#576Chapter 576: Castlevania! Advent Moon!AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 576: Castlevania! The Arrival of the Moon!
"You have successfully loaded the dual villain template from the 'Castlevania' series blueprint — 'Vampire Count / Dracula Vlad Tepes + Soma Cruz'."
"Vampire Count: A dual villain template, formed by combining 'Count Dracula', who has been entangled with the Belmont family for generations in the 'Castlevania' series, and 'Soma Cruz', the reincarnation of Count Dracula. 'Dracula' is the main driving force behind popularizing vampire culture worldwide, and his existence and significance are far beyond compare to other bloodsuckers.
When you choose to load the 'Vampire Count' template —
You will simultaneously gain template-exclusive skills: 'Dark Magic', 'Shape Shift', 'Lord of Castlevania', 'Avatar of Chaos', 'Power of Dominance', and 'Shattered Goblet'.
Loading and unloading this character template both have a cooldown of 120 minutes."
Cheng Tian's NESTS Advanced Battle Suit had, at some unknown point, transformed into a cloak, enveloping his body. A wave of dark, chaotic demonic energy, no weaker than the Evils of the World, simultaneously erupted from Cheng Tian.
At the same time, the crowd currently outside the cave, who had wisely refrained from entering rashly, suddenly felt an indescribable sense of dread.
The reactions of Flat and Ciel were particularly severe.
Flat, who had already put a considerable distance between himself and the cave, suddenly dropped to his knees, his entire being in a daze.
His unique magical circuit structure granted him the ability to easily mimic others' magic, but it also made him extremely susceptible to influence. His current state was clearly due to being forcibly subjected to a magical erosion beyond his capacity. The magical circuits, spread throughout his body like dense blood vessels, began to display a bizarre, intermingled black and red color.
Meanwhile, Ciel, while experiencing the dread, also caught a strong scent of the Ancestors.
Because she was familiar with Cheng Tian and knew that he could "simulate" the abilities of her Uncle, she hadn't paid attention during the previous bombardment. But the aura at this very moment… frankly, it was more intense than any vampire she had ever encountered!
Even Arcueid couldn't compare to it!
"Seven!"
This intense aura made it impossible for her to stand by idly. So, after summoning the Seventh Holy Scripture, disguised as a nun's habit, into her hands, she unhesitatingly charged into the dangerous cave.
Two others performed the exact same action as Ciel: Aoko and Cu Chulainn.
Aoko, relying on the fact that she had many spare Aoko commanders who could replace her, clearly didn't care about her own life or death. Since she was already here, if she didn't take a look, she would truly slap herself in her dreams.
As for Cu Chulainn, he had already realized his own problem —
His contract rights had been transferred again!
"Damn it! What do they take me for? A guard dog that can be bought and sold casually!?"
Thinking that the Mapo Tofu priest was most likely dead, Cu Chulainn felt a bit pleased, but the contract being transferred again also meant that someone had taken the Command Spells from the Mapo Tofu priest.
Cu Chulainn now absolutely had to confirm what kind of monstrosity his third Master was.
On the other side, following the previously laid out plan, Eirene and Bazett, who had not immediately followed, made actions completely opposite to Ciel and the other two.
Bazett, who had clearly received instructions via the contract link, whispered a few words to Eirene, and then the two of them departed together, heading in the same direction.
And on that path, the Matou family resided.
Seeing his companions, who had originally been gathered together, suddenly scatter, Waver, who was theoretically the main person in charge of this investigation, gritted his teeth and stomped his foot, beginning to set up protective magic on himself, his bodyguard, and his disciple.
The situation had clearly changed dramatically, and he also needed to adapt.
As for Rin Tohsaka... oh, she had been dead for a while now and hadn't revived yet~
Inside the cave.
"What exactly did you do!?"
Qiuqiu, who just minutes ago had been brimming with the confidence to take down Cheng Tian, was now completely out of sorts. She clearly felt that the Evils of the World within her were trying to forcibly separate from her.
Especially since she had just been running towards these black muds, and now they had found something better and wanted to abandon her. Not to mention, they were the source of her genetic seed, which made Qiuqiu even angrier.
But then, Cheng Tian's words made Qiuqiu's hair almost stand on end.
"...Qiu, you can't stop these Evils of the World from going to a better existence, can you?"
"I'm f***ing!"
Qiuqiu cursed for the first time in her life.
Yes, that's right. From the perspective of the Evils of the World, the current Cheng Tian was a new vessel even more suitable than Qiuqiu 2.0, or even its original body.
This was not only due to Dracula's own "legendary" status in the vampire domain, but also his original setting in the 'Castlevania' series.
In the game, no matter how many times Count Dracula was defeated by the Belmont family, he would always return in the next installment, bringing with him the rebuilt Castlevania, which had been reduced to ruins.
This setting, added to Count Dracula for the convenience of sequels, was —
As long as human malice still exists, Dracula will never disappear.
In the Castlevania worldview, Count Dracula is the personification of the "Evils of the World" in that world.
Furthermore, unlike Orochi, who fundamentally worked under Gaia and, despite his abstract methods, was essentially a deity and a part of the Earth's will, Count Dracula was a very pure personification of human evil, an aggregation of curses, and an avatar of chaos.
The kind that is black through and through.
This attraction to the Evils of the World was somewhat overpowered, so much so that it even wanted to abandon the Bio-android 2.0.
But what was interesting was that Qiuqiu could feel the black mud's impulse to leave her, but at the same time, she could also feel the black mud being a bit scared.
The emotion of being "scared" appearing on the Evils of the World was itself incredibly strange.
If Qiu was a cup of clear water, which the Evils of the World could dye its own color, then Cheng Tian, loaded with the Dracula + Soma Cruz template, was inherently a cup of ink so concentrated that there was no more room to be dyed black.
If the Evils of the World were to seep in, it was uncertain who would contaminate whom!
"This place is indeed quite good."
After mocking Qiuqiu, Cheng Tian first landed lightly on the ground, then, after a brief perception, he smiled widely.
The next second, he threw open his cloak and spread his arms as if embracing something.
"This place is mine."
The moment Cheng Tian's words fell, the entire Enzō Mountain began to vibrate violently.
Then, under the gaze of countless people both inside and outside the industry, Enzō Mountain completely split open!
A solemn and eerie Gothic castle burst through the hollow of Enzō Mountain and the entire mountain body, slowly ascending from the core of the already polluted ley line in Fuyuki City —
Castlevania! Has arrived!
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