The SSS Ranked Villain's Return - Chapter 402

Chapter 402: The Calm After The Storm
After an unimaginable amount of time…

The void split open, revealing a single figure who had stepped through, limping slightly.

Their cloak was shredded, one arm hanging limp. Blood trailed down their fingers. Clearly, they had been in a battle just recently.

And of course, that figure was none other than Neraxis.

He took a few steps forward, arriving in front of his house where he had lived most of his lifetimes.

But as he reached out to open the door, he felt a slight tremor in his hand, which soon resulted in something a bit more.

A single crimson eye appeared on his palm, causing immense pain to shoot throughout his body.

Despite the pain, Neraxis simply stared at the eye, and in the next moment, stabbed it onto the door handle.

The eye exploded, and what remained was a faint trace of mana that escaped his body, heading up into the air and eventually fading.

He had tortured Lagus for a very long time, replaying the same situation in many different universes.

It had gotten to the point where Neraxis would create a specific universe just for Lagus to experience even greater suffering.

They had fought a few times, and because of their latest fight, Neraxis suffered serious injuries.

Those very same injuries resulted in him bleeding mana. He was sure he could die of old age now, as ridiculous as that sounded.

After all… I’m still a vampire. It shouldn’t work, but it clearly is.

He had gotten weaker, that much was certain. But at least he didn’t need to worry about Lagus anymore. He was long gone, this time for real.

After all, in their final battle, Lagus sacrificed his soul to inflict such a grave injury onto Neraxis.

“Hmm… I guess that’s what I get for playing with my food,” Neraxis remarked with a chuckle and entered his house.

He navigated through the familiar hallway, arriving in the kitchen.

As expected, it was dusty and abandoned.

Evangeline used to take care of it, but it seems like his actions were finally sprouting the consequences he had dreaded to see.

Still, he opened the fridge and took out a moldy pie. Using what was left of his Time powers, he restored the pie to its peak form, and then ate his fill.

Truly, he didn’t remember the last time he had eaten. He didn’t even know how long had passed in this world.

I wonder if the others are still alive…? Neraxis thought, his lips slightly trembling.

Why didn’t I just kill Lagus and come back? Why did I go through all of that… just to end up in the same position as Lagus.

He was powerless, in a way.

At most, he could deal with someone at the Origin rank, but even then, that would likely use up all of his power.

After that, he would become someone who could no longer wield mana—an unawakened individual.

But worst of it all was the fact that he couldn’t even remember Evangeline’s face… he didn’t even remember his sister’s name.

Neraxis stabbed the spoon through the table by accident.

He paused, his brows furrowed, as he picked up the table and tossed it straight through the wall, causing the wall and half of the house to collapse onto him.

But he wasn’t done, as he proceeded to destroy everything in sight. And less than a minute later, there was a huge crater instead of his home.

Alas, he didn’t care anymore, so with the usage of his Time powers, he restored everything back to normal and decided to take a walk.

The streets were empty, and more importantly, Dreamspire had vanished, not leaving behind even a trace.

It was almost like he was back to the time in his previous alternate universe, but from the faint energies he felt, he knew that wasn’t the case.

There were several S ranks around, and even a few stronger individuals.

And all of that was within the city he was currently in.

Truthfully, he didn’t have the will to look further in fear of finding corpses of his loved ones.

Therefore, he strolled through the empty streets, reminiscing about the time he had wasted.

It was fun at first, but shortly after, it became dull.

Yet he held onto that dullness, killing Lagus over and over again, ruining his family and more.

But only after a few million years had his conscience been hit, making him change his strategies.

He let Lagus grow stronger. So strong that he was even able to contend with the gods that Neraxis had created.

Only after killing all the gods was Lagus prepared to fight Neraxis, but not once did he win.

It really was fun…

A single tear streamed down his cheek as he arrived in front of a particular location—the cemetery.

He had watched his sister be buried here. He mourned her, and yet as he looked around, he realized nearly all of the tombstones were abandoned.

Neraxis felt a slight pang in his chest as he went around, using his Time powers to restore the cemetery.

He thought of doing the same for the other cemeteries. However, as he took one step forward, he suddenly tumbled, falling straight into a dug-out grave.

It seemed like he had dug it subconsciously, but for some reason, it seemed extremely comfortable.

So as he felt the last of his strength zap away, he curled up into a ball and tried to fall asleep.

But before he could, a loud chime rang out in his ears, causing his eyes to shoot open in alertness.

<Ding!>

<Debunking…>

<Bloodline: The Progenitor Solarian Vampire [Mythic] has been detected!>

<Achievement: The Powerless Vampire Progenitor.>

“…”

It seemed like even the system wanted to have a laugh at him. Yet as he tried to open his status screen to check his stats out, he wasn’t able to.

But as he thought that was the end of it, a few pop-ups fell that made his brows furrow.

The SSS Ranked Villain's Return - Chapter 402

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