Chapter 64: Paying One"s Debts
Vlad eyes were shining as he saw sir Raizel using his telekinetic power amplified to the extreme by his life force to produce a black hole, he wondered if he could one day reach that level. In theory if he worked on his control and used all the energy on his "blood energy battery", being filled to the brim, he may be able to reproduce a small version of it.
He was lost for a moment in contemplation running simulations on his mind. Raskreia eyes seemed surprised as if realizing for the first time how strong the n.o.blesse was, she still needed to work hard to reach the level her father had before entering the eternal sleep and today was the first time she came to witness that level of power.
Frankenstein seemed worried over the sudden use of energy his Master had just employed, he was wondering how long would it take from Muzaka to heal so he can start refilling his Master"s life force.
Except for Seira and Regis, all the n.o.bles were tired and breathing heavily. They had never expected that the battle would reach such a level, they did not even know that such a level of power existed and determination grew in them to become stronger.
The five werewolves seemed abandoned next to the sleeping Garda trying to process what had happened and wondering what would happen to them and how their people could rise again from this. Lunarc, Kentas, Rajac and Rael arrived at this moment, they had seen the battle from the distance and felt overwhelmed by the difference in power.
Muzaka was looking at Garda with guilt as if hesitating on something, Kentas and Lunarc noticed this and felt hope that Muzaka might return as the Lord of their people and perhaps rise to glory again. Muzaka seemed oblivious to them and seemed to had reached a decision and sighed as if liberated from a great burden.
He smiled and approached Raizel who was breathing hard, this last attack had a great toll on him and this time he was sure that his eternal sleep was approaching. Raizel tought back on his days attending school and a light smile appeared in his face, at last he had experience the life that the old Lord had insisted he should look for. Suddenly he was forced out of his thoughts as he felt his back been pierced and something holding his heart, he had not seen this coming and felt the eternal sleep was calling him.
He looked back with eyes wide open as he found that it was Muzaka who had attacked him, everyone froze at the scene and took a moment to react. "My only friend, I cannot let you go yet... you finally found a life worth living for and I"m too tired, so you stay and I go... a man should repay his debts and this is the only way I could think of. Goodbye my only friend". As Muzaka"s voice was fading away a blinding light seemed to envelope both of them and after a moment Raizel"s wounds had disappeared and his life force was restored close to his peak level.
Muzaka started falling to ground as the runes in his palm started to fade away, he was smiling as if sleeping. Raizel took a moment to react but caught Muzaka before he reached the ground, everyone was still in shock and were forced back to the present by Raizel"s voice, it contained frustration, disappointment, pain and a trace of hope. "Frankenstein?"
Frankenstein felt cold sweat on his back as he approached to check on Muzaka, "Why now?" He suspected this might happen, but he had been sure it would not be like this. But then again, it was his choise and the Lord and family leaders of the previous generation had gone to the eternal sleep that they choose, he could not deny Muzaka"s right and his choice had restored his Master"s life force.
As compensation, he would be sure to heal that woman Garda and even the werewolf warriors that had survived this war... he could also repay his debts.
The werewolves felt abandoned, but they soon realized that Muzaka did not owe them anything he had already help them even when he was betrayed by his own people. The only one with the right to complain would be Garda, but she might even respect his choice... she did not owe them anything either, it was the other way around.
"He is still alive, and if there is a lab with adequate equipment I could save his life. But Master, he made his choice to enter the eternal sleep... do you want to deny him that right?" Raizel seemed torn and undecided, Edian appeared by his side and hold his arm. "Sir Raizel, I think... that you could be selfish for once, he did not respect your decision of entering the eternal sleep and for that I"m grateful to him but... wouldn"t you just be returning the favor?"
Raizel seemed surprised and a light smile appeared in his face. "I shall return the favor as you said." Frankenstein seemed surprised and looked deeply at Edian for a moment before releasing a sigh, he only need to do as his Master said and if that made Muzaka angry... isn"t that much better? He had never liked him much any way...
Raskreia smiled lightly as she realized that Raizel would not enter the eternal sleep anytime soon, but frowned as she noticed that Edian did not release his arm and felt something wrong there. Vlad felt the urge to laugh after witnessing this things but he liked being alive so much that he choose to make no comment on the situation.
He decided to do one last favor to Muzaka and he said. "Lord, what are your intentions on this island?" The werewolves froze at this moment as they realized that they were at the complete mercy of the n.o.bles. "I mean there are only two werewolf warriors in good condition, well three if you count the blue ball of fur sleeping on the dungeons of Lukedonia, but they are technically defenseless and I doubt that the Union would let this go after a millenia of conflict between both races. Leaving them now on their own is leaving them to die".
Raskreia opened her eyes wide at this, she had conquered and now she had the responsibility as Lord of the n.o.bles. The werewolves realized at this moment how precarious their situation was and that they had no choice in the matter, the Union might as well be on its way here now. This was a total defeat to their people and they were facing extinction.
Chapter 65: The Might of Lukedonia
Although only a few hours had pa.s.sed since the battle against Maduke, Frankenstein had already set up home on the scientific facilities of the Werewolf Kingdom. He was holding a tablet reading the patterns of life force obtained from the people on the crystal containers: Muzaka, Garda and the 5 werewolf warriors.
Garda"s body was already on good track and it will become stable in a few hours, her mind was the problem and perhaps his Master could help with that. The other 6, specially Muzaka, had suffered overdrawn of life force and it will take a long time to become to recover... perhaps even more than a 100 years.
At this moment he found that Vlad was approaching and seemed to have recovered some of his strength. "Frankenstein, would it help if you could access a giant source of life force that would probably go to waste if left alone?" This picked Frankenstein"s attention and say. "I"m listening". Vlad smiled and said. "Well, when I entered this place and took Garda along with M-21 I found a monster in one of those gla.s.s containers, it had no mind not even instinct... but I was afraid that the werewolves would have a way to activate it and its raw power seemed no much less than Maduke"s on his third transformation."
"Where is it? It might be useful, but I need to see for myself". Frankenstein was already imagining using the same rune-array that Muzaka had used on his Master. "Wait a moment". Vlad said as he started his teleportation, he arrived at the desert and noticed that a group of mercenaries were already approaching a few miles away. He smiled surprised by the efficiency of the Union in tracking a powerful life source or perhaps keeping track of his training? But that seemed too much.
He found that the chimera had not moved at all and was exactly in the same condition that he had left it, he sighed thanking his good luck and started his teleportation immediately, it took a moment for the mercenaries to find that the giant life force source they were tracking disappeared until the scouts reported that a n.o.ble had taken their target and teleported out of sight.
Frankenstein was performing a full test on the "monster" and found that this was no science-built, this creature had been created by alchemy sacrificing many werewolves but it was not a successful attempt. The powerful body had incredible regeneration ability and that was the only thing that keep it alive as if in apparent sleep, its body was too inestable and just as Vlad had said it was empty. No neural response, no reaction to pain, nothing...
At this moment Kentas and Lunarc arrived along with a couple of old werewolves wearing lab coats, they felt unease and shame as they saw the chimera. "Was this created by Maduke?" Lunark"s voice showed pain and disappointment. "Apparently, the reason that I called you is for you to make a decision. This creature was created by sacrificing werewolves, but it is only an almost undying empty body. I can use its life energy to replenish what Musaka and the warriors lost and help them recover within a couple of days. It is the life force of your people after all, and it will just remain a eternal monument of a dark era of your people if let alone, you decide".
Lunarc and Kentas looked depressed, they could not bear the idea of using their own people anymore but this could provide some sort of release to them... perhaps it might even get destroyed in the process. They nodded and Frankenstein started to work on a complicated rune array that had 8 outlets to receive the life force that would be drained from the creature.
Crombel was feeling frustrated, he had lost his chance to take advantage of the war between Lukedonia and the Werewolf Kingdom and the enormous life force source that his satellites had found was taken away by that demonic n.o.ble making him lose another good opportunity and now he was summoned to an emergency meeting for the Council of Elders.
He seated on his chair and activated the screen to enter the meeting. "Greetings, I hope that I did not make you wait." Crombel calm voice gathered the attention of the other three Elders.
The third Elder just started the meeting ignoring Crombel"s greeting making him feel that something was terribly wrong. "We start now, a message had arrived from Lukedonia stating the conquest of the Werewolf Kingdom. As of this moment they are taking claim on the land and its inhabitants and sent a warning that trespa.s.sing would be taken as an act of war. It is already confirmed that Maduke is dead along with most of the werewolf warriors while Lukedonia did not suffer a single casualty during the war."
The silence was heavy as this was beyond their expectations, all of them had hopped that the war would weaken both sides so they could move against the werewolves but the power of Lukedonia was beyond their calculations.
"Are you sure that Lukedonia did not suffer any damage?" The voice of the first Elder interrupted his thoughts. "Yes, the information we were able to gather showed that the power of Lukedonia was beyond our speculations and only the werewolves suffered damage causing the death of Maduke and Muzaka reentered slumber after pa.s.sing his life force to the n.o.blesse restoring him to his peak level of power. But it is expected that Lukedonia will help the werewolves to recover soon, especially Muzaka".
The silence was heavy again until the first Elder spoke again. "The Union has been patient for a millenia waiting for the opportunity to erase the werewolf clan but attacking without certainty would only be wasting all our efforts. Perhaps we should remain patient for a while longer and acc.u.mulate more power, Lukedonia had always avoided starting conflict with us but never failed to response with lethality when offended. If the werewolf clan is under their control we can guaranty a mid-term peaceful period that we need to recover strength."
There was a moment of silence but his next words brought a shiver to Crombel"s spine. "Crombel, you will stop your games trying to take advantage of the internal fighting within the Union as well as your temptations towards the n.o.blesse on Korea, especially that High School that you seem so fond of destroying. Fail to comply the orders and you will be disposed".
Chapter 66: The New Lukedonia (Part I)
Raskreia was seating on her throne and a headache was starting to form, "how could things become so complicated? This raid was supposed to be a warning to the Werewolf Kingdom and somehow it ended as a conquest..." she sighed and wonder what would her father do in this case, but then her father had wanted her to change things and adapt to the new times.
She looked at Gejutel who was waiting patiently for her. "Gejutel, do you think that Lukedonia should only be opened to the n.o.bles? Or as long as the person in question is strong enough an opportunity to live here could be awarded as long as the laws are met?"
Gejutel for once was speechless, Lukedonia had always been an exclusive land for n.o.bles... except a few cases like Frankenstein, but that somehow was included in the Lord"s words. "Is the Lord using Frankenstein as a precedent? What does she intent to do?"
"Lord, there is the precedent of Frankenstein and the children that Raizel brought even if it was for a short time. May I ask what are your intentions?" Raskreia was still considering what being a n.o.ble implied and was brought back by Gejutel"s words.
"I do not think is wise to divide the forces of Lukedonia in several places. Sending one or two family leaders to support the n.o.blesse is no problem, but guarding the werewolf land does not seem appropriate. I"m thinking of offering the werewolves the opportunity to join Lukedonia and divide their people in a few clans to be represented by their most powerful warriors as family leaders". She took a moment for Gejutel to register her words while she watched his expression.
"Neither Muzaka nor Garda would want to be Lord of the werewolves but they would accept the duty if there is no one else. Apparently there is only one werewolf warrior who excels in power, he seems to reach a level slightly superior to Kei"s but not enough to enter the realm of a Lord. Would them joining Lukedonia provide the change that the previous Lord wanted us to embrace?"
Gejutel was speechless for a while, this thought would had never appeared in his mind. But the current werewolf population was below 300 people while the n.o.bles were close to a 1000, it seemed that both races were fading through the eras...
"I think we will support your decision, but it is the werewolves who need to consider the opportunity you would be giving them. I think that the normal people would not feel much resistance to this after the era of terror they just suffered and the warriors might bend their pride to ensure the survival of their people."
Muzaka and the five warriors were placed on the terminal outlets of the rune-array surrounding the creature that would be used as source of life force, Raizel was on other of the terminal outlets as Frankenstein told him that this would not only stabilize the life force provided by Muzaka but complete the recovery reaching the peak of his power again. On the other had a doubtful Vlad was standing in the last terminal outlets waiting for Frankenstein explanation, he didn"t let him wait anymore and said.
"Your soul weapon is similar to my Dark Spear but complete different at the same time. My Dark Spear can eat souls as it is a conglomerate or a legion of them but your soul weapon is not, the only soul it has is the part of your soul that you provided by your will while creating its embryonic form and it feeds on emotions and substances that would cause harm to you". He continued as if thinking aloud. "But I wonder if it could also feed on something else, something that is not harmful but nurturing... so the intention is to circulate life force through the rune array around you and instead of forcing it into you, you will use your soul weapon to try absorbing the life force without hurting it. I do not think that your soul weapon could gain much more power as it is very young but it could help so your case is more like an experiment and I wonder if it would work... but at least there would be no damage".
As he progressed with his speech his face and voice started to turn fanatical but it stopped before he reached the level in which he would start laughing as maniac because his Master sighed in frustration. Frankenstein seemed embarra.s.sed and faked a cough. "Very well, lets begin".
Edian, Seira, Lunarc and Kentas were on the room and observed as a gentle light surged from the rune patterns on the floor and green energy was flowing visible to the naked eye to the 8 terminals. Muzaka seemed unresponsive as green patterns appeared in his body and the gentle light increased in intensity, Raizel was calm and only felt a warm energy flowing through his body and his vitality soon reached the realm he had before battling his brother more than a thousand years ago.
The 5 warriors also sported green patterns and opened their eyes as they recovered the life force they had lose. Finally at the last terminal outlet, several black chains touched the rune pattern around Vlad as the vital energy started to flow gently towards him and a green pattern was visible on his black wings as Sombra was trying to a.s.similate part of the flowing energy but only a little of it was been absorbed while the rest flowed towards his body increasing slightly his physical quality without affecting his own life force.
The process lasted for half an hour until the chimera started to turn into dust and the aura around it seemed relieved as if pain was suddenly no more. The five warriors and Raizel were completely recovered to their peak but there was no increase of power, Muzaka"s body seemed to had become stronger and he was completely recovered but seemed annoyed as he opened his eyes and muttered. "d.a.m.n".
The green patterns on Vlad started to fade and he felt that his soul weapon had not increased much in power but it seemed more integrated to his body and his own control of blood and mental energy was improved to what he would have gained after 50 years of training. His body was slightly stronger but only to the point of reaching Karias"s level, that is a fully grown pureblood family leader.
Chapter 67: The New Lukedonia (Part II)
Muzaka was standing next to the sleeping Garda, her body was already free of any modifications and completely healed but she had not woken up. Raizel was standing next to him and said. "I can only try". Muzaka seemed a little annoyed at not been allowed to die, did they really expect him to be a Lord again? He surely would rather die but then again he still owned Garda too much and at least he had to make up to her before he started his lonely wandering. Muzaka nodded to Raizel.
Raizel extended his hand and made a small wound on Garda"s arm drawing a drop of blood and took it into his mouth. He seem to mutter but his powerful telepathy resonated on the room. "Wake up".
Garda was in darkness, she had created a barrier to avoid the pain and with her head down and her arms around her leges. "Wake up". She trembled and refused to listen she had experienced enough pain. "Wake up". She was angry now while couldn"t they just let her die? "Wake up". That voice seemed familiar, was that his friend? If it was his friend then, did he came back? "Wake up". She was scared but if he came back perhaps all the pain would made sense. "WAKE UP".
Garda opened her eyes in fright and transformed preparing for battle but found that she could not move and a moment later she realized that she was in Muzaka"s arms and tears gathered in her eyes.
Muzaka and Garda, along with the last 8 warriors of the werewolf clan were facing Raskreia. Her face seemed bored even in this situation and with her cold voice she said. "We told the Union that the Werewolf Kingdom had been conquered by Lukedonia in order to avoid a possible invasion to your land and the extermination of your family. Now that the 8 of you along with Muzaka and Garda are well, the power of the Werewolf Kingdom is comparable again to Lukedonia and you no longer need our protection. Still I had an invitation to make."
Muzaka was bored again, he really hated Lord related things but he owed too much to Garda and he would not force her to face things on her own and even now, she would not abandon her people. Raskreia continue after arranging her ideas.
"I think that werewolves and n.o.bles have the same problem, we spend centuries living only among our own people and either forget the tolerance towards the other races or get the false idea that our own people is superior to the other races while each of them had their own strong points. Leaving together werewolves and n.o.bles we would be forced to recognize the strengths of each race and reduce the prejudgments that have caused much death for both races... we would perhaps balance each other."
Muzaka was now paying attention, not only because this would free him from being the Lord, this idea seemed to have value in itself. Raskreia continued. "If you choose to join, my idea is to divide your people in three or four Houses each lead by a warrior that would gain the status of family leaders. Muzaka would gain a position equivalent to the n.o.blesse that along with the Lord would from a "Council of Lords" for decision that may affect both races, most of the governance would be in the hands of the family leaders that would take turns to form a "Council of Elders" holding the position no more than a 100 years. Things can be negotiated as this is an idea in good faith for the future of both races, I will be waiting for your response." Raskreia stood up at the last sentence and left the room along with Gejutel that had remained by her side.
Muzaka turned to look at the warriors and could see the unwillingness in a few of them, but others like Dorian, Lunarc and Kentas seemed to be curious about this idea and willing to try. Muzaka smiled, this would not only free him but will reduce the arrogance of their people while maintaining their pride and most likely the idea of conquering the world and dominating humans will fade with time.
"Are you so happy to hear that you may not become the Lord again?" Garda asked to the smiling Muzaka who was distracted and responded without thinking. "Yes, of cou... w-what? I was just thinking that this is an innovative idea... G-garda?" Garda gave him a doubtful look and sighed.
Vlad was seating on the rooftop on Frankenstein house while concentrating on the calm voice.
"... now that you focused your telekinesis on a small area you will force this area to rotate as everything in it will move towards the center piercing s.p.a.ce. The most difficult part is to maintain the new rift in s.p.a.ce opened and for that you will use your telekinesis to keep the rotation while preventing s.p.a.ce to repair itself. There is no need to focus on attracting your target towards the rift, the suction from the rift will do that by itself you only need to concentrate on maintaining the rift..."
Raizel voice continued as Edian brought him a cup of tea, Vlad was so absorbed that he did not found Edian"s presence and continue to visualize the process of drilling a rift in s.p.a.ce. He could only practice once every week as that was the time he needed to acc.u.mulate enough energy to power this technique and he still had a couple of days before he could start practicing.
Edian smiled as she saw sir Raizel guiding Vlad and suddenly felt angry as she remembered Muzaka"s joke, but she had checked... Vlad was only 300 years so it was impossible, the wings were only inspired on Raizel not inherited.
"We cannot let our pride down like that! We are strong by our own right and we don"t ne..." The words of the warrior were interrupted by Dorian. "What pride? If it were not an insult to the people that we sacrificed I would ask Frankenstein to eliminate the modifications on my body, this is a reminder of our crime... a crime that we might not have committed if we thought a little more like the n.o.bles. Perhaps we can balance each other just like their Lord said".
"Well is time to vote, we cannot expect to reach consensus on every decision... we just need to consider our people and then work together with what the majority decided" Garda"s voice ended the debate. "Those on agreement to join Lukedonia, raise your hand".
Chapter 68: The New Lukedonia (Part III)
It was night at Korea and on top of a high building Vlad was seating, holding Seira in his arms, as they both looked at the stars above while whispering to each other from time to time. "Is it true? That he werewolf clan will be joining Lukedonia?" Seira was curious as how could this had happened as they were enemies only a few days before.
"Well, apparently it is. Wouldn"t that make things more entertaining? Our kind could spend decades without doing nothing, the best example for that is sir Raizel... but werewolf are more warlike so I think we might end balancing each other, but most importantly having a common front will help diminishing conflicts among us and with humans". Vlad said while with a calm voice and then asked with a light smile.
"But what is of more concern for me is, when are you coming back home? You don"t want me to remain unmarried forever, do you?" Seira ignored the last part while saying. "Regis will complete his coming of age ceremony in two months, so I think that we will return in less than half a year".
Vlad sighed and changed the topic. "I think that the school is a good place, perhaps it will be a good option for the people of Lukedonia to spend their coming of age ceremony just like Regis did. Can you imagine a few werewolves and n.o.bles learning to live with humans? Perhaps that would also be part on the Lord"s plan to increase tolerance and understanding..." But not resigned he added. "Another thing, since the war ended and there will be no pressing business I might take this chance to spend a couple of months in Korea if I"m going to learn that black hole technique I should practice near sir Raizel to avoid accidents. And I could see a little of he school life of my beautiful wife".
Seira was smiling lightly and forgot to correct him as she usually did. "Been safe is important so coming to Korea to practice under sir Raizel care is a good idea. Will you be joining cla.s.s or spend time with Rael and the others as part of the security team?"
Crombel was feeling depressed, his plans had suffered a series of setbacks that almost destroyed all his foundation. He was not able to collect souls from the battle between n.o.bles and werewolves due to this setbacks and his "Dark Energy Weapon" was far from being completed, and the worst is that he could not create more problems within the Union or against Lukedonia for a while as he lacked the power to backup his position if thing were to go wrong.
He had been warned by the 1st Elder making it clear that they were aware of the things he had done and they were not willing to ignore his strategies any more, it made sence since the Elders had been reduced from 12 to 4 in just a few months and his luck had not been good enough as one of the surviving Elders was the 9th Elder who was still in charge as the top presence of scientific research limiting his own opportunities and resources.
Things had gone wrong since his spy was captured and killed at the n.o.blesse home and gone almost beyond recovery with the deaths of Aris and Yuri, his current a.s.sistants were nothing more that automatas with short life span. It will take him at least 5 years to groom useful tools and he will have to reduce his soul huntings to normal human wars as he could not afford to gather more attention to himself. He sighed and then smiled, "I have been waiting for centuries... I can wait a few more years".
The island known as the Werewolf Kingdom was undergoing ma.s.sive changes as laboratories were being dismantled and the book on the libraries were been stored for transportation, Lunark watched all this while thinking that for the first time in centuries she could see hope for her people... "There are too few of us, only 10 children while half of the remaining people are already old. It will take time to rebuilt". Maduke had used their people for experiments and chosen the ones who were healthy and young to obtain the best data possible.
It was ridiculous how they had thought of the n.o.bles as a dying race when the n.o.bles had three times their own population, she sighed while a light smile started forming on her face as she thought that perhaps she could see more of Frankenstein now as they were already on the same side. "Perhaps I should request spending some time at the school as there would be some werewolf children attending in the near future".
Frankenstein was in a foul mood, he could not understand why he was felt shivers a couple of times today... "Master is safe and back to the peak of his power so nothing there..." He sighed and decided that it was not important and he would have to deal with it later. His main concern now was that he would be receiving 3 werewolf youths in the next few weeks to attend to his school. "It was not enough to have children destroying my living room, now even dogs are coming..."
He had spend all morning working with that pile of papers that he had to review due to his absence during the war against the werewolf clan, the pile seemed to had grown twice since Tao decided to give paid vacation to the staff so the RK could join the rescue mission. He felt he was lucky to had lived for so long or his a.s.sets would had disappeared by now, but then as long as his Master was enjoying his life here he would make sure everything worked fine.
Now it was time for his more pressing experiments, several pizzas were in front of him while Tao, Takeo and M-21 were eating them slowly and writing their findings on taste structure and fragrance... Apparently Shinwoo had taken his Master to eat pizza to show him that there were other things beside ramen and his efforts were successful. Later that night his Master had told him. "Frankenstein, the kids took me to eat pizza today, I think I liked it... but I wonder, is there ramen flavoured pizza?" Thus Frankenstein"s experiments started...
Chapter 69: The New Lukedonia (Part IV)
The migration to Lukedonia was easy due to Rossaria incredible teleportation abilities, she could take 30 people with her with each travel and only needed to rest for a while after repeating the process 5 times, the werewolf clan was divided into 4 families leaded by Lunark, Kentas, Jiraki and Dorant and each of them received a mansion where their clans will live.
Muzaka was to lazy to care for a home and moved directly with Garda to Raizel"s house, either way he will spend most of his time traveling with Garda so having a place to come back was enough. He was curious if all those places that he used to love visiting in the past would still be there and could not wait to leave, but there were ceremonies and announcements to be made and he would have to wait for a while.
For the opening ceremony all family leaders and even the n.o.blesse would be present and in order to create deterrence a representative of the Union will be invited, being this the first time that a member of the Union set foot on Lukedonia.
The old man who was in charge of Lukedonia"s library was waiting at the entrance along with 2 of the most experienced clerks and smiled as soon as he spotted the old woman that was walking in their direction with two other werewolves.
"Good evening madame Rellard, we were expecting you. I"m sure that you will like to get to work as soon as possible, but I was thinking that perhaps a quick tour of the library would be good before I start explaining the rules and procedures of Lukedonia"s library. I cannot wait to hear the way you used to manage the library on the Werewolf Kingdom but I"m sure that we will find useful parts on both systems... I"m really excited for this". The old man had an almost fanatical smile of antic.i.p.ation surprising the old woman who released a sigh, she had prepared herself for battle but she was disarmed before she could even start, she smiled and said while looking a the library as if it were a temple. "I"m also looking forward for this... so much to learn..."
The two people behind each elder sighed and looked at each other... it seemed that all head librarians were the same regardless of race. Similar scenes were happening in various facilities within Lukedonia, small conflicts were impossible to avoid but in general the interaction between races seemed to be on good track.
The third Elder was hesitating, he had never imagined that he would come to Lukedonia as a guest. This legendary land had been the dream of conquest for the Union since its very creation, but that seemed far from possible for years to come.
A red haired woman, a n.o.ble, and Lunark were waiting for him as soon as he entered the complicated defense system on the peripheries of the island. "Third Elder, welcome to Lukedonia. You are on time as the ceremony would start in less than an hour, come this way please". Lunark voice seemed calm and with expectation not the att.i.tude he would expect from a war prisoner making him realize that things were more complicated that he had thought.
The people of Lukedonia were gathered in what seemed a garden ornamented in simple and sober ways while a platform was visible to allow all the people see the speakers, the third Elder was waiting under a shade next to a pair of female twin werewolves and a young n.o.ble who he identified as a member of the Kertia clan.
The people waiting did not seemed different from humans if he did not pay full attention, there were a few children seating on the shoulders of their parents to have a better look and the atmosphere seemed happy and full of expectations.
Suddenly he directed his attention to the platform as a young woman whom he identified as the Lord of the n.o.bles appeared among other people, he trembled as he realized what he was seeing. Muzaka, Garda, the n.o.blesse and Frankenstein were in perfect condition and their aura was something he could not compare, this make 5 "Lord" level combatants. Then there were the family leaders a total of 9 n.o.bles and 4 werewolf warriors but he noticed that there were other 4 werewolf warriors within the crowd that were not that far from that level of power. The balance of power was broken, Lukedonia had devoured the Werewolf Kingdom and doubled its power, the current Union could not go to war with such monster.
A cold bored voice took him away from his panicked thoughts. "Welcome everyone to a new era for Lukedonia as both races werewolves and n.o.bles joint forces to face the future. We are as different as one race from another can be, but history had thaugh us that if we seclude ourselves from the other races we tent to fall in misconceptions and delusions. We hope that by living side by side our two races would balance each other as we work together to protect our land and our families..."
The third Elder"s mind was in turmoil as he flew through the ocean in direction of the headquarters, the message was clear, "don"t you dare to provoke us, and we do not care for you". Lukedonia was stronger than ever and they did not care for humanity as it had always been the situation for most of the n.o.bles, they let the humans live and rarely intervene in their affairs. The important part was that the werewolf clan had decided to adopt the same ideology... "is it for real?"
He sighed and started calming himself, he was only an Elder and his job was to pa.s.s the message and his impressions on the visit, the 1st Elder will decide what is there to do.
Chapter 70: A Human Chimera?
The cla.s.sroom was in silence as a familiar scene was repeating itself, all the students looked with curiosity to the new boy wearing the school uniform, the annoyed voice of the professor reached their ears as the kid looked curiously at the teacher as if trying to figure out something.
"Well, again... we have a new exchange student that would be attending to school for a few months. He is a foreigner so he may not understand our culture, be patient and help if you can. Now the new student will introduce himself".
Vlad was startled as he understood that it was his time to speak, he turned to look at the students and smiled. A few girls were blushing slightly but having spend so much time around Rai they were almost immune to his looks, he smiled and said.
"h.e.l.lo everyone, my name is Du Lac Alexandre Vlad and I will be attending school with you for a few months due to a family situation. I glad to meet you all." He finished his speech while bowing slightly, the teacher was surprised as finally one of this exchange students seemed to have a little respect for traditions and a tear almost formed on his eyes.
"Good, now go and take a seat". Vlad nodded and moved leisurely to one of the seats at the back while thinking why would Frankenstein order a human chimera to teach mathematics to human children, "did he created it himself? Or perhaps he tamed it from another place? But it should be alright after all sir Raizel is here and he would not allow such a thing".
He was sitting next to Seira for lunch as Raizel and Edian were performing their ramen rituals, and he could not help to ask Seira. "Wife, did that teacher is a human chimera? Did the headmaster captured it somewhere and trained it as a teacher?" Seira looked pensive for a moment as if considering the possibility while Regis just sighed in annoyance.
The children did not understand what he said, they could tell that he was worried about something but it didn"t seem a very kind way of talking of their teacher. Raizel had interrupted his ramen preparations and looked intently at the teacher who was eating with other members of the staff, he frowned for a moment and then shock his head and returned to his ramen.
"Vlad, you said that you will be staying here for a few months due to a family situation. Is everything alright?" One of the girls on the group asked while all the kids turned their attention to him.
He smiled and said. "Everything is alright is just that I missed my wife and decided to visit her, so it is a family situation don"t you think?" Seira finally realized that he had been calling her wife for a while now and she had forgotten to correct him, she blushed and decided to ignored him as the kids started laughing.
While the kids went to play video games, Vlad took Seira for a walk on the park where they bought ice cream and enjoyed the flavour... it was the first time that Vlad actually had tried ice cream and suddenly understood sir Raizel"s obsession with ramen, Seira seemed especially happy as well.
"Did you enjoy the short visit to Lukedonia? My mother cried as if you had been away for centuries... Seriously I think that she only tolerates me as a son because that would make you her daughter." Vlad said smiling and looking at the blushing Seira.
"I miss the feeling of family, mother is always kind to me". Seira said with grat.i.tude, they continue their peaceful talk until the light of day started to fade and decided to make their way home.
Later at night on the borders of the city Vlad, who was wielding Sombra, was concentrating as he kept his hand extended focussing on a the area above a rock. After a few seconds the s.p.a.ce above the rock seemed to tremble and it started to rotate slowly as if it was been sucked thought a hole it is middle.
Vlad was sweating and his body was trembling as he finally created a small s.p.a.ce rift that was the size of a tennis ball, but before it could even affect the rock he lost control of the rotation and s.p.a.ce healed itself immediately.
Vlad was breathing heavily trying to recover strength, this experiment had consumed a week worth of blood energy savings and half of the blood energy in his body. "Well done, you need to practice in maintaining the rotation but you seem to be on the right path." Raizel calm voice sounded next to him and he looked in that direction smiling as he saw Edian and Seira not far from them.
He dedided to practice the same way until he managed to maintain the s.p.a.ce rift for 5 seconds and then he will start practicing again until he gains the same results without using his soul weapon, but this practice will take a long time as he could only do so one time a week.
Soon they were making they way home and they could not help but smile as they saw the slight eagerness in Raizel"s eyes, today Frankenstein will present his first "up to standard" ramen flavored pizza. And Vlad could not deny his own curiosity as he remember his own surprise at the heavenly taste of ice cream.
He looked up and found that Seira was looking at him with an amused expression as if she knew what his thoughts were, he smiled with a slight blush at her deciding that he would find the most delicious ice cream and give it to her then perhaps they both will share the same obsession.