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Aques Lumen expanded his Territory to its utmost limits. He knew that Vampire had already fallen for his illusions once, so he decided to target the Overlord Werewolf instead. Under his enraged state, that Werewolf was exceptionally vulnerable to mental suggestion. With just a quick glance in his direction, the Werewolf suddenly faltered. His head shook a little as he felt a wave of dizziness come over him, his mind starting to come under the effects of the psychic attack.

At roughly the same time, the Overlord Vampire flew past the addled Werewolf in his usual pool of blood form.

Suddenly, an inexplicable sense of rage consumed the Werewolf. Images of how the Vampires had always looked down upon and feuded with them streamed into his head. It was at that moment that the Overlord Vampire entered his vision. Without even hesitating for a second, the Overlord Werewolf swiped at the pool of blood. At the same time, two of his Spirit Wolves even turned around to target the pool of blood…

The two Spirit Wolves immediately fired off a barrage of mana spheres at the pool of blood, causing the blood to explode upon impact. At the same time, the Overlord Werewolf’s mana-enhanced claw came swinging in. A projectile of light, shaped roughly like claw marks, collided into the pool of blood and almost tore a hole right to the Vampire’s body…

Naturally, the Overlord Vampire had already noticed who the source of this disturbance was. He swiftly halted his charge and faced down the enraged Overlord Werewolf. “You stupid dog… What are you doing attacking me for?!”

“AAWWWOOOO!” All he was met with was a howl from the Werewolf. Even the two Spirit Wolves were now lined up against him, fangs bared and growling.

Seeing the Overlord Werewolf in such an unresponsive state, it finally dawned on the Overlord Vampire why his former ally suddenly attacked him like that… it was all Aques Lumen’s fault!

Exasperated, he finally realised what kind of opponent he was dealing with. He tried to awaken the mesmerized Werewolf, with the same method used on him when he had been controlled as well. The Werewolf had attacked him then, so the same method should work in breaking the spell. However, the Werewolf would prove to be a lot harder to awaken.

The Overlord Vampire planned on striking his ally to awaken him, but he dared not use too much force. He merely scattered a bunch of his corrosive blood towards the Werewolf. The idea being, even if that Werewolf was quick, but with so many droplets flying his way, one of them had to hit, right?

However, he had completely forgotten about the Spirit Wolves. While the Overlord Werewolf couldn’t summon any new ones while under the control of Aques Lumen, there was no stopping him from using his remaining two Spirit Wolves to help guard against the attack.
As the wave of blood droplets flew towards the Werewolf, the two Spirit Wolves jumped in front of the Werewolf, one from the right and one from the left. A gruesome sizzling could be heard across the battlefield as the Spirit Wolves began to dissolve into fumes.

Danger averted, the Overlord Werewolf leapt onto the Spirit Wolves and spring-boarded off them into a ferocious swipe at the Vampire!

Never in his wildest dreams did the Overlord Vampire expect his ally to come lunging at him like that… Lest one forgot, he still had a corrosive barrier surrounding him, in the form of that blood pool. Even an Overlord would dissolve in seconds if they were to dive in completely. With the sheer strength of that Werewolf’s legs, leaping at him was easy, but there really was no going back at that point… it wasn’t like he had purple wings to fly with…

Naturally, the next few moments proceeded as one would expect. With no way to stop his momentum, the Werewolf plunged into the corrosive blood pool. The pain from having half his body corroded immediately woke up the Werewolf. Bearing with the scorching pain, he swiped at the Vampire while yelling in both surprise and anger. “What’s going on? Why am I in your blood pool?!”

The Vampire hastily erected a blood barrier to block the Werewolf’s attack, before snapping back, “you moron! Why did you even look at his eyes after knowing that he has such tricks up his sleeves! All you dogs are the same: stupid!”

“Rotten bat! Just hurry up and cancel your Territory already!” The Overlord Werewolf finally realised his mistake as well. But he would rather die than openly admit his mistake in front of that blasted Vampire.

“I don’t need you to tell me that!” Now that he had confirmed that the Overlord Werewolf was back to his normal self, he cancelled part of his blood pool to allow the Werewolf to land back on the ground. However, the moment he did so, the damage that corrosive blood did was plain to see: his grey fur was now pitch black…

“Don’t look at his eyes this time. We will attack him from the flanks together.” Uncharacteristically cooperative, the Overlord Vampire decided it would be better if they worked together for once, rather than risk his brash ally falling prey to that Territory again.

“Alright.” Replied the Overlord Werewolf, looking significantly better at this point. Once again, the Werewolf’s regenerative abilities proved its astonishing worth. Most of the acid burns on his flesh had healed up, even the blackened fur was starting to turn grey from the freshly grown strands.

Yet his healed wounds did not stop him from recognising how powerful Aques Lumen was. Should he fail to take his opponent seriously at this point, that would be a stain on his honor as a Werewolf. Having been at each other’s throats for years now, the two did not even have to look at each other before they launched a simultaneous attack on Aques Lumen, one on the right, and one on the left.

Faced with a coordinated attack, Aques Lumen remained his usual calm, collected self. After all, his Territory was a highly unique one. Thanks to certain circumstances, his Territory ended up being a Composite Territory. It not only was made for battle, it also had the illusory aspects you would associate with an Illusion Demon. On top of that, there were still abilities yet to be revealed. And it was a forty meter Territory as well!

He smiled coldly in the face of two approaching opponents, then turned to look at the Overlord Werewolf, who was the fastest of the two. The Overlord Werewolf immediately leapt to the side when he noticed that. That ended up slowing down his charge.

Having had his fun with the Overlord Werewolf, it was now time for the Vampire’s turn. Realising what his opponent was up to, the Overlord Vampire immediately averted his gaze away. Yet without even looking at his opponent, how was he to fight?

Either way, Aques Lumen had accomplished his goals. His body blurred for an instant before suddenly spawning ten other clones of himself to attack both sides. Each of these clones acted in unison with each other. Whether it was the way they gripped their sheath with their left hand, or the way they kept their right hands above their sword grip in a standard sword-drawing stance, their actions were one and the same.

Because they both had their gazes averted prior, both the Overlord Vampire and the Overlord Werewolf did not manage to get a glimpse as to which of the clones was the actual Aques Lumen. Furthermore, neither of them had the ability to dispel illusions.

Mirror Waters Ultimate Sword Arts: Icy Slumber!

Amidst their confusion, the clones got ready to draw their swords. Yet at the end of the day, a fake was still a fake. Only one of the images would actually be able to deal damage. And the unfortunate Overlord to be granted this honor was… the Vampire!

Aques Lumen swung his sword out, sending forth a wave of icy winds that struck the unsuspecting Vampire. In an instant, both his blood pool and his body were both frozen into ice…

Mirror Waters Ultimate Sword Arts: Sword Hurricane!

Barely any time after his first skill, Aques Lumen activated another ultimate sword art, blasting out countless sword energy projectiles at the frozen Vampire. A second later, the frozen Vampire who did not even have the chance to fall to the ground yet was hacked into miniscule pieces that shattered upon impact, blown to the winds soon after without a trace…

After two consecutive ultimate sword arts, the first of the Overlords was defeated!

“Im-impossible!”

Just like that, the once-proud Overlord Vampire was vanquished. A fact that was hard to reconcile for the Overlord Werewolf who had feuded with him for his entire life. There was no one who understood that bat’s power more than himself, given they had fought for centuries now. They were both on equal terms. If Aques Lumen could really kill that Vampire in seconds, that meant he could kill him as well!

The Overlord Werewolf slowly backed away, eyes wide with disbelief. He would have never guessed that on his first mission working together with his hated but equal foe, they would be met with such a resounding defeat…

Aques Lumen was now walking towards him. He hastily retreated a few steps back and resummoned a new batch of Spirit Wolves. Along with those two who had been burned, he commanded to attack the Demon Hunter.

While he might still be furious about how things turned out, he knew there was nothing to be done in the front of such overwhelming strength. He immediately thought to seek help from the Lich and the Death Knight. All he needed was for his Spirit Wolves to delay Aques Lumen for a while longer.

Unfortunately, those Spirit Wolves barely lasted a second and had no effect in delaying the Demon Hunter. Aques Lumen maintained his same calm, collected gait. Let alone lift a finger, he never even looked in their direction before the Spirit Wolves were suddenly hacked to pieces, dissipating into the wind…

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The Overlord Vampire jumped into the blood pool, immersing himself halfway while the blood pool floated mid-air in a viscous vortex. Despite how slowly it seemed to travel, the pool merely took an instant to reach Aques Lumen…

“Katherina, seems like I have to borrow your power once again… I guess it’s our power now…” As he watched the pool of blood fly ominously towards him, Aques Lumen didn’t seem worried in the slightest, muttering to himself in a daze as if this whole matter did not concern him.

He reached into his clothes with his right hand. There hung a silvery pendant in the shape of a sword, which he took off and stabbed into his forehead without any hesitation…

An instant later, a wound opened up on his forehead, leaking a trail of blood. However, this blood wasn’t flowing as it normally would. It was a lot slower than one would expect. In fact, they were forming into scales, lining up the entirety of his face in an orderly fashion!

All it took was a second for his otherwise handsome face to be covered up. Yet from that instant forth, Aques Lumen was no longer a Human. Or rather, he wasn’t a pure Human. His body started to give off the distinctive aura of a Devil; his face started to have Devilish features as well.

A set of strange blue tattoos started to streak across his face. The kind normally found on Mo Ke’s left face. However, Aques Lumen’s tattoos extended down into his body as well, from the wound on his forehead down to to his toes!

As for that pendant, it was now fully embedded in his flesh like an accessory…

Territory: Phantasm of Love!

Just as his transformation finished, the Overlord Vampire reached his position. However, Aques Lumen did not show the slightest bit of anxiety. He neither drew his sword or even lifted a finger. He merely eyed the Overlord Vampire, crimson pupils glowing with a strange light.

“Phantasm!”

An odd change came over the Overlord Vampire at that point. He was but a breath away from the Demon Hunter, yet all of a sudden, he flew past Aques Lumen and charged right at the Overlord Were who was still fighting with those shadows…

He rammed head first into the Overlord Werewolf, catching an unfortunate spirit wolf in his blood pool. The poor spirit only had time to whimper once before it was instantly reduced to bubbles in the blood pool like it had been dissolved by acid.

“Blasted Vampire, are you betraying us now?!” The Overlord Were was furious at having suddenly lost a major portion of his fighting force. He swiped at the oddly-behaving Vampire with the full force of an Overlord. With this level of power, even a simple claw swipe could interfere with the laws of the world. That was why when it came into contact with the blood pool, it did not dissolve like the spirit wolf. Yet at the same time, the Overlord Vampire wasn’t really affected either.

Attacked, the Overlord Vampire promptly broke free from the effect of Aques Lumen’s Territory. He rubbed his aching temples before explaining to the Overlord Werewolf, “Curses… I actually fell under his spell for a second there…”

“Hmph! Can you be any less moronic?” The Overlord Werewolf chided the Vampire, miffed but clearly accepting of his reason. After all, they had formally joined forces to achieve their shared goals. Not to mention the fact that there was still a third force consisting of that Death Knight and that Lich. The battle was still going favorably as well; there was no reason for the Vampire to turn on them now. His reason was honestly the only reason that made sense in this context.

“Mongrel! You dare insult the noble Bloodkin?!” Ever the haughty race in general, the Overlord Vampire couldn’t help but fall back into the trope of his race’s insufferable arrogance, even if he was the one at fault to begin with. The Vampires had always seen themselves as being nobler than every other race in this world, and that included the boorish Werewolves. The fact that their ancestor was even able to trick a bunch of Werewolves into serving them as Lycans just proved their point further.

“Hah. A scrawny coward like you wants to challenge the mighty Werewolves?”

“Stop standing so close to me already, foolish dog. It’s an insult just breathing in the same air as you. And could you do something about that awful odor coming off your fur?” Having said that, the Overlord Vampire retrieved a white handkerchief and covered his nose.

“You’re really asking for it, aren’t you?”

The Overlord Werewolf raised his claws as if ready to strike once more. The Overlord Vampire took up a combat stance as well. In the blink of an eye, the Overlord Werewolf and Overlord Vampire were suddenly at each other’s throats, both glaring at each other as if they were only waiting for a reason to rip each other apart.

Aques Lumen couldn’t help but chuckle quietly to himself. This was the exact result he was looking for when sent that Vampire flying into the Werewolf. Given that both parties were so willing to cooperate with his machinations, he was more than happy to stand aside and reap the benefits after.

At the same time as the two rivals were threatening to have a go at each other, the Death Knight’s new weapon had just taken shape. It was a nearly two meter long, double-edged halberd. His first move was to ram straight at the shadows duking it out with the spirit wolves. With a mighty swing, he passed through the Werewolf’s spirit wolves and hacked the strange shadows summoned by Ferti’nier, hitting all of them in an arc!

Cleaved, the shadows immediately disintegrated into a pile of black goo that ultimately flowed back into Ferti’nier’s Territory. As for what the identity of this goo was, it was a mote of pure Darkness element… In other words, the Death Knight’s halberd had not only the ability to harm elemental constructs, but also had the frightening ability to pass through allies without causing harm!

Every Territory had its own quirk; there was no better proof of this than that Death Knight’s Unique Territory. His Territory was able to forge weapons on demand, but at the end of the day, this forging was also related to summoning. He bent the laws of the world to summon countless souls to power his actual forging, so one could say his Territory also exhibited traits of a Summoning Territory. A walking, tailor-made, armory of equipment – a perfect fit for a Death Knight like him!

Even so, the fact that both the Lich and the Death Knight were premier Overlords of the fifty meter tier, together, they still couldn’t hold a candle to Ferti’nier. Even those defeated shadows were defeated only with her permission. She allowed them to meld back into her Territory, simply because she was intrigued by Aques Lumen’s Territory. Naturally, this was seen by her enemies as a sign of weakness that she was finally cracking under the pressure of the Lich and Death Knight.

“Will you two stop arguing, we still have a battle to fight!” The Overlord Lich yelled in an annoyed voice. The fact that they were supposedly winning and yet those two loggerheads were trying to ruin it by fighting each other was incomprehensible to him. “Settle your opponent first, and if you are alive then, you can settle this feud after.”

The Lich was speaking the truth, though some of his assumptions were a little suspect. It did not make sense to tear at each other’s’ throats while there was still an enemy lurking about. Besides, the Lich was stronger than the both of them combined, so if even his words did not make sense, they had to comply.

“Together now, we will finish him off right this instant!” The Overlord Vampire roared triumphantly, clearly under the same mistaken assumption that Ferti’nier was somehow on the verge of breaking. Like the Lich said, they could settle their feud later…

“AWOOO!” Ever the forthright one, the Overlord Werewolf immediately leapt into battle the moment that Vampire suggested they work together.

Still half-submerged in his blood pool, the Overlord Vampire kept close distance with his companion, firing off blood daggers at Aques Lumen at the same time. Just like the blood pool, these daggers had a powerful corrosive effect that could easily dissolve anyone under Five-star. Even Overlord would not get off unscathed should these land a hit.

However, Aques Lumen merely maintained his cool, erecting a barrier to block off the daggers. With that plan to distract him foiled, the Overlord Vampire sped up further, in hopes of getting rid of this pesky Demon Hunter who had the gall to embarrass him.

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With Ferti’nier’s Territory fully deployed, the Overlord Lich dared not tarry a moment longer. He swiftly deployed his own to counteract hers.

Territory: Wail of the Dead!

An instant later, countless wraiths swarmed out of his body, wailing horrifically in a fifty meter radius. Barring exceptions, this Overlord Lich was most likely more powerful than that Overlord Vampire and Overlord Werewolf. If only the opponent he was facing wasn’t Ferti’nier, a former Devil King who could easily crush him within seconds, had it not been for her playfulness.

Territories operated with the caster’s body as a focal point. Laws could be changed within the radius, but in a situation where multiple Territories overlapped, the stronger Territory took precedence, though not completely.

Over ten thousand wraiths had swarmed out of the Overlord Lich at this point. These summons, however, could only operate outside that fifty meter radius without dissipating. Yet even with this restriction, they were still a formidable killing force. These wraiths were innately immune to physical attacks, but had a negative resistance to magical ones.

The Overlord Lich knew he wasn’t a match for Ferti’nier to begin with. At the time as he summoned those wraiths, he struck his bone staff into the ground, causing the ground to split apart in a violent explosion. A black figure clawed its way out of the crevice and leapt straight for Ferti’nier!

Swift like lightning, it appeared behind Ferti’nier’s back within an instant. But just as it was about to swing its giant sword down on the interfering Fallen Angel, she suddenly smiled, back still faced towards it.

“Flames.”

Before the words even left her mouth, a towering shield of Nether Flames roared to life, blocking off the giant sword. Thanks to the sheer momentum behind that swing, the black figure wasn’t able to pull back and could only collide head-first into the shield. Like a fly diving into a pool of lava, the giant sword instantly melted upon contact with the shield!

However, those who dared to pull a sneak attack on Ferti’nier couldn’t be weak themselves. At the very least, this black figure was an Overlord. Sword half-melted, it managed to break away and land on the ground.

But Ferti’nier was never a magnanimous Devil to begin with. In fact, she was very spiteful. If someone dared to attack her from the back, that person had better be prepared for retribution.

Before the black figure could even touch down, a five meter wide pit of flames sprouted right beneath his feet…

This was Ferti’nier’s vengeance. But this black figure was no slouch either. He quickly threw his giant sword down into the pit. As it spun through the air, it began to morph into a six meter wide round shield, blocking off the pit Ferti’nier summoned…

Ever one to fool around, Ferti’nier never had the intention of finishing off her opponent with that move. That was why this pit was merely full of ordinary flames, rather than Nether Flames. The giant sword was a powerful weapon in its own right and wouldn’t melt unless it was up against Nether Flames. That was the only reason why the black figure’s plan even worked. The black figure promptly hopped out of the shield, just in case the flames were able to suddenly penetrate its shield and roast it alive.

Now back on the ground once more, the identity of this black figure was finally revealed. It was a Death Knight clad in black, heavy armor. His Territory was a Unique Territory that could summon equipment.

Safely away from the fire now, he still did not dare to retrieve his shield, instead cancelling it with a wave of his hand before summoning another.

Territory: Soul Armory!

The Death Knight reached forth with his right hand and seemingly gripped down on thin air. Suddenly, a wolf’s howl could be heard echoing throughout his Territory. The air itself began to split asunder in multiple areas as countless vengeful souls came streaming out and into the Overlord Death Knight’s right hand… he was forging a weapon from souls!

Yet for Ferti’nier, who was more amused than threatened as she stood at that same exact spot from the very beginning, she merely snapped her fingers nonchalantly. The fiery pit below instantly disappeared, replaced by over a hundred humanoid shadows rushing at the Overlord Death Knight.

However, the Overlord Death Knight wasn’t fazed by the sudden attack. He continued focusing on his forging while the Overlord Lich took this opportunity to send aid from his own Territory. His wraiths and Ferti’nier’s own shadows quickly clashed with each other. Being both denizens of the dark and incorporeal, there was suddenly this strange sense of competitiveness between the minions.

In truth, however, Ferti’nier could have summoned more shadows if she wanted to. But it had been so long since she got to play. Naturally, she wasn’t going to let her opponents get defeated by her so easily. Her opponents, even now, did not realise that she was still going easy on them, especially with how they seemed to be able to trade blows evenly.

Lest one forgot, Ferti’nier was not only dealing with the Overlord Lich and the Overlord Death Knight, the shadows she had summoned some time ago were still delaying the spirit wolves summoned by the Overlord Werewolf. In spite of that, she showed no signs of struggling at all.

Yet as Aques Lumen peered at the multi-front battle going on between them, he couldn’t help but wonder to himself. Whose side was she really on? Was she an ally? But she clearly attacked him just now. An enemy, then? But she’s clearly helping him now. The truth was that the answer did not matter. At the very least, three of the four Overlords had been delayed by her. There was just that Overlord Vampire to deal with. Time to get serious.

Amidst all that, he still had to worry about the other Demon Hunters he brought along with him. Thanks to Nicole’s signal, he knew that they would be dealing with a lot of enemies. That was why he not only brought the elites of the Demon Hunters, he also recruited some mercenaries as well. He was afraid for Nicole’s safety, so he rushed to the battlefield first. It shouldn’t be long before the experts he brought along arrived.

The problem was that these experts were just Eight-star at best. In the eyes of an Overlord, they weren’t even a threat. Naturally, that wasn’t to say that a single Overlord could take on a hundred Eight-stars. But an ordinary Overlord was still able to easily fend off eight, or even nine Eight-stars.

In order to avoid any casualties amongst his reinforcements, Aques Lumen knew he mustn’t hesitate any longer. Thus he gripped down hard on his sheath sword and rapidly retreated…

Opponent seemingly on the run, the Overlord Vampire clearly wasn’t going to allow that to happen. However, the moment he tried to catch up with the Demon Hunter in order to prevent him from deploying his Territory, a serpentine shadow creeped up from behind him and bound him. Unable to react in time, the Overlord Vampire was stuck fast. Yet that was about the extent of Ferti’nier’s interference. After all, it wasn’t her plan to deal with this Vampire, else he would be dead already.

Unfortunately, the Overlord Vampire had no way of knowing this. His first thought, upon seeing this lone serpentine shadow, was that his other three allies were pressuring Ferti’nier hard.

A foolish thought, to be sure. Why would she even interfere in this fight if she was truly in dire straits?

“Even now you wish to protect this Human? Just you wait. Once I’m done with him, I’m going to drain you of all your blood. I don’t think I’ve had a Fallen Angel’s blood yet…” The Overlord Vampire promptly shattered the serpentine shadow upon declaring so. He then rushed at Aques Lumen. At the same time, he cut his own wrists and scattered the blood in front of him.

“Face your baptism of blood, mortal!”

Territory: Blood River!

Previously, the amount of blood scattered in front of him was at most a liter. Yet the moment he deployed his Territory, the blood expanded several times over. Rather, it multiplied, to be exact. With the scattered blood as its core, the blood began to coalesce into a blood pool!

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