Drac groaned, he had to pee, but he couldnt get up. A soft, comfortable bed sheet had imprisoned him in a warm, cozy embrace. Along with the sheet, a naked woman was sleeping on him, with her soft supple mounds pressing him, and her hands wrapped around him. He had no intention to break free from his imprisonment.

He shut his eyes, closed them forcefully, and tried to control his pee but alas, after a few seconds of struggle, he lost. He finally couldn't wait anymore.

He opened his eyes and saw Victoria fast asleep on him. He groaned with frustration and removed the warm cover from them. Victoria groaned as their warm cocoon was broken, eventually he was able to get free from her embrace.

FUCK! Why the fuck is it so cold? It was so cold that even his durable and strong mana-wielding body was not able to bear the cold.

Now naked, with their room shrouded in darkness, he made his way to the toilet. He was familiar with every inch and corner of this room, and he didn't have any difficulty navigating his way to the toilet.

As the dam of his bladder was finally let loose, he achieved nirvana and he sighed with bliss, making a cloud of steam come out of his mouth in the process. He may not have been fully awake before, but seeing the cloud of condensation made him step out of his stupor.

The temperature had gone down significantly since night. He thought. It was only when he had come out of the toilet, did he realized the implications of the phenomena.

Hurridly he made his way towards the window of the inn. From up there, he was able to see the whole village.

Snowing had stopped, and the whole village was shrouded in silence. There was no cold wind blowing, and there were not even clouds in the sky.

Why has the temperature dropped this low then?

It was then his attention was grabbed by the movement by the edge of the village. Something was moving along the houses at the edge. He could only see the back of the creature, which was filled with spikes. Like a shark moving in the sea, he could only see the back of the creature, but he could guess which creature it belonged to.

Judging by the size of the house, he realized the size of the creature. And that sent a chill down his spine.

Those stupid FUCKERS! He cursed the Ulaspas family, They really let a Vampas get that big!

But there was no time for that.

He immediately turned around and went to the sofa, staggering and falling to the ground. Quickly he got up and went to Victoria’s side.

“VICTORIA!” he yelled in a rather hushed way. “Victoria,” he then shook her awake.

“What..” She mumbled, still refusing to wake up.

Tired, he decided to take strict action, he slapped her across her cheek. That made her eyes open wide apart. She stared at him, as he had his hand on her mouth. He put his finger on his lips, “Get your clothes. Now,” he whispered.

She didnt ask any questions, his serious voice was enough for her to go scrambling off her clothes. He went for his underwear and pants first and then went to Victoria’s bed. The woman was sleeping soundly on her bed, luckily it only took him a shake or two to wake her up.

“Get up, we need to get out of here,” he said and then started going for his shirt.

He was halfway across the room when he heard her yell, “What the fuck is happening?” she asked. Her tone was not loud, to say the least, but the silence of the night amplified her voice.

Drac froze on the spot, thinking that at any moment a Vampas would barge in from somewhere. But as nothing happened for a few seconds, he sighed with relief. “Hello! What is happening?”

Gnashing his teeth, he came to her, “The fuck is wrong with you!” he whispered, “Do you think I will wake you up in the middle of the night to have tea! GET YOUR ASS UP! We need to get out of here!”

He took a few steps away and then turned around. He put his finger on his lips, gesturing to keep quiet.

By the time he was out, Victoria was almost dressed. He grabbed his shirt and his satchel bag. In a few seconds, they were ready. He gestured them both to keep quiet and follow him downstairs.

As they slowly made their way downstairs, he had his saber in his hands. Instead of heading to the front door, he let them through the kitchen door. He wanted to get out from the back, thinking it to be an easier way out.

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When they pushed the door of the kitchen, they saw the back door of the inn was open at the end was open, letting the cold in. There was a weird noise in the room as if some dog was chewing a bone. He took his saber as a precaution that instant.

The kitchen had this huge island in the middle of it. They slowly started making their way to the other side. The sound only came to a stop when they were almost halfway through when a small Vampas, the size of a corgi jumped onto the island with its mouth laced with blood.

“AHH!” Hazel let out a scream, startling everyone, even the creature.

It let out a growling noise and then lunged at them. Drac acted immediately and swung his saber, cleaving the poor bastard diagonally. The black blood sprayed on them with a slash, and they remained unharmed.

The door to the main restaurant broke open, and soldiers bearing the insignia of the Sumor Family barged in. “What the hell is going on here!” one of them yelled.

Although it was commendable that they barged in to save them, probably.

But they just signed off their death warrants. And on cue, a white creature came crashing into the kitchen from an adjacent room, decimating a wall in the process.

One of the four soldiers valiantly raised his sword and charged at the creature with a downward swing, he swung his sword, but the creature was fast, it dodged the attack by jumping backward, it is then one of the soldiers fired an arrow which lodged itself on the creature’s face.

The creature cried in pain and stepped backward, crying in pain.

“COME ON!” one of the soldiers cried.

But before they could move, another one of the creatures came from the restaurant, ambushing the soldiers from the back side, this small Vampas started mauling the neck of the mercenary nearest to it, killing it instantly, one of the soldiers swung the sword on the creature, cleaving its head cleanly.

It is then the creature with the arrow lodged in its head jumped back into the room and immediately launched itself at the three remaining soldiers, toppling every one of them, the creature then went for the one that shot at it, the creature used its teeth and started mauling the stomach of the said mercenary, killing it ruthlessly.

As the last two soldiers got their bearing, they immediately got up and raised their swords and lunged toward the creatures…

Quickly he grabbed Victoria’s hand and started leading her to the door before them. Soon they were out, and then he let go of her hand and started running. He ran with all of his might through 5 inches of thick snow and moved his legs as fast as he could. As far as Victoria and Hazel were concerned, he heard that they were behind them. But he didnt waste his energy to glance back.

It was only after he was sure that they had made considerable distance, did he stopped and looked back.

Victoria and Hazel both were not far behind. They came to a stop near him and started huffing and puffing. “We need to get out here before…” his words were cut in half when they heard a screech of a beast.

A Vampas, the size of a bull was running at them. They spotted the thing, it was already on them. Drac jumped to his right, while Victoria on the other hand grabbed Hazel and put her between her body and Vampas.

The Vampas slammed into them, making them both fall. Quickly the creature lept, crushing the first thing that it could get its teeth in. The screaming face of Hazel was the one it got first, crushing it like a watermelon.

Victoria somehow, crawled out, while the creature was busy mauling through the body of the poor girl.

Drac also pushed himself up, and he started running not caring about the creature or the women with him. He could not hear any creature behind him, which was a good thing. But he only came to a stop, and a source of bright light manifested itself behind him. He glanced to look behind and saw Victoria holding something in her hands which was emitting a lot of light.

That bitch! She knew about Magnesium.

The Vampas were creatures who had extreme weather tolerance, along with supernatural healing power, and courtesy of the souls that they absorbed. And there was only one thing that could harm them, and that was sunlight. They could not bear it, the rays of the sun burned their body.

Nosferatu realized that burning a strip of magnesium, when sun is not available could also harm them. When burned, the metal produces a bright light, which acts like sunlight. Although not as lethal as the rays of the sun, they were still effective in deterring the creature from attacking someone.

He never told this to any of them, nor the information was mentioned in the book that he gave to Hazel. Which meant that Victoria lied to him…

The creature instead of attacking, turned around and started running towards him, away from the harmful, towards a prey.

Sensing danger, he quickly opened his satchel to get his strip out, along with a lighter. The creature was already on him when he lit the strip, the light of the strip deterred the creature from attacking him. But by some chance the creature managed to attack him, swiping its long claws at him, before running away.

The force behind the attack threw him back, against a tree. Blood started gushing out of his body like there was no tomorrow. He looked at his wounds and realized that they were pretty serious. He didnt have a blood crystal to heal his wounds, making him realize that he might die today.

Man.. Do I have to use that now?

With the last of his strength, he opened his satchel still attached to him, and took the cube.

He then started hearing someone step, and quickly he hid the cube in his shirt. He saw Victoria running towards him. She looked at his wounds, and without saying anything took the satchel off of him. He wanted to say something to her, but didnt, he had to save his energy. He could see the coldness in her eyes, probably the first time he saw real her.

She just took his satchel and ran away, leaving behind to fend off in the cold weather.

The good thing is, I know how to solve a rubic cube.

With the last of his strength, he solved the damn thing in a minute or so. With the cube fully solved, a contraption resembling a syringe came out of the cube. Without thinking twice, he injected the syringe straight into his heart…