Chapter 424 - Two Against Five

With all the other vampires left, leaving only five of them behind, I still have the confidence to win. Maybe.

Should I go all out and kill all of them? Or It's better to show them that I'm much stronger than them and they can't win? That way, there's a chance of them following me. But since I don't have any spot left for another familiar, I don't know if I can trust them or not.

Maybe I should try to delay the fight as much as possible. If the other vampires surrendered in the face of Albert's army and return here, these five will realize that there's no way they could win. Maybe at that time, Albert can come here and have a talk with the Vampire King to see if they can be trusted or not.

Though it might be difficult since Angela hasn't finished yet. There could be other powerful monsters coming. What if they are as powerful as Andro? Even Spot would lose his consciousness facing his intimidation.

After killing the previous group of vampires that attacking me, I kept my words and no longer kill anyone else as I let the vampires continue. And I got the confidence to win because of that.

Maybe I should stop being overconfident and think of how I should fight them.

As for the Vampire Dukes, I can estimate how powerful they are from the vampire boy that Shelia faced. But for the Vampire King, Avan, he should be much stronger. I can't just say that I will win. At least I should say I can delay them as much as possible until Albert has taken care of the vampires.

Wait, is that…

"I hope you don't mind if we fight you together. You were so strong previously, so I think we need our five strongest members to fight," Avan said politely.

Did he always act this polite? Maybe because he thinks that he's winning. Well, I never said that I'm going to face them alone, right?

"Don't worry. I'm not alone as well. You already saw my partner the Black Slime, right? And also, someone else is coming," I said.

"Is it the serpent? He might be the most difficult one to fight," Avan said.

"No, not him. But first, I want to ask you one question. You said that we killed your son, right? Which one is your son? The one that looks like a small child, or the one that look like an old man?" I asked.

"Both of them are kids. I don't know which is which from how you explained. But my son is the Vampire Duke. The one who led the vampires," Avan said.

Both of them were just kids? That old vampire is a child? How old is this guy? And how old was that old vampire? The same age as that vampire boy?

This is confusing. Can't all living being have similar lifespan?

"Then, I'll introduce you to someone who will be arriving soon. She's the one who killed your son. A werewolf," I said as Shelia descended from the sky.

"Roy, what's going on?" Shelia asked.

"I'm the one who wants to ask you that. Why are you here?" I asked back.

"I don't want to miss a powerful opponent. He's the Vampire King, right? And the rest… it's not a one on one? I guess it's good that I come here," Shelia said.

Avan then looked at Shelia curiously.

"So, she's the one who killed my son? A werewolf this time? Just who are you, human?" Avan asked.

"I'm Roy. I already told you that," I replied.

"He's also the Werewolf King because he defeated our previous king, and also the Angel King if they have the king," Shelia said.

Angel King? That sounds weird. But I guess that might be right.

"What about the serpent?" Avan asked.

"He won't participate unless he has to," I said.

If Spot is here, we might be able to defeat these five faster. But I told him to help Albert in case they are in dire situation.

"So, it will be five against two, huh?" Avan said.

Meanwhile, I whispered something to Shelia.

"Shelia, that king is mine. And I think individually, they are already stronger than the vampire boy from before," I whispered.

"I understand," Shelia said.

"Good. But there's no strategy. Other than I will only try to hold back my power. Just in case that they surrender and willing to be under me. Though for you, you don't need to hold back. Fight however you want," I said.

"Is it fine to kill them?" Shelia asked.

"If you can. They are more powerful than the vampire boy, so good luck trying," I provoked Shelia.

And as expected, I can feel her fighting spirit is soaring high. With this, it should be enough for Shelia to fight two or three of the dukes. But for Avan, that's not enough yet. He might be stronger than Graham and Shelia combined. Unless I took him by surprise like last time.

"Are you two done discussing the plan?" Avan asked.

"What about you? Don't you need to plan against me? As you have seen it before, I'm quite strong, you know?" I said.

Though I can see that they have some sort of protection made of blood covering their hearts. It will be hard to shoot it with a gun. But from his reaction before, he still took some damage. Though they are all already healed by now thanks to their regeneration power.

"Then… DIE!" Avan shouted.

At the same time as he shouts, all five of them are charging toward me. Targeting the strongest one first is a common strategy. And they are using it already. Seems like on the way here, they already discussing among themselves on how to kill me.

When I was prepared to receive their attack, they changed their direction from me, and targeting Shelia instead. I see. This is a good tactic. But it will fail because they are using it on me.

All five of them are attacking Shelia. No matter how strong she is, she will definitely get injured. Or even die. But I won't let that happen.

Those five attacked Shelia at the same time in a high speed. They must have used some blood they consumed for that. But I easily blocked four of them including the Vampire King's attack.

They are already using blood to create weapons. And I blocked them.

I blocked two of them with Reizpear on my right, stopping one of them with my foot, and as for the Vampire King, as expected he's the strongest one. I stopped him by blocking his attack with Victokatana on my left. But because I blocked all four attacks at the same time, I got pushed back a little. But I'm still fine.

As for the last vampire, Shelia reacted fast enough to block her sword, and counter attacked with her claws. But her claws hit the female vampire's arm instead, and cutting it off.

As Shelia about to give the killing shot, the vampires are all stepped back. I can see that the female vampire's arm is quickly healing. Seems like as long as she attached her missing arm, she won't need to use a lot of blood.

With how much she needs to recover her cut limb, I can see easily now that she's the weakest after that attack. Previously, they seem to have the same strength. But now, she's the weakest.

"Oh, wow! I'm stronger than a Vampire King and three Vampire Dukes! I'm so amazing!" I said.

"You think we used our full power in that attack!" one of the Vampire Dukes shouted.

"And do you think I blocked all four of you with my full strength?" I asked back.

Avan then stopped that one from getting provoked any further. I guess he knows to not easily get provoked. This might be a little harder than expected.

"Don't get provoked. He's an expert in mental battle. Keep your calm," Avan said to his friends. Or is it subordinates?

Although he didn't say it out loud, it was still enough for me to hear it.

"You have experienced what he can do to our mind. He makes the lesser vampires kill each other. If you go along with him, you will lose right away," Avan said.

He called those vampires lesser vampires? I guess other than those with higher status, he won't notice them.

And what makes me an expert in mental battle as he says was the grenades I threw before. The one that makes them kill each other.

Hearing what their king said, the vampires are calming down. I guess using gas on them will be difficult. Not that I have any plan on using them though.

"Shelia, for now, that female vampire is the weakest because of your attack. Unless she drank some more blood, she won't recover her strength and should be the easiest one to kill," I said to Shelia.

"Even if that's so, I want a good fight. Not an easy fight. Since you don't have any plan, it's fine to do it, right? You told me to fight however I want," Shelia said.

"Fine. Just be careful," I said.

At this time, the other vampires should be arriving. I believe Albert can handle them, so I don't need to care about them. For now, what's in front of me is a bigger problem. But so far, I don't see any possibilities of us losing.. I hope it continues this way to the end.