Established Pinnacle: The Enigma

Plus, she was never his target to begin with. Whether he verified her death or not, was not important. Them meeting was only a chance encounter.

"I kind of liked the way he handled me..." Altria was not surprised at her own thoughts, she was already a lost case when she casually argued with Transcendental Gods.

"If only I was only a Transcendental as well, maybe we could have had a few more seconds of being together." She subconsciously thought, as she floated towards the Castle.

Midway through, she was met by multiple Vampiric Servants which respectfully escorted her back towards the castle itself.

And along the way, she could not help but think of a certain Transcendental God either than her husband. And the fact that whar she was doing was wrong, for some reason, only got her excited.

She wondered whether she was slowly falling for another man, or was just seeking a Taboo within a married couple's lives. But regardless, she still looked forward to meeting Ryan again... even if the chances were below 0.00...1%.

Unfortunately, her excitement was short, as something that made her seek out this taboo feeling of excitement and corruption more, occurred. Partly to experience what it would feel like doing something unsightly behind his back...

"Now tell me, what did you find out?" Alton, who sat on his throne apathetically looked down on Altria and commanded her to speak. He ignored her distasteful expression and just stared down at her with utter Majesty.

"...."

As for Altria, she was silent for a while and sighed a moment later. She genuinely did not like this man, and would not hesitate to do anything to humiliate him.

As for their relationship? She was forced into this many, many years ago. Part of the reasons why she hated this man.

Alton had been the Transcendental God of Blood and father of Vampires, and not just Vampires, but father of ALL Vampires. Higher Existential or not, he was their parent.

His first wife was the younger sister of a Rokushiki, and a Transcendental Goddess as well. One who was once a Neutral Goddess before joining the dark side.

Both of them had two children, two Perfected Origin Gods. But Alton wasn't content with their relationship, where she had more say in a lot of things due to her connections, than him.

Her authority was higher than his, as her backing was greater. Despite both being natural Gods born from the Elder Gods of the past, she was far greater in almost all areas.

Thus he targeted mortals, and took a liking to her. Her talent was great, a gem among gems, a natural born Chosen talent, who broke through her realms easily and became a famous figure at that time.

But she rejected him, and he let her be. She thought he was a good man, and thus worked for him. He also worked his way into her life quite wisely.

She was basically the one who comforted him when, apparently, Beatrice always mistreated him. But she came to realization that he was faking everything, and just trying to court her after falling for the trap.

Anyway, as she lived between both the master and mistress of the house, she was quite in a difficult position. Until she later died of stress and overworking herself.

And you won't believe what happened after then. Right after death, alton revived her as a lesser Vampire, whom was also his Servant, a being who could not disagree to his commands and a being who will do anything he says.

Unfortunately, an error occurred and she became a vessel god that could ignore the hierarchy of gods and their vessels, as well as the hierarchy of Vampires.

Their relationship was even worse compared to his first wife, which pissed him off greatly. Both his women didn't respect him at all, and even their children disregarded him.

Annoyed, he went for another wife a few hundreds of years ago, marrying a western woman who had high talents as well, and was very docile.

And he succeeded in getting a docile wife which he could command and Lord over. Beatrice was quite apathetic to the situation and didn't seem to mind as long as he didn't mess with herself or her children.

But Altria was bent on going against him. And ever since that day, there had been tension between the both of them. So great that they didn't even bed each other anymore... not like Altria wanted to in the first place.

And things had been this chaotic within the family since. Especially after his favorite son died without a warning right after descending... he became even more moody.

"I found out that the place Dame died is within the periphery of the Empire. It is also the place that had a Mastery Law attained... And before you make a stupid decision, there could potentially be a Cosmic being there." She said with a frown, squinting her eyes at him, as she knew this buffoon all too well.

"I know, anything else?" He coldly inquired, ignoring her words. Nobody knew what he was thinking at the moment. And Altria did not want to care either.

"I'm leaving." She didn't care what he thought and directly left after saying that. She had done her part of the deal, and he definitely must not oppress her daughter and her son-in-law.

Plus, seeing his face only made her think of that man more and more. If only he was her husband instead, and not this hateful Vampire.

The comparison was endless. But nobody could blame her, as this was the first time she had gone out in hundreds of years. She was not used to living for so long, especially with normal people.

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Right after she left, Alton clicked his tongue and cursed her entire line of descent in rage, but no furniture was broken and he didn't scream hysterically this time around.

"...I'll show you, bitch, I'll show you the consequences of going against me. Ryan, was it? You want him so bad? Then I'll present him to you!!" He said, revealing information that could literally trigger her rage.

He was also planning to send out Eve, his and Altria's daughter, as well as her boyfriend, Evan, to go into the place for further scouting. He wanted to teach Altria true pain.

Of course, he sent Vessel gods with them, and as of Altria's opinion? He didn't care at all. If she wanted to go with them, she can do so, he didn't care at all.

Her time was coming.

"Dear, are you not going to attend the gathering this time around?" Beatrice's voice suddenly flew into his ears from right behind his throne, as she appeared behind as if she was always there.

"...I am. Let us go." Alton did not react much to her ghostly appearance, as he was bound to be used to it by now. But there was still a short lapse of time before he spoke.

He was used to it by now, but that did not mean that he was happy about it. At least, he wasn't. But he had no choice, or say in this matter. She was the boss.

"...."

She obediently nodded with an extremely emotionless expression, one resemblant of an automaton only designed to do its job, and nothing else.

Both walked out of the throne room, then out of the Blood Castle, where they felt the strengthening Will of the Realm first hand. After all, the Blood Castle was part of his Domain, thus it was unaffected by the God Realm.

He could unleash 100% of his strength as a God when he was here. Every Transcendental could do this, and manifest a set region of land as their permanent Domain.

But as the God Realm evolved, the restrictions also increased. Just keeping these Domains manifested within the material plane of the Realm was too taxing.

"How nauseous." Alton murmured to himself as he felt his strength, speed and other stats decrease. But it was still enough to do the impossible, and still be considered Gods.

"...."

Beatrice did not say anything as she only watched on, when Alton wrapped his body with gray mist that took off into the sky at light speed, easily ignoring all restrictions.

She then soon followed after, as she lightly kicked off the ground, and instantly appeared right besides him, maintaining the same speed. Alton kept silent, and only continued flying.

The couple flew for a couple of minutes in silence, non speaking, albeit with zero tension between them. In fact, if anything, the silence was soothing.

In just over an hour of flight, they appeared at the edge of the God Realm, a city introduced not long ago, a city that was meant for the Damned and the lowest of low lives.

A city that housed the strongest Monster God, a being who despite his low Realm, was not afraid of even Cosmological Gods. He had a few records to prove that.

"We are here." Alton said, as he stopped mid air, manifesting his body out of the gray mist. Beatrice also appeared right besides him, but at a position where she was not his equal.

"Yes." She said, as she waited for him to land first, for her to follow after. But Alton seemed ignorant of that, and still chose to land nonetheless.

"...."

Beatrice silently followed behind him, and likewise landed right besides him. Alton took the lead and walked towards the city, and she once again followed.

They entered the City of the Damned, and their auras were restrained to that of mortals. They only garnered attention due to their extremely beautiful looks.

One was a Vampire, and the other was more like an Elf. Two races that no matter what Existential level of power they were in, ranked among the top ten in terms of beauty and handsomeness.

Everyone turned to look at the couple as they walked,carrying themselves with majesty and grace. Being apathetic and unmoved by everyone's eyes of adoration.

Even the many prostitutes that threw away ethics and worshipped succubus, or other dangerous women, who were also quite beautiful in their own rights, did not move Alton.

In fact, he was the one that moved them. After all, Alton was a handsome man beyond belief, his devilish handsomeness being beyond even the comprehension of even Lesser Divinities.

His body build was not overly muscular, but was lean enough to be considered the epitome of male physiques. Even among Gods, his build could rival those battle-minded War Gods.

Whilst Beatrice was a beautiful Elf with an S-shaped curvaceous figure. Her curves so abundant that they attracted more attention than her face.

Her chest was also not small. Her face was quite Heavenly, with small delicate lips and rosy cheeks. Both of them had long ears, slender figures and were tall.

But Alton was more pale, while Beatrice, rosy. They made such a perfect match that everyone could not help but envy them. But that was all they did, none dared to provoke them.

Even with their auras being those of mortals. Their bearing was way too Godly and Majestic. And these people were Heinous and Evil, not stupid and dumb.

"If it isn't the bitter couple, Al-Be Couple. Long time no see fellows." A man appeared besides Alton and Beatrice, casually greeting them. His voice was languid and carefree.

Both Alton and Beatrice did not stop to greet the fellow as they just walked right past him. But they likewise did not ignore him, as Alton responded a moment later.

"Horrible meeting you too, Eli." He said emotionlessly as he walked by, different from his usual behavior back at the Blood Castle.

The new entree, apparently named Eli did not mind this behavior and just walked behind the couple. He smiled brightly hearing Alton's words as he could not help but comment.

"You're always so moody, it's quite a surprise really... how can a man be so unsatisfied, when lady Beatrice is your woman?" He shrugged as he said so.