Chapter 1123 - Two vampire knights (1/2)

There were no set schedules between vampires when one would sleep or stay awake. Unlike the humans they didn't follow the sun, nor did they need as much sleep as humans. Then there were also sub classes that didn't require any sleep at all.

As such, it wasn't too surprising that at any time of day, one could see lights all around the place and people coming and going around in the Vampire World. Today though, Bryce had given an order to a certain number of vampires, to gather in the castle once more, to hold a special meeting.​​

He wasn't in his usual throne room, instead he was in the dungeon of the castle where prisoners would often be kept before heading off to the fourteenth castle or for execution. One of these deep underground tunnels led to a certain place.

A special room that Bryce had created once he had become king, putting a special type of combination on the door. For this door, he didn't even allow Muka to know the combination, and Muka wasn't even made aware that such a tunnel existed in the first place.

Going through the tunnels, the special leaders that had been invited could go and visit Bryce, without the others knowing.

”This certainly seems more fun than the time when I was alive.” Tempus said out loud to himself as he walked towards the special door. Giving a type of knock on the door that only he would know, it was soon opened from the inside, and Tempus could now see the other leaders that were there.

”You invited the second Original!?” Suzan, the leader of the third family exclaimed, the shock being so great that she had jumped out of her seat. If it had been any other time, she would have shown the vampire great respect but today things were different for a reason.

”Calm down, he is already aware of everything that is going on and everything that has happened. I know the second family wasn't involved back then, but after what happened to Cindy, it was impossible to hide it from him. Besides, he has been a great help so far.”

Learning of this fact, the rest of the leaders in the room stood up and bowed to him. The ones attending were Bryce's two Royal Knights, Prima Kilton, ex leader of the twelfth family, and Kyle Harlu, ex leader of the seventh family.

On top of this, Jill, the ex eighth family leader who still had her dead eyes, was standing rather than sitting at the table.

”As you all have been made aware, Arthur will come to pay us a visit. And there is only one reason we can all think of, he has come to get revenge for what we have done to the other Punishers.” Bryce stated. ”I don't regret what we did. We needed to make sure that they would never come back, but because we didn't finish the job properly the first time, we still have troublesome people coming back now.”

”To rectify our past mistake, I have gathered you here to ask for your help. I know a lot of you have not informed the new leaders in your family about your past, and I don't blame any of you. If we had succeeded in the past we could all just bury this event as a part of history, but since our 'old friend' will come to pay us a visit we will have to deal with him.”

”Any vampires that you see as expendable, please send them my way. I have already exhausted my connections to the first family, and I'm aware that Muka already knows that something is up. If the first family's number gets any smaller or we go out to create more newborns, people will certainly start to ask about it.”

The room remained silent after Bryce's request. This group of people had hardly met up before Bryce had become King, but at least then, the ex first family leader had treated them as equals.

All of them were here because they had committed the same sin, but now that Bryce was King, although he had 'asked' them for this favour, his tone had made it clear that it was just for appearance's sake. In reality, it was pretty much an order.

”What do you plan to do with these people?' Suzan asked. ”It sounds like they may never be brought back. I'm fine with sending you criminals or people who disobey rules, but if you can promise me they will come back, then I'm happy to send you others as well.”

Some of the others agreed with this. They too feared that maybe the vampires that they would send to him would forever disappear. It certainly sounded like that based on the way he was talking about the first family.

”Arthur is strong. Have you forgotten how much so?” Bryce replied to them all. ”It would be great if that man would only believe himself to be untouchable, but he came at all of us at the same time. We would all be dead by now if he hadn't left of his own free will and even the old King had been unable to do anything about it!”

”Our only hope to stand up against him is that he will believe that we are still weak, that we won't have any solution to stop his shadow powers, but with your help, I will! As for your people… no they will not return.” Bryce admitted. ”I will make sure that they will be remembered as heroes, but without sacrifice we can't win this upcoming battle.”

It worried them a little, the way Bryce was speaking. As the King shouldn't he care for the well being of the vampire race? Didn't they all agree to get rid of the Punishers, so that no more vampire lives would have to end? So then how could he so easily ask for the lives of their fellow vampires?