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May 8, 2020
Dungeon Keeper: The first reverse harem LitRPG
I'm very happy to announce that by the end of May 2020, Dungeon Keeper will be released on Amazon. To the best of my knowledge, it's going to be the first gamelit/litrpg reverse harem novel!
I also changed the previous cover to something new:
I also changed the previous cover to something new:
April 22, 2020
Rise and Rescue Volume 2: Protect and Recover
Sharing for a friend! Happy I had the honor to contribute!All profits from this anthology go to support WIRES, whose mission is the rescue and rehabilitation of Australian wildlife.New Release!Rise and Rescue Volume 2: Protect and Recover
https://books2read.com/u/49ZGdkToday is Earth Day. Celebrate by checking out these LitRPG and GameLit short stories. Both Volume 1 and 2 are out now and all profits go to charity.Life finds a way. The forests are bouncing back. Seeds are beginning to sprout. Animals are venturing back into the wilds thanks to the help of rehabilitation centers and the kindness of heroes.The Rise and Rescue antholgies bring together dozens of best selling and emerging LitRPG / GameLit authors combing sci-if, gaming, and fantasy. Each Volume features over 15+ authors and over 500 pages.Volume 2 features a crossover of epic proportions in Hell’s Glitch vs Psy-Hunters by Belart Wright, a first taste of Troy Osgood’s upcoming series Battlefield Online, sequels like E.M. Swift-Hook’s ‘Return to Wrathburnt Sands’, Cindy Koepp’s ‘Up a Tree’, and Nathaniel Webb’s ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ set in ‘Expedition Summerlands’. Take a look into the future of ‘The Fifth Survivor’ series by Angel Ramon, a prequel to Star Divers by Stephen Landry, and ‘The Trashman’ by Taj McCoy El. Volume 2 is this and so much more including new LitRPG, Sci-fi, and Fantasy stories from many established and emerging authors. More hope, more rescue, more gaming. It is our hope that these stories both inspire you and help make a difference. Here you are the hero.Together we stand and rise.
Together we protect and recover.- Stephen
https://books2read.com/u/49ZGdkToday is Earth Day. Celebrate by checking out these LitRPG and GameLit short stories. Both Volume 1 and 2 are out now and all profits go to charity.Life finds a way. The forests are bouncing back. Seeds are beginning to sprout. Animals are venturing back into the wilds thanks to the help of rehabilitation centers and the kindness of heroes.The Rise and Rescue antholgies bring together dozens of best selling and emerging LitRPG / GameLit authors combing sci-if, gaming, and fantasy. Each Volume features over 15+ authors and over 500 pages.Volume 2 features a crossover of epic proportions in Hell’s Glitch vs Psy-Hunters by Belart Wright, a first taste of Troy Osgood’s upcoming series Battlefield Online, sequels like E.M. Swift-Hook’s ‘Return to Wrathburnt Sands’, Cindy Koepp’s ‘Up a Tree’, and Nathaniel Webb’s ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ set in ‘Expedition Summerlands’. Take a look into the future of ‘The Fifth Survivor’ series by Angel Ramon, a prequel to Star Divers by Stephen Landry, and ‘The Trashman’ by Taj McCoy El. Volume 2 is this and so much more including new LitRPG, Sci-fi, and Fantasy stories from many established and emerging authors. More hope, more rescue, more gaming. It is our hope that these stories both inspire you and help make a difference. Here you are the hero.Together we stand and rise.
Together we protect and recover.- Stephen
May, Upcoming Releases!
May will be a busy month, will also be releasing three more stories in the Hades Online Universe:
Hades Online: Paladin 3, a novella which will conclude Rostam's journey in the Damned Lands.
Hades Online: Succubus 4
I must admit, my favorite series of novellas so far. It's set for release within May 18, 2020. If you loved the 3rd part, the 4th will blow your mind with the plot twists.
And last, but not least Hades Online: Dungeon Keeper, (probably the first ) Reverse Harem LitRPG adventure. Cover pending ^-^. Gals, wait for updates, you're gonna love the MC!
Hades Online: Paladin 3, a novella which will conclude Rostam's journey in the Damned Lands.
Hades Online: Succubus 4
I must admit, my favorite series of novellas so far. It's set for release within May 18, 2020. If you loved the 3rd part, the 4th will blow your mind with the plot twists.
And last, but not least Hades Online: Dungeon Keeper, (probably the first ) Reverse Harem LitRPG adventure. Cover pending ^-^. Gals, wait for updates, you're gonna love the MC!
Hades Online: Red Knight Released
The third installment of the Fire Knight series is already out and compared to the first two, it's twice the size. I hope you'll love it as much as the first two!
Don't forget to check it out - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086C3F9N4
Don't forget to check it out - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086C3F9N4
Hades Online: White Knight Released!
The second book in the series has been released and it's available on Amazon! - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085K1Z171
April 12, 2020
Hades Online: Fire Knight has been released
Check out this new adventure in Hades Online universe!
THE FATE OF HIS TRUE LOVE LIES IN THE BALANCE
When young Melanthios' home village is attacked by the monstrous Flesh Tree of the Cedar Forest all seems lost, until he’s made the Fire Knight and offered a quest: to gather the five Great Knights who can help him save his village and his love.
Struggling against his inner-demons, Melanthios is given three terrible choices: Abandon this impossible quest and allow his people, his love to be devoured by the monster who has taken them; sacrifice his benefactors, the five Great Knights as demanded by the malevolent Flesh Tree as ransom; or, somehow lead these Great Knights against a power so terrifying even the greatest of monsters quake in fear of it.
Hades Online: Fire Knight is a LitRPG fantasy novella following the tradition of novels like “Sword Art Online”, “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” and “Overlord”.
Warning: This 45 Minutes Science Fiction & Fantasy short read contains graphic violence and profanity.
Click here to read more about the series!
March 1, 2020
Chapter #8: The road to Lycia, pt 2
It has been days since our battle with Melissa. Ambrosia keeps stalking me and from time to time, she keeps harassing me. I can’t blame anyone but myself for what happened. I was the one who proposed this and now I pay the price of my foolishness.
We haven’t encountered anything but goblins these days, which helped me upgrade a bit and now I’m Threat Level 3, HP 28. Still, I’m no match for most opponents and the only thing I can easily kill is low level goblins. Ambrosia keeps pushing me fight those tiny creatures, so that I level up and be a ‘strong pet’, as she calls me.
I haven’t mentioned that she becomes restless by the day, having days to taste soft and pudgy flesh, but only mine. You see, she refuses to drink goblin blood and yesterday she decided to take a bite out of me.
She told me, “My, aren’t you tasty?” As she grappled me and had her time with me.
My HP decreased momentarily from the bloodsucking, but thankfully, my vampiric bloodline comes handy as it helps me heal pretty fast. It seems I don’t need to drink blood to replenish my strength and I don’t have any weaknesses. On the other hand, I don’t have the powers a pureblood vampire has. I’m left to wonder however, if this will be the case as I keep leveling up. There has to be a catch.
As the sunlight inflicts damage to my vampire entourage, we travel only night. I don’t mind though, as it is the same for me. Dark Vision helps me see clear as daylight.
Ambrosia looks at me with a drooling face. “I’m hungry!”
I know what will follow, but I keep looking the other way as I tell her, “Soon we’ll reach the city of Tlos, then Patara, the royal capital of Lycia.”
Her face becomes paler than usual. “Are you sure you want to go there? The whole kingdom of Lycia is unrest from the recent events. Alastor, the Demon Lord that rules these lands is a cruel and strong man. He killed my former master, Lamia, the Vampire Queen of Pedasa and now gathers a great army to fight the Undead King of Lycaonia. I must warn you though, since he came into power, devilish creatures emerged, making even creatures as such as vampires look gentle and kind.”
I keep wondering if Alastor and Sarpedon are Players, just like me. It will be interesting to meet them and see how this story progresses.
“So what else can you tell me about this Alastor?” I ask her.
“He is, was actually the fifth prince of Lycia. His two elder brothers died, and Nestor, the third in line was considered dead. Pero, the fourth in line reigned for two years, till Alastor killed him and took over the throne. That’s how much I know, but all of these Lycians are evil and bloodthirsty. What man would kill his own brother. Their devilish bloodline will bring doom to all of Anatolia. Of that, I’m pretty sure,” she tells me with certainty.
I dare to ask, “How strong is this Alastor that makes even a Vampire Lord as you shiver?”
Ambrosia grunts upon listening the foolishness I just said. “I’ve lived decades mortal, don’t you dare mock me again or you’ll pay it dearly.”
I nod agreeably, waiting for her to continue.
“He is strong, stronger than any creature I’ve ever encountered in my long life. Stronger than my master, Lamia. He ventured into her chambers, killed her and her elite guard single handedly. He had powerful friends with him, a demoness and a necromancer. They stormed the Vampire Castle with Nestor and killed most of the vampires and Vampire Lords. I was wise enough to retreat with two other Vampire Lords. We were the only which were spared. Not of Nestor’s benevolence though, but because of our cunningness. Alastor left soon after and headed back to Lycia with his dragon or so I know. He left Nestor behind to act as lord of Pedasa. Things have been worse for us since he took over control. The bastard drank the blood of Lamia before Alastor killed her and gained some of her powers. Even though he was the weaker and younger of the Vampire Lords, he obtained great power. Now he’s the one who plagues Pedasa.”
You Adventurer’s Log has been updated, I’m notified.
More questions come into my mind now. “Isn’t Pedasa a city of the kingdom of Caria? How is it that Alastor, a king of another kingdom decided who the lord there is?”
Ambrosia nods and keeps explaining. “Pedasa indeed belongs to the kingdom of Caria formally, but because of Lamia plagued these lands for centuries, Caria had no real control. I heard that Nestor tries to bond ties with the Carian Throne, but who would believe a Vampire Lord? No one dares to come to Pedasa. Which begs the question, how did you came and what was your business in Pedasa?”
I take a deep breath and start explaining everything to Ambrosia. She listens carefully to me, but doesn’t understand much of what I’m saying. Well, it’s the usual reaction I’ve been waiting. In all of the game worlds I’ve been, the NPCs never believe where the Players come from and think we’re mad. It makes sense plot-wise as this would ruin the experience.
Suddenly, she grabs me by the neck. “Stop,” she orders. I know it’s about time she feeds on me. Well, it was about time. But no, that’s not the reason she silences me. I hear clatter of horses and men fighting.
I understand that there’s a battle taking place in front of me. Black knights, pillaging and attacking unarmed merchants. Strange, usually raids take place during daylight.
“We have to help them,” I tell my vampire friend.
She seems amused for some reason I cannot understand, but quickly agrees to my demand. “I’ve been dying to taste something else. Let’s help those merchants… for now…” she smiles wickedly.
We haven’t encountered anything but goblins these days, which helped me upgrade a bit and now I’m Threat Level 3, HP 28. Still, I’m no match for most opponents and the only thing I can easily kill is low level goblins. Ambrosia keeps pushing me fight those tiny creatures, so that I level up and be a ‘strong pet’, as she calls me.
I haven’t mentioned that she becomes restless by the day, having days to taste soft and pudgy flesh, but only mine. You see, she refuses to drink goblin blood and yesterday she decided to take a bite out of me.
She told me, “My, aren’t you tasty?” As she grappled me and had her time with me.
My HP decreased momentarily from the bloodsucking, but thankfully, my vampiric bloodline comes handy as it helps me heal pretty fast. It seems I don’t need to drink blood to replenish my strength and I don’t have any weaknesses. On the other hand, I don’t have the powers a pureblood vampire has. I’m left to wonder however, if this will be the case as I keep leveling up. There has to be a catch.
As the sunlight inflicts damage to my vampire entourage, we travel only night. I don’t mind though, as it is the same for me. Dark Vision helps me see clear as daylight.
Ambrosia looks at me with a drooling face. “I’m hungry!”
I know what will follow, but I keep looking the other way as I tell her, “Soon we’ll reach the city of Tlos, then Patara, the royal capital of Lycia.”
Her face becomes paler than usual. “Are you sure you want to go there? The whole kingdom of Lycia is unrest from the recent events. Alastor, the Demon Lord that rules these lands is a cruel and strong man. He killed my former master, Lamia, the Vampire Queen of Pedasa and now gathers a great army to fight the Undead King of Lycaonia. I must warn you though, since he came into power, devilish creatures emerged, making even creatures as such as vampires look gentle and kind.”
I keep wondering if Alastor and Sarpedon are Players, just like me. It will be interesting to meet them and see how this story progresses.
“So what else can you tell me about this Alastor?” I ask her.
“He is, was actually the fifth prince of Lycia. His two elder brothers died, and Nestor, the third in line was considered dead. Pero, the fourth in line reigned for two years, till Alastor killed him and took over the throne. That’s how much I know, but all of these Lycians are evil and bloodthirsty. What man would kill his own brother. Their devilish bloodline will bring doom to all of Anatolia. Of that, I’m pretty sure,” she tells me with certainty.
I dare to ask, “How strong is this Alastor that makes even a Vampire Lord as you shiver?”
Ambrosia grunts upon listening the foolishness I just said. “I’ve lived decades mortal, don’t you dare mock me again or you’ll pay it dearly.”
I nod agreeably, waiting for her to continue.
“He is strong, stronger than any creature I’ve ever encountered in my long life. Stronger than my master, Lamia. He ventured into her chambers, killed her and her elite guard single handedly. He had powerful friends with him, a demoness and a necromancer. They stormed the Vampire Castle with Nestor and killed most of the vampires and Vampire Lords. I was wise enough to retreat with two other Vampire Lords. We were the only which were spared. Not of Nestor’s benevolence though, but because of our cunningness. Alastor left soon after and headed back to Lycia with his dragon or so I know. He left Nestor behind to act as lord of Pedasa. Things have been worse for us since he took over control. The bastard drank the blood of Lamia before Alastor killed her and gained some of her powers. Even though he was the weaker and younger of the Vampire Lords, he obtained great power. Now he’s the one who plagues Pedasa.”
You Adventurer’s Log has been updated, I’m notified.
More questions come into my mind now. “Isn’t Pedasa a city of the kingdom of Caria? How is it that Alastor, a king of another kingdom decided who the lord there is?”
Ambrosia nods and keeps explaining. “Pedasa indeed belongs to the kingdom of Caria formally, but because of Lamia plagued these lands for centuries, Caria had no real control. I heard that Nestor tries to bond ties with the Carian Throne, but who would believe a Vampire Lord? No one dares to come to Pedasa. Which begs the question, how did you came and what was your business in Pedasa?”
I take a deep breath and start explaining everything to Ambrosia. She listens carefully to me, but doesn’t understand much of what I’m saying. Well, it’s the usual reaction I’ve been waiting. In all of the game worlds I’ve been, the NPCs never believe where the Players come from and think we’re mad. It makes sense plot-wise as this would ruin the experience.
Suddenly, she grabs me by the neck. “Stop,” she orders. I know it’s about time she feeds on me. Well, it was about time. But no, that’s not the reason she silences me. I hear clatter of horses and men fighting.
I understand that there’s a battle taking place in front of me. Black knights, pillaging and attacking unarmed merchants. Strange, usually raids take place during daylight.
“We have to help them,” I tell my vampire friend.
She seems amused for some reason I cannot understand, but quickly agrees to my demand. “I’ve been dying to taste something else. Let’s help those merchants… for now…” she smiles wickedly.
Chapter #6: The road to Lycia
I’ve been walking for some time now in this god forsaken road. It looks more like a path, rather than a main road that connects one city with another. Having a vampire as the lord of Pedasa led to abandonment, so it makes sense that this road is the way it is.
At least, I got the Vampire Origin Bloodline here and now my powers increased exponentially. I feel I can walk for days without rest. Although I’m not as strong as a normal vampire, let aside a Vampire Lord, this new class / sub-race came handy. I better keep that fact to myself though, I don’t think the NPCs of this world will be happy if they learn of my bloodline.
As the night comes, my heightened senses inform me of a new menace. Something is approaching. I don’t know what this is, but the stench of death is everywhere. I must hide somewhere, it’s not safe here. I climb a tall tree I find before me. I manage somehow to climb it, although I don’t have any climbing skills.
My first action now is to double-check if my spell inventory replenished, but as expected, I can only use cantrips. I haven’t rest and I’m unable to use any 1st level spells so far. Fortunately, my HP is full again. Another advantage of having the bloodline. I wonder what will happen later as I level up. Will my avatar remain the same or the urge for blood will overrun me? There’s no way I inherited a class like this without its demerits. But that’s something I’ll have to consider once I’m out of this mess.
To my surprise, instead of ghouls and vampires, I now hear the synchronized marching of the knights. It must be the Vampire Hunting Squad. Each and every one of them is stronger than me. I doubt I can fight a single one of them and win. Especially now, that I’m out of spells. I can see them now, they are eleven in number and their leader is this girl, Melissa that I talked earlier. She’s the commander.
“Look at the mess that you got us in, Melissa,” a bearded knight tells her. “If you had killed the guy, now we’d be hunting Ambrosia and the rest of the Vampire Lords. Instead, we must find the vermin that drank the blood of our lord.”
“If I knew the events that preceded, I would have killed him myself,” she says, while she glowers at him.
“It is said that a vampire lets a mortal being drink its blood only when they have taken an interest to them. Having a simple vermin drink our master’s blood… I will make sure he breathes his last breath once I find him.”
My NCI gives me a new Main Quest: Escape the Vampire Hunting Squad.
Ok, I’ll have to stay here till they get bored, I guess.
Unfortunately, it takes me only a few moments to understand that they know where I’m located. How they know? I’m not sure, but there are a couple of items in this game that could have given away my position. Probably they’re using some type of scry gem or spell to track me down.
I climb down the tree and start running. I hear their voices behind me, cursing and shouting at the same time. “Stop! Don’t you dare move, you vermin,” the white bearded knight barks at me as he raises his heavy crossbow and aims at me.
You must be mad if you think I’ll stay. Eat my dust Vampire Hunting Squad. I might be weak, but my stamina is way higher than theirs. I will keep running and hopefully, they will get tired earlier than me.
***
I've been in a running battle for the last couple of hours. The Vampire Hunting Squad hasn’t stopped. These bastards are better prepared than I thought. From time to time, I’ve seen them drinking a potion that replenishes their stamina. It will be impossible for me to escape them, but there’s now way I can fight them. I access my NCI again and search for the difficulty level. It’s casual, so I wonder if there’s something wrong with this game’s settings. Probably the only think I must do right now is keep running.
That’s until the stench of death fills my nostrils again. It’s the same stench I smelled before the knights appeared. Creatures lurk here and wait for the right moment to attack. I hope their target is the Vampire Hunting Squad and not me.
Without notice, I see several level-6 ghouls coming from left and right. The vampire hunters take defense positions and stop hunting me. It’s the chance I’ve been waiting. I sprint for a couple moments, then I turn back and I see that only Melissa, the innkeeper’s daughter is following me. Her knights are left behind, battling ghoul menace.
“Stop, you bastard,” he shouts at me.
I think she must be insane if she thinks her order will work on me. “Just leave me alone, I did nothing wrong,” I shout back at her.
I keep running and she keeps chasing me for a couple more minutes, till the ghouls and the knights are no longer visible. Is she perhaps the boss of this stage and I have to battle her in this condition? It could be the case, but I haven’t seen any updates in my NCI, so she probably isn’t the boss after all.
Suddenly, Melissa stops chasing me, and I stop as well. Before me stands Ambrosia, the Vampire Lord I encountered just yesterday. Her Threat-Level increased to 24. Her HP went up to 93 and she seems a bit stronger as well.
“Well, well,” she claps her hands, amusement on her face. “What do we have here? If it isn’t Melissa, Nestor’s favorite toy.”
Melissa seems pale and surprised, as if a great revelation occurred before her very own eyes. “So, it was your plan all along,” she tells Ambrosia.
“Indeed,” the Vampire Lord confesses with a smile. “I thought that Nestor would be fool enough to send his precious Vampire Hunting Squad and their commander to take the head of this abomination.” She points at me with her forefinger. “It makes perfect sense for me to take advantage of the situation. You my dear,” now she points at Melissa, “are the perfect hostage. With you, I’ll be able to blackmail poor Nestor. You are his favorite after all.”
Melissa talks back at Ambrosia. “You overrate me Ambrosia. Nestor will replace me in no time, but you’re a fool to you think I’ll let myself live and have your way with my master. But enough talk, show me what you got there!”
Is she insane? Her Threat-Level’s only 9, while Ambrosia’s 24. There’s no way for her to win this battle.
At least, I got the Vampire Origin Bloodline here and now my powers increased exponentially. I feel I can walk for days without rest. Although I’m not as strong as a normal vampire, let aside a Vampire Lord, this new class / sub-race came handy. I better keep that fact to myself though, I don’t think the NPCs of this world will be happy if they learn of my bloodline.
As the night comes, my heightened senses inform me of a new menace. Something is approaching. I don’t know what this is, but the stench of death is everywhere. I must hide somewhere, it’s not safe here. I climb a tall tree I find before me. I manage somehow to climb it, although I don’t have any climbing skills.
My first action now is to double-check if my spell inventory replenished, but as expected, I can only use cantrips. I haven’t rest and I’m unable to use any 1st level spells so far. Fortunately, my HP is full again. Another advantage of having the bloodline. I wonder what will happen later as I level up. Will my avatar remain the same or the urge for blood will overrun me? There’s no way I inherited a class like this without its demerits. But that’s something I’ll have to consider once I’m out of this mess.
To my surprise, instead of ghouls and vampires, I now hear the synchronized marching of the knights. It must be the Vampire Hunting Squad. Each and every one of them is stronger than me. I doubt I can fight a single one of them and win. Especially now, that I’m out of spells. I can see them now, they are eleven in number and their leader is this girl, Melissa that I talked earlier. She’s the commander.
“Look at the mess that you got us in, Melissa,” a bearded knight tells her. “If you had killed the guy, now we’d be hunting Ambrosia and the rest of the Vampire Lords. Instead, we must find the vermin that drank the blood of our lord.”
“If I knew the events that preceded, I would have killed him myself,” she says, while she glowers at him.
“It is said that a vampire lets a mortal being drink its blood only when they have taken an interest to them. Having a simple vermin drink our master’s blood… I will make sure he breathes his last breath once I find him.”
My NCI gives me a new Main Quest: Escape the Vampire Hunting Squad.
Ok, I’ll have to stay here till they get bored, I guess.
Unfortunately, it takes me only a few moments to understand that they know where I’m located. How they know? I’m not sure, but there are a couple of items in this game that could have given away my position. Probably they’re using some type of scry gem or spell to track me down.
I climb down the tree and start running. I hear their voices behind me, cursing and shouting at the same time. “Stop! Don’t you dare move, you vermin,” the white bearded knight barks at me as he raises his heavy crossbow and aims at me.
You must be mad if you think I’ll stay. Eat my dust Vampire Hunting Squad. I might be weak, but my stamina is way higher than theirs. I will keep running and hopefully, they will get tired earlier than me.
***
I've been in a running battle for the last couple of hours. The Vampire Hunting Squad hasn’t stopped. These bastards are better prepared than I thought. From time to time, I’ve seen them drinking a potion that replenishes their stamina. It will be impossible for me to escape them, but there’s now way I can fight them. I access my NCI again and search for the difficulty level. It’s casual, so I wonder if there’s something wrong with this game’s settings. Probably the only think I must do right now is keep running.
That’s until the stench of death fills my nostrils again. It’s the same stench I smelled before the knights appeared. Creatures lurk here and wait for the right moment to attack. I hope their target is the Vampire Hunting Squad and not me.
Without notice, I see several level-6 ghouls coming from left and right. The vampire hunters take defense positions and stop hunting me. It’s the chance I’ve been waiting. I sprint for a couple moments, then I turn back and I see that only Melissa, the innkeeper’s daughter is following me. Her knights are left behind, battling ghoul menace.
“Stop, you bastard,” he shouts at me.
I think she must be insane if she thinks her order will work on me. “Just leave me alone, I did nothing wrong,” I shout back at her.
I keep running and she keeps chasing me for a couple more minutes, till the ghouls and the knights are no longer visible. Is she perhaps the boss of this stage and I have to battle her in this condition? It could be the case, but I haven’t seen any updates in my NCI, so she probably isn’t the boss after all.
Suddenly, Melissa stops chasing me, and I stop as well. Before me stands Ambrosia, the Vampire Lord I encountered just yesterday. Her Threat-Level increased to 24. Her HP went up to 93 and she seems a bit stronger as well.
“Well, well,” she claps her hands, amusement on her face. “What do we have here? If it isn’t Melissa, Nestor’s favorite toy.”
Melissa seems pale and surprised, as if a great revelation occurred before her very own eyes. “So, it was your plan all along,” she tells Ambrosia.
“Indeed,” the Vampire Lord confesses with a smile. “I thought that Nestor would be fool enough to send his precious Vampire Hunting Squad and their commander to take the head of this abomination.” She points at me with her forefinger. “It makes perfect sense for me to take advantage of the situation. You my dear,” now she points at Melissa, “are the perfect hostage. With you, I’ll be able to blackmail poor Nestor. You are his favorite after all.”
Melissa talks back at Ambrosia. “You overrate me Ambrosia. Nestor will replace me in no time, but you’re a fool to you think I’ll let myself live and have your way with my master. But enough talk, show me what you got there!”
Is she insane? Her Threat-Level’s only 9, while Ambrosia’s 24. There’s no way for her to win this battle.
Chapter #7: Melissa, the Vampire Slayer
Ambrosia jumps and attacks Melissa from above. She tries to grab her by the neck, but Melissa avoids her by a hair and tries to get some distance. It seems that the whip isn’t the ideal weapon for close combat. I’m at a loss and don’t know if I should help any of them or escape.
“You’re weak, there’s no way you can defeat me. Surrender now fool!” Ambrosia tells Melissa.
Melissa tries to catch her breath. “I think that you are the fool here. You think that my master, Nestor wouldn’t have thought that you or another Vampire Lord wouldn’t try and ambush us?”
Having gained some distance from the vampiress, Melissa takes a gem out of her pocket.
Ambrosia seems troubled now and for a good reason. “A Trap the Soul gem,” the vampiress exclaims. “There's no way you can use this item.”
“Let me prove you wrong,” Melissa tells her, as she lifts her hand and activates the gem.
“Nooo! This cannot be!” Ambrosia shouts now trapped inside the small gem that Melissa holds.
I focus on the gem and a tooltip appears above it with a notification: The gem holds the trapped entity indefinitely or until it’s broken.
“Now, where were we?” She glowers at me, stretching her whip.
This can't be good, I think to myself.
A notification appears: Quest update: Defeat the Vampire Slayer.
Then a second: Optional quest: Free Ambrosia
OK, you gotta be kidding me. There's no way I can defeat a Threat Level 9 opponent. There's something obviously broken with the difficulty level of this game. What's worse is that I haven't been able to perform a long rest, so I can't cast anything else other than Cantrips. Without a second thought I cast Fire Bolt. The cantrip finds its target but fails miserably as Melissa deflects it with her whip.
“Those tricks don't work on me, vampire sorcerer. You better try something else,” she mocks me, while whipping the ground.
I think of my options. Should I release Ambrosia or try and fight Melissa by myself? The way I see it, it will be impossible to fight the Vampire Slayer by myself. On the other hand, there's no guarantee that the vampiress will help me. But what choice do I have?
With excess gallantry, I cast chill touch and try to grab the gem with the ethereal skeleton hand I just animated. My action, most fortuitous. The skeleton hand shutters the gem and Ambrosia is released again.
Optional quest: Free Ambrosia completed!
That was easy. Let's see how things go from this point on.
Melissa curses. “You idiot, do you have any idea what you just done ?”
“Just helped an old friend of mine,” I smile her my sexiest smile.
“Thank you, pet,” Ambrosia tells me with her soft voice. “It’s time I give a good lesson to this fool who tried to imprison me for eternity.”
Melissa seems more hesitant than ever. The tables have turned and now, she faces a stiff challenge. She knows no there's no way she can defeat beautiful Ambrosia only with her whip. She takes her dagger of her belt and points it to her bare neck.
“You will never have me. I'd rather die than become your pet or even worse,” she says determined to end her life.
I intervene, knowing that what I'm gonna do is completely stupid, but hey, I can't allow gorgeous Melissa to die in vain. I like acting the hero when I can.
“Don't be a fool, it’s not your time yet,” I tell her, pointing her out with my forefinger, then I turn my look to Ambrosia. “You should think smarter Ambrosia. Leave her be. There’s no reason to continue this battle. Your army of ghouls has been annihilated and Nestor is stronger than you. If you kill his bride, then he’ll hunt you to the end of world.”
She stares me with her cruel face, “Oh, I'm a fool now? And what should I do? Let them have their time with me as they please and have me killed?”
And then I make another stupid proposal, “You can come with me, the world is vast, or at least that's what I think. Leave this place and build your Legion somewhere else.”
Ambrosia is intrigued by my proposal. “Pedasa has been my home for centuries. Do you think that I should be there one who leaves and let a new Vampire Lord do as he pleases?”
“The board is set, the pieces are in place. You’ve lost and the only thing that’s left is your life. Live to fight another battle. You’re immortal, a new opportunity will arise. Leave your pride behind for the time being.”
The vampiress is actually thinking what I’ve said. “Good, I’ll take your advice for now, but don’t forget that I’m the master here, pet!” She looks to Melissa. “You can keep your pathetic live mortal. I’ll leave this place and don’t forget to remind your master that I still have him,” points at me, then continues “Nestor’s biggest disgrace.”
Melissa gives an empty threat. “I’ll never stop hunting you.”
“You are free to follow us…” Ambrosia provokes her, as she approaches me from behind and licks my ear. “Hm, aren’t you tasty?”
A popup notification appears: A new member joined your Party!
“You’re weak, there’s no way you can defeat me. Surrender now fool!” Ambrosia tells Melissa.
Melissa tries to catch her breath. “I think that you are the fool here. You think that my master, Nestor wouldn’t have thought that you or another Vampire Lord wouldn’t try and ambush us?”
Having gained some distance from the vampiress, Melissa takes a gem out of her pocket.
Ambrosia seems troubled now and for a good reason. “A Trap the Soul gem,” the vampiress exclaims. “There's no way you can use this item.”
“Let me prove you wrong,” Melissa tells her, as she lifts her hand and activates the gem.
“Nooo! This cannot be!” Ambrosia shouts now trapped inside the small gem that Melissa holds.
I focus on the gem and a tooltip appears above it with a notification: The gem holds the trapped entity indefinitely or until it’s broken.
“Now, where were we?” She glowers at me, stretching her whip.
This can't be good, I think to myself.
A notification appears: Quest update: Defeat the Vampire Slayer.
Then a second: Optional quest: Free Ambrosia
OK, you gotta be kidding me. There's no way I can defeat a Threat Level 9 opponent. There's something obviously broken with the difficulty level of this game. What's worse is that I haven't been able to perform a long rest, so I can't cast anything else other than Cantrips. Without a second thought I cast Fire Bolt. The cantrip finds its target but fails miserably as Melissa deflects it with her whip.
“Those tricks don't work on me, vampire sorcerer. You better try something else,” she mocks me, while whipping the ground.
I think of my options. Should I release Ambrosia or try and fight Melissa by myself? The way I see it, it will be impossible to fight the Vampire Slayer by myself. On the other hand, there's no guarantee that the vampiress will help me. But what choice do I have?
With excess gallantry, I cast chill touch and try to grab the gem with the ethereal skeleton hand I just animated. My action, most fortuitous. The skeleton hand shutters the gem and Ambrosia is released again.
Optional quest: Free Ambrosia completed!
That was easy. Let's see how things go from this point on.
Melissa curses. “You idiot, do you have any idea what you just done ?”
“Just helped an old friend of mine,” I smile her my sexiest smile.
“Thank you, pet,” Ambrosia tells me with her soft voice. “It’s time I give a good lesson to this fool who tried to imprison me for eternity.”
Melissa seems more hesitant than ever. The tables have turned and now, she faces a stiff challenge. She knows no there's no way she can defeat beautiful Ambrosia only with her whip. She takes her dagger of her belt and points it to her bare neck.
“You will never have me. I'd rather die than become your pet or even worse,” she says determined to end her life.
I intervene, knowing that what I'm gonna do is completely stupid, but hey, I can't allow gorgeous Melissa to die in vain. I like acting the hero when I can.
“Don't be a fool, it’s not your time yet,” I tell her, pointing her out with my forefinger, then I turn my look to Ambrosia. “You should think smarter Ambrosia. Leave her be. There’s no reason to continue this battle. Your army of ghouls has been annihilated and Nestor is stronger than you. If you kill his bride, then he’ll hunt you to the end of world.”
She stares me with her cruel face, “Oh, I'm a fool now? And what should I do? Let them have their time with me as they please and have me killed?”
And then I make another stupid proposal, “You can come with me, the world is vast, or at least that's what I think. Leave this place and build your Legion somewhere else.”
Ambrosia is intrigued by my proposal. “Pedasa has been my home for centuries. Do you think that I should be there one who leaves and let a new Vampire Lord do as he pleases?”
“The board is set, the pieces are in place. You’ve lost and the only thing that’s left is your life. Live to fight another battle. You’re immortal, a new opportunity will arise. Leave your pride behind for the time being.”
The vampiress is actually thinking what I’ve said. “Good, I’ll take your advice for now, but don’t forget that I’m the master here, pet!” She looks to Melissa. “You can keep your pathetic live mortal. I’ll leave this place and don’t forget to remind your master that I still have him,” points at me, then continues “Nestor’s biggest disgrace.”
Melissa gives an empty threat. “I’ll never stop hunting you.”
“You are free to follow us…” Ambrosia provokes her, as she approaches me from behind and licks my ear. “Hm, aren’t you tasty?”
A popup notification appears: A new member joined your Party!
Chapter #4: Pedasa, the Vampire City
Clapping sounds interrupt the unexpected euphoria my vampire lover just provided me. Since I obtained Vampiric Bloodline a few minutes ago, my senses heightened to a new level and now I’m able to hear the slightest noise.
“Humans!” Ambrosia yells disgusted to her ghouls. “Be prepared, Nestor’s vampire hunting squad must be here.”
I look at my vampire friend and notice a slight smirk on his pained face. Hard to imagine that a Vampire Lord created his own vampire hunting squad, a double-edged weapon if you think about it, but makes sense in the end, if you want to get rid of your vampire adversaries.
The hunters reach our chamber quickly. Knights in shining armor advance as one and circle us. Dressed head to toe with their heavy gear and silver weapons, they point their spears with a sonorous clamor. Their legs move in unison, synchronized in a way that makes the soil tremble.
I feel the adrenaline rushing through my veins again and I see that my HP bar goes full. My Neural Control Interface or NCI for short, notifies me of my Vampire Ancestry. A handy skill that replenishes my health. The thing is that most of the vampire hunters here are Threat Level 7 to 9, which makes them formidable foes, even for someone as Ambrosia, let aside me. If they were a couple of them, she could manage, but these great knights, number more than thirty right now.
“How low you’ve fallen, my old comrade,” Ambrosia tells the paralyzed Nestor. “A wise move though, you killed most of my ghouls without wasting the lives of your precious hunters and now I’m left without protection.”
“Your reign has ended,” Nestor snarls, still chained and paralyzed.
“Oh no, you’re wrong young Nestor. As long as one of us stands, we’re always a legion.” She pauses for a moment and takes a short breath. “Ghouls, kills the humans!”
There’s no way she thinks that five wounded ghouls can fight them off. But as it seems, that’s not what my mistress plans. Instead, she transforms into a mist. My NCI shows a tooltip above her: While in Mist form, the Vampire lord cannot take any action, receive damage, speak, or manipulate.
It is then, when I get a notification from my NCI: Telepathic link broken. You’re no longer Dominated or Charmed.
At last, I break free from my mistress’ web of influence. This place is a perfect pandemonium of death. The ghouls attack anything that moves, but there’s no easy prey here. The knights put a formidable battle and pierce the rotten flesh of the ghouls like ravening wolves on sheep. I must escape now, or things could go worse.
Easily, I manage to escape somehow. The ghouls were proven an excellent distraction for the hunters. Soon, I reach the cavern exit. There are four knights standing guard there. Oh, for fuck’s sake, I thought I activated the Casual difficulty. How am I going to kill those four? I’m not even able to cast spells.
“Look, Ambrosia’s there, hunt her down,” a knight shouts to his comrades.
Without wasting time, the knights abandon their positions and hunt my former mistress. It’s the opportunity I needed. I slip out and watch the red moon, lighting my path. I run as fast as I can and follow a path that leads to a main road. From here, I can see the lights of a city. I should head there for now.
After three hours of walking, the rising sun shines pale stripes of light and the morning comes to greet me with new hope. I can clearly see it now, it’s a big city, one that could house millions, but as I walk the empty streets, I’m left to wonder if it’s ghost city. There’s no one here. I reach an inn and from the looks of it, it must be open.
Great, because my stomach is burning from hunger and my mouth is filled with thick saliva from thirst.
My NCI warns me that soon I’ll suffer from exhaustion. It’s a status that can only be removed if my avatar eats and drinks the required amount. That’s a status I encountered in only a handful of virtual games, but this one’s different. Not only I’m notified by my Neural Control Interface, but my avatar has other senses that warn me as well. Awesome! And after my encounter with my sexy mistress, I’m starting to enjoy the pleasures of this avatar of mine even more.
So, back to the topic at hand. If I don’t eat, drink and rest, I’ll receive a penalty, so to the inn I go. Then, I stop for a moment and think: If I was sent here, then there’s a main quest I must fulfill. If I do, I’ll probably log out from this game and return back to Asphodel Meadows sector once I’m done. Better know what the main quest is, as inns and alehouses are the ideal places to obtain information.
It takes me a couple of minutes to find the Adventure Log and open the main quest. There are two main quests actually.
I open the first one: Kill Sarpedon, the Undead King of Lycaonia.
Ok, sounds clear to me.
Then, I open the second quest: Kill Alastor, the Demon Lord of Lycia
Both quests are clear, the problem is that I have absolutely no idea who these guys are. I’ll have to ask the innkeeper if he knows anything about them.
I rush into the door to the inn. The ground floor is full of tables and the bar curves at the back of the room. A foul smell harasses my nostrils, but I can manage. I see then a barkeeper standing behind the bar, staring at me curtly. I decide to approach him, giving him a harsh look, trying to intimidate him at the same time. His Threat Level is 2, just like mine.
“Greetings,” the barkeeper snarls at me and at the same time grabs a mug and starts cleaning it with a kitchen cloth. He bangs the mug on the bar, in front of me. “What can I get you lad?”
“I need food and water,” I tell him, staring him eye to eye.
“Got coin?” He demands with a hard look.
I think for a moment, but nothing comes out of my mouth.
“I’m not a charity, kid, get lost before I kick you out,” he tells me.
Ok, negotiations are failing. Maybe I ask him if there’s something I can do for him. Side quests are a great way to get some coin and help friendly fellows at the same time. “I was attacked and lost everything. I might be able to help you, help me,” I tell him.
“Help me how?” Frowned, the barkeeper asks me.
“I’m a mage, and a handy one. If you have a request, I might be able to help you in exchange for food and a roof over my head.”
Now I got his attention! He’s thinking.
“I’ll get you something to eat and drink, then tell you what I need,” he replies in all seriousness.
Well, I could ask him what he wants, this way I could have a better leverage, but my hunger and thirst get the better of me. I’ll do anything he asks for now.
I sit on a table and after a few moments the barkeeper brings me three eggs and half a loaf of dry bread. It takes me only a few moments to devour everything. Now, I’m ready to listen out his request, as the warning for a possible exhaustion fades away.
“My daughter’s name Melissa. She’s young and beautiful.”
Now he gets my attention. I’m interested in Melissa as well. “Was she kidnapped?” I interrupt him.
He glowers at me. “She was asked to serve our new lord, Nestor in the Vampire Castle. It’s been two months since the last time I saw her. I receive letters every week, but I haven’t seen her myself. I don’t know if she’s actually doing well. I mean, I trust our new lord, but I’d like to see if she fares good there. I’m not allowed to visit the castle myself.”
“So, you want me to sneak in and find out if she’s still alive?”
The barkeeper stammers. “I… I’m sure she’s alive and well, our benevolent lord would never harm her. Since he took over, Pedasa is thriving. He exterminated most of the ghouls of the Great Graveyard and the vampires dare not to approach the city.”
A notification appears before me: Accept Side Quest?
“I accept your quest, but I’ll need more than dry bread and three eggs, if I’m to lose my life searching for your daughter.”
The barkeeper nods agreeably.
While my new friend Markos, cooks a proper meal for me, I ask him about the location of the Vampire Castle and how Melissa looks. Now that I have a good understanding, I should find out about the Undead King and the Demon Lord.
“You know anything about Sarpedon? The Undead King?”
He gives me a serious look. “Who hasn’t? He’s one of the three Plagues of Anatolia, although only he remains now.”
“What happened to the other two?” I want to know.
Markos exclaims. “Nestor’s brother, Alastor, got them out of their misery once and for all. It’s been two months since he got rid of Lamia, the Vampire Queen that plagued this city and it seems he killed Lycaon, the Lycaon lord.”
Intriguing. I must learn more about this Alastor. “And why did he do that?”
Markos shrugs his shoulders. “I have no idea. What I know for sure however, is that he plans on putting an end on Sarpedon’s reign, once and for all. That’s what he said at least, when he left Pedasa and left his brother as lord and commander.”
I have to ask.“Is Alastor a demon?”
Markos stops for a moment, thinks and stares at me. “He has horns on his forehead. I don’t know what he and his team are, but they seemed a pretty capable lot. They got rid of the Vampire Queen in a matter of days, then flied away with his Titan Dragon.”
“A dragon?” I exclaim from interest.
He scoffs and shakes his head left and right. “I know you don’t believe it, I didn’t either.”
Actually, I was sure dragons exist in this world. “And where’s this Alastor?”
“Probably he’s back at Lycia, where he’s from. He’s building an army to fight Sapredon.”
“Interesting!”
“Want to join him?” Markos mocks me as he stares at me.
Wow! That’s an excellent idea, I think to myself. But for now, all that matters is to devour this tasty chicken he cooked for me and find his daughter, Melissa.
“Humans!” Ambrosia yells disgusted to her ghouls. “Be prepared, Nestor’s vampire hunting squad must be here.”
I look at my vampire friend and notice a slight smirk on his pained face. Hard to imagine that a Vampire Lord created his own vampire hunting squad, a double-edged weapon if you think about it, but makes sense in the end, if you want to get rid of your vampire adversaries.
The hunters reach our chamber quickly. Knights in shining armor advance as one and circle us. Dressed head to toe with their heavy gear and silver weapons, they point their spears with a sonorous clamor. Their legs move in unison, synchronized in a way that makes the soil tremble.
I feel the adrenaline rushing through my veins again and I see that my HP bar goes full. My Neural Control Interface or NCI for short, notifies me of my Vampire Ancestry. A handy skill that replenishes my health. The thing is that most of the vampire hunters here are Threat Level 7 to 9, which makes them formidable foes, even for someone as Ambrosia, let aside me. If they were a couple of them, she could manage, but these great knights, number more than thirty right now.
“How low you’ve fallen, my old comrade,” Ambrosia tells the paralyzed Nestor. “A wise move though, you killed most of my ghouls without wasting the lives of your precious hunters and now I’m left without protection.”
“Your reign has ended,” Nestor snarls, still chained and paralyzed.
“Oh no, you’re wrong young Nestor. As long as one of us stands, we’re always a legion.” She pauses for a moment and takes a short breath. “Ghouls, kills the humans!”
There’s no way she thinks that five wounded ghouls can fight them off. But as it seems, that’s not what my mistress plans. Instead, she transforms into a mist. My NCI shows a tooltip above her: While in Mist form, the Vampire lord cannot take any action, receive damage, speak, or manipulate.
It is then, when I get a notification from my NCI: Telepathic link broken. You’re no longer Dominated or Charmed.
At last, I break free from my mistress’ web of influence. This place is a perfect pandemonium of death. The ghouls attack anything that moves, but there’s no easy prey here. The knights put a formidable battle and pierce the rotten flesh of the ghouls like ravening wolves on sheep. I must escape now, or things could go worse.
Easily, I manage to escape somehow. The ghouls were proven an excellent distraction for the hunters. Soon, I reach the cavern exit. There are four knights standing guard there. Oh, for fuck’s sake, I thought I activated the Casual difficulty. How am I going to kill those four? I’m not even able to cast spells.
“Look, Ambrosia’s there, hunt her down,” a knight shouts to his comrades.
Without wasting time, the knights abandon their positions and hunt my former mistress. It’s the opportunity I needed. I slip out and watch the red moon, lighting my path. I run as fast as I can and follow a path that leads to a main road. From here, I can see the lights of a city. I should head there for now.
After three hours of walking, the rising sun shines pale stripes of light and the morning comes to greet me with new hope. I can clearly see it now, it’s a big city, one that could house millions, but as I walk the empty streets, I’m left to wonder if it’s ghost city. There’s no one here. I reach an inn and from the looks of it, it must be open.
Great, because my stomach is burning from hunger and my mouth is filled with thick saliva from thirst.
My NCI warns me that soon I’ll suffer from exhaustion. It’s a status that can only be removed if my avatar eats and drinks the required amount. That’s a status I encountered in only a handful of virtual games, but this one’s different. Not only I’m notified by my Neural Control Interface, but my avatar has other senses that warn me as well. Awesome! And after my encounter with my sexy mistress, I’m starting to enjoy the pleasures of this avatar of mine even more.
So, back to the topic at hand. If I don’t eat, drink and rest, I’ll receive a penalty, so to the inn I go. Then, I stop for a moment and think: If I was sent here, then there’s a main quest I must fulfill. If I do, I’ll probably log out from this game and return back to Asphodel Meadows sector once I’m done. Better know what the main quest is, as inns and alehouses are the ideal places to obtain information.
It takes me a couple of minutes to find the Adventure Log and open the main quest. There are two main quests actually.
I open the first one: Kill Sarpedon, the Undead King of Lycaonia.
Ok, sounds clear to me.
Then, I open the second quest: Kill Alastor, the Demon Lord of Lycia
Both quests are clear, the problem is that I have absolutely no idea who these guys are. I’ll have to ask the innkeeper if he knows anything about them.
I rush into the door to the inn. The ground floor is full of tables and the bar curves at the back of the room. A foul smell harasses my nostrils, but I can manage. I see then a barkeeper standing behind the bar, staring at me curtly. I decide to approach him, giving him a harsh look, trying to intimidate him at the same time. His Threat Level is 2, just like mine.
“Greetings,” the barkeeper snarls at me and at the same time grabs a mug and starts cleaning it with a kitchen cloth. He bangs the mug on the bar, in front of me. “What can I get you lad?”
“I need food and water,” I tell him, staring him eye to eye.
“Got coin?” He demands with a hard look.
I think for a moment, but nothing comes out of my mouth.
“I’m not a charity, kid, get lost before I kick you out,” he tells me.
Ok, negotiations are failing. Maybe I ask him if there’s something I can do for him. Side quests are a great way to get some coin and help friendly fellows at the same time. “I was attacked and lost everything. I might be able to help you, help me,” I tell him.
“Help me how?” Frowned, the barkeeper asks me.
“I’m a mage, and a handy one. If you have a request, I might be able to help you in exchange for food and a roof over my head.”
Now I got his attention! He’s thinking.
“I’ll get you something to eat and drink, then tell you what I need,” he replies in all seriousness.
Well, I could ask him what he wants, this way I could have a better leverage, but my hunger and thirst get the better of me. I’ll do anything he asks for now.
I sit on a table and after a few moments the barkeeper brings me three eggs and half a loaf of dry bread. It takes me only a few moments to devour everything. Now, I’m ready to listen out his request, as the warning for a possible exhaustion fades away.
“My daughter’s name Melissa. She’s young and beautiful.”
Now he gets my attention. I’m interested in Melissa as well. “Was she kidnapped?” I interrupt him.
He glowers at me. “She was asked to serve our new lord, Nestor in the Vampire Castle. It’s been two months since the last time I saw her. I receive letters every week, but I haven’t seen her myself. I don’t know if she’s actually doing well. I mean, I trust our new lord, but I’d like to see if she fares good there. I’m not allowed to visit the castle myself.”
“So, you want me to sneak in and find out if she’s still alive?”
The barkeeper stammers. “I… I’m sure she’s alive and well, our benevolent lord would never harm her. Since he took over, Pedasa is thriving. He exterminated most of the ghouls of the Great Graveyard and the vampires dare not to approach the city.”
A notification appears before me: Accept Side Quest?
“I accept your quest, but I’ll need more than dry bread and three eggs, if I’m to lose my life searching for your daughter.”
The barkeeper nods agreeably.
While my new friend Markos, cooks a proper meal for me, I ask him about the location of the Vampire Castle and how Melissa looks. Now that I have a good understanding, I should find out about the Undead King and the Demon Lord.
“You know anything about Sarpedon? The Undead King?”
He gives me a serious look. “Who hasn’t? He’s one of the three Plagues of Anatolia, although only he remains now.”
“What happened to the other two?” I want to know.
Markos exclaims. “Nestor’s brother, Alastor, got them out of their misery once and for all. It’s been two months since he got rid of Lamia, the Vampire Queen that plagued this city and it seems he killed Lycaon, the Lycaon lord.”
Intriguing. I must learn more about this Alastor. “And why did he do that?”
Markos shrugs his shoulders. “I have no idea. What I know for sure however, is that he plans on putting an end on Sarpedon’s reign, once and for all. That’s what he said at least, when he left Pedasa and left his brother as lord and commander.”
I have to ask.“Is Alastor a demon?”
Markos stops for a moment, thinks and stares at me. “He has horns on his forehead. I don’t know what he and his team are, but they seemed a pretty capable lot. They got rid of the Vampire Queen in a matter of days, then flied away with his Titan Dragon.”
“A dragon?” I exclaim from interest.
He scoffs and shakes his head left and right. “I know you don’t believe it, I didn’t either.”
Actually, I was sure dragons exist in this world. “And where’s this Alastor?”
“Probably he’s back at Lycia, where he’s from. He’s building an army to fight Sapredon.”
“Interesting!”
“Want to join him?” Markos mocks me as he stares at me.
Wow! That’s an excellent idea, I think to myself. But for now, all that matters is to devour this tasty chicken he cooked for me and find his daughter, Melissa.
