Eight. Immutable beliefs

The vampire monster got its own status as it wished, was recognized by a certain demon king, and became the senior commander of the Nightmare Corps, establishing its own power.

He never broke his promise, and the dark subspecies were accepted by him and groomed into excellent warriors.

From a simple mind to a vampire beast that turned into a high-level commander of the Nightmare Corps. The 'little one' grew up too quickly, and the black orc Garuru had been witnessing it all.

Is it really a good thing to grow too fast? Perhaps it wasn't fair to the young commander, who was always burdened too much by himself.

The black orc Garuru thought to himself.

Therefore, it stayed with the vampire beast and continued to assist him as a close friend. Help him train the Dark Subspecies to become a loyal subordinate of the Night Lord.

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"Hey, vampire beasts, those demon kings are starting to put pressure on you again."

In the room belonging to the vampire beast, the black orc Garuru was leaning back on a soft chair, looking very casual. If it were seen by the other dark subspecies, it would have thought that it was acting very perversely. Of course, the Night Lord didn't mind at all.

"After many compatriots were asked by them to be sent to the designated battlefield, few of them came back alive."

"The Demon Digimon are just using the Dark Subspecies as combat tools and cannon fodder. It's hard work to come up with tactics that can control the situation of the battle and reduce casualties. ”

"Only the strong are qualified to survive on the battlefield."

Analyzing the military map, the vampire beast said ruthlessly.

"Increase the special training of your subordinates, they need more experience."

"I understand, but Digimon that die on the battlefield aren't entirely due to weakness, there are other reasons as well. I really miss the days when I was free."

Turning sideways, the black orc Garuru looked at the pitch-black ceiling and sighed.

"It's not easy to be a responsible lord, and you like to force yourself to put too much pressure on yourself."

"I've seen all of your changes, the once little guy has become the Night Lord in a short period of time. In the eyes of those little people, they may think that you are great, but I think fate is still very cruel, because so many cruel things have happened that force you to choose to grow up quickly. ”

“”

The vampire beast continued to look at the military map and did not speak.

"Remember when you were a monster, we used to talk together. In fact, you are not as useless as you imagined, compared to wisdom, you were still in the growth period at that time, but you knew a lot of knowledge, which was already very powerful. Because of your knowledge, it has helped me a lot. ”

Perhaps too nostalgic for the old days, the black orc Garruru continued to talk to himself. Vampire Monster only cares about studying tactics now, so it shouldn't deliberately listen to its own words.

"Speaking of which, you've always been so honest with me, but you haven't told you anything about me."

"Long before I met you, I was actually just a deserter who left the Demon King's army. It's not that they run away because they're afraid of death, but it's that the dark subspecies is too rejected. The leader who manages the army is a Demon Digimon who can only talk big and has little power. That guy always liked to abuse the dark subspecies, and then I couldn't stand this kind of leader, so I ran away and lived a solitary life. ”

The black orc Garruru recalled.

"I think someone will ask the abused dark subspecies why they don't resist, right? It's a pity that the strength is not enough, and I don't want to lose my life because I resist alone. Anyway, the dark subspecies, who have been abused for a long time and fear the leader, have long lost the courage to resist. I don't want to waste my time with those wretches. ”

"It's lucky that those guys are your subordinates, and you're not using your fellow citizens as tools, but Digimon in the true sense of the word. It's just"

Thinking of something, the black orc Garuru sat up and looked at the vampire beast.

"Being too attached to the so-called beliefs will force you to do extreme things and cause you to lose everything. Vampire Monster, will you regret your choice? ”

"Since you have the consciousness to bear the consequences, you don't need to regret your choice."

Finally, the vampire beast spoke.

"No matter what happens in the past, it won't change."

"That's what I said, but it's not easy to really regret the choice you made."

The black orc Garuru spared the back of his head with his claws, and the little guy before was more mature than he had imagined.

"But when it comes to attachments, if you really have to make a choice, it's better for you to think about it. I'm worried that you're going to lose everything because of a choice."

The Black Orc Garruru, a best friend of the Vampire Beast, is a big-mouthed, vulgar Digimon on the surface, but always surprisingly sharp and attentive.

An important best friend, lost-

It's really in your style to protect the 'weakling' from dying, the black orc Garuru-

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"In this assault battle, judging from the final results, our army's record is not ideal...... The enemy's unexpected reinforcements gradually turned the originally stalemate into a war of attrition, which dealt a heavy blow to our army, which was inferior in numbers. ”

Inside the castle, the vampire beast is listening to the battle report of its henchman, the Daoman Beast.

"And as a general, the black orc Garuru fought heroically to the last moment in order to cover the retreat of his compatriots"

"Who's the unexpected reinforcement?"

The vampire beast asked the Daoman Beast.

"It's the 'Virus Busters' Digimon led by the Holy Angelmon. I'm sorry I didn't find the Digi Egg of the Black Orc Garuru, I'm afraid it's already "

Hearing Dao Man Beast's answer, the corners of the vampire beast's mouth twitched slightly, and his face seemed to be a little moved, but in an instant, it returned to its original calm and solemnity.

"Daoman Beast, from now on, you will replace the deceased Black Orc Garuru as a general."

He paused and continued.

"In a few days, there will be another full-scale offensive against the enemy, and this time I will personally lead the army to the front. The troops led by Garuru the Black Orc will be under your jurisdiction in the future, so go down and prepare for battle. ”

"Yes"

After obeying the order, the Beast walked out of the room.

"What a stupid black orc Garruru"

The vampire beast standing alone in the room, its voice calm and terrifying.

"Is that your choice?"

What kind of mood should we use to face the death of our best friend? Wrath? Sadness? I don't feel it at all.

But there is an inexplicable feeling of emptiness in my heart.

"Hmph, it's really in line with your style"

He laughed self-deprecatingly.

"I won't waste time grieving for your stupid choice, even without you, I can take everything on my own"

"Rest in peace in that world, you won't regret your choice, the dark subspecies have the right to live. I'm going to stand up for what I believe in."

The last words to his deceased friend are full of inexplicable sorrow.

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It's like the end of the world.

It's like hell. The sky turned reddish, and the city was miserable everywhere it looked.

The city was destroyed, and the buildings were engulfed in relentless flames and turned into ruins.

Mina stood on a piece of rubble that didn't even have a foothold—

Her legs began to tremble. Although I wanted to escape from here as soon as possible, I couldn't move at all.

Because, she knew, those two were trying to fight the monster.

"Come on!"

She couldn't help but put her hands together to cheer for the black and white figure.

Of course, it is impossible for such a weak voice of support to convey to them.

The eyeballs in the black hole in Argosmon's chest shot red rays of destruction, shooting at the two abominable Digimon that had been disrupting them.

"Daredevil Attack!"

After nimbly dodging the devastating rays, the vampire beast unleashed countless bats from its cloak, and the flying bats flew towards the two eerie eyes on Argosmon's eerie face.

The eyeballs were quickly covered and gnawed by the bats, and the Argosmon frantically ripped open the damn bat group that covered his eyeballs with his hands, the number of bats was still more than expected, and even if some bats were pulled away, the bats summoned by the vampire monster would be covered again.

"Heh-!!"

Seeing the opportunity, the Divine Angelmon held the Holy Sword Excalibur in its hand, and concentrated its power into the Holy Sword and flew towards the neck of the Argosmon.

Piercing him in the neck with the holy sword, he tried to use the sharpness of the sword to cut off the enemy's neck.

"What!?"

Argosmon's hard armor only allowed the blade to pierce a few centimeters, and it was forced out of its body.

At the same time, the thorns on its head spun like a swift wind. The whip-like thorns distanced themselves from each other as if they were alive, and then struck their prey from all four directions.

"Drink!"

After avoiding the thorns, the Holy Angel Beast let out a roar of rage and slashed off the six thorns that were about to wrap around it.

“！”

There was a sharp pain in the Divine Angelmon's abdominal muscles, and contrary to the soft appearance of the thorns, the tips of the thorns had the hardness of steel, the sharpness of the horns, and the swiftness of lightning.

"Damn fellow!"

Cut on the abdomen by thorns, the Divine Angel Beast angrily cut off several oncoming thorns and flew upward. And the thorns rushed towards the Divine Angel Beast as if they were alive. Then they raised their bodies like poisonous snakes and flew towards him together.

"Damn it!"

The Holy Sword of the Divine Angel Beast emitted a fierce sword aura, smashing the few thorns that had come over after all.

The last thorn that has not yet been hit is tightly wrapped around the right wrist of the Holy Angel Beast holding the holy sword, and if it can't use its right hand, it can't fight. With its other hand, the Holy Angel Beast tugged hard at the thorn wrapped around his right wrist, and while he couldn't fight, the other thorns quickly rushed over, easily curling up the prey's arms and restraining his movements.

At this moment, a long blood-red whip shattered the thorns wrapped around the Divine Angelmon, and the Divine Angelmon was free.

"Thank you"

The Divine Angelmon, who had been rescued by the Dark Digimon, thanked him awkwardly.

"If there's a powerful flame, maybe there's still a chance."

Seeing with his own eyes that the Holy Angelmon's holy sword could not inflict damage on Argosmon, the Vampire Demon Beast ignored his awkward thanks, and instead thought for himself.

Argosmon does have strong defenses, and even though it is a suddenly mutated Digimon, it has proven to have the attributes of a plant when it is surrounded by thorns.

And the weakness of the plant attribute is fire.

"Hmm"

Seeing that the other party was indifferent to his gratitude, the Divine Angel Beast was a little annoyed in his heart.

"Damn!! I'm going to kill you all!! ”

After tearing off all the bats that covered its eyes and destroying them, Argosmon roared. He is the ultimate body, and he was teased by two complete bodies like this.

Red rays of destruction continued to release from the eyeballs of the black hole in Argosmon's chest, and the black giant fist roared out like a meteor, smashing straight towards the Divine Angel Beast in a straight line. Seeing that he couldn't dodge, knowing that the opponent's attack was powerful, the Divine Angel Beast didn't dare to slack off and blocked it in front of him with the holy sword.

When Mina almost screamed, with the sound of howling wind and the sound of heavy impact, the entire body of the Holy Angelmon soared into the air under the powerful impact, and was suddenly thrown to the wall of the building in the distance, unable to stand up again.

And the vampire beast barely dodged the giant fist of Argosmon.

Previously, he consumed a lot of power on the way to fight the Holy Angel Beast, and he didn't have the previous sensing ability. The vampire monster looked at Argosmon with a slight embarrassment.

But the anger of the Argosmon did not dissipate, and it was eager to destroy the two complete beings that had embarrassed it immediately.

Again, the red rays of destruction were about to burst out of the chest again.

"Don't-!!"

Just as Mina was crying out loudly, she noticed that the girl was standing on the rubble, and one of the red beams of destruction was also shooting at her.

"Danger!"

Although its body was still sunk in the walls of the building, the Divine Angelmon's expression was twisted in pain, and its body was covered in bruises, it tried all its strength to break free from the walls of the building and protect the girl.

Seeing the red light shoot towards Mina, the vampire beast used its remaining physical strength to fall into a 'accelerated' state, turning into an afterimage and flying towards her.

Faced with the impending death, Mina closed her eyes again. The eyelids were stained red, and the storm hit the ears. The eardrum screams under the change in air pressure.

The predicted death did not take her consciousness.

"Uhhh

"Huh!?"

Hearing a mournful scream overhead, Mina looked up. Shout out to the figure surrounding him.

The vampire beast, which couldn't move like a statue, had huge scars on its back. Red data spills out from the cracks in the wound, and the self-healing ability that is innate with the vampire Digimon is slowly healing the wound.

If it were a different non-ultimate Digimon, I would have died instantly under this powerful attack.

The light emitted in an instant dyed the black figure blood red.

"Vampire Beast!"

Mina's eyes widened at the sight.

The clothes that had not been damaged in any kind of battle were full of holes, and the black cloak behind him had become tattered. The blonde hair, which had been neatly combed on his head, was disheveled, and his handsome face was affected by the wounds of the battle, but it was as pale as ever.

"Oh, that's impressive, vampire beast."

Argosmon looked at the blood-sampire beast that was long overdue for death, and his voice was full of joy.

"It's impressive to protect a weak human being to this extent. Or give up the useless struggle! It's just a waste of time. ”

“”

The vampire beast was silent, and a crimson blood whip loomed out of its hand.

He knows his current situation, not to mention fighting, even standing like this is already the limit.

"Enough! Enough is enough! ”

Mina grabbed the vampire beast's hand and shouted.

"You're really going to die!!"

Argosmon smiled contemptuously, agreeing with the girl's words.

"Hmph, hum, that little human girl is right, you better stop struggling. No matter what you do, the result will not change. ”

Argosmon then turned his gaze to Mina's side.

"Rejoice, stupid little human girl. Your wish has come true."

"Angelic and Dark Digimon will never reconcile because your foolish wish has come true. The price to pay is quite large! ”

"That's not what I want!!"

Gathering her courage, Mina glared at Argothmon.

"It doesn't matter if it's an Angel Digimon or a Dark Digimon! They all exist as Digimon as well! No one has the right to deny the existence of one side because of race, perhaps because of mission! That's wrong! ”

"Digimon are the same as humans, and they have the qualifications to live according to their own will!"

"Huh?"

The Divine Angel Beast, which had finally recovered, stood up and patted the dust off its body.

“！”

Mina's words sent the vampire's eyes widen in astonishment, and his mind went back to the distant past.

I remember a long, long time ago, when I was a digital egg, I was born in the Holy City of Angels.

Since hatching, he has been living a carefree life as a digomon. And a certain great beast-type Angel Digimon also took a fancy to his qualifications and cultivated it as a disciple.

However, perhaps because of chance, or perhaps because I do not have the possibility of evolving in the direction of "goodness".

Eventually, Digomon evolved into the Messengermon of the Virus Species, a dark subspecies of Badamon.

The Hallow would never allow such a filthy existence as the Dark Subspecies, and when the beast was about to face judgment, the beast-type Angel Digimon did not want his beloved disciple to die, and the final result was to expel himself from the Hallow.

So that the monster understands his position, and has never really resented anyone. The dark subspecies is destined to be a lonely, ostracized being. Thankfully, during the wanderings, the Warcraft also encountered other members of the same kind.

Although the weak self has also been deceived by other kinds, as a dark subspecies, he has the same friends as himself. After being with that friend, the monster was never lonely again, and even regarded it as a gift from God.

The Monster has been praying that the Dark Subspecies will be accepted and that they will be able to live in peace with the other Digimon. It also often says that even if it's a different race, Digimon is still a Digimon.

Although he was ridiculed and teased by other compatriots as freaks, only his friends occasionally laughed at him, but he always supported him.

In the chaotic years, Warcraft has witnessed too many tragedies.

Because of the worsening of the war, as long as it is a dark subspecies, it must be annihilated. Even Demon Digimon is nothing more than a tool to use the Dark Subspecies as a tool to be used.

It has always sworn from the bottom of its heart that if it had the strength to do so, it would work with its friends to build a place where the Dark Subspecies Digimon could be contained.

It prays every day.

Finally, the wish of the Warcraft came true.

In a battlefield, make Warcraft see a mutant vampire Warcraft and the main Angel Beast leads the Angel Beast army to fight, and after a fierce battle, the mutant vampire Warcraft turns into data.

Because of this obsession that makes the Monster want to become stronger, it rushes to the battlefield regardless of the danger, absorbs the data of the mutant Vampire Beast, and evolves into the Vampire Beast.

After that, he took a fancy to the powerful power and excellent intelligence of the Vampire Beast, which was close to the ultimate body, and the Vampire Beast was named the senior commander of the Nightmare Corps by the Demon Kings.

For the sake of the Dark Subspecies, the Vampire Beasts continue to contain and nurture those expelled Dark Subspecies. He understands that in the laws of darkness, only power can decide everything.

Even if you kill the Angel Digimon that you used to be with in the Hallow, even if you don't hesitate to become an enemy with that beast-type Angel Digimon.

Vampire Beast has never regretted its choice.

As a result, in the final war, knowing that he and his subordinates would inevitably die, in order to fight against the enemy's reinforcements, Vampire Monster will trust his subordinates to kill them all, evolve into the Ultimate Vampire Monster that he hates the most, and fight to the death against the beast-type Angel Digimon.

Until the end, the defeated vampire beast was not executed, and it once again spared itself.

Towards the end of the war, for some reason, the Vampire Beast took the Digimon of the Cherubimon and sealed it.

The Demon Kings who ruled the darkness were all gone, and the vampire beasts that were the Night Lords had no interest in reviving the dark forces.

Having lost his best friends and trusted subordinates, he has no obligations of his own. And what he did was seal the Digi Egg and stop interacting with the outside world.

Nothing happens in the digital world anymore that has nothing to do with him.

After that, it was the Holy Angel Beast that bothered him

and an encounter with Mina

"Is that what you want?"

The vampire beast's eyes softened a lot.

From the girl's words, I saw my former self again, and I never changed my beliefs.

Black Orc Garuru, did you choose to protect the 'weak' because of this mood?

He remembered his dead best friend.

I made the same choice as my best friend.

"Is there something wrong?"

Mina asked rhetorically.

"No"

The other party whispered negative.

"It's enough to stand up for what you believe in."

"Faith?"

Argosmon's voice was full of disdain.

"I'll turn your faith into despair!"

"I'm not going to give up on my beliefs!"

Recognized by the Vampire Beast, Mina felt full of confidence.

"Argothmon! I will never forgive you for hurting the Vampire Beast and the Divine Angel Beast, and even trying to threaten the human world!! ”

"I'm sure they'll win!!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a ball of light appeared above Mina's head, and the ball of light slowly descended in front of her.

"That's?"

Mina subconsciously reached out and touched the ball of light, and then, the ball of light slowly dissipated. A never-before-seen machine appeared in the palm of her hand.

The dark blue shell, the rope straps of the same color, and the lightweight fuselage are also engraved with a bat pattern, and the overall appearance is a shrunken bizarre flying machine.

At the same time, she felt as if there was something more in her body, she was not used to this feeling, but this feeling was very comfortable, and suddenly there was a very tacit feeling, as if she was in contact with someone, and even her heartbeat was kept in the same rhythm, she couldn't help but close her eyes and feel this strange feeling.

Then, the screen of the machine emitted a blue light, and the light shone on the vampire beast's body. The original hideous wounds on his body were quickly healed under the illumination of the light, and the damaged clothes and tattered cloak were also restored to their original state.

After the strange blue light disappeared, the vampire monster also returned to its best state.