Ch: 50 Vampire Assault 3/3

While his Peerage waited for him, Romonus moved on foot. He and Archaon were running at speeds that made them would make them look like a purple shimmer. beam of light. However, with their joined efforts there was no sound, no light show, and no shock wave.

They barely had any energy fluctuations with microcontrol over their auras making them impossible to track. As they moved, Romonus sent a constant link to Vespera. 

'Anything to say before you get your body back?' 

By that point, he had reached the castle entrance, but using the darkness abilities granted the Dark Steel used in Archaon they burst into shadows to enter the castle discreetly. 

Vespera thought back to her childhood which was a dark time. 

'There is not much to say. When I was growing up I was treated better than the Dhampirs, but I was still considered of tainted blood. Only because Devils and Vampires are similar, but my grandmother regularly treated me horribly. 

I was starved of blood at times, beaten at others, had my hair cut off and she even removed my fangs when I talked back to her just once. I never did it again, but if I am honest, Zekram beating me hurt less than her torture because he didn't raise me.' 

Now Romonus had no hard feelings over taking over the body of Elena. Once he was in the castle, Romonus sought a similar soul signature to Vespera. He ended up finding it deep below the castle. 

Finding it, Romonus spoke with Archaon. 

'What else can you do my friend?' 

Almost amused, the Soul Armor showed his abilities. 

'Allow me to show you, Armored.' 

Archaon using their shared energy activated a unique ability of his. He drew out the Chaos magic that Tiamat had in her flames and burst into dark blue flames. Instantly the both of them appeared deep below Carmilla Castle in the dungeon. 

The first thing Romonus noticed was the foul smell of the dungeon. The dead and dying were abundant down here but he instantly turned to the vampire bent over a young man. Though he was just 1 of what seemed to be a pile of young handsome men she had devoured. 

She had bitten down on his jugular as she drained the life from him. 

'Vespera?'

Instantly she confirmed it. 

'My grandmother, Elena Carmila. She only drinks the blood of young handsome men and boys because she believes it keeps her youthful.' 

Romonus crossed his arms and waited for the white-haired vampire to finish her meal. When she was done, she opened her jaws and sensually licked her lips. She stood up and wiped her face with a handkerchief. 

Elena was not just a Pure Blooded Vampire, she part of the line from the Carmila Female Ancestor. She was also a very seductive woman. She had pale white skin, bright red eyes, a doll-like face, long platinum hair, and breasts almost as big as Venelana. The red dress called out each of her curves, but Romonus was not here for anything else. 

"Elena Carmila? Tell me, have you heard the name Vespera?" 

That seemed to knock her back. 

"Who the fuck are you anyways and why do you ask?"

Romonus suddenly reached up and removed his bat medallion. 

"She needs your corpse." 

Before she could respond Romonus moved and appeared behind her. He placed Vespera's medallion around her neck and placed his hands on either side of her head

Using his expertise in souls, using his own Soul Energy as a medium he cast a simple spell he had invented. It had no name as it was essentially an attack on the very soul using Soul Energy. 

When this happened Elena began to foam at the mouth as her eyes went blank. They rolled back into her head as she went limp to the ground with a cracked soul. He grabbed her arms and waited. 

'Come on Vespera, we don't got all day.' 

Vespera chastised him as this was not easy. 

'Don't rush me Romonus, this is not as easy as you-' 

"Think." 

Vespera spoke with her grandmother's mouth. She raised herself off the ground and patted herself off a little. When she looked at the breasts attached to her chest she scowled. Her breasts used to be half this size in her original body. 

"She always did have a big pair of breasts." 

Romonus nodded as he looked at them. 

"Mind keeping them." 

Vespera was about to curse him out, but he pulled out a vial of blood from his Spatial Ring. He tossed it over to her and watched as she caught it. The blood inside had a dark red look to it with a purple afterglow. 

"Thanks." 

She opened the vial and drank his blood. This was the effect after The Baptism which had been the best decision he had made. When she drank it her ability to draw strength from blood took effect. She reached up to her hair and under his eyes the long platinum hair started to turn pitch black. 

Her left eye started to twitch before it went from bright red to dark purple. The muscles in her face warped as the doll-like face of Elena changed to match Vespera's.

He saw as she started to get taller much like all Bael's as Elena was on the shorter side of 5'6. Archaon began to take notice of something else. 

'She is actively devouring the now shattered soul of her grandmother and transforming her body to suit her original appearance. Your blood appears to have been the perfect elixir for a Vampire like her since you both share the same Ancestor. Her more closely.' 

'Don't tell her that though. She does not like thinking of Zekram and neither do I.'

'I shall refrain. I am not clueless my Armored.' 

Romonus and Archaon waited patiently for Vespera to reclaim a body. Her Soul was a Vampiric Devil Soul, but drinking his Demon blood must have had an interesting effect. Over 10 minutes after drinking his blood Vespera had finished her transformation. 

She was back to her previous 6'3 height, and she had kept her grandmother's breasts. Though, they looked better on Vespera because she was taller. When it was over, she ran a hand through her hair which was mostly pitch black. 

However, a small section of it on the left side had stayed platinum a constant reminder of her grandmother. Romonus looked her up and down before whistling. 

"How do you feel?' 

She started to spin her shoulder around and even opened her mouth to test the fangs. 

"It's been nearly 8 millennia since I had a body. Knowing who it belonged to makes it seem like I earned it." 

Romonus chuckled as he held his hand out to her. 

"Come on, we got to go." 

She walked toward him and grabbed his hand. 

"Right." 

Archaon once again in a burst of blue Chaos Fire warped them out of the Castle back to his peerage. When they appeared, Miria, Shirone, Akeno, Itsuki, and Silvana were hunkered down. 

However, they all stood up when Romonus returned. Now though they were all staring at Vespera. She smiled at the girls as she introduced herself now personally. 

"I have not spoken to any of you, but I know each one of you. I was Romonus' sword for a year, but here I am." 

Miria checked out her body before staring at her breasts. 

"Wow, those are big."

Vespera turned to look at Romonus with a frown. 

"Mr here asked me to keep them so I did. I can still get rid of them." 

Romonus cleared his voice as now the girls were all giving him the side eye. 

"Do what you want? Since I achieved every single goal in this attack let's get out. We will talk about this later." 

Without even waiting for a response, Romonus stomped on the ground and teleported them all away. His destination was not back to the Bael Clan as he would not be going back for at least a year. 

He ended up choosing one of MacGregor's homes located in the English countryside. When Romonus, his peerage, Silvana, and his 2 rescues appeared at the large home he dispelled Archaon to his soul. 

He turned to gaze at the large group with a grin. 

"Now we lay low for a month as the Vampires will be pissed. However, since Vampires are considered creatures of the night and evil we won't face any trouble. Still, attacking another species won't look good." 

Miria shrugged as she put her sword back in her Spatial Ring. 

"That is good enough for me. Where are we anyways?" 

Romonus walked over to and sat himself down in a comfy chair. 

"One of my teachers MacGregor Mather's homes. Make yourselves at home, because I got a few phone calls to make." 

Shirone looked at the cardboard box in her hands and set it down in the corner. She instantly sat down on a couch as she was annoyed. She hadn't even had to fight really because Akeno and Miria did everything. 

She crossed her arms and looked away from Akeno. Seeing this made Akeno smile sheepishly. 

"Are you mad?" 

Shirone's ears twitched and so did her tails. 

"You didn't let me fight. I did nothing." 

Akeno from her Spatial Ring pulled out a bag of cookies and handed it to her. 

"I will let you fight next time." 

Shirone took the cookies with a smile. 

"Ok."

Romonus chuckled as she was still motivated by sweets. Unlike Ophis who was just an emotionless doll, Shirone was cuter. For now, though he looked up at Vespera who was looking at her hands in horror. They were shaking and tears were spilling from her eyes. 

Realizing something was wrong Romonus walked over to her. He held her hands as he wondered what was wrong. 

"What's wrong?"

Vespera clenched his hands before looking up at him crying even harder. 

"They lied to me. My Father never forced himself on my Mother, she was killed by my grandmother for falling in love with him. She tricked me into killing him knowing Zekram would hunt me down. I killed my own innocent Father for a revenge that did not matter." 

She fell to her knees in horror causing everyone to gaze at her. Valerie closed her eyes before looking away. 

"That is horrible, I am sorry you had to undergo that." 

Romonus turned to Valerie as she could fix this issue. 

"Vespera, when you killed your Father did you destroy his soul?" 

She looked up at him and shook her head. 

"No, I was strong, but not a soul breaker. Why?" 

"Simply put, if the soul is intact Valerie and her Sacred Gear can resurrect the dead. However, if this power is overused her life and soul will be broken." 

Gasper popped his head out from his box worried. 

"You can't make her do it." 

Romonus rolled his eyes as he was not going to force her. 

"Of course, I won't. Any Sacred Gear can be mastered. She just has to use it in moderation and find out what her natural limit is. It is a good thing you are a Dhampir because as a human your limit would have been abysmal. 

I didn't just save you to prevent your death but to use your Power. Not to the point that you suffer from it, just what you can tolerate." 

At this time he released the impeccable control he had over his soul as she could see that. Seeing how his soul didn't fluctuate like when someone lied she knew he was saying the truth. 

Valerie already felt like she owed him a debt for saving her life so she was willing to help. 

"If that is the case I am sure I can be of help." 

Romonus sat back down after he helped Vespera stand up. 

"I will appreciate that, but unless we have to it is better for you to not even dare try to resurrect anyone just yet." 

Gasper did not like the sound of that, however he was too shy to say anything. Romonus was not going to be keeping him around for long. The first thing he was going to do was send Gasper to Rias as he did not want him around. 

First thing first he pulled out his phone as he had many people to call. 

"All of you can relax for a while. I will be busy." 

With that, they all decided to go explore the house so Romonus phoned Azazel. Valerie and Gasper in the meantime walked off as for the first time they were not treated badly by their own families. 

Romonus didn't have to wait long before Azazel picked up the phone. 

"Romonus my friend, been a while." 

He grinned. 

"That it has Azazel, how is Viviana?" 

Azazel looked across from him as he was having dinner with her. He would take time to let her experience normal child activities and a family dinner without being beaten was one. 

"Want to talk to her?" 

Viviana was in the middle of eating her Ramen Noodles so she scowled at Azazel. Romonus though knew kids did not like being put on the phone so he rejected it. 

"No, that is fine. I was calling to ask for a favor, I can pay if you want though." 

Azazel leaned back curious. 

"What do you need?" 

"I know you research Sacred Gears extensively and you are Ancient. How often have you come across a naturally occurring Sub-Species Sacred Gear much less a Longinous?"

Whenever Romonus called he always knew how to pitch something to Azazel. 

"Very rarely. I only have seen it a handful of times. You got one?" 

"That I do. The Sephiroth Graal and it's a Sub Species off the bat. I wanted to get anything you know about previous wielders. In exchange, well name your price?" 

Azazel froze in place as his inner researcher was coming out. He could ask for several favors, resources, or potions since Romonus was quite famous for his alchemy, but in the end, he picked one thing.

"I will tell you all I know, I just want to study it." 

Romonus accepted the term. 

"Alright then, before I tell you where I am I need to know if your phone is secure." 

Azazel started to cackle at the insinuation. 

"Romonus, I made it myself. Of course, it is Secure. Is yours?" 

"My fiance made it for me so yes. I am in the English countryside in hiding right now. I attacked the Vampires specifically for the holder of the Sephiroth Graal." 

Azazel hummed at the information. 

"There a good reason for it?" 

"Very, I just saved your life." 

Azazel froze at the idea. 

"A future prediction?" 

"Possibly." 

Azazel smirked.

"Fine, keep your secrets. I will be there tomorrow." 

"Got it. If you want to bring Viviana, she might as well meet her rival now. Despite being the descendent of Lucifer, the competition is rough." 

"That sounds like a good idea." 

With that, Azazel hung up before looking at Viviana. 

"Hear that kid? Romonus' says your rival will give you a run for your money." 

She scowled as she set down her ramen bowl. 

"She will still lose." 

Azazel shrugged and put his phone down before he also began to eat. 

"Sure kid, whatever you say." 

She scowled but went back to eating. 

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Romonus then called MacGregor who picked up instantly. 

"Romonus my student, how is Archaon doing?" 

"He is doing great. He says thanks for asking. On another note I wanted to tell you that I am taking Safe House 4 on my own for a month or two. Once the waters cool down, I will spend time learning under your Lich mentor." 

"Understood. I will tell him and see you in a few days. If you are laying low you must have done something big." 

"That I did, see you then Master." 

That was all the phone calls he had to make so for now Romonus decided to look through the house to pick out his room. Though if he was being honest the chances were that everyone would just pick his room. 

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