Ch.194194. Fairy (3)

# The Fairy Queen and the True Blood Vampire Vlad von Dracula

The battle between these two Grade 3—high-level powers began with the battlefield shifting under Vlad’s initiative.

Whoosh…..!!

“Where do you think you’re going?!!”

As Vlad transformed into a red blood mist and flew away rapidly, the Fairy Queen fluttered the tiger butterfly wings on her back to pursue him.

“《Greater Forced Transformation Canceled》!!”

Of course, after flying about 2 kilometers, the Fairy Queen’s magic forced Vlad’s transformation to end.

But this transformation was merely meant to create a safe distance from the soldiers.

“《Moonlight Beam》!”

“《Summon Defense: Vampire Bat Swarm》!”

Blocking the incoming druid’s holy attribute attack magic, Vlad returned to his original form, spread his bat wings—

Whoosh———CRASH!! CRASH!!! CRASH!!!!

Immediately after, he switched to offense, charging with two swords in hand. He swung his aura-wrapped dual blades, slashing the Fairy Queen’s body three consecutive times.

But something felt off about the impact.

‘….What is this?’

Rather than the sensation of cutting through a body made of magical energy like spirits or fairies, it felt like striking a hard solid object with metal.

Wide-eyed, Vlad looked at the Fairy Queen who had been knocked back by his swords. She was surrounded by a white curtain-like barrier that shimmered with rainbow colors.

Though the barrier quickly disappeared, Vlad recognized what it was.

A Druid Level 3 spell called ‘Rainbow Curtain.’

It was one of the Fairy Queen’s dangerous abilities that Vlad had been briefed about—a spell providing high physical defense for a short time. She must have cast it without an incantation, increasing her mana consumption.

Considering that ‘Rainbow Curtain’ already had higher than normal mana cost, and she cast it without an incantation….

‘This must have cost her at least 20….25% of her mana.’

By his estimation, she had consumed far more magical energy than expected.

Therefore, Vlad’s strategy was—a war of attrition.

“《Blood Bullet》!! 《Rain of Bloody Spear》!! 《Blood Bullet》!! 《Blood Bullet》!!”

He repeatedly fired blood projectiles, trying to drain the Fairy Queen’s resources as much as possible.

“《Rock Fragment Shield》!! 《Javelin of Land》!! 《Eruption Grenade》!!”

Of course, trying to compete with magic against the Fairy Queen, a magic-specialized commander, would put Vlad, a warrior-hybrid, at a severe disadvantage.

Especially since the druid-type magic that fairies primarily use has high MP consumption with correspondingly excellent performance.

The exchange rate between MP and HP was hopelessly unbalanced.

But—this was exactly what Vlad was counting on.

He was relying on his defensive capabilities as a warrior-mage hybrid class, and his high-level regeneration abilities as a superior vampire.

While Vlad could maintain his HP even when taking some magical attacks, the Fairy Queen’s MP was rapidly decreasing over time.

By now, she would be fortunate to have even 20% of her total mana remaining.

Of course, Vlad’s MP was decreasing even more severely due to his smaller pool, and he was approaching complete magical exhaustion after casting just a few more spells.

However… the lower the MP got, the more advantageous it became for Vlad.

When a mage and a battle mage with depleted MP fight each other, the outcome is obvious without any need for prediction.

At this rate, the Fairy Queen’s defeat was inevitable, so naturally, she sought to create a variable to secure victory.

That variable was switching to close combat using the druid’s traditional animal transformation.

“《Wild Liberation》!! 《Natural Instinct》!!”

Wild Liberation, which greatly increases the abilities of animal-type creatures, and Natural Instinct, which enhances animal close combat passive skills.

“《Shape of Beast》!!!”

After casting these two animal-specialized buff spells using her remaining mana, the Queen immediately cast a spell to transform into an animal.

“KYEEEEOOOOOOO———!!!”

With a valiant cry, the Fairy Queen transformed into a magical beast that could also be classified as a Grade 4 animal.

She became a Griffin Lord, a ruler-class specimen of griffin—a creature with a lion’s lower body and a white eagle’s upper body.

Golden feathers grew in a formation reminiscent of a crown or mane, and wisdom seemed to dwell in the sharp eyes of the raptor.

As if to prove why it was considered the king of the skies, the Griffin Lord moved its magnificent body exceeding 6 meters in length toward Vlad—

—SLASH-SLASH-SLASH-SLASH-SLASH!!!!

What greeted the Griffin Lord was dozens of fierce consecutive attacks unleashed by Vlad.

Slashing, scraping, stabbing, and slashing again.

Vlad’s consecutive attacks, similar to those of a dual-wielding light warrior specializing in a barrage of strikes comparable to a downpour, were sufficiently fierce.

Particularly, Vlad cleverly exploited the Griffin Lord’s size, attacking precisely in the gaps where its attacks couldn’t reach.

If it had truly been a Griffin Lord, it might have managed somewhat, but the Fairy Queen’s skill, transforming into a Griffin Lord for the first time today, was terrible.

This was the moment when the Queen’s idea of increasing her size and weight class to overpower Vlad was revealed as utterly foolish.

What followed was both predictable and completely one-sided in Vlad’s favor.

He precisely targeted the obvious weaknesses between the creature’s large movements, continuously thrusting his aura-wrapped swords.

Even though his lack of mana prevented him from increasing the aura’s concentration beyond a certain point, the superhuman strength of a Grade 3 vampire was more than enough to compensate for any lack of attack power.

Therefore, it was only a matter of time before the Griffin Lord that the Fairy Queen had transformed into would fall.

Exactly 5 minutes and 37 seconds later, the ruined Griffin Lord crashed to the ground.

※ ※ ※

CRASH———!!!!

The condition of the Griffin Lord—the beast-transformed Fairy Queen—falling to the ground with a thunderous sound was literally miserable.

Due to Vlad’s persistent and tenacious attacks, her entire body was covered in wounds, with virtually no spot left unmarked by red.

Naturally, the state of her wings was severe since she couldn’t fly anymore.

The left wing had less than half its feathers remaining, while the right wing was completely severed from about the middle.

Not a single part of her limbs remained intact, with the left hind leg—the most preserved—only remaining up to the knee joint.

There wasn’t a single undamaged part left, and the fall to the ground further shattered bones and ruptured internal organs.

The impact broke her beast transformation, leaving the Fairy Queen sprawled on the ground, gasping for breath, literally on the verge of death.

Thanks to her body made of magical energy, which was relatively free from physical laws, she was barely clinging to life…

But conversely, this meant she was just barely alive.

Of course, survival from this state was practically impossible, and since the Fairy Queen was the perpetrator of the ‘Great Forest Border Fortress Annihilation Incident,’ she needed to face a war crimes trial before being disposed of.

“…Restrain her.”

Just as soldiers, who had somehow arrived nearby, approached the Fairy Queen with restraints developed by Lunifer Paicentrius, the Chancellor of the Magic University—at that very moment.

Whoosh———!!

“That’s far enough! Stop this outrage!!”

With a sound like birdsong, an arrow struck between the Fairy Queen and the soldiers, and from among the forest trees—archers in green robes revealed themselves.