My Blood Legacy: Reincarnated as a Vampire

Dante merely watched the small Dwarf Runa, his mind preoccupied with various thoughts as his penetrating gaze remained fixed on her while the little girl jubilantly celebrated her relentless victory. The euphoria was evident with her body trembling from the adrenaline of the battle, but Dante did not share the same happiness in his thoughts...

'Her eyes... they're glowing red. She tasted victory and now she's going to want more... That's the problem with the sin of gluttony,' Dante thought as the girl's eyes burned with the flame of ascended victory...

'She's going to become a threat,' he concluded.

She had defeated the draconid on her own, using her own hunger and the sin of gluttony as fuel for the power emanating from her. And, in a way, Dante was impressed; however, more than impressed, he was genuinely concerned.

But the concern wasn't really about the dwarf girl herself, the real concern was with something far more important.

'If this is how my life as Lucifer works, then the sin of gluttony must be Beelzebub,' he thought.

That was the problem he had been searching for, the one the sin of gluttony represented, the one directly connected to Runa without her knowing. Something she had no idea was watching her, lurking behind her, something she would never know she would unleash if she let that power consume her. It was that enormous problem that Dante was about to face.

Dante observed, with a detached look, the way she breathed heavily, blood dripping from her shoulder, but the glow in her eyes didn't seem to falter. He saw her as a piece of raw meat, about to be consumed by the very sin she carried.

Intervention was necessary.

'Shit.' As he watched the young girl, his eyes shifted, and his presence became more tense. Within himself, he felt a connection.

The energy of the sin of gluttony radiated from Runa like a raw and uncontrollable flame.

'I've found it...' But there was something else. Something deeper and darker, something he was now feeling. He wasn't here just to observe, nor to let Runa learn on her own. There was no time for that.

Dante focused. He knew what he was searching for. What he could not let slip away.

He felt the energy of Beelzebub, the demon of gluttony. It wasn't just a vague sensation, a floating force in the air. It was something more concrete, more tangible. Beelzebub was here, nearby, hidden in the shadows and the subtle lines of reality. This was what Dante had come for. Not just the young dwarf, but the very demon who had marked her.

Beelzebub, the herald of gluttony, the lord who controlled this vast and insatiable sin.

His presence was close, and Dante knew that if he didn't act quickly, the demon would end up taking control of the situation. Gluttony, like all the forces of sin, wasn't something that could simply be contained or understood without being completely absorbed. If Dante didn't take action now, Runa would be consumed. And not just Runa. What gluttony could bring to the world would be devastating.

The image of Ethan Smith being consumed by Greed flashed before his eyes for a few seconds before he made his decision.

Dante moved forward, his steps firm and silent, his eyes still fixed on Runa, who was still standing, her heavy axe lying beside her. He saw her triumphant exhaustion fade as he approached. She hadn't realized what was behind all of this.

Runa looked at him, a weary yet nervous smile on her lips. "I... I did it. I managed." Her voice was full of youthful pride, mixed with a strange sense of fear she didn't want to show.

Dante didn't respond immediately. He didn't need to. He knew what he was about to do. He approached her calmly, his hands extended, and in a swift, precise movement, struck her back. Runa turned, her eyes wide, surprised at the speed of his action. "W-what?" She didn't have time to react.

She tried to scream, but the strike hit her with enough force to make her collapse to the ground, unconscious, with no chance of resistance. Dante didn't want to see her die, but he knew she needed to be contained before she lost herself to the very power of gluttony.

"Sorry, I don't want you to see what's going to happen," Dante murmured before seeing Clovis, who was only a few steps away, watching everything with disbelief. He rushed to where Dante was, his expression confused and furious. "Why did you do that?! She... she won! She won the fight, Dante! She was doing fine!"

Dante glanced at Clovis for a moment, his expression calm, but his eyes were unyielding. He let out a soft sigh, as if he had been expecting this question. "Preventing her from dying," was all he responded, his voice leaving no room for discussion.

Clovis fell silent for a moment, his expression unchanged. He didn't understand. He couldn't comprehend what was happening or what Dante meant by that. He wanted to ask more, but something in Dante's calmness made him hesitate.

"But... she was controlling it, wasn't she? She was managing the power. She... she had control. Do you think she couldn't handle it?" Clovis asked, his voice quieter now, trying to understand.

Dante simply looked at him with an ironic smile. "Do you really think someone carrying the sin of gluttony can maintain control? That's an illusion. It's not just about the strength she shows now, Clovis. You feel it too, don't you? Her energy... she's not just a simple dwarf with any random sin. She's being watched, and he's nearby."

Clovis looked at Runa's body with a slowly growing understanding, but he wasn't fully convinced. He had seen the young girl's strength, her courage, and how she had faced the creature on her own. He didn't fully understand how the demon was connected to all this, but Dante's words seemed to ring true.

Well, he was the prince of his kingdom, and the future king of the dwarves. If he accepted seeing one of his people harmed, he was doing a poor job. He had every reason to be concerned for her, but it didn't negate Dante's reasoning, who was dealing with something much worse.

Suddenly, a deep sound reverberated through the mountains, louder than the roar of the draconian, more deafening and threatening. Dante closed his eyes for a moment, feeling the ground tremble slightly beneath his feet, sensing the growing presence of Beelzebub. The demon was close. What once felt like a distant presence was now imposing, almost tangible.

"He's here," Dante murmured, his eyes snapping open again, and he turned to Clovis with a newfound urgency. "Stay back and tell your dwarves to hide. I need to find Beelzebub. Now."

Without offering further explanation, Dante extended his hands, summoning the presence of his Cerberus, the beasts that had become an extension of his own body. The three creatures, enormous and imposing, appeared around him, their heads barking and their muscular bodies moving with precision and agility. Their eyes shone with an intensity that only true hunters could possess.

"Find him," Dante commanded.

Clovis watched, astonished, as the Cerberus sniffed the air, their nostrils flaring as they sought the scent of the demonic energy. Dante watched them calmly, a smirk stretching across his face. He knew that with these dogs, nothing would escape his reach.

The Cerberus moved in opposite directions, sniffing the air with each step. They were no longer searching for just any prey. They were looking for something much more powerful, something Dante knew was there, lurking, ready to emerge.

One of the Cerberus, the largest and fiercest, lifted its head and howled, a wave of demonic energy coursing through its body. It was pointing in a direction, its eyes locked on something. Beelzebub was near, and not far.

"He's waiting. And so am I," Dante said, his smile becoming colder and more calculated. He turned to Clovis, who was now silent, his eyes fixed on the Cerberus and the direction they had indicated. "Stay here. Don't get in the way."

With one last glance at Runa, who was still unconscious on the ground, Dante began walking in the direction the Cerberus had pointed.

Quickly, he spread his wings and took flight, scanning the entire mountain as he fully connected with the Cerberus...

"Naturally, demons hide within their own followers, but Runa has no connection to demonic energy. So that means he gave her the blessing of gluttony just to do it. Despite the danger, this guy shouldn't be aligned with Lucifer... since, well... Lucifer wanted to destroy the whole world," Dante spoke before finally sensing the demonic energy.

"I found you," he said and disappeared, reappearing in front of a cave at the base of the mountain in a very secluded area...

"So, you're here. Beelzebub," Dante said, entering the cave.

As he passed by, he saw something that he honestly couldn't even describe... What should have been a demon was just an old carcass of what it once was. Several flies surrounded the old man sitting on the ground, in a lotus pose.

"What the hell is this..." Dante muttered.