(A/N: Outer wall would refer to the city/entirety of the area within the outer wall, and so will it be for the rest, inner wall and innermost wall.
Also, for lack of a better word, I will use subordinate to refer to those under Aldritch, for now)
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Lada made her way into her personal room within the space under the house. Once she entered the room, the sight from some moments ago greeted, when she was preparing to perform a ritual and instantly even more guilt filled her. She took the potion she had made and emptied the bowl into a nearby sink before turning her attention elsewhere to look for a particular cube shaped box.
Once she found it, she dusted off anything settling on it and brought it to Aldritch.
Without thinking much of whether it was legit or not, Aldritch wore the necklace contained within the palm sized wooden box. It had a white crystal embedded into the silver chain, apparently, that was where all the magic was. This was supposed to disrupt any form of scrying magic used on him.
With that done, Aldritch was even more determined to increase his strength. He always had that drive to do so, but he had been adhering to certain things that limited the possibility.
"I'll return to the, city within the outer wall, to get the two I mentioned before. There's one more, but she'll be joining you later. I'll need special transportation prepared, these two aren't exactly, human." Aldritch said. The last part made Lada even more curious as she was eager to meet these inhuman companions.
Without wasting time, a small group was arranged to escort Aldritch to the outer city. He wanted them to be as few as possible not to drag any attention, so in the end only two private guards followed him, that number was sufficient to complete the task.
Aldritch was able to reach the outer wall by night, before it was even late, just some moments after the sun had gone down.
Once he arrived, he went to Ingrid's apartment where he found all his other subordinates. Apart from Ingrid, he brought Olgud and Lina with him. Before leaving, he made sure to give Ingrid enough blood to satisfy her for up to a week. He was definitely not going to be returning so soon.
Aldritch brought the two to Lada before sunrise and spent the rest of the day resting. Now that Lada was also a vampire, she found herself more tired and sleepy during the day and had to readjust slowly to this new life. If she wanted to continue like a regular human being, it would be a bit uncomfortable for a while, but ultimately she would be able to manage.
Being a witch, however, this wasn't too different from her usual routine.
"Give me a lot of gold, I'll be visiting the slave market in the outer wall this night." Aldritch said to Lada. After all, everything in that mansion and the people themselves belonged to her.
"May I ask why, master?"
"Well, to kill them, why else?... Actually, a change of plans, does Gavik "own" any other property that I can use to store slaves in large quantities of up to thousands? Of course, in a manner where they won't be detected." Aldritch asked.
"Do you plan to create a human farm?" She asked, a bit surprised.
"Yes, do you have a problem with that?" Aldritch asked, noticing her change in expression.
"N-no, quite the opposite, master. If that is the case, I know of a perfect place that will suite that need. I have a huge underground base over at one of Gavik's properties, that place can easily hold more than 1000 people with a lot of space left, they could create quite the settlement.
I placed the third wife and her children there. Out of all the wives, she is the most calm headed and her children take after her, no one would ever suspect them of anything, making that place much safer than any other." She said, her mind already wondering to different things like how such numbers will be maintained.
"I see. You will arrange for that then."
"Yes, master. You can leave the acquisition of the slaves to me as well, I will handle it."
"Very well then, I'll entrust completion of this task to you then." Aldritch said to her. "While you do that, I'll still take some coins to the outer wall, I would be needing some urgently."
Aldritch was still a bit paranoid, not sure if he was being hunted as they spoke. After Maggie returned from the academy, she didn't give any report concerning Aldritch being chased by the academy or authorities, and the fact that she hadn't heard anything meant that the academy was keeping the information on a low. Unknown to Aldritch, he had been mistaken to be a member of the red gate order.
"As you wish, master."
The sun was already down, but darkness was yet to fall. It was a good time for him to leave for the outer wall, so he could get there before it was too late.
"Ah, yes, find someone with adequate skill in assassination and such stealthy way of fighting, let them put Olgud through, he seems to fit that category, despite his size and age." Aldritch said to Lada, to which she agreed.
For Lada, she was yet to have a proper interaction with Lina and Olgud, that would be after they woke up, if they still hadn't. Even though she was the newest member, in her memory, she was the oldest, as she had been with Aldritch even before joining the Luna Cult.
She needed to access them to determine how capable they were and how worthy they were to stand beside her master; this was only natural.
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[Name: Olgud Hellsing]
[age: 40]
[Rank: Ordinary]
[Race: Vampire Ghoul]
[Evolution: Fledgling]
[Racial Skills: {Blood Manipulation (Lvl 1} {Healing Factor}]
[Loyalty: 99]
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[Name: Ingrid Fenwick Hellsing]
[age: 27]
[Rank: Ordinary]
[Race: Vampire]
[Evolution: Blood Sucker]
[Racial Skills: {Blood Manipulation (Lvl 1} {Minor Compulsion Lvl 1} {Healing Factor}]
[Loyalty: 77]
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[Name: Lada Vesnak Hellsing]
[age: 61]
[Rank: Ordinary]
[Race: Vampire]
[Evolution: Blood Sucker]
[Racial Skills: {Blood Manipulation (Lvl 1} {Minor Compulsion Lvl 5} {Healing Factor}]
[Loyalty: 55 >> 59 >> 65]
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"Huh?"