"It's a good day for you to die, asshole!"
Rainer charged with a shout and Steven read his movements in the darkness. Vampires were faster than average avatars. He was with the 9th generation of vampires that moved into Sidney. Fortunately, Rainer was not from the older generations like the 6th or above. If so, Steven wouldn't be able to read his movements even with the help of Cocktail-B.
Although Steven could read his movements, he still couldn't keep up with the speed. That's why he taunted him instead. As sharp nails flew in to rip him apart, Steven reached out with both hands. Dukgoo quickly retracted his hands since knew what Steven was holding onto now, but it was too late. Steven had already grabbed Rainer's arms.
This time, however, Steven did not have a spiderweb in his hands. As he pulled, Rainer scoffed and also pulled in his direction. Steven then let Rainer pull him away and wrapped the web onto Rainer's arm.
Rainer opened his eyes in shock as he witnessed the web slicing his arm off.
"YOU BASTARD!"
Rainer's eyes grew wider, and when Steven's eyes met his, Rainer tried to exert a powerful hypnosis spell with his eyes. However, Steven just poked both eyes with his fingers.
"AARGH!"
Steven then quickly moved past Rainer and wrapped the web over Rainer's neck. A vampire's hypnosis was strong, but it didn't work against strong-willed humans.
Thankfully, Steven's mind that had been trained over 10 years in search of vengeance was not that weak. Rainer realized something had been wrapped around his neck and begged.
"D-Don't kill me!"
"Tell me one good reason why I should let you live."
It was just a matter of pulling on the string to cut the head. Rainer shouted frantically.
"M-money! I'll give you money!"
"How much?"
"I have 700.000$ in cash! I can give you more! J-just don't kill me!"
Rainer's arms were cut and his eyeballs were destroyed, but those injuries were not from a silver weapon so he could always recover with some human blood. That's why he desperately wanted to be spared.
"And where is the money?"
"In the basement! It's in the safe!"
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"Combination."
Rainer flinched.
"I need proof that you won't kill me."
"Oh? Nevermind then."
Steven tugged lightly on the string and Rainer shouted as he felt web straining him.
"141927!"
Steven memorized the number and loosened the string. Rainer panted as he dropped down and Steven asked, "Who's behind you?"
"What?"
"You tried to kidnap people. Who are you working for?"
Rainer became silent. Steven pulled on the web again and Rainer spoke.
"It's from the family head."
"Are you from the House of Dmitri?"
"Right."
There were two 1st generation vampires, Dmitri and Drago. It wasn't strange for Rainer to spill it so easily as Dmitri wasn't someone Steven could handle at this point.
"Okay. I'll forgive you for the money."
Rainer sighed in relief, but then Steven yanked hard on the web. Rainer's head was cut off instantly. His mouth opened as his head rolled on the ground, but it soon turned into ashes. Steven said as he looked down, "Forgive you my ass. I suffered for ten years because of you."
Steven then went down to look for the safe and opened it up. There were packs of blood and cash. Steven stashed it all in a bag he found inside the house. The cash was divided into two bags. Steven searched the house again, but there were no weapons. Rainer probably assumed that the ghouls and his own power were enough. Moreover, vampires were extremely influential beings that many could not afford to meddle with. That's why Rainer and the other vampires did what they did ten years ago.
"Well, this moeny will get me good equipment."
During his ten years as a hunter, he started out with nothing. He later acquired equipment worth millions. This wasn't a large amount of money for him, but it would help for now.
Steven carefully checked all the rooms and found a locked room that looked like storage. As he broke it open, there were two women lying on the ground with dazed looks. Steven sighed as he looked at the two who were brought here as offerings. Their families were ripped apart in front of them. They were hypnotized right now, but they would now live with the nightmares that they'd seen. There was no way to save them from that nightmare.
"But you must live. You must survive."
Steven left them in the room, went back up, and searched through the remains of the dead ghouls and Rainer. There were a total of five bloodstones. Bloodstones were extracts of a vampire's spiritual power. The bloodstone from the vampire was much better in quality than the ones from the ghouls.
Steven picked up Rainer's cell phone. It was stolen. Steven then called 911 to report that there were unconscious people at the address and left with the bag and Rainer's clothes.
Steven heard the sirens of the police cars and firetrucks. Those women were going to live, even if it meant that they had to live through their nightmares. However, in order for them to live, Steven needed to kill the crazy vampires in Sidney.
He took a cab and returned to the Abitan streets. Soon, he was before the old man again.
Steven placed the bag and bloodstones in front of the old man. Steven arranged it so that the four bloodstones from ghouls were in front and Rainer's bloodstone was at the back.
"You know what this is, right?"
"What have you done?"
Steven looked straight into the old man's eyes and placed one bag up on the counter.
"I'm hunting. Can you get anything if I have the money?"
The old man looked at Steven with a frown. Even if the Sidneyn vampires were young, they were known for protecting each other, which made them famous across the globe. That's why even most avatars did not choose to meddle with vampires.
However, the boy just said he hunted vampires.
Only two types of people would do his. He was either a complete fool or a real hunter with the power and courage to hunt vampires.
And if Steven was the latter, he was valuable.
"If you have the money, I can get you anything," the old man smiled.