In the middle of the night.Outside the city, at an abandoned factory. Charles and Thomas were standing outside. Thomas was smoking, whereas Charles was drinking blood from four packets at a time.“You really seem like you can’t wait to destroy Samantha and Leslie,” Thomas smirked. “Just what did they do to you? Did they milk you or something?”“What they have done is too disgusting for words,” Charles coldly glanced at him. “Those women are nothing but freaky, torn-up mutilated dolls that deserve to rot at the bottom of a dumpster.”“Ah, I couldn’t agree more. They are going to come here, right?”“I believe they want me, so they will come here.”“Good to know. So, what are you doing these days?” Thomas said. “You haven’t been playing much poker lately. Are you busy learning your neighbor’s habits after buying a villa?”“Neighbor’s habits, huh…” Charles sighed. “In this wicked world, keeping up with the Joneses is a recipe for disaster. I use my own discernment and decide what to foll
“I didn’t think he’d be this powerful…” Thomas’ eyes stayed wide-opened, as he witnessed through the cracked glass in the door. The thirty vampires were utterly destroyed into bits and pieces. “He’s almost controlling gasoline as it’s his own blood. I’m not seeing things, or am I?”Carlos, however, seemed like he had actually gained strength from the explosion, which sent a shiver down Thomas' spine to say the least.“I-I’m glad that I picked his side,” Thomas thought. “If he can keep at it, there won’t be any need for us to even interfere, but… in a one vs many, anything can happen. Instead of putting him through a risky fight, it’s better to be on the safe side.”Most of the ceiling had cracked and collapsed. Carlos punched the weakened ceiling and destroyed it. He flew up and landed on the ground floor inside the factory. In the distance, Leslie and Samantha were grinding their teeth at him.Samantha clapped twice, and the 68 remaining vampires standing outside the factory rushed i
Carlos was overwhelmed, not just because more than sixty vampires were literally trying to rip him apart but also because the white bony cage continuously sucked his energy.It was a skill that Samantha had learned from Butcher Bones. In fact, she had been granted the power to use that skill, and she believed that she had just put it to good use.Inside that sturdy white cage, Carlos couldn’t control his blood. He couldn’t use his abilities. In fact, he was losing his awakened form and was beginning to turn into his human form.“What’s going on?” Leslie looked a little confused. “Why isn’t he fighting back? Isn’t he super-awakened or something?”“He might have awakened his blood, but he’s still a Blood Sucker,” Samantha indifferently said. “He’s nothing compared to our boss, Butcher, who’s a Life Leecher. The fundamental difference in their abilities in itself is something that can’t ever be made up for. Otherwise, the Slaughter Squad would have long killed him and eaten him piece to
What did Carlos do?How did he make Leslie’s tongue explode?Samantha had no answer for that, but what she knew was that she had to kill Carlos before he got any stronger.“We may not be awakened like you, but we are battle-hardened unlike you, Charles!” Samantha crossed her arms and made a slashing gesture with both arms, sending out the gauntlet like a spider web, trying to capture Carlos. The web traveled fast, but perhaps she acted out of panic. Carlos, who was looking at Samantha, was able to easily dodge from the web.However, Thomas, who was right behind him, got caught in it. And he began to scream. “Help me!”Carlos didn’t have the time to help Thomas, but the other vampires that Thomas hired hurried to him and tried to cut the web and free him.Carlos and Samantha clawed at each other like crazed beasts that didn’t care about what was happening around them.They tore each other’s flesh and sprayed blood everywhere as they moved around like streaks of light. They were so fast
Carlos had already spent a lot of energy during this fight, but when Leslie hugged him from behind and tried to restrict his movements so that Samantha could get a proper shot at piercing his heart, Carlos’ blood rushed like never before. He howled like a crazed beast and swiveled at the last second.Samantha’s eyes widened because her sword thrust right through Leslie’s heart first. She didn’t stop there and pushed the sword even further using all her strength, thus managing to pierce through Carlos’ heart as well.Both Leslie and Carlos coughed blood and collapsed forward. Leslie fell right on top of him.Samantha was huffing and puffing. She moved Leslie’s body to the side and could see her eyes, and Leslie’s eyes went back to normal and had no life in them. She already died. “I’m sorry, Leslie.” Samantha had known Leslie from a very young age, but she had to sacrifice her best friend to kill a monster, or so she believed. “I will tell Boss Butcher that your contribution was great
This wasn’t the first time that Butcher had received threats, but surely, this was the first time that he received a threat from someone who was weaker than him.“How dare a mere bloodsucker think he can win against me!” he smacked the box to the side. Samantha and Leslie’s heads rolled on the floor.“It seems I’ve lost my Slaughter Squad, which is completely unacceptable,” Butcher gritted his teeth. He was more worried about other powerful vampires attacking him because of him losing his squad. “Should I just go into hiding for the time being and come back when I have built a new squad?”Butcher haven’t been put under this kind of pressure in a long while.“Charles Wallace… I don’t know who’s behind you, but I’m going to kill you and everyone that’s backing you!” He smashed the table in anger and destroyed it. “I’ll hang your head in the underground city for all vampires to look at!”Meanwhile, in Myers mansion.Sofia was eating granola because she was trying to lose a bit of her wei
Charles had been looking for Butcher everywhere. From one end of the city to the other, he went through every gang and hideout he knew. From the Snake gang that was influential in the north to the Bluestone mafia down the south, he didn’t leave anyone unquestioned.However, all of them couldn’t give him any valuable information.Charles spent a few days in Bones’ hospital as a patient suffering from stomach illness. He used his enhanced sense of hearing to see if he could find anybody talking about Butcher, but he didn’t get the results he wanted.“Just where did he disappear?”Charles couldn’t help but feel anxious.“Maybe, I shouldn’t have sent him such a blatant warning.”Fighting an enemy directly was one thing, but if Butcher were to attack him using other vampires while keeping himself hidden, things would get unnecessarily dragged and complex for Charles who was tired of even thinking about Butcher.The reason he was tortured by Samantha and Leslie in the first place was becaus
“Your recovery time indicates your fitness,” Akira told Charles as they were going in a taxi. The driver thought that she was cosplaying some fictional character or something. “You don’t have any injuries even though it hasn’t been long since you fought the Slaughter Squad. This is a very good sign. I think you can definitely stand your ground against a life sucker’s attacks.”Akira’s words boosted Charles’ confidence. “I heard they can suck the lifespan out of us. Is that true?”“Yep. But I believe that you can resist it better than I do.”“Oh.. but, wait, you haven’t awakened your blood, right?” Charles couldn’t help but ask. “How can you resist against Butcher then?”“Well, the black cloak I’m wearing is not your ordinary cloak, so… that’s how,” she casually replied.“Oh, okay.” To Charles, her cloak looked normal. “Tell me more about the city. What kind of people live there?”Akira glanced at the rearview mirror and made contact with the driver’s eyes and hypnotized him to focus o