The warrior Crimson captured and made into a guard for the gate of his tower witnesses the awesome power of Juggernaut and Yukime, but neither of them is a match for a third combatant: Shadow. Juggernaut sidesteps him and heads into Crimson’s tower, while Yukime notes that Shadow has helped some of her girls in the red light district, so she take her leave peacefully.
Beta is doing some research in the library on the cult and their level of technology when Claire and Mary enter via a hidden passage. Beta acknowledges both of them by name, but states her preference to not fight them. Her true target is the Blood Queen, a Progenitor Vampire. When Claire mentions her brother, Rose, AKA Number 666, speaks out of turn out of concern for Cid, but is chastised by Beta. Good to see ya, Rose!
Claire and Mary continue on, and witness Juggernaut take out Lord Crimson’s most powerful underlings. They try to stay in the shadows, but he detects them and engages them in combat. Claire even ends up punched in the face by an opponent for only the second time in her life, and is not happy about it.
Mary, meanwhile, is slashed quite badly, and in order to heal, she sucks some of Claire’ blood, which she takes with an unannounced kiss. Even with her vitality restored, she and Claire almost end up at Juggernaut’s mercy, but for Shadow, who arrives just in time to land on his blade and kick him off the tower before taking his leave—before Claire can recognize him.
Mary admits to Claire that despite being a legendary vampire hunter, she herself is a vampire, one of Vampire Queen Elizabeth’s closest servants. She regales Claire with the tale of “Haven”, the state of being that was achieved when Elizabeth led a group of vampires away from drinking blood, which allowed them to live peaceful lives in the sunlight.
Unfortunately, among them all only Elizabeth’s thirst for blood endured and strengthened, until the night of the last red moon. She went berserk, and a massacre ensued. She took responsibility by stabbing herself in the heart with a blade, but rather than turn to dust, her breath and heart both stopped, and she was interred.
After that, Lord Crimson took possession of Elizabeth’s body and spared Mary’s life. Claire says she can relate; she too believes she’ll one day become a monster, but until then, she’ll happily help Mary get Elizabeth, and possibly the haven she built, back, while she’ll handle getting her brother back.
Of course, Crimson has other ideas. While Elizabeth’s body has rotted away like that of any corpse, her heart remains intact, and as he places it into a sacrificial body in hopes of resurrecting her, Shadow arrives and ethers him in a ball of flame. By doing so, he may have kept the balance of power in the Lawless City balanced, at least for now. More importantly to him, he was able to fight the Big Boss before any of the main characters!
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