Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation

Among monsters, succubus and vampires are great at controlling others. People usually think vampires are stronger because they can spread their "bloodline" to many. But if there's a big power gap, a succubus can easily beat a vampire with her charm!

After all, Camille only needed to deal with one guy! Rasambla didn't suspect his helpful friend at all. He wasn't prepared, so he fell for her trick easily. He got lost in bed and lost his mind, following all her orders.

You know, Camille was already deep in the vampire group. So it was easy for her to take over all the minions through the magic connection.

"Now Rasambla is your man. Is he at the base by the east coast?" I asked eagerly. The truth about the ancestor was clear now. In a way, there were two ancestors, right? One was in front of me, and the other was probably the one the rescue team met.

"The base by the sea?" Camille was confused for a moment, then quickly remembered. "Yes! I stopped him from making more portals, but Rasambla really liked a human he caught. He kept wanting to find the two H-country prisoners who escaped. By chance, I heard the base was under attack, so I let him go back to check."

Hearing this, I got worried. So she knew about Cyra and the others attacking? But how did she know? Did H-country's secret plan to attack the nuclear base leak out?

But Camille's next move confused me again. She suddenly remembered something and took out a remote from her desk drawer. She tempted me, saying, "Want to watch? He should be there by now. Shall we enjoy the live show together?"

She pressed the remote before I could answer. A huge TV on the wall of the president's office lit up. It showed what was happening inside the abandoned base.

"What's going on?" I was shocked. The rescue team lost contact when the cameras broke during the sudden attack. I never expected to see them again like this.

At first, the camera showed a quiet corner of the base. But Camille switched between a few cameras and quickly found Cyra and the others.

"This military base had lots of remote cameras before it was abandoned. When I found out Rasambla was using this place and making a space portal, I had my tech guys secretly send the video to me. I wanted to keep an eye on how the magic circle was going. But that's not needed anymore," Camille explained as she adjusted the view.

Even though they stopped using the magic circle, the cameras inside were still working 24/7. After all, the H-country prisoners were all in there. And some humans had woken up and escaped before!

"So that's how you noticed?" I understood now. To prevent more surprises like Chan Layne escaping, and to watch for H-country rescues, Camille definitely added more guards. She even connected the cameras to the TV in the president's office so she could check anytime.

This meant she still didn't know about the attacks on other M-country nuclear bases.

At first, she used the M-country president to set a trap. She wanted to lure the rescue team to the IAA headquarters. But that plan didn't work at all. Instead, she saw Cyra and the others on the cameras!

The rescue team faced tough resistance at first, but those were just low-level vampires. Cyra and her team could handle them.

But Rasambla showing up changed everything. Like I saw before the signal cut off, they were in a hard fight now.

"One six-winged angel can't win! Don't worry, I ordered to catch them alive. Your angel friends shouldn't be in life danger!" Camille said casually, leaning back in her wheelchair. The real vampire Ancestor with bat wings was winning, even though it was one against many!

Maybe there was a chase that I didn't see earlier. Now the battle had moved to the port by the sea.

One camera showed the whole fighting area. I could only see Cyra, Cyrae, and Raydwin.

I didn't know if Chan Layne, Wayne Peng, and the other H-country soldiers were alive or dead. I looked all over the screen but couldn't see Number 12 Reed anywhere. Maybe she died in the first chaos.

As the camera zoomed in, Camille suddenly stood up and hit the table. She almost couldn't believe her eyes...

"Lady Michelle?! Impossible, how can she be here? And she's fighting Rasambla!"

Michelle was probably the person Camille feared most in the world. One reason she liked Earth and didn't want to go back was probably because of Michelle's harsh rule in the Dark Continent.

She just decided to betray Michelle, but suddenly saw someone with the same face as Michelle on Earth. Anyone would be shocked.

"Didn't you meet her before? How can you think she's Michelle?" I almost laughed. The person on screen wasn't Michelle, of course. It was Cyra!

Unlike usual, Cyra was holding a shining white sword to fight the vampire ancestor. It looked like Cyrae lent it to her.

"You say we've met? Is she the six-winged angel who almost killed me last time?!"

It seemed Camille's memories from her "Inner Demon" time were fuzzy. When I mentioned it, she vaguely remembered something.

The Apollos Sword was very eye-catching and left a deep impression. Plus, Cyra's six white wings were very different from Michelle's. Even though she couldn't understand why someone looked exactly like Michelle, Camille slowly sat down. She tried to cover up her shock by saying:

"I should really thank her. Without her sword, I probably wouldn't have woken up! But she really looks too similar..."

Actually, she should thank Cyrae, not Cyra.

Of course, I didn't tell her the truth. Cyrae was still pretending to be a human mage, just helping from the side.

I never expected to see Cyra as the main fighter one day. Her sword skills definitely couldn't beat Rasambla. Her magic was always so-so. The only good thing she had was the "Source Magic" she just learned!

Luckily, the base had some light elements in the air. So she could use this skill. But even Source Magic, if it doesn't win in one hit, gets weaker each time!

The light elements left in the air were almost gone. Even when Rasambla got hit by accident, it didn't hurt much. At this rate, Cyra would definitely lose soon.

"Strange! You say I fought her before, but she seems so much weaker than I remember! And her moves are very different. Did I remember wrong?" Camille started doubting herself again after watching for a while.

Even Raydwin, watching from the ground, could see it now. If the Apollos Sword wasn't so good against monsters, and if Rasambla wasn't being careful and holding back, Cyra would've been knocked out of the sky long ago.

Of course, it was pretty amazing that Cyra lasted this long. Another reason was that "human mage" helping her from far away. Whenever Cyra was in deadly danger, the mage would shoot a spell or two, really messing up the enemy's attacks.

"Is that guy... really a light mage?" Soon, the sharp Camille noticed too. A small, unnoticeable "human" could cast most spells with very little chanting. That was too strange.

"Cyrae, if you don't come help, I'm gonna die!" In the end, Cyra couldn't hold on anymore. Through the cameras, we could clearly hear Cyra's panicked cry for help as she blocked the claws.

Rasambla was getting impatient after attacking for so long. He stopped holding back.