Chapter 114 (2/2)

“Ah, it was cramped in there”

Several screaround church as the white Dhampir, Vandalieu, crawled out of Raymond’s stomach

After taking Ray to draw out Rick, the cri her After finding out that Rick had been taken captive by Vae of plans with everyone

If possible, Vandalieu wanted to have Orbia settle things personally, and he wanted to gain information from the Vampires

As Vandalieu and his coure out what should be done to achieve these goals, the Vanated, the open space that he had created in front of the camp

… While waving a white flag

“We surrender, we surrender! Please listen to e have to say!”

Vandalieu’s ht of the Va beauty to his appearance at the front, calling out with an onee-style tone of speech while waving the white flag in front of the other Vampires

“That person is… a man, isn’t he?” said Darcia

“He definitely looks like a man to me,” said Privel “Is he not a man?”

“… The o changes How very e”

Belle person,’ explained this phenomenon to the bewildered Darcia and Privel

“Bocchan, e do?” asked Rita

“For now, I suppose we’ll hear what they have to say,” said Vandalieu “There’s no sign of ene sohter them all whenever ant”

The Rank 10 Bellmond and Rank 9 Knochen were present And Vandalieu himself was here, too

A dozen or so Vampires was no match for them

Of course, I don’tto the information from their spirits afterwards, but since Rick isn’t here, it’s probably best to deal with theht as he stepped outside Knochen’s walls with Bellmond to hear what the Vampires had to say

And then the Va for their lives and explaining the situation

“Please spare us; at this rate, we’re going to be killed by that crazy bastard Gubamon! We weren’t involved in the incident where your father was killed, we’re telling the truth!” Miles pleaded

“We offer you Rick Paris, e’ve captured alive! We’ll tell you information about Gubamon and whatever else you want to know! So please, just spare our lives!” said another Vampire

“We’ll offer you anything else we can; we’ll beco!” Miles added “We just don’t want to die!”

The ‘plan’ that Miles had mentioned was, to put it plainly, for the Va and plead for their lives” It was a horrible plan that involved traht It was no wonder that some of the other Vampires had objected to it

However, the reality was that they were in a position that they wouldn’t survive if they did not do this

Since Vandalieu had already captured Raymond, Miles and his folloould need miracle after miracle to occur if they wanted to abduct Raymond They would be killed first

In fact, since they had already abducted Rick, whohly likely that the Vampires would be attacked and killed if they didn’t run away

But if they gave up on acquiring Ray failed their mission and kill them

They couldn’t rely on getting an ounce of support fro for help froht stupid They were Vampires orshi+pped the saed to different factions, they were competitors They couldn’t expect kind treatment from each other

But with that said, abandoning everything and fleeing was dangerous, too They would probably be able to hide for a while, but the connections in the underworld that they had been using up until noould beco period of time

Even if they were lucky and could find a place where they could settle down, if Birkyne or Gubamon’s subordinates found out where they were one day, they would betraitors

So then, perhaps fleeing the Bahn Gaia continent altogether andto a different continent was a better choice, but this would be a reckless decision as well

Other continents had Va their territory Miles and his co that there would be a place for theamble with unfavorable odds

That hy the option with the most hope for Miles and his followers, the option that they would never choose under nor for their lives

“I see I understand the situation,” said Vandalieu “Depending on your cooperation with us and how you work for us, we ht take you in”

This choice had actually been quite effective for Vandalieu

The things that Miles and his folloere offering, nas that Vandalieu could obtain even after killing them However, the plan that had just occurred to Vandalieu had a high chance of failure if Miles and his followers didn’t cooperate

But on the other hand, if they cooperated, it had a high chance of success

And Vandalieu believed that he shouldn’t kill people if there was no reason to To hied for their lives with everything they had, were not people that he should kill It seemed that they hadn’t been involved in the execution of his father Valen, either

Vandalieu had already heard the story fro his soul, and there certainly hadn’t been a Vampire with an onee-like tone of speech mentioned

Sparing their lives in exchange for their cooperation was probably the right thing to do

“R-really?! Leave it to us, we’ll cooperate with you on anything you need!” said Miles

“Now then, I’ Rick Paris and Guba back Talosheim’s heroes ere stolen by Gubamon, Zandia and Jeena,” said Vandalieu

The Va Bellmond, choked in disbelief

Miles and his followers knew that Vandalieu had already defeated Ternecia, someone as Gubamon’s equal Bellmond had been present at the time But even they were surprised by Vandalieu’s declaration

Killing Ternecia was the result of an elaborate plan that took a long ti the use of the A-class adventurer party, the Five-colored Blades

Now, he was going to improvise soet revenge on Rick, in order to slay a Pure-breed Vae of the Gods Given this announcement, Bell in disbelief

Some of Miles’s subordinates seemed worried about the fact that Bellmond had reacted the same way

But Bellmond returned to her usual, courteous self

“If you say that you desire it, Danna-sama, then it is my duty to obey,” she said “I do not have any objections, but please think about what kind of plan this will be”

Seeing this, Miles and his followers see

“Now that it comes to this, I’ll follow you all the way,” said Miles “There’s no proble at the other Vampires

And so, the plan to kill Gubaan

“But with that said, the one who must suffer the most trouble is me, is it not, Master?” said Luciliano As he said, he was the one who had to work the hardest

“It’s fine, isn’t it? After I kill Guba back a lot of Undead that he created,” said Vandalieu

“Then I suppose it cannot be helped I would have liked to follow you like I did last time, Master, but it seems that you have many people to protect this time I shall pass on this one,” said Luciliano

All Vandalieu had to do after that was quickly help Luciliano with the surgical procedure with his Surgery skill, and then arrange to meet up with Miles and the other Vampires

And those events had led to the current situation

Covered in blood, Vandalieu exhaled as he crawled out of Rayical adjustments to

Despite being se, it had been difficult for Vandalieu to hide inside Raye Luciliano had secured the required amount of space; he had increased the roo it look as if Rays to coed his blood vessels Vandalieu had forced hi some parts of his body into spirit form, and stayed hidden inside

All of this had been so that he could avoid using o unnoticed until he was right next to Gubamon

The result of this effort was that Guba froer

“C-curse you! How dare you… ruin my… materiaaaals!”

Guba to re from his body He was a Pure-breed Vaans and spine despite being reduced to a e hole opened in his stomach wouldn’t be a fatal wound

It would heal within a fewwounds caused by the Dee amount of Gubamon’s Vitality

Gubaasped in pain “I-I can’t pull it out?!”

The De’s horns couldn’t be reth that didn’t match his thin arms that rese’s horns had nu on it

The suckers had attached the themselves inside his body Even a nearly-invincible Pure-breed Vaans and spine

But it seemed that the Undead-obsessed old man was far more displeased with the fact that the materials that he had ale he had suffered

“You bastard, how dare you turn oods!” he screeched

“MMMPH! MMMMPH!”

Rick, as still gagged, was screa froh his screams were muffled, sounded pleasant It seeht of his older brother, who had collapsed onto the ground now that the inside of his body was hollow… just as Vandalieu had planned

But disposing of Rick would come later

“Miles,” said Vandalieu

“Y-yes! We’re falling back, guys!” said Miles

He and the other Vaht of Gubaure to the They snapped into action in response to Vandalieu’s words

“Ah, take that wo at Iris

“Certainly!”

The Va around, and cut the chains binding Iris with their axes and claws to carry her off as well

“You bastards, you betrayed me! Prepare yourselves! I will kill every last one of you and turn you into Undead!” Guba that his subordinates had betrayed him

“Shut up, you crazy oldat all the Vampire Zombies around, I can tell that ould have met the same fate whether we betrayed you or not! We couldn’t keep up with your silly nonsense anymore!” Miles shouted back

His words were coht had already fallen out of Gubamon’s mind

“Curse you, splitting hairs over such a trivialcoive orders to the subordinates that would never betray hihter them all!” he commanded

Gubamon had lost half of his sanity, but he didn’t expect Rank 5 and 6 Undead to be able to do anything against Vandalieu, who used the frag as they could slow him down a little, that would be fine

His subordinates were simply products to be recycled, so he would feel no loss even if they were destroyed

The Zo Vandalieu stayed where he was

Gubamon’s improvised, handmade Undead approached Vandalieu, but then they turned around

And then they bared their fangs at Gubaly

“Wha–?! Why, why are n, why are the Undead that I created myself…?!”

“I can tame Undead,” said Vandalieu

“What did you say?!”

This fact was coe for those who knew Vandalieu, but for Guba situation

He had killed most of his subordinates in fear that they would betray him, but he had been betrayed by the Undead who should have been completely obedient to him

It was as if he had simply supplied Vandalieu with more forces of his oill

“But it doesn’t seem like I can tame all of them,” said Vandalieu “This is a rare situation, so I’m a little surprised”

There were some Undead who hadn’t left Gubamon’s side

Undead that emanated a presence that indicated that they weren’t ordinary Undead, equipped with Magic Items

“Yes, that’s right! My beloved ones are here! Now then, lend th!” Gubamon commanded

Lord Bearheart, a handso a spear, a feirl And there were several other Undead heroes with them

Their poas e noble-born Va with a pale face, holding his breath

But rather than feeling threatened, Vandalieu felt happy at the fact that he had found the ones that he truly needed to protect

“Zandia and Jeena located”