'Fuck it. To think I'll go down like that.' Aldritch thought to himself.
At an accelerated rate, his body regenerated back to its peak self in less than a few seconds. It was clear he had suppressed his regeneration to fool his foe. It was the only way to get some space.
"Damn those bitches, they really used me as test for whatever that was." Aldritch said to himself angrily while picking himself to his feet.
His clothes were as good as ever, just dirtied significantly.
He took just a few seconds to analyse his chances against that being, and no matter what angle he advances from, it all hit dead ends. Without much thought, Aldritch already knew how to handle the situation.
'Though the rest are powerful, there's no point in advancing like some rpg game.' He thought to himself. "To fight fire with fire, Lodestar is our only chance." He said to himself.
He had learnt of some plan to eradicate half the human population, the same humans he needed to draw blood from. There was no way he would allow such a thing to happen.
If only he knew that half the population of the kingdom had already been killed.
Heaving an exasperated sigh, Aldritch closed his eyes as he said, "well? Will someone take down this thing? It has no use now." He spoke out loud, assuming the witches from before could hear him.
There was no response, and for the next five minutes it stayed so until out of nowhere, the barrier faded away and disappeared, allowing Aldritch access to the world again.
At the moment, he knew little as to where exactly he was or how to get back to the capital, if he was even inside the kingdom.
Luckily, he wouldn't have to search long as two people appeared beside him just a few metres away, two women.
The entire town where it was at that time looked barren and dried up as it had completely sucked the life out of every single human living in that town. Unlike vampires that only sucked blood, this being took both blood and the very life force of the humans, leaving them looking like dried up mummified corpses in clothes when it was done.
The body that had been prepared for Aeress was incomplete after all, and for the abyssal being to be able to use it without any issues, it would need to make it perfect, complete.
At this point, it had eradicated a few villages and two towns. Being able to sense where the living resided, the entity set its eyes for one more town before the capital. The process of feeding wasn't complex; neither was it time consuming. There was no negotiation or dialogue after all.
"Hahahaha, it won't be long now before I'm perfect." The abyssal entity said to itself before leaving for the next town.
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"Hmm, a real problem indeed. I'll certainly try to stop this being, but if it becomes more than I can handle, I'll prioritize my own life first." Lodestar said.
"I'd wish for nothing else." Aldritch said to him sincerely.
"Haha... Seems I'll be stretching my bones today, it has truly been a while. I just hope this being is not too powerful, more than you've estimated, if not, my injured body truly won't be able to handle it." Lodestar said with a slight smile on his face.
Despite his words, Aldritch maintained unshakable hope in Lodestar. Even though the both of them would usually spar and it would seem as though Lodestar was giving it his all and even soaking in sweat, it was only because he was limiting himself, and even though he was actually going all out in those fights, it was with his limited strength.
Unlike every other person in Aldritch's family, Lodestar was leagues above them, and in full health could even solo the entire family without breaking much of a sweat.
'Let's see how that thing handles this now.' Aldritch thought to himself, a slight smirk tracing the sides of his lips.
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A/N: Hi everyone. My apologies for not updating these past few days. I was suffering from a mild writer's block just before I fell ill. Once I'm back to full strength I'll try to update more steadily. Please understand. Thank you.