SSS Awakening: Rebirth of the Strongest Vampire God novel Chapter 331

Chapter 331: Please grant me this great honor!

"The Palecoil were once feared across the Abyssal Depths for our ability to turn entire regions into uninhabitable wastelands. Our breath could strip the life from forests, our gaze could cloud the minds of even the most disciplined warriors." Erin explained.

Damon listened in silence, eyes on her massive coils shifting languidly through the venomous waters.

"Wow, you are very powerful indeed," he nodded. "I enjoyed learning about your bloodline and your background. Can you also tell me more about this world and why you are here?"

Her head dipped, but no words followed. After a pause, she finally hissed, "My lord, please forgive me. I am unable to answer that."

Damon exhaled softly. Another dead end? "Can you tell me why you can’t answer?"

"My lord... I would if I could. I simply do not remember."

His eyes narrowed. "Wait. What do you mean you don’t remember?"

Her movements below the surface were silent, yet he could feel the ripple of power each time she shifted. "Not forgotten in the way mortals do," she murmured. "It is as if the memories are locked away... sealed. I know there are pieces missing, but I cannot reach them."

"I remember many things," she continued, voice low and measured. "I remember our God, the Venom King. My great ancestors, my lineage, the meaning of my powers, and how to evolve. These truths live in my blood."

"But I do not remember my childhood. I do not remember my parents, nor where I was born. All I know is that I awoke here, in this mountain, and it became my prison. Beyond its borders, I grow weaker... until even dire wolves could end me."

Damon studied her, the horns atop her head catching the sickly glow of the pool’s light. "So you have the memories of your bloodline... but not of yourself. And this mountain isn’t just your home, it’s your chain."

"Yes," she said, coils sliding beneath the surface. "Out there, I am prey. In here... I am queen. And I do not know why."

"Wait. Does this change now that you are my bound follower?"

"I do not know yet, my lord."

Damon’s lips curved faintly. "So the leash the mountain has on you might not be as tight now."

"Perhaps. When you accepted me, I felt it, faint, but real. The borders no longer claw at me as they once did. Still, I cannot say if it is true freedom... or merely a longer chain. If you wish, my lord, we could test this."

"Go ahead."

She vanished in a curl of miasma, leaving only the sound of bubbling venom and distant dripping stone. A full minute passed before she returned, water hissing off her emerald scales.

"My lord!" she hissed, eyes bright with triumph. "I was not wrong. I can retain much of my strength no matter how far I go. I am not a prisoner of this mountain any longer. Thanks to you, I am already saved."

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