"I'm so sorry, Giaus," Monbert uttered with guilt, especially when I pointed my sharp gaze at him alone. He wanted to slide closer to my spot to extend his sincere apology as he used to but Damon stopped him from doing so. Even if I was already gone from the team, I know Monbert still cared for me. After all, he was like a big brother to me. "Since when did I agree to these terms, huh? Do you guys even know the reason why am I here?" I said back. "Stop talking nonsense, Gaius." says the king before he ordered his men to get Maverick out of our sight. "Don't tell me your old team did not tell you anything?" Before those vampires he ordered could lay a hand on my raven, I turned Maverick back to his bird form and pulled him back on my shoulder. Everyone, including Damon and his team, was taken aback when denying it or not, not all vampires can do that kind of magical thing. I owe that to my deceased parents when I inherited a lot of things from them, inc
"We'll see about that, Gaius." The King hisses back before he contorted his face and his body size began to increase. Two seconds later, his black cloak started ripping off followed by those prominent large veins popping out of his skin as soon as his muscles bulged. Next to that is the appearance of those large black wings behind him and those large and pointed horns on his forehead. He becomes the ugliest vampire I have ever met in my whole life. "Gaius, are you sure about this?" Maverick worriedly whispered into my ear while waiting for the vampire king to reach his final phase. Soft enough that it was not obvious he opens his beak. "Shut up, Maverick," I said back. "Getting on his nerves is the only way we could escape from this hell of a place." "So, you mean you are simply bluffing about what you boasted earlier?" finally Maverick realizes my plan. After all, we once experience linking our minds recently. As soon as the vampire king finally reache
"Well, I have been daydreaming to fight against your son. Not to mention killing him. Damon's head and heart more than to satisfy my desire for revenge." I fake a smile at the vampire king to let him know he just send his son to his deathbed. "However, I need a bet on this battle. Or should I refer to it as a prize for whoever wins?" Monbert and the rest of the team got back after sending the rest of the vampires to a safer place. Perhaps they think that I will be fighting the vampire king. But a lot of things changed while they were gone. I'm not even sure if they know their idiot leader took the challenge on behalf of the vampire king. "Go on, I'm listening." says the vampire king. So I proposed to him and Damon about my bet; that once I beat Damon, I want the entire council of vampires will ignore my existence. No more summons. Second, none of them, including my previous team will give me an unexpected visit to my place. So am I to the village. I don'
"Vampires cannot get in without the owner's permission. It's a long story. But it was our norm that we cannot get into someone's elses' house without his or her invitation. And it sucks, really." Then I grab the fist-size stone and smash it into the door. The stone managed to make a hole but it is not enough for the humans to get in. So, I continued searching for stones. This time, I grab bigger ones and smash them into the windows, walls, and doors. "Why can you break into the house? Like what robbers or thieves do." he insisted, ignoring what I was trying to explain to him. "they don't need the owner's permission for that." Maverick's hard-headed brain made me realize one thing. Breaking into the house. I cannot get in but Maverick can in his human form. So, I turn him back to his human form and push him straight to the open door without asking his permission. On the other hand, Maverick also did not ask further questions and searched for the ones in need of our
"... I was simply doing what is best for the kids. After all, they are also humans like me. Let alone Jelian and Julian were products and witnesses of how cruel our world is." she added. "Julian and Jelian, huh?" I softly breathe out their names. "But they don't bother me anymore. I just realized that I have bigger things in mind right now, instead of taking chances to hurt and scare them further. One to mention is my lifeline." "And the possibility that a group of furious vampires might ruin all our lives." Maverick also appeared on the rooftop. He was carrying a glass of blood for me and two cans of beer. One is for him, and the other one is for Cecelia, I believe. Good thing Cecelia rejected Maverick's offer when he was about to toss it to her. Instead, she asks him, "what do you mean by that? Is that the reason Gaius was bleeding earlier? Are you guys in trouble?" Maverick nodded. "Ah-huh!" he exclaims. "The hero of New Orleans simply challenges the vamp
Maverick, on the other hand, was busy chit-chatting to those bunch of assholes, asking if I was indeed the hero of New Orleans. Part of me wanted to stop Maverick from leaking any crucial information about me, but I have a middle-aged woman to attend to. "Believe me. Of all the humans in your life, I know better than anyone about how you are feeling right now." I said. "you want to die because you think you don't have the answer to your problem, whatever that is. How difficult is your problem, by the way?" Then I smiled and waved at those cameras in front of me before I added. "You are about to die anyway. I think it'll be better if you share your burden with someone before you go straight to hell." "I'm going to hell?" she curiously asked, even feeling bothered by what I said. "Of course! Where do you think you're going after jumping off the bridge?" I asked back. "getting suicide is a serious crime in the eyes of what you believe in the lord Almighty. He w
That was the first time in my history of being part of the team I witnessed Monbert be that furious with someone. When we were once a team, he used to be calm, soft-spoken, and the kind of person who doesn't care about the world around him, just like me. But right now, he is unleashing the blood-sucking demon inside him. "Gaius, who is weaker than me managed to beat you," he confessed. "how much more I am ten times stronger and faster than both of you combined." I don't know if Monbert intentionally tells Damon those words to stop him or if he was simply bluffing. However, I could barely sense any signs of doubt in his tone and facial expression. Monbert and I are close friends since we become part of the Cursed System but I haven't seen him being deployed into real battles. So I expected him to be simply an ordinary vampire like us. "And you too, Gaius," he added. "I know more than anyone that you are not the kind of vampire who prefers chaos over peace. What ha
"Well. In the first place, I tried to stop, Gaius, but he barely listen to me." Maverick was still mad at me based on his tone of voice. "Anyway, what are you all doing in the human village, anyway? Aren't you vampires too late to check them out? Gaius saved two poor kids the other day." Our conversation did not last long when I already know Monbert's reasons they did not get the chance to check their neighboring village. However, I relayed to him everything that I miss telling the vampire king in our previous encounter. And told Monbert he will be the only vampire I can talk to if they need more updates about the cases at hand, including Cecelia living in my place, the abnormalities of the lifeline that I encountered recently, and those masked men who created Lalaine. "Are you sure about telling him everything you know, Gaius? I mean, not that I am against the idea but you are no longer part of the council, remember?" Maverick started the conversation when it h