“[Condense]!” The blood mist condensed into a sphere of liquid, drowning Klith within.

This was the first time klith has encountered a spell from outside the Abyss, it felt weak.

The vampire lord gave a smirk when he saw the trapped Klith, the prey had taken the bait. Immediately after, the vampire lord softly uttered, “[Implode].”

The blood sphere started condensing violently as an immense pressure befell on Klith from all sides.

Klith remained impassive about the condensing blood sphere as he dispersed it with a slight wave. It felt very weak.

The vampire lord immediately recovered from Klith’s show of power as he proceeded with his annoying smirk, “[2nd Stage Blood Lance]!”

Ten crimson blood lances materialised by the vampire king’s side and with a wave of his arm, the blood lances shot towards Klith, targeting his vitals.

Sensing the increase in threat level, Klith cast his own shield, “[Abyssal Shield].” A green shield tainted with black mist formed in front of Klith, absorbing all ten lances.

Slightly annoyed at his blocked attack, the vampire king immediately announced, “Pesky insect. You are no Ancestral Vampire. If the Ancestral Vampire was here, he would have summoned me to meet him instead. And that shield, we vampires don’t use that kind of shield. YOU. FRAUD.”

“I’m not really a pure Ancestral Vampire,” Klith replied in a very matter-of-fact tone.

“It doesn’t matter anymore. [Final Stage Blood Damnation],” the vampire king immediately used his trump card. He had an ominous feeling the longer he dragged the battle.

The light in the throne hall dimmed as chains of blood appeared from the ground and attempted to bound Klith in place. Klith immediately did a backflip, narrowly avoiding the chains.

As if the chains were alive, it redirected itself towards Klith and shot forward. No matter how fast or how he moved, the chains kept chasing Klith around the throne hall.

“Tch,” Klith expressed his annoyance for the first time.

“Ha, do you feel the despair? These are cursed blood chains. The chains will not stop unless they bring their target into damnation,” the vampire king gloated with confidence.

No. Klith was far from despair. In fact, he was annoyed. Very annoyed.

A glint flashed in Klith’s eyes as he sprinted towards the vampire king. The vampire king tried to dodge but he was much slower than Klith, allowing Klith to bypass him.

The blood chains immediately pierced towards Klith but unfortunately, they pierced their caster first. Upon coming into contact with flesh and blood, the chains immediately dragged the struggling vampire king into the ground.

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Before he was swallowed up, shouts of indignance filled the throne hall.

Then, the throne hall once again became silent.

“Um… Since you have killed the previous vampire king, you shall now be our next king. It should be passable with your vampire-like features,” Roland changed the way he addressed Klith upon finding out that Klith was actually not the Ancestral vampire.

Klith glanced at Roland, then at the remaining vampires. The noble breeds immediately nodded in agreement.

After helping himself onto the throne, Klith asked, “Now, where am I?”

“Sorry?” A noble breed reckless spoke out of line. She had a slim figure with smooth raven hair that touched her back. She immediately apologised for her mistake and introduced herself, “I am Clara of the Amelia family. Replying to my king, you are currently on Blood Island, home to the vampires.”

Klith overlook her mistake and asked a doubt of his, “Then...where are the other species, such as demons and humans and so forth?”

The vampires looked at each other with bewilderment, not really understanding why Klith was asking this.

“My king, they are on other Northern continent, where the majority of the species are located at. Where did you come from, my king?” Roland recovered quickly and asked.

“I came from the Abyss,” Klith casually stated.

Abyss…

The word echoed with their minds as stared at Klith with fear. All of the species knew that anything from the Abyss was dangerous and terrifying, Abyss to them was like a taboo.

Klith did not notice their unnatural reaction as he was deep in thought, ‘I am tasked by father to find a lover, but I have slain their king. Father has always taught me to be a responsible Abyssal, so now, carrying out my duties as king takes precedence.’

“Are there any issues you would like your king to settle?” Klith spoke to the vampires after strengthening his resolve.

“I believe that ‘Majesty’ would be a more befitting title. Your Majesty, I would like to voice out that our vampire species is on the verge of extinction due to the relentless assault from the elves and the humans.”

“Very well, I shall be known as Your Majesty from this day forth. Those under me shall serve me well and I will not fail them,” Klith declared, his majestic aura awed the vampires.

“Now, let’s solve this vampire crisis.” Wasting no time, Klith got down to business.

“Your Majesty, I am the General of the vampire army, Michael Kel. Blood Island is located in the Reppeigo Sea, the closest kingdom to us is the Reize Kingdom, human territory. Currently, our forces in Reize Kingdom have been decreased to 1,000. With the help of the magic from the elves, the humans are now armed with enchanted silver artifacts, we stand no chance against them,” Michael quickly gave a break down of the most urgent matter.

“Well, I can try my best to save the remaining vampires, but I don’t understand. Why are the elves and humans attacking the vampires?” Klith was unaware of the long feud between the species.

This time round, Roland answered, “Your Majesty, us, vampires have a long grudge against the elves since the beginning of time. The elves believe that what the vampires call magic are actually evil arts an insult to magic, like a stain on their pride. Hence, the grudge. As for the humans, they fear and despise our ability to turn them into common vampires. Since the rise of the Holy Church, its influence spread across the kingdoms, hunting for demons and vampires.”

Klith rubbed his head. ‘Is this what Father has to deal with everyday…’

“I have a proposition, “Klith sighed. The rest of the vampires listened attentively at what Klith was about to say. “I will go to the demons and form an alliance with them against the Holy Church. Meanwhile, Michael will bring along enough vampires to rescue those stuck in Reize Kingdom. Once done, we will gather back here. Any objections?”

Roland raised his hand, “Your Majesty, let me accompany you on your journey to the Forbidden Territory. The demons are nothing but brutes.”

“I understand your concern Roland, but Blood Island need someone to protect it. I will cast a dome over Blood Island before I leave,” Klith rejected Roland’s decision.

“I understand, Your Majesty. Please take care,” Roland yielded.

“This will be it for now. Roland get me a map of the World. We will leave once all preparations are done,” Klith gave the final verdict before dismissing the council.