Chapter 253: The Cavalry (1/2)
”What's with the cold stares? I mean you no harm… If I wanted you all dead I would have killed you all by now…” The Vampire's deep voice was casual but his words were cold, his power unquestionable, no one daring to respond, other than 1 crazy girl...
”A-Alex… I-is that you… Your back! You finally woke up you jerk!” Abby yelled with an absurd look in her eyes, running up and hugging his cold, almost lifeless body tightly before she was respectfully pushed to the side by that same man she was hugging.
”Alex? Who is this ”Alex” you speak of mistress? Are you referring to the name that belonged to this body before my arrival? If so then I am sorry to inform you that he is no more… Only I, Alucard remain… Mistress, death is a permanent process… Once a soul is gone there is no retrieving it back… The same applies to us undead, once our soul is crushed, we are no more… However, I was a special case since I had been given extraordinary powers and privileges from my old master and that is why I am here to complete his wishes… To serve you, the follower of the future demon lord as your greatest weapon, although in my current state I am far from my full power… You are the followers of Avilia's successor are you not?”
Everyone did not move an inch, the atmosphere cold and ominous around that man calling himself Alucard, the vampire soul that had possessed Alex's body.
Everything going on was too unreal, the turmoil in their mind unimaginable as the feeling of death ran down their spine from that one entity, the safety of Moby and the death of the shalker still eating away at the back of their heads.
They were not sure if this vampire could even be trusted, or even worse, if Abby in her current state could be trusted to control him, and they were not willing to test it out...
”A-Avilia? Who's that? Alex, why are you talking funny? I find it cute...”
Abby spoke with uncanny puppy dog eyes, asking the same question going on in everyone's minds.
Alucard looked at his master with wide eyes and a hint of confusion, clearly sensing the distress in her soul.
”Hmmm? You all are demons and you do not know about her? Time must have changed many things... Very well… Allow me to explain. Avilia Graymore is the most powerful demon in history, born a weakling with no powers and rose through the upper echelon to absolute supremacy. On her journey, she managed to recruit several different demons that she trusted with all of her might, and as a demon of sin, she assigned a sin to seven of her strongest, most trusted allies. My former master belonged to one of these sins… Shadar Baal, the sin of pride, a necromancer, just like you, only more powerful than you could even imagine, and even he paled in comparison to Avilia Graymore. Seeing that your leader was entrusted with the power of sin and is the clear demon lord successor, that must mean that-”
”COME ON! IT SAY'S THEY'RE IN THERE!
”What!? Are you sure!”
”Yeah! The signal is going haywire but I think I know what I'm doing!”
”They're in that cave! They must be scared out of their minds! Let's get 'em!”
The sound of screaming and many footsteps were heard coming from the exit of the cave, catching everyone's attention, their voices sounding oddly similar.
At first, instinctively, due to their frightened, hazy minds of confusion, they thought that they were shalker troops from within the ship, sent by the shalker to pinpoint their location and kill them.
Then, the sudden realization hit them that those men were speaking English, not shalker or that weird other language Moby was speaking prior.
”N-no… It can't be…”
Jayden mumbled to herself, unable to believe her own ears as the shadow of a man began entering the cave, the sound of his clanking armour echoing in the air.
Instinctively, she knew what she had to do, firstly storing the teleport pad along with Ray's robots back into her inventory and trying to open a mind-link with Abby so she did not make any noise.
'ABBY! Quick! Store that vampire in your inventory! If he's seen by them we're all going to be fucked!'
Yet, despite her best efforts, all she received was a staticky mess trying to contact her, making her inwardly curse, not knowing if it was due to the fact that her mind-link had yet to reconnect or if her mind had broken down to such a point that mind-link had become impossible…
Yet, despite the discomfort of knowing that Alex's undead lookalike might be discovered, she could not help but cry tears of joy without even knowing it, a unique feeling of comfort in her soul as the man's full body entered the cave and was now on full display…
”DAD!? How are you here!?”
She blurted out loud seeing her father's face, unable to hide her expression.
”JAYDEN! JAYDEN! I'm so, so, so, happy you're safe…”