Blood Awakening: The Strongest Hybrid and His Vampire Bride

Nikolai felt a sense of pressure from the enemy, though it wasn’t dangerous. Her eyes, while sitting on the throne, felt intelligent. His form rapidly changed, becoming a seven-foot werewolf with a fierce yet human-like face.

’Huh?’

Instantly, when he changed into this form, the eyes of the queen changed. Hostility faded. For a moment, he could feel clear intent and emotions.

Then...

She spoke to him!

”Visitor from afar, what clan do you hail from?” A beautiful and captivating voice, like an idol singing the most gentle love song.

Nikolai’s eyes widened as he felt her voice brush against his ears with a slight breeze.

’Is she speaking to me... why does she feel so strange?’

The huge mermaid with a long, scaled tail leaned on her soft cushion while watching Nikolai, narrowing her gaze with a small yet sensual smile. ”Can you understand me, werewolf?”

He couldn’t ignore her—something about her enchanting aura made him feel drawn to her.

’This woman’s voice feels like magic... or a magic art!’

’I cannot fall for it.’

Nikolai felt a sense of focus—his rapidly beating heart slowly steadied.

Two massive blue breasts crushed against her arm as a serpent’s tongue flickered between the mermaid’s purple lips. ”Does my body look beautiful to you, invader?”

”Fufu, do you want a taste?” Her hands slipped along her curved hips before slipping ahead of her crotch, parting her pearl cove, sticky juices leaking down her scales.

’This woman...’

’She wants to get me killed!’

”I am from clan Volkov—maybe you haven’t heard of it.” Nikolai’s eyes narrowed—he bit his tongue and shattered the feeling of desire growing inside him.

’Yes... she was using some kind of seductive art.’

Once his mind became calm and clear, he could gaze at her and accept she was a beautiful woman.

However, to him, Selene and Nikita were better.

’Well, if I was single, I might try banging her once.’

’You never meet giant mermaids every day, after all.’

”Oh my, did you say Volkov... a nostalgic name. Tell me, is Anastasia still the next planned head?”

The moment he heard this name, his mind vaguely remembered the duel from the day before and the strange white-haired woman whom his father seemed to take with him.

’She was going to be the head?’

”Uhm... it seems my family collapsed. The Faust family kidnapped Anastasia...”

What surprised Nikolai was the mermaid’s body shifted. Her tail slapped against the throne she sat upon, and her eyes closed for a moment.

”That Anastasia was kidnapped by those bumbling fools?!”

”Preposterous!” A loud screech caused a small wave to crash against the pillar that Nikolai stood on. ”Who are you?!”

”Why do you lie... then who gave birth to you?! Why do you smell like Anastasia?”

Nikolai could feel the aggressive vibrations in the air—it seemed the mermaid queen used sound as her weapon.

The dull reverberations caused his ears to bleed slightly from the pressure to increase. He didn’t want to show weakness, and though not sure about their link, he thought answering this monster’s question would help him.

’After all this dungeon... will one day something like this cover my world?’

”My father is Ivan Volkov.”

Suddenly, her aggressive tone and rattling tail slowed, her lusciously thick lips parted before rising slightly into an alluring smile. ”Oh?”

”You, are that man’s son? And your mother?”

Her atmosphere vanished, a feeling like a raging ocean becoming a calm lake or a peaceful stream. Nikolai’s breathing also became easier when he stepped forward—she didn’t react or attack him.

Instead, her eyes watched his movements, her pupils dilating and shrinking while Nikolai walked forward until he was less than twenty paces from her.

”I am the son of Ivan Volkov and Elizabeth Báthory.”

Her smile widened. ”Is that so... that woman with the strange thoughts... yet your features and voice remind me of him.”

The smile looked almost fake at first, something designed to seduce males. However, now it felt genuine—her cheeks lifted and became dark purple while she covered her open mouth.

”Interesting...”

The mermaid’s hand raised and snapped her fingers. ”Let us not fight today. I am pleased to meet the son of an old... friend. Fufu, will you stay for a meal?”

Suddenly, the ground shook the dungeon itself, quaking as if an earthquake had erupted, causing the waters around Nikolai to ripple and flow. What shocked him most was the sudden glow of the staircase behind her throne to the next level.

”Is that the way out?!”

’Strange... why does the dungeon feel so strange when I am in a monster form?’

Nikolai couldn’t help but notice his senses felt heightened.

While in his human body, he couldn’t sense any of the detailed surroundings and auras that monsters used, but now he could almost feel the changes inside the dungeon. It was as if this place was alive, or something was alive and was manipulating this entire area to its whim.

”Fufu, you’re shocked face is so adorable. With such beautiful bloodlines... no wonder you made all those girls obsessed.”

Her eyes narrowed, while her smile became a slight frown, her hands clenched tight. ”Yet you slaughtered them, and even used those beast-like hands to pry the pearls from their most precious places...”

Nikolai gulped as he saw her hands, the same as those that she had gently placed in her lap, turn into sharp claws. He knew he would probably win if they fought, but hearing her speak of his actions felt like his mother scolding him.

”Ah... we weren’t taught the monsters her were living.”

”Fufu, oh, my~ you look so nervous. Don’t worry, I know... the world seems to have forgotten many things.”

The queen turned around, her tail pushing herself off the chair as she rose, towering over Nikolai by a few feet.

Her large breasts pushed out, her slender waist and thick thighs causing his eyes to gaze at her chest. ”However, let me tell you something about this world.” A cold tone, her voice like the icy North Sea.

As he looked up, her body leaned forward, the feeling of her cold flesh covered in a slight oil felt cool to the touch.

Then she whispered in his fluffy 30cm ears. ”Nothing is what it seems—those monsters are those who have lost their home, their worlds to that strange... corruption.”

Her hand then gripped Nikolai’s head and pulled him against her soft breast. The feeling of her hand was cold, but her bosom was warm. ”And why do you think I am here, like this?”

”You can feel my pulse, my heart beating... am I not alive, Young Volkov?”

”It’s Nikolai, Nikolai Volkov.”

She then released him and swayed her body, using the slight water to slide forward toward the exit to the next level.

A smile on her face as if nothing had happened. ”Oh... well let’s enjoy a meal now.”

Snap—!

The door suddenly opened, and a small group of mermaids entered carrying a table and two seats.

”Welcome to my royal palace, Nikolai Volkov. I am

Amphitrite, queen of the mermaids.”

***

Nikolai enjoyed the meal, which included various seafood dishes that he was unfamiliar with, and the atmosphere seemed pleasant.

Amphitrite spoke to him, and her voice was captivating and melodic.

However, after a while, when the conversation died down, she turned to him and asked a question that seemed to catch him off guard.

’No... it’s rather like she’s trying to flirt and seduce me.’

”Do you like women?”

Her tone was casual, but her eyes held a hint of mischief.

”Um, I guess? I have two wives and a lover. So I wouldn’t say I dislike women.”

Her brows furrowed slightly, and she looked disappointed for a moment before regaining her composure. Though, her eyes seemed to light up for a different reason.

”To exit that portal, do you know what you must obtain?” Her serpent tongue flickered, causing the words to vibrate and echo in the cool ocean palace.

’Hmmm, I never needed anything in the past right?’

Nikolai felt quite confused and began to think back to the bosses he met every five floors. He then remembered the various items dropped by those monsters.

’The large blue vial... the body enhancing substances... Did I need to pick those up to leave?’

”No, I don’t know. I thought I could leave normally, but do you mean I must take something to leave the floor?” He answered truthfully.

”Then I shall tell you what the thing is. Afterward, you must tell me a secret in return.”

The atmosphere of the ocean changed. Nikolai could feel a warm breeze—the scent of the sea filling the air now seemed sweet. The light of the portal reflected off Amphitrite’s scales, giving them an iridescent shimmer.

”Something you know that I do not, something I desire to know.”

She continued before slithering around the table, her long, serpent tail swaying with her movements as she leaned against him.

”Well, did you know, the queen’s pearl is needed to pass to the next floor.” Amphitrite blew in his ears with a seductive smile.

Her voice became low, and her tongue seemed to vibrate as she spoke. ”The pearl that I will gift you is very special, and only I can produce such an item.” Her hands reached for his face and caressed his cheek.

”Do you understand, young one?”

’This evil woman... a witch!’

Nikolai felt a chill run through his spine. ”No, I don’t. I don’t understand how your pearl is so special, and why would I want such a thing from you?” His voice was calm and composed, but his mind was racing. He knew, of course he knew she hinted earlier!

Yet he felt a sense of danger... this woman wasn’t like those small mermaids.

Her eyes were like a shark!