Chapter 427: The Vampire King Is Getting Stronger
The Vampire King is still looking at me the same way as before. Although he"s angry, he has started calming down after I killed two Vampire Dukes easily.
Now, all that"s left is him, the dual-daggers wielding vampire, and the female vampire. But other than the Vampire King, those two are looking at me with despair in their eyes. They know that they are no match against me.
But why is the Vampire King still calm? Does he have a secret technique? If not, no matter how prideful he is, he should be giving up so the vampires can survive.
I wonder if the vampires that Albert and the others are facing is as prideful as he is. Though after seeing these two Vampire Dukes are looking at me with despair, I doubt that the rest of the vampires are as prideful as the Vampire King.
Which means, everything happened because of the king"s order. He would sacrifice his kind just to come here.
"So, are you still not giving up?"
I provoked him further to see his reaction. The other two vampires are looking at the Vampire King hoping that they have a way out. Either the Vampire King still has a trump card that can make them win against me, or retreating.
"I still have a way to win," Avan said.
A secret technique? Should I kill him right now before he makes any move then?
As I quickly charged at him, Shelia did the same. Unfortunately, there"s no Blobby near their location. That"s why I have to run as fast as possible.
Seeing me running, Avan smiled as he grabbed the collar of the female vampire. Wait, is he going to throw her at me?
"Die for my sake," the Vampire King said as he threw the female vampire at me.
He really doesn"t care about other people. I mean vampires. I guess his intention of coming here to avenge his son might be a lie. Or maybe it"s the truth. But his son is the only one he cares about other than him.
Anyway, I don"t need to know about his motive. I only need to kill him.
Both Shelia and I think the same thing at the same time. Shelia is slashing her claws from distance to attack the Vampire King, and I thrusted Reizpear toward the Vampire King from distance. Ignoring the body of the female vampire who is blocking the way. Cutting her neck, and her lower body at the same time.
But because we didn"t hit her heart, she didn"t die. Which mean that even after cutting their neck, they still won"t die yet. But the damage she received must be quite a lot, and she will need a lot of blood to recover her wound. She won"t be able to fight for a while, unless she ignores her injuries, and just attacks me.
But looking at her separated head, I can tell that she didn"t expect her king to use her as body shield. That"s really cruel toward one"s own subordinate.
Our attacks flying toward the Vampire King, who is also grabbing the daggers wielding vampire with him. Is he thinking of using that vampire as a shield again?
No. He flies to the sky so I aimed Victogun at him. This is faster than using Reizpear.
But in the sky, he"s using the other vampire to block my bullets, as he sunk his fang on the neck of the vampire he"s using as a shield.
"He"s drinking the blood of his own kind!?"
I didn"t expect that he would do that. I thought that was not possible. But the separated head of the female vampire is looking at the scene in shocked expression. She didn"t expect that as well? So, it"s against their moral to drink the blood from their own kind? Or it"s against human right? I mean vampire right.
If he can get stronger by that, I can"t let that happen. I shoot at him again with the Blobbybullet, and when the bullet hits the vampire shield, I used portal so I can be in front of the Vampire King instantly to bring an end to his life.
I thrusted Reizpear at his heart once I entered the portal, but what happened was unexpected.
He grabbed the blade of Reizpear with his hand, and stopped it before it hits his chest. And he also dropped the skinny vampire whose blood has been sucked completely. He"s a quick drinker.
Oh, s.h.i.t. He"s stronger now.
But instead of killing me, he just threw me away, and he focused his eyes on something else. The other vampires" body.
Is he thinking of drinking their blood as well? But not the female vampire? Is it because she was too far from him?
"Shelia! He"s aiming for the vampire Duke"s corpses! Get the corpses away from here!" I shouted an order to Shelia.
She instantly understood, as she grabbed the female vampire who has recovered her body, and another vampire corpse. But it was too late for her to get to the last corpse as the Vampire King has collected it, so Shelia quickly retreated from the location.
Without even thinking of killing the shocked female vampire, Shelia is running as fast as possible. In her wolf form, with the female vampire and the corpse on her back.
The Vampire King ignored Shelia as he enjoyed the meal. And I attacked him again, but he grabbed my spear again. Though this time, my attack is not over yet as I used my leg to kick him in the crotch.
The Vampire King got hurt from that king, and in pain, he released his fangs from the corpse. I quickly transported that corpse using portal to somewhere else.
After that, I tried to slash his body with Victokatana, but he grabbed the blade again.
"That was quite smart of you to get rid of the corpses. But I still drank enough to be stronger than you!"
"How can you recover so fast after getting kicked in the crotch!?"
Without thinking much, I asked him what I"m curious about the most. Even if he can recover himself, that was too fast.
As a man, no matter the species, will feel insurmountable pain when they are getting hit in the crotch. But he recovers almost instantly! I regret not to kill him right away.
As he tries to sunk his fang on my neck this time, I destroyed Reizpear so I can get away from him, and transformed Victoria at the same time. I gained some distance before I use magic to repair Reizpear back to normal.
I can just let go of Reizpear, but that mean I will give up my weapon.
"What a shame. I think your blood should be the tastiest blood I ever taste. But it seems like I need to kill you first," Avan said.
"Is it fine for you kill your own kinds and drink their blood?" I asked.
"For vampires, it"s against our moral code to drink from our own kind. But the main reason that it was forbidden for us to do so, is because when we drink our own kind"s blood, we will get much stronger than drinking from any other species. But we will lose our own mind as well, and will start attacking our people. But for me, I"m powerful enough to not lose my mind. At least with only this much blood I drank," Avan said.
"The fact that you"re even thinking of drinking from your own kind mean that you have lost your mind," I said.
"I had to do it because you"re too strong. Even if that puppy didn"t come, you can still defeat us five alone," he said.
And then, he showed me his right index finger, where there"s a little bit of blood on it. I don"t think he got attacked there, so why is he bleeding?
Wait, that"s not his blood!
I used my hand to touch my forehead that got injured by him with his Blood Bullet before.
"Oh, you"re quick to realize that. Let"s have a taste, shall we? Hmm… your blood is delicious as expected," the Vampire King said as he sucked his index finger with my blood on it.
Since when did he touched me? I didn"t see or feel anything at all.
Oh, f.u.c.k! He"s much stronger than me now! Drinking that vampire"s blood made him that much stronger!
Wait! What if the vampires that fight Albert"s army drink the blood of their own kind as well? We won"t have any chance of winning if half of the vampires drink the other halves" blood!
I have to finish this fight quickly and return back to Albert"s location. But can I win against him?
I can summon Graham and Shelia, but they might be helping Albert right now. Shelia is running to them after all.
"…hey, Vampire King. Don"t tell me that your army is—"
"That"s right. None of the Vampire Dukes will do it. But half of the vampires I brought will, and I already told them beforehand to drink the other vampires" blood if they are at disadvantages and can"t win. The victory is ours!"
"…then, I will kill you first before I can return," I said.
"You think you can defeat me? I"m already stronger than you!"
This guy, after he drank the blood of the vampire, is already more than twice stronger than before. If it"s the regular vampire, they could be as strong as the Vampire Dukes after drinking blood. But what about the Vampire Marquesses? They will be about as strong as the Vampire King. And they will lose their mind, so the battle will be harder because their move will be unpredictable.
Even with our expert level mages, victory will be difficult.
My job is to make sure that this one, who is much stronger than any vampires, to not get there. Killing him will be the best option. And I can"t ask for help now.
Now, it"s a one on one battle.
He"s stronger than me, and we"re fighting in an open s.p.a.ce. Although I can use portals, I don"t have any other advantages.
I wish I can return back in time and kill him instantly before things turn this way.