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HUNTER AND VAMPIRE
Volume 17
VAMPERIUM
Chapter Sixty Six
Assault
The wind blew slightly over the large forest that surrounded the old castle. The trees danced softly as the mist settled within them, the white giving a soft glow in the moonlight. Then a large shadow appeared, on all four, it`s eyes glowing. The large beast looked around, sniffing before letting out a growl.
The werewolf then approached forward, its senses alert to anything that was moving…and then a hooded figure materialized right in front of it. The werewolf snarled, it`s glowing eyes shining in the darkness as the hooded figure looked up, showing the two yellow eyes underneath the hood. Then as if by a unseen force, the werewolf was pulled forward toward the figure who raised a blade and running it through the beast`s form as blood appeared upon the metal that appeared behind it.
"Vampire dogs," the figure said distastefully.
She threw the dead werewolf down on the ground and then looked up toward the large castle in the distance. She can see that it was aged and decayed.
"So this is how Vamperium look like," she said.
"What shall we do my Queen?" a voice on her right said.
"Ramiel," The Queen told him, "We might need your ability."
"As you wish," Ramiel said.
His hands started to glow as the thunder above in the sky started to growl loudly. He then aimed both of his hand toward the castle in the distance as a large lightning blast, five times larger than any normal lightning bolt slammed straight into the castle. Then one after the other they continued to fall as the other hooded figures walked past him.
"What in the blazes is going on?" a random Vampire said.
"An attack," another said.
Mei Ayanami who only had one arm since her encounter with Rei, looked up slightly as the old castle shook around her. She stood up from where she was and threw some clothes on before walking out of the room. She made her way toward the War room where the former Army soldiers were.
"Could it be that the traitor Rei Ayanami had betrayed us?"
"Rei wouldn`t betray her kin," Mei said as she arrived, "I know my sister well enough to know that she wouldn`t talk of Vamperium location."
An old general, the same one who had banished Rei from the Army long ago, glanced at the girl.
"Then how did the enemy get past the traps and the curses protecting this place?" he asked her.
Mei gave him a glance.
"Instead of searching one to blame," she said, "Assemble the forces so we can fight them back, whoever they are. Elders, I pray you evacuate the area immediately…as well as the Tombs of our Gods. We must protect Vlad Drakul at all cost."
"You think this is their goal?" an Elder asked her.
"This is just a precaution," Mei told him, "Now go immediately."
They all move out of the room and making their way down the hallways toward the Main Hall which the Elders made for a different direction that lead underground…and then the wall behind Mei exploded outward.
She turned toward it as a hooded figure landed there.
"Descendant of Vlad Drakul," she said, her yellow eyes looking darkly at them.
"Get out now," Mei yelled toward the Elder that was still in the room, her sword appearing in her hand, "I`ll hold them off."
"Can you really?"
Four other figures appeared behind the woman.
"Can you fight against all of us with only one arm?"
Mei`s sword started to give out white flames, her red eyes taking a dangerous glow.
"You`ll learn not to underestimate me," she said.
"Israfel," the woman said, "Kill her and take the Angel Tear in her possession."
A masked figure landed in front of Mei.
"Make this fun for me," he said, "The Hunters were hardly a challenge."
Mei`s grip on her sword tightened.
"Let`s go," Israfel said, charging forward.
Mei used her sword to slash at him but he ad dodged her, his body spinning in the air. Mei spun her body using her sword as leverage, launching a kick toward the still airborne enemy. But he caught her leg, and he threw his two legs into Mei`s chest.
The kick slammed Mei into the ground and into the level below.
He is ridiculously strong, she thought, holding her chest.
"This is what I like about Vampires," Israfel said, "Your bodies can withstand things Human ones can`t handle. This also means when we fight, I don't have to change fighting partners every second or so."
Mei tightened her teeth, showing her fangs.
"Then that means I will have to take care of you here," she said.
A red glow appeared around her body.
"Face Guilt," Mei said, charging forward.
She arrived in front of Israfel a second later already slashing at him, but the man still dodged her attack and Mei spun the blade handle in her hand before attacking the other way.
The blade left a mark upon the mask, a horizontal one.
"Almost got me there," he said,"You are skilled with your sword, as expected from the thousands of years of experience you possess."
Then his voice came from behind her.
"But I surpass you in every way."
Mei turned her head in shock…
KABOOM!
She was thrown backward, feeling pain on her side as blood fall upon the ground. Mei was aware now why the pain was so strong. She had a giant hole on the side of her body, showing her ribcage and the blood was simply falling on the ground like a crimson river.
"You are…there is two of you?"
"It`s my ability," Israfel said, "I can split my body into two people…unto which we have the same power…a power that will defeat you."
"I am not done yet," Mei yelled, slamming her sword into the ground in front of her.
White flames grew around her forming a solid wall which the blast hit on the side destroying the area around Mei.
"The power of the Angel Tear," Mei said, "Come Forth…"
The sword in her hand started to transform into a blazing fire that she was holding in her hand causing Israfel to smirk a little.
"You truly are worthy of a challenge," he said.
The two of them charged forward at Mei who gave the area a swipe of her sword causing the white flames to shoot out like explosions.
"You won`t defeat me here," Mei yelled, "I am the strongest here."
"You are not," Israfel said from above her.
Mei aimed the flames at him which covered the coming enemy entirely. That caused her to smile a little…then she was stabbed from behind.
"We the Paths are the Original Races," Israfel said in her ear.
How, Mei thought, How did I forget about the other one?
She fall forward but she used her sword to hold herself up on her knees. She can feel herself weakening and she knew she was about to die. Even so, she isn`t going to let those people get their hands upon the Angel Tear.
"I…Mei Ayanami…reject your gift and protection…Sword of Yin; the successor is Rei Ayanami, my blood sister. Merge with her…as the circle allows…"
The sword started to glow brightly as a symbol upon Mei`s back hand glowed as well. Then the symbol disappeared along with the sword and the Vampire fell forward on the ground, dead.
Israfel noticing the sword disappear sighed.
The Queen is not going to be pleased about it, he thought.
The Queen herself, reached the Tombs, the most sacred place in Vamperium. It was where the Gods of the Vampires, Vlad Drakul laid, resting in his eternal sleep. She noticed the Elders standing around a stone coffin in the middle of the room, probably Vlad Drakul`s. She also noticed they had guards with them causing her to smirk.
They probably think she wouldn`t be able to reach this place. So she made her presence known.
"How…?" One of the Elder said, "How did you get past all of the spells?"
The guards charged at her with their weapons and the Queen raised her hands in the air as they were all send flying back their body crushed. She continued to walk forward, her yellow gaze looking at them.
"Rei had been very throughout on how to get there," she said, "It would seem that she visit her Gods quite much in the past."
With swift movements, all of the Elders were decapitated as their bloods were sending gushing out of their necks, their bodies falling one after the other.
"All of you are useless to me now since I`ve found what I`m looking for," the Queen said.
She approached the coffin that was ornate with gold. She threw it open, and stared down at the dead and dry corpse of Vlad Drakul. She can see the dead skin pilling off showing the white skull underneath.
End of chapter one.
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R&R.