Chapter 19 - Extreme (1/2)

”Master!” The chorus cry attracted the attention of the lazing snakes, gathering them around the fledgling.

The little serpents that were coiled in Versailles' tail immediately rushed towards her, their snake eyes filled with fear and worry.

”What happened? Why is Versailles injured so badly?” The snake queen asked the instant she reached the group.

”We were attacked by a pack of vampires. Master got injured while protecting us!” The fledglings' heads were bowed in shame.

They felt that their master was so badly hurt because they were useless.

If only they were stronger then things would not have been so bad.

Thinking up to here, they all dejectedly slithered away, leaving the elder serpentines looking at their forms in pity.

Life in the Nar realm was not easy. If they were not exposed to the brutality of the realm, they would never be able to protect themselves in the future.

So, in a way, them getting exposed to such incidents was a good way to prepare them for the impending future.

With understanding looks on each of their faces, the elders carried away the unconscious Versailles.

***

Luke could not accept the fact that he could not stop one serpent girl from fleeing his clutches. Not only did she flee, but she also escaped in such a way that he himself felt ashamed of his incapability.

As one of the oldest and longest living beings in the Nar realm, he always prided himself on being too experienced and seen far more things than other creatures and vampires to be involved in the rudimentary affairs of the Bloodsucking clan.

In fact, if it was not because of the urgency to uncover the mastermind behind the Bloodsucking clan's issue of securing feeding sources, he would not have lowered himself to mingle with the elders in the Vampire City's hall.

But today, he got utterly defeated by a serpentine girl that was probably not even half a century old. It seems like he had become too complacent after enjoying many centuries of life filled with ease.

Unbeknownst to him, Versailles was no ordinary serpentine. If he had the accumulated experience from living for thousands of years, Versailles had the experiences of three live times fighting to survive.

However, as Luke found it shameful to lose to a serpentine, he felt it was time for him to get back his sharp edge and for that, he needed to journey to the Eternal Mountains, leaving the Vampire City.

Having decided, Luke sent a blood message telepathically to the elders, guiding them to the Elven clan as a temporary food source and turned blurry before disappearing.

***

In the east of the Nar realm, the environment was eerily quiet. This was the region where the flame cave that led to the werewolf clan's Underworld Palace resided. There was zero activity.

At this moment in the Underworld Palace, the city was occupied by only females with very few males.

”Are they still at it?” One female carrying a bucket asked another next to her.

”Yes, they are still at it. I do not know how much longer they are going to keep this up.” There was a worrying form on the woman's face as she secured her hold on her own bucket.

”Well, pretty soon hopefully. Because if they keep up any longer, I am worried that something will happen.” The other replied.

The females rushed back and forth carrying buckets of medical concoction deep beneath the underground city where growls and shrieks of pain greeted their ears.

The metallic taste of blood filled the air as grunts were followed by the sound of scorching and tearing flesh.