The Great Vampire General is a Girl! - Chapter 91

“Are you ready for your first test, Valerie?” General Gregovich asked her seriously while folding his arms. He was standing on a dry, sandy patch of land. But general Gregovich had shown one of the powers of his cursed weapon. He could restore the condition of an object to its original form. He could accelerate a person’s aging and vice versa.

That was all he could do, just by touching the tip of his weapon to the opponent. He didn’t need to slash or exert excessive force. At first, Valerie wasn’t sure how the general could use his time manipulation powers in battle.

The sand that he was stepping on at this moment, had previously taken the form of a living giant wolf that was trying to attack him. He pierced his neck with his chronos scythe, then aged him a hundred years into the future. The wolf slowly became frail, thin and rotting before its body was completely dry and melted into sand.

Making someone like Gregovich as an enemy would be unfair. Valerie had to find out, did there any other cursed weapon users in Florentia as strong as him?

“I’m ready, I guess,” Valerie sounded a little hesitant.

“You will kill this giant snake. The rule is, use Apollon in the awakening state,” Alexander said again.

Next to him, he had locked up a giant snake that was rampaging uncontrollably. Gregovich caught him by first turning him into a baby size, then locking him in a cave. Valerie could see through the crevice of the cave covered in rock. The snake, which had now changed back to its adult size, hissed furiously.

Mount Rubera was a dangerous place full of monsters. That was why General Gregovich made it a training ground for Valerie and Amelia.

“I’m not going to help you, now, good luck,” Alex let go of the snake, he then jumped up the hill to find a safe viewing position. Amelia wasn’t there, because she was in town on military business.

Valerie, who was now wearing a white shirt with soil stains, and body-fitting trousers, puts on a stance. She made sure Apollon was ready to face it. Now, after several kills of human criminals— Apollon had tasted their blood and was easier to work with.

Apollon was now shining. Even as the master— Valerie felt her skin sting from the heat. Apollon was a sword with the power of the sun. But how could sunlight be used against a snake? The animal was not a vampire. It would not be sick at all even if it basked all day in the sun on a hot afternoon.

But, rules are rules. Valerie had to use Apollon’s power against it.

Valerie spun Apollon around, and once again an artificial sun-like circle was created floating there. Small size. It was different when she killed Gunther. Valerie ran jumping backwards and created more than one of her sun balls. Then with one jolt, she gave the order for Apollon to release its power.

A blinding flash of light was created. The snake was confused. He couldn’t see anything. Apollon had blinded it. Surprisingly, Valerie, who has that power, was not affected by the light. She was not dazzled and could walk easily around the snake. She could control Apollon better. She could now order it to attack. Even though Valerie knew she could do more than that.

In the blindness, Valerie was free to slash its body. Attacked it mercilessly, stabbing all of its vital organs. The too-bright light left her opponent powerless to do anything but grope in panic.

When Apollon finally got rid of the light— Valerie stood proudly next to the carcass of a giant snake that had now died without any resistance. Its scales look peeling, a sign that Apollon’s power was also hot enough to burn a creature like it.

Alexander jumps down on the ground.

“I didn’t see the way you killed it, I couldn’t see anything because I had to close my eyes..if I dare to open it, my eyes will go blind,” said the General. He sounded complaining but actually it was a compliment.

Valerie smiled at him.

“Then do you think I can communicate with Apollon?”

“Yeah, now you just have to keep practicing and find a stronger opponent. You have to because your weapon has unknown potential,” Gregovich patted her on the shoulder. He then invited Valerie to sit down and talk.

“So, due to military matters, I was forced to end our training..this is fun. I’m glad to see you and Amelia getting stronger. Especially yourself Valerie, you might be a serious threat for the Avalons in the future. I’m waiting for the day you will surprise us and see if my decision to give you a second life is the right one?”

Valerie was silent, she thought that at least it would be a few more months to train with them. She didn’t expect General Gregovich to end it so soon. Maybe that was why this month he has been training Valerie hard, including doing things that have to violate her life principles such as killing humans.

“You’re going back to Acheron?”

“Looks like I’ll be following Raphael wherever he goes..we had promised to meet in Ithadurna in a few days. I think he has business there too,” Valerie shrugged.

“When we part, what does that mean when we meet, I can kill you?” Valerie asked.

“Wow, calm down, you’re too excited..ten years too soon for you to face me. I’m just reminding you, if you attack me, I’ll kill you. It would make me regret having to kill a vampire who has the potential to become a general in the future,” he laughed.

“You think I can become a general?”

“Yes, if you can prove your strength,”

“How to?”

“Killed quite a number of important people in Avalon,” said Gregovich again.

“Like you?”

Gregovich burst out laughing, amused by her words. He didn’t mock her. He was simply surprised by how easily a noblewoman like her once timid now dared to face him.

“Yeah, like me, or Amelia. I’m not very familiar with the promotion system in Florentia. But I don’t think it’s too different from the one in Avalon,” he said.

“Is the training over?” Amelia stepped cheerfully towards them. Her eyes showed that she couldn’t wait to greet them.

“Oh, you came back pretty quickly, Amelia,”

“I wanted to say hi to my friend, Valerie. You’re pretty awesome too aren’t you?” Amelia commented.

“What do you mean?”

“I took care of some things in town, I received a lot of interesting information. Including you, Valerie,” Amelia smirked at her.

“What do you mean?”

“Caesar Petrovsky reports that he knows about General Gunther’s killer.. It was you, wasn’t it? Valerie?” Amelia said as if she had just won a big lottery.