The moment his scream stopped, Oliver fired the arrow and Nolan moved forward, placing his hand in front of the arrow, but again diverted it from its path, making Oliver click his tongue as he thought.

'This again.'

Nolan continued to advance and Oliver pulled out another arrow, but before he could fire, Nolan was already in front of him, striking Oliver's head from the side, who ducked and ducked.

Seeing a chance, Oliver struck directly at the vampire's belly, hitting squarely and making the vampire bow slightly, however, the most surprised was Oliver, who opened his eyes wide in thought.

'How hard, it feels like I hit a wall.' However, the proximity didn't last long and soon the vampire turned his torso next to his arm, hitting Oliver in the face with the back of his fist, who blocked and retreated when hit and grunted thinking . ‘It’s faster.’

Oliver stood up and saw Nolan still in the punching position, looking more tired as he sweated considerably and stared at Oliver who was frowning in thought.

‘It’s stronger.’ Oliver felt his arm hurt and shook it, still getting used to the pain. ‘More than the first time I faced it.’

The vampire seemed to be waiting intently for something while Oliver took a step back and the vampire continued to stare with his heart beating at an abnormal frequency that made Oliver frown, but with a quick movement, Oliver drew an arrow and Nolan roared and charged forward. again preparing a punch which Oliver soon dodged again, entering Nolan's range while pointing the arrow directly at his chest.

However, at the last moment Oliver frowned and threw his body to the side, firing the arrow that hit Nolan's arm and pushed him slightly back, forcing him to retreat.

‘I can’t kill him if I want information.’

But Oliver relentlessly insisted and advanced on Nolan who tried to protect his face with both arms, but it was a feint and Nolan looked confused, until a strong blow came to his stomach and made him bend over, spitting saliva.

A direct punch came at his face and threw his body back, making him fall close to the alley wall while Oliver continued to walk towards him.

“It doesn’t even look like you, it must be difficult to control yourself like that.” Oliver frowned and thought. 'He's stronger and faster, any arrow won't even pierce him. But at the cost of that he looks like a beast fighting, he has no technique left.’

Oliver continued to frown and pointed an arrow towards Nolan.

“I already said that I won’t kill you, nor your friends, but if you don’t surrender I will continue-”

Before Oliver could finish, he heard a heartbeat that seemed even louder and saw Nolan grunting as his body seemed to continue to change.

“You irritate me so much...” Hair grew more and more and his skin darkened, along with claws and fangs that became much more apparent and his frustrated look gradually became more enraged. The pause between his heartbeat was now almost non-existent, until he quickly stood up with his eyes completely red as he screamed. “WHY DON’T YOU JUST RUN AWAY?”

Nolan's eyes widened and in an instant the vampire advanced towards him, Oliver fired the arrow that stuck in the vampire's shoulder, but did not pierce deeply, making Oliver's eyes widen as he bowed as he was hit by a body throw.

The force of the advance was so great that it threw Oliver as he felt something pierce his belly.

Oliver stepped back and saw the vampire still in a much lower posture, with black hair covering his body and mixing with his blond hair, his muscles were larger, but he looked more bestial as he stopped after advancing while salivating.

'He's making a lot of noise, but it's not just to attract attention.' Oliver frowned and brought his hand to his stomach, feeling a stinging pain as he noticed blood oozing out, again he looked at his bow and thought. ‘The arrow hindered him, but it barely entered, if he had done everything he could have opened my abdomen...’

Quickly the vampire raised his head and Oliver frowned as he saw the beast advancing again.

Oliver positioned himself and widened his eyes, watching the movements of the beast that struck with its claws open, aiming at his face, Oliver ducked, dodging, but again the vampire lunged, trying to dig its claws into his chest, once again forcing Oliver to retreat.

'That damn thing doesn't even look like Nolan anymore, besides.' Oliver jumped back as high as he could to dodge when the vampire advanced with his mouth and arms open trying to grab him, from the highest point Oliver pulled out another arrow and quickly fired. , hitting the vampire's shoulder as he bowed slightly. 'He's attacking to kill, while his heart feels like it's going to explode.'

In an instant, the vampire who was on the ground positioned himself and Oliver clicked his tongue when he realized that he was close to the end of the street, but soon he saw the vampire jump towards him with both hands positioned behind his body.

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Oliver clenched his teeth in preparation for what was to come and then the vampire struck with both hands, making a hammer blow that hit Oliver's arms, making the vigilante's eyes widen as he was pushed and thrown towards the ground.

Clenching his teeth, Oliver hit his back on the ground and rolled trying to break his fall, but soon he saw the vampire advance and without wasting time Oliver jumped over the vampire again, once again placing an arrow on the bowstring and shooting at the vampire's back, which he grunted, but soon turned around and started attacking Oliver, who frowned at the thought.

‘This will never end.’ Looking back, he noticed that the wall was already close and then he frowned at the thought. 'I have to-'

Oliver heard a much louder beat that soon followed the fast rhythm and saw the vampire again make a single advance, even faster than before.

Oliver jumped back in the hope of retreating, but the vampire reached out and turned his entire body, delivering a single blow with his open palm, making Oliver's eyes widen as he tried to block with both arms, but again the impact happened and Oliver was thrown against him. the wall, hitting his back and slightly breaking the wall, which released splinters.

Oliver frowned again as he saw pieces of rocks fall next to him, but again another sound of a heartbeat was heard and Oliver's eyes widened again when he saw the vampire at his side with his palm open.

Oliver was going to block again, but he saw his right arm with deep cuts that were still bleeding, forcing Oliver to duck, dodging the blow that hit the wall, making an explosive sound that again threw rocks to the sides.

Seeing a chance, Oliver moved forward, taking one of the stones and pressing it hard, crushing it, generating small stones and dust.

The vampire advanced and Oliver retreated again, but soon he knocked on the wall at the end of the corridor and said.

"Shit-"

Oliver completely closed his defense and again the vampire advanced, starting a sequence of fierce blows that with each punch made Oliver's bones crack while he grunted in pain.

The vampire continued to strike relentlessly, releasing furious and feral screams while Oliver, head down, defended himself.

His punches were heavy, but still Oliver kept his eyes wide beneath his defense as he thought.

'Not yet...'

All he could hear around him was Nolan's screams as he continued to beat him while his heart beat rapidly with a pause of just a few moments, the entire street was silent and all he could hear was the vampire howling as he attacked, starting spinning with his entire body, burying Oliver more and more into the wall with his heavy blows.

But then Oliver would lift his head with bright green eyes.

The attacks were incessant, but Oliver knew from the beginning that the vampire had received all the blows without defending himself, through the gap in his arms Oliver could see the opponent turning his entire body to deliver the blow.

Again the vampire struck, aiming for Oliver's face, who this time, when he saw the punch coming, deflected it, moving his face and the vampire's fist hit the wall, burying his fist in the concrete while Oliver looked at him closely.

Once again the vampire raised his other fist, but this time Oliver took a step forward and struck faster.

A palm strike hit the vampire's face and he was pushed back, however, a grunt was heard and dust escaped from the blow, revealing the vampire's face with pieces of stones stuck to his face along with some that had entered his eyes and they forced the vampire to squint as he grunted when he heard a quick step.

But still his blow continued and his other fist went through the concrete, burying his other arm again and he clenched his teeth knowing that Oliver was no longer there.

In front of him he heard the sound of something stepping on the roof, but then jumping, making the vampire grunt.

Far away he heard a landing and he also heard a landing followed by a voice calling him.

“Hey.”

On the other side of the street, outside the corridor, Oliver had a trickle of blood dripping from his forehead after so many blows, but his eyes still glowed bright green as he pulled out his bow, positioning it on his body.

The vampire turned around, still unable to see, and forced his arms to pull them off the wall as he quickly returned to chasing Oliver through his voice, hitting several trash bags as he ran, but he already seemed slower and clearly tired while Oliver had already positioned the arrow.

Oliver pulled the arrow string as hard as he could as he watched the vampire advance wildly, however, he sighed much calmer as he thought.

‘There are no cars nearby or anyone walking, so I can do this.’ Oliver aimed his arrow which seemed to emanate a faint green glow around him. ‘I will bring you back.’

The creature again prepared itself, crouching its body and preparing to advance, when again Oliver heard a loud heartbeat that made him smile as he fired the arrow while thinking.

‘Even in this state, you still move forward with everything to finish.’ The arrow left a greenish mark on its route that lasted a few moments and Oliver concluded. ‘If I know when you’re going to advance, even though you’re stronger, it’s easier to hit.’

The arrow pierced the vampire's thigh, passing through his flesh to the other side and then again the vampire grunted, but jumped.

However, before he reached Oliver, the vigilante walked up to him with his fist raised.

A direct punch came with force and the vampire was counterattacked, his body went forward and his head went back, and was then thrown.

Nolan fell to the ground and stopped moving, just breathing heavily and pantingly while little by little Oliver heard Nolan's heart rate lower.

‘It’s been a few minutes, it looks like it’s going back to normal.’

Slowly Nolan's body began to shrink and his appearance returned to normal, Oliver stopped walking when he saw Nolan returning to his earlier form, but even thinner than before as he grunted trying to move.

“Are you going to insist?”

"You would not understand." Nolan tried to support himself on one of his arms as he said. “Please run away...”

Oliver frowned as he heard Nolan's heartbeat getting weaker and weaker as the vampire trembled.

"Why do that? Is the master vampire your friend?”

“Master Vampire, is that what you call it?” Nolan frowned and brought his hand to his completely weakened chest as he knelt. "I had no choice."

"What do you mean-"

Oliver was surprised when the complete silence took over and his eyes widened when he realized that there was no longer a heartbeat.

Nolan's body gave way and fell to the ground, landing on his face as he remained paralyzed.

Oliver remained wide-eyed as he saw blood drip from the mouth of the vampire who remained motionless on the ground while silence still hovered beneath the alley.