Rye’s feet stopped, and she glanced over her shoulder. “Who’s Sasha?”“His wife,” Bob replied. “He brought her while coming back from the outside world. In fact, he’s the one who also brought the sovereign's wife here, so he’s one of the main reasons why the Sovereign is locked up in this kingdom.”Rye’s blood picked up speed pretty fast. “He did what?” she clenched her fist. The wind began to swirl around her, and the pressure grew so strong, the thick metal cages bent away from her as if the space itself was distorting around her.Most of the prisoners that were talking badly about Rye were blown back into the walls and got knocked out of their senses. Those that were still standing had utterly baffled looks playing on their visages, having no clue what just happened. And they dared not utter another word; good or bad.Bob looked particularly stunned. (Did she just release her spiritual power? Just an angry thought released so much energy out of her. I knew she was strong, but not t
While Cranston and Denise were fighting with blades of grass just to pass time, Zakaria caught a squirrel and let it go only to capture it again soon after it started to run away.Zakaria repeated this enough times to make the squirrel just give up on running away. Even when he let go of it, it didn’t flee but stayed there.In the background, Shadow was fighting yawns, and he lightly slapped himself a couple of times. “Don’t sleep, you idiot,” he scolded himself. “If you snooze in an enemy's territory, you won’t be able to defend yourself when they come at us, and your head will fly. You can’t ever let that happen. You must see your lord and bring him home. Don’t relax your spine until then.”The purple lights in the garden were eerie to look at, and the darkness all around didn’t help him keep his eyes open, either. He felt like sleeping, but he couldn’t. His body was tired because he hadn’t slept in a while, but he wasn’t in a position to listen to such selfish requests. The best he
Zakaria and Cranston were in too much of a rush to listen to Denise’s words. “Your death is certain!”Both of them unsealed the power of the tattoo in their hand, which enhanced their speed and power twice as much with the help of borrowed lightning.“Hallowed Heavenly Thunder Claw!”They didn’t care about injuring their surroundings and unleashed a powerful swiping attack, aiming to tear through the opponent’s body.And they thought they had their man.However it was their heads that were sent flying with a sweep of Greenie’s arm. That didn’t kill the vampires, but it made a statement that this powerful vampire duo was not a match to the green orc before them.While the vampire maid was surprised by the result, Denise wasn’t.The vampire maid could see that Denise wasn’t attacking the orc anymore. (I was planning to put the orc under the guillotine after he loses and make a statement to the other orcs, but I didn’t expect the orc to be this strong. Just what did this freak drink for
Wearing a poker face while slowly chewing poppy seeds, a pale man in black clothes with two curls in hair was sitting on the throne. This was Amaal Mort Breaker. He looked younger than he did in the past because he had absorbed the lifespan of multiple people, including his own son.A small flying snake flew into the king’s palace and entered Brad's head through his ear.Brad’s expression quickly changed as the snake delivered information.“Your Majesty,” Brad quickly stood. “A-Area B has been destroyed. All the clones and knights we’ve sent have been defeated single-handed by Ryan Wolfe. But he’s wounded it seems, so we should send some of our men to deal with him before he runs to his home.”Amaal’s expression stayed pretty much the same. “Area B is very important, not just to our economy but for our future plans as well. Since Ryan has touched something he shouldn’t have, let’s send him a return gift.”“What should we send?” Brad asked. “A limb of the sovereign? Or an eye perhaps?”
“Tear that young girl’s heart out and eat it before our eyes,” Amaal bluntly stated. “That is all.”Shadow’s expression utterly froze.The knights sitting in their chairs put their hands on their weapons, as if subtly suggesting to him that he should do what Amaal asked of him, or they would attack him.Shadow didn’t have this in his calculations. He was expecting to be rewarded for his efforts, perhaps, after putting him through another tough battle right before the king’s very eyes, but he surely wasn’t expecting a test of his character to be a part of it.While Shadow was confident in fighting Amaal alone, he wasn’t sure about fighting the king with all the knights supporting him. If they were to attack him while his focus was on Amaal, he would get wounded and in turn lose the battle. This left Shadow no choice but to use what was probably the best trick up his sleeve.“You want me to kill an innocent child?” Shadow smiled. “Sure. I’ll gladly do it.”The vampire maid brought the l
The kingdom as well as all the dungeons built under it were lifted up into the air, as the island kept spinning in slow motion. Invisible to the naked eye, spiritual energy in the form of a hooded snake axially spun in the middle of the kingdom to give that upward thrust and horizontal spin.It proved extremely difficult for everyone on the surface to keep their faces calm as spinning wasn’t the only motion that they needed to face. The black hole that had formed at the center of the kingdom kept spreading streaks of black lightning all over the kingdom and pulled everything inside, whether it be people or houses.Mina looked exhausted. “Growing old is never fun. After only one big move, I feel drained.” She wanted to take a bit of rest to recover her stamina, but Molly Swan flew past her and entered the black hole.“Dammit. That one looked strong,” Mina had no other choice but to enter the black hole.Inside, there was a shadow world of its own, with most vampires getting flummoxed b
Rye and Emmanuel moved all around the kingdom as they fought with the full intent to destroy each other until not even a single cell in their bodies remained.“Void Wind Rush!” Rye’s punches generated red lightning streaks that tore the space apart, looking to disintegrate everything it touched. Emmanuel's sword got destroyed every time he tried to block her attacks, but his sword kept regenerating almost instantly.And Rye could see that it wasn’t Emmanuel’s strength, but the power was coming from the sword’s golden-red hilt.“Your sword hilt… it’s forged from a halo, isn’t it?” Rye asked. “A halo of one of the 200 fallen angels. No wonder it can withstand my martial arts that can destroy all physical elements.“A halo can’t be controlled to this extent unless you give it what it needs,” Rye’s fists were charged with red lightning that made very faint but deep noises like the sound traveling through water. “Just how many people do you slay every day to keep that weapon under your con
The impact of Nova Bolt sent Emmanuel into a three-mile-deep hole in the earth. Rye grabbed his throat and squeezed it and crushed his windpipe and every muscle in the neck, thereby separating his head from the rest of the body.Because she had used spiritual force, that should have killed Emmanuel if he were an ordinary vampire, but he was far from that.Worms grew out of his neck and reattached his head with his torso.Rye was disgusted by that. “Just what is your body made out of?Emmanuel grinned; His eyes were pretty dark at this point. “Revenant Rise!” He howled.The blood that had spilled from his body began to spread throughout the earth like roots and raised the dead and disintegrated bodies and let evil spirits possess them. They were numbered in hundreds.“Dark magic…” Rye frowned in rage. “I’m not surprised anymore.”“You are getting mad because I spoke the truth,” Emmanuel laughed angrily. “But if you taste human meat, you’d know how tasty it really is. While the skin isn
George came to Rebecca who was sitting in front of a piano she hadn’t played in a long time.“Will you help me with learning the piano?” George asked her politely.“I myself am relearning it, so, no,” Rebecca replied, “uncle.”George laughed. “I’m your brother-in-law, not your uncle.”“Both are fitting,” she retorted, “in this case.”George found it embarrassing and frustrating that she wasn’t giving him any face even though he was just trying to be friendly, albeit with hidden intentions. “Do you know what happened to your sister’s husband?”“Akash left, it seems,” Rebecca said.“Yeah. But the shocking thing is that Veronica isn’t crying,” George opined. “Even enemies will shed tears as they’re parting, but… how come your sister isn’t shedding a tear? I didn’t know her heart was so cold.”“It is good that she’s not faking her crying like some others do,” Rebecca replied, startling George.“I-Is that what you think? Now that you put it that way, I don’t disagree.”Just then, Fiona arr
“Haha, did Veronica’s husband really go back to his country?” Fiona laughed excitedly as she privately talked with her daughter Riley in a guest room. “I didn’t think things would happen so smoothly. Now, we just need to introduce one of our rich allies to Veronica, and the rest will take care of itself. I should also deal with Rebecca’s husband, too.”“Mom, I need to tell you something,” Riley said.“Go on,” Fiona was eating sweet bread which Delle had made.“I…” Riley hesitantly said. “I think I’m in love with Benjamin.”Fiona choked on her bread.Riley quickly gave water.It was only after drinking the water, Fiona was able to breathe again. She took a few deep breaths and looked at her daughter in shock. “Are you fucking kidding me? You have a wedding soon, and you’re saying you fell in love with Rebecca’s husband? A pizza-delivery guy?”“No, mom. Rebecca’s husband is Benyamin, the guy with the wolf haircut, but the one I fell in love with is Benjamin,” Riley clarified, “the guy w
“It’s obvious that your sister has come here with a goal,” Selena was talking to Jacob in his room. “Fiona is a snake through and through. We can’t let her stay here for long, or she’ll cause our family to split up. If we give our daughters to the billionaires she refers to, then they will try to have control over our family. You do realize that, don’t you?”“So you want me to send my sister and her family away when they came to our house after so many years?” Jacob asked her back in an annoyed voice.“Yeah. You can’t hesitate with a snake, or it will bite you when you’re most vulnerable,” Selena added. “If you don’t send her away, she will stick in this house for a while and make a mess out of our family.”Jacob thought about it. “I can’t do it myself, but I know someone who can.”“Who?” Selena curiously asked.“Your eldest daughter,” Jacob smiled.“Rebecca?” Selena was surprised for a second. “I see. If Fiona confronts Rebecca about her marriage, then Rebecca wouldn’t just watch. If
“How are things with your family, brother?” Fiona asked.Selena raised an eyebrow. “You’re in a family that deals with real-estate, so you should already know how we’re doing.”“Haha, I do, but outside information can only be trusted so much,” Fiona responded. “Recently, we’ve worked hard on getting a marriage deal for Riley. Her fiance owns a reputed sports agency that deals with covering all the popular international sports. He earns hundreds of millions every year, but his father is a tycoon in the alcohol industry. Their net worth is in tens of billions.”“Good for you and your daughter,” Jacob smiled.“By the way, Brother,” Fiona glanced at Veronica and Akash. “What does Veronica’s husband do?”Jacob’s expression slightly changed.Veronica frowned and looked at her mother who was looking back at her with a rather poker face.“He is staying at home for now,” Veronica said openly.“Pfft, he’s jobless?” Riley snorted. “Your taste is so bad, Veronica, not just in terms of finding a pa
Benjamin went to the first floor and waited in the hall until Rebecca left her room.Then he went to her room. The door was locked, but he solidified his energy in the keyhole and opened the door.He entered the room quietly and saw the water bottle on the table next to her desk. It was half-full.Benjamin took out the vial and poured a drop of water into the bottle while saying ‘I love you, Rebecca.’He entered the bathroom and poured a couple of drops in the bathtub while once more uttering the three words ‘I love you, Rebecca.”He was about to come out of the room, but then he stopped and then ended up leaking another drop of water on the pillow, and another on the blanket. “I love you, Rebecca.”“Hopefully, this will help,” he thought.Benjamin then hurriedly left the room and then went to the rooftop. He mixed a few more drops in each of the four water tanks, while saying the words out, “I love you, Rebecca.”He looked at the vial.Three fourths of it was finished.He put the via
Despite Uzza, Rye, and Benjamin living in separate rooms, there were many guest rooms still available in the mighty Sterling villa, the best property on Rachel Hill.So, the families of Jacob’s siblings stayed in those rooms without any issue.But the problem was with the cousins, who were trying to show off. They acted arrogant and haughty with Veronica and even mocked Rebecca for the little hair she had on her head, not even bothering to wonder why exactly her hair was like that.Rebecca didn’t even bother talking to them, or sparing a word with them because she knew how selfish and self-centered these people were.Jacob and Shawn might have forgiven these people, but Rebecca couldn’t just act like nothing ever happened.She didn’t treat them badly, either. She just ignored them and minded her business.However, her cousin sisters got their eyes on Benyamin who was quite good-looking. Her cousin brothers were also unable to avert their eyes from Rye.Rye looked more like an exotic f
So many people started visiting Sterling villa ever since Selena herself had leaked the news of her buying a lot of land and buildings in Aurora Hills.Selena was sitting on the balcony, with Veronica next to her.“Why has the traffic increased so much?” Veronica said, “I’m seeing so many cars come and go recently.”Selena somewhat smiled and sipped on cream coffee. “I wasn’t born rich, Veronica. My relatives didn’t even let my parents into their homes or invite us to their functions because we were poor as church mice.”“Stop joking, Mom,” Veronica smirked with amusement. “You look like a million dollars. I’m sure our relatives’ sons back then would have wanted to marry you.”“You’re not entirely wrong, but they didn’t want to marry me as much as they wanted to mess with me,” Selena said. “I still remember one guy telling me, ‘I may look ugly as hell, but I can show you heaven in bed.’”Veronica went silent in shock. She didn’t think her mother’s beauty would have brought such terrib
Delle was bringing food, three varieties, on a big plate.Rye intercepted and took the plate from her. She brought it to Benjamin and sat by him under the tree.The grass was cool, even though the breeze was warm.“You think I haven’t noticed that you weren’t eating anything since you made that 40-day promise?” Rye said. “You were just acting like you’re eating.”She broke the bread mixed with fruit and brought it closer to his mouth.He didn’t open his mouth.“Do you want me to stop eating just like you are doing?” Rye said.Benjamin, who was staring into the distance, glanced at her. “Is it possible to love and hate at the same time?”Rye pursed her lips together, not quite understanding why he asked such a question. “I was angry with the things you did. I am still angry, but I don’t hate you. So, if you really love someone, I don’t think you can hate them.”“If there is no hatred in his heart, then how is Neel able to do this to me?” Benjamin asked, a hint of pain laced through his
Rebecca and Benyamin had breakfast together.This nearly made Selena’s eyes bleed. She didn’t think she’d live a day like this.Watching them eating happily was like injecting poison into her body.While she loved seeing her daughter happy, she couldn’t spare any mercy on the man who tricked her daughter into marrying him.Even now, she was thinking in her heart, devising plans on how to separate her daughter and her husband.Having lost the mood to eat breakfast, she came to the backyard.Amber was preparing the background setting needed for the interview.“Where’s Kathy?” Selena asked.“S-She’s with Samuel Sehla, ma’am,” Amber hesitantly said.Selena’s gaze turned a little icy, but then she smiled. “I knew Kathy had it in her, but I didn’t think she’d be able to grab the attention of someone like Samuel Sehla.” She looked at Amber. “What about you?”“I-I don’t plan on grabbing anybody’s attention,” Amber quickly replied.“Tsk, tsk,” Selena shook her head. “Try to grab Benyamin’s att