The War Against Drakath

In this chapter, our heroes are going to visit the vampires and the werewolves…however some of them are not going to receive a warm welcome…why you may ask? You're going to find out soon enough…

Chapter 38: Vampires vs. Werewolves

We approached Safiria's Castle, and noticed how dark and spooky it looked. Come to think of it, it sounded like a place I would like to live. I do have a taste for haunted mansions and the like, after all. Why do you think I decided to join the dark side? Personally, I don't understand why Masamune34 likes things that are golden and shiny. I'd rather have something that was silver.

There was a vampire there…and he was strangely very friendly towards me. He even allowed to me to bring Whitemagic7 with him. Come to think of it, I've feeling rather strange ever since that bat bit me. My skin is now really pale…and I can feel fangs growing in. I was starting to wonder if I was infected or something.

On the other hand, he wasn't friendly towards Masamune34 at all. In fact, he immediately shooed him away.

"Your kind isn't welcome around here! Get out of my sight before I go to Safiria and tell her about you!" he exclaimed.

"Alright, take it easy!" answered the blue knight. It looked like he wouldn't be able to come with us…did he hate knights or something?

What exactly was his problem? Curious, I decided to look at him, and noticed that for some strange reason, he now had paws for hands. What was happening to him? Was he infected too or something?

I decided to look around the castle, and noticed that there were pictures of Safiria…apparently the vampires adored her. I suppose it made sense, considering she was one of the prettiest and one of the most powerful vampires in existence. Her other tastes in art were rather disturbing though. I noticed that there were several pictures of werewolves…that had knives and other sharp things sticked in them.

Unfortunately, the castle seemed to be overrun with chaorrupted lycans. I could tell they were this way because their fur was purple rather than their traditional golden. We had to get rid of them before the vampires would let us through.

Speaking of werewolves, Safiria and her kind weren't too fond of them. They were always fighting each other simply so that they could get each other's territory. As much fun as it is to engage in the thrill of combat, I personally wondered if things would ever get better between them. They were actually pretty similar in their own ways…

But Safiria probably wasn't interested in signing any peace treaty between the werewolves, so I decided to put that thought behind me as I said hello. It was funny really. Darkovia would probably be a far better place if the vampires and werewolves could get along. In fact, I might just be able to call it Lightnova…although I personally enjoyed the darkness of the place. But they always had a bunch of petty reasons to keep fighting each other.

For some strange reason, all crimes were equal in the vampire world irregardless of how horrible or how mild they tended to be. In other words, if a vampire took one step out of line, they would end up with a stake through their heart.

"Isn't that a little cruel? They're supposed to be your loyal subjects. You can't just execute them on a whim." pointed out Whitemagic7.

"It's always been the policy." answered Safiria. Who could have come up with that? Was it the first vampire in existence? I wasn't sure.

I then told her about the chaos that had been unfolding in Darkovia…and she immediately turned angry.

"I've been receiving numerous reports about chaotic lycans attacking the vampires…do you know how annoying that is? I've even heard reports of werepyres…disgusting creatures they are. They're hybrids between werewolves and vampires…and you know how much I hate werewolves. They're flea-ridden as they are repulsive." she explained.

"I see…" I told her. What did werewolves ever do to her? Did they pee on her carpet or something? Did they rip up her furniture? Or did she just not like animals? I suppose there were things about the vampire queen I would not fully understand, like why she decided to dress rather seductively when she seemed to prefer not being married.

"I suppose you could probably ask the werewolves for more information…not like I would recommend that...everyone knows that they're flea-ridden pests. But I'll leave you to decide." Safiria told me.

Afterwards, I went to pick up Masamune34…he was starting to look worse than ever. Why was he so hairy all of a sudden? Maybe he should go visit the local barber and see if he could get him shaved…but knowing how long that would take he'd probably have to pay a lot of gold. A barber did have a lot of customers to attend to, after all.

"You ready to go visit the werewolves?" he asked.

I nodded…and we headed to where the werewolves called home. Unfortunately, they weren't exactly happy to see me. They immediately snarled, and I got the feeling I wasn't welcome there.

I decided to let Masamune34 and Whitemagic7 talk to the werewolves. What I ever did to them, I do not know.

Our anti-heroine has decided to talk to Safiria about what has happening in Darkovia lately…things are starting to get bad for them, isn't it? Our heroes are probably going to need to talk to the werewolves about this as well…see if they can do anything to assist the wild animals.

Oh, and let's hope that our heroes don't end up getting rabies. Wouldn't want that to happen to them, now would we? That would certainly make fighting monsters a lot more difficult, and they've still got a lot to do before they can defeat the 5th Lord of Chaos.

Do you think our heroes will be able to win this time? Then again they've done so well before.