My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness Chapter 502

Harvest Festival (1)

An unidentified entity that suddenly appeared without any warning.

“···It’s that guy.”

The vampire Tap of the Lacus Clan, who was looking at him with a stern face, muttered softly.

The opponent’s appearance was one thing, but the cry of instinct that had been ringing out fiercely since a while ago was the biggest evidence.

They glanced at each other and exchanged glances.

‘There is no chance of winning even if we fight head-on.’

There was no need to say anything.

In the first place, there was no way that two rooks could face one king.

Their top priority was to find even the smallest clue and report it to their superiors.

But even if we knew the target’s current location, it wasn’t the end.

In order not to miss the target that moves unpredictably, it was necessary to use any means necessary to buy time until the Lord-class arrived at the scene.

[This is Tough. Target found in Search Area 1.]

As soon as we faced each other, the telepathy that followed spread out in all directions.

Information spread through the blood vessels to clan members scattered around.

[check.]

[Tracking your current location.]

[I’ll move right away.]

It only took a moment for the replies to come back.

Since members of the Lacus Clan, who were already in charge of this area, were spread out nearby to search, a response was also made immediately.

Hwaaaaak—

A thick, blood-stained fog suddenly rose up and covered the surroundings.

Then, one by one, eerie eyes began to appear between them.

The vampires who joined one after another through the coordinates surrounded the area in the blink of an eye and formed a single formation.

From the rook class that takes the lead to the bishop class that follows to assist them.

Is this the power of a giant vampire clan?

Heinz, who was watching the response that was prepared so quickly…

“Huh? You’ve prepared quite a bit.”

I didn’t do anything in particular.

If he had wanted to stop it, he could have easily stopped it, but he just stroked his chin with an air of indifference, just like when he first showed up.

In such a situation, it was the vampires who were the majority who were overwhelmed.

‘Damn, why am I so anxious?’

As the sense of crisis that stimulated his instincts crept up his spine, Tap, who had sent the telepathy, clenched his teeth hard.

I felt as if the blood in my entire body was fiercely rejecting the enemy in front of me.

Things were going better than expected.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that what they were most worried about from the beginning was the guerrilla tactics that forced the target to move around and inflict damage.

There was no way that the Vampire Clan Alliance, which had as many as nine Transcendents, would lose in a head-on fight.

‘The moment the Lords arrive here, everything will be over.’

If that happens, no matter how talented he is, he won’t be able to turn the situation around.

Just in case, the best soldiers drafted from each clan will also be approaching, surrounding the area like an iron wall.

however···.

‘But what the heck is this···.’

A sense of foreboding and discomfort that reached the top of the head.

The opponent was doing nothing.

Just stare at them with your red glowing eyes?

“Huh?! It’s a mental attack! Everyone, wake up!”

“······.”

Since when on earth have you been doing this?

He shouted roughly, his head wrapped around his dizzying mind, but his desperate efforts were just in vain, and there weren’t many proper answers that came back.

‘Crazy! How? How long has it been since we met and formed a siege?’

However, the Rook class managed to hold out somehow, but the bishops were completely neutralized before they could do anything.

Even though he is a king, it is strange that he exerts such great influence over the subordinates of other clans.

That alone was already way beyond common sense.

“He’s a guy with good instincts. He also has considerable resistance.”

Heinz II, who had been sending waves containing “bewitchment” and “subordination” to bypass the mental barrier of the Lacus Clan that he had read from the converted Rook Verno, tilted his head slightly and looked at him.

“You don’t look like an ordinary person. Are you the prince of the Lacus Clan? … No, you seem a bit short of that level.”

Prince and Princess were titles given to the strongest of the Rooks, the successors of clans that had not yet surpassed the Wall of Transcendence, but had reached the boundary.

Due to the nature of the realm where the gap in skill grows larger as you go up, they were beings with powers that were on a different level from other Rooks.

Even Berno, who was proud of being at the top, was able to briefly reach the realm of the Prince only after burning everything he had built up.

“D-d-d-d! What the heck is this….”

In the midst of Heinz’s interesting gaze.

Taff, who had finally reached his limit, bit his lips hard.

As the sense of crisis grew that he would eventually be defeated if he continued on this path, he had no choice but to use the last resort he had been saving up for so long.

Immediately after that, his appearance disappeared like a ghost.

Without even Heinz realizing it.

“hmm?”

Heinz, who had always been peaceful, showed emotion for the first time since coming here.

He wiggled his eyebrows without realizing it and looked at the empty space where someone had been just a moment ago.

‘This isn’t hiding or teleporting. This is···.’

A presence that is no longer felt anywhere in this world.

He knew better than anyone what this phenomenon meant.

Because he himself had quite a few times avoided crises using similar methods.

‘I see. So you were an Awakened Earthling.’

The ‘Return’ item in the Karma Shop, a last resort item that can be used in emergency situations.

It just so happened that it had all the points I needed, and I used it right away when I realized I couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Your judgment is quick and your decision-making skills are not bad.”

But there is one sad news for him.

The fact was that Heinz II was not a being that could be escaped by running away to Earth.

‘It looks pretty useful… Should I go to Earth and look for it?’

It shouldn’t take too long for it to be captured from this distance.

Heinz nodded and took a step to the side, deciding to take his time and deal with it.

Wedge-shaped—

That moment.

A sharp gust of wind passed through where he had been standing a moment ago.

Kurururung—!

The earth was split along its trajectory and the clouds in the sky were split in two.

An overwhelming majesty that cannot be seen by ordinary beings.

Following this, a thunderous voice that shook the heavens and the earth rang out with a force that crushed the son-in-law.

“The Lacus Clan is a mess. I can’t believe all these people can’t do anything to that one guy.”

A large man with a ferocious expression like a beast and a huge blood-red greatsword slung over his shoulder approached with a slow gait.

Even at first glance, it gave off a strong aura and a strong smell of blood.

Finally, the moment when the long-awaited being came up on stage.

“···Most of them are bishops gathered to fill the number of the cavalry. It would be harsh to ask them to fight the Transcendent on their own.”

“Oh my~ Even so, isn’t it a bit much that so many people have fallen for it when it hasn’t even been that long since I first contacted them?”

“Pathetic… Mental defense is weak… Countermeasures must be prepared….”

Heinz’s eyes, full of interest, turned to the group that had just appeared.

But the anticipation in those eyes didn’t last long.

He glanced at them for a moment, then frowned and twisted his lips without realizing it.

Openly expressing the disappointment that he could not hide.

“One? Just one?”

A giant with a bloody greatsword at the forefront.

Up until that point there was no problem, but the problem came after that.

Heinz’s gaze turned to the men and women lined up behind him.

These are people who clearly have a strength that cannot be compared to other looks, but who have not been able to surpass the realm of transcendence.

These were the princes and princesses of each clan that I had previously thought of.

“under!”

Heinz looked at them with a hardened face for a moment, then let out a sigh and slowly looked around.

They weren’t the only ones who showed up.

A three-digit number of rooks and an even greater number of bishops.

While the Lacus Clan was wasting time, they heard the information and came running in a hurry, and before they knew it, the elite soldiers of other clans had approached and were surrounding the area like an iron wall at a considerable distance.

“Really… only one came?”

But those numbers meant nothing.

No matter how much I looked around, I could only see one transcendent being, which was the most important.

“Huh! What’s that reaction? Did you really think that all nine Clan Lords would come to deal with you? That one Lacroquis wasn’t enough?”

Only then did the King of the Great Swords seem to realize what he was thinking and let out a dumbfounded laugh.

Then he raised his bloody greatsword and aimed it at Heinz, his face distorted.

“Your arrogance is sky-high. Well, that must be why you so brazenly provoked the entire vampire clan. We rule over half of the world… no, practically the entire world!”

But whatever the other person said no longer reached Heinz’s ears.

He was able to look back on his actions and realize what he had missed.

‘Yeah, now that I think about it, it wouldn’t be strange for them to act that way.’

Nine transcendent beings, each of whom reigned like kings in their own domains, gathered in one place.

These people are basically arrogant and have strong self-esteem.

It was a completely separate issue to recognize the danger posed by the Irregulars that had suddenly appeared and to cooperate to eliminate their existence, and to all of them joining forces and attacking together.

‘The problem was that I had to adjust my strength appropriately because I was afraid that they would get scared and run away if I showed my full power. If I wanted them to rush in all at once, I should have shown them a threatening appearance in terms of combat.’

Aside from the dangerous ability to interfere with blood vessels, he has never displayed any real combat prowess.

That’s why those who agreed with the idea of ​​getting rid of Heinz probably felt more pride than a sense of crisis when the situation actually arose.

As a result, it was decided that only one person would step forward, although I don’t know what the criteria were.

Just in case, they created a stage where the elites of each clan, including the prince and princesses, could not escape.

“So, to put it simply—”

Heinz closed his eyes tightly.

At the same time, the surrounding air began to become even heavier.

The King of the Great Sword, Lacroix, who had been babbling on and on for a while, shut his mouth tightly with a hardened face and gripped the handle of his sword tightly.

It was the body’s instinctive self-defense instinct that came out instinctively.

“—That means I looked easy.”

So much so that he thought that only one Transcendent One and a bunch of other rookies could stop him.

The bloody aura that slowly seeped out from his body began to slowly engulf his surroundings.

Gooooo—

“Get out!”

“Mr. Lacroque? This is···!”

“Defense formation in motion! Deploy all forces!”

Heinz II was basically a cynical and calm person, but he also had a strong sense of self-esteem and a narcissistic side.

Since they were created that way from the beginning, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are inherently more arrogant and proud than the kings and queens of Nocturnia.

But now.

His pride was slightly— cracked.

‘···It’s okay. Now that we know the cause of the problem, the solution is simple.’

Heinz opened his closed eyes and turned his gaze to the Prince and Princesses.

To be more precise, to those who are observing this side through their eyes.

‘Yeah, I’m going to make you think you’re going to get screwed if you don’t get out right now.’

The blood that exploded from his body instantly filled the sky.

Kwaaaaah—!

Blood-red clouds swirl around the sky where Heinz is standing.

The traces of Lacroix’s sword strike were no longer visible even after looking hard.

The vampires on the ground looked up at the sky in a daze as a strange phenomenon covered the entire area in the blink of an eye.

“You idiots! What are you doing here? Hurry up and…!”

Immediately after that.

Bloody thorns the size of an arm rained down from the sky.

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions… or more.

There was no place to escape under that bloody sky.

Like a rain shower during the monsoon season, an endless stream of blood poured down, sweeping across the space they were standing in.

“Shallow talk!”

As Lacroix’s greatsword was swung, some of the falling blood streams scattered.

An amount that is only a very small fraction of the whole.

But for him, the king, even that small gap was enough to seize the opportunity.

‘You idiot! Using such a large-scale sorcery against me!’

His massive body pierced through the space and rushed towards Heinz.

King Lacroix was a natural fighter who was a specialist in single-player combat, with transcendent attack, defense, and speed.

A pure physical thug who is immune to any outrageous tactics or unexpected variables.

An opponent who relied solely on his abilities could never be his match.

‘Just one shot!’

He leaped through space in an instant as if he had cut through time and swung his sword down like a ray of light at Heinz’s head.

With the momentum to instantly shatter any defense the opponent may have.

And that sword strike.

Kaga River!

“uh?”

It bounced off without a hitch and cut through the air.

With just a light wave of the hand.

“The movements are too big.”

“······!”

The next moment, Lacroix opened his eyes wide as he realized that his opponent’s other hand was touching his chest.

He was well versed in martial arts and could tell someone’s skill with just one move.

‘This guy is a martial artist. Even better than me…!’

But the realization came too late.

Kwaaang!

“Cough!”

His body was shot backwards with a gut-wrenching impact.

To a place where there are subordinates who have thorns stuck all over their bodies and are being forcibly transfused with blood.

It was the beginning of a grand harvest festival.