's head rolled on the ground, smiling. ^She won't know, would she?^ He tried to speak, but only his lips moved as he had no lungs nor a throat.
PEW! A spear flew out of nowhere, piercing Eris's chest.
Eris gasped, seeing a maid flying toward her at a blinding speed, kicking the spear and pinning her to the ground. "Who are you?" Eris growled, blood gushing out of her mouth.
"Anti-vampire spear. Took it from Alphonse's corpse," Zia said, pulling a second spear out of her pocket and stabbing Eris in the chest, "This one is an anti-holy magic one, the cursed spear of the night,"
Eris took a deep breath, blood gushing out of the wounds on her chest. ^Then I'll blast with a plasma breath.^
"And this," Zia pulled a pike with chains, smacking Eris in the stomach, arms, and legs, "I've been watching from afar. Those are anti-dragon shackles. Good luck moving again."
Vlad approached, clapping, "Good work, Zia. I knew I could count on you,"
Zia glared back at Vlad, "I can't believe I'm helping you get another woman,"
"Come on," Vlad smiled, "You know you're my favorite. She's only here for her power,"
"I'm stronger than her," She stared at him, pouting.
"It's not about strength. She's the only vampire in the world capable of using holy magic. A rare specimen," He stared at Arad, "Can't let this idiot have her,"
"Hehe," Eris giggled.
CRACK! Zia stepped on her face, pushing her head to the ground, "What's so funny?" She glared at her, "I'll have my fun training you, and you won't like it,"
"I did my job," Eris replied, "He's going to rip your ass open for stepping on his wife,"
CRACKLE! Darkness started gushing out of Arad's body. The minute he needed to finish his cooler had ended.
Zia turned toward Arad, seeing him looking like a dark silhouette, sucking air in at an alarming speed. "Lord Vlad, leave it to me!" She jumped from Eris and pulled more spears, stabbing Arad several times, "I do have more anti-dragon and anti-vampire weapons. Say goodbye to your powers. And I'm not an idiot," She pulled a third spear, plunging it into Arad's chest, "This one is for your lycanthropic side. I can already sense it,"
"As expected," Vlad approached Arad and Zia, watching as Arad's void stopped, and he turned and started looking like a human again. "We did plan for this, you won't ever pull something behind our backs,"
BA-BAM! Arad's eyes turned pink as he grabbed Zia's ankle.
"Still moving after all of this? How..."
[Taurus] Arad stood, lifting Zia up from both legs and forcing them into a split. She screamed in pain as Arad opened his arms even further, ripping her legs apart and cutting her hip in half.
Eris smiled, "Told you he'll rip your ass open,"
"How can you move while your powers are sealed?" Vlad stared. "No, I see, there is a second soul in your body,"
Arad the spears in Arad's body disintegrated as a curse engulfed his body that even Vlad couldn't recognize.
The void engulfed Arad's body once more, "I said I'm going to rip your balls and shove them down your throat, and I'm not going back on my words. Vampire,"
Arad's void expanded rapidly, swallowing Eris and hiding her inside his stomach.
Vlad stared at Arad with a smile, "I see, you've managed to adapt to my blood control," He extended his blood and sucked Zia back inside him.
"So now it's the two of us clashing at full power," He extended his hands, waving them and a flood of blood gushed out of his back, "Full coffin seal unlock, dance of the blood lord."
Armies of spawns, wolves, ghouls, giant bats, sneaks, titanic centipedes, and scorpions filled the forest all the way to the mountains. Vlad looked up and opened his mouth, a sword's handle emerged from his throat and he caught it, pulling the blade out.
"I personally forged this sword from the iron harvested from the blood of a hundred thousand virgin clerics, paladins, and nuns that opposed me," The sword pulsed like a beating heart, "The Royal Blood blade of Vlad, named after me of course," He giggled, "Like your little knife, it's a true damage weapon that heals upon hit, destroys blood and smite the living with curses. Its blade holds a thousand deadly diseases so even if you survived one hit, you won't live a weak after,"
^[Arad, that sword is on the level of a cursed relic. Indeed fit for the lord of vampires,]^ Doma giggled in Arad's head.
Arad opened his palm, pulling a sword from his stomach and Vlad gasped, "Where did you get that?"
"The edge of night, Harp," Arad looked at the sword, "I just took it from a cheeky devil," It was Alony's sword.
"That's Alony's sword, the devil lord of Dis," Vlad stared at Arad, confused, "Did you make a deal with that bastard? Or is he the one controlling you?"
"I skinned him alive, that's all," Arad replied, and the blade in his hand burned with a powerful curse.
"Matter not," Vlad giggled, "That's the sword provided to Cronos by his mother Gaia, which he used to castrate and depose his father, Uranus. It's quite ironic that someone called Uranus is wielding that blade, and is using it to try and cut my balls off like Cronos did to his father." He laughed, "It's attracted to cutting them off."
"I don't care about where it came from, as long as it can clash with your sword," Vlad waved the sword sword.
"That weapon's history returns to long before the war of gods and abomination, you don't know the worth of what's in your hands," Vlad smiled, "And that tells me you don't know how to use it,"