OVERLORD: The Second Supreme Being

"Now I'm the count. I can do whatever I want," the young man said, looking at the Vampire Brides with a thoughtful expression.

"If you want to die, we can help you with that," one of the Vampire Brides shot back, seeing the lustful look in his eyes without hesitation.

"That lord commanded you to obey me."

"That's true, but if you die, that command will become invalid."

The two Vampire Brides knew very well that the most important thing when serving Peroroncino was to keep themselves pure and untainted.

If they were to fall to someone like this human, they would lose all face in front of Peroroncino.

Although Peroroncino might not necessarily act against them, they had to remain pure.

Seeing the cold, indifferent gaze of the Vampire Brides and the faint killing intent, the young man no longer dared to look at them with such lustful eyes.

At that moment, a dagger suddenly appeared and was thrust toward the neck of one of the Vampire Brides.

The Vampire Bride noticed the attack, but there was no time to dodge. The dagger pierced deep into her slender neck.

Tina immediately withdrew the dagger and retreated.

The other Vampire Bride lunged at Tina with her sharp claws, but what awaited her was a large hammer. One powerful blow sent her flying into the wall.

"You're pretty tough!" Gagaran remarked as she watched the Vampire Bride rise again.

The Vampire Bride, whose neck had been pierced by the dagger, quickly healed her wound.

The two Vampire Brides coordinated, attacking Gagaran from both the left and right.

Gagaran struggled to block their attacks.

"You're good at coordinating. Not bad!" she said.

"However, you're not the only ones who can coordinate."

At that moment, Tina and Tia appeared simultaneously behind one of the Vampire Brides. Together, they struck, severing the Vampire Bride's head and arm.

Despite such heavy injuries, the Vampire Bride didn't die. Her body continued to move, desperately trying to retrieve her head and arm.

The other Vampire Bride had already been reduced to a lifeless husk by a barrage of magic from Evileye, her life extinguished.

Captain Lakyus used her enchanted sword to deal with the last remaining Vampire Bride, who was still struggling in her final moments.

The group turned to look at the noble young man, trembling in fear in the corner of the room.

"We'll spare you this time," Evileye said coldly. "But if you ever join forces with such monsters to harm humans again, that will be your end."

Just as Evileye had turned to walk away, a Death Knight suddenly appeared in front of the group.

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As the Guardian of the First Floor, Shalltear had been monitoring the situation of every Vampire Bride dispatched through the information panel.

After all, these Vampire Brides were sent by her master, Peroroncino. Upon hearing the news of their deaths, Shalltear couldn't just ignore it. She quickly discovered that it was the Blue Roses group who was responsible.

Since Peroroncino had once saved the lives of the Blue Roses group, it meant that Peroroncino didn't want them dead. However, they had killed the Vampire Brides, and that couldn't be easily overlooked.

There were many Death Knights in the Great Tomb, and Shalltear casually borrowed one to deal with the Blue Roses group.

If she personally intervened, she might accidentally end up killing them. Shalltear was also not skilled in resurrection magic.

So, this punishment had to be carried out by the Death Knight.

"Is this the legendary Undead! A Death Knight!" Lakyus recognized the figure.

At that moment, Lakyus' gaze turned to Evileye, who was standing at the back of the group. Evileye's body was trembling, her mouth open but no sound coming out. Her eyes were vacant, as if she had lost her soul.

"Evileye, what's wrong with you?"

"Evileye looks exactly like she did when she faced the Demon Emperor, Jaldabaoth."

"Everyone, we might die here. This time, no one will come to save us," Gagaran said.

"Roar!"

The Death Knight let out a furious roar and charged at the Blue Roses group.

Gagaran took the lead, swinging her large hammer at the Death Knight, but the Death Knight easily blocked the strike with its massive shield.

The Death Knight then swung its sword toward Gagaran.

At that moment, Lakyus, holding her magical sword, intercepted the Death Knight's attack.

And she gained the upper hand. Together with Gagaran's attack, which suppressed much of the Death Knight's power, she was able to gain the advantage.

The Death Knight ignored Gagaran, withdrew its shield, and swung it at Lakyus.

"There's no way I'll let you succeed!"

Gagaran swung her hammer, blocking the Death Knight's shield as it came down.

At that moment, Tia and Tina lunged from behind, aiming for the Death Knight's neck.

The Death Knight let out a painful roar and then swung violently, throwing everyone off.

"It seems one Death Knight still isn't enough. After all, a Death Knight is more of a tank; its offensive capabilities aren't that strong," Shalltear thought from a distance.

"Summon Minions!"

A group of small cats, rats, and bat-like shadow creatures crawled out from the shadows at Shalltear's feet.

"Attack those humans!"

Hundreds of these shadow creatures rushed towards the Blue Roses group.

As a priestess, Lakyus immediately sensed the presence of the shadow creatures.

"Holy Light!"

The light magic struck the shadow creatures, instantly taking out a group, but there were too many of them surrounding her, and they were scattered all over. Lakyus couldn't eliminate them all in an instant.

"If it were Evileye..." Lakyus glanced toward the motionless Evileye.

"We can't rely on Evileye now. We've gotten too used to depending on her."

Lakyus placed Evileye behind her and cast a protective light magic on Gagaran, Tia, and Tina, enveloping them in a shield of light.

With this, the shadow creatures would temporarily avoid attacking them.

Meanwhile, Gagaran continued to draw the Death Knight's attention in the front line, while Tia and Tina kept looking for opportunities to strike the Death Knight from behind.

In a one-on-one fight, Gagaran was no match for the Death Knight, but with the assistance of the two ninjas, Gagaran managed to keep the Death Knight from ending the battle quickly.

The Death Knight's greatest strength was its enormous health, while it was weak in other areas.

At this point, Gagaran and the others had the advantage in stamina, as their endurance was greater than the Death Knight's health.

Lakyus continued to cast Holy Light to attack the shadow creatures. She also wanted to release more powerful holy magic, but doing so would harm Evileye, who was a vampire.

The battle dragged on for a long time, but eventually, Gagaran and the others managed to wear down the Death Knight. Lakyus also exhausted her mana to eliminate all the shadow creatures.

Exhausted, the group collapsed onto the ground.

"Finally, it's over!"

Gagaran and the others had already reached their physical limits, fighting the Death Knight purely on willpower.

Lakyus was still okay—though her mana was depleted, she still had some stamina left.

At this moment, many undead appeared around the forest, with the lowest level being common skeletal undead, without weapons.

These undead were as weak as ten-year-old children in terms of combat ability.

However, the number of undead here was enormous, in the thousands. Only Lakyus still had the strength to fight, while Gagaran, Tia, and Tina tried to stand, but their bodies simply wouldn't respond.

Lakyus stood in front of the others, continuously using her magical sword to attack the skeletons, but as a priestess, her stamina was limited. After desperately taking down half of the skeletons, her own stamina finally reached its limit.

Exhausted, she collapsed, losing consciousness.

Evileye looked at her fallen comrades, tears streaming uncontrollably down her face. She desperately tried to move, but it was impossible.

As a true vampire ancestor, Shalltear had absolute dominance over Evileye, a normal vampire. Just one glance was enough to render her completely immobile.

The undead surrounded the members of Blue Roses and began tearing at their clothes, including Evileye's. Everyone except Gagaran, who was wearing armor and hadn't been torn, was left in tatters.

"Are they mocking us?"

Evileye could do nothing but cry.

At this moment, Lakyus also woke up, her body completely drained of strength, unable to resist at all.

"She could only watch as her clothes were torn by the skeletons."

At that moment, a figure appeared like a flash of light, killing all the skeletons in just ten seconds.

"Are you all alright?" Yulia asked, looking at the group.

"Lord Chino is over there. He felt it wasn't convenient for him to come, so he sent me instead."

Yulia gave everyone a restorative potion to recover their strength and found some clothes for them.

Then, she took her leave.

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