In Bronich City which was more than 400 miles away from Salem city.Maara was walking in the middle of the street at two in the night. Four men blocked her path at a junction. “Where are you going alone at this hour, sweetheart?” They seemed to be drunk. “Why don’t you give us entertainment for tonight?”“Weird triangular cheeks, and even weirder skin tone….” Maara snorted. “Do you think I wouldn’t be able to see through you replicants? Get out of my sight before I destroy you.”All four of them intensely stared at her for a little while before going their way.“If I fight them next to his house, it’s going to make me look bad. Maybe, that’s what they’re after,” Maara then went to a house which looked like an ordinary but beautiful house with only one floor. But it was spacious, and the garden on all sides of the house enhanced its atmosphere. “I’ve met some pricks who were system users, and most of them live in big buildings, but this guy is living in a rather simple house. This must
Ulmer and Maara were sitting in the back of the taxi, and he recognized the driver. “Aren’t you the guy I met a few months back? Roger, right?”“Yes, sir. I dropped you at Nelson’s home,” the driver, who was a young man in his early twenties replied. He was not stylish like Ulmer and looked very worn out right now, probably because he had been driving for many hours without resting. “I didn’t expect you to remember me. The 2000 dollars you gave me back then helped me a lot.”“I’m glad the money helped,” Ulmer smiled and then looked at Maara. “He’s at least ten years younger than me, but guess what? He’s already married and has a kid. I was playing games in my room at his age, skipping college classes. What about you?”Maara cast a cold glance at him but said nothing.“If it’s personal, then you don’t have to tell us,” Ulmer laughed. “Anyway, Roger, how are you doing these days?”“I’m doing fine, sir,” Roger replied, smiling, but Maara could see that he needed to rest.“You are driving
“Now that you’ve mentioned it, the sun has become whiter as if it’s going pale, and the moon seems to be glowing stronger, or is it the sun that’s getting weaker?” Ulmer looked at Benjamin. “What do you think is exactly going on?” He just talked informally. “What’s happening in your case is affecting the whole world as well?”“No, the world has been affected for centuries,” Benjamin said in a neutral tone, looking up at the sky full of stars. “My case is just a part of it. An isolated part.” He saw a line coming down in the sky.Ulmer also noticed that. “A star is falling somewhere.”“It’s not a star but a demon,” Benjamin said. “And it’s coming our way.”“What?” Ulmer didn’t believe it because he could see the star falling down. “That’s not a star. What are you talking about?”“Stars don’t fall. They have a firm base set in the firmament, so they won’t fall until the second heaven itself gets shaken in the future. That’s the only time the stars fall… during the end of the world. You
Ulmer was about to open a portal so that both of them could teleport to Los Angeles, but Benjamin grabbed his hand, and the portal got closed by force.“What was that for?” Ulmer was startled.“Don’t carelessly open portals. It messes with the frequencies and affects the surrounding areas,” Benjamin told him. “The demons will take advantage of it. People who are sick could get sicker. People who are crazy will get crazier.”“R-Really? I didn’t know that.”“If you want to open a portal, then do it in the sky,” Benjamin pointed upward. “Ether can take that overload better than the earth.”“That makes sense,” Ulmer smiled. “The sky is seemingly but it holds so much more energy than the earth and is also more flexible. That’s why the sky is above, whereas the earth is below.”Benjamin then brought Rebecca’s car back to the villa, even though he could have told Maara to do it.Afterward, he left with Ulmer, and Maara secretly followed them in Roger’s car.Benjamin and Ulmer were both trave
The next morning.Benjamin and Ulmer came out of the airport and took a taxi to the Helix company, a government organization which was funded for research on the human genome.“You think this place holds some secrets?” Benjamin asked Ulmer.“Yeah, I met the CEO of this company a month back during the science fair, and she gave off very bad vibes,” Ulmer replied. “I don’t know what she is yet, but I think we can start things from her. She might hold some information regarding what we’re looking for.”Benjamin knew that Ulmer was currently working as a teacher at a local school, even though he was also the emperor of Syslon, the city of systems, at the same time. “You seem to have realized that the images they show in books are all just theories.”Ulmer sighed. “Yeah. They give us the double helix for the DNA structure, but there’s no proof for that. Nobody really discovered its true shape because nobody has seen it. They say that our genome is like computer code, like an AI code which
“Actually, we do, but after meeting you, I’m having second thoughts about meeting her,” Ulmer said. “I feel like I can keep looking at you forever.”The receptionist blushed very much. “You can have my number if I can have yours.”“That won’t be a problem at all,” Ulmer said, “but first things first, we’ll go upstairs and meet your boss lady.” Saying that both Ulmer and Benjamin went toward the elevator.The receptionist was still blushing and did not care if they had the appointment of the CEO or not.As they were going up in the elevator, Benjamin said, “If your wife heard you say those words, what would she do?”“She’s a soft girl, but I think she’ll still pluck my hair out and count them right before me,” Ulmer replied with a straight face.“Mm,” Benjamin tried not to smile. “Then why did you flirt with that receptionist?”“It’s just some old habit of mine,” Ulmer breathed out a sigh. “I dated a lot of girls online, so I’ve gained that experience.”“Don’t let that receptionist fin
Marilyn wanted to rip off Benjamin’s genitals, but Ulmer’s knee reached her cheek first. And Ulmer’s knee kick sent her flying into the wall. Her cheek and jaw bones cracked, but they were repairing fast.“Urgh…” Marilyn didn’t like how she was easily beaten. (I’m one of the few awakened blood suckers in the world! I can even see the fastest bullet in the world in slow motion, and yet I couldn’t see that bastard’s kick coming. These two men are definitely not ordinary. They are not vampires, but they are much stronger than I thought. But are they stronger than my master or not? That’s the big question.)“I can hear your thoughts very clearly,” Benjamin said. “We aren’t here to kill you trash now. Just give us the information we want, and we’ll let you live for now.”“Krgh,” Marilyn gritted her teeth. Normally, she would be the one who would toy with her prey, but now she felt she was on the receiving end of her enemies’ mercy.“Who is your master?” Ulmer asked her. “If you’re afraid to
“You can remove your mask and talk with us, Mr. Crowley,” Benjamin said, shocking not just the woman but also Ulmer. “Let’s not wait until the night falls.”Ulmer had seen through this woman’s mask, but he didn’t think this was a man posing as a woman. “Wait, does that mean her breasts are fake.”“They’re not fake. I just changed my gender when I was young and have been living as Alexia, that’s all,” Alexia Crowley said, regaining his composure pretty quickly.“So, they are fake!”“They’re not fake!” Alexia barked for a second but then smiled. “But if you’re interested, I can show them to you right now.”“No thanks. I don’t want to poison my eyes,” Ulmer replied quickly.“Haha, aren’t you quite a rude one,” Alexia laughed angrily. “Anyway, what brought you little shits here? Do you think you can beat me just because you managed to intimidate Marilyn? She’s just one of my underlings. I have created dozens of vampires like her. The difference between her strength and mine is like the di