-980- [ Lawbinding Shackles ]

"How is this possible...!?"

Watching Rozen effortlessly block her beast vassal's attacks, leaving them untouched, the female vampire was left dumbfounded.

Vampire beast vassals possess formidable strength; even the weakest can rival tanks and armed helicopters. Vampires are known as the strongest among demons, with the Primogenitors, pureblood vampires, being the only demons capable of establishing their own empires. The power of a beast vassal is beyond what humans can contend with.

While the female vampire isn't a Primogenitor, she is not a young generation vampire limited to commanding weaker beast vassals. Despite her relatively short lifespan compared to other vampires, she is undoubtedly a noble vampire of pure blood, capable of unleashing a beast vassal's full force that could incinerate not just humans but entire structures.

Now, her attack is effortlessly blocked by an invisible barrier, even though she already considers Rozen a formidable enemy.

Of course, there's more the female vampire didn't anticipate.

"————————"

Rozen suddenly chanted a spell.

It was the ancient Indian Vedic myth's water deity, one of the twelve deities of the heavens, the spell of Varuna –〈Water Heaven Art〉.

Rozen casually chanted the incantation, turning the magic around him into justuryouku, then into water vapor, shaping it into a rushing flow of water.

"Boom!"

The water surged out around Rozen, colliding with the incoming flames, creating a thunderous roar.

"Hiss!"

The collision of water and fire immediately triggered the eruption of a large amount of steam, rising sharply with a sharp sound like a dragon made of smoke.

And in the end, water emerged victorious from this collision.

The rushing stream surged forward, extinguishing the flames of the three-headed hellhound, carrying a large amount of water vapor, flooding toward the direction of the female vampire.

As a result, not only was the attack blocked, but Rozen also exhibited a power that could surpass the beast vassal of his opponent.

"The witch's little brother is also a monster...!"

The female vampire gritted her teeth, and then an astonishing amount of magic power manifested on her body again.

"〈Gangloti〉!"

The female vampire called out a name again, allowing her magic power to flow, injecting the blood mist evaporated from her body into it, forming a second beast vassal.

Different from the three-headed hellhound, this one was no smaller in size but had only two heads, emitting not flames but a chilling dual-headed dog.

"There's a second beast vassal...!?"

The expression on Kojou, who was protecting Nagisa behind him, changed.

"That... isn't that the power only old generation vampires or vampire nobles can have?"

Nagisa seemed to finally realize that the enemy was not ordinary.

If it were just an ordinary vampire, having one beast vassal would already be the limit. Only old generation vampires or vampire nobles have the potential to possess two or more beast vassals, doubling or even enhancing their combat power.

The fact that this seemingly very young female vampire has two beast vassals is enough to shock anyone.

On the contrary, Rozen wasn't surprised at all.

"Is this your full strength?"

Rozen smiled as if he had been waiting for a long time.

As Rozen mentioned, this is indeed the full power of the female vampire.

Born less than a hundred years ago, she cannot be considered old generation, but as a pure-blood vampire, she commands two beast vassals.

However, due to the challenging nature of simultaneously controlling two beast vassals, even for pure-blood vampire nobles, it is rare for a young vampire to summon two beast vassals at the same time.

Now, she has no choice but to use them.

"Freeze!"

Following the command of the female vampire, the dual-headed hellhound emitted a deadly cold stream from its mouths, covering the intense water flow approaching like surging white mist.

"Crackle... Crackle...!"

In a series of freezing sounds, the massive water flow was frozen by the icy air, turning into large ice blocks that fell on the street, producing a heavy rumble.

"Very good! Just like that!"

The female vampire became excited.

"Take him down!"

The female vampire shouted energetically, prompting the three-headed and dual-headed hellhounds to roar simultaneously, rushing towards Rozen like two prehistoric fierce beasts.

"Too naive!"

Rozen lifted his head, hands spreading wide.

"Boom————!"

An astonishing shockwave burst forth from Rozen's front, facing the two hellhounds.

It wasn't a magic or spell like hitting a cow over a mountain, but a space manipulation magic.

By making the spaces vibrate like tuning forks, Rozen generated shockwaves from the vibrations, attacking the enemies.

Naturally, these shockwaves were just byproducts of space vibrations. They weren't magic or spells, didn't carry magic or spell power, and were pure physical attacks.

Therefore, they were completely ineffective against the beast vassals of vampires, who could only be overwhelmed by stronger magic. However, like a wave originating from space itself, they passed over the two hellhounds without causing any effective damage.

However, the shockwave easily cleared a path through the street, scattering rocks and debris, directly heading towards the female vampire standing in the rear.

"Dong————!"

The shockwave exploded on the female vampire.

"Yah!"

The female vampire screamed as she was sent flying, like a doll caught by a typhoon, crashing into the wall of a nearby store.

This caused the female vampire to exhale all the air from her chest, sliding down the wall and collapsing on the ground.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

With the host being attacked, the magical power on the two hellhounds was also severed. In two reluctant roars, they turned into pure magical power, dissipating.

"Ugh..."

Realizing that her two beast vassals were forced to retreat, the female vampire struggled to get up.

The enemy is not someone she can resist.

Despite being unwilling to lose to a human, the female vampire must accept this fact.

So, to avoid being captured, the female vampire must escape.

Unfortunately, before that could happen, ripples appeared in the space around the female vampire, creating one chain after another.

These were chains entirely white in color.

The white chains entwined around the female vampire's body, resembling a spider web, firmly anchoring her in space.

At the same time, the magical power on the female vampire was directly severed.

"This is...!?"

The female vampire's expression changed completely.

"Lawbinding Shackles...!?"

These words escaped from the female vampire's mouth, causing her face to pale. Fear and dread appeared in her eyes, eventually turning into despair.