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Cure? Or disaster?

  I headed to Romania alone, while the others went to Italy to scout first. Reason? Because I'd be jumped by the entirety of the Roman pantheon the moment I stepped foot in there.

  Do you know how many gods Romans had?

  Anyway, as expected, Romania is bustling with castles.

  What is the most well-known thing about Romania? First, vampires. Second, descendants of Romans.

  People are cautious of me, avoiding my path right in front of me.

  Well, I'm heading to the best medical facility on Earth, the Walchia Carol Davi University of Medicine and Pharmacy. The showrunner of this pce is...

  None other than the person standing right in front of me.

  "Hello, Vd Tepes.", I smiled. Vd the Impaler, Dracu, the First Vampire Lord of Romania.

  The man in a red trench coat and wide-brim hat stares at me, his blood-red eyes scanning my entire body with caution.

  "Why have you come, Charlotte Silvi?", he asked me cautiously.

  "To give the cure for vampirism.", I stated pinly, "It is rather easy."

  I casually threw him the Philosopher's Stone I had in my pocket.

  He caught but his eyes did not move away from me.

  "Come with me, then.", he turned his back to me and walked toward the huge medical institution.

  What exactly is vampirism? It is a disease that can only be transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluid, commonly being blood, or hereditary through generations. To date, there is no cure for HIV or Polio.

  The people with this disease are called Vampires. The symptoms of this disease are weakened immunity to light, worse than albinism even, heightened sensitivity, especially to light, close to night vision but not quite - geometric shapes confuse the hell out of them for some reason - weakened immune system, they acquire for iron-rich consumables like red meat or blood, and delirium.

  In return, their cells age slower and their age expectancy is longer. Making the Romanian average age close to 120 years.

  What about the Immortal in front of me? He is a special case of special cases.

  Vd the Impaler, his infamy is so great the Remnants of the gods created a Gem based on his tales at the time he was alive. It just so happened that he came in contact with his Gem, becoming a Gem Holder of himself.

  Vd the Third, Gem Holder of Dracu.

  Moreover, he is... a living Philosopher's Stone.

  The main ingredients to make it are human Souls and blood. For someone who had tea in the middle of a forest of thousands of impaled Ottomans, it isn't strange how he absorbed all of the souls and subconsciously created a Philosopher's Stone in his body.

  In some way, he is even more special than Seria - the Gem Holder of Satan himself, a Gem comprised of the actual Lucifer, the Lucifer in legends, and the concept of Freedom.

  Well, the concept of Gem Holder will likely be gone after a few hundred years, no more than a thousand. This is the after-effect of Remus' rampage, after all.

  "We are here.", Vd spoke up.

  We stood in front of a stale white b, where people were working day in and day out.

  I confidently invaded the space— Vd tried to grab my shoulder, but I moved out of the way. I stare back at him with a frown.

  "You need to decontaminate first.", he stated.

  Oh...

  "Fine.", I shrugged.

  After the process of decontaminating myself, I entered the b.

  Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at me.

  "I am here to help create the cure to vampirism.", I stated, "I brought a Philosopher's Stone."

  Everyone jumped at me in an instant, they wanted to ask me a lot of questions. But Vd came in.

  "Everyone, calm down.", he stated, "We will be hearing what she has to say."

  The commanding nature of a king is within him. Everyone follows when he speaks, and does what he orders.

  "I will give you the method and instruction on how to use the Philosopher's Stone.", I stated and snapped my finger, summoning my alchemical ritual paper.

  The Philosopher's Stone is the physical achievement of Alchemy. It is proof that humanity has conquered creation.

  With it as a catalyst, it can create everything.

  "But with one condition.", I use my Eyes of Judgement on them all, "This cure will be free and imposed upon every vampire in Romania."

  It was a tyrannical move. But for the sake of humanity, it has to be made.

  "I... will contact Nos for further instruction.", Vd stated and left immediately.

  Nos is the current Vampire Lord and Prime Minister of Romania. Well... he will soon be deposed due to Argent Alexandria.

  He may still have power now. But like always, there are people trying to assassinate him.

  Taking justice into their own hands... hehahaha~ I love humanity.

  "While we wait, I can answer any and all of your questions.", I summoned the Book of Akasha, "I have all the answers of Humanity with me."

  "Is God real?", a scientist asked.

  Quite the question to start with.

  "Yes, their name is Shemiss Aluqdim the Pale Court. They are the creator of life and our Sun.", I stated with a smile.

  Was it good to reveal the existence of an Eldritch God? I don't know, nor do I care. I'm just answering correctly—

  Huh?

  "Everyone!! Get down!!", I yelled out.

  In an instant, I erected a barrier of Euphoric Crystals.

  Boom!!!

  What is it this time... something crashed through the institute. Standing right in front of me...

  Is a huge knight, standing over two meters and wearing archaic armor... from the look of gold and bronze, he wore a mask in the shape of a stoic man, and from the look I can tell that he's Persian... he wields a greatsword covered in glowing white Runes, pointed at me.

  I see...

  This is a Jury of the Pale Court.

  "You dare to utter the name of our Lord and Light. In the Name of the Pale Court, you shall fall.", his voice was clear and carried a powerful aura... of a king.

  Persian... king...

  I calmly held my hand out, summoning Marmyadose. One of the sapphires lit up.

  'This battle is to Protect your Honor, You shall be Swift with your actions.'

  Oh, a speed buff.

  "I am Charlotte Silvi, the Argent Monarch of Humanity.", I pointed my sword at him, "Thus, I can do whatever I want."

  I cshed my sword with him, I was aiming for his head but the reaction speed was absurd. He blocked it but I can see him struggling.

  "Cyrus the Great.", I stated his name, "The only man ever in history to ever be called the King of the World and the Messiah."

  I kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying through the hole he made. At the same time, the Book of Akasha opened.

  "Keyword: Arena, Deployment, Imaginary.", I made the input, and the pages flipped open, finding me the most suitable Relic in this situation, "Memoria Mundus."

  I took out a brick from the book, yes, a brick. Of all things, a brick.

  One thing I realized after remaking my body is that my access to future weapons and objects became limited. Not that I'm short on them, there are, like, billions of weapons.

  Humanity's penchant to create weapons of mass destruction is truly impressive.

  Anyway, I smashed Cyrus in the face with the brick. Memoria Mundus shattered, and the world around us was covered in cube-like objects—

  Dragging us into an imaginary arena, a pocket dimension.

  That brick was the prototype of technology in the future, utilizing anti-matter to open up a hole in reality and create a space for storage and entertainment. If the trajectory is correct... this brick will be created in... 50 years.

  This prototype should st for an hour.

  "Fighting a Salvation is annoying...", I heard Cyrus mumbled as he shook his head.

  Salvation? I frowned.

  "What do you mean by that?", I stabbed Marmyadose into the ground, "Why did you say that name?"

  "Seem like you are more ignorant than I thought.", he chuckled, pointing his sword at me, "My Blessing is the ability to see the Attributes of all living creatures. Your combination is interesting."

  So not only celestial bodies but living creatures have them? That begs the question, how many Attributes does Avalon have across all of their bodies?

  Wait, I'm getting side-tracked.

  "What are mine, then?", I asked.

  "Regression, Judgement, Salvation, and Exchange. That is one hell of a combination."

  I felt the air become more tense.

  "That's enough chit-chat. I will kill you.", he stated as if it was already destined to happen.

  "What about your oath to the Pale Court?", as far as I know, the Juries cannot kill or harm people.

  Well, Genghis Khan has something to say about that.

  "I can overcome the Oath. Sometimes, sacrifice has to be made... that is my way to preserve the world.", he then charged at me.

  I realized that I needed to kill him right here, if I didn't, the scientists who heard my answer would be killed.

  I summoned Malice Fme, dodging the overhead strike and bsting him with my fme... but as expected of someone who dressed like a Dark Souls boss, he just tanked the fire of human malice and evil.

  He tried to grab me through the blue fme, I swiped his hand away with Marmyadose.

  Cng!!

  I hit his armor, but he switched momentum and swiped at me with his sword... it's the same design as the one the Dino King wields.

  "Manifest Destiny."

  I moved out of the way in a fsh of lightning...

  Hah... I shouldn't hold back.

  "Awaken, the Reverie of Passion."

  Bck fme rose around me. Cyrus saw what I was doing and immediately came rushing at me.

  "My Dream to Bring upon my Design in Bzing Glory!!"

  I parried his sword and retreated one step. The Rose Compass in my eyes shines brightly in white.

  "Through the Fme of Malice and Reverie!"

  My halo flickered into existence, and a wall of bck fme fshed right in front of me. This time, Cyrus backed off as he sensed the danger... well, it would be more dangerous.

  "I shall sink you in my Melody!!"

  I performed a spin and kicked him far away. With the bck fme still lingering, shadow weapons began to pop up within a circle around me.

  But no...

  "Decration of Annihition: Limbo Requiem.", I held the sword up, "I call upon the most destructive weapon ever unleashed!!"

  What is the most destructive weapon created by humanity? It is rather simple. Ask Japan.

  "Descent of the Twin Suns."

  Two mirages of the infamous nuclear bombs formed above us. Cyrus stares at them in a daze, then he looks at me.

  "You are... crazy...", he muttered.

  The two shadows dropped from the sky. The shadow weapons of Limbo Requiem are enhanced to be deadlier than their true form because they are memories of the weapons.

  The more they fear the weapons, the stronger it affects them. After all, Malice is the fire that consumes everything.

  Cyrus proceeded to run away. But it is useless, absolutely useless. This is a confined space, a world where nothing could escape.

  But can I survive? Yes, I am very confident in my judgment.

  The reason is quite simple.

  Because Cyrus reveals to me something. One of my Attributes is Salvation. And for extra precaution, I activated Argent Overdrive.

  From the two Eldritch Gods I faced, it is very hard to kill someone with Salvation. Like, I'm guaranteed to become a savior type of deal.

  So, I pulled out a pair of shades that reduced the light level to zero, putting them on me. With a crazed grin, I stare at Cyrus.

  "What will you do, O' King of the World?", against the Monarch of Humanity?

  Seeing that there was no way to escape, he stabbed his sword into the ground and... he prayed.

  "To the Pale Court of Order and Judgement.The Father who Granted Life,The Mother who Birthed Life.A Benevolent Watcher,Who watches All in Silence.Grant me my strength,Grant me Your Sentence."

  I felt his gaze nded on me.

  "And I shall show her my Finality."

  The two nuclear bombs went off, I activated Argent Overdrive to protect myself. The pressure of my Soul blocked most of the bst, the rest was negated by Domination.

  What was in front of me was light, pure light. The power of human malice and creativity. It is beautiful.

  To destroy the ws of reality, there must be a price. It just so happens that this price was paid by others.

  This power was too much for the pocket dimension to handle— it broke apart.

  I found myself on the campus of the university, students stare at me... it was hot.

  "GET OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!!!", I screamed at all of them.

  This isn't a safe pce, the weight of my Soul would crush everything around me, endangering all. And more importantly.

  Wings. Wings of golden fme fluttered before me, beautiful and enchanting. Wings belonged to the man who earned himself the title Great, the only man to truly earn himself that title...

  I closed my eyes.

  Every boss has a second phase... and Cyrus had entered his.

  Cyrus the Great.

  The Messiah.

  The man who united the boundary of the world before his eyes.

  Someone truly deserving of the title...

  King of the Four Corners.

  But... unfortunately, he is facing me.

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