Ulmer was sitting on the rooftop alone while everyone in the house was sleeping. He was staring at the stars slowly shifting anticlockwise by a degree every four minutes. He could see the constellations, and he could hear the noises they were making.“Making a circle every day… since they were created…” Ulmer uttered. “That’s their purpose, to be the markers of times and seasons. But what about me? What exactly is my purpose?”[There were gods in the past who lived on the earth.] Dove said. [They came into existence because the fallen angels mingled with human women who gave birth to giants and all kinds of powerful beings, some of whom came to be known as gods. Their number increased like mosquitoes, and they filled the earth with violence where morals, laws and ethics changed with the wind. Struggle and war were inevitable means of survival back then. Even today, you need to struggle in order to survive, but it held a wholly different meaning back then.The gods held competitions wh

At midnight.Felix and a group of silverbloods in silverhoods were all waiting on the rooftop about a mile away from Ross’ estate.“It’s a see-through barrier, but what we’re seeing is not what’s happening inside,” the leader of the silverbloods, Silver Prince, was speaking. “It’s just an illusion created to fool the public. So, we have no way of knowing what’s actually happening right now.”“Tsk,” Felix looked annoyed. “I wanted to see my daughter if possible, but now, there’s no way of knowing what’s going on. What’s her situation right now? Is she in pain? I can’t just be here and do nothing but observe. This is one troublesome task they have given me. If I’m not patient, I might lose my daughter. But if I don’t hurry up, then I could lose my daughter, too.”“That’s why Claudia sent you on this mission,” Silver Prince said. “Once we see an opportunity, we’ll take it with both hands. Until then, let’s just watch.” He ordered his group to spread out and observe other parties.“That b

Ulmer was coming down from the rooftop.“You didn’t sleep yet?” Amelie asked him.“I have some things to deal with, so I can’t sleep yet,” he replied. “What are you two doing here? Having a ladies’ talk?”“You won’t believe me, but I opened the fridge for a water bottle, and I found Abbie sleeping inside!” Amelie said, startling Ulmer. “For a second, my heart dropped. I thought someone killed her and shoved her in the refrigerator. But then she woke up and said she liked sleeping there! Can you believe that? You should take her to a doctor and a psychiatrist.”Ulmer looked at Abbie. “Why the hell are you sleeping in a fridge?”“I-I…” Abbie’s heart picked up speed. A vampire’s heart usually beats slower than a human’s heart, and it wouldn’t easily pick up speed unless they were quite nervous.“Was the fridge cold enough, or do you need me to buy you a deep freezer?” Ulmer asked.A second of silence passed.“Ulmer!” Amelie raised her voice. “This isn’t the time for jokes! I was being s

A minute earlier.Phantom Killer and Lexor were having a discussion.“How can you see when you’re blind?” Phantom Killer curiously asked. “Even our technology is not good enough to make a blind man see. So, how are you doing it?”“I mastered a martial art which helps me read the energies around me,” Lexor replied. “It also helps me see vague figures. So, I know what I’m seeing. I can walk the road or do the daily tasks just like any other human as I’m used to doing it now.”“To think martial arts can pull off such a thing…” Phantom Killer was impressed. “It’s really surprising. I guess they don’t do all the crazy shit with martial arts in the movies for no reason. The legends of the old times must have been passed down in their literature one way or another. I always thought martial arts was bullshit, and that if you try to get into the spiritual path, you’d just open doors to demons.”“That will happen if you’re not careful,” Lexor calmly explained. “As long as you keep it physical,

In a desolated ice continent far from the populated human world, Ulmer and Skull Reaper were facing each other.The temperature was lower than negative hundred celsius. There was no sun or moon in the sky. Only darkness.It wasn’t pitch black darkness, but there was just enough light for these two to see each other, as would beasts see at night.It’s been a couple of minutes, but neither of them moved.Normal humans would have already been suffering from severe hypothermia, but these two showed no signs of such symptoms.A lot of thoughts were still running through Skull Reaper’s mind. His body kept releasing heat to bear with the cold all around him. He wasn’t even wearing any shirt, but he didn’t seem bothered by the cold.Still holding his spear, he kept staring coldly at Ulmer. His gaze was colder than the cold of this continent.“You are certainly strong,” Ulmer, on the other hand, looked calm and positive. “But you don’t have any chance of beating me.” He tossed the spear toward