Trapped in the Underground Dungeon

(The entrance to Eric Damian's lodge)

Mathias, accompanied by Fateema, stood outside the door, knocking persistently. Mathias had rapped on the door several times, but received no response. Frustrated, he attempted to turn the doorknob and was startled to find it unlocked.

And he was on the verge of letting himself in...

"Are you absolutely certain about this? I mean, he's an incredibly dangerous vampire... What if he hasn't fed and decides to use us as his breakfast? What if this is an elaborate trap we're willingly walking into?" Fateema Fatta expressed, her tone quivering with nervousness and fear. The intensity of her gaze and the tremor in her voice revealed just how unsettled she truly was.

Indeed, anyone would be frightened. Behind that door awaited a creature unlike any other—a living, breathing monster, an embodiment of death itself. Fateema Fatta had heard countless tales of the ruthless and perilous hybrid, Eric Damian. In that moment, she regretted volunteering to accom