(Drake's POV)
As the battles have just come to an end back in Heaven Port, we arrived at the Von Sange Family's Secret Territory, the one they had hidden for eons in the Continent of Jotunheim. One of the reasons they choose this continent in specific was due to its inhabitants. Ice and Mountain Giants had enormous bodies with lots of blood. They could easily give a bit of their blood per month without feeling as sickly as other smaller races thanks to their greater physiques.
Well, that they were nice with their cattle didn't meant they were not going to be eventually butchered for their food. At the end they were still having their blood drained over time, like food in their plates that was slowly being eaten, bite by bite.
The beautiful and small city covered by snow seemed peaceful at first glance, but I was able to easily sense an enormous and powerful red presence emerging from within the castle at the top of the small hill in that city, Red was there.
And also, several other Vampires were inside, their auras were obvious to be Vampire Gods, above Rank 7 in strength. The minimum of all of them was Rank 7 Upper Stage… The proper rank from Red was something I couldn't comprehend as much as I wanted, but she was probably above Rank 8. Worst case scenario, she's Rank 9.
It might seem as if they were not expecting visits at all, as if they were just relaxing in their daily lives and we came out of nowhere! A big surprise for them…
Right?
Well, it wasn't.
In just mere seconds since we arrived here, I was easily able to tell several things.
We were surrounded.
Not only inside the city, there were over ten other Vampires all around the are where we were, they were probably hiding with magic artifacts, but I could sense them.
Second, there was an enormous barrier and walls which made the barrier possible. I easily noticed this barrier was fueled by enormous divine crystals in each of the four corners of the walls protecting the city.
And third… Red was waiting us. She probably prepared a whole trap for us, and there was probably something else. Several glowing crystals were planted all around the ground, formations made of divine power quickly emerged. The moment we arrived here, we were suddenly trapped inside a large domain.
FLAAAASSSSHH!
"What is happening?!" The first to react was my overly dramatic tamed-monster-now-beast-girl, Yuki, who was right at my side.
"There's a domain… So Red really prepared for us! How did she know we were coming?" Wondered Rose. The formerly Vampire enemy turned into a ghost, which later evolved into a Divine Blood Spirit, was also at my side.
"She didn't even need to know." Said Rakasha. "It wasn't hard to assume we were coming back… She simply prepared for it, and very well at that." The tall Ice Giant had come covered on powerful Divine Armor he had crafted for himself, while also holding a gigantic hammer which was an evolution of his forging hammer, all through his new Blacksmith Divinity powers.
"These are powerful Barriers and Magical Formations combined into one. I can also sense enormous quantities of Divine Power flowing across the ground and the mountains. She prepared an enormous Divine Domain Formation to trap us in here…" Pekora analyzed the situation incredibly fast. "[Lightning Beast Spirit Fusion]!" And then quickly called her Lightning Beast Spirit, as her body was encompassed in a golden lightning aura, enhancing her power. Alongside her becoming a Goddess, her Spirits all evolved into Divine Spirits.
"Heh, so it's finally starting! I guess she's really not saving on resources, I bet she's going all out on us! This means she recognizes what we might be capable of…" Said Tisha with a smile, the tall and muscular Ice Elf Warrioress wore Divine Armor over her body, alongside her gigantic Ice Blade, which was also enchanted into a Divine Weapon. She was fearlessly awaiting the challenge that was to come.
"Hm, this seems to be quite the complex situation we find ourselves in… Nevertheless, the only thing I am good at is fighting, so be it." Larzak, the black lizardman said, his body had grown up to three meters tall, and he now had bigger and more armor-like scales, resembling a true giant made of scales. The lizardmen had become gods as well, gaining wings too and sharper, bigger tails, with larger jaws and sharper fangs, becoming Dragonmen. Probably I influenced in such an evolution.
"In this time I have become a good friend of Rakasha, the least I could had done for him is to come to help his daughter. I am sure that if something similar had happened to my previous Miminga, Drake and everyone else would had also tried to help her." Said Kraxka, the chief of the lizardmen pastoralist. His scales had become bright blue and he even had enormous ice crystals growing over his shoulders, alongside longer and sharper wings, and a tail with the tip of an ice spear. Unlike Larzak who has become a Dark Dragonmen, Kraxka has evolved into an Ice Dragonmen, gaining new color of scales amongst other things.
"I don't know how to even fight Vampires… But I'll do what I can. I've got a child and my wife waiting for me back home, I cannot afford to die…" Hector said valiantly, his words trying to be inspiring to the rest as well. He wore the upgraded Cursed Armor which has now become a Divine Armor reinforced and enchanted by Rakasha, alongside the Holy Spear which was also enchanted into a Divine Weapon and the Blazing Shield. They were all equipment I could summon through skills, which I still can, but that I've let him borrow as they have become the staple of his fighting style.
FLAAAASSSHH!
And before us, the enormous phantasmal projection of Red emerged within the Domain of Divine Blood, her gracious and beautiful figure contrasted with her malicious and wicked smile.
"Welcome! I've been waiting you for a long while now…!"
