Pan put his hands behind his back. “I’ll let you have the first thousand attacks.”Benjamin, Rye, and Shadow dashed forth simultaneously, but almost instantly, a great light blasted out of Pan, blinding all of them.It happened very fast, and the light faded off pretty quickly, too.Rye looked around, but she couldn’t see anyone else but Benjamin. “W-Where did the devil go? Where’s Shadow? What exactly happened?”Benjamin stepped closer. “You were not awake when we fought the devil. Shadow died in the process, but we survived.” He held her hand. “Nothing will separate us from now on.”Rye was surprised to hear those words. “Benjamin…”He was about to hug her, but she waved hand and slashed through his neck, and it turned out that he was an illusion.“Tsk, how did you figure it out?” he asked. “I’ve completely tricked your five senses. You shouldn’t have been able to doubt me.”“Benjamin is still married, you bastard! He would never say such a stupid thing!” Rye released a burst of ene
“I just took her to the fourth dimension and made her spend 66 years over there, suffering as I slowly killed everyone she loved,” Pan casually answered while smiling. “It was quite a fun ride. Do you also want to experience the magic of time? I’ll let you experience 666 years of pain or pleasure depending on whether you’re willing to take my side or not. If you join me, I’ll put your dark powers to good use. If it’s you, it’s possible to combine the powers of vampires and werewolves and create an ultimate being on earth. You’ll be far more powerful than the one you’re serving now.” While he was talking to Shadow, he was also keeping an eye on Benjamin. “Why do you look sour? Do you feel regretful now?”“The only thing I feel regretful about is that you’ll still be alive after I beat your ass,” Benjamin retorted in a tangibly cold voice.Pan smirked and looked at Shadow. “Do you want to come to my side or not?” he didn’t sound that patient this time.“I’m already standing on the righ
Dahlia came to check on Rye’s condition. She looked physically okay, but mentally, she looked so drained. Dahlia infused some of her holy energy to help soothe Rye as much as possible. It did help Rye feel somewhat better.Shadow suddenly appeared in front of them.Rye looked up at him. “Did you find him?”Shadow shook his head. “If he was anywhere on this continent, I should have been able to find him, but his presence has completely disappeared.”“H-He didn’t die during that explosion, right?” Dahlia’s voice wavered.Rye frowned. “There’s no way that happened.”“But his opponent was none other than the devil,” a voice came from the side, startling everyone, for it was Damian.“Y-You’re still alive?” Dahlia was shocked. “Didn’t Benjamin completely destroy your heart?”“Yeah. I thought I died, too, but for some reason, I’m still alive,” Damian said, his voice not at all sounding weak. He looked like he had somehow recovered his lost energy. “But I think I have an idea as to why I’m st
Samael and Damian fought an intense battle that lasted many minutes, but in the end, Damian ran away from the fight.Samael didn’t chase him because he had better things to do.The first thing Samael did was find the ancient ‘written’ records left under the first vampire king’s grave. Despite all the damage done because of the recent fights, the grave was still intact because it was carved out of hard stone.Samael was very happy to see that the records were still there. “Solomon’s spells… Hahaha,” he laughed to his heart’s content. “When Amaal was alive, he didn’t let me into this cave, but now I’m finally able to get my hands on the spells that can summon demons from the abyss. With these spells, I’ll be able to transform the world however I see fit!”He kept staring at the writing, and couldn’t understand it.“I’ve heard that these scripts were written in assyrian language since the first vampire was an Akkadian.” He looked at his red bracelet. “Can you read it?”[Yes, of course.]
Akira was the one who first left the moonless kingdom, but the troubles she went through were numerous.When she was surrounded by many great beasts that were the size of mountains, she thought she was going to die. After all, these beasts weren’t just big, they were also stupidly fast. Moreover, Akira was already wounded and tired.“The nightmare cloak is also not working well because I’m on my last legs. Is this the end?” she clenched her fists. Her claws made her palms bleed. “Carlos… If he was in my shoes, would he have given up? I don’t think so.” She used her Vapor Walk to try and escape the beasts as best as she could. Because her stamina was already drained a lot, she couldn’t use her Vapor Walk for long, and the beasts easily caught up to her. “Dammit!” She grew wings and flew high, but a giant frog jumped and caught her in midair, miles above the ground level, with its sticky tongue.The frog rapidly pulled its tongue into its mouth.She thought she was a goner, but somethin
Dahlia and Rye almost reached the edge of the continent, where there was destruction all around.The collateral damage of the battle between Benjamin and Pan had reached all the way to this place. The shockwaves from their fight destroyed countless trees, and the shrapnel broken wood pierced the flesh of many monsters and made them go crazy.Even though this was a bad place to be around, they had to stop not just because they were tired and needed to catch their breaths but also because there was a crimson mist floating near the border.The beasts that entered the mist came out like mindless monsters that were on kill mode. Their aggression was upped to the max, and they attacked and killed anything that moved in their sight.Dahlia was the one carrying Mina’s body after Rye had stitched it together.“What the hell is that mist?” Dahlia didn’t have a good feeling about it. “It’s messing with the minds of those beasts.”“I think the vampires deployed it so that nobody will be able to e
A couple of days later.Delle, the most obedient and punctual and also sane maid in the Sterling villa, brought coffee in the morning to Rebecca who was now basically staying on the balcony most of the time.Because she was feeling so cold from staying outside, she grabbed the coffee without hesitation.Delle was still standing there with the ceramic plate in hand, so Rebecca said, “You can leave.”“Um…” Delle went out of her way to speak her mind. “Ma’am, if you don’t mind me telling you this, I don’t think what you’re doing is good for you. It will affect your health negatively, and you won’t be able to look healthy when Benjamin returns.”Rebecca was surprised for a second. She glanced at Delle. “You think Benjamin would return?”“I believe he will,” Delle didn’t sound too sure, but Rebecca could sense some honesty in her eyes. Till now, nobody in the villa had shown this much hope for Benjamin’s return, except for Akash. Even her sister Veronica didn’t believe in his return anymor
The moment Rebecca left the villa in her car, Louis followed her. Bella had to stay in the villa to look after her children.Selena immediately called Brian on her mobile. “She’s coming. You prepared everything well, right? If this fails, I don’t think I can give you another chance. I’m already so tired of many people failing.” Because she was a woman with a high success rate in her acting career as well as in many things she put her mind on, she had been vexed ever since Benjamin came into the sterling villa and began to turn Rebecca’s mind.“I’ve prepared the perfect thing,” Brian assured confidently. “It’s a highly advanced humanoid robot that will be posing as Benjamin. There’s no way she’ll be able to spot any difference.”“A robot?” Selena frowned. “Are you fucking kidding me? She’ll easily be able to tell the difference when she kisses him!”“No, she won’t. As I said, this robot resembles humans in almost every aspect,” Brian said. “Their skin is also highly realistic. They can
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