Chapter 110 - Scouting Mission

A month has passed since the vampire lords unleashed a coordinated and large scale attack on every known kingdom, but even so I continued to train everyone using my harsh training regiment in the scorching heat of corpus, until one afternoon, someone approaches us while we are jogging, I then signal everyone to take break, as he says to me.

"Collin Belfaust I've got news sir."

I squint at the him because I seemed to faintly recognize his a voice and face.

"do I know you?"

he replies nervously, as he swallows.

"it's me Trent Humboldt, you spared my life, after me and my comrades failed to kill you."

I think back to the days where me and Ellena were being hunted down by assassins, and then I ask impatiently.

"alright then, so what is this news that you bring me?"

he clears his throat.

"a group of adventures, think that they have found a vampire nest, and King Dave wanted to relay that information to you."

I ask a bit annoyed.

"is that all he wanted to tell me?"

he shakes his head, and then I urge him.

"well come out with it, I'm busy training my people."

he replies.

"he wants you to check out the nest, with a Dwarf

representative, because they believe a vampire lord resides there."

he catches my attention with the mention of a vampire lord, and I reply.

"okay tell King Dave to send the Dwarf here and we'll go check out this nest."

he nods and says.

"I'll return shortly Collin Sir."

"listen up, we've got a request from King Dave to check out a vampire nest, that could be inhabited

by a vampire lord."

they all look at each other in disbelief, as Celeste asks.

"Master Collin, do you think we are ready to take on a vampire lord?"

I reply as I put my hand on Klein's shoulder.

"yes because we now have two people in our group who can use silver eyes."

Gresnor asks with excitement.

"when did he obtain this power?"

I look to Klein, and say.

"well go ahead an tell them how you got it."

he nods and starts talking.

"it happened a few days go, while I was meditating."

Felnor asks while wagging his cat tail.

"how did it feel?"

he answers.

"after clearing my mind, a wolf appeared and began to talk to me, letting me know that I have achieved the first step of unlocking my power."

Selshruuk then asks.

"can you show us?"

Klein nods and chants to himself.

"silver eyes."

they all stare at the color change in his eyes with amazement, I then stare at all of them in their eyes and say.

"if you all continue to work hard, one day you will also obtain this power, that Klein has."

Celeste then asks.

"so do you believe that some random group of adventurers found a vampire nest, that could have a vampire lord within it?"

I reply unsure.

"I don't know, but it's worth investigating it and besides, some our people need to gain some experience fighting vampires."

she agrees.

"you have a point Master Collin."

I then shout to everyone.

"I want you all to get whatever rest while you can before we leave."

as they leave Celeste asks.

"what about you?"

I respond.

"you guys go ahead, I still need to wait for the Dwarf representative to arrive before we leave."

they all head back to the old fort, while I waited around for about half an hour, for them to arrive, and as I think about Ellena and Hope, a portal appears in front of me, I then stand up and think to myself.

"finally."

Trent Humboldt comes out from the portal with a Dwarf that I recognize, and I ask.

"Master Valtak is that you?"

he chuckles as he shakes my hand.

"ah it's nice seeing you again, human."

I reply.

"you as well."

I then ask.

"so I'm guessing that the kingdoms in the Dwarf

region, are well aware about the vampire threat?"

he answers with sadness in his voice.

"yes, those vile monsters killed many innocent lives of Dwarves and Demi-humans, across many of our kingdoms."

he stops and continues talking while smirking.

"the one positive thing that came out, from

these attacks, is that the old alliance re emerged

and a new era in our history will begin."

I reply with a bit of hope in my heart.

"maybe, I guess we'll find out after we stop these vampires."

he then asks.

"so are you and your werewolf subordinates ready to go scout out the vampire nest?"

I respond surprised.

"how do you know about them being werewolves?"

he answers.

"well the human King Dave, held a massive group meeting between the human kings, elven kings, and dwarven kings, and he disclosed the existence of werewolves and that we are receiving their help."

he pauses to chuckle as he rubs his beard but then he continues.

"I thought it was a joke until I remembered you and your odd monster friend that looked like a human, and then afterwards, I realized that it wasn't just an elaborate hoax to make fools of the other kings."

I ask concerned.

"so you do know, that we intend to keep our existence a secret to, those in power and high ranking individuals."

he responds.

"yeah I'm well aware of that, everyone was told that, and have agreed about keeping the werewolves a secret."

he sighs and continues as he raises his arm to put his hands Trent's shoulder.

"now that we got that out of the way, gather your companions so this fine gentleman can take us to the vampire nest."

I nod.

"alright, I'll gather up everyone and have them ready to depart immediately."

after rallying together Celeste, Klein, Gresnor, Selshruuk, Felnor and Aktosh, we gather with Trent and Master Valtak, where they exchange greetings between each other, especially with Celeste, Klein and Gresnor, who he recognized right away, I then step in and say to all of them.

"alright, now that we've gotten that out of the way, let's get going as soon as possible."

Master Valtak grunts in agreement and replies.

"yes, Collin is right, we must get moving quickly."

he turns his attention to Trent and lightly smacks in on the back and says.

"alright son, open up that fancy portal of yours to the vampire's nest."

as he opens up a portal, I think to myself.

"this is it, we're about to find out if a vampire lord resides in the nest."

all of us then look each other and take a deep breathe as we step inside the portal.