Meanwhile, in the prison of Aslahan, deep in the basement where prisoners are tortured for information, a vampire was enduring relentless torment.

His bloodcurdling screams echoed throughout the torture chamber as his frail body was barely kept alive by the continuous infusion of medicine.

The man interrogating the vampire was Major General Zorick. He stood imposingly in front of the chained vampire, his fists tightly wrapped in chains.

"You were the guy in the cell next to that woman's.. You must have heard something. Spot it out already, we have other witnesses to interrogate." With a wicked smile, Zorick delivered another punch to the vampire's face.

By now, the vampire's face was unrecognizable. His arms were crushed, spine was broken, his ribs protruded out of his body but he was still alive. More blood coated Zorick's body than remained inside the vampire's. His screams and pleas were so horrifying that even the soldiers and prison guards trembled in fear. As for the other prisoners, they could only pray that they wouldn't be next.

"Hmm.. Mary. This one cannot speak now. Dispose of his body and prepare the next one for interrogation." Zorick spoke calmly to his Appointed Colonel, Colonel Mary.

Mary quickly pulled the dead body from the chains before signalling to the soldiers to bring another prison, while Mary threw the beat-up body in a corner.

As the Soldiers opened the door to bring out another lamb for Zorick's "Interrogation", the cries and wish for mercy could be heard in the group of prisoners, trying to get away from the soldiers but they understood that it would be them eventually.

Once the next Prisoner was chained up, Zorick picked up a notebook and acted as if he didn't just torture another Prisoner. "So.. You are a vampire too. You were in the cell in front of that Woman who escaped. Tell me everything you know and I'll make it quick." Zorick promised with a wicked smile, tightening the chains around his fist.

"I-I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. THAT WOMAN JUST KEPT QUIET THE WHOLE TIME SHE WAS THERE. THE ONLY TIME SHE SPOKE WAS A MINUTE BEFORE THE BREAK-IN.. THAT'S THE ONLY THING I KNOW." The female prisoner terrified as she squirmed to free herself from the chain. But the chains restricted the use of her Blood Arts.

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"Aww.. You are trying to free yourself. I'm sorry but those chains are made from high Quality Argentite Steel. It's made to restrict pesky vampires and their blood art." Zorick said with a devious look, wiping the blood off of his face.

"Now be a good vampire and clench your teeth. If you told me this much, then surely you must have heard more from that woman." Zorick said calmly before he began punching the female vampire ruthlessly. The hatred for vampires was evident in his eyes as he punched her mercilessly, kicking her on the torso, breaking her bones until she screamed in pain.

"Mary.. Put this woman on life support. I want her to live as much as possible." Zorick demanded calmly before he started torturing the woman once again. He thrashed her with a Baton made out of Argentite Steel until she couldn't move her body, going as far as to use a knife to cut open her stomach until her liver and stomach were leaking out of her abdominal cavity.

"I... Don't.. know..." The woman repeated in a low whisper continuously. A plea of mercy, A plea for a fast death, that's the only outcome she wanted.

"Please... Just.. kill m—" The woman whispered in her final words before her vocal cords were torn out of her throat.

"I won't let Vampires have their last words be fulfilled... Ever." Zorick screamed at the woman and stomped her face. He kept stomping even after she died, by then the stomping only made a squelching sound.

"I LET ONE OF YOUR KIND ESCAPE! I WON'T DO THAT SAME MISTAKE EVER AGAIN! YOU HEAR ME!? NEVER AGAIN!" Zorick declared at the top of his voice, before he stopped and looked back at the remaining prisoners. "Get one of them here."

The other four prisoners were interrogated in a similar manner. Each of them dying in a similar cruel fashion with their bodies so mutilated that no one could recognise them and the entire basement reeked of blood.

"Get the prison guards to clean it. This wasn't fruitful at all." Zorick said calmly as he wiped off the blood off of his hands and face before leaving the basement.

Mary, silently nods and signals to the soldiers and prison guards to dispose of the body by feeding the corpses to General's Pet Piranhas, situated in a pond behind one of the doors in Aslahan's basement.

"Oh.. How much I wish I had the company of that Vampire who escaped yesterday.. The guards told me she was so beautiful.." Zorick whispered in a perverted manner as he grabbed his chest near the heart and began murmuring even more.

"I wanted to tie that bitch to my bed and do so so so many things.. until she showed me what she truly looked like. Such a shame that a guy broke her out." Then Zorick adjusted his uniform as he made his way to his room in Aslahan's Living Quarters. His work was incomplete, but he was satisfied with what he did.