Heart of a Hero: Somehow I've become the Vampire Queen?!

Chapter 13 - Unwanted Savior

Shadows coiled around Ambra's form, merging with the darkness of the forest as she moved. The air crackled with tension as she gathered her vampiric powers, her body thrumming with energy. And then, in an instant, she vanished from view, her shadow step propelling her forward with a speed that defied mortal comprehension.

Without hesitation, she swung her holy platinum sword, its chipped edge gleaming in the moonlight as it cleaved through the skeletal monsters. The ghouls and skeletons that had once overwhelmed the guards and adventurers now found themselves facing an unstoppable force. Ambra's strikes were devastating, each swing accompanied by a burst of cursed magic that obliterated her enemies in a tempest of darkness.

The city guards and adventurers initially had not even realized a new entity had arrived on the battlefield, but upon seeing the powerful silver slash that had halted the one-sided beatdown they had been victims of, they could only stare in stupefied awe as Ambra unleashed her might. She didn't spare them a glance, her focus solely on the task at hand. Her sword danced through the air, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The ghouls' magic-infused attacks and sticky tendrils were no match for her speed and agility, and the skeletons' magical arrows shattered against her impenetrable aura. Even if they did land an attack against her terrifyingly high speed, it would not even damage her.

With the grace of a deadly dancer, she weaved through the battlefield, leaving a wake of fallen undead. The ground beneath her was littered with shattered bones and remnants of cursed magic. Not even a breath of tiredness was uttered after such a performance. Silence ruled for a brief moment under the azure sky and the dim stars. Not missing a beat, she turned her attention to the one remaining undead on the battlefield, the skeleton chevalier. Witnessing its comrades be reduced to not much more than a graveyard had apparently been too shocking for even something that was already dead, to begin with, its red eyes widening as it took a hesitant step back.

Nevertheless, hesitation was a luxury the skeleton chevalier could not afford. With a primal scream, it charged at Ambra, its ghastly mount galloping with a horrifying scream. Ambra's lips curved into a cold gaze as she met its charge head-on. Shadows enveloped her as she summoned her cursed blood daggers, their glinting forms imbued faint red glow.

In an instant, the daggers flew across the battlefield followed by vines of blood, and she launched herself at the skeleton chevalier. The clash was explosive, a symphony of steel meeting bone, of shadows intertwining with death. The nightmare horse reared, its ghastly flames casting sinister shadows across the clearing, while Ambra's daggers gleamed with a dim red light.

The battle was fierce, the ground beneath them quaking with the force of their blows. And then, with a final, calculated strike after the movements of the ghastly mount had been restrained by the blood vines, Ambra's daggers found their mark. The skeletal chevalier's form illuminated with a hallowed crimson light as bones cracked and splintered, and the nightmare horse disintegrated into ashes. The surrounding air crackled with the sheer power of her attack, and when the light faded, only dust and ashes remained.

Ambra stood amidst the aftermath, unmoved. She didn't look at the humans who had witnessed her battle, didn't acknowledge the mixture of terror, confusion, and awe that radiated from them. Instead, she turned briefly, her silver hair catching the moonlight, her crimson eyes a reflection of the shadows within her.

A moment of silence stretched before a single word shattered it. "V-Vampire!" A voice rang out, the word only carried by fear alone.

Ambra sighed inwardly, her heart heavy with the burden of her existence. Without a backward glance, she activated her shadow step and vanished from their sight. As the echoes of her battle lingered in the air, the humans remained, shaken and bewildered by the extraordinary force that had intervened to save them, a force they couldn't comprehend.