"Shit! I underestimated the First Squad", Arcana wears a hood and barely eludes the First squad. She runs towards the hometown of Liam, Raquit, "From that city, the forest is very close. I have to make it till there without getting caught".
Meanwhile, Liam finally comes out of the house after staying for 3 days. As he begins to walk, he remembers Dindi's words, "There is an information dealer in your city. He is a vampire who knows all about their affairs and status. He can give almost any information about vampires. He usually hangs out in a club called Vamp society. I believe his name is Drad".
"Vamp society...", Liam checks his phone as he vanishes from the sight of ordinary people.
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CAVE-PAST START
After escaping from the monster with the help of distraction created by Dindi, all four of them set up a new camp.
As Okti drives away the wild animals, Liam approaches him, "Can you teach me how to be strong?".
Okti observes him silently, "Liam, Dindi's death is not your fault. Don't take it hard on yourself".
"No, it's my fault. If I had been even a little bit stronger. We could have fought it together and take it down", Liam tears up at his helplessness.
"Fine", Okti agrees as he sees Liam's determination.
CAVE-PAST END
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Liam appears in front of Vamp Society which is pretty old and shady. He looks through the building's walls and locates some people.
As he is about to get in two bouncers stop him, "I am sorry sir but you seem like you are not invited here".
But Liam proceeds as if he did not hear them so the other bouncer tries to hold him down, "You are not allowed here".
SPLASH
Liam just glances at them and the heads of the bouncers go flying as blood covers their surroundings, "I did not ask your permission."
As he enters inside, he observes people drinking and dancing just like any normal pubs. But on looking closely, all the people seem to be drinking blood not drinks.
"I am at the right place", Liam confirms upon seeing this. He looks around to find the vampire dealer, famously known as Drad.
As Liam observes the people around him, five guards surround him, "Are you the one who killed the guards outside?"
Liam ignores their question and questions them instead, "Where is Drad?".
"You do not have the right to ask us, speak what did you come here for?", a guard asks in anger as he grabs Liam's collar.
"Who allowed you to touch me?", Liam glares at the guard.
"What is this feeling?", the guard gets terrified and goes away from him. But he still had to pay for his crime.
BOOOOMMMMMM
An explosion occurs and all the guards get swallowed up without any remains. Seeing this the people in the club begin to panic and start running away from Liam.
"What's with all the commotion? What is happening?", Drag finally makes his appearance following the disturbance. But there is nothing left for him to see, just the dead bodies and Liam sitting on a chair beside them.
"Wha...What ha...happened?", Drag gets terrified as he looks at the floor filled with his elite bodyguards.
"Are you Drag?", Liam gets up intimidating Drag who is already scared.
"You...who are you?", Drag gets overwhelmed as Liam walks towards him.
"I need something from you", Liam asks in a monotonous voice.
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CAVE-PAST START
As Liam starts his lessons with Okti in martial arts, he slowly starts developing abilities of vampires just like others.
"You are doing great Liam, keep up the good work", Rondy shouts words of encouragement.
"Why do you always praise others?", Undy asks as she gets a little annoyed by her sister.
"Because, idiot, I want to be on their good side. I look kind so that others will try to protect me. They might even sacrifice themselves for me", Rondy explains her wicked plans.
"If you weren't my sister, I would never be near people like you", Undy scorns at her.
"Oh my! Thank you", Rondy smiles at her.
"I am not praising you!", Undy gets irritated.
CAVE-PAST END
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"So these are the locations of vampires headquarter's where the elders and Minister maybe.", Drag gives him a mental image using telepathy one of the higher-level skills vampires use.
As soon as Liam gets the message, he thinks for a moment and says, "You come with me too".
"OK, Boss! I will follow you anywhere until the rest of my life", Drag says with over-flowing loyalty.
Liam just glances at him and leaves him be as he walks towards the exit, "First it's Otion".
But outside the club, Arcana passes by just in front of Liam and Drag. Her eyes meet Liam's as she rushes into Vamp society to hide.
"Whoa! Who was that?", Drag exclaims.
Soon following her the first squad arrives, they look around until they recognize Drag.
"Hey, Drag!", the captain of the five-man squad shouts from afar.
Seeing them Drag gets elated, "Yes, now let's see what you got Liam".
All the members of the first squad wore dark clothes from top to bottom revealing nothing except fo their eyes. Accompanying them was a local vampire who guided them to find Arcana.
"I need some information, did you see a blonde girl pass by?", the captain asks just before noticing Liam.
The moment he looks at Liam, he notices something is off. The smell of blood near them and the look of relief on Drag's face did not match up.
"The great warriors of the First squad. It is an honor to meet you", Drag runs and kneels before the local vampire.
"Drag, that person is just a guide", one of the members say in a straight voice.
"Oh!", Drag coughs awkwardly before coming in front of the captain and cries, "Please save me from this psycho!"
"What happened Drag?", the moment the captain finishes these words, Drag got the assurance that they would help him. So he hurries behind the first squad, "Now talk Liam. You were acting so cool earlier".
Liam gazes at Drag intently but Drag refutes, "What, you think I will be scared now? These people are one of the strongest people in the country. You cannot do anything. Just beg me I might leave your life".
"What did he do?", the captain asks.
"He killed all my guards and took info about the elders and Minister", Drag briefs the situation.
"Sorry, Drag but we have an important mission now. We need to catch Arcana", one of the squad members tells Drag.
"You, go and surrender yourself at the headquarters", the captain tells Liam as he prepares to leave.
"No. If they go now. Liam will kill me", Drag thinks hard to stop them.
"Ah! By Arcana do you mean princess Arcana from Notony?", Drag remembers the girl who passed by earlier.
"Yes did you see her?", the squad members ask hurriedly.
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Meanwhile, Arcana hides in Vamp society and watches the first squad and Drag interact, "Shit! They were together? I am done for".
Drag points at the building, "A blond girl who looked just like her entered my club just now".
Liam just continues to watch from the sidelines, "I will see what the strongest squad in the country can do".
The captain of the first squad looks at the building and smirks, "Arcana, I know you are in there. If you do not come out, I will blast the whole building".
"But captain, we have orders to capture her alive", one of his underlings asks.
"Don't worry, I will hold back and knock her out with injuries. She can heal quickly with her royal blood", the captain prepares to attack as his hands begin to glow.
"Here comes one of the captain's strongest attacks", the squad members wait for the captain to unleash his move.
BBBBOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM
An energy wave comes out of his palm and hits the building which begins to collapse upon impact.
"Wow! He just destroyed an entire building", Drag looks in awe.
Just then Arcana jumps out from the collapsing building and rushes away from the squad.
"Not so easily", the captain draws a whip out of thin air and catches Arcana.
"There it is the first-squad captain's special weapon 'The Whip'. When used with techniques, it is literally invincible", Drag exclaims.
Liam looks at the captain's moves and sighs in disappointment, "Weak!".
The captain drags Arcana and his squad surrounds her.
"What should I do?", Arcana tries to think of means to escape.
"You are so awesome, captain. I think you would easily be one of the strongest vampires in the country", his squadmate heaps praise.
"No no, I am not that strong. I would be around the tenth strongest vampire in this country", the captain tries to deny the praise but he is happy on the inside.
"Leave me, you bastards", Arcana struggles but they tie her up.
"Now that you are done, help me out with this guy", Drag requests the first squad. Liam looks at Drag who runs and hides behind the captain.
"Okay, just let me...", as the captain is about to capture Liam too, one of his squadmates interferes, "Captain, No need for you to make a move against this weak looking guy", he points at Liam, "Let me take care of him".
"Fine, Hadin you can have him", the captain tells.
Meantime, Arcana still hasn't given up on her escape, "If this guy is a bit strong. I can try to escape while they fight".
"Hey, you, If you surrender yourself I will leave you, or else I will beat you until you do not want to love anymore", Hadin tries to intimidate Liam.
But Liam being the person he is, ignores him and asks Drag, "Final chance will you come with me or not".
"You..are you ignoring me?", Hadin gets pissed off and takes his sword out as slowly walks at Liam.
"He is done for. Hadin can cut bullets into pieces with his sword", Drag smiles as he imagines Liam begging him at his feet.
"Bring him in quickly, Minister's son is waitin...", but before the captain finishes Hadin drops down on the floor.
"!!!???", everyone gets shocked as they wonder what happened. Then they find a fist-sized hole on his chest.
"What the hell?", the squad member, Drag, and Arcana exclaim.
"I couldn't even follow his movements. Who the hell is he?", the captain gets terrified, "Who are you?".
Liam just ignores him and jumps at the other squad members.
"Whoa! He is coming for us get into the formation", the captain shouts, and his three remaining squadmates follow him.
As soon as Liam lands on the ground, the captain brings out THE WHIP, his special move. The other three members also take out their guns and shoot at Liam.
"Take this. These are specially designed guns that can even kill vampires", one of the squad member shouts but Liam just catches them with their fists.
"What!!???", this truly shocked them. The bullets were traveling at around 2000 miles per hour and he just caught them.
"I might have made a mistake", Drag gulps in fear.
Seeing this Arcana takes this opportunity and begins to run away but no one tries to spot her. They are in no position to care about Arcana when Liam just killed one of their members and caught not one but around 30 bullets with his bare hands.
"Try.... this", the captain shouts as he lashes the whip with his full strength towards Liam.
As the Whip approaches Liam, he opens his palm and makes a grabbing posture.
"What is he trying to do?"
"Does he have a death wish?"
"Even the Elders wouldn't dare to do that?"
BBBBAAAAAAAAAAAMMM
Exceeding all their expectations, Liam grabs the whip barehanded, "Is this the so-called WHIP? Pathetic". Liam pulls the whip and the captain goes flying towards Liam.
"ARG!", the captain shouts in fear but before he could even say a world Liam punches his head onto the ground.
BBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM
The captain's body lies in a wide crater but his head got crushed and torn into pieces. Watching this, his squadmates knew they messed with the wrong guy.
"I made a mistake", Drag gets so scared that he pisses his pants.
"Listen to me...", the vice-captain tries to reason but Liam does not let him finish.
SSSSWWWWWOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHH
Liam moves his hand horizontally, generating a wave of energy that strikes the remaining three members turning them into meat paste.
Meanwhile, Arcana who was trying to run away stops upon watching all this, "That man...he is not a normal vampire".
"If this is the first squad then, I can...", as Liam thinks he suddenly feels something on his leg. He looks down only to find Drag grabbing his feet.
"Boss, I am so sorry boss. I will follow you till the end of your life", Drag beings to cry on his feet.
"I think I heard that before", Liam turns away as he reminds Drag of the time when he told he would follow Liam till the rest of his life.
"No!... Boss, before I told that I will follow you for the rest of my life. Now I will follow you for the rest of your life", Drag pledges his loyalty.
"!!!", Liam looks at him as if he heard something he shouldn't hear.
"You are not a normal vampire, right?", Liam and Drag turn their attention towards Arcana who is walking towards them.
"Oh! Princess Arcana, you look even more beautiful than the rumors", Drag beings his job.
Liam glares at Drag to make him shut up but Drag being the idiot that he is, continues, "Boss, you too, you are the most handsome person I have ever seen". Liam continues to glare at Drag, "Okay! Boss, I will shut up and stand aside".
"Who are you?", Arcana asks Liam. There aren't many people who can destroy the first squadron so easily.
Liam studies her before turning and walking away.
"Hey, wait!", Arcana gets shocked upon seeing Liam ignore her. How many people in this world would ignore her? Even the king of Alkaska, the one above the Minister and Elders would respect her for her potential as number one in the younger generation of vampires. That's why when the Minister's son who is 50 years old wanted to marry her she outright rejected him. But now the witch powers inherited from Arcana's mother who is a witch are telling to follow him. One of the greatest powers of witch includes foreseeing the future. So Arcana couldn't ignore the premotion that she is getting.
"Boss...you...Do you even know who you are ignoring? The number one beauty Princess Arcana", Drag tries to reason with Liam.
Liam just ignores him and continues walking. That's when Arcana's eyes shine as she gets a brilliant idea, "The Minister's son is looking for me".
Liam abruptly stops upon hearing this and his lips curve upwards.
MELTON HIGH SCHOOL
Liam, Arcana, and Drag land in front of the school Liam used to go.
"Boss, what is this place?", Drag looks around for any students.
"It is my high school", Liam tells slowly as he scans the area for Otion's aura.
"Is?? How old are you?", Arcana shouts in shock along with Drag.
"Eighteen"
Seeing Liam's strength, they thought Liam is a hundred-year-old monster just like the Minister or the King. But after hearing his real age they are thoroughly shaken. Even Arcana who is publicly recognized as the strongest in the younger generation can only go toe to toe with one of the members of the first squad that too not with the captain. But Liam, who is the same age as Arcana easily destroyed the first squad. If this matter is known, not only the vampires but all other races would get shaken up.
"Found him", Liam mumbles slowly and vanishes leaving behind Arcana and Drag.
"Why didn't he take us this time?", Drag looks around to find traces.
"He just doesn't want us to interfere", Arcana tells to Drag.
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Meanwhile, in a dark alleyway behind the school, Otion and his underlings are picking on two students.
"High schoolers these days are carrying a lot of money nowadays", Otion picks money from their wallets as his underlings are beating them up.
"If you had given the money earlier, you wouldn't have gotten so beat up", one of Otion's underlings tells as they let the two students go.
"It is a profitable night", another underling says as he thinks of what to do with the money.
"Yes, it is a very profitable night indeed", Liam appears from the shadows.
"AAH!", Otion and his underlings yell in surprise. All of them are vampires so they should be able to sense if someone is there but the hooded person in front of them appeared out of thin air.
"Who...who the hell are you?", Otion asks as he tries to intimidate Liam.
"You already forgot me?", Liam removes his hood revealing his face.
"Yo...you...", Otion gets terrified upon seeing Liam. All the people the Elders requested didn't return and it was pretty obvious that they died. But Liam is standing right in front of them. Moreover, he is giving off a terrifying aura. Also, his aura is so frightening that it is no less than the Elders he serves under. This sent a shiver down his spine.
Since Otion is a vampire he can sense the aura of Liam but to others, it was just some other kid who is trying to meddle in their business.
"Hey! Get out before I get mad otherwise, you will regret it", one of Otion's underlings stands in front of Liam in an intimidating way. As his underlings try to scare Liam, Otion gets horrified, "No...don't...". He speaks in a low voice as even words don't come out of his mouth.
SPLASH
Blood sprays everywhere as Liam kills all the underlings with just his aura. Otion's legs tremble as blood splashes on his face.
"We finally meet Otion", Liam takes a step forward.
Otion falls back as he trembles in fear, "It wasn't me...It wasn't me....the Elders told me.... they told me to do it".
Liam crouches down to face Otion, "Is that so?" and proceeds to snap his fingers making a hemispherical barrier that isolates them from the outside world, "Then blame the Elders for this too".
Watching all this, Otion gathers all his courage and tries to get up but...
Liam chops off Otion's legs and Otion screams in pain, "AAAAHHHH!".
Liam looks at Otion and mocks, "Can't have you running around, can we?". His lips curve upwards as a sinister look flashes on his eyes.
"Don't...Arg...don't...", Otion begs as grasps his knees, he tries to stop the blood loss as his legs slowly begin to heal. For vampires, their regenerative powers depend on their strength and bloodline. Royal-blood line vampires like the Minister and King have superior powers due to their bloodline from their father. But Otion is just a normal vampire so his regenerative powers were weak.
Acting as if he didn't hear Otion's pleas, Liam begins to tear his shirt apart and grabs his neck.
"Let's start, shall we?", Liam rips of the flesh from his neck till his chest in one go.
"AAAAAAAAAAAA!........AAAAAA! AAAAAAAAA!", Otions screams in agony as blood starts pouring out.
Liam coldly watches Otion wither in pain, "How do you like it? Weren't you the biggest bully? Why are you screaming like a coward, huh?".
"Sor...Sorry! I am sorry!...AAHH! Please...spare me", Otion begs for mercy as his face gets distorted in pain.
Liam enjoys the sight for a moment before saying, "Fine then, kneel and touch my feet I will spare you".
"Thank you", Otion tries to get up but his body starts hurting more, "This bastard...he is wantedly doing this? But still, I will get up". Otion gets up and kneels, just when he wanted to move his hands. He notices he cannot sense them.
"Hehehehe", Liam laughs menacingly, "Continue, beg, I will leave you I promise".
That's when Otion understood, there was simply no way Liam would spare him because Liam severed the connections between his arms.
"Since you do not want to live, don't blame me", Liam grins as he continues to torture Otion. The barrier made sure to not let any of the screams escape.
After some time, the moon is over their heads. The barrier is yet to disappear and inside it, Otion lay on the ground with all his limbs vigorously torn apart. Even his intestines were pulled out and laid the ground. As his body continues to twitch in pain, he begs in a meek voice, "Pl...ease...kill......me...".
Liam who is now covered in Otion's blood sneers at him, "Since this is a sight to behold, why destroy it? Let's stay wait until tomorrow".
"No...nonono...NO!", Otion's screams sound like music to Liam's ears as he slowly enjoys his revenge.