Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 212

The mission to enter the City to kill the Vampire Prince and all the other Vampires is not just from the Awakened Association but even the government and the World Awakened Organization.

After all, this is the very first outbreak in history and is being watched by every country. Some nations sent aid using their Artifacts, some sent monetary assistance, and some sent their country’s S-Rank Awakened to help in this disaster.

This is why the president of the republic wanted this Outbreak to be settled as soon as possible. It is not a secret that the president will reward the people who would greatly contribute to saving the civilians and the elimination of the Vampires.

Aside from that, Vanessa also knows something that not even the S-Rank group she sent away is aware of… and that is the President’s concern about this Outbreak.

Apparently, his daughter is still inside one of the shelters underground in the city.

Vanessa firmly held her phone as she looked at the group vanishing in front of her. Cyril’s group has already entered the city.

“Haa~”

She can only trust their plan and wait for their return.

As the daughter of the Awakened Association President, she knows that nation’s President and his daughter. It could even be said that they are close friends.

This is why she’s inclined in this task and wanted to save all the civilians.

“Monitor this spot. Make sure that the medical equipment, potions, and doctors are ready once they returned.” Vanessa said as she returned to her office.

She then glanced at her phone before proceeding to dial a number.

The phone she’s holding is her only way to contact the President’s daughter inside the shelter.

“Yumi… We’ve sent another group inside. This time, I’m sure that everything will go well. There’s another S-Rank Awakened in this group so tell everyone there that might hear another series of explosions but they don’t have to worry.”

Vanessa said as she did her best to sound calm and assure them that help is coming. At this crucial time, what the trapped people need is some assurance that help is coming. They needed to have a stable mind to avoid causing panic and creating more unnecessary trouble.

***

As soon as Cyril opened his eyes, he found himself in front of a destroyed building.

“We’re going…”

Arnold and Asta then activated their Group Stealth, Windrun, and Haste again as they moved swiftly.

They needed to move as quickly as possible. As for Reiji, he has to go somewhere else. He needs to find the perfect spot to activate his Conqueror’s Domain and he has to do it as quickly as possible.

‘This haste is a lot better than I’ve imagined. Even the Windrun gives me a very light sensation. I feel like a can even jump down on a 10-story building and I wouldn’t get hurt.’ Cyril experienced the incredible effects of the support abilities cast by the two.

Anyway, he found a perfect place to activate his Domain. It is near the Mayor’s Statue and because it is an open place, the Vampires did not use this place as a hideout so there’s no one here as well.

‘Perfect…’ Cyril stood on top of the statue and observed the area. The statue is about 10 meters tall so he had a nice view.

Whoosh~

Cyril then poured his Aura to his Rank-S Artifact…

Because his Aura was so prominent, the Vampires who have been hiding in various buildings felt his presence.

“Intruder!”

“Kill!”

“Attack them! Don’t leave anyone alive!”

The higher-ranked Vampires immediately gave orders to their familiars and Thralls since they wanted to see the strength of the people sent here.

“There’s only one enemy!”

“The others might be hiding… Lure them out!”

The Vampires then started activating their Blood Magic as they were to fight Cyril.

However, before they could attack, they suddenly felt being pressured by powerful energy as they all dropped to the ground and broke their bones and muscles.

“Aacckk!”

“W-what this?!”

Because of the suddenness of the changes in the surroundings, the Vampires were left clueless about how they were attacked without them being able to respond at all.

It happened so quickly!

“There’s so many of them…” Cyril, on the other hand, was shocked by the sheer number of the Vampires caught within his Domain.

The first pressure he just placed within his domain consumed half of his Aura already!

It was too much!

‘Ugh… I wonder how Steinar managed to use enough Aura to kill them.’

Cyril mused for a moment as he brought out his Aura Recovery Potion, without consuming them, it’s impossible for him to last here for very long.

Gulp!

Cyril felt refreshed again as he finally decided to trigger the other effect of his Staff, its Force Control!

“I hope this works… All Magical Creatures within my Domain! Heed my command! Kill each other!”

Cyril shouted as he connected his mind to his Staff and used every bit of his Aura!

That’s right! This is the plan Cyril had and it’s completely different from how Steinar just crushed them to death in his past life using the Domain ability.

Soon, every vampire within his domain started attacking each other and it was all seen by the soldiers who are just fighting against the vampires a few moments ago.

“What’s going on?!”

“They’re fighting each other?”

“Is it some kind of internal issue?”

“What? No way!”

“That’s definitely done by the S-Rank Awakened who just entered the city!”

“Is that true! Then, isn’t this ability too strong?!”

The soldiers were dumbfounded as they soon saw a headless vampire dropping to the ground.

Thud! Thud!

Several limbs and other parts of the vampire’s body get torn by their fellow vampire and thrown around the city. It was so chaotic that even the news reporters who are monitoring them from afar immediately canceled the live feed.

Of course, this news immediately reached Vanessa’s ears.

“Is this true?!”

Vanessa exclaimed as she’s finally seeing hope.

“Yes, lady. It has been happening for a few minutes now. It seems like some kind of Chaos Mist was thrown in their midst as they started fighting each other. It’s very mysterious.” One of Vanessa’s guards said as he already analyzed the situation.

“You’re right… Vampires have high resistance to magic. They can’t be easily affected by mind-controlling magic… unless it is from a Rank-S Artifact.”

Vanessa muttered as the guards nodded at her conjecture. They were thinking the same thing and they already have an idea in their mind about the culprit of this scene.

Well, there’s only one person added to the team after all. So it’s not difficult to guess this much.

‘You did well, Cyril…’

Vanessa finally smiled after a long while. She has been feeling pressure for the past five days and at last, she could see this matter ending.

‘Hmm… I did well befriending Cyril. I should increase the benefits he’s receiving from the Association. If he leaves us, it would be a tremendous loss…’

Vanessa immediately called Valerie to come up with another contract for Cyril that only S-Rank Awakened could get.

“Even if we suffer a loss in this contract. We must hold…” Vanessa muttered as she wanted to make this contract extremely difficult to reject.

In truth, Contracts within the Association only provide small income compared to the other guilds. It is mostly because the Association is focused on funding projects related to Arcane Research and most importantly, the number and rank of Awakened being hired have no limits at all, unlike the private organizations or guilds.

Since the Awakened Association accepts any Awakened who wanted to become explorers, it means that they would spend a lot of money to guide and compensate them. And most of the low-rank Awakened like F-Rank and E-Rank, would barely contribute to the Association giving them a loss of profit.

However, it is part of the Association’s job and they can’t refuse people who wanted to become Arcane Explorer even if they don’t bring good results. This is to encourage and show people that Exploring the Arcane World will be beneficial to anyone.

But Vanessa knows Cyril’s importance. Just his presence alone would surely attract a lot of talented Awakened and soon, they might be able to create a true Elite Arcane Explorers made of A-Rank and S-Rank Awakened!

“I will take care of it, Miss Vanessa. I’m even thinking of inviting a few newly awakened A-Ranks to sign with us. If we can reveal Cyril’s true rank, I’m sure it would be a lot easier for him as well.” Valerie replied over the phone.

Although there is a problem going on in Flushdenn City, Valerie didn’t stop doing her job as a Manager or Recruiter at all.

A few days ago, two people were Awakened as A-Rank and she wanted to sign a contract with the two. It would be difficult to attract them with the contract they have but if Cyril revealed that he’s an S-Rank working for the Association, their prestige would surely reach its peak, and recruiting will be a lot easier!