Slow
Alucard scowled to himself. He truly enjoyed the chance to leave the estate, and hunting down worthless vampires was more entertaining than frightening the band of hunters his Master had been training.
But sometimes, his Master was slow to figure things out.
Alucard had been ordered to kill the vampire causing the problem, and the hunters were to keep the ghouls from spreading and attacking any more people while Alucard hunted the vampire. Abraham HAD learned to instruct the vampire not to, as he put it, "Play with your food," after the first hunt had taken several hours to finish. Alucard had certainly destroyed the vampire that had caused this particular "problem", a young arrogant fop that he would not have tolerated even without Abraham's instructions. Abraham was still missing the obvious, though, and his Master's tardiness in this was frustrating Alucard.
Behind him, many of the ghouls were still attacking the hunters, and the crack of the guns and shouts of the men promised entertainment. Alucard settled back against a pine tree, hiding in the shadows and scent, and watched the men battle to destroy the ghouls. Two hunters had been lost on prior missions, and Abraham had found a single replacement, a green hunter with little experience. Abraham had joined the fight alongside his men, and Alucard's observation was as much to keep a protective eye on his Master as it was for enjoyment.
His Master. His Master, who knew very well that killing a vampire destroyed the ghouls it had created. His Master, who knew that Alucard had lived with three brides, and attempted to take Lucy as another not long after reaching England. His Master, to whom Alucard's need for companionship should have been obvious.
His Master, who, despite all this, STILL had not figured out that vampires were rarely solitary, and if so, not for long.
Alucard had certainly killed the vampire that caused the problem, and a few of the ghouls had disintegrated when he did so. Over a dozen remained to attack the hunters.
Behind him, the two offspring of that vampire, not yet full vampires themselves, were quietly escaping.
He looked forward to hunting them again when they were stronger.
In the meantime, their ghouls and the hunters would provide entertainment.