The knight who was below Dexter's feet laughed, then raised his hands in surrender.
"I surrender." He smiled, and Dexter let him get up before walking towards Sarabi.
"The crystal..." Dexter said, stretching his hand forward to take it from her.
She felt intimidated by his stare and couldn't help but give it to him.
"Sarabi, who told you to give it to him?" Van asked as he walked towards them, but Sarabi was already caught in Dexter's gaze.
As she put it in Dexter's hand, he smiled at her and jumped upwards, sprouting a pair of black-colored wings before flying towards his own group.
"Ah... He took the crystal..." Sarabi seemed to regain her senses, and Van sighed, facepalming.
"Looks like he compelled you into that one," Van said, then looked up to where Dexter flew. "His wings though, they don't look like the vampire king's or our master's... He's different."
Sarabi completely agreed with what he said, and they began to walk away from the area with no bloodstones to show.
Dexter, on the other hand, wasted no time in gobbling up the stones into his mouth. He gained a lot of exp from fighting the shadow knights, but they were not enough—the knights were weak.
He felt ecstatic as a wave of energy spread all around his body. It was like a rush of adrenaline, making him smile as he basked in this feeling.
[You have absorbed a 2990-year-old blood crystal.]
[You have gained strength +110, agility +160, stamina +2000, mind +130]
"Hm?"
Dexter was confused by the stats presented in front of him, and he frowned deeply.
"I got way fewer stats than I did when I first absorbed one. This is..."
Alas, he didn't quite understand the blood world itself, so he only went towards where there was a group of people dashing forward.
Collins used gravity to pull and slow down the count, but he was persistent. They slowed him down, though, and Jude made a wall of ice to continue the wall of the labyrinth so the count wouldn't escape.
Dominic looked back at both of them and ran downwards, punching them both, surprising them.
Collins stopped his fall with a wind cushion, and Jude slid on ice as it formed a road and curved upwards, launching him back to the wall.
Dexter flew upwards with his star phaser, and then a burst of flames exploded the ice wall, and finally, Dominic was able to get to the other side.
Jude and Collins jumped over, and that was when they noticed up to 1000 vampires traveling beyond the walls, and then they couldn't see the count within the crowd.
The crowd of vampires looked up to see Dexter and his brothers falling, and Jude made another ice road extending from the wall and went back to the other side with Collins and Dexter.
"Damn it..." Dexter mumbled as he landed on the ground where the group was.
They all stood close to the person who had his heart removed from his body with a punch, and then they closed his eyes as it held a gaze of fear.
Dexter clenched his fists, but he knew that he couldn't do anything about it right now. He promised himself not to let anyone in his coven die on this island, and now someone did.
The worst part of all this was that Dominic got away with the blood crystal.
Everyone began to feel the tension in the air this time as some really considered that they might die as easily as this guy did.
Most of them didn't yet have the strength to face a count or a knight, so they were treading on dangerous grounds.
Dexter, seeing that everyone began to look nervous, didn't say anything and let them think about it.
His mother made them stay behind to do a small burial for the vampire who was killed, and it went well.
After another hour of traveling, Dexter encountered a knight standing at the entrance leading into a beautiful field.
He could see that that was where the red pillar of light shooting into the sky came from.
This knight seemed to emit a different aura than the others and stood there imposing with its single sword and shield. Experience exclusive tales on m v|l e'-novelhall.net
"I'll deal with it," Dexter said, and then he blew a flame towards the knight, and with a wave of his sword, the fire dispersed.