Global Awakening: Apocalypse Ender's Chronicle

The Vampire Lord noticed what was happening and adapted quickly.

Shinja’s poison had no scent or color, so it was difficult to detect at first.

However, with Statham’s keen senses, he noticed how his body, even after being regenerated, was slowly taking a toll...

’Same old tactics...’ Statham thought.

With a screech, he vanished into a cloud of bats, reforming behind Shinja and sinking its fangs toward his neck.

However, the Tyrant King Helm was triggered and burst with power, resisting the creature’s mental domination, allowing Shinja to move at the last second.

”Not too fast!”

Shinja swiftly moved and gripped the vampire’s jaw, and with monstrous strength, he slammed Statham’s head into the ground.

Bang!

”Just die, Bloodsucker!” Shinja roared as he struck with his halberd. The holy-coated blade tore across the Vampire Lord’s chest, and it burned Statham’s flesh as divine energy spread into its unholy body.

The Vampire Lord shrieked and retreated, but soon, smoke rose from its wound. He was still able to heal himself even with that injury.

Yet Shinja didn’t stop...

The two battled for a while, and it was at a speed that many other Survivors couldn’t even follow.

At one moment, Statham cut through Shinja’s pauldrons and left deep gashes. His blood splattered, but the Warden’s Oath lessened the blow; his Tyrant King armor also absorbed the brunt of the impact.

The clash continued for a while, showing how Shinja was actually so strong...

Even Statham’s Blood Skills like Blood Drain, Blood Burst, and others weren’t too effective against the Warlord...

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The clash of steel against claw, poison against blood, holy energy against vampiric darkness didn’t stop.

Thankfully, as Shinja held the Vampire Lord, the others didn’t stay idle as they continued to eliminate the vampires and Vampire knights...

As the number of vampires dwindle, the defenders glanced at the huge battle and watched in awe as their Warlord fought like a beast unleashed, every swing of his halberd threatening to cleave the night in two.

If this continued, they believed that they were going to win this!

Although the Vampire Knights were strong, they were easily suppressed by the bloodless Warden Units!

Indeed, since Warden Units do not have blood and do not fall to charm abilities, they were able to ignore the most powerful abilities of the Vampires!

Furthermore, they had an amazing combat A.I. system, and they could help any survivors in trouble.

Still, the Vampire Lord was incredibly powerful, and he could regenerate every time, almost without any limit.

Just like this time, Statham’s body was almost cut in half, but he was still slowly regenerating.

”Your poison... your holy light... none of it will stop me...” Statham muttered as he finally gained additional poison resistance.

Furthermore, the holy water’s effect was also dwindling... It was starting to disappear!

Soon, Statham believed that Shinja’s advantage would be gone. Furthermore, once all the thousands of his vampires entered the shelter, it would be over for them!

Shinja spat blood as he tightened the grip on his halberd... ”Then I’ll just cut you down again... and again... until you stop crawling back!”

***

At this time, inside the main headquarters of Eclipse Domain, Butler Edwin’s hands trembled. He had just been saved by Monk Chaloem from a Vampire Knight who seemed to be looking for the Shelter Crystal and had gotten lost here...

It was obvious that Statham planned to hold back the strongest fighters of the shelter or to attract the attention of the Survivors while his best Vampire Knights would look for the hidden Shelter Crystal or the core of the Shelter.

Shane had long seen this tactic and reminded everyone not to get fooled.

Because of that, even if Shinja was struggling, most of the warriors were waiting to catch those Vampire Knights, eliminating them slowly.

”It should be here...” Butler Edwin muttered as he swiftly entered another room to find the old Barrier Generator.

It was the Bio-Barrier Generator that required fuel to start up.

It wasn’t a strong barrier, but it was decent if used in an emergency.

As soon as he found it, Butler Edwin immediately went to work and activated it after a few seconds!

Whom~

Just like that, the Bio-Barrier Generator roared to life.

A faint dome surged upward from the ground, encasing the inner wall of the shelter.

It wasn’t as huge as the Aegis Force and the Shelter’s own barrier, but it could block the Vampires. Indeed, it lacked durability and could not endure heavy bombardment, but they just needed to buy enough time.

Just like that, the vampires charging the entrances slammed against the barrier...

Then, their bodies burned the moment they touched it, the barrier rejecting them like poison to their unholy essence.

They screeched as they clawed and hammered against the dome, but none could push through. At the very least, not yet.

Edwin wiped the sweat from his brow. ”That should... buy us some time.”

***

While the barrier momentarily blocked the vampires, a group of engineers led by Eliot rushed in. They carried crates filled with glowing Power Cores as they fixed the main Barrier Generator of the shelter!

”Don’t let it collapse!” Eliot shouted, already kneeling by the generator.

His hands worked quickly, inserting one core after another into the auxiliary sockets. Soon, the generator shook violently as it absorbed the new energy.

One by one, the panels across the barrier brightened, and the shaking dome of the Bio-Barrier started stabilizing until it hardened into a solid emerald shell as the Aegis Force activated...

It had an effect that increased the strength of other layered Barriers after all!

Just like that, the vampires outside could only wail in frustration as their chance to flood in was sealed away!

***

Back inside, with the swarm of Vampires successfully cut off, the survivors quickly rallied.

It was then that Monk Chaloem stepped forward...

”Now it’s our turn.”

The defenders who were still standing roared in agreement.

With his lead, the Survivors and the Warden Units started clearing up all the Vampires who were left in the shelter!