Chapter 8 Sheeps Can't Order Wolves

The Sect Master is generally a calm, stoic, and mysterious woman, which makes her very popular wherever she goes. Not even during battles or stressful situations, she loses the serene beauty of her lovely face.

Well, at least she ensures she doesn't lose her composure in front of other people. But that's not the case now, and she allows herself to be enraged by Irina's provocation.

That has nothing to do with two women vying for a man's attention, not entirely... but rather the fact that Irina mocks all the hard work the Sect Master has put into bringing Klaus into her world.

"Shut the fuck up, you goddamn shitty fairy!!!" She spares no insult as she unleashes her aura's power toward Irina's cage, sending the poor fairy some unavoidable shivers.

From inside his cage, Klaus watches the unforgivable act as a murderous gleam passes through his eyes. The few good intentions he had for the Sect Master vanish further.

He can't deny that the Sect Master is more beautiful than most women from Earth, but when he compares her and Irina Angry, the fairy remains so lovely, while the necromancer is just annoying.

"..." Irina is proud and doesn't like to bow her head, but after sleeping so well, she's starving, and making the Sect Master angrier doesn't seem like the best way to get food. So, she sits silently in the corner of the cage.

The Sect Master regains her serene expression and turns her attention back to Klaus. "I'm sorry you had to witness this... it's just that those damn animals sometimes drive me crazy."

[Again with this animal trash talk??] Irina can't help but roll her eyes at the Sect Master while keeping her thoughts only to herself. [Are you really going to pretend he's human?]

"She's not like us, you understand?" The Sect Master's words make Irina want to bang her head against the cage bars. "Her people only think about hanging out in the woods eating weeds... they aren't attracted to power and darkness like us."

[Are you kidding me?!?!] The poor fairy can't believe what she's hearing.

Klaus doesn't understand any of those words, but he enjoys Irina's subtle expressions. And his quick glances at the fairy do not escape the Sect Master's eyes, which makes her more and more upset.

"Alright." Since Klaus is clearly more interested in Irina than the Sect Master, the necromancer gives up the 'nice' manners. "I'm trying to do this in a way that's good for everyone, but if you prefer it the hard way..."

Irina fears that the Sect Master will hurt Klaus, but he, on the other hand, has a better idea of what kind of person that woman is, someone dangerous and cunning who always seems to be hiding her true intentions.

With a wicked smile on her face, she raises her arm and moves her fingers gracefully, making black particles appear around her.

That black dust with a powerful aura floats around the Sect Master before becoming a gigantic black hand, which opens Klaus' cage and then points towards the empty space in front of the necromancer.

"Come here, now!" She speaks in an authoritative tone. It is evident that he does not understand her words, but the order is quite explicit.

"..." Yet, Klaus doesn't move a finger.

"Puff..." Irina almost chokes when trying to contain her laughter. But when she notices the necromancer's angry look, the poor fairy lifts her arms with a clearly fake apologetic expression. "My bad, my bad!"

The Sect Master ignores the fairy and turns to look at Klaus. She releases more and more of that dark dust, making her aura more and more powerful and the mood inside the chamber denser.

Klaus doesn't fear any attacks from that woman, but something in her eyes arouses his instincts, and he always trusts his instincts. [What are you planning?]

"I know you understand me..." The Sect Master continues with her eyes fixed on Klaus. "And you still won't OBEY ME!?"

"..." Klaus thinks about giving what the Sect Master wants just to get it over with soon, but his pride doesn't allow him to bow ever; The ultimate hunter at the top of the food chain doesn't give in to a sheep, even if it looks like a bigger sheep than the usual.

At that moment, the atmosphere gets so tense between the Sect Master and Klaus that she even holds her breath as he feels his instincts screaming louder and louder that something is wrong.

They both keep their eyes on each other, but then the necromancer starts to look away, and Klaus sees through her intentions. His supreme hunter's instincts are activated to the maximum, and time seems to slow down in front of his eyes.

He doesn't even have to look to the side because he can hear that dark dust gathering around Irina; of course, the Sect Master intends to hurt her to attack him, an unfair and dirty move, but one that works very well, by the way.

[NO!!] Klaus cannot allow Irina to be harmed. That is not only about the fact that her blood is so good, but his whole instinct begs him to protect her.

Then he makes his move. After meditating for several hours to use Irina's blood as best he could and save energy, he has to give it all up by pushing his body beyond the current limits.

*Thump-bump*

His heart even gives a slight beat after so many years silenced.

*WHOOOSH*

Klaus dashes forward in a movement so fast that Irina can barely follow it with her eyes; he moves like lightning, but to his shock, the Sect Master is just as fast.

[???] He sees another giant dark hand form in front of his cage, but now it's too late to retreat; all the energy he used went into that attack.

The Sect Master's confident smile also becomes happily surprised, and then she snaps her fingers.

Klaus falls right into the claws of the giant hand, which smashes his body against the walls of the cage, making a loud noise.

*BAM!!!*

Only when the dust settles is Irina able to see the complete picture; the Sect Master threatened to harm her, and Klaus attacked fast as the wind, without thinking twice and risking his own safety for hers.

But he failed, and now his weak body is being held against the chamber floor by that giant black hand. It leaves Irina with a warm feeling in her heart and a bad taste in her mouth.

"Let him go!!" She yells at the Sect Master in protest.

But the necromancer doesn't even listen to the fairy's words; she's very focused on Klaus right now, curious and excited about his whole being.

"Hahahaha..." The Sect Master laughs while keeping the black hand holding Klaus. "Damn, how did you do that?!? Not even the most powerful Elders in this place can move that fast... I bet even most people of my cultivation level couldn't stop you in time."

Irina doesn't understand why the Sect Master looks so happy after Klaus attacks her, but he somehow understands that, or maybe she understands him... Yeah, he can't contain his excitement, either.

After spending so many years sleeping in the lonely darkness, Klaus is overjoyed to feel the thrill of the hunt again. Not only was that single second of action very stimulating, but it also brought back a long-forgotten feeling in Klaus's heart, the desire to overcome his limits.

In the last millennium that Klaus could still hunt on Earth, no enemy stood up to him; in fact, not even thousands of them even came close to causing a single scratch on his skin.

But now, in this new world, that annoying woman has taken him down with a single move, which makes Klaus too excited to keep fighting. Hunting powerful prey is much more fun than weak ones.

"You..." Somehow, the Sect Master can feel some of Klaus's excitement, which makes it all the more fun. She vanishes the black hand and still catches a glimpse of the bloodthirsty smile on his pale lips.

Klaus and the Sect Master's eyes meet again, and they feel closer to each other. A part of him even thinks about letting her stay alive, but that idea just fades when he remembers that she tried to hurt Irina.

​ Having any bad intentions against the fairy is an unforgivable crime to Klaus. But since now he doesn't have the strength to kill the Sect Master, he might as well enjoy her for the sake of his fun.

"How fascinating..." The Sect Master walks around Klaus, studying his body. Less than a day ago, he couldn't even seem to move, but now his body appears to be regenerating.

She still doesn't know that he drank Irina's blood, so she's very curious to find out how he's getting stronger. And for that, she plans to do more experiments with him.

"Oh..." She notices a small wound on his chest, probably caused by the impact from just ago. But the most surprising thing is not the wound but a small drop of black blood that oozes from it. "Now you have blood??"

[He does???] Irina is also shocked by that. She'd seen the Sect Master pierce and cut Klaus' body dozens of times the day before, and he didn't have a drop of blood. [Is it my blood??]

In his current state, Klaus can still move, albeit slowly. Still, he doesn't attack the Sect Master to prevent Irina from getting into danger and lets the necromancer pierce and cut his body repeatedly.

So, while the fairy suffers from seeing him be treated like an experiment, he doesn't see the time pass, imagining how good it will be when he manages to dominate that annoying woman.

Klaus can still be proud without being dumb and, of course, learn from his mistakes to become an even better hunter.