A Regressed Villain: Heroines, Villainesses and Me?

Chapter 178- A Blood Bank

"Y-you bastard!"

Raj felt a jolt at the sound of those words, the weight of them shaking his already blurred and numb mind.

The only memories that flickered in his consciousness were of the first time he laid eyes on Len.

In that moment, he was utterly convinced that this man harbored ill intentions toward his sister.

What had started as a mere peer-to-peer rivalry had escalated to a point where today, he found himself contemplating taking this man's life to protect her.

Boom!

"Kugh—drip."

Before he could gather his thoughts, a heavy kick landed directly on his face.

The impact sent his mind reeling, and as blood poured from him, darkness encroached on his vision.

The combination of blood loss and the blow to his head caused him to slip into unconsciousness, plunging him into oblivion.

"Should I toss him in the water?" Rivia mused, lifting her foot from Raj's unconscious body.

She directed her gaze toward Evangelion, who had just produced a blade that was both oddly amusing and yet exuded a sinister aura.

His eyes glinted in the moonlight as he cast a sharp look at Raj's bloodied form, then disregarded Rivia and turned his attention to the camerawoman.

"You're adapting well, aren't you?" Avendial remarked, his eyes reflecting the presence of the woman behind the camera.

She had black hair and red eyes, visibly trembling yet maintaining an unsettling calmness in the face of such a gruesome scene.

"W-why is he... I mean..." Aria stammered, her voice betraying her internal turmoil.

She recognized Raj as Amrita's brother, and despite a rivalry that had existed between her and Amrita, she had resolved to put the past behind her.

Yet witnessing Amrita's brother in such a dire state, treated with such brutality, was unraveling her composure.

Nevertheless, she fought to hold it together, reminded that she needed to be strong and not appear inferior to the woman who had so easily subdued Raj, treating him like a ragdoll before casting him aside.

Rivia—she was like a machine, a machine built for battle.

"I won't kill him, rest assured," Avendial said, aware that Aria might react with distress upon seeing such violence.

He wouldn't have brought her here if he hadn't considered the importance of preparing her for what lay ahead, especially when he planned to show her the bloodied body of Lin in the near future.

He needed Aria to mature and to stand by his side rather than crumble in pain.

This was just the initial phase of her training, an essential step for her to acclimate to this darker side of him.

He knew that more gruesome realities awaited them in the future.

Amusingly, it felt as though luck was on his side; he just coincidentally found out that this guy possessed the same blood type as him.

So it made Avendial think for a moment: what would happen if he were to have an infinite amount of blood transfused into his body while creating potions?

After all, whenever he gave his blood to someone else, it was evident that his own blood level decreased, and he couldn't just keep giving his own blood to make people awaken.

So, what if he had an infinite blood bank possessing AB+ blood?

Of course, to have a blood bank, he did not need that blood bank to have limbs or eyes, but still, to maintain the quality of the blood, he needed to keep it at least fresh and alive, prompting him to decide to send this particular newly acquired blood bank to Croceaus Territory for preservation.

"Call someone to send him to Croceaus territory to heal him and keep him locked," Avendial gave his order to Rivia as denoted before two people in suits came forward.

It appeared that they had already been called here, arriving as denoted before taking Raj's body and putting it in the car.

Most probably using the helicopters, they would be able to secure his life, which was at the edge of teetering away; not that it had already done so, saving him was possible even if he went into a coma, with now the place clearly empty, leaving behind Rivia, Aria, and Avendial standing there.

"Master, some people are arriving here," Rivia informed as she heard a sharp noise of car engines from a mile away approaching this place.

Avendial, who instead of being surprised, just smiled, pulling away his beard and all the clothes away from him, revealing a suit within.

He looked towards Aria.

"If you want to leave, then I will not stop you," he had already told her about the coming thing which she wanted to do, and for that to happen, she needed to prepare to see Lin suffer a bit.

Of course, he wasn't going to kill Lin just right now; after all, he was going to be used against the Ravan family to the fullest.

But at least Aria needed to become habitual of seeing Lin suffer so that in the future she would become numb to his suffering and not even think of betraying Avendial, even in her dreams.

"Indeed, Master is right, you can leave," Rivia just gave a look towards Aria. Stay tuned with empire

So initially, she had tried to keep herself silent in her matter.

But after what her master had told about her actions being proactive towards Aria when they left the academy, Rivia decided to follow his orders and verbally push her.

Indeed, in the car, Avendial had instructed how Rivia now had to make sure that it appeared as if she wanted Aria to leave his side.

Though not using force or physical approach, but verbally do so.

Rivia at first was confused but just took it as his orders, and given it was favorable for her if Aria left, she wasn't even hesitating with her words, evident from what she said next: "You are weak and may create hassle for Master if you stay here."

'.... What?' Aria, who was until now just getting pressured by those auras and killing intent emitting from the woman, felt visibly taken aback for the first time, clenching her fist as she understood that this woman really wanted her to leave Avendial's side.

She just saved the recording on the phone and with a firm voice declared, "No...I will stay; at least a real woman has to stay here."

"....what?" Rivia raised an eyebrow, tilting her head, not getting what Aria exactly meant.

"Pfft, haha, nice one, Aria," Avendial, understanding the sarcasm behind Aria's words where she wanted to refer to how Rivia herself, due to her brute strength, appeared more manly instead of a woman, of course, not physically, but given its sarcastic remark, he just laughed to lighten the mood.

Definitely not on the level of the sarcasm, but seeing how things were going in the right direction and the rivalry had been established.