Chapter 117 - Mortals Vs. Vampires

The day we meet the vampires in all out war has finally arrived, and it was decided by the kings that we would move the whole army with multiple individuals capable of using portal magic, and as I'm about to step into one of the many portals, I take a moment to look back and see the various soldiers behind me, I then think to myself.

"this is historic, Humans, Demi-Human, Dwarves, and Elves fighting side by side, taking on a mutual enemy."

Ying stands on my right side, while Rosie stands on my left, I then say to both of them.

"you guys already know your roles, so good luck."

Ying nods and replies.

"yes, all of us are aware."

while Rosie responds.

"don't worry darling, everyone will do their best, while you two keep the vampire lords in one spot,

so Leonard can activate the device."

Celeste then speaks to me through my mind.

"I'll stay by Leonard's side, so he can activate the device on your command."

I reply.

"good, and remember, what King Dave said, that you're not allowed to transform into werewolves, unless its absolutely necessary."

she replies.

"yes, I'll remind the others right now."

I take a couple of deep breaths to calm my nerves and then step through the portal with the others following behind, we then come out at the other side, in an open field at the outskirts of L.u.s.tecia, I look around and spot the massive army of vampires, that the vampire lords have raised in the distance, I then think to myself.

"the moment they see, our army step through the portals, the vampire lords will know, that we didn't come here to surrender."

"Master Collin, Leonard wants you to meet the vampire lords head on, and keep them talking while activates the device."

I reply.

"sure I can do that."

I then say to Ying.

"I'm going over there toward the vampire lords and see if I can distract them long enough for Leonard to activate the device."

Ying Replies.

"I'll come with you."

I shake my head.

"not yet, I need you to stay with the soldiers, and if for some reason Leonard can't activate the device, give the word to attack the vampires."

"okay, I can do that, but I'll come and join you after doing so."

Rosie then says.

"don't worry Ying, I'll tag along with Darling, to make sure he doesn't get hurt."

I sigh and reply.

"okay, I won't stop you, but I need you to stay well behaved, so I can keep them distracted."

she responds.

"of course."

as Me and Rosie make our way to meet with the vampire lords, Rosie says.

"I wonder, what I'll do after I return back to normal."

"I'm sure they'll accept you back as a magic knight."

she shakes her head and smiles.

"not really what I had in mind."

I ask curiously.

"then what?"

she answers.

"maybe join you, on your crazy adventures."

I chuckle and respond.

"honestly after experiencing, many insane things, I might take a break from adventuring for a while."

"seeing as you brought army on our doorstep, I'm assuming, that there will be no surrendering?"

I shake my head.

"no."

he sighs and replies annoyed.

"there is nothing you can do, to stop our total domination of this mortal world."

I then ask staring at all of them.

"weren't you all mortals at one point, so why are you hell bent on dominating all mortals."

he responds.

"we were mortals once, but that is the past, this was a long time coming, and besides I'm still owed revenge for the death of my precious apprentice Abigail."

"well she had the same crazy plan like you guys, but I was the one to stop her."

his right eye twitches in anger and he replies.

"she was a bit foolish with her plan, but that doesn't mean, that I won't drain all the blood out of you."

I then ask a serious question.

"so was it worth finding a solution to immortality, even if it meant losing who you once were."

he laughs and replies in condescending tone.

"we were a dying race, this was the only solution to our problems."

looking at all of them, in disgust, I reply

"yeah, but this solution, twisted your minds, and you left behind a legacy, of the worst kind."

"is that all you to say, because this little diversion won't stop us from moving forward."

Celeste then says,

"get ready, Leonard is activating the device."

I look at Vernon with a smug and say.

"it's too bad, because you're getting stopped for the second time."

a huge blinding white flash shoots up in the air and the sun's ray begin to shine down again, and Lord Vernon and the other vampire lords fall to the ground, screaming in agonizing pain, I then hear Ying give the command to attack, and then suddenly a huge roar of footsteps start charging at the vampires who are being burned alive by the sun, I then realize something.

"oh shit, I forgot about Rosie."

I look down and also see her screaming in pain, I quickly jump on top of her, hoping that my body, provides enough shade for her, she then whispers in a weak voice.

"thank you, Darling."

the screams of thousands of voices continue techie throughout the sky, for a few more seconds, but then the screams suddenly stop, as the moon returned to block out the sun, I then think to myself.

"shit, I was hoping, the sun would be out much longer."

I then get off Rosie, to stand up and see that the vampire lords are still alive and breathing, but Lord Vernon is the only one missing, Celeste then says in mind.

"the army are engaging the weakend vampires, and Ying is on his way towards you."

I reply.

"thank you Celeste, stay safe."

I walk towards the vampire lords and start ripping off the robes that completely protects them from magic attacks, and after finishing up, one of them groans to me.

"you will pay dearly for this mortal."

as Ying arrives, I say to him.

"kill them, I'm going to look for Lord Vernon."

he nods.

"okay."

as the massive battle between our soldiers and the vampires continues, I desperately continue looking for Lord Vernon.

"where the hell did he go, he can't have gotten far."

Ying catches up to me and asks out of breath.

"any luck?"

I reply frustrated.

"no, it looks like he escaped."

I stop and then ask him.

"did you kill the other vampire lords?"

he replies, very sure of himself.

"yes, I disintegrated all of them."

I respond feeling a bit relieved.

"good, the only one left is Lord Vernon."

as we continue to search for him together, Lord Vernon's voice reverberates through the dark sky, that causes the fighting to come to stand still.

"the mortals have done the unforgivable, now they shall all die, with no mercy!"

the ground beneath us rumbles, and I think to myself.

"what the hell, what now?"

the ground continues to tremble, in a repeating pattern, almost like as if something huge is walking around, I then think to myself.

"if the apprentices, transform into gargoyles, then what do the Lords turn into?"

I then hear an unworldly, and distorted voice that sounds like Vernon.

"Collin Belfaust, you made me do this!"

shivers are sent down my spine, as I turn back and see a towering creature, that is four times my size, and almost resembling similar features of the gargoyles that the apprentices transform into, except for the head that looks very similar to that of a spider, I the stare at it in fear as it yells through it's circular mouth, that contains rows of sharp teeth.

"Collin Belfaust!"

I then think to myself.

"how in the hell am I supposed to fight that thing."

Celeste invades my mind.

"Master Collin, I think we should retreat, we're not

prepared to fight that thing."

I respond in agreement.

"you're right, me and Ying will head back right now."

I then shout at Ying.

"time to go, we are not fighting that thing!"

Ying replies with determination in his voice.

"I'm not running away from this fight Collin, I can't be called the number one hero, if I can't defeat big threats like this monster."

I put my hand on his shoulder, trying to get him moving.

"you need to know when to pick your battles, and this battle isn't it."

he responds.

"if not now then when? after he controls more kingdoms and turns more innocent lives into vampires?"

he stops and grits his teeth.

"with or without you, I'm fighting that monster!"

I chuckle and reply.

"damn you Ying, after saying all that, there is no way in hell, that I can run away now."

Me and Ying then prepare ourselves to fight the abomination that is Lord Vernon.