Verusa, who was knocked away by Dracula, did not die.

At this time, her face was covered with blood, and her hair, which had been groomed like a noblewoman, was messily draped, like a mad madman.

With a hideous expression, she held the Bloodstone tightly in her hand and pointed it at Peter.

"You monster, I'm going to purify you completely!"

As she spoke, a red light shot out of the bloodstone, shooting towards Peter.

Peter, who had just devoured Dracula's flesh, was unable to devour the absorption ability due to the "black light virus" at this time, and his body showed the physical characteristics of the vampire king, causing him to show severe discomfort in the face of the bloodstone.

Illuminated by the red light from the Bloodstone, he frowned.

At the same time, the surface of the skin begins to feel as if it has been burned by flames, and a strong discomfort reaction begins.

"Bang!"

In the next second, a long stick was thrown on her head.

Verusa stumbled, and the bloodstone in his hand fell to the ground.

She grabbed and looked at Elsa, who was attacking her. Bloodstone.

Elsa held the manor guards, the long sticks that were used to hunt monsters, and gasped slightly, staring at her stepmother.

For Elsa. Bloodstone attacked herself, and Verusa really didn't expect it.

A shrill voice came out of her throat, and she cursed at Elsa: "You slut! Why don't you die? By living, you are dishonoring the memory of your father, and the sacred Bloodstone family. ”

Elsa just listened coldly to her curse, and when the other party finished speaking, she struck the long stick in her hand at the other party again.

The electricity struck out instantly, and Verusa let out a scream.

In the next second, her screaming came to an abrupt end.

"Bang!"

A cold light flashed, and the old woman's head was directly separated from her body and smashed heavily on the ground.

Blood spurted out of her neck in an instant.

With a "bang", Verusa's body fell straight down.

Peter, who completed the blow, looked at Elsa, who was stunned. Bloodstone, put away the knife, and said to her expressionlessly: "It seems that the relationship between your mother and daughter is not very good. ”

Looking at her stepmother who fell to the ground with a complicated expression, her head separated, Elsa did not accuse Peter, but just stood in place and was silent.

Didn't pay any more attention to Elsa. Bloodstone, Peter walks near Bloodstone.

His body, under the influence of the Life Talisman, has begun to eliminate the vampire's weaknesses.

At the same time, the black light virus begins to act on the absorbed DNA.

An even stronger force began to surge through his body.

That's from the power of the vampire king.

Amazing strength, speed, endurance, and super reflexes, these messages engraved in his genes began to be absorbed by him, and his body began to evolve in a stronger direction.

Unfortunately, he was unable to read the other party's memories because he didn't absorb and devour the other party's head.

Those skills on the magic side used by Dracula naturally can't be used.

What troubled him even more was that he devoured the vampire king's body.

He could faintly feel that he was part of the curse.

Dracula's body contains the "blood of life", which is essential for vampires.

At that time, when Dracula competed for the title of "King of Vampires", he was forced to drink the blood of Varna's life and gain all the power of the ancestor vampire.

(Varna: A sorcerer of the Atlanteans, the first person in the world to transform himself into a vampire using the Dark Book.) ）

Devouring Dracula's body, he also devoured the other party's "blood of life", causing Dracula to be unable to resurrect, and he became the body that perpetuated his curse.

As for the curse - not being able to die, walking in the dark most of the time, often being played by fate, and so on.

Bending down, Peter picked up the bloodstone from the ground.

Let the bloodstone corrode the palm of his hand, and feel the pain of his skin.

In other words, after devouring the body of the vampire king, did you only gain some of his power, but inherited his curse?

The curse cannot be lifted until you return your body to him.

Or get his head yourself to become the true vampire king.

It's really a nuisance.

Holding the Bloodstone, a serious look appeared on his face.

"You your hands!"

Elsa. Peter's musings were interrupted by the sound of Bloodstone.

He looked up at the shocked Elsa.

"Lady Verusa thinks this thing can deal with me, against the undead."

Peter spoke to Elsa as he clenched the Bloodstone in his hand.

"Click! Click! ”

The sound of Bloodstone being squeezed rang out, and a strong red light shot out through the gap in his palm.

"She's wrong because I'm not really a vampire."

The bloodstone continued to corrode his palm, but the talisman of life began to heal him again.

The role of the Life Talisman is to resurrect undead creatures such as vampires and be able to walk on the ground like a normal person.

Bloodstone, on the other hand, was able to detect vampire blood in his body, causing an invasion of his body.

In this way, the two are in his hands, the bloodstone is destroyed, the life talisman is healed, and the two have been in a state of canceling each other.

As Peter's grip on the Bloodstone grew, the Bloodstone was finally crumpled into a ring-sized stone by his strong strength.

Compressing the mass and volume, the Bloodstone was not destroyed throughout the process, but continued to glow brightly, resisting this attack from the outside.

In Elsa's shocked gaze, Peter closed his palm and opened it again.

The metal ring is set on the bloodstone, and the original bloodstone becomes a ring that can be worn.

Slipping the bloodstone ring on his hand, Peter felt the stone's erosion of him.

Then he clenched his fist and threw a punch at the wall.

The light of the bloodstone flashed, and even though Peter didn't use any force, the bloodstone suddenly released a powerful force that directly shattered the wall.

Although the main function of Bloodstone is to have a strong influence on monsters, making monsters manifest and affecting their minds or something.

But Bloodstone itself also has a strength attribute.

Whoever wears it, gains extraordinary power.

This trait, even for those monsters.

If a monster can resist the damage of the Bloodstone to itself, wear it like a humanoid (even if it is passively worn), and when you wear it, it will have a strong tyrannical aura and become more powerful.

In a way, Bloodstone is a lot like the "Power Stone" of the Infinity Stones.

On the other side, watching Peter turn his family's bloodstone into a ring and wear it on his hand, Elsa. Bloodstone was dumbfounded.

"Who the hell are you?"

Elsa had an expression of disbelief on her face.

Dracula was defeated by this guy, and he was able to resist the influence of the Bloodstone and crush the Bloodstone in his hand.

Is this still something that humans can do?

"Or are you. Cain? ”

The only thing she could imagine was Cain in the Bible who could defeat Dracula.

Cain, the son of Adam and Eve, who killed his brother and was punished by God for becoming the first progenitor of vampires.

"Well, that's not a bad thing to say."

Peter nodded, the first vampire creature he absorbed was indeed called Cain.

"But I'm more inclined to think that I'm human."

Glancing around at the mess and blood around him, Peter said to the young lady with a dull expression, "I should go." I have to say, tonight's Halloween is very satisfying for me. ”

As he spoke, he turned to leave.

But Elsa, who reacted, stopped him, "You just took the Bloodstone away?" ”

"Or do you have any other proposals?"

Peter paused, frowned slightly, and asked her.

"Although I have some interest in Bloodstone, but more importantly, Bloodstone is passed down from our family."

Although she was a little apprehensive about Peter after a series of events tonight, she finally said to Peter, "We've worked together before, haven't we?" ”

"Uh-huh."

"So, as a collaborator, you have to tell me your real name, and where you're from? Maybe I wouldn't care where the Bloodstone goes. ”

Elsa told Peter her purpose.

Peter nodded, "But you must understand, Miss Elsa, if you get involved with me too much, it will be a bigger trouble. ”

Considering that the other party had briefly helped him and was the enemy of his stepmother, Peter did not leave in the end.

"I've gotten into enough trouble."

Elsa smiled.

"Click! Click! ”

Watching Peter leave, Elsa slowly walked to the center of the hall.

The ground was covered with blood, as well as shards of broken glass and wood.

When she reached a bookshelf, the butler, who was hiding on the side, stood up tremblingly.

"Little Miss, you're here."

The gray-haired, crutche-wielding butler quickly tidied up his clothes, walked quickly to Elsa, bowed slightly, and said, "I just want to serve you, miss." ”

There was a tremor in his voice.

Elsa stared into his eyes for a few seconds, then nodded slowly.

"Very well, let's clear this place first."

With that, she walked over to where the patriarch of the family had been sitting.

Removing the chair that had fallen to the ground, covered in blood and wood chips, straightened it up, and sat down on it.

Sitting in her chair, her expression was complicated, not knowing what she was thinking.

In the middle of the night, she took out the bloodstone fragment that Peter had given her earlier from her clothes and put it in the palm of her hand to observe.

After observing for a few minutes, she clutched the Bloodstone tightly.

"Peter. Parker! ”

Leaving the manor, Peter drove his car to New York.

It's ten o'clock, and I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the Halloween event in New York.

But

He reached out his left hand and looked at the bloodstone ring he was wearing.

It's not all for nothing.

At least this Halloween in Boston, make it memorable.

"Buzz~Buzz~"

I was driving the car when my phone rang suddenly.

He picked up his phone and saw that the caller was Gwen. Stacy.

"Hey, Peter?"

After connecting, Gwen's excited voice came from the other end of the phone, "Where are you?" ”

"Something happened, I'm still in Boston."

"I know, didn't you text me before, saying you might be delayed?"

A noisy voice came from the other end of Gwen's phone, "To surprise you, I've prepared an event, do you know what?" ”

"What?"

Peter slowed down, "You're not going to tell me you're in Boston, are you?" ”

"Bingou, the answer is correct, I took a car to Boston, and it is now located in Boston's NO1 Halloween attraction - Salem Town."

"Salem?"

Hearing the name, Peter was a little surprised.

The small town of Salem, founded in 1626, 150 years before the founding of the United States, is the most famous witch town in the United States.

At the same time, it is also the largest and highest Halloween must-visit attraction in the United States, attracting millions of tourists from all over the world every year.

"Are you interested in witches? Gwen. ”

"The interest is average, but Salem is very close to Boston, and I came over after listening to the guide's flickering."

Gwen said she was here to feel the atmosphere.

"Alright, come quickly, Peter, I'll be waiting for you here."

"I hope you won't be intimidated by all the witches out there."

Peter hung up and drove to Salem.

The town of Salem is best known for the "witch trials."

The incident originated one day in 1692, when the 9-year-old daughter and 11-year-old niece of a priest in the town suddenly exhibited strange behavior "beyond epilepsy or natural disease".

The girls scream, throw things, make weird noises, crawl under furniture, twist their bodies in weird poses......

The medicine of the time could not explain these acts, so the people blamed witches for all of this, and forced the girls to prove which witch they had been subjected to.

In order to escape the harsh punishment, the accused person could only continue to testify against others, so this protracted farce continued with great momentum for one year and three months.

More than 200 innocent people were arrested and imprisoned, and in just three months, more than 20 people were executed, 13 of whom were hanged and 5 (including two babies) died in prison.

Thinking back to Salem's memories, Peter soon arrives in town.

The town is filled with countless tourists dressed as witches, roaming the streets.

Children with jack-o-lanterns run through the streets, knocking on every door and asking for candy.

On the streets, there are countless "haunted houses" decorated according to the residents' own creativity, which are displayed to everyone who passes by.

Peter even saw a gallows, with men dressed as inquisition, trying the "witches" and "hanging" them to death.

The whole town, full of Halloween and witch atmosphere.

Peter parked his car in front of a café, and as soon as he walked down the street in front of the café, he saw a witch bathed in black robes and wearing a pointed hat standing in front of him.

"Happy Halloween! Magical people from New York! ”

The little witch pounced directly on Peter.

At first, Peter was a little stunned, stroking the familiar Gwen back before gradually reacting.

"Happy Halloween, Gwen!"

For Gwen to cross such a long distance to accompany him for Halloween, his heart was slightly touched.

(End of chapter)