Reincarnated into a New World As a Vampire

Chapter 120: The Great Mother 5

"What are you talking about, Naiha? How could she not be the Grea-" Helga's words were cut short as a sharp pain struck at her chest.

*Shruk!

Using her right hand, the lady who was supposed to be Aeress, the great mother, pierced Helga through the right side of her chest.

"Impressive." Aeress said with an evil grin on her face while looking at Naiha who was trembling slightly, trying her best to regain composure. "You possess wonderful talent, useful." Aeress said, her tone darker than before, a sharp contrast to the motherly tone she used moments ago.

Helga was in total shock as to the current turn of events, she tried to speak, but her voice came out weak, short of breath… "A-Aeress… Wh-why?" She voiced out weakly.

Aeress, with her hand still through Helga's chest gained an amused grin as she smiled toothily, "hmm, I don't know…" she stretched her words, "maybe, because I am not Aeress? Hahahahahah" She snickered almost, in a sinister tone, before her expression turned serious all of a sudden.

Helga on the other hand, was devastated and in a confused and pained state, both physically and mentally.

Naiha tried to calm her nerves, weaving a spell to attack Aeress with.

As the spell formed in front of her and several magical writings and symbols appeared in runic-like forms, Naiha focused her mind and stretched out her hands as she poured in a considerable amount of mana into the spell.

Aeress who noticed this action of hers simply stretched out her left hand that was free, towards Naiha as she spoke in a stern voice, "no you don't." Immediately causing the magic circle that had been conjured by Naiha to crumble away, drawing a bewildered expression from Naiha who couldn't believe what just happened.

'She can even do that?! Magic is useless then!' She thought to herself. Her eyes darted around, trying to see if there was a way to escape or a way to leverage the environment to their advantage, but there was nothing. No matter where she looked, at that met her eyes were dark obsidian rocks that made up the entire space, from the ground to the walls to the ceiling above their heads. There was no entrance or exit visible, all was blocked.

"No need to bother." Aeress said in a taunt, though her voice sounded flat, as though lacking all emotions.

Naiha couldn't think of anything else to do, and when she looked at Helga, all she saw was a defeated woman barely standing upright with a fist through her chest. Though, because these weren't their material body, there was no blood, and no particular wound mark. Seeing as they were able to sever the heads of demons even though they must have possessed the same kind of body as they did, Naiha's thoughts were firing through various possibilities and also, a way to save herself.

'There's no way she's trying to kill us…' Naiha said in her mind, trying to think logically.

With the stretch of a hand, Aeress pulled Naiha towards her through some telekinetic medium. Naiha herself didn't just feel weightless, she felt as if a giant hand was squeezing her body to lift her up in a very rough manner.

*Ergg!

"Why? Why would you save us just to kill us?" Naiha questioned as her body was brought towards Aeress.

Aeress's expression remained the same, cold and stoic as she looked at Naiha's in the eyes, "kill you? Who says I'm going to kill you?" she asked, thrusting her left hand through Naiha's chest, on the side where her heart would be clear of.

"ARRGG!!" Naiha screamed in pain.

'Sick Bastard Whore!' She cursed internally while gritting her teeth to suppress the sharp pulsing pain in her chest.

"I need the two of you intact, not torn into pieces or as corrupted monsters. This is the nether realm after all, those who cannot survive, are killed and turned into instruments for the realm." Aeress said in a cold voice.

"So - so what – now? – if death – isn't the – purpose…" Naiha's voice trailed off as a exhaustion alike she had never felt before took over her mind.

"What would you do with that information, if I were to tell you?" Aeress asked rhetorically, fully aware that Naiha had lost consciousness.

On her feet, Aeress stood with the two women hanging from each arm as she stared directly in front of her.

"Quiet down, fool, let's begin the process now." She said to herself as though talking to own self.

Beginning a long process, Aeress began unwinding the threads that bound Naiha' and Helga' souls to their physical body. This was currently, their astral form, though they had no idea. What that meant was that, unlike their souls, this form held a separate function, and was what Aeress was after.

While the body serves as the husk in which the soul resides in, the astral body or astral form, is a manifestation of both, but not an amalgamation of the two. While the soul was eternal and could not be killed directly, the material body and astral body were not eternal.

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Normally, the Astral body can only pierce into a layer of reality that is just above the physical plane, while the soul/spirit can pierce even deeper, that was not the case this time.

Through Aeress's careful manipulation, she was able to have the two women appear in the nether world, a deeper realm of existence where the astral body would normally not be able to reach, a place that can only be accessed through the spirit alone.

As for what her plans were for these two followers of hers, it was unclear. To the followers, they had no idea whether or not this was even the great mother they knew, and that was specifically Helga alone. As for Naiha, this was not the great mother she had hoped to see, but there was nothing both of them could do. They were completely powerless against her, her methods were simply superior.

'Helga.'