Jude walked to where Collins was lying, his hands trembling.
Collins held Lucian up by the collar of his shirt, and Lucian smiled as he was finally able to hear what Collins said.
"Answer me, what did you do to him?!" Collins asked again, and Lucian still had his smile.
"What did I do to him? I triggered his real memories..." Lucian smiled, and then he held onto Collins' arm.
"What memory are you talking about?" Collins asked in a low tone, his body visibly shaking as he barely held back his rage.
A sharp blade was close to Lucian's neck, and he saw Jude in front of him too with the trident, seemingly nonchalant.
"Well... Your brother is more than just himself. Your brother, Dexter, my brother, Alucrad, two in one..." Lucian explained to them, and then they both glanced at Dexter.
The moon began to pass over the horizon, and soon, darkness flooded the place.
Lucian smiled as he turned into a cloud of bats, blinding Collins and Jude.
The other vampires couldn't even move because the gravity increased, and the bats made it seem easy to fly.
Lucian reached the throne, and then all the bats formed his body. He glanced back at the vampires and sat on the throne.
"You all want the crown... Anyone who defies me will die."
As Lucian said that, the darkness which crept on the floor began to emerge, forming tangible constructs.
Soon, everyone was a bit stunned as they gazed at shadow knights. These ones seemed kind of special, as they all had shadowy rings above their heads.
The pressure in the surroundings vanished, and the counts stood up. They all gazed at Jude and Collins, who glanced back at Lucian with seething anger.
"Whether you choose to believe it or not... He will change, the brother you once knew will become mine," Lucian's red eyes gazed upon them, and the vampires couldn't make a move.
To the counts, it was the boys with blue hair and white hair... Jude and Collins. They were a force far greater than Rose...
*BOOOOM!!!*
A loud explosion disrupted their focus, and they all looked out of the camp to see a horde of zombies approaching.
"Shit, I thought the blood moon only lasted for a week," Jude said, jumping high in the sky to see that there were larger zombies in the mix.
The members of the camp were still in disarray as they awaited news on how Dexter was doing.
Victor noticed the smell of blood and the hungry growls approaching, and then he frowned, walking in front of the other vampires.
"Everyone, there is a massive horde of zombies approaching. We're all waiting for Dexter to wake up, but don't lose focus. Right now, we have to be ready to defend our camp," Victor said, and he glanced outside the dome barrier to see the zombies very clearly now.
"What the..." Maya came forward to see the zombies now changed.
They now had bigger bodies with red markings on their skin that seemed like they were carved with a knife. There were even zombies that were nine feet tall, wielding makeshift weapons like electric poles and the bark of trees.
All the vampires charged forward. Maya and Victor were among them.
"Hm...?" Maya noticed the red aura emanating from the zombies, and she couldn't help but frown.
"Is the moon affecting the zombies?" She pondered with a frown and could only wave her hand, causing a stream of lightning to shoot towards the zombies, killing them instantly.
Lily didn't want to leave Dexter's side and let the vampires take care of the problem. Normally, she wouldn't miss a chance to level up and grow stronger, but this was a matter of someone to whom she owed her life.
'Please...' Her hand went below Dexter's as she looked at his face sadly.
In the next moment, as if time seemed to stop and play, Dexter wasn't where he had lain anymore.
"What the...?" Collins looked up to see Dexter hovering above the camp, his eyes darting around curiously.
"Dexter!" Kila called his name out with a chuckle, and then Dexter turned to face her.
"Hm... That was his name, Dexter. His body is mine now..." The words left the mouth of what seemed to be their brother... but at the same time, wasn't.