Interlude: The Reckoning of Mightiness

Within the hallowed shadows of a room with only some light moonshine lighting it up, a pale hand holding a cup of wine moved through space until the cup landed on the Vampire King's lips.

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Alucard sat in front of the window of his chairman's office within Hermes' Brewings Corporation, his pink eyes staring at nothing in particular.

The count's figure portrayed nothing but emptiness.

Behind him, a very tall and thick female knelt with her white dress covering her bombshell of a figure.

Her classic black hat covered her vision, but it was clear she was regarding her master with a complicated gaze.

It hasn't been long since her master reached this world, and she had been by his side almost the whole time.

He has fought the 'God of the Underworld' Hades, utter trash.

He faced the Goddess of Wisdom, Athena.

Commendable, but not enough as apparently, she wasn't at her maximum level.

Slaughtered the God of War, Ares. One of the most frustrating aspects of his journey.

As he… Once again became immortal.

A massive step back from his original desire.

…

He swallowed three cultivators of Hongmeng directly, they weren't capable of resisting whatsoever.

He fought the Goddess of Love and an Immortal, defeating them miserably and nearly destroying a part of the world's population in the process…

However, he hadn't fought all out… Much less use the powers that made him who he is.

…

He had conquered the two most beautiful women in China without much effort, to the point a war broke up just for him.

The 'Goddess of Love', the most beautiful woman in this world, sought his presence with insistence.

The most famous Queen of the World belonged to him in body, mind and soul… Her mind could think of nothing else than his blood and manhood, eternally turning her into a slave to passion and pleasure.

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In less than a few weeks his new company was called the 'Dark Horse of China' and he got publicly acknowledged as the 'King of Zhonghai' without even his own approval.

His other persona, the 'Shadow Hound' was revered and hated alike throughout the world, with almost no one on this earth not being aware of his existence.

…

And he had her… A devoted and loyal woman willing to do anything necessary to pleasure his immortal self.

…

Yet.

Despite the overwhelming achievements, each one could make a man boast for the rest of his life.

In front of the moon, her master's visage seemed so… Empty.

She couldn't understand, back when she lived as the countess of Transilvania, she'd be so wondered and fulfilled, if she could have even if just a tiny portion of the might he now possesses and had attained through his thousands of years of existence…

Then why?

She could only grit her teeth as her pink eyes stared at his back with longing.

…

'Am I ever going to be able to satisfy you?'

'If I become strong enough, rich enough, mighty enough… To put this world at your feet, and let you rule it.'

'To get the most beautiful women in existence to service you, and the most shining jewels to decorate your throne.'

'The most powerful men to obey your every command...'

'If I achieve that… Will you look at me? The same way you stare at her in your memories?'

'Will that be enough to compensate… My lack of capability to attain 'that' for you…?'

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"Master, I want to fight you." Alcina stood up suddenly in the middle of the night as her figure towered over his even as she bent slightly to fit in the room.

Alucard's response was a sidelong glance, "…Why?"

The countess stared at the floor lightly.

"Because I want to know how strong I am compared to you, in raw nosferatu strength." That was her excuse, that wasn't totally an excuse…

They were nosferatus and their capabilities and strengths as far as she could tell weren't common.

She couldn't blow a city like her master, or defeat the Sea God Poseidon…

But likewise, Poseidon couldn't kill her.

That massive blast, Seras' Infernal Disruptor, was capable of destroying a country, and it would pulverise her body, only for it to appear again the next second...

What she wanted to know was, if she would be a punching bag in front of him, or if she would be able to at least defend herself.

At least, that's what she said.

…

Alucard spent the next ten minutes finishing his wine before answering.

"Very well… Follow me." He sipped his wine one last time and disappeared with Alcina following him through the shadows.

A few blinks later they reached a desolated green area on the outskirts of Zhonghai.

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Alucard appeared wearing his tuxedo and red jacket, his hair furled with the wind and his eyes shone pink in the night; as if his whole face was black except for his shining eyes that stared at his Draculine impassively.

Alcina materialised from the shadows with her full height and surprisingly, two wings and a tail.

"This is my middle form master~ I hope you won't contain yourself." Her claws appeared and together with that, a dozen of figures started to materialise, encircling Alucard.

All of them were Alcina with massive wings and big tails.

Her shoulder-length hair flustered with the wind.

"I won't hold back, start…" Alucard said dismissively, his eyes cold, not expecting much.

However, the moment those words were said, the dozen of Alcina's stepped forward…

And the next second they were beside him brandishing their claws with red eyes!

He smirked and his shadow moved, covering the whole land.

*FIUSH!!*

Hundreds upon hundreds of darkness spears came from the ground, mercilessly impaling every single one of the Alcinas! Right at their heart!

Alucard's wicked smile flashed through the dozen of corpses as they all winced in pain, horrible pain...

"You told me to not hold back…"

The countess winced at how easily her bodies were disposed of.

*CRUNCH!*

"UGH!"

Her eyes opened wide when she felt the pain of a hand crushing her flesh and gripping her heart!

Behind her, another Alucard stood, with his eyes red!

*CRUCH!*

Alcina's heart exploded inside Alucard's hand the moment it was crushed and she spat a big mouth of blood before turning around with a cold visage but the pain she was feeling… was immensurable!

*SLASH!*

Her claws split Alucard in half, but something ridiculous took place in front of her.

As her claws bisected him, just behind the trace her claws left, his body was fixed almost instantly!

*BOOOMMM!*

"I know you can do better Alcina, use your imagination, being a vampire is not about fighting skills, it's about instincts! Who will teach a tiger how to use its claws!?" Alucard billowed maniacally with his now red eyes and kicked her away.

By that point, her heart had already repaired but she came to a stop mid-flight only to be locked in the hold by another Alucard!

*SLASH!*

The Alucard behind her felt his whole body get bisected as another Alcina appeared out of nowhere and cut him at amazing speeds, making sure he wouldn't regenerate just as fast.

But the two Alcinas didn't have time to think about anything when a dog's mouth engulfed them from underneath!

'Shit!' She thought and disappeared a hundred metres away.

"UHG!" She winced at the sudden pain! Why was she feeling pain!? However, upon sensing it in front of her, she discovered the answer.

"You're too slow and predictable! Fast! You need to be faster!" Alucard had blinked in front of her even before she even appeared and his shadow transformed into sharp needles that were positioned at the place she appeared, effectively impaling her.

'He's too strong!' It was as if all her movements were completely seen by him before she even did them!

Be it disappear and reform or create more bodies, it was as if he knew everything.

*CRUNCH!*

"OHHG!!" She was about to disappear when her whole arm was torn apart putting her in mind-numbing pain.

"If you focus on the pain, you can't recognise yourself properly! More! FIGHT MORE!" Alucard was excited, despite the fact that Alcina wasn't really giving the best fight, he put her arm in his mouth and bit!

*CRUNCH!!*

He could tear, smash, impale and destroy her body to his heart's content!

A TRUE FIGHT OF NOSFERATUS!

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For the next half an hour Alcina went through the torture of her life as countless of her bodies were dismembered, torn apart, her wings pulled from her flesh, and her tail pulled out of her body thoroughly.

HE WOULDN'T STOP!

STOP, PLEASE STOP!

*BOOM!!*

Alucard picked up her torso that now lacked arms and legs, only one wing and threw her to the ground creating a big crater of smoke!

"MORE! TRANSFORM! TRANSFORM YOURSELF INTO A MONSTER!!!" His red eyes said with maniacal obsession, this is not her master… His voice sounded demonic! Foreign!

He wanted a battle of monsters!

Alcina grit her teeth and disappeared, reappearing a hundred metres away with all her limbs back.

She started to shiver and transform into a giant monstrosity that resembled a dragon!

"You want a fight of monsters, master! You will have it!" Her inhuman voice echoed as her body stood rooted to the 30 metres horrendous beast!

Alucard couldn't contain his emotion as the darkness started to shroud his whole body, hundreds and hundreds of eyes appeared in the humongous darkness glancing at Alcina.

Before her stood a horrendous beast of her same size, its body consisted of darkness, red veins and eyes!

*Growl!*

The beast lunged at her with a growl, but failed the moment her gigantic body disappeared and appeared a hundred metres above the hair!

She let herself fall and impulse towards the raging beast below!

*BOOM!!!*

The crashing of the two beasts indicated the beginning of the second round!

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A few kilometres above, stood a woman with blonde hair and a black mask, witnessing everything with a clear frightened gaze.

'What are these monsters…'

Her gaze behind her mask was filled with apprehension when she saw those two atrocities bite and dismember each other!

The two nosferatu fought for another three hours as the field and mountain nearby were destroyed considerably.

*BOOOOMMMMM!!!*

After a fierce punch, Alcina's body crashed heavily onto one of the peaks of a mountain and she didn't even manage to stand up again with her shaking body and rugged breath, because at that moment, a massive spear skewered her chest!

*FIIUUUSH!!*

And passed right through her heart! Even separating her from her lower body just by the impact!

"UGGHHH!!!" She couldn't help but grunt loudly in pain as she held the spear trying to take it out, her mind was already too loaded in pain to even focus on her omnipresence.

A hand gripped the spear and pushed it further and further down her heart!

Her eyes opened wide and saw Alucard's malevolent smile looking down at her with his red ones!

He's enjoying this…

"M-Master…" tears ran down her eyes as she saw him, she felt he wanted to kill her, to erase her… And at this point, despite her new status as a Nosferatu she really felt she was going to die.

Alucard paid no heed and kept impaling her heart, it felt so nice, so exhilarating.

He had seen the woman up in the sky looking at them but didn't bother, she wasn't strong enough, but the vampire in front of him…

Alcina had exceeded his expectations and suffered the punishment like a champ making him want to release more and more, he wanted to see her blood flowing more, SPLASHING EVERYWHERE MORE!

"M-Master, P-please." It was then that the countess couldn't continue anymore… Her soft, almost lifeless voice awoke him as his eyes turned pink again.

Alcina's body was a mess.

Blood flowed from everywhere, her arms were gone but slowly reforming, and her whole lower body was missing.

Her wings were torn out and close by the mountain, her massive lower body lay lifeless.

Tears ran down her eyes as she saw him killing her slowly.

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Alucard's eyes twitched for a moment and he dematerialised the darkness spear impaling her pitiful heart, holding her body softly, his eyes still flickering between red and pink.

He cut his wrist and blood flowed.

Placing his bloody hand on top of Alcina's mouth she instinctively started sucking the sweet ambrosia crazily, it was even more delicious than before!

For a hungry beggar, even shit is tasty…

**

Alucard caressed her silky black hair softly and saw how her body started to reform, her consciousness had been so thoroughly traumatised by pain, that she couldn't focus enough to use her omnipresence...

During this time he also calmed down, his mind running on what he had done just now.

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Not long after she was back at her regular 8ft form.

After another ten minutes, she stopped sucking and her body was completely reformed.

Her upper body lay naked in his arms as she looked at him with infatuation.

He journeyed her through hell but it was also he that brought her to light.

Still, as his hand caressed her head softly, her pink eyes couldn't help but feel something concealed within his eyes.

His eyes looked at her with renewed light and a feeling she didn't want him to feel concerning her at all…

Expectation, he had expectations of her… But she knew what kind of expectations they were…

Her pale hand moved until it caressed his cheek as their bodies lie together on this field, with the graceful moon and a peeping goddess as witnesses.

Seeing his gaze stare at her like such, she couldn't hold back her selfish desire.

And her lips stole his.

'I'm sorry Master, I can become the strongest, the richest, the most famous, the most beautiful.'

'I can lay this world at your feet.'

'I can give you as many women as you want, I promise I won't kill them. I'll even join them in bed to please you, as long as you're happy.'

'I can get the strongest gods and immortals to obey your every command, to make your word the law.'

As her lips savoured him, a small tear left her eye.

'So, please… Don't stare at me with those eyes. I love you too much. Please, don't ask me… To deliver death to you.'