CHAPTER 47: Blood & The Shadow Throne
The sky above the Night Kingdom Territory churned with thick black clouds, streaked with crimson-violet lightning that clashed like the fury of an ancient sky.
A violent wind swept through the palace, carrying the scent of blood and ancient magic.
Upon her blood-red throne sat Lysa, still as the shadow of death. Her eyes burned with glowing violet light, reflecting both iron determination and the scars of a painful past.
Before her stood three Elder Vampires, their rigid faces barely concealing the hatred they had buried for centuries.
They were the oldest bloodline of Dracula—the descendants of the ancient rulers whom Lysa had once defeated through fire and cunning.
But tonight… the spirit of rebellion had risen again.
The First Elder Vampire growled, his black cloak billowing like the legendary Dracula beneath the blood-stained winds of the palace.
“You killed Yorukira… the oldest blood among us!
With a false oath—claiming to be a hybrid of human and dhampir—you stole this throne!
You are no longer our queen, Lysa!”
Lysa did not move.
Her voice was cold, sharp as frozen thorns.
“I did not lie. Yorukira was the traitor.
He intended to allow creatures from outside realms to enter this world.
He was about to open a gate to something far worse.
I… stopped him.”
The Second Elder’s voice thundered through the pillars of the castle.
“But his bloodline still lives!
His true son—Dark Sky—still exists…
And now he is controlled by Zahntu, the dark twin of your own brother… Zedwan!”
That name froze the room.
Zahntu.
A new name, yet carrying the same dreadful aura as Red Moon, echoing like the vengeance of a forgotten dark era reborn.
Zoarfang stepped forward, speaking on behalf of his siblings in defense of their mother.
“Yorukira tried to kill us—his own stepchildren—because he believed we stood in the way of his ambitions.
He conspired with the sorceress-scientist Syavadark Valdira, the very one responsible for the rise and catastrophic war of Dreadmarch, which cost countless vampire lives!
Have the Elders forgotten?”
Hasyalys, Fran, Ritz, and Aisha then presented the evidence they had gathered—proof of Yorukira’s betrayal, proof that ultimately led to his execution by Lysa herself.
The Elder Vampires fell silent.
None of them could argue any longer.
As for Hasyalys’s half-brother Dark Sky, now under Zahntu’s control—Ching Lee and Hasyalys had already begun planning something with Zedwan.
Lysa’s hand moved toward the rosario limiter that sealed her true power—she was moments away from removing it and annihilating the Night Elders.
But Aisha quickly calmed her.
Realizing the terrifying truth of Lysa’s power as Queen of all Vampires, the Elders and their clans fell to their knees in fear.
They remained kneeling, heads bowed, in silent apology—
until Lysa rose from her throne and walked away.
THE DARK PAGE OF OBLIVARION
Location: Syavadark Shadow Valley, Planet Oblivarion – Valdira’s Final Hidden Tower
Amid the ruins of the shattered tower, Valdira lay inside a flickering medical capsule.
Her body was covered in smoking chemical residue—the aftermath of her brutal battle with Shinin, the child of Goddess Diana, whose transformation into a werebeast had unleashed unimaginable strength.
But Valdira was not dead.
She was waiting.
Around her, fragments of Vanthsyn Armor began to move, drawn toward her body like living metal.
The remnants fused into her skin and bones.
From the shattered technology of darkness she had created… something new was born.
Dark Vanth Armor—Valdira’s ultimate creation.
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A fusion of technology and vengeance forged into the final weapon of Syavadark.
Her breath trembled as she whispered:
“If Vanthsyn itself has become a threat…
then I will become its warden.
I will use the darkness I created…
to end all of this.”
A SAVIOR AT THE EDGE OF THE VOID
Location: Ruined Laboratory near the Nexus Void
The massive explosion that destroyed Ravager Ho kwan, Valdira’s biomechanical weapon, still echoed through the shattered lab.
Amid smoke and debris, Shinin, newly awakened to his true power, was thrown dangerously close to the yawning abyss of the Void.
Just before he fell—
A radiant hand, glowing like a golden star, caught him.
A soft voice followed, calm yet powerful.
“Easy, child of Zedwan…
it is not your time to die yet.”
Zyurella, the guardian of dimensional portals, gazed at the young warrior with a mysterious smile.
“I am a keeper between worlds.
And you… are the son of a friend to my brothers—
Zoelda and Zaenda.”
THE GUARDIANS OF THE SEONA GALAXY
A galaxy far beyond our Milky Way
Location: Crystal Plains of Valtherion, before the Nexus Portal
Three guardians stood firm before a radiant structure.
Ancient symbols of Seona and Arcadora were carved into the crystal surface, while chains of spatial energy spiraled around them.
They were the final defenders of this galaxy.
Zaenda lifted Shinin gently from the ground.
“He truly is Zedwan’s child…
the spirit of the werewolf… his face…
there is no deception.”
Zoelda, older and wiser, embraced Shinin like a grandfather who had finally found his lost grandson.
“At last… hope has returned.
Zyurella, your prophecy may have been true.
A new light… will soon replace us as the legends of the future.”
THE SHADOW THRONE
Location: Between the Layers of Void and Reality
Standing atop the floating skull of a dragon was Zahntu—a being that should never have existed.
He resembled a second Red Moon, overflowing with darkness and malevolent power.
In his hand hung chains of psychic control—binding a young boy with reddish-blonde hair and empty black eyes.
Dark Sky, the son of Lysa and Yorukira Ikkira.
In a trance, Dark Sky’s voice echoed as though two souls were colliding.
“…Mama… Lysa…
killed… my father…”
Zahntu gently touched the boy’s head.
His smile was a living nightmare.
“Calm yourself, my child.
We will burn this world…
and rebuild the throne of vampire blood and Syavadark power.
And you will become the new king of vampires—
ruling everything… even beyond the dimensions of this universe.”
THE STRATEGIC COMMAND CENTER
Inside the war room, the core strategists—Elian, Hasya, Dr. Nadia, Elira, and Fran—examined the shattered remains of Ravager Ho kwan.
Red warning lights from the Void Layer detection system illuminated the laboratory.
Hasya activated a holographic display.
“The three dimensional guardians of Seona—Zaenda, Zoelda, and Zyurella—have sealed the portal routes.
But Zahntu is trying to open one from the outside…
allowing creatures from other dimensions to invade and conquer us!”
Dr. Nadia swallowed nervously.
“If they succeed… it won’t just destroy our world.
The entire dimensional structure could collapse.
More outsiders will slip through reality…
like Rozuieta, Kael Adravion, and other unknown beings beyond reality.”
Finally, Elian spoke—quiet but firm.
“Then we must reach the main portal first.
Before Dark Sky is used as the living key.
Otherwise… this entire world will fall into the hands of enemies from beyond.”
FINAL CUTSCENE: BLOOD FATE & RISING DESTINY
At the highest tower of the Night Palace, Lysa stood alone beneath a cracking moon.
Dark energy slowly coiled across the sky—as if the curtain of reality itself was about to tear.
In the distance, the shadow of Ching Lee, Yorukira’s former wife, whispered to herself.
“Sky… my child…
Even if the whole world hates me…
I am still your mother.
Lysa and I… will save you.
We won’t let Zahntu claim your soul.”
Beyond the stars…
The Seona Galaxy began to tremble.
And from the Void, a mechanical voice echoed like a final prophecy.
“WARNING: MULTIVERSE BARRIER INTERFERENCE DETECTED.”
Zyurella, Zoelda, and Zaenda immediately prepared themselves.
Because the darkness once imprisoned…
had finally begun searching for a way out.
