“Is it... over?”
Finally, he had killed that monster.
Bennis murmured hoarsely, his chest heaving violently.
He stared at the empty, scorched crater, a sense of post-battle exhaustion instantly sweeping through his entire body.
The deputies he had spent so much effort training were completely wiped out.
As a Bishop, he would have to regroup his forces from scratch.
Too much time had been wasted; the ritual clearly wouldn't make it for this full moon.
However, as long as he was still alive, there was still hope...
Just then, the exploded mist of blood began to drift and reconvene.
It gathered into a pair of massive, bat-like membrane wings.
The wings slowly unfurled.
White bones wove themselves into shape from nothingness, veins clinging to them like vines, followed by muscle fibers, delicate fair skin, and that silver hair that poured down like a waterfall.
She was a woman of world-toppling beauty, and then she opened her eyes.
Her gaze, which had never been focused before, finally landed on Bennis’s face.
As if mocking everything Bennis had done, the woman spread her arms, the corners of her mouth curling into a derisive smile.
An exquisite CG-like scene.
“Hahahahahahaha.”
“I’m online!”
Sophie was indeed very happy.
In fact, she was almost moved to tears.
It was just as she had predicted, just as she had hoped.
【Log: You have been resurrected. Blood Essence reserves +1.】
【Log: Due to death, you have entered the status: Weakened (Inverted). All attributes are temporarily increased to 1 (values higher than 1 are unaffected) for 10 days.】
Unable to see, unable to hear, unable to speak, unable to walk...
But now, the fixed Weakened effect triggered after a Low-tier Vampire’s death had been inverted.
Sophie could finally break away from the system’s accessibility features and experience this world personally.
She missed her old self from before she had assigned her attribute points so much.
Improper stat allocation leads to a lifetime of regret.
Sophie looked at her brand-new character panel.
【Basic Panel Expanded】
【Name: Sophie】
【Gender: Female (Inverted)】
【Attributes: HP | 10/10】
【Attributes: Mana | 10/10】
【Temporary Status: Weakened (10 days)】
【Race: Low-tier Vampire (Inverted). An extraordinary race grants you extraordinary physical fitness. You can now easily lift a steamroller. Your all attributes -10.】
【Strength: 1】〈System Evaluation: One-tenth the strength of an average human.〉
【Agility: 1】〈System Evaluation: One-tenth the agility of an average human.〉
【Physique: 1】〈System Evaluation: One-tenth the constitution of an average human.〉
【Intelligence: 1】〈System Evaluation: One-tenth the spellcasting ability of an average human.〉
【Perception: 1】〈System Evaluation: One-tenth the perception of an average human.〉
【Charisma: 1020】〈System Evaluation: A bit uglier than your human form, but still enough to make the Goddess of Beauty feel ashamed.〉
【Undying Essence (Inverted) lv.Max: You must breathe oxygen to survive. Upon death, you gain 1 point of Blood Essence and resurrect.】
【Trapped in Grave Soil (Inverted) lv.Max: You are forbidden from sleeping in a coffin.】
【Bloodthirsty Craving (Inverted) lv.Max: You feel a physiological nausea toward blood. Consuming blood will cause you to lose HP. You must regularly consume garlic, holy water, and holy wafers to survive.】
【Light Sensitivity (Inverted) lv.Max: You prefer to act during the day. You will recover HP when exposed to direct sunlight, holy light attacks, or when near holy relics.】
【Inhuman Physique (Special) lv.Max: When recovering HP, you also recover from limb damage.】
【Charm (Inverted) lv.Max: Once per day, you can force any humanoid creature to view you as their mortal enemy and attack you as much as possible for one day.】
【Spider Climb (Inverted) lv.Max: You are unable to hang upside down from the ceiling.】
【Born of Death (Inverted) lv.Max: You can turn monsters into humans through the First Embrace.】
【Active Skills: Flight, Human Form, Bat Form, Vampire Form, Charm, First Embrace.】
Even though this panel of hers...
Had so many absurdities that she didn't even know where to start.
But considering she no longer feared sunlight, didn't have to sleep in a coffin, and could resurrect infinitely...
A win!
Considering that as a decorative vase she only had five HP, and now she had ten—plus her attributes had significantly increased...
A total win.
Sophie, her smile harder to suppress than the recoil of an AK-47, looked toward Bennis.
She spoke in a light, melodic voice:
“Considering my plan is complete...”
A beam of magical light directly blasted Sophie’s head apart.
Sophie: “...”
【Log: You have been resurrected. Blood Essence reserves +1.】
“How about we call a truce...”
A burst of moonlight pierced through Sophie’s head.
【Log: You have been resurrected. Blood Essence reserves +1.】
“You can’t kill me anyway...”
Several beams of starlight blew Sophie’s entire body to pieces.
Sophie: “...”
【Log: You have been resurrected. Blood Essence reserves +1.】
What is wrong with this Bishop?
So she killed a few of his subordinates.
Is there any need to be this angry at her?
Being interrupted before she could even finish a sentence—even a saint would lose their temper.
Not to mention Sophie.
She was so angry that she got slightly annoyed.
To provoke Sophie, one could only say Bennis had really kicked a pile of cotton.
Even after becoming a vampire, Sophie’s Agility was still a pathetic 1 point.
Flight speed and movement speed were tied to Agility. A normal adult human's walking speed is 1.2 m/s to 1.4 m/s, and sprinting speed can reach 6 m/s to 10 m/s.
And Sophie, with one-tenth the Agility of a normal human, naturally only had one-tenth the movement speed.
Her full-speed sprint was about the same as a penguin waddling.
“You can’t kill me.”
The resurrected Sophie said proudly, “My life is infinite, while your mana is draining away every second. Is there any doubt about the outcome?”
“Do not make useless resistance, mortal. In consideration of my past ties with your New Moon Cult, I shall spare your life today.”
This was not a lie.
For one thing, shortly before her transmigration, she had been using Hiso to help the New Moon Church raise their Saintess, and her contribution points with the New Moon Cult had long since reached 'Revered.'
“These subordinates of yours are dead, but you can just train more in another two or three years. Why throw away your own life here?” Sophie advised earnestly.
Hearing these words, Bennis, who had been pouring out mana like a tireless turret, finally stopped his repetitive motions.
Bennis stared fixedly at the silver-haired girl ahead who had been blasted apart countless times, yet could still reconstruct her body within clouds of logic-defying blood mist. The murderous intent in his eyes was gradually replaced by a fanatical sense of martyrdom.
“Even we, who have fallen into being cultists, know that monsters are the enemies of all humanity and the source of all calamity—especially a vampire like you.”
“My mana indeed cannot kill you...” He raised the scepter in his hand. “Though I cannot kill you, Her Goddess can. You remnant of the Abyss, in the name of humanity, I will never let you take a single step out of this hall!”
Before his voice finished echoing, Bennis suddenly thrust the scepter deep into the ground beneath his feet.
“With my blood, I lock the world—High-tier Ritual: Moon's Cage, activate!”
Accompanied by his roar, a giant, translucent, glowing hemisphere of gathered moonlight inverted itself over the area, trapping both Bennis and Sophie inside.
Sophie: “?”
Opening with a High-tier Ritual?
And since when did the reputation of monsters become so bad?
Rate on N.U.
