"Everyone died. So I put a huge rock to seal up the entrance", Minister tells in a grim face but at the same time near the cave.
BBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMM
The rock blocking the cave gets smitten into pieces. An unimaginable force struck the cave making it crumble. After some time, as the dust beings to settle, Liam slowly walks out. But he has changed completely. He is not the kind and meek boy he was three years ago. It is not that only his body has matured, but there is a dangerous and deadly aura emanating from him. His black hair got longer and now he is visibly muscular. With his red eyes shining more brightly than ever, he looks like a demon lord in the world of mortals.
"Finally", Liam looks at the sun without any emotion as he recalls the time when he was caught.
"Otion, First Elder, Second Elder, and Minister, I am coming for you!", he vanishes from sight and appears in his hometown which is 3 miles away in seconds. He looks at a newspaper nearby, "Three years, huh!".
He slowly begins to walk in the direction of his house, "Many things have changed, including me". As he walks around, the people look at him weirdly, "Why is he walking around half-naked?" while some people admire his body, "Who is he? He looks like a celebrity, and he even has such a hot body".
But not caring about his surroundings, Liam sees his house.
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After Liam was left to rot in the cell for, his body started healing at an unimaginable pace before he was restored to normal. Just when he thought the pain subsided, the First Elder was back again, "Hey, you patched up pretty fast".
"Wh...why?", Liam makes a hoarse sound while lying on the ground.
"You know I can't tell you that", the First Elder takes an injection from his pocket and gives it to Liam.
"With this, you will get back your energy", First Elder picks up Liam and foes towards the edge of the cave from where a bright light is coming from.
"Wha...What do you mean?", Liam asks as his body begins to overflow with energy.
"Try to stay alive", First Elder throws Liam out of the cave.
"Noooo", Liam shouts at the top of his lungs as First Elder takes pleasure in watching his struggle and fall.
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As Liam approaches the door, he senses some people inside his house.
"That bald head said that he would buy this house for 100 grand"
"Yeah, we can create fake documents and sell since the brat living here is dead"
Liam hears conversations coming from inside his house but he acts normal and opens the door.
"Who the hell are you?", one of the thugs ask.
Liam ignores him and looks around, his house is almost the same except for the empty room that the five thugs were using and the smell of cigars all over the house, "They must have broken in recently".
"I know you, You are the kid who use to live here", one of thug points a finger at him.
"So weren't dead. But you choose the wrong thing to do. If you had fleed instead of coming here you would be alive", one of the thugs tells as another takes out a gun from his pocket.
"If you were thinking properly, you would run away from here when you saw us", the thugs surround him and laugh at his stupidity.
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After Liam was left to fall from the cave, he noticed that he was falling into a forest surrounded by large cliffs. That's when he understood, the cave is the only way out from this forest as it is surrounded by hills that are impossible to mount.
DDOOOOMMMM
Liam makes a loud noise on impact with the ground but surprisingly, he is not hurt. He gets up and dusts himself, "What did they do to me?".
He looks around and finds people in a similar position, confused and scared.
"Everyone, calm down!", a man shouts so that everyone can hear.
"I know you all are confused but this is not the time to panic. I heard there is a monster in here so we should not waste anyti..."
RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW
The monster springs out of the bushes and makes a thunderous roar as it bites off the head of one man beside it.
"Ru...run away", the man who was trying to keep everyone calm shouts as he takes off into the forest. Liam stands there as everyone runs for their lives. He looks at the monster, catching two people and dragging them into the forest.
"Heeellllpppppp!", the two of them scream in fear but everyone runs away.
Liam knows he is scared but also wants to save them. After a moment of thinking, he runs away.
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"Since you don't want to run, die!", the thug with the gun yells.
CRACK
The gun makes a loud noise as the bullet is triggered at Liam. Liam doesn't even have a trace of fear nor any emotion as he doesn't even bother to dodge it. As the bullet hits Liam's chest, it crushes under its force and falls.
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"Wha...What?", the thugs shout in unison. This man has just taken a bullet and nothing happened, "Is he a superman?".
The thug with the gun fires some more bullets only for them to meet the same fate as the earlier one.
Seeing the impossible, the thugs get frightened to their bones, "Wha...What are you?".
"Me?", Liam raises his eyebrow, "I am a hunter". Liam plunges forwards and pierces one person in the chest pulling his heart out like plucking a flower. His body drops onto the floor as blood springs like a fountain.
But the other thugs are not even trying to escape, their minds are frozen in terror that they ould not even flinch.
"Ple...please spare us"
"We are sorry"
The thugs know that they could not escape Liam even if they try so they choose to beg.
Liam snorts at their actions, "Would you have spared me if I was normal?". The thugs look down continuing to shiver in fear.
He proceeds forward, with each step he takes, they get chills to their spine.
"This world is only for the strong and you are weak", Liam swings his hand across all four of them.
DDDDUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMM
All four heads fall on the floor one after another, Liam stands there with his hands covered in blood without any emotion as if he has killed many people before. He looks at his hand in cold-blood, "The hunt begins".
Notony
Elsewhere in the country of Notony, a neighboring country of Alkaska, the palace of the vampire king Jeremia is in a complete panic. The reason you ask, the son of the minister, Nash who is from the powerhouse country, Alkaska has fallen head over heels for their princess, the world beauty, Arcana. But the kingdom of Notony has decided to make princess Arcana the next queen for their vampire kingdom. So if Nash asks for marriage, Notony is too weak to reject it and face the consequences and if they accept their request, the fate of their country will be in the hands of Alkaska.
As the situation starts getting out of hands, King Jeremia goes to his daughter's room. He is wearing a black robe and has long white hair and beard. The moment he opens the door, he sees Arcana standing in the balcony of her room. Under the bright moonlight, she looked like an angel. Her long blonde hair shining brighter than ever and her pure white skin making even the moon pale in comparison. Like all vampires, her red eyes added a look of nobility to her. Overall she stands to true the word, the most beautiful vampire to ever exist. But her face shows traces of worry upon the current situation.
"Arcana, are you all right?", Jeremia understands the look on his daughter's face. Even though she is just an 18-year-old girl, she has too much to handle.
"Father, what are we going to do?", Arcana knows there is no proper solution so she can only wait for her father to make the decision.
"I don't know but do not worry, I will never hand you over to that Nash guy", Jeremia tells Arcana with a forceful smile on his face.
"Father, I have an idea. Let me run away", Arcana tells with a confident look even though she is young, she is quite mature.
"What? No, what if you get caught by the people from Alkaska? I even heard that bastard Nash has deployed the best vampire squadron in Alkaska, the first squad to search for you if you ran away", Jeremia knows how scary the first squadron of Alkaska is. Their total strength is no less than the First and Second Elders put together.
"Don't worry, father! I have a plan. If I run away, you can say that I took the decision on my own and ran away. So nobody will blame you or take action on Notony. As for me, I am better off being alone. So what do you say?", Arcana looks confident with her plan.
Jeremia thinks for sometime before giving his nod, "Although I am reluctant to send you alone, that is the best option to keep both you and country safe. But be careful, the first squad is not to be taken lightly and so is Nash and the Minister".
"Okay, Father!", Arcana begins to pack her stuff to make a run, "I will try to get help from the witches of the dark forest".
"I don't think that they will take you in. After your mother eloped with me, they cut off all ties with her", Jeremia sighs. The witches in the forest across Alkaska popularly know as the witches of the dark forest are beings that are on a whole other level compared to the vampires. Even the King of Alkaska who is said to be the strongest vampire won't dare to go into the forest. If only they could help him in this predicament.
"Father, I will take care of myself. You take care of my kingdom", Jeremia laughs at her and she hugs him before going with a smile, "Bye, Father".
Countryside of Alkaska
Liam finishes cleaning his house and restoring it to normal, "Done". For a human, it would take many days but Liam, he isn't normal anymore. He completed it before an hour. He walks towards his mother's picture as he recollects what happened.
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After the monster went on a rampage, it killed most of the people while the survivers formed groups to endure the harsh wilderness.
Liam sits in a pit created by them along with five others.
Undy and Rondy, two twin sisters who were also orphans and high schoolers, the same age as Liam. Both of them have the same features except for their hair color, Undy has black hair while Rondy is blond.
Okti, the one who told others to be calm. He is a military officer so he is well-experienced in these harsh conditions. He is tall and muscular like a typical military soldier.
Dindi, a news reporter who found the existence of vampires and is researching on them. He is tall about 6 feet but not as tall as Okti. He has brown air and a nerdy personality.
Mudu, a doctor who worked with Dindi in uncovering the truth about vampires. He is a bit off a playboy but skilled as he has good knowledge.
The six of them worked together for some days to get food and shelter.
"Arg! Tastes like shit", Undy spits out the meat of a wild boar.
"You need to get habituated to this", Okti tells as he eats the raw meat.
"By the way, Dindi", Liam finishes eating and gets up from the campfire to wash his hands, "Do you have any idea why the monster only hunts us but not the other animals?".
But before Dindi answers Mudu intervenes, "Let me explain. We have been injected with vampire blood thus explaining our superior abilities, except Liam, you don't have them fully yet", Liam grunts at his statement but Mudu ignores him and continues, "Although I don't know what the consequences might be for normal humans consuming vampire blood. And the monster only hunts those with vampire blood. So I think those people who captured us want it to learn hunting vampires".
"Wow! Mudu, you are seriously so intelligent. As expected of the man I choose", Rondy heaps praise on Mudu as his face swells in pride.
"Such a show-off, both of them", Dindi snorts at their behaviors as Liam interrupts him, "Dindi, why would the vampires do this? Do you know any reason?".
"I don't know but from secretly observing the monster all these days, I can tell that its strength is increasing each time it hunts someone. This may be due to the monster devouring us giving it vampire blood", Dindi explains.
"Oh!", Liam somewhat understood what he was saying.
"But the vampires, they are not supposed to grow in strength but the monster is growing by consuming us. So the monster is clearly not a vampire and the vampires are known to be so prideful that they do not mingle with other races", Dindi tells as he thinks about the reason behind this.
"So what we need to do is to eliminate the monster before it gets too strong", Okti finally talks.
"Yeah but even with our powers, it is still not enough", Mudu tells in a serious tone which is unlike him.
"If only I had powers", Liam tells himself as he remembers what Mudu told him when he checked why Liam didn't get any powers, "Your body is rejecting the vampire blood while our mingled with it directly so it might take some time for your powers to develop".
"I think I have a plan", Dindi mutters loud enough for everyone to hear.
"What is it?", Okti asks but suddenly he hears a roar.
RRRRAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW
"The monster...", Rondy gets chills in her spine as she hears the roar.
Suddenly the monster's claw makes its way to Liam.
"Liam, move", Undy shouts but realizes Liam stood there frozen in fear.
"AAA!", Okti grabs Liam and jumps to the other side as they barely dodge the monster.
As Liam gets out of the way, Undy and Mudu punch the monster's hand making the monster take it back.
"You guys run, I will divert it", Okti tells as he gets up.
Undy helps Liam up when they hear Rondy, "Didn't you hear him! Let's go".
"He is fighting for us and you want us to abandon him", Liam yells as Rondy as he tries to help Okti fight back.
"Stay back Liam. Mudu and I will help him, you take the girls to safety", Dindi shouts as he punches the monster from the side. Taking this chance, Mudu pierces it on the back with a branch.
"AAAAAA", the monster wails in pain as Okti shouts, "Let's run".
As they start running, the monster the pierced part of the monster finishes healing and it pounces at Dindi and bites him off cutting his body into two pieces while dying the surroundings in his blood.
"NNNNNOOOOOO", Liam shouts in horror.
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