Chapter 204: Fall with me.

Back To The Tower

The fall didn’t stop.

Lucifer dropped like a broken star, red light trailing from his body as the black walls around him blurred. Then, without warning, the descent stopped. His boots slammed onto solid ground. No impact. No stumble. Just silence.

He stood at the heart of a vast chamber—no ceiling, no walls—only a circular floor suspended in endless dark. Above him, the spiral tower vanished into the gloom. Below him, nothing. He blinked once. The blood on his hands hadn’t dried. The scythe pulsed.

Then the floor shifted.

Rings began to form—one inside another, each spinning at a different speed. Runes glowed across the edges, faint at first, then flaring bright crimson. The entire platform began rotating.

A hum followed. Deep. Mechanical. Ancient.

Then came the voice—not a person, not a system.

Just a presence.

"You’ve trespassed into memory."

Lucifer raised Crimson Reaver. "Then remember this."

Light erupted from every rune on the floor—twelve spirals shot out like spears. From each, a figure was born.



They weren’t like the wights before. These were complete.

Twelve guardians. Each carried a weapon made of crystallized blood. Their skin shimmered like stone, and their eyes burned with discipline.

Vampires from the Time Before the Split.

Real vampires.

Before the clans. Before the rituals. Before the hunger.

Each one had been a warrior king.

Now they served the tower.

Lucifer moved first.

No words.

His body blurred—Fold Step. His boots cracked the floor as he reappeared beside the first guardian. The scythe swept low—meant to cleave both legs. But the guardian blocked with a halberd made of red crystal, then countered with a shoulder bash.

Lucifer flew back twenty feet.

Landed crouched. Armor cracked.

Two more charged. One with dual swords. The other unarmed but covered in rune tattoos.

Lucifer caught the dual blades on his scythe, then twisted and used Blood Pulse—his skin exhaled sharp steam as his aura ignited again.

The tattooed one vanished.

Then reappeared behind him.

Lucifer ducked, but the palm strike caught his back.

Blood Drain Technique.

His vision flickered. The runes on the vampire’s arms glowed as they siphoned his blood mid-strike. Lucifer snarled and responded in kind.

He opened his mouth. Breathed out mist.

Thirst Aura.

The guardian’s body twitched—hesitation. Lucifer capitalized. Slashed through the dual swordsman’s chest with a crescent sweep, then spun and shattered the rune vampire’s jaw with a backhand, his arm wrapped in Crimson Armor.

Another four moved. Two flew.

Wings made of thin red blades, moving silent and fast.

Lucifer looked up just in time to block a divekick—Crimson Reaver met the heel and burst into shards. The second one dove while he was disarmed.

Lucifer smirked.

He raised both hands. Blood snapped from his fingertips and formed twin daggers—Fang Pair.

He twisted mid-air, carving one winged vampire’s leg clean off, then kicked off its body, flipped, and embedded the other dagger into the next one’s throat as it passed beneath.

He landed hard, rolling to recover.

Crimson Reaver reformed in his hand—its soul still intact.

The remaining six stood in formation now. Coordinated. These weren’t mindless defenders. They were military.

The one in the center raised a blade the size of a pillar. No face. Just smooth porcelain flesh where features should be.

The moment that blade touched the ground, the entire battlefield changed.

The space folded.

Time Lock.

Lucifer blinked—and the world stopped.

Everything slowed to a crawl.

Then moved normally for the twelve.

But not for him.

They moved in real-time.

He moved like he was underwater.

Lucifer grinned.

They were trying.

His body began to burn again.

He focused everything inward.

Blood Rift.

His chest pulsed. His veins lit. Then reality bent around him—he stepped through his own bloodstream and reappeared above them.

He shattered the Time Lock with sheer rejection. His presence distorted the spell’s structure.

The twelve looked up, surprised.

He pointed downward.

Crimson Rain.

A hundred blood darts exploded from his body, raining down like missiles. Two vampires dodged. One deflected.

The rest weren’t fast enough.

Explosions rocked the arena. Smoke. Red mist.

Lucifer landed among them, dragging his scythe behind him.

The ones still alive moved.

One held a whip.

One held silence—an assassin.

One bent shadows.

Lucifer sighed.

No words.

Just movement.

He vanished and reappeared behind the shadow user. Slammed his scythe straight through its spine. The body pulsed—then shattered into glass.

A decoy.

Real one behind him.

Too slow.

Lucifer turned and spat a needle of blood from his mouth.

Vampiric Fang.

Straight through its forehead.

The assassin lunged—knife gleaming, laced with ancient poison.

Lucifer took the stab on purpose—let it dig into his side—then used the angle to drive his fist through the vampire’s ribs.

Fingers closed around its heart.

Crushed it.

The last one cracked the ground.

A whip of blood lightning snaked toward him.



Lucifer caught it.

The pain seared.

But he smiled through it.

Then yanked.

The vampire flew forward—and was impaled on a spike rising from the ground.

Blood Garden.

Silence.

Again.

Twelve were down.

But something was wrong.

The arena hadn’t ended.

Then the ceiling opened.

No, not the ceiling.

A sky.

The dark peeled away.

Lucifer looked up.

And saw it.

A shape.

Massive.

Descending slowly.

Its wings didn’t flap. They just... moved the air.

A giant.

Vampire God-Class.

Height of the original line. Nine feet tall. Armor fused into its skin. No mouth. No name. Just horns.

Lucifer didn’t react.

He just stood still.

The god touched the arena. Its feet didn’t make a sound.

It raised its hand.

Blood poured from the sky.

Lucifer stepped back.

But the blood didn’t fall.

It shaped.

Blades. Spears. Arrows. All forged in air.

Then they launched.

He didn’t dodge.

He raised both arms.

Crimson Vortex.

A dome of spinning blood enveloped him.

The storm hit.

Explosions. Heat. Pressure.

But inside the vortex, he stood unharmed.

Then he dropped the barrier.

Charged forward.

Scythe roaring to life.

The god blocked with a hand.

Caught the blade.

No damage.

Lucifer stared into its hollow face.

And grinned.

He let go of the scythe.

And punched the god.

A single punch.

No technique.

Just blood.

Just weight.

The sound cracked the entire floor.

The god staggered.

Lucifer caught the falling scythe, twirled it, and went low—swept the legs.

The god leapt, floated, then countered with a downward stomp.

Lucifer caught the foot with both hands.

Bones cracked.

But he lifted.

Bloodburst.

His entire body exploded in red energy, launching the god into the sky.

Lucifer followed, rising like a meteor.

He grabbed the god mid-air.

And screamed.

"Fall with me."

Then spun.

Final Cut.

Crimson Reaver split into twin greatswords.

He drove them both into the god’s shoulders.

They crashed back down—earth split open.

The impact destroyed the platform.

Dust. Blood. Smoke.



Lucifer crawled out.

Alone.

The god was gone.

So was the tower.

Just ruins now.

And another staircase leading down.

He looked at his hands.

Still bleeding.

Still shaking.

He smiled.

Then stepped down again.

Into whatever waited below.