The silence lingered on for several minutes, both refusing to talk. Felicia and Owen were both pondering about what Orpheus had just said while Orpheus was allowing them to assimilate the information."I didn't tell you because I was protecting my family," Orpheus said without any emotion. "I was doing what my dad asked me to do.""So all this while I've bee dating a Crimsone?" Felicia was very much shocked. "So you Rodolfos have always been Crimsones?"Orpheus didn't reply as he took another sip of blood from the mug. He stood up gently as he asked, "If you were born as a Crimsone, what would you have done?"Felicia thought about the matter but she couldn't come up with a reasonable answer. If she had been in Orpheus' shoes she would have done exactly what he did—hiding the truth about her existence."Not only are we hunter by Crimsone Slayers, we are also hunted by other Crimsones who are not part of the Rodolfos," Orpheus said. "So tell me, what would you have done in such a situat
"I don't know what you're thinking in there but I love you very much," Selene said, her red eyes staring into Daniel's eyes while her slender and beautiful fingers caressed his chest. She was laying on his chest, counting the number of times heart beat.Daniel took a deep breathe as he said, "It's not what you're thinking.""Then explain to me so I can understand," Selene said with watery eyes. Seeing her this way accentuated her cuteness and softness. It made the heart of anyone who beheld her to bleed with guilt. "Please tell me why you can't love me.""It's not that I can't love you," Daniel said, not willing to tell Selene the whole truth. If he did he was very sure he would provoke Bloody Mary. And when that happened both of them would be as good as dead."It's a big secret, right?" Selene smiled. "A secret greater than your existence as a Wolfman?""Yes, it is," Daniel sighed. "In a way I'm protecting you.""From something terrifying?" for someone who was a Cursed and had gone t
Dracula still maintained his smile as he said, "Normally I can just control your bloods, tweaking you to whatever I want you to be. But it wouldn't be fun, right?"The bats were still flying within Dracula's palm, screeching loudly with their bloodshot eyes. It was evident they would feast upon the quartet the instance they were released by him.Daniel looked at the private bodyguard who was guarding Selene, his eyes flickering several times. He was passing a message to the private bodyguard that he wanted to distract Dracula and buy time for all of them to escape. The private bodyguard nodded calmly, showing that he understood Daniel's signal."Alright, now's not the time for petty talks," Dracula said. "Now it's time for all of you to die."Instantly all of them felt their bloods boil. It was as if a pair of hands were moving rapidly through their bloods, trying to rearrange them.Now this should be the time...Daniel had not completed his thoughts much less his action when he saw th
Seeing the expressions on all the faces of the Wolfmen and Werewolves the private bodyguard and Selene couldn't help but shudder as they stared pleadingly at Daniel to stop his madness."Alright, I was just joking," Daniel said as he waved his hands. One thing that made him different from the other Lycanthropes was that he wasn't as rash and aggressive as they all were. While they always wore deep frowns he was someone who smiled everytime."These Crimsones are not coming with us," a Wolfmen said. From his tone it seemed he was the most powerful Wolfman standing in their midst. "They're our enemies.""But they're in danger," Daniel wouldn't give in. "The Crimsone King is after their lives and will stop at nothing to get them. We were almost killed by that Dracula if not for the intervention of one of my trump cards."Hearing the term 'trump cards' the Lycanthropes frowned deeply. It seemed they had already gotten a 'trauma' from the term alone."But even as that, my trump card couldn'
Mr. Stark stood on the deck of the ship staring into the horizon. The black fog had dissipated around that region of the sea but then the sky was pitch black and there was no sun. This made the sea become pitch black as well.There were very few adventurers on the ship, all of them thinking about when the dangerous adventure would come to an end. They had been 50 people when the adventure began but now they were only ten. The others had been killed in different types of dangers arising from the sea. Their deaths had shaken them greatly but they didn't turn back home. They still wanted to locate the Abyssal Zone so that they could return to report to the authorities who would know what to do."What's on your mind?" a familiar voice entered Mr. Stark's ears. He didn't need to turn to know that it was Danton."I'm wondering if everyone here would survive this," Mr. Stark was an open minded person. So he quickly shared his thoughts with Danton. This Boneless had always looked out for him
Orpheus suddenly appeared in an unknown part of the city. It was bustling with so much activity that no one realized an additional person had appeared among them out of the blues. There were so much crowds of people who continued walking, brushing past the young Viscount as they went about their day. "The Rodolfo family has been wiped out," Orpheus dropped to his kneels. This attracted the attention of the passerbys as they turned to look at the weirdo who suddenly dropped to his kneels on the concrete sidewalk. "Is he crazy or something?" "That's a thief! Get away from him!" "He looks rich, why is he out here?" "This boy looks like Orpheus Luther Rodolfo! It should be him!" Several people began talking as they slowed down their paces to observe the kid. Of course Orpheus couldn't bear the puny humans staring at him with all kinds of talks so he quickly stood up and made his way out of the crowd of people, taking a bend to another part of the street with lesser numbers of p
Pa!The Viscount struck at Orpheus' face, his punch moving too fast for the human eye to capture.Orpheus quickly lowered his center of gravity, making the punch to fly above his head. His red hair fluttered to the wind that came with the punch which moved at the speed of sound. Adjusting his center of gravity in a blink of eye so that his body moved slightly forward, he delivered an uppercut punch to the Viscount's face. But he was a little too late because his fist already met with an afterimage which vanished afterwards.How come it seems he's faster than me? Orpheus was shocked as he turned around quickly only to be greeted with a powerful punch to the torso.Pa!His body was lifted off the ground by the force of the punch and slammed into the wall with a loud thud. He crashed through it and landed outside the bar.Everyone who saw this immediately scampered off for safety. They had been hearing a commotion inside the bar but it had never crossed their minds that it would be somet
Marcus stood with his hands crossed to his chest, his eyes sizing up the hundreds of children who were pinned to some alchemical device. For an unknown reason just staring at the thousands of needles which had been used on the children made him glad. He even curled up his lips into a smile—a smile befitting of a crazed genius he was.Due to his success on his socalled experiment his former lab had become very small for him so a new lab had been made for him. It was very large and could hold up to a thousand people. Just like the previous it had a gory appearance. The floor had bits of flesh and bones sprawled over them while the walls had blood seeping out of them. Strands of hairs hung from the ceiling, dangling with dry blood on them. A putrid smell filled the whole lab, making whoever that entered pass out immediately (the only exemption being Marcus himself)."I know I've tried this for one thousand times," Marcus said with a warm smile, "let me make it one thousand and one."He t