Akira left, and Charles took ten minutes to successfully disintegrate the food items into dust. However, he didn’t know what to do with the blood bottles.“Akira didn’t say anything about what I should do with these…” He was already used to drinking human blood using blood packets, but then Akira told him that the blood in these bottles was also mixed with aphrodisiacs.What she didn’t tell him, however, was that there was a lot more to this blood than Charles knew.There were three stars on the bottle, which meant that the blood was extracted after torturing and frightening a person for three lunations. So, the blood would taste much sweeter for the vampires, and vampires could easily get addicted to this sort of blood which generally wasn’t available anywhere else in the country. Thus, most vampires would choose to stay in this city for longer durations, which would benefit the economy of the city.Charles poured the blood in the bottles straight in the toilet, then flushed it with
“What are you looking at, bitch?” Theron’s gaze was cold as hell. The temperature dropped by a degree just from his intense, cutting gaze.“Calling me a bitch just because I was looking at you,” Charles sipped on the water. “I don’t like it. But if you apologize, I might forgive you.”The barmaids were stunned to hear that.“Does he not know who Theron is?” the customers began to talk among themselves.Theron was the descendent of the Garroway family, one of the six great families that rule the underground city. The Garroway family was known for their ability to manipulate ice. It was a secret technique passed down only to those within the family.Because Theron was a member of a great family, not just anybody would pick a fight with him. So, when Charles said he’d forgive Theron if he were to apologize, Theron felt happy and excited.A corner of Theron’s mouth curled up. “You want to forgive ME?” He raised his hand and snapped his fingers.PSSHH~~!!In a second, Charles got frozen i
Cinderella sniffed a couple of times and said, “Vampires that drink blood often smell like funeral flowers, just the same as those humans who are poisoned and are going to die sooner or later. It is one of the scents that humans in the past used to spot vampires and kill them. We are cursed beings, after all. We smell like a funeral. We smell like death.”Charles didn’t know why Cinderella was suddenly talking about funeral flowers.“But you don’t smell like funeral flowers,” Cinderella added. “It leads me to believe that you probably haven’t consumed blood in at least three nights.”“W-What are you talking about?” Charles feigned ignorance.Theron also looked at Cinderella. “What has gotten into you? Why are you suddenly chatting with that guy? Don’t tell me, you’re interested in him now?”Cinderella looked back at Theron. “If I tell you that I am, what would you do?”Theron grinned angrily. “You are doing this just because I refrained myself from fighting him. I don’t think someone
Cinderella leaped forth and clawed at the blood sphere. It was tougher and thicker than she thought, but after exerting more pressure, she was able to break it.Her claws came right at Charles’ face.Charles caught her wrist and stopped her before her claws touched him. “I don’t want to fight you.”“What are you saying after I started fighting?” Cinderella flicked her fingers, sending a burst of energy that exploded right in Charles’ face and sent him flying away.Charles’ somersaulted and landed safely on his feet, his hand covering his face.“Ho…” Cinderella was slightly surprised. “To think the face mask survived that explosion… whoever made it must be very good at it.”Charles could still feel the pressure given by her. It was so great that he wasn’t able to stand comfortably. (If she can exert this kind of mental and physical pressure on others without even trying hard…) He decided that fighting her wouldn’t guarantee his victory, so he rushed toward the exit.“You think I’ll let
A few minutes earlier. Akira was talking with a senile border guard, one of the guys who would stop the beasts from the outer zone from entering the city. “So you’re saying that the secret escape route has been shut down?” “Yes, Miss. You shouldn’t have come here,” he said pitifully. “Escaping won’t be easy this time. There are many strong vampires in the city right now. If anyone causes ruckus, they will not let that person go. Only one week back, I saw a young vampire get killed for being arrogant.” “Don’t worry. I am strong now, and I also brought another man who’s as good as I am,” she said. “Once we get our job done, we’ll be gone from here without making a sound.” “I don’t know where you’re getting this confidence from, but I hope you will fulfill your goal of coming here and escape safely,” he expressed his wishes. Just then a shipment arrived in a two wheeler. “I gotta go. The children’s blood is here,” the old man hurriedly processed the identity of the deliverer who cam
Akira brought Carlos’ body under a big tree. She put him down and went utterly silent. There was no movement in his face. He looked completely dead. She couldn’t believe he died just like that. Tears escaped her eyes as she sat frozen next to him. Her heart grew heavy as seconds trudged past.She put her hand on her mask and was about to remove it, but then she felt a vibration. She looked at the chest wound on Carlos, and it began to repair all by itself. His heart also regenerated, and then it started beating slowly but surely.“This…” Akira couldn’t believe what she just saw. But Carlos’ heartbeat strengthened right before her eyes. And she remembered something she had learned during her battle at the moonless kingdom.Carlos’ eyes turned normal, and he looked at Akira without saying anything.A few seconds passed. “I’m not dead? Did you save me?”“You saved yourself,” Akira said softly, almost in a weak voice. But her eyes gained more light. “I heard in the past that for blood-awa
Though Carlos wanted Akira to come with him to deal with Butcher as quickly as possible, Akira told him to do something else.Together, they explored the outer zone and looked for children that were let loose to survive on their own.After searching for a long time, they found one kid but he was near death and all that was left of him was skin and bones. Even his eyes were gone.“This is horrible. What sort of beast did this to him?” Carlos’ blood boiled.“It’s not the beast that you think,” Akira said. “This is the work of a life-leecher. This isn't a regular skill, either. The life-leechers have the capability to steal others’ vitality and make it their own virility, or steal others’ virility and make it their own vitality.”“I didn’t quite get it.”“Whether they drink blood, or have sex, they’re going to suck the powers out of others,” Akira explained.“Like with the succubus demons we hear about in stories?”“Yeah, but those demons only suck the spiritual energy away, but these gu
Neither Akira nor Carlos expected the life-leecher to be the one they were looking for. If they said they were disappointed to see Butcher, they’d be lying!Nevertheless, Akira was not as happy to meet Butcher straight away because he was a life leecher with a lot of experience under his belt. Would she and Carlos be able to beat him? She wasn’t sure, but she wasn’t even given time to think.Butcher who was sucking the life out of a kid suddenly threw the kid onto Akira who was in the front. And he also leaped at her.In a battle between powerful vampires, a second of carelessness or disturbance could lead one to lose the fight.Butcher thought that the woman in the black mask would instinctively catch the kid, and she did.“Corrupt Claw!” Butcher clawed at Akira with his ghostly-pale claw.BUDUM~!A sphere of blood appeared from behind Akira and extended just enough to block Butcher’s claws before they could strike her.SUSSS~~!! PSSHH~~!!Pungent vapors released upon impact and fill