Disclaimer: I do not own Noblesse, it's a brilliant webtoon made by Son Je Ho and Lee Gwang Su.

Plot: While Frankenstein picked a fight against Bertrand e Maduke, Muzaka arrives. Unfortunately he finds out the truth about his daughter Ashleen and becomes insane, not discerning whom is a friend or foe, while he is fighting anyone on his way, Future Maduke appears attacking both him and the current Lord (his own past-self), much to their surprise Bertrand sides with the future-Maduke. Victor awakes and watches as the stage is set into fire. What will he do now that the future has again changed and what lies ahead?

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Messenger from the Future

XXXVII

Muzaka clenched his fists to deliver a strong and perforating punch at his enemy, before he completed his action, an attack came from his side, and he was hit, going down and crackling the ground around the area where he had fall. The one to strike him down was Bertrand, who smirked confidently.

How…? Frankenstein searched for the current Lord of werewolves from his timeline, and couldn't find a hint of his whereabouts, then he noticed there was a fresh crater nearby the fighting site, and that was probably where the lord was. His eyes rushed to look at the evil duo that had teamed up to fight against Muzaka. He took another glance to his master, Raizel was panting and touching his chest.

"Master!" he screamed internally.

The vampire was not capable of fighting with anyone. He clenched his fist around dark-spear and grinded his teeth. He needed to do something, but he wasn't organizing his thoughts properly, the situation was…

He jumped and darted some dark matter stakes towards Bertrand who avoided, Maduke appeared behind him to counterattack, but he defended from the blow firmly and forced the future-Lord to recoil, before the dark-spear master could deliver another strike, a shadow flashed behind him, he didn't have time to defend, and he was fully hit by the claws of the former werewolf Lord, Muzaka who had gone insane.

The mad wolf howled at the night, but Frankenstein never hit the ground, before he collided, someone had entered to help, a certain blonde archer who helped him to stand.

"Hey, hey, are you fine, house-owner? Those guys are ferocious!"

"Karias…" Frankenstein recomposed in an instant, but his body was heavily injured in a way he could barely stand alone.

"They'll take Raizel-nim and the others out here, it's the duty of us, the big guys to cover them while they fulfill their job, gotcha?" he winked once like they were in some sort of partnership.

"…" Frankenstein was slightly surprised, and when his eyes searched for his sons they had gone, but Raizel was still there. "Master…" a distressed glint flashed on his eyes, but he recomposed "Well… If the others are safe, then…" his dark aura increased violently "I should enjoy myself…"

"It seems we, the adults are responsible to clean the mess." He joked.

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A while ago…

Karias looked at the three young nobles behind him and instructed, his posture was serious as he allotted them with tasks:

"Rael, you must take Raizel-nim out of here, Seira and Regis must take those four too, I'm sure that Frankenstein must be worried about them, but's Raizel-nim is our top priority."

"Wha-" the Kertia opened his mouth to contest, but it was Regis who talked first:

"Karias-nim, what are you saying…?"the red eyes of the young Landegre had a glint of concern.

"I'll help that guy to fight, those two werewolves don't seem to be potential enemies right now, so, I guess it will be enough to delay the enemies. You must get out of here as fast as possible, things will get ugly with two lords battling, even more now that the future-dude came…" his faint smile was rueful. "Please, as clan leaders you must understand that protecting the noblesse-nim and the people is also our duty and not only exterminate the enemies even when they're in front of us…"

"….." Seira's brows curved up slight in sorrow.

"Seira, you go too, if they decide to follow you, there will be at least three of you to protect each other's back." He smiled consternated "Hurry up."

Seira's brows twisted subtly in dissatisfaction and worry, however, she bowed slightly and left the place helping Takeo while Regis helped Tao. Rael looked back at Karias once more before his silhouetted vanished from sight. On the next moment, Karias was on Frankenstein's side.

While the blonde archer prepared to help Frankenstein on a critical moment and make a flashy entrance, Rael approached Raizel.

"Raizel-nim, we need to go." The vampire bowed in deference.

"…" Rai scowled watching the fight.

"Karias-nim and your servant will fight, we need to retreat and carry the wounded to another place, please, understand…" his brows curled in sadness.

Their expressions changed and their eyes averted to the battle ground immediately when a strong explosion occurred, it was Muzaka fighting against future Maduke, the virulence and savagery was impressive: Muzaka plucked a tree from the ground and used it as a bat to hit his enemy. The future-lord used his claws to rip the thick trunk into two pieces, and the silver-haired wolf let go of the trunk on the same moment, kicking one of the pieces to hit Maduke.

The future wolf avoided easily, but when he did so, Muzaka was already behind him, descending his claws to complete a long slash on his back, he turned and defended with his own claws, the uncontrolled silver-haired wolf gave up trying to pressure him and resorted to brute force, punching the stomach of his opponent. The future-foe grabbed his arm, but it was inutile, Muzaka swirled in the air and grabbing the arm of his opponent, he launched him on the ground making he look like a puppet.

The explosion occurred when the future self of Maduke arose from the big crater formed and howled at the night releasing his artificially acquired power like a stream of energy that ascended to the sky creating a gap in the clouds. The two "traitor" werewolves were stupefied:

"Muzaka-nim is…" Lunark's eyes flickered watching the rage of the former lord.

"Lunark, we need to get out, this place will become ruins and so will we if we stay here…"

"No…" Victor wrestled against his own body until he could sit down. He was terrified, the future-Maduke would finally kill an important piece of that era.

"Hey, boy, what's going on here?! Don't you know that guy who mimics our lord?! Why is he attacking our Lord?!" Kentas demanded an explanation.

"He…" the half-breed got startled, many thoughts circled inside his mind, making his head become hazy, he clenched his fists and hit the ground, flustered, his thoughts only converged on the fight "If I let dark-spear take my body again, I could attack my father and the others in the process, this way I would only be hindering their battle, moreover I can't guarantee even that stage of consumption would help against that monster…"

He reunited his energies and forced his body again to move, finally standing up as his legs wobbled a bit. He closed his eyes for a moment to endure the pain, his veins burned like there was fire passing through it, and his heart pulsed like it was about to come out of his chest, dark spear spread even more. His blue eyes didn't falter, a scowl was formed on his face when he breathed deeply, determined to end that for once and all.

"… What are you…?" Lunark got startled when the teen suddenly stood up, she could swear he wouldn't be able to move for a while.

"I'll end what I started some time ago… I have some personal issues to solve with that fake Lord over there…" he gritted his teeth in annoyance "You two should take this opportunity to go, when he find a breach on the fight, he will surely come after you… His hatred has no limits…"

"I cannot understand it at all… What did we do?" Kentas frowned in perplexity. "We don't even know him!"

"That's not relevant right now… Just… Go." The teenager casted a worried side-glance to the fellow werewolves, he couldn't possibly explain about future in the heat of the situation.

They looked at the noblesse, he had spit blood when he tried to help them, could it be his health was not in a good state? Then, their eyes widened in surprised when they noticed there was a blonde vampire trying to persuade to the great noblesse to recede from that fight since their objective was already achieved. Just when had he arrived there? They were so enveloped into watching the fight they couldn't notice, and if it was an enemy, it could have been dangerous.

"Are you telling us to run into such situation…? But you intend to stay and fight?" Kentas grinded his teeth feeling offended.

"This fight has no place for you both, just take a look at them, it's impossible." He casted a side glance, narrowing his eyes sharply "Nonetheless, it's something I started by coming here, thus… It's time to take the responsibility for my acts…"

His aura grew stronger as he liberated it, not bothering if Dark-spear would try to consume him in a near future.

"Responsibility…? What is he talking about?" drops of sweat rolled down the female wolf's face, she wondered if his mind was still jumbled after he woke up.

"Boy, are you trying to die?"

Kentas had an afflicted and confused gaze, although he didn't want to admit, the boy had more courage that he imagined, a characteristic he judged to be part of a true warrior, but it was a brash decision to fight against stronger opponents with his current condition.

"I'd better die here than live in the hell that guy will create if he wins… We've had enough of him…" his mouth curved down in distaste, shadowing his expression.

He'd fight until the end with his worn out body. That was something that impressed both werewolves, they could share the same pride he had, thus, they felt reluctant in leaving the place and incapable of lecturing the boy for being impulsive either. The noblesse was also in a dire situation, he seemed weakened by the constant use of powers, and Muzaka was fighting anyone who entered his way be it an enemy or ally.

Meanwhile, Karias was completely engrossed in the fight, straining his bow to attack the furious Maduke, adjusting his dark arrow to pierce only him and not Muzaka. When the wolf was perfectly placed on the trajectory, before he shoot, a presence drew near, he reacted instinctively changing the target and aiming at the enemy coming at him, it was Bertrand.

The silver-haired wolf defended the blow and recoiled a bit, smiling and baring his fangs in excitement, his blood was pumping in enthusiasm for the battle as he glared madly at the blonde vampire, springing towards drawing a long cut with his claws, Karias evaded fast and used another shoot to plunge him, but the werewolf averted the trajectory shoving it away with his arm.

"Come on, clan leader, let's have some fun while the 'adults' fight!" he jested.

"Ah… Were you listening?" a twitch occurred on the corner of Karias mouth and a drop of sweat formed on his face "Sheesh… A complicated one, I see… Why do I end up against those types of opponents?"

The two beings clashed through the sky with powerful blows. In the meantime, Frankenstein darted to battle against the future Maduke, in the middle of the way, he was interrupted by a flying slash, avoiding skillfully he jumped back and cast his gaze to the sides, to the source, it was Muzaka. He gritted his teeth snorting in exasperation he was only messing the battleground and attacking those whom he shouldn't.

The future Maduke was filled with a twisted mix of joy for seeing how low his enemy had become and at the same time, anger since he wanted to end Muzaka's and Frankenstein's life with his own hands.

When he was about to interfere on that fight, a blast of energy came his way, he avoided easily and narrowed his eyes looking at the attacker, none other than his own past self, the present-Maduke with a tired expression and dirty clothes, he had exploded the debris burying him.

"Your imposter!" he huffed.

"Huh…" the other one sniffed in disdain looking at his past self as if he stared at a bug under him, his haughty temper only aggravated the rage of his past-self.

Before the fight ever started, they felt a strong and eerie vibe coming their way, both of them fidgeted avoiding the dark and purple blast that almost got them, looking simultaneously to the person who dared to interfere:

"That thing…" the future Maduke had bloodshot eyes when his sight visualized Victor. Only the boy was reflected on his eyes as the fury blackened his senses and he could only think about killing that filthy crossbreed.

"You won't interfere more than this, Maduke…" his eyes were earnest and a blaze flared on them.

Frankenstein got distracted for a moment when he felt Victor's power, his eyes turned to look at the side and this brief time was enough for Muzaka to approach dangerously. He barely avoided the attack from the former lord and tried to push him away with dark-spear. The werewolf growled and punched him again, he defended with his lance, but he was dragged back.

"Frankenstein… Get back."

The blonde warrior listened to the voice of his master inside his mind, and got startled. His confused eyes rushed to look at the vampire, who was already stretching his arm to release his powers. He panicked.

"Master, please, you mustn't use your powers as you are now… Allow me to take the reins of the situation, please…"

"Frankenstein…" his eyes were afflicted, but he lowered his hand.

The blonde sighed in relief and his face wrinkled the more he glared at the silver-haired, his teeth grinded and his aura poured out violently. Muzaka lunged to tear him apart, but he avoided, drawing a fast cut at the whole back of his opponent.

"Muzaka… You was tricked just like my master and even after knowing your daughter was not killed by humans, do you dare to raise your hand against my master again?!"

The frustration and rage was conveyed on that cut, however, in less than a second, it had healed. The werewolf tried to plunge Frankenstein's torso, but he failed again when the blonde counterattacked using dark spear with twice the strength.

"Get a hold of yourself, Muzakaaa!" he shouted from within his lungs.

The only response he got was furious snarling. The exchange of blows increased, each one drew as many cuts as they could at the other, like only they both existed in that battlefield. The only difference was that Frankenstein's body didn't heal in the same rhythm as the silver-wolf. He was being overmatched by his opponent, and he wouldn't endure longer against the Lord if he did not use his true powers, which wasn't very wise since his dark-spear had been savage lately.

Without any other alternative, he reunited his power and it overgrown forming a huge beam of dark matter that aimed at the werewolf leaping to destroy him.

Meanwhile, Victor glared at the future-wolf with a transient rage that transformed into determination as his aura leaked spreading through the ground.

"Did you believe I wouldn't notice? Your body won't withstand long… I can see every muscle of your body crying out loud…" he grinned mocking the efforts of the stripling.

"Since when have your sight been so good, gramps?" Victor smiled with the same contempt for his enemy.

"Your-"

Before they assaulted each other, the present Maduke had the initiative, attacking his "clone" who readily evaded. The future-lord curved his mouth down, his edgy tendencies started to bloom again looking at his despicable past-self.

"The union must have invested a lot to create you… But I don't bother; they had the nerve to produce an imitation! I will show them who the strongest being is!" his saliva splattered on the ground as he yelled unbridled.

"The union…?" a devious smirk filled with scorn played on his lips. "How naïve… Do you really believe the union as it is now is capable of displaying such a level of scientific expertise to create a clone of yours?!"

His eyes didn't blink even once as he told, his words were interlocked with a contagious hatred, it expressed the killing glint embroiled by the feeling of superiority he felt towards those filthy cockroaches under his feet.

"Soon you'll understand I'm not a copy, the only imposter here is you, weakling!" he huffed his past self.

"Shut up!" Victor impeded him from keeping that conversation and revealing many facts about their future.

The teenager sprung towards his enemy again, delivering a punch which future-Maduke blocked single-handedly with a haughty smile. Victor grimaced as his internal battle against dark-spear sent some pain through his senses, but he didn't recoil, instead, he took the opportunity his enemy was near him to transform into a full werewolf.

His foe jumped back, but the moment he did it, the boy was already coming at him with full speed to take him down with a kick, he held the kick again by grabbing the boy's leg, and attempted to smash his bones with sheer brute force. Victor's response was a punch that almost hit his enemy.

The moment the future-lord leaped back to avoid the strike, the teen kneed Maduke's torso, and he flew away before colliding with the distant trees, causing mass destruction in the forest. On the next second, another explosion occurred and Maduke ascended to the sky, howling at the sky, dashing through the air he tried to deliver a punch at Victor.

The boy shielded the sudden attack with his arms, when he was recomposing himself, another blow came, a straight punch to his stomach. He coughed blood when that punch almost pierced him, and dark-spear reacted on his sake, his aura scattered around him like a porcupine, forcing Maduke to recede, even though it didn't spare him from getting many cuts that wouldn't cure soon.

His powers vibrated within him, his heart thumped heavily as if it would come out of his chest, he embraced himself, with a firm grip on his arms and his werewolf transformation dissolved, he trembled as the aura around him increased menacingly, his powers were out of tune. His hands grasped his hair, his mind was being invaded by dark-spear wretched whispers, cursing him, he squinted his eyes, but it was inutile.

"Heh…" a sneer polluted the wicked lips of the future-werewolf "What a pathetic sight… It makes me want to gouge out my eyes… But a degenerate power suits well such pitiful creature like you…"

He didn't waste more time, in a second he had grabbed Victor's neck and lifted the boy. His enraged face had a delighted smirk as the teen gasped and contorted his body in an struggle to get free from the lord.

"The same fate that befell your brother will now be called upon you!" his smirk enlarged and he sharpened his claws top deliver the finishing blow. A second before he completed that action, he felt a powerful, sinister presence behind him, with a startle, he immediately threw Victor's body away and jumped to the side, however, his attacker was already in front of him him…

"Did you say what…?"

Frankenstein's voice perforated through his ears, Maduke didn't have time to react, the blonde warrior slashed his torso and shoved him away with the blow, making the lord fall meters ahead on the ground, producing a cloud of dust as his torso slid on the earth. His bleeding and darkened face only gave him a horrifying vibe as he grinded his teeth annoyed.

"Victor will die like who…?"

Maduke wiped the blood coming out of his mouth and glared at his opponent, Frankenstein was not on his best condition, fighting Muzaka had some effect, but where was the former lord…? He identified a smoke stream coming from the middle of the forest, which he supposed to be the whereabouts of the silver-haired. Then, his narrowed eyes focused on the blonde again, and a calm, confident grin played on his lip. A low laugh came out of his mouth as he found funny some sort of joke Frankenstein missed there.

"… S-shut up…" Victor supported his arms on the ground, trembling, his irritation accentuated when the Lord guffawed.

"I'm saying that this feeble crossbreed will die the same way his brother…" he repeated, standing up.

"….?" The blonde servant was confused for a moment.

The adults got both surprised when dark stakes came flying toward the future-lord, who avoided easily, frowning at the brown-haired teenager. He had a stretched hand and struggled to stand up again.

"I said to shut up your mouth, your lunatic!"

Victor stood up with a fuming rage and the grin on the face of the lord only enlarged. Frankenstein was still perplexed… Did he say brother? What was he talking about…?

"Victor is there yet another thing you were hiding from me…?" his eyes narrowed doubtfully as he looked at his weary son.

Had something else changed from that point or would the future be the same wrecked age Victor told them about?

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I can't get tired of making Maduke look like a jerk, just like he is in the manhwa.