'What the hell is this...?' Wain wondered as a wave of shivers ran through his body.

He didn't know why, but he felt no aura from the silhouette as if it didn't exist at all, although Wain could clearly see the silhouette in front of him.

The appearance of this creature surprised everyone without exception as no one could have expected Virion to have such an artifact.

"Damn... So this guy is a renegade..." Gael muttered with a dazed look as his eyes widened, "At first I thought he got a tree statue from one of the Arkans leaders as a reward, but now I realize he just stole those artifacts."

"Hmm? Renegade...?" Alia uttered while in confusion as she tilted her head, "Sir...what are you talking about?"

"Agh... It's a long story, and we don't have time for it, but in short, this creature is called the Death Phantom. It's probably one of the strongest creatures to summon in a Fourth Chronicle, though as far as I know Death Phantom easily defeats a monster on the Absolute Stage." Gael uttered in a serious voice as his gaze settled on the silhouette.

"Yeah... Gael is right. There are no such artifacts anymore, at least in the Fourth Chronicle, it is completely unique, so obviously without special permission it was impossible to obtain this artifact." Alucard said with a calm look as his aura intensified slightly.

"My Lord, did this guy break into the main Arkans vault and steal this artifact from there?" Krakos asked with a worried look for it seemed to him to be complete madness. He was the closest follower of Alucard and was on the God Stage, but he would never even think of something so unreal.

"Exactly. Frankly, it's astounding, since even I wouldn't take that risk." Alucard said with a serious look as his gaze turned icy, "They couldn't kill me, but it would be a few years before I could find a way out of their vault and that wouldn't be a fun time."

"In that case... How did he do it...? Maybe he's strong, but after all, he's only in the Fourth Chronicle... There's no way he could have survived a battle against one of the Arkan leaders, is there?" Alia asked with a curious look as she put her palm to her chest.

"You're right... It must be impossible..." Gael uttered with a complicated expression, "However, he did it somehow. Damn... Did he steal something else before that?"

Instantly Gael's face became as if he'd seen something impossible that shouldn't have happened for another few hundred years.

"Hahahahahaha! That's what it's all about!" Alucard exclaimed with excited looks as his aura intensified. Blood streams appeared beside him as he with a mad smirk on his face said, "Now I understand what strange feeling I've had all this time. So that's why he's so sure he'll win! Damn, this is going to be the greatest fight ever!"

The others looked at Alucard while his words ran through their heads and transformed into a storm of thoughts and ideas. After a few seconds, everyone guessed what Alucard was talking about and some of them had frightened looks.

"No... That's not supposed to happen..." A man with green hair and rough skin like a tree bark muttered with trembling eyes, "If this is true... Then we must stop him right now... Otherwise, this fight will only be the beginning of disaster!"

Most had similar thoughts, but this man was the first to decide to act as he jumped off the cliff and rushed to the top of the shining tree. His aura was on the God Stage, so he would only need to attack once to kill Virion and Wain, once and for all.

Whoooooooooooooosh.historical

Suddenly Alucard appeared in front of the man with a tremendous amount of energy constantly rushing out of his body like hundreds of blood streams.

"Hey, are you so stupid that you don't understand the situation you're in? No one dares interfere in this fight, even if the Dragonlord were here, I wouldn't let him get one step closer." Alucard said in an ice-cold voice while his eerie gaze gripped the man's heart with fear.

"Stop! Wait! You're making a mistake!" The man exclaimed as goosebumps ran down his body. He was on the God Stage, but against someone on the Transcendence Stage, he didn't stand a chance.

"Shut up. From the moment you jumped off that cliff, your life was over." Alucard said before attacking.

His fist, covered in a thick layer of dark blood, came down on the man with tremendous speed. It was as if crimson lightning had suddenly struck the man and space trembled.

In an instant hundreds of cracks appeared in the air, space did not seem capable of sustaining such power, then there was a powerful shockwave like a ring of compressed air.

A simple blow destroyed the forest and a few rocks, practically wiping them into dust, then there was a bloody explosion that threw the man down. The attack caused a pillar of blood to reach the heavens while the man's body was torn apart by the indescribable force Alucard used for this blow.

Whooooooooooooooosh.

The man reached the ground instantly, touching the center of the massive crater that remained after Alucard's attack with his back. His gaze was blank as he hadn't breathed for some time. He felt almost no pain as everything happened instantly.

"Well, well, it looks like Alucard was actually serious now. That's good, after a performance like that, no one will risk interfering in their fight." Gael said with a slight smile on his face as he nodded.

A massive amber soul flew out of the man's body, shining brightly like the sun. For most people, it was a treasure, but Alucard looked at it with disdain.

"Tsk... With such a weak soul you wanted to stop them? Looks like I wasted a lot of energy on you, just trash." Alucard said with a frowned look as he waved his hand.

Tremble. Tremble. Tremble.

The soul trembled and exploded a few seconds later, spreading streams of energy around the world.