Chapter 207: Valerie Tepes

Chapter 207: Valerie Tepes

~Third POV~

[Romania, Tepes Territory, Tepes Castle]

Ryuko was excited. Normal girls wouldn't be excited about infiltrating a literal den of monsters and the possibility that she could die at any moment if Mash failed but she had always been an action kind of girl and besides she had the utmost faith in her lover.

She still couldn't believe her luck at times which had such a wonderful friend and partner to have. This is why she went with this plan to attack the Tepes Castle and save this young girl.

While they might not be heroes, they aren't cold-hearted people with hearts of stones either. It made her remember the time when she wasn't allowed to help in the RWBY Worldline.

She frowned at the time not needing her help but also understood why. She was inexperienced and it showed when she fought Salem's minions without her transformations.

But she soon shook her head regaining her focus on saving an innocent girl to rescue after all. Looking at the dreary tower where the girl is held and behind her she could hear the screams of dozens of vampires dying by his hands only coldly frowning at them, "They don't deserve my sympathy. These fuckers had this coming."

Ryuko soon thought back to what he told her to say to the dhampir who possesses one of the strongest Longinus in the world and the history of this worldline rules she had to be made aware of before coming into a world that still had their Age of the Gods.

Ryuko managed to easily enter the tower which was already deserted as all the vampires guarding this place were running to their deaths by Mash's hands as he flashily arrived causing a stir and providing the perfect distraction.

She went inside and finally had a good look at the young girl that Mash wanted to save at all cost Ryuko frowned seeing she was broken and miserable growling hating the Tepes Faction even more, "Tch. Those damn bloodsuckers don't give a shit don't they hurt? At the very least she won't be harmed any longer after this."

Mash told her that Valerie Tepes is broken both in heart and soul because of the side effects of the Graal but she never thought it would be this bad. Even now the girl was looking at Ryuko with no expression on her face. She wasn't even panicking about seeing a stranger in her room. Ryuko couldn't help but frown seeing some similarities seeing between herself and Valerie Tepes.

Broken by her own family and not given any family love or warmth. It resonated well with Ryuko feeling a familiarity of kinship of understanding as she approached the dhampir slowly with a warm smile trying to put her at ease, "Hey there."

She answered in a monotone voice and dead eyes, "Hey."

Ryuko decided to test the waters asking her in a calm tone squatting to her level, "I'm here to take you away to a better place."

She answered in a monotone voice gazing directly with dead eyes, "Better… place?"

Ryuko nodded as she spoke the words and key name to get a reaction out of the poor girl in a calm tone promising to Valerie, "Yes, my lover and I are going to save and take care of you and one day we will help you reunite with your little brother, Gasper."

Valerie flinched as some life returned to her eyes for the first time looked back lucidly and spoke in a hopeful tone, "Gasper? You promise?"

Ryuko nodded resolutely and offered her hand in a determined tone, "I promise."

Valerie took it but soon spoke in a broken speech in a pained tone, "I can't move… had training… earlier… with my brother…"

Ryuko assured her and took the dhampir in her arms in a reassured tone grinning confidentially and dragging her out, "This isn't no problem. I'll hold you and you won't have to worry about your family anymore after this."

They both escaped easily, and Valerie seemed to have fallen asleep. Most likely used the [Sephiroth Graal] too much earlier if what she said about her brother was true. Ryuko soon took her away from the castle her eyes focusing on the dust that was once the vampires killed in action.

The castle was no longer usable for those who entered inside. Her eyes soon drifted to Mash landing near her as he spoke in a calm tone eyeing Valerie, "Everything is clear on my end. I made sure to give my Demon Beast the command to kill any Tepes Faction member without mercy we shouldn't be bothered by them."

Ryuko simply nods not caring about what these monsters have done to others in a neutral tone carrying Valerie, "Good. But soon we'll have to deal with the Carmilla Faction next since they're bound to get uppity about what happened. That's why when they arrive tomorrow I'll be the one to show what happens if they dare repeat what happened to the people of Fullmoon Village."

She smirked appreciating what he was doing as she asked in a curious tone about their messenger, "Neat. But do you think those feminist bloodsuckers would listen to you? I kind of doubt it?"

Mash merely smiled as he replied in a simple tone shrugging his shoulders as they walked down the path away from the former Tepes Castle holding a video camera, "Oh, they'll listen. If not, I'll simply attack them next if they don't obey and trust me… they'll bloody listen to what I have to say."

Ryuko nodded as Mash pulled his Moon Cell Bracelet scanning Valerie BB soon spoke in a neutral tone, "We have the full analysis of her soul Master. We can replicate the Sacred Gear [Sephiroth Graal] at any time."

Ryuko raised an eyebrow as Mash smirked at this. He didn't need to take anyone's Sacred Gear since he could have his Moon Cell scan their souls and replicate them within the Moon Cell reproducing their abilities.

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[A few Days Later, Romania, Tepes Territory, Tepes Castle]

Elmenhilde Karnstein walked to the meeting place of the Tepes Castle for a treaty is a noble pure-blooded Vampire and a member of the Carmilla Faction, a female-dominated Vampire faction but a nervous thought crossed her mind entering the caste, 'How did this happen?'

Her eyes lingered on the dust remains of vampires scattered throughout the floor. Seeing such a state certainly alarmed her but at the same time confused because she smelled the scent of 2 humans and 1 dhampir this caused her to scowl in discontent.

Pure-Blooded Vampires are the descendants of the original progenitors of Vampires. Pure-Blooded Vampires are aristocrats who only recognize fellow Pure-Blooded Vampires as equals and view all other races beneath them. They are noted to be very arrogant and discriminatory, especially towards Dhampirs, who they see as inferior and refuse to recognize as equal to themselves.

The Vampires are a race of supernatural creatures even more proud and aloof than the Devils. The discrimination between Vampires and other species is so strong that it has reached the point that Dhampirs, like Gasper Vladi and Valerie Tepes, who were born from Vampire Lords and Human mothers, were treated badly even by their family members.

Hunting humans is the true nature of a Vampire for their source of food. Male Vampires will use human women for their pleasure and make them bear a child and female Vampires will use human men for their pleasure and bear their child.

But Karnstein had to admit something was off. A good part of the Tepes Castle was nothing more than rubbles in the ground, hundreds of vampires killed including many nobles of the Tepes Clan judging how inferior races have owned the place.

Karnstein arrogantly thought gazing upon the deaths of her fellow vampires in disdain they lost to 3 people they deemed as inferior, 'They should be nothing more than food for us, vampires and these inferior races humiliated them as if they were nothing. This proves that the Camilla Faction is in the right. That the Tepes Faction became weak under a male king's leadership.'

She soon stepped into the throne room meeting the people two girls and one boy sitting in the throne room. However, when she met the two humans her eyes widened lightly although arrogant, she could acknowledge someone's strength, even if they were outside her race.

Karnstein could smell the blood of the vampires on Ryuko having slain little of them on her own. But Mash on the other hand was… disturbing to her. The Magical Energy his body supplied was extremely potent also doubting if he was a human.

However, she kept her arrogant façade addressing the looking down on them in an arrogant tone, "Tell me Dhampir are – ack!"

*THUD*

Suddenly she was pinned down by Mash's [Unseen Hands] after 'sharing' the memories of hers with [Gluttony] already had his temper rise in impatience as he addressed Karnstein in a commanding tone, "I would do well not to disrespect your betters mongrel. We came to discuss peace, but you vampires are all the same believing in your hypocrisy of supremacist ideology. Disgusting animals."

Karnstein's eyes glared as she soon began to use her [Mist Manipulation] to escape since all Vampires can create and control mist, often using it to create barriers and search for enemies with High-Level Vampires being able to blanket an entire town, even turning into mist to avoid attacks or escape.

*SLURP*

*Thud*

But that was when Mash used his Authority of Gluttony, [Gluttony] eating Karnstein's existence obtaining everything he has planned needed to wipe the Camilla Faction for good while gaining some new skills in the process.

[Ding!]

[You have 'eaten' the being known as Elmenhilde Karnstein from this world!]

[For using the skill [Gluttony], you have gained the following skills devouring the Pure Blooded Vampire talents, abilities, and memories!]

[Skills gained: [Mist Manipulation], [Blood Manipulation], [Vampire Magic], [Vampirisim], [Insect Manipulation], [Bat Manipulation], [Flight], [Blood Consumption] …!]

Mash soon smirked gaining the necessary skills as they all began to leave the castle sighing in a relieved tone, "Sigh… finally, these bloodsuckers send someone high profile to us after making that false peace treaty. Now it's time to send them to the final grave."

Ryuko only nodded following Mash as did Valerie following with the promise to reunite with her brother Gasper. Ryuko asked in a curious tone raising an eyebrow, "So how are you gonna take care of the other Vampires?"

Mash only smiled 'innocently' what he planned to do next…

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[The Next Day, Romania, Tepes Territory, Fullmoon Village]

The group was sitting down on a cliff with the Valerie Tepes sleeping as they looked at the Fullmoon Village where the inhabitants were all awake looking at the crumbling castle in shock and hoping that their actions helped them this time.

Mash soon spoke to Ryuko in a curious tone getting her attention and tilting her head, "Say Ryuko do you know the Camilla Faction?"

She only tilted her head as his plan worked flawlessly with a confident grin as she replied in a confused tone, "The Camilla who? Are they someone we need to worry about – you already did it didn't you?"

She narrowed her eyes accusingly as he raised both his hands in mock surrender being caught as he explained to her in a calm tone, "Yup! Caught me miss Matoi! I sent my Demon Beast miniature-sized [White Whale] infamously known as the [Demon Beast of the Mist] using its ability of [Mist Manipulation]. All you need to know it used the [Mist of Mental Contamination] and [Mist of Annihilation] to get the job done while also being [Invisible]."

She simply raised an eyebrow shrugging her shoulder and leaning next to him in an uncaring tone trusting him completely, "Meh. If it was something you think needed erasing, then you're probably right. I trust you."

He warmly smiled as he leaned towards her on the side. They waited a bit longer before they suddenly vanished heading towards their next objective after they collected ALL of the Vampires treasures…