Author Note:
Yeah, sorry about this I searched for the chapter that was in between these two but never found it lmao, so I made something else trying to recall what I wrote in this section; you may read the chapter again.
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The current situation was critical, the infamous reveal from Catherine had been foreshadowed by a god's sudden invasion; alas... someone else had their eyes on this meeting all along.
Out of literally nowhere; everyone in the room blinked their eyes to see something different that they weren't able to perceive the second prior. A pitch-black snake entangled posessively around Catherine's neck and also... a 'red' one just as big on Jane's shoulders.
As big as a boa and titanic in size but as dangerous as a viper if the fangs were to be judged. It was surprising that the 'feeble' queen could carry such a beast on her shoulders.
All of the Queen's golden hairs stood on an end when all of nowhere this weight fell on her shoulders as if it had been there the whole time, only two individuals are capable of accomplishing this.
'D-Dear...'
'I will handle this'.
'You're in so much shit, s-i-s-t-e-r~'
...
"What the- where did that come-"
Before Ares and Yang Chen could begin asking what the snake was, the already hideously looking snake suddenly popped up with eyes all over its body, morphing from a hideous monster into a literal eldrich creature!
!!!
"WHAT-!"
*WHOOSH!*
The black boa morphed and twisted, falling from her shoulders and moving along everyone's shocked eyes, the palace's lights flickered and dimmed until the 'goo' took a shape, the shape of a man in a suit, a person that Jane recognised very well and so did Yang Chen; for this man is always in the news back in China.
The 'King' of Zhonghai and also, the Chairman of Hermes' Brewings... Romanian Billionaire, Vlad Tepes.
'What is he doing here!?' Jane asked herself with disconcert. But then she connected the dots... Her mother's behaviour since the sneaking incident, the way he just appeared, the eyes and shadows! The recordings of the little girl, his hatred towards Yang Chen!
It's him! He's her mother's lover, he's the Shadow Hound!
'But then, this red snake?' She wasn't dumb, this red snake is also someone else, 'I see... not yet in China but there are reports that the Shadow hound has a companion, they're... a pair of little girls'.
Yang Chen also put the dots together and he glanced at Alucard with a gaze full of murder, his power continually increasing as the floor beneath him cracked! It's this bastard! He's that 'little girl' and also Catherine's lover!
He realised by now the 'little girl' was nothing more than a disguise.
'Mothefucker, I will kill you!'
Ares, having enough of the silence, decided to raise his voice "Who are you!? Never mind, kill him!" It was just for confirmation, he wanted to see if he was really the 'Shadow Hound' that almost sent Hades into reincarnation a week ago!
But the two men that were about to charge didn't have the time to even move... Or scream.
*THUD*
*THUD!*
The darkness blurred and glitched, and the massive red boa disappeared from around their bodies as if in a dream... Two headless corpses fell on the ground!
*SLASH!*
The next thing Ares saw was the shadow of three metres tall woman with claws slaughtering his men as if they were cattle! She appeared and disappeared at a speed that his eyes could barely follow!
"AHHH!!" The remaining men shot their silencer guns at the woman in despair!
The Xiantian cultivators were being taken care of like ants!
While this happened, Alucard's gaze fixed on Yang Chen as if the man in front of him couldn't be any deader.
And the feeling was reciprocated.
"Is it you, bastard? the one she's cheating with? " He seemingly forgot Ares as there was a new threat in the room, whoever he was, he could take care of the insurgents easily.
Catherine watched her lover's back with infatuation and obsession, his overbearing might would always be his most flashy spot, which would always turn her on regardless of the situation.
Not even knowing when, she released her daughter and approached Alucard, hugging him from behind and stunning everyone present as the heads continued to roll...
His opportune arrival, his protective back and the fact that she hadn't seen him in days increased her craving to an incredible degree.
Yang Chen, Jane and even Ares seemed to forsake the massacre that was now taking place a few metres from them as they saw Catherine turn the man around and hold his face; Alucard only gave her a cold glance, still upset about all this.
"Sorry about this...It didn't come out as I expected..." She said a little dejected but then her face morphed, remembering he came here because he cared, "I love you, I haven't said it in a few days." Her devoted gaze locked on his cold ones, he was clearly upset but she didn't care.
He came, he forsook her request and still came, yet he trusted her and let her do it herself as she promised.
Even if she failed, even if he had to come out in the end, all of those factors only showed one truth.
He loved her!
Without minding her surroundings, she sealed his lips in a heated kiss, locking his head and caressing his hair, making sure he wouldn't escape from the fated union of their lips and tongues.
Her soft, pink and slick appendage snook inside his mouth and her fangs pierced his skin, drawing out blood that only made the kiss more excellent at the exquisite taste of his blood!
She couldn't have enough of kissing him!
...
Yang Chen's hands clenched! She didn't even care he was in front of them!
Jane looked at that with her hands covering her mouth, Bold!
Ares however turned around and saw the last of his men get skewered by the woman that didn't even sustain an injury.
Her gigantic mature body covered in a Victorian white dress gave her a seductive but also very ominous atmosphere.
She threw the corpse to the side like a piece of trash and licked her claws... Only to spit the next second.
"What a disgusting taste... As expected, Master is the best." She said with disgust, even as Xiantian cultivators they were equal to water from the tap in her senses.
Catherine finished the kiss quickly and gazed at his eyes which were still cold, despite the fact he reciprocated her kiss.
...
"Please, don't kill him." She knew a fight was imminent and said the only thing she could possibly say... Releasing him and going back to her shocked daughter, she awaited the inevitable.
Alucard didn't nod his head or anything, but his red eyes then locked on Yang Chen's not having many hopes of this ant's capacity to retaliate, instead, he moved his gaze around until he met the God of War's
The two looked at each other ready to reap the other's life.
"Who the fuck are you, monster? Hehe~ this is not something you see every day, Hades' woman getting taken from him, but hey, I also fucked Aphrodite once when she was with the old Hades so, maybe that's something passed through the generations~" Ares billowed in laughter, his comment did anything but calm Yang Chen, whose face became more and more murderous.
"That's none of your concern... How about we change places, this place is too small to fight~" Alucard was fairly content with Catherine's display of affection in front of her 'ex' but that didn't change the fact he wanted to skewer the pair of gods and was still angry at the way she handled things.
"Mother, Do you know he's the Shadow Hound!? He's the one that nearly killed Yang Chen before!" Jane questioned her mother, that was a mass murderer!
"Yes, it's him, Jane, he's my man... Shadow Hound? What is that? Attack Yang Chen?" She asked in bewilderment, truly not knowing anything about this!
"Mother, he's a mass murderer all over the world! Thousands of gangsters and underground leaders have died without leaving a corpse in the last weeks! Though I don't know how he manages to change his appearance each time, it must be his power, but it is definitely him, their powers are the same! The world's organisations are after him" Jane said with worry, not really against his methods but that still didn't change his infamous reputation all around the world.
...
"I agree with you. Follow me." Ares body flashed in a blur and he flew outside of the mansion, destroying the ceiling in the process.
*BOOM!!*
Yang Chen saw that and his gaze turned towards the man in a tuxedo but he wasn't there anymore.
Giving a last glance in Catherine's direction and then the gigantic woman, he flew and tailed Ares.
"It doesn't matter as long as they're not innocents, right?" She knew as a vampire Alucard drank a lot of blood, as much as she would like him to only drink her blood, she knew it wasn't possible.
As for injuring Yang Chen... He must have respected her wishes since the latter didn't die... Yes! that must be it!
Truly a woman in love... Blind as they come.
She couldn't give less of a fart about humanity being sucked dry, all she cared for was her lover.
"Mother!" How could she say something like that? Was this still her mother?
Catherine finally noticed the gigantic woman walking towards her and frowned, "Alcina..."
"Catherine... Don't think the matter with the stew will remain just like that." Alcina towered over her 'sister' and took out her famous antique cigarette.
*HUFF!* She exhaled a mouthful of smoke.
"Fufu~ I thought you liked it so much that it sent you right into dreamland~" She answered, holding her cheeks with a smile, rejoicing at the impunity the year limit provided her!
"Hehe~ We will see if you're this bold in a year." She extended her darkness and grabbed a corpse throwing it at the duo's feet as if it was a piece of garbage, her meaning was clear and threatening.