Undying Warlord

Dilan's sky blue eyes gleamed brightly in interest as he looked deep into Cleren's eyes.

It didn't look like Dilan was stupid but rather that he was genuinely interested in figuring out the mystery about the noble Vampires.

'Well, telling him more about our society might be beneficial for me as well…I guess.' Clerens thought before he cleared his throat to answer Dilan's questions.

"I won't go into detail, otherwise, it would take too long to explain everything to you." He first said, to which Dilan simply nodded his head without saying anything.

"Three types of Vampires exist. First are humans, who have been turned into Vampires, second are Nobles and the Royalty, who were born Vampires, and last but not least are Mutants, born with the traits of Vampires and the other races they belonged to.

Mutants are rare and frowned upon usually because their lifespan is short. The powers of the Vampire race cannot be mixed with others, not without causing issues or while facing a miracle." Clerens said, calmly, before he switched the topic from Mutants.

"Either way, Vampires, who have once been humans, are usually weaker than the nobility and royalty. They're subordinates and have to obey their masters, that is, the nobles who turned them.

This is how Vampire Clans and Families were created. The master is in control of everyone in his or her clan, and the members don't obey anyone, except those stronger than them which includes the royalty.

The higher the purity of the noble's bloodline, the stronger their subordinates. Thus, the hierarchy of the Vampire society was always quite strict and rigid, meaning that things rarely changed.

Everyone's rank was predetermined from the moment they were born or given birth.

Only the royalty's blood could change the predetermined fate, but they rarely did so. Of course, this changed with the appearance of the Primordial Ascension, which changed everything.

Now, everyone can become whatever they want to be as long as they gain enough strength." Clerens ended his explanation, there was not more for Dilan to know.

'I need to have a few trumps up my sleeve if Dilan wants to act up!' He thought.

Dilan nodded his head in curiosity. The Vampire society was something entirely new for him, but he could summarize it with relative ease.

"There are plebeian Vampires that had been given a new life by the bite of noble vampires, whereas noble vampires, including the royalty, are born just like humans. Everyone's strength and rank in the society was determined according to the lineage, and their bloodline before, and now things had gone awry after the Primordial Ascension." While Clerens kept explaining, Dilan kept nodding his head.

He would be one of the biggest liars if he were to say that the information didn't interest him. Dilan was quite astonished by everything he heard, but it was definitely exciting.

However, there was one thing that confused Dilan a bit.

"By the way, you know that you told me a lot about your race's society and nearly everything about the Sanctum's keys and the Blood Legion, even though I haven't agreed to help you yet. What if I join the Blood Legion after killing you?" Dilan was genuinely interested in the answer to this question as he wanted to figure out the way Clerens' mind worked.

'Where does his trust stem from?' He thought. There was no reason for Mayor Clerens to trust him, after all. They had not known each other for longer than an hour but Clerens had already revealed his real identity, and much more.

This was just weird, but Clerens seemed to be extremely calm as if he didn't truly care about any of that. Rather, he was enjoying the current situation a lot. It was a lot different from everything he had faced in a long time he had been alive.

"Well, they would try to kill you, and in return, you would probably annihilate them. Afterward, you are left with all five keys, and lots of trouble because you don't know where the Sanctum of the Old Vampire Lord is. Additionally, many Vampires will pursue you, because the scent of a human will inevitably strengthen the natural curse that lays on the Sanctum's keys." Clerens answered with a shrug.

Dilan smiled in return before he turned serious once again.

"Going back to my earlier question, why did Sheriff Jennie and Hunter Jared act like that before? Did you reveal your identity to them? Just why did you act like that earlier?"

Dilan's mind was close to bursting apart into pieces. His brain was overloaded with information that he was trying hard to digest. The intel about the Vampire society, the Sanctum of some Old Vampire Lord, and the fact that the Blood Legion was likely to be an entire Vampire clan that was on a hot pursuit to get their hands on the Sanctum's keys were not that easy to accept.

However, Dilan did his utmost to get more and more information. He wanted to make sure that he had not done a mistake by telling Oliver, Ailee, and the rest to come over.

It would be quite dangerous to let them fight Vampires with highly regenerative abilities. They might not actually die, even if their heart was pierced.

'Will it be enough to behead them, or is it necessary to pierce through their heart? Maybe they have some sort of other weakness through which they have to be killed?' Dilan was not sure about that but he would figure it out soon enough.

But Sheriff Jennie and Hunter Jared's weird reactions from before had to be paid the most attention to, to make sure that everything was going the right way.

"Oh, they? I hypnotized them and told them that the Sanctum's key is for a vault with treasures inside. You don't need to pay too much attention to these puny humans…" Just when Clerens waved off his hand, indicating that it was no need to pay any heed to humans, he stared straight into Dilan's sky-blue eyes.

Dilan was frowning and Clerens cleared his throat just a moment later.

"I didn't mean humans in general. Just don't pay any attention to Sheriff Jennie and Hunter Jared. They don't know anything important. Shouldn't you be more interested in getting to know a way how to kill the Blood Legion, and the Clan Mihorl?" Clerens asked, not sure why Dilan prioritized asking about Sheriff Jennie and Hunter Jared after everything he had been told already.

'He really has a few loose screws…' Clerens thought before smiling as the glow of his red eyes became more vibrant than before. 'Well, who wouldn't become a crackhead after surviving the Primordial Ascension, and fighting with his life on the line for days.'

"So the Clan is called Mihorl? Sounds weak, but whatever. If you trust me enough to tell me the way of how to kill Vampires, that's great, if not, I will just cut them apart until their regeneration ability cannot keep up anymore." Dilan said nonchalantly before the Blazing Serpentine Blade appeared in his hand.

He inserted a bit of mana in the weapon, and engulfed it with flames before adding,

"And I believe that you guys are not really good with fire, or are you?" He asked before his eyes turned ice cold as he lashed out.

The Blazing Serpentine Blade enlarged, and coiled around Clerens within a second, before cutting him several times.

"Oi Oi Oi, what the hell are you doing?!" Clerens shrieked in fear that was visible in his eyes.

"Yep, you guys don't like fire," Dilan concluded, retracting his weapon once again.

"Sorry, that was just to test something." He offered, not sounding apologetic, at all.

"He is nuts…" Clerens could only mumble, trying to hide his opinion about Dilan as he looked at the burned marks all over his arms and leg. They healed, but very slowly.

"Couldn't you have just asked me how to kill Vampires? It was not necessary to injure my beautiful skin like that, was it?!" Clerens didn't sound pleased anymore, but Dilan didn't mind that at all.

"Your smile pissed me off. You didn't take me seriously, so I showed you that I will beat your ass the moment you fucked up!" There was no need for Dilan to lie. He stared deep into the Vampire's eyes and showed him that he had no fear of him.

'I don't care if you are a Werewolf, a Vampire, some nobility, the king himself, or a Witch, don't fuck with me!' That was what Dilan's eyes screamed and Clerens would remember that for a long time.

"Okay…just let me tell you about the Blood Legion's numbers and how to kill them properly…"

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