Chapter 45: Monstrous Stepfather

Chapter 45: Monstrous Stepfather

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Hector should have been dead by now. Henrietta’s attack aimed for his life. He felt his entire body burning and his life fading away. After having finally been given an opportunity, he should have lost his life there against the wrath of the righteous.

Yet, he did not die. He had already become an important puppet for Leviathan, and Leviathan’s powers, although they didn’t provide much in the magic department, enhanced their vessel’s physical regeneration abilities by an insane amount.

As long as they were not completely killed, as long as their heads were to remain intact, they would slowly begin to regenerate, and such regeneration speed was hastened by the blood and flesh he had digested before.However, as he slowly crawled his way out of the snow and onto the surface, the voice of Leviathan echoed in his mind.

“My slave. Although you are weak, you are a unique soul.”

“Huh?! L-Lord Leviathan?! Is it your voice?"

“I have not eaten such a delicious soul in a long while, so filled with malice and sins... So tasteful.”

“M-my soul...?”

“Your fate is entwined with that of the girl I desired for myself. I will give you power. Use it, and kill her.”

"Power... kill her? You don’t mean... Dan Baihe? She’s alive?!”

“She is very much alive. And I want her dead. She has rejected my offer and instead became the incarnation of a lowly girl who is not even a Constellation! Kill her! And I will reward you with even more strength.”

"Kill, Dan Baihe..."

“Wasn’t that what you wanted to do anyway? To provoke some accident to kill her anyway? Now you can get rid of her right now, with your own hands.”

“My own hands..."

Hector smiled as he accepted.

“I... I will.”

A dark, red aura surged from his heart as a power coming from his contract with Leviathan enhanced his body even further. His hands suddenly started to melt, and his legs shifted horribly.

“W-What is this?! UUNGGGH...! I-IT HURTSSSS...!”

His transformation was agonizing, but his aberrant body continued growing larger and larger, resurfacing from beneath the snow and spreading everywhere.

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(Anna’s POV)

When we were finally closing in on the battlefield, we saw two enormous forces fighting against one another. A giant humanoid black lion was fighting against Henrietta, whose entire body was overflowing with divine and cosmic power.

Both were the incarnations of a powerful archdemon and an archangel, but a battle between Leviathan and Gabriel was something that happened much later in the story. Is this happening because I’ve changed the original story too much now?

Events that happen much later are happening much sooner, just because I wanted to save someone’s life.

CRASH!

The impact between Leviathan and Gabriel’s Incarnations echoed across the heavens. My brother and Dan Baihe were shocked at the scene. Fenrir groaned furiously.

“Dammit, is that bastard of Leviathan already fighting Gabriel again?!” Fenrir groaned.

“A battle between Incarnations?!” My brother asked. “That’s Henrietta! Did she come here to help us out and end up coming across the Demonic Humans?! But who is that giant lion guy?”

“Darius...” I sighed.

“Wait, what? Darius? Darius the Guild Master?!” Jack asked in shock.

Not even my brother could believe it. In the novel, it was a very sad story. Darius had his entire family killed by a psychopath who was the previous incarnation of Leviathan. It was all staged so he would descend into madness and then end up taking the hand of Leviathan as he offered him his help.

Eventually, it was all staged so he could become the Archdemon’s new incarnation. His transformation and madness made him completely different than before; even after avenging his family, he couldn’t fill the void in his heart, so he kept hunting and killing and blaming his misfortune on the entire world.

And of course, Henrietta... She was one of his disciples. A veteran hunter like Darius trained many of the high-rankers of today’s America. Henrietta was included; she was the brightest and strongest of his disciples.

“A-Anna...” Dan Baihe’s pulse quickly slowed down a bit; it seemed it was working.

“Oh? It seems you’ve got yourself a fellow bitch to cry with, Dan Baihe~! You’re really a pitiful little piece of garbage.” Laughed Hector. “And now.. you’ll die just as the GARBAGE you are!!!”

Several tentacles coming from the snow reached towards us as I channeled my Sunlight Powers to defend Dan Baihe with everything I had! Violet was at my side, ready to slice them up.

However...

“Don’t worry, Anna. I can also fight.” Dan Baihe sighed. Her eyes were shining bright blue as several tattoos resembling snowflakes and lines emerged across her face and arms.

A powerful aura of magic and frost emerged, channeling into a wave of frost. The wave of frost immediately froze the tentacles, and then they shattered into pieces.

“UUAAGGH...!” Hector cried in agony, his entire body squirming around and stepping back. “T-That power...!”

Dan Baihe glared at her stepfather with a furious gaze, filled with resolve.

“With this power you’ve given to me, Anna... I’ll avenge mom!”

[Character: Dan Baihe] has undergone Character Growth!]

[All her Stats have increased!]

[The control over her Skills has sharpened!]

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[Player Name]: [Dan Baihe]

[Title]: [Frost Princess]

[Sponsor]: [Anna, Protagonist’s Little Sister]

[HP]: [254/254]

[MP]: [2860/2860]

[STR]: [53]

[VIT]: [82]

[DEX]: [87]

[AGI]: [117]

[INT]: [1575]

[WIS]: [650]

[LUC]: [300]

[CHM]: [350]

[Innate Skills (6)]

[Brave Heart (C)] [Exhaustion Resistance (D)] [Frost Queen (S)] [Great Sorceress (S)] [Frost Wyvern’s Breath (B)] [Glacial Wolf’s Claws (C)]

[Privileges (1)]

[Super Growth Package Gift (D Rank Privilege) (Currently In Effect)]

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Character Growth? Her Lone Heart Skill suddenly changed to Brave Heart, and all of her stats rose a lot, especially her INT and MP...

[The Cosmic Throne {Giantess Queen of the Frost Throne} seems interested in Dan Baihe.]

[She has sponsored 1000 Plot Points.]

And is this Skadi?!

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