In the World of Sword and Magic as Space Marine

Chapter 21: The Weapon of She Who Thirsts

Chapter 21: The Weapon of She Who Thirsts

Blood Duke kills his enemies with his sword and raises undead at the same time what seems an unlimited supply of mana on him. The source of unbelievable power came from Blood Duke's new deity whom he doesn't know the name of or which domain his new deity came from. The only thing that mattered to Blood Duke was defeating his enemies and quenching his thirst for blood that haunted him for hundreds of years. This new god gifted Blood Duke with a weapon that could accomplish both.

A beautiful sword, a hilt made of gold and rare gems with master craftsmanship that could make every man envious. A magnificent purple blade that could cut flesh without wasting a single drop of blood as it can drain the victim in a second. Finally, a pommel of the sword, branded with a strange purple-colored symbol which represents Blood Duke's new master and god. The Sword of Pleasure is the perfect weapon for a vampire as it connects the wielder with chaos magic and draws its mana, giving an infinite supply of magic.

Feeling the various pleasures and satisfaction of killing his enemies all by himself, Blood Duke grinned while experiencing foreign magic from the sword itself. Looking at his sword, the Sword of Pleasure, Blood Duke saw no blood from it as if he never used it on living before. The only difference is that his sword pommel is now glowing with dark purple color while blood within slowly rotates as if it is alive. Turning his head to see the battlefield, Blood Duke saw no blood-soaked grass field, instead, he saw a dying grass field and his undead continued their attack on his enemies, ever-growing his numbers of undead.

'I can feel the power of my new army as if I'm part of them and they are part of me. I no longer have the cursed thirst as I can now enjoy blood without drowning myself. My power can overrule the other vampire masters without the need of minions or armies!' Blood Duke thought to himself while raising his sword to unleash more undead soldiers in his command. All of this is interrupted by the unnatural sound of thunderous noise as if a herd of beasts charging at the battlefield.

VROOM! VROOM!

A Black Templar is riding a mount that could be described as a fast metal horse without a head. William, seeing a large horizontal line between living and undead, changes his direction. Heading towards the edge of the enemy line, he then makes a sharp turn to start the ramming of an entire line of the undead, from one end to another. While running over the undead, William opens fire mounted two-linked bolters which devastate more undead soldiers ahead of him and free allied troops from getting pushed back.

"I LOVE THIS THING!" That is the only thing anyone can hear from the Black Templar as he passes the front line of the living soldiers while breaking the entire enemy line with a single swoop. After reaching the end of the line, William once again made a quick turn to make a charge attack on Blood Duke, who was baffled by the sudden arrival of the black knight who he thought was devoured by his pet zombie dragon.

"YOU! You should be dead! And what is that outrageous creature you are riding?" Blood Duke demanded an answer but the only thing he got from William was engine revving as William cranked his assault bike's engine louder and louder.

VROOM! VROOM! VROOM!

William's assault bike charged at Blood Duke with unbelievable speed as the master vampire couldn't dodge it in time. Blood Duke didn't get run over but instead, he got hit by the bike and now holding his life in dearly as William increases his bike speed to go faster. Seeing his target is right in front of him and in the point black range of bolters, William unloads all of his bolter rounds which Blood Duke receives most of them as he tries to protect himself.

"Now prepare yourself, you undead piece of shit!" William said to the vampire and moments later, he, his assault bike, and the vampire break through the wall of the Fort Stormfist. Blood Duke, who was between the fort's wall and Black Templar's bike, received a full-blown impact of the damage and thrown to the inner wall open ground. Seeing a heavily defeated vampire with tattered red armor, William got off from his bike to approach his enemy to deliver the final blow.

"I had enough with skeletons, zombies, and vampires. After finishing you off, I'm going to take a long vacation, away from this depressing place." William said to Blood Duke as he drew out his power sword. Meanwhile, Blood Duke struggles to move away from the approaching giant death itself as he crawls away inch by inch. Sensing his end approaching, Blood Duke grabbed whatever he could grab and to his surprise, he somehow got hold of his weapon, Sword of Pleasure. Seeing hope, Blood Duke unleashes the chaos magic from the sword within which quickly regenerates his wounded body and repairs his red armor.

"Oh no, you don't!" William strikes his sword at the vampire but now fully powered vampire blocks the attack and pushes the Black Templar with an unnatural magic blast. William uses his power sword to anchor himself from push back to the fort wall. By the time he stops himself, Blood Duke stands up from where he was and shows a powerful aura of purple around him. William seeing this, let go of his sword and pulled out a heavy bolter from his inventory to blast everything he had onto the vampire.

Unfortunately, Blood Duke used his newly founded magic and created a magic shield, blocking all of the heavy bolter fire. William, seeing there is no effect, retrieve back now emptied heavy bolter back to his inventory and grab his power sword from the ground.

Two fighters stare at each other as they prepare themself and their weapons for an undeniable duel. William, using his power armor's helmet, finally saw the symbol of the sword Blood Duke is using. William immediately recognizes the symbol as without a doubt it is the symbol of one of the Chaos Gods.

'So, Slaanesh, The Prince of Pleasure is the one who is powering this fool. I have to destroy that sword before it could corrupt the minds of the living.' William thought to himself and made the first move to start their duel.

As William and Blood Duke began their fight, Prince Benton and Duchess moved their remaining armies closer to the Fort Stormfist. After William broke the enemy line and pushed the Blood Duke away from the battlefield, they managed to destroy the remaining undead and move forward to help William. This tactical decision was reasonable under normal circumstances, but unfortunately for them, the influence of Chaos Gods isn't something they are prepared for. As they get closer, Slaanesh's influence starts to corrupt the heart and mind of the soldiers, which begins to slowly open a small warp portal and bring out something that shouldn't exist in this world.