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Rising from the Ashes (Andrew and Lauren) Chapter 3388

The moment the projection appeared, the temperature inside the command tent seemed to drop.

Azrael straightened immediately.

Even in projection form, the man carried a presence that pressed down on the air like a silent storm.

He bowed his head slightly.

“My lord.”

The golden-haired figure regarded him with calm, almost amused eyes.

“You lost the relic.”

It was not a question.

Azrael’s jaw tightened.

“Yes.”

The man’s gaze shifted slowly across the tent, as though he could see everything that had happened without needing an explanation.

“The Greene vault has opened… Shiloh has awakened… and the Cavendish faction now possesses a power that should not exist in this era.”

Azrael’s eyes widened slightly.

“My lord… you already know?”

The man smiled faintly.

“There are very few things in this world I do not know.”

He took a slow step forward, though the projection barely disturbed the air.

“Tell me, Azrael… when you faced her presence… did you feel it?”

Azrael’s throat tightened.

He remembered the pressure.

The suffocating aura.

The feeling that something ancient had opened its eyes again.

“…Yes.”

The golden-haired man’s smile deepened.

“Good.”

His tone turned thoughtful.

“So the cycle has resumed after all.”

Azrael frowned.

“My lord… what cycle?”

The man ignored the question and instead asked another.

“Do you know who Shiloh Greene truly is?”

Azrael hesitated.

“…An ancient cultivator who lived centuries ago.”

The man chuckled softly.

“That is the version of the story people are allowed to know.”

Then his expression became serious.

“She is not merely ancient.”

“She is one of the last Anchors of Holtrien.”

Azrael blinked.

“…Anchor?”

The man raised a finger.

“In the ancient age, before the continents were divided and before the gods withdrew from the world… there were a few humans who reached a state just beneath divinity.”

“Not servants of gods.”

“Not blessed champions.”

“Something far more dangerous.”

His eyes glowed faintly.

“Humans who could stand alongside them.”

Azrael felt a chill crawl up his spine.

“You mean… Beneath the Gods?”

The projection nodded.

“Yes.”

“And Shiloh Greene was one of the strongest among them.”

Silence filled the command tent.

Azrael finally understood why the aura he felt earlier had been so terrifying.

“My lord… if that is true… then why did she disappear from history?”

The golden-haired man’s smile slowly faded.

“Because she died.”

Azrael stared.

“But apparently…”

The man looked toward the horizon as if sensing something far away.

“…death did not keep her.”

His voice became quieter.

“And that means something else has awakened too.”

Azrael felt unease growing in his chest.

“My lord… are you referring to the Vampire Queen?”

The golden-haired figure shook his head slowly.

“No.”

His eyes darkened slightly.

“I am referring to Lilith.”

The name seemed to echo unnaturally in the tent.

Azrael froze.

“…But Lilith is the Vampire Queen.”

The man’s smile returned.

“Is she?”

Then he said something that made Azrael’s blood run cold.

“Lilith is not a queen.”

“She is the first vampire.”

“And the last creature Shiloh Greene failed to kill.”

Far away, beyond the mountains and oceans—

At the Cavendish headquarters.

Shiloh suddenly opened her eyes.

A faint ripple of power spread across the sky.

Her gaze slowly lifted toward the distant horizon.

“…So.”

Her voice was calm, but ancient fury hid beneath it.

“You’re still watching the world, aren’t you?”

For a brief moment—

The wind stopped.

And somewhere in the unseen depths of the world…

Something ancient seemed to smile.