A whip made of blood attacks the two men.
　They tried to guard it with their swords, but somehow the whip slipped through the blade.

''Nghhh!''

　The two of them are blown apart together by a powerful blow.

''Hahaha, my blood can be coagulated like a sword or fluidized like water!

　Furthermore, Vlad's blood parted like a multi-headed snake and attacked them both.
　It wrapped around their hands and feet and robbed them of their movements.

''Well, it would be easy to kill them as it is, but it would be a shame to lose such a lively child. You're right, since we're here, let's make him my family. And not just any family member. I can transform you into your own kind of vampire.
'Oh, no!　If you're going to do this, just leave the Ark alone!
I'm sorry, too!
Well, let's go get 'em!　Explosions!
Well, dammit, you're here.

　A violent explosion erupted around Vlad.
　Since it was indoors, there was no way to escape the impact, and the two of them were blown backwards together and slammed into the wall as hard as they could.

''Ark, Leila!''
We'll be fine together.

　I offset it by launching a slash into the shockwave while protecting Laina.

　When the blast finally subsided, the walls, ceiling, and floor of the room were curved wide, with countless cracks running through them.
　Flames blazed redly in the center of the room.
　Vlad appeared leisurely from behind it.

''You are a child who does utterly outrageous things. But no matter how powerful it is, normal magic won't be able to kill me,''

　The burns all over his body are healing in the blink of an eye.
　It's tremendous immortality.

　Ark and Leila, who had been sent crashing into the wall almost by self-destruction, had been able to escape from the blood restraints thanks to them.
　The damage was also recovered by the blessing.

''Then!　That's it!　Let's go, Ark!
Okay, Leila.

　They held hands in a friendly manner and raised it forward.
　Vlad wondered what on earth they were going to do, but he looked at them unconcernedly, as if he was confident in his own immortality.

　Layla's magic power breaks up into three different attributes.
　They are red, yellow and white.

　On the other hand, Ark's magic power also separates into three different attributes.
　This one is blue, green and black.

　Eventually, each of the three types of magic power mixed together, and then it also fused together again around the two linked hands.

　That's right, originally, this magic was to be unleashed by one person.
　However, the current two of them are still only able to construct up to three magic formulas at the same time by themselves.
　That's probably why the two of them decided to share the workload.

　It's a trick that can be done because they are twins whose nature of magic power is almost the same.
　If someone with a completely different nature of magic power had tried to do it, they would not be able to fuse it well in the end, and if it was a bad idea, they would have gone out of control.

''Illumination!''

　A moment later, everything that was in front of them disappeared.
　It was no exception, even the air.
　And of course, vampires.

''........What?''

　Beside me, Laina has her mouth hanging open.

'Hey, what happened?'
It's annihilation magic.
Annihilation magic...?
It is the magic that makes all matter disappear from the world. It is only possible when you have mastered all six types of magic and combined them together. It took the two of you two to pull it off.
What a horrible piece of magic you are teaching your children...
I've taught you, but I've never had any success in my life.

　It was the first time the two of them had succeeded at the last minute.

　Some say it was a fool's errand, but such things are not rare.
　This is the kind of thing that draws out the potential in a real battle.
　That's what I wanted.

By the way, I use it on a regular basis. "By the way, I use it on a regular basis when I throw out bulky garbage and when I clean out stubborn dirt. It's handy.
I think we should have a talk with you when I get home!

　And with his body completely annihilated, it seems that even the true ancestor of vampires, as expected, can't revive him.

''........defeated?''
Yeah, maybe.
Yay!

　Ark and Leila exchange high fives in victory.

'Well done to both of you,'
Dad!　Ehehe!

　Leila ran up to me and offered me her head in praise and compliments.
　I stroked her tousled hair.




　That night, I was allowed to stay at Kite's house again.

　In the middle of the night, Kite and Koofa were still sleeping properly in their room and there was no sign of an attack.
　Checking out the city, the only people walking outside are a stray cat and a staggered drunkard.

''Looks like we're back in town,''

　Thus, unbeknownst to us, we had successfully saved the city from the vampire's control.

''But the city of swords, I didn't know the Demon King's hand had spread so far.

　We hear that the countries and cities of the West have now been completely conquered.
　We can't just let this happen.

　I've made my decision.

''........Okay, let's go to the Demon King's place to train the two of us.



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"Your Majesty I have an unfortunate report to tell you. The heroes who traveled to Haldolla to save the city of Razel, occupied by the Demon King's army, have not returned, even though it has been days.
What the hell...
''We have information that there was a demon clan of the Demon King's military leaders in Razel.... Perhaps they are.....
Well....

　A heavy air filled the throne room.

　It was expected to be a tough battle from the beginning.

　Here in the Holy Kingdom was one of the oldest countries on the continent, hence there were many records of the former heroes.
　According to them, the seven heroes had been summoned from another world by the Goddess.

　If the Demon King was resurrected, then the Goddess would summon the heroes again.
　Many of the scholars in this country thought so.

　But the heroes never appeared.
　Therefore, the Holy Kingdom decided to gather enough heroic beings.

　An artificial hero, so to speak.
　But of course they were going to certify seven people as heroes, but there were several problems, and in the end there were only five of them, so there was already a dark cloud in the air before they left.

　Of course, there was no chance of victory at all.
　The ability of those five men was solid, and the long history of the country's treasury had several legendary-grade armor, which they had generously transferred.
　Some of them were even said to have been used by heroes in the past.

''But even so, we still couldn't defeat the demon race...''

　There is no way to do anything now.
　There is no choice but to sit and wait for the invasion by the Demon King's army.
　Here in the territory of the Holy Kingdom, several cities have already been dropped.

''However, I don't know if I can call it good news or not...''
'Whatever it is, say it. I feel like clinging to a little hope right now.
''I'm awestruck. ........In fact, there is a rumor that a certain family member saved a city occupied by the Demon King's army leaders....
"...What?　Family?

　Perhaps it was because it was too outlandish, but the King of the Holy Kingdom couldn't help but ask back.