(A/n : Play this music)

(Age : 8/6/2020)

(A/n : Author's POV)

Elite Obsidian Cult Soldier #1 : "Sir what should we do?",

Xiphias : "We'll stand and fight him", he stated to him.

EOCS #2 : "How are we going to fight him then? Our weapons are unable to inflict damage on him, let alone the fact that he's entirely immune to bullets", he asked him, evaluating what they knew about the mysterious vigilante from their previous encounters.

Xiphias : "You think that I've left the Head Quarters unprepared? How foolish...", he scoffed, removing his jacket.

(A/n : That's how Xiphias looks like)

Xiphias : "So... Sanguis Rex wasn't it?

It's time someone had engraved into your very being the reason why you shouldn't try to openly provoke the Obsidian Cult.", he stated and pulled his blade out, its crimson blade was pointed towards the masked vigilante only to see that to his surprise, he was nowhere to be seen.

EOCS #3 : "Where is he?", she asked, looking around.

EOCS #4 : "He's faster than we thought, but he shouldn't have went far", he said.

EOCS #2 : "Guys I've...!!", he said to them, but wasn't fast enough to react to what came next since Sanguis Rex had closed the gap between himself and the second Elite Obsidian Cult Soldier within a single step, his bright red eyes locking with the Soldier's bright blue ones.

Sanguis Rex : "Too slow", he stated, grabbing the second Elite Obsidian Cult Soldier by the face and slammed him to the ground.

The ground itself had reacted fiercely upon impact, shattering into a million of small pieces, making dust and debris to rise into the air, clouding the field of view for the others.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :

- Sung Jin Woo with Sanguis Rex
- The Adventurer with Elite Obsidian Cult Soldier #2

Also, ignore the meme part, it was the only version of the gif I could find 😭)

Sanguis Rex : "That's disappointing and here I hoped that the last five members of this Obsidian Cult base would provide me with a challenge.", he said.

EOCS #2 : 'T-Too... strong.', he thought to himself as his eyes rolled to the back of his head, falling unconscious.

EOCS #4 : "Welp... that's how we lost Eric guys. *Mumbles under his breath* And he owed me money.", he said to them.

Sanguis Rex : "Due to the fact that the helmets you've been provided with appear to be not only bulletproof, but also protective against blunt force trauma, he'd be lucky if he had a mild nausea after he woke up.

So yes... you'll still get your money back from him.

Can't guarantee that you'll see the light of the next day since you oppose me though.", he stated to him nonchalantly with a small shrug.

Wait for it...

Three...

Two...

One...

And...

EOCS #4 : "GOODBYE GUYS IT WAS GOOD MEETING YOU!!", he shouted, throwing away his weapon and basically making a run for it.

Xiphias : "You fool!!! That's exactly what he wants. He wants to divide us so that we'd be easier targets for him to pick off!!!", he stated angrily and just to assume his premonition, Sanguis Rex had went towards Elite Obsidian Cult Soldier #4, knocking him unconscious before anyone could see what had happened.

Xiphias : 'Scutum Aeternum, go into personal Aegis Mode', he said mentally, using the psychic link he had with his armor in order to activate its forcefield.

At that moment, Sanguis Rex was standing right in front of them, jumping ever so slightly in place similar to an athlete getting warmed up before a marathon.

His eyes were focused on them with deadly precision, but as he went to attack them, his attack had been deflected.

(A/n : Just like that :

Once again replace Sung Jin Woo with Sanguis Rex

Sung Jin Woo's adversary with Xiphias)

Sanguis Rex : 'I'll need to be more careful about it.

If I was just a second slower, that hit would prove to be fatal.', he thought to himself.

Sanguis Rex : 'Additionally, he seems extremely confident about that sword of his and I get bad vibes just by looking at it.

Which means one thing...

It's not a normal blade...

Although my body tissue acts like a literal armor against any caliber of bullets and conventional weaponry, if I get hit by his sword, I won't leave unharmed.', he thought to himself, a sweat drop making its appearance on his forehead.

Sanguis Rex : 'And here I thought that it'd be a normal mission, but this armoured mini boss had to appear as a side quest.

But he looks like a higher up so maybe...', he thought to himself, but didn't had enough time to fully continue his thoughts since the armoured individual had gone on the offensive as seen by the sword thrust going towards him.

Sanguis Rex : "Yeah... I don't plan on turning into a kebab, thank you.", he said to him in a mocking tone as he dodged the attack.

Sanguis Rex : '...maybe I can learn from him where my mother is kept hostage in, but I'll have to interrogate him later as it seems.', he thought to himself, attempting to block the second attack by hastily reacting and picking up a nearby crowbar.

Big mistake.

The blade's razor sharp blade cleaved the crowbar in two like a hot knife through butter.

Sanguis Rex : 'So that's the blade's secret huh, vibrations and plasma.', he thought to himself with a small smirk, moving out of the blade's way.

Xiphias : "What's wrong hero? Did you realise that your petty little tricks won't help you?", he taunted.

Sanguis Rex : "*smirks* I think that I might have figured out your choice of weaponry.", he stated.

Xiphias : "Oh please then, enlighten us in your last moments.", he sneered.

Sanguis Rex : "As you please. The whole gimmick of your blade is vibrations, isn't it?

A blade that bypasses conventional durability by vibrating itself in the same frequencies as the object it's about to cut and so once both frequencies come to harmony, the blade's second function an inner blade made out of plasma shows up at the cutting edge.

That's where the blade truly shines.", he explained.

Xiphias : "Oh? And how are you so certain about it?", he retorted.

Sanguis Rex : "It's simple, I just had to contact a small test.

And no, I wouldn't let myself be cut.

That's too risky for my taste, but *shows him the singed perfectly cut in half part of the crowbar in his hands*... the ease with how this blade basically tore through this steel crowbar was more than enough to prove my hypothesis.

I've got to admit that this blade is similar to what you'd see in a well written scenario that was pulled out of the depths of science fiction, but here we are.

It's as real as you and me.

Congratulations, whoever made your blade had made the equivalent of a prototype light saber with a few extra steps.

Concluding because I'm getting to the boring part, I'm pretty sure that you've blacklisted from its vibrational patterns obviously yourself and the armour you wear, so that even if I managed to get your light saber, you wouldn't end up getting like Dooku in Star Wars.", he analysed, partly joking.

Xiphias : "As perceptive as always I see. No wonder eight of our bases were taken down by you in one night.

And thus, I have a proposition for you.", he said to him.

Sanguis Rex : "Oh? And what might be that proposition of yours?

Are you going to say something different than any other villain up to this point in any superhero related story?

Or are you going to deviate from them and prove to all that will read this story that you're more than a villain's side kick and tell something completely brand new?", he inquired tauntingly.

Xiphias : "The proposition is simple join us or die...

Think about it, with your extraordinary power, the Obsidian Cult would hold you in high regards as a valuable asset.

You could have anything you wanted...

Money...

Fame...

The respect and fear of everyone in this city...

Everything could be yours, if you just do as simply as say...", he said to him, but at that point, Michael had disappeared from his point of view and reappeared behind him.

Sanguis Rex : "I refuse", he stated.

Xiphias : "What?", he asked befuddled.

EOC#3 : "He refused?", she thought to herself.

EOC#4 : "How could you just refuse a proposition given to you by a high ranking member in the Obsidian Cult of all people!?!!", he asked him.

Sanguis Rex : "Once again I refuse.

If you added cookies as an additional bonus, it would at least pass through the humour vibe check.

Also, why would I care about material possessions that would be so easily spent?

And do all of this for what?

For becoming a brainwashed tool?

Another coal to the fires of corruption that are burning this city from within?

Additionally...", he said to them, stopping mid sentence in order to look behind him at Xiphias, his vibrant, fiery red eyes were looking straight into Xiphias' dark brown ones and further through that.

(A/n : Play this song)

Straight to the higher up's corrupt soul.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace Sung Jin Woo with Sanguis Rex)

Sanguis Rex : "Your Cult as you call it has taken hostage someone really precious to me so as a result, I won't stop until I find them no matter how many of your bases I'll need to turn to ruins or how many of your men I'll need to send for back to back surgeries with the things I'll do to them.", he stated.

EOCS#4 : "Yup, that's it guys, he lost it.", he said to them.

Xiphias : "Y-You're... a monster.", he stated.

Sanguis Rex : "I'm not a monster, I'm the answer to all the cries of the innocent people that the Obsidian Cult had terrorised.

The salvation of all mourned people who had been murdered in cold blood by your men.

The nemesis to the Obsidian Cult's hubris.

The last piece to the entropic puzzle you tried for so long to avoid seeing accomplished.

The last note the justice's requiem who's melodic tune can only be heard from the people who want justice's hammer to fall upon the Obsidian Cult in a place where the police is refusing to do something to stop it.

I'm the necessary evil that will uproot all corruption from this city in order for its people to sleep freely without having the Obsidian Cult to breathe on their necks.

The shadow that awakens and lurks in the darkness in order to prey upon the shadows that plagued this city for too long.", he said, eerily calm.

EOCS #3 : "It's surprising that you can still sprout such nonsense when you're outnumbered and surrounded.", she stated.

Sanguis Rex : "Oh please don't make me laugh.

All that I'm surrounded by is fear and soon to be crippled people of a mafia that's falling apart by the actions of one person.

If you want to give me a reason as to why I should feel terrified of being surrounded by the three of you, you better try and give me one.", he stated waiting for their answer.

Sanguis Rex : "Well... I'm losing time so I'll make short work of the appetizers and then move to relinquish the main dish.", he said to them with a sigh, disappearing from their sight.

EOCS #4 : "Stay on alert!!", he shouted, but failed to see that Sanguis Rex was behind him, having the latter to exploit the gap in their vision in order to land a nasty knee strike on the Soldier's back - eliciting a painful gasp from said soldier - and followed it shortly afterwards with grabbing EOCS#4 by the back of the neck with one hand, tossing him upon the others as if he was a weightless ragdoll.

The other two had managed to avoid their comrade that was used like a projectile and EOCS#3 had tried to use her without ammunition weapon as a baseball bat in order to try and strike the masked vigilante, only for him to duck under her attack and land a nasty uppercut at her gut, lifting her above the ground by the sheer force of the attack alone.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :

SSG Goku with Sanguis Rex
Caulifla with Elite Obsidian Cult Soldier #3)

EOCS #3 : "A-Ack...!!!", she gasped when she had hit the floor, falling unconscious shortly afterwards.

Sanguis Rex : "Now that the small fries are out of the equation, it's only you and me.", he stated.

Xiphias : 'Scutum Aeternum activate Reactive Mode', he stated mentally towards his armor and just in time, because of the fact that Sanguis Rex was coming against him.

He had grasped his katana in both hands, trying a vertical chop, trying to cut his assailant in two from head to bottom, but much to his surprise, he had seen Sanguis Rex sidestepping out of it and punching him straight in the gut.

Xiphias was sent back from the force of the attack, but a familiar buzzing noise had notified him that the vigilante's attack was blocked by the armor's protective barrier.

Scutum Aeternum's Reactive Protection Barrier was activated just in time.

Attack Analysis Status : Completed

Loading Attack Results...

3...
2...
1...

Barrier Status : Barrier Got Partly Damaged.

Calculating Level of Barrier Damage...

Level of Barrier Damage : Minimal

The machine said to him, making Xiphias smirk.

He could tank the attacks for the most part.

Even with that out of the way, he had one question remaining.

Why was he trembling?

There's no way he would lose, right?

(A/n : Play this song)

Sanguis Rex : "One...

Two...

Three...", he counted down.

Sanguis Rex : "Four", he stated, charging once again towards Xiphias, having the latter to try and attack, only for his vibrant blade to stop functioning.

Xiphias : "What !?", he said surprised, but his surprise turned into shock when Sanguis Rex had managed to grab the blade and deliver a nasty elbow targeted at the swordsman's head, only for it to be blocked by said swordsman's barrier armor.

Scutum Aeternum's Reactive Protection Barrier was activated in time.

Attack Analysis Status: Completed.

Loading Attack Results...

3...
2...
1...

Barrier Status : Slightly More Damaged.

Assailant's Attack Potency Results : The Opponent's Attack Damage Had Increased.

Potential Of Increased Damage According To Graphic Analysis :

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :

Saitama's Face in the Graph with Sanguis Rex's

Garou's Face in the Graph with Xiphias')

Calculating the potential of increased damage according to the graph.

Damage Results : The Opponent's striking force had more than just doubled.

Overall Results : Bro, I can't save your goofy ahh 24/7 and keep powering your Spina Umbralis at the same time!!

Just get good and don't go for prolonged fights since you'll be left in the dust like a boxing bag after being torn apart.

Yeah... that's the reason why none had picked this artifact before him.

It's not because of its utility, but because of its witty comments.

Sanguis Rex : "One...

Two...", he started counting down again.

Xiphias : 'Scutum Aeternum : Boosted Form', he said mentally, changing his armor to boosting mode in order for him to manage and jump away from the attack.

Xiphias : 'The only things that we've learnt about him is that although he can jump high, this doesn't mean that he can fly, so getting the high ground was the best idea.', he thought to himself, but he had then heard the vigilante counting again.

Sanguis Rex : "Three...

Four.", he counted and a loud noise was heard behind him so he had turned behind him as fast as he could and he couldn't believe what he'd seen.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace Mash with Sanguis Rex)

He saw that the vigilante could fly.

Well, not really fly - yet - just kick his legs under himself, really fast so that he seemed like flying similarly to how a helicopter could fly by spinning its rotatory blades really fast.

Xiphias : 'Out of all things that happened in my life, this has to be the cherry on top of the hell I had to go through', he thought to himself, a vein starting to become awfully visible on his forehead, realising another thing...

The sound he heard didn't come from Sanguis Rex which meant...

Sanguis Rex : "*points at Xiphias* You crapped your pants", he said to him in a monotonous voice.

Well... that's the last straw...

Xiphias : "I won't let you continue to mock me!!!", he shouted towards him as he charged in against the vigilante, having the latter to smirk slightly underneath his facemask as he proceeded to stop moving, basically dodging Xiphias' attack...

Or so he thought since Xiphias had swooped downwards like a peregrine falcon that had spotted its prey, blade at hand ready to put an end to this vigilant once and for all.

(A/n : Play this song)

Sanguis Rex : "I wonder how such an impulsive moron became a higher up in the Obsidian Cult of all places.

They were getting desperate it seems", he said to him with a sigh, gripping the blade with one hand.

Xiphias on the other hand had tried to punch him with his other, iron clad one, only for that to get caught as well.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :
Anos Voldigoad (right) with Sanguis Rex
Avos Dilhevia (left) with Xiphias)

Sanguis Rex : "What happened to all that bravado you used to have?

Did I struck a nerve perhaps?", he said to him tauntingly.

Xiphias : "Curse you!!!", he hollered in sheer resentment, coming closer and proceeding to headbutt the vigilante, only for his protective barrier to break upon impact.

Have you gone ballistic and don't remember anything from common physics!?!!

Just because his strength got higher this doesn't mean that his durability wouldn't follow closely by!!

Basic Newton's Third Law of Motion. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. If you didn't understand it, that's just skill issue on your part!!!

Sanguis Rex : "Seriously now, was that supposed to hurt?

Here's how a real headbutt is done!", he stated, bringing Xiphias closer to him.

Xiphias : 'Oh crap!!', he thought to himself.

Approaching Attack : Headbutt

Moments before impact : A Few Seconds

Risk of Death : 10000% if it wasn't for the User's mutant ability.

Result of the attack : Five generations of your family are gonna feel the pain.

The AI had said trying its last to protect its wielder from the impact by using all of its remaining energy in order to mitigate the upcoming damage, but unfortunately its attempts were fruitless, given that the shield didn't last a second, leaving Xiphias open to one of the nastiest headbutts ever seen.

(A/n : Just like that (excluding the first headbutt), but replace :
Superman with Sanguis Rex
Wonder Woman with Xiphias

Why can I hear bell noises whenever they headbutted one another? 💀)

The headbutt itself was so fast to the point that it broke the sound barrier at the time of impact and so violent that it threw Xiphias to the ground, shattering it upon impact as if it was made out of glass.

Sanguis Rex : 'Is it... over?', he thought to himself, lowering his guard for just mere moments and once the dust and debris had settled down, he inspected his fallen opponent and sighed with relief.

Sanguis Rex : 'Thankfully his head didn't shatter apart like a water melon.

Must have been his barrier since if only for a moment, it had became sturdier than it usually was.

This might have saved him from the impact.

Anyways... he was stronger than he looked, a bit impulsive still in that regard, but still strong both in body and will.', he thought to himself as he walked away.

Sanguis Rex: 'It's still the middle of the night by the looks of it.

Since I appear to become stronger when it's night and the moon is full, there's no doubt that I could easily become much stronger by the moment I reach close to the last base.

Now I'll only have to....', he thought to himself and hearing noises behind him, he had turned around only to be met with a familiar crimson bladed katana that had pierced him straight in the heart.

(A/n : Play this song)

Xiphias : "Never turn your back towards your opponent, no matter how beaten up they may be.", he told him, but at that time there was something different about him.

The difference was the fact that underneath Xiphias' eyes were ten marks, five on each cheek, long and thin like whiskers.

The five of them on the right side of his face were seeming to disappear which meant one thing.

This guy was a mutant with a power that gave him ten additional lives and judging by the fact that five of the marks disappeared, Michael's headbutt had taken only five lives out of him.

Xiphias : "Any last words before I take your head back with me as a symbol of fear for those who dare to oppose the Obsidian Cult.

Sanguis Rex : "C-Crapbaskets...", he said to him before he had fallen unconscious.

The last thing he'd heard was the sound of a phone ringing...

Something that brought back memories.

(A/n : Flashback)

(A/n : Still in Author's POV)

We're brought back in time, a few moments before what had transpired by in the last few chapters.

There we can see Michael Caligo getting ready to say his goodbyes to his mother, Helen, as she went to her job.

Michael : "Promise me that you're going to be careful at work.", he said to her, hugging her gently.

Helen : "I can promise that to you, only if you promise to me that you'll...", she said to him, embracing her only child.

Michael : "Yeah, yeah... I know. Don't open the windows, unless I have my glasses on. If I need to eat something, use a drop of blood on it, yada yada.", he said to her, making his mother giggle. Oh how he loved to see her happy.

Helen : "Come on, cheer up. It's not like I'm going to leave forever.", she said to him, noticing the worried look in her son's bright red eyes and had then opened the door.

Helen : "Goodbye dear, I'll miss you.", she said to him.

Michael : "Mom, don't say that to me like this, you know I'll be worried about you.", he said to her.

Little did he knew that the fickle mistress known as fate was playing a nasty game with the both of them...

(A/n : Time skip to the afternoon.)

It was afternoon and Michael was still in his home, worried sick about his mother and his worry had gotten worse when he had heard his phone ring.

In an instant he lifted it up and was surprised to see his mother's number written on the screen.

He had immediately answered the phone.

Michael : "H-Hello mom...", he said to her with a stutter, although his worry was getting worse by the second.

Helen : "Michael... I want you to know that I might return home later than expected.", she said to him, trying to hold back her cries.

Michael : "M-Mom... m-mom this isn't funny... I hope what you're telling me is just a prank.... n-no-noth... n-nothing more", he said to her, stuttering badly at the verge of tears.

Helen : "D-Don't cry my boy... just know that your.... m-mother loves y...", she said to him, but she was stopped by an angry, masculine voice shouting at her.

EOCS#101 : "SHUT THE HELL UP B**** AND MOVE!!!", he shouted at her and the last thing before the phone had closed was the following...

Helen : "I LOVE YOU MICHAEL!!!!", she shouted before the phone call was stopped...

After that, the only thing that could be heard was Michael's scream of pain since at that very moment, as if by a cruel joke he had seen the news which had only made his worries come true.

Mr Eleutheropoulos : " *in the TV*

We have news of who's the doctor that had been kidnapped...

*his serious facial expression, gives its place to a solemn one*

The kidnapped doctor's name is Helen Kalopoulou"

(A/n : Play this song)

Michael : "Mother I'll make sure to save you, even if it means throwing away what makes me a human ", he sworn.

(A/n : End of the Flashback)

Xiphias : "Yes, Mr Duke. My apologies for talking to you at such a time, but I've called you to know that the small nuisance we had, a vigilante by the name of Sanguis Rex had been dealt with.", he said to him proudly.

The Duke : "And what about his body?", he inquired.

Xiphias : "Decapitated like how you did back in your glory days at such scum.", he zealously stated.

The Duke : "We're not going to talk about things that happened over 500 years ago. I trust that you've stopped him with the outmost secrecy.", he said to him.

Xiphias : "Of course my... b-boss", he said wth a fearful stutter seeing something he didn't think he would.

He had seen the presumed dead vigilante's body, st
anding upright, but what had happened next was just something out of a horror scene.

Something so horrifying, it'd made him drop both his phone and the bloody bag on the floor, horrified at seeing that the thing that appeared out of the bag wasn't a decapitated head.

It was dust.

Which meant...

(A/n : Just like that, but replace The Demon King of Kimetsu no Yaiba, Muzan Kibutsuji with Sanguis Rex)

At that very moment he could see bone, muscles and neural tissues along with blood vessels, tendons, skin tissues and surprisingly enough clothes, sprout like a wild plant through the chopped part of the neck, reforming much to Xiphias' horror the head of the one he was sent to kill.

For a moment, he had seen the face of his assailant. A male no older than the age of nineteen with short black like a widow's dress hair and skin as pale as the fresh snow under the moonlight.

But the most striking features had to be his pearly white teeth that were perfectly framed by two pairs of razor sharp canines and these eyes. Oh God these bright red like two flawlessly cut rubies eyes.

These eyes held no more the pure, heroic feelings they once had. Those now were the eyes of an unchained beast, the eyes of someone who could go to hell and back just to punish those who wronged his loved ones.

The eyes of a demon.

Xiphias : "No eres ningún humano. E-Eres el diablo", he muttered in his native language. (A/n : Translation : You're no human. Y-You're the devil)

He had accepted the job to kill the vigilante since he thought he was a human, but no human would be able to regenerate their head at all or even that fast if they were mutants.

That being was no human.

Meanwhilst the vigilante had long since removed the katana from his heart, seeing it and his clothes healing from any damage they've taken.

Sanguis Rex : "*cracks his neck* Ready for round two", the vigilante had asked him, looking at him straight in the eyes with an emotionless look.

Xiphias : 'That look in his eyes.

It's not the same as the once benevolent, noble hero I've locked eyes with before.

What have you done to yourself!?', he thought to himself.

Sanguis Rex : "Ah, I forgot something. Catch.", he said, throwing the katana towards Xiphias, scratching the latter's cheekbone and ear before said katana had hit the wall.

Xiphias on the other hand had rushed towards his katana, completely ignoring his opponent, a big mistake.

Sanguis Rex : "What had you told me before you killed me?

Ah, yes...

Never take your eyes off the opponent, no matter if they're lying dead or not.", he said to him mockingly and as a result, Xiphias had charged at him with a thunderous scream, trying desperately to at least inflict some damage, but it was all useless.

At this point Sanguis Rex's regeneration was so strong to the point where Xiphias' attacks were phasing through him as if he wasn't there.

Sanguis Rex : "I'll count to three, if you can't deal any amount of damage by then, you'll have to answer some questions.

One...", he stated as Xiphias was still trying desperately to attack.

Xiphias : "Why won't you die!?!!", he screamed at him.

Sanguis Rex : "Regeneration. It fully mends my body independently of what trauma you cause to me.

You can't hurt me, Xiphias.", he stated and at that moment, he had begun his attack, striking Xiphias at the diaphragm, knocking the swordsman away and making him slam through the wall and once he stood up, one mark was missing.

Sanguis Rex : "I'll start asking questions right away since you'd probably not be in good shape to answer them once I'm finished with you even if I hold back.

Where are the hostages held in?", he said to him, walking towards him.

Xiphias : "LIKE HELL I'D TELL Y-...", he shouted, but was stopped mid sentence by a punch aimed at his face that knocked him through two more walls.

Sanguis Rex : "I forgot to mention that I won't take no for an answer.

Tell me.

Submit to me and tell me!", he said to him, letting his ominous presence leak out, as Xiphias' body was convulsing from the overwhelming sense of fear.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :

Anos Voldigoad with Sanguis Rex
The Former Hero Academy Teacher, Diego with Xiphias)

Xiphias : "N-NEVER!!!", he screamed.

Sanguis Rex : "Okay then, don't make excuses of the type I didn't warn you after what I'm about to do to you ", he stated and at the same moment he had stopped his Fear Manipulation and gave Xiphias a nasty uppercut, strong enough to knock him upwards through multiple floors of the building.

He didn't have the time to recover though since with speed not to different from teleportation, Sanguis Rex had appeared behind him. The vigilante had then grabbed Xiphias by the head and using the gravitational momentum, he had driven Xiphias through the rest of the floors face first, taking down the whole three stories tall building down with him.

Xiphias : "*feels the rest of his marks disappear* F-Fine.. I-I'll tell you.", he said to him, being unable to stand up due to the fact that his marks disappeared and with the miraculous exception of his chest, neck and head - due to a ditch effort of Scutum Aeternum to keep him alive - every other bone in his body was broken.

Not a big thing for him though since although his regeneration wasn't instant like Michael's, when his lives had returned, his body would be fully healed as long as he remained alive long enough for his marks to return.

But for now...

He was the equivalent of a player in a competitive game that was left with one health point so he had to comply.

Sanguis Rex : "Tell me then. Where are they keeping the hostages?", he asked him.

Xiphias : "T-They're keeping them at the closed basketball court of OAKA. B-Because that's the place where the location of the current relic is at ", he explained to him.

Sanguis Rex : "Interesting. I'll be on my way now...

??? : "I can tell you where it is and how many are there if you take me with you ", a disembodied voice told him.

Sanguis Rex : "Who are you?", he asked him.

??? : "*Sighs* If you watched where you stepped at, you might have seen me by your legs", the voice told him again and once Michael looked by his feet, he could see a small, metallic contraption on the ground.

Guardian Angel : "I am an Artificial Intelligence program locked into the Scutum Aeternum armament relic.

My designation is Guardian Angel.", the AI told him.

Sanguis Rex : "And how do I know that you're not going to lead me astray as revenge for what I've done to your master?", he asked the AI.

Guardian Angel : "I owe nothing to my previous affiliations to the Obsidian Cult. They used me as a weapon, a tool that they could turn on and off whenever they so desired.

Whilst in you, I'm seeing potential, far more potential than the people that had awoken me so please, allow me to prove myself useful to your goals.", he proposed to him.

Sanguis Rex : "If you don't seek to betray me I don't see any reason as to why you couldn't be helpful so sure I guess ", he said to the AI as he proceeded to bend down, pick up the tiny device and leave.

Sanguis Rex : "Before we do anything, can you do me a favour and send a message to the hospital emergency?", he asked the AI.

Guardian Angel : "Why would you want me to do that?", the AI inquired.

Sanguis Rex : "Because I'd like for an ambulance to come and get them and Xiphias to the infirmary ", he stated.

Guardian Angel : "And what if they come for you seeking revenge?", the AI inquired once again.

Sanguis Rex : "I don't mind their intentions, I just want to make sure that misguided people, no matter where they're from or what side they're with had received medical help and are okay.", he stated. He was a hero, not a monster right.

Right?

(A/n : Stop the music here)

(A/n : End of chapter)

A/n : Hello everyone Son Raon here and I present to you the newest, full chapter of G.H.V : Vampire Chronicles : Sanguis Rex with title Vampire VS Swordsman (Part 4 - Season 1).

In this chapter we've seen the full fight between Xiphias and Michael - a.k.a Sanguis Rex - along with some other moments in the story.

It's been a while since I've written a chapter as long as this one so I hope that you'll forgive me for going into a small writing hiatus until I write the next and final chapter of this season.

Unfortunately, I couldn't explain how Michael figured out that he was bulletproof in this chapter, but I'll make sure to include it as bloopers in the end of the next chapter.

Now until we meet again, I'm leaving you with a small "trailer" about the upcoming chapter.

(A/n : Author's POV)

Meanwhile into the closed Basketball Court of OAKA at Trikala - the Greek city Sanguis Rex is from in this story - and the leader of the Obsidian Cult, The Duke was losing his patience waiting for Xiphias to pick up the phone.

The Duke : " *Sighs heavily in disappointment as he closed his phone* Where is this guy? At one time he's close by when you don't expect it, at other times it's like he doesn't exist", he thought to himself and then they've heard the echoing sound of someone walking on a metallic surface.

*Clang*

*Clang*

*Clang*

The Duke : "What is that noise?", he inquired.

*Clang*

*Clang*

EOCS #101 : "Check the perimeter ", he commanded the rest of the troops on behalf of the Duke and without expecting it something had happened.

*Clang*

*C-Cr-Crack*

*BOOOOM!!!*

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :

Cid Kagenou/Shadow with Michael/Sanguis Rex

Nishino with Helen Kalopoulou (a.k.a Michael's mother))

And just at a moment's notice, the roof of the closed basketball court was destroyed clean off its hinges and through the dust and the debris, if anyone looked closely they could see the one behind it all.

A masked vigilante with bright red eyes, clad in a uniform darker than the darkest night.

EOCS #101 : "Who are you!?!!", he shouted as ever had their weapons trained onto the intruder.

??? : "Who am I you say?

I'm the one who patrols in the night so that others may prosper in the light.

The shadow that awakens in the darkness in order to prey upon the shadows that corrupted this city for long enough.

The finale to your recital of fear and corruption upon this city.

The nemesis to your hubris, summoned from the calls of every innocent person who you've terrorised.

The salvation of all families you've torn apart.

I'm this city's sworn sword.

I'm this city's loyal shield.

I

AM

The Masked Vigilante

I'M SANGUIS REX!!!", he stated.

Number of Words : 6100 Words.