CHAPTER 2.
"Whooo!" the train whistle sounded and the door to the second cart opened. Ayase, a wolf demon who seeks different powers in other worlds far from her home in the feudal era, departed. Passers by stopped and stared but not at Ayase, they stared at the creature she brought with her who was laying lazily on the tender car. This 'creature' was Ayase's companion, Kain. Kain is a wolf demon as well but never obtained a human form. He leaped off the train and they left the station to look through the town she parted in.
Istavan is located between the Methuselah and new human empire. This very unstable town was once referred to the 'pearl between two nations' before recent Armageddon. Istavan is a crime-filled town and this is the second time Abel has been here, but this time he was on a well-needed vacation. Ayase lived close to Abel in a complex area and didn't know each other yet.
A city located on the edge of the Roman Empire held an annual festival where everyone participated in dressing up in decorative outfits. Vendors and merchants line up shops and hope to strike it rich while the oarsmen prepare their rides.
When Ayase arrived, she was wearing an elegant red, black-beaded gown with high-heeled boots, her black hair was left down, running down her back, and she paid her way in to walk around. She sat down at a table on the edge of the festival when two drunken men approached her. Thinking she was some kind of whore, they tried to make an offer with her. The older man walked up to her with a perverted grin on his face. Ayase grabbed him by the arm and threw him on his back, running out of the carnival. The two men ran after her and grabbed her hair, pulling her back.
Abel, who was heading to the festival a little later heard the commotion, pulled out his pistol and shot the wall behind them. He recognized the men to be vampires, seeking their next meal. The men turned around.
"This isn't any of your concern..." "Stop, repent!" Abel interrupted the vampires.
"Don't tell us what to do!" shouted the younger vampire as he lunged at Abel. Abel grabbed a makeshift blade that protruded out the young vampires arm and tossed him forward. The vampire landed on his feet and lunged at him again. As the older vampire watched, Ayase attempted a run for it but he only grabbed her hair again. The situation was only getting worse and Abel decided to handle the two once and for all.
"Crusnik02...power output 40 percent acknowledged." Abel was serious this time (like he was kidding before, please.--). Ayase's eyes squinted and in the distant darkness, she saw Abel and the one vampires figure. As she peered closer, she noticed that for some strange reason, Abel grew wings! She could also see two red, glaring eyes and a crimson colored scythe. The darkness became a bit clearer and the older vampire released her hair and watched.
"You shall repent!" yelled an aggressive and notorious tone. Abel swung the great scythe that ripped the vampire in two. The pool of blood started to shrink and Abel lifted the vampire. He pulled his arm back and ripped his heart out...crushing it.
When the street lights flickered on, Abel was his original self. Ayase backed up, knocked down the vampire that stood before her, stepped on his back, tore off his arms and snapped his neck. Then threw him in the immense pile of blood and guts. Abel and Ayase recognized each other because they lived nearby.
A series of padded footsteps ran towards them. Kain arrived, running at full speed and skidded to a halt. He could clearly smell the great bloodshed and looked at Abel, who was covered in the pleasing stench.
"This is my companion, Kain." Ayase introduced him to Abel, who was intimidated by his appearance. Kain walked up to Abel and licked the blood off his hands.
"Such a pleasing taste to all who seek its luster." Abel said to them as Ayase kneeled before him. She rose and they walked back with Abel.