Volume 3, Human, Non-Human Killer 5: The Madness of Non-Humans and the Calmness of Humans (2/2)

Anceo abruptly screamed. The next second, the young master twisted Anceo’s left arm upwards. His arm was evidently bent at an awkward angle.

The young master still had a guileless smile on his face as he answered, “How strong am I? Probably strong enough, that if you were to touch me again, I would break your arm.”

Hearing that, Anceo’s expression turned into one of pain and astonishment. Even Yina, who had been icily cold all this time, finally showed a different expression. She angrily growled at him, “Anceo, again you…”

Halfway through her words, the front door suddenly burst open. Following that was Dell’s loud calls, “Ah Ye, Ah Ye!”

“Huh?” The young master let go of Anceo’s arm and looked at the three people at the door. He asked in confusion, “Bàba, Gēge, why are you back so early?”

Steaming in anger, Dell glared at Anceo and roared, “You punk, to actually dare to—”

“Dell!” Mr. Bramble interrupted him with a shout. Then, with a calm tone, he asked, “Ah Ye, who are these people?”

Faced with Dell’s shout, Anceo indeed looked a little guilty. But his expression, as well as Yina’s, were more toward them being unable to make heads or tails of what was going on. Even if they had sexually harassed someone’s son, it shouldn’t have been found out that quickly, right?

The young master answered dutifully, “They are friends who came over to play.”

“Is that so…”

Mr. Bramble put on a smile, though it looked a little forced. At this moment, May nudged Dell, and only then did the latter suppress his anger and force the corners of his lips upwards, though it looked even more strained than Mr. Bramble’s smile.

The situation seems a little awkward. I sighed. If I had known earlier that the young master was capable of handling the situation on his own, then I really would not have called Mr. Bramble to step in. Instead, it had made the situation even more complicated. Right now, I can only hope for those two to leave quickly!

At that moment, the sound of an explosion suddenly rang out. It was muffled, but definitely audible.

Both Melody and I looked at each other in dismay. She frowned and asked, “What was that sound? It sounded like a small explosion, and it seemed to have come from next door?”

Next door… Ah! I exclaimed, “Mr. An Te Qi!”

I left Melody’s apartment in a hurry and dashed toward the residence that Mr. An Te Qi was staying in. Once I opened the door, I did not even need to ask to know what had happened.

In the living room, the huge Dragon Peace currently had his fists raised high and was about to attack Mr. An Te Qi, who was cowering in front of him… With a slide step, I dashed forward and carried Mr. An Te Qi away. Immediately, a loud sound came from behind me. I turned my head back to look and realized that Dragon Peace had made two holes in the floor.

Looking at them, I felt my scalp go kind of numb.

“C-Charles… Thank goodness you’re back.”

Mr. An Te Qi’s voice shook as he spoke. He looked at Dragon Peace, and suddenly his eyes started shining. Ignoring the urgent situation at the moment, he started mumbling an explanation, “Though I have already injected him with the medicine, he still transformed. I believe that it must be a side effect of using the medicine to forcefully transform himself last time. It resulted in an abnormality; therefore, the old amount of medicine is already not enough, and even the effect on him is weakened…”

I really wanted to tell Mr. An Te Qi that no matter what the reason for Dragon Peace’s sudden transformation was, it was not important at this moment. Really! It is not important at all.

Dodging Dragon Peace’s continuous punches was what was most important.

As I dodged, I also continued to retreat backwards. Once I had nowhere else to retreat to, I could only crash through the door and exit, even though I knew that those members of the Church might already be in the corridor to investigate the cause of the explosion. However, I did not have any other choice. Once I ran out into the corridor, Dragon Peace followed. However, due to his large body size, he was unable to pass through the door easily. Therefore, in a fit of rage, he destroyed the doorframe together with the surrounding walls.

Seizing the moment, I quickly asked, “Mr. An Te Qi, do you have any way to revert him back to Aren?”

At this point, Dragon Peace could squeeze half of his body through the destroyed doorframe. Another swing of his fists, and I immediately ducked to avoid his attack. It was a narrow miss, and even the ends of my hair flew upwards from the wind created by his punch.

Mr. An Te Qi gave a small shriek, and immediately stopped talking about the contents of the experiment. He merely instructed quickly, “Inject him with more tranquilizers. They are in my lab, in the right cabinet, second drawer. That’s the pile of syringes. We have to inject him with at least three for it to be enough.”

Just then, Dragon Peace destroyed yet another wall and managed to escape his predicament of being struck in the doorframe… Now it was my turn to land in a predicament.

“Mr. An Te Qi, please run away quickly!”

I threw him backwards, and following that I used my blood ability to form two rapiers. Then, I started battling with Dragon Peace, who pounced on me.

At first, Dragon Peace did not mind the attacks of the rapiers at all. However, once I managed to draw numerous wounds on his body in succession, he finally started to find it painful. He then retreated step by step… I only hope that I can force him back into the room in time, so as to avoid being seen by the Church members. That way, it would not trouble the young master.

When I thought about that, though I was not fond of fighting, I moved my rapiers rapidly and my movements became even more confusing and harder to predict.

The delirious Dragon Peace had great strength, but he evidently did not have enough judgment to deal with enemies who were too fast. He merely continued to swing his fists around. Though the speed of his punches was fairly fast, for a vampire it was not difficult to dodge.

However, I continued to groan inwardly. Dragon Peace hit the walls and floor frequently, and the sound was so loud that even the building next door would be able to hear it, let alone rooms on the same floor. Therefore, it would probably be impossible to stop the members of the Sin Elimination team from seeing Dragon Peace. I only hoped that they would not treat Dragon Peace as a non-human…

Dragon Peace suddenly kicked at me. Due to the fact that he had not used his legs to attack before, my reaction was slow, and I nearly did not avoid it in time. Thankfully, my speed was significantly greater than his. Just before I was struck by his foot, I tossed aside my rapiers and grabbed his leg with my hands. I swung myself upwards in passing, and jumped onto his shoulder.

Following that, I sent another chop to the back of his neck, thinking about knocking him unconscious like the last time in the sewers. However, even after attacking him three or four times, Dragon Peace did not show any sign of passing out, and he almost tore me off his shoulder. I quickly jumped down and made my blood rapiers return to my hands.

He is actually this strong? If I were to hit this many times on a normal human’s neck, their neck would probably be broken by now.

I could not help but bitterly laugh. To get the Sin Elimination team to treat Dragon Peace as a human would probably be a little difficult.

“Good heavens…”

While I dodged Dragon Peace’s attacks, I heard the exclamation. It seemed like ultimately, I could not avoid having Dragon Peace discovered by the Sin Elimination team.

Dragon Peace seemed to have also noticed this shout. He turned around, clenched his enormous fists, and roared at the people who had arrived.

Seeing this situation, I hesitated for a moment and then put away my blood rapiers. Then, seizing the moment while Dragon Peace’s attention was elsewhere, I darted into the apartment and rushed into the lab.

Cabinet… I pulled open the second drawer. There were many rows of syringes lying inside, and all of them had liquids in them. I grabbed an entire handful of syringes, and then rushed back to the corridor. At this moment though, I heard Dragon Peace’s heavy footsteps.

Could it be that he has already started attacking the young master and the others?

I started to panic and quickly rushed out of the apartment. I was just in time to see Dragon Peace dash toward the young master. Anceo pushed the young master aside and then drew out two guns. He started shooting at Dragon Peace wildly.

The bullets were beneath Dragon Peace’s notice. He merely raised his arm to block them or swung his arms around in a frenzy. The bullets fell to the ground with a clinking sound. None of them actually hurt him.

“Yina! He’s not scared of silver bullets!” Anceo shouted.

Hearing that, Yina too drew her gun and fired unhesitatingly. However, what came out of it were not bullets, but a ray of light… An energy gun!

Dragon Peace used his arm to block it like before, but what was different this time was that he started roaring and shouting in pain. Smoke even came from his arm.

Seeing that, I took the chance to “glide” behind Dragon Peace. I took out a syringe and stabbed it into his body… Snap! The needle actually broke!

I was stunned. Now what should I do? Is it okay to consume it instead? But how am I to make Dragon Peace drink it obediently?

“Charles!”

The young master is calling me? I looked toward the young master, but suddenly, a huge shadow appeared in front of me. Without thinking, I first raised my arm to block it, and following that a large force sent my entire body flying. At that moment, all I could do was seize the opportunity to jump backwards to reduce the majority of the force. However, I was still sent flying, and my back hit the wall hard.

It was only once I landed that I felt pain coming from my arm and back… I hope nothing is broken.

“What is going on here?” Anceo seemed flustered and yelled in exasperation, “Ah Ye, you’re calling him? You know that vampire… Y-You all?”

Hearing the sound of gunshots, I lifted my head up and saw Mr. Bramble, Dell, and May. They all had their guns out and were even standing in a triangle formation surrounding Dragon Peace. They were attacking him very efficiently. The moment Dragon Peace targeted someone, the other two immediately fired rapidly, not letting him have any spare strength to attack. When he turned back to attack one of the other two, the others would start firing at him frantically.

This strategy was extremely effective against the delirious Dragon Peace, and he was practically being toyed with by the three of them.

The young master quickly shouted, “Bramble-shū, don’t kill him!”

“Young Master!” As Dell switched positions while firing his gun, he actually managed to reply with a struggling expression, “Don’t you think that you should ask him not to kill us? Isn’t that more fitting for the current situation?”

However, the young master did not reply to him. Instead, he ran up to me, and as he helped me back onto my feet, he asked worriedly, “Charles, are you alright?”

I stood back up and slightly stretched my hand. Though it was extremely painful, I could still move it, so the bones should not be broken. With trembling fingers, I handed the syringes over to the young master and explained, “Young Master, these contain the medicine to calm Dragon Peace down. Mr. An Te Qi says that we need to inject him with at least three of them. However, the needles cannot pierce Dragon Peace’s skin.”

The young master nodded his head and took the syringes from me. He said, “I will think of a way. Go and rest first, and see if you want to go drink some blood.”

“Understood, Young Master.” Though that was my answer, I also knew that it was impossible for me to turn away from this chaos, and go back into the apartment for a meal.

Anceo seemed to be in disbelief as he questioned, “What in the world are you people?”

The young master gave Anceo a brief look, and his tone was hostile as he said, “We’re all not human! Now stand aside.”

It looks like the young master really loathes Anceo … The moment the situation worsened to the point that deception was no longer necessary, he completely started giving him attitude.

The young master shouted to the trio, “Bramble-shū, Dell, and May, cover me!”

They immediately shouted together, “Copy that, Young Master.”

The young master put three syringes, one each in the gap between his fingers on his left hand. Following that, he headed toward Dragon Peace fearlessly.

Once he got near him, Dragon Peace started to feel uneasy. He started to roar at the young master. Due to the three obstructing his way, the second he rushed in, he would get fired at. Therefore, he was unable to go near the young master. Even so, he still swung his fists through the air at the young master as a demonstration of his power. He did not look any different from a wild animal.

The young master walked around Dragon Peace many times. Just as Dragon Peace decided to give up on attacking him and turned to the other three, the young master finally made his move. He slid to Dragon Peace’s side, as though he was gliding. Dragon Peace turned around and his palm smacked down toward the young master’s head. However, the young master used his right hand to grab Dragon Peace’s hand, and then he flipped over and jumped onto Dragon Peace’s body.

At the same time the young master hopped on, I suddenly saw a glint of silver light on Dragon Peace’s arm. I then realized that there was a syringe stuck in his arm! The young master had stuck in one of the syringes when he jumped, and he had even made use of the wound left behind by Yina when she had shot the energy gun. This resolved the big problem of the needle being unable to pierce through Dragon Peace’s skin.

After he had dealt with that problem, just like that, the young master hopped on Dragon Peace’s body here and there, trying to find an opportunity to stick in the rest of the syringes. His positioning and his way of moving his limbs were strange, like a snake’s and even like—like… a vampire’s!

Am I just seeing things? The young master’s movements seemed to have more and more of a vampire’s feel. In the very beginning, when I watched the young master battle, his movements did not resemble a vampire’s at all.

All of a sudden, Dragon Peace seemed to have also realized that something was amiss. He did not bother with the young master any further, and instead started running toward the window in the corridor.

The young master shouted, “Don’t let him escape!”

His voice had only just sounded when gunshots rang out. The bullets, as well as the energy ray, forced Dragon Peace away from the window. Within this time period, the young master inserted another two syringes into his wounds.

Not long after, Dragon Peace started to struggle less, and he also became slower. At this point, the young master yelled, “Cease fire” and then jumped back down. In the end, Dragon Peace fell down, and he lay on the ground entirely. He was panting, with his eyes half-closed, and he looked extremely tired.

Following that, he actually started to shrink. First were the hands: his fists, which were originally almost the size of a human’s head, gradually shrank to the average size of a man’s. Following that were his feet, his entire torso, and then his head. Finally, Dragon Peace reverted back to Aren.

He was sprawled on the ground. Though both his eyes were closed tightly and his chest heaved in and out vigorously, he was evidently not in any life-threatening danger.

It was only then that the young master’s expression finally relaxed…

“Don’t move!”

I was stunned, and upon lifting my head up to look, saw that Anceo actually had his gun pressed against the back of the young master’s head! He coldly said, “You are Dark Sun, right? I recognize your moves… Everyone here, don’t move!”

He stopped Bramble and the others, who were just about to go rescue the young master. He then said with a cold laugh, “This gun is specially made by the Church. It’s a gun made specially to deal with non-humans. If I were to fire at such a close distance, your head would explode, even if it was made out of metal!”

“If you dare to fire, go ahead and try.” The young master said, extremely calm, “That is, if you’re not scared that the Sun Emperor will eradicate the Church.”

Hearing these words, Anceo’s expression momentarily changed. He asked in suspicion, “You have connections to the Sun Emperor?”

“Hey! Babies from the Church!”

Hearing the Hollow Roar that was distinctive to vampires, Anceo’s and Yina’s expressions changed drastically. They turned around, and behind them was a Face Morphed vampire… Melody!

Melody stood right beside Yina, and her claws swung toward her, knocking her unconscious. Following that, she carried her and ran downstairs at lightning speed.

“Yina!”

Anceo shouted and turned to glance at us. His expression was rather complex, but in the end he still lowered his gun and left the scene to chase after Melody.

The young master stared blankly in the direction the three had left in, and then returned to his senses. He shouted, “Bàba, where are you? Come over quickly and take a look at Aren!”

Only then did Mr. An Te Qi crane his neck out of the young master’s apartment to look around. He was only willing to come out after he had made sure that the situation did not look the least bit dangerous. He then squatted beside Aren and started inspecting his body.

Once he started his inspection, his eyes once again started to overflow with passion… passion for an experimental subject. Just now, he had refused to come out. However, I believe that right now, even if Aren were to start transforming, he probably would not be willing to leave.

After Mr. An Te Qi gave a confirmation of “Relax! The current him is very tough. With just some sleep, even his wounds would most likely be almost completely healed,” the young master stopped worrying about Aren. He then hesitantly looked at the door leading to the staircase and muttered, “Why did Melody take Yina away? I should follow and check it out…”

At this point, he lowered his head to gaze at Aren with a little uncertainty. It seemed as though he did not know whether to give chase or to stay and look after him. If the latter were to transform again after he left, it would be a disaster.

I quickly said, “Young Master, please allow me to go look for Melody.”

The young master frowned and seemed unsure as he said, “But your hand is injured.”

I lifted my hand up and moved my fingers dexterously. With a smile, I said, “It is fine. No matter what, I am still a vampire.”

However, the young master still did not give his consent, even after a long time. With a doubtful tone, I gave a call of “Young Master.” Only then did he softly say, “But I’m scared that I will drag you into another battle…”

That explained things.

With a smile, I said, “Young Master, the reason why I want to chase after Melody is not only because of your orders, but also because Melody is my friend. And I am concerned for her safety.”

The young master nodded.

However, this was not all that I wanted to say. If I did not explain myself to the young master clearly, these kinds of incidents would still continue to occur in the future. I bowed and gave an apology first, “Young Master, may Charles be allowed to directly say something disrespectful?”

The young master looked at me with curiosity and replied, “It’s okay. Say it!”

I straightened up and said firmly, “Because we have made a verbal agreement before, that a butler’s duty does not involve fighting, if you were to give me an order to fight, I would definitely not obey it! However, if I were to still get involved in the battle, then that is certainly because I am concerned for my friends, and not because of your orders. Therefore, I will not choose to stand by idly because you forbid so. Please understand this!”

After saying that, I looked at the young master a little uneasily. Did I come across too strongly with my words? Perhaps I should have used a milder tone. I felt a little remorseful.

The young master first showed astonishment, and then looked at me profoundly… In the end, he nodded his head, and gave an extremely, extremely radiant smile. He happily said, “Okay then, you can go! If you really can’t manage, then come back with Melody, or give me a call. Don’t forget, I am also Melody’s and your friend!”

Friends, is it? From the very beginning, the young master had said that he wished to be able to get along with me like friends. However, at that time, I was still doubtful… It was only recently that I truly recognized the degree to which the young master would go to for the sake of keeping his word.

With a smile, I said, “Understood, Young Master.”