Modern Cultivation : The Strongest Couple Bonded by Vampire System

Seeing the attack, Aimu could feel danger; the pattern on his axe glowed, and the shadow beast that was fighting against Balthazar's shadow, Malboro, quickly made his escape.

Moving quickly through the shadows, it appeared behind Aimu and then started fusing over his body, creating a black metallic armor.

With the enhanced strength, Aimu was prepared to face the deadly attack.

Freya also moved her pixie to support Aimu against the attack. Shooting all their power toward the laser beam

But just inches away, the laser beam turned its angle upward, surprising both Freya and Aimu. The target is not Aimu. It's Freya.

Exploiting the opportunity, Balthazar's shadow beast shot its shadow hand forward, catching Freya's limbs. Sealing her escape.

SWOSH!! The laser moved toward her face, but just before it hit her.

BANG! Something came out from the portal.

Alex, at this time, had covered enough distance to see what happened. He doesn't try to rescue Freya since he knows it's just suicide, but what happens next makes him both relieved and confused.

From the portal, Zold came out crashing into Freya, who stood in front of it. The electricity from his body crackled, zapping through Freya's body and hitting Balthazar's shadow beast.

This made the shadow hand release its clutch over Freya. They then landed on the ground with a bang.

Aimu used this moment to launch an attack at Belthazar. His axe cleaved through the air toward his neck.

Caught off guard, Belthazar barely dodged the attack, but it still hit his arm, cutting it off cleanly. Making him grimace in pain.

Aimu's attack was now strengthened, with his shadow beast raising it to a new level, allowing him to cut through Belthazar's defense.

Succeeding with one slash, Aimu proceeded to go for the kill. But at that moment, a black hand appeared from the shadow beast, pulling Belthazar away.

BANG! The axe hit the ground. But Aimu quickly changed direction. He doesn't want to lose the momentum.

Despite Belthazar starting to launch a barrage of beam attacks at him, Aimu dodged each one and moved forward to pursue him.

At this moment, Belthazar's shadow beast used more hands, throwing Belthazar to the portal; it then turned into a shadow returning back to his body.

After Belthazar had passed through the portal, it closed. Leaving behind many questions for Aimu.

How could the portal appear?

What is the anchor?

Where is it going?

Who is behind Belthazar's power?

He then turned his gaze distance away, looking toward the Felidaean settlement; he hesitated for a moment but then sighed, 'I will let them take care of it.' He thought before turning his focus toward Freya and the people that came out from the portal.

For now, Aimu thought of interrogating them to find out some answers. But he stopped at his step when he saw Alex come out and talk to them.

Based on their conversation, he knew they knew each other, "Alex, we need to talk." Aimu's voice reverberated in the air.

"Give me time, I will come to your place after everything is settled," Alex said while checking Olivia's condition.

Zold was alright with just some minor wounds, while Olivia was still unconscious.

"Alright," Aimu replied as he moved toward Freya.

After some talk with Aimu, Freya left because she needed to have a word with her daughter.

"Zold, tell me everything you saw inside the portal," Alex said while he poured some red potion toward Olivia's lips.

Zold, sitting on the ground, took a deep breath as he looked around the area. He was confused about where he was, but looking at Alex being there, he felt the situation was under control.

He then told Alex what happened; based on his story, after entering the portal, he blacked out for a few moments before he found himself here.

Zold was sure he only blacked out for a few seconds at most.

This made Alex frown. He checked both of them but didn't find anything weird, 'Does time move differently inside the portal? But the wolf I sent to help them enter without any time gap.'

Turning his gaze toward Olivia, Alex turned complicated, 'Why did you enter the portal?' He asked Olivia in his mind.

"What do you think of that place, Zold?"

"The place with many eyes? It's weird and disturbing since I never saw something like that before, but honestly, I feel that place is alive."

"Alive? Do you mean you feel a living presence there?"

Remembering what happened before made Zold's hair stand up again, but with a few breaths, he calmed himself down.

"No, I mean the whole place is alive. It's like if you enter through the belly of the beast, that is how I feel it."

"A belly of the beast, I see."

Zold then turned his gaze toward William. Looking at his peculiar tail and ears, he asked, "Is he one of the aliens you talked about before?"

"He is William, a Felidaean." Alex then introduced William to Zold and informed him of some important information.

"That is the gist of it; we will talk more in detail after meeting up with Emily and Quartz; for now, we need to help fight against the beast."

Alex then puts Olivia under Sasha's care while he, William, Aurora, and Blaire go to fight against the beast wave.

Alex knew they would have no problem with Alice there, but he still came because he didn't want to miss any opportunity to get more monsters to bolster his force.

He had already lost most of them when attacking the palace. But there is still one left that hasn't been sent out.

One of the beast kings that he caught in the forest.

A few hours passed, filled with many fights against the beast, and the next phase proceeded as planned as the fairy race helped defend against the beasts.

Alice then proceeded with her made-up story, telling it's all the king's evil plan to take over the kingdom; the king is bribed by their real enemy, the one that makes them hide in this place.

Throughout this, Freya was watching with a complicated gaze; she could more or less tell what had happened. She feels guilty toward Aimu since it's her family that made the problem.