Chapter 268: 265. The chaotic blood moon
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...
Collins, with a swing of his sword, was able to break Alexander's barrier and have him and the vampire king at bay.
As the moon disappeared slowly, no vampires made a move on him. All of a sudden, there was a shift in the air.
The ground began to freeze, spreading from Jude's feet.
His trident became covered in a blue aura, and he struck it forward towards the vampire king.
Three of the knights came forward with shields, and as the attack hit them, cold mist spread all around. Then the mist parted to reveal Collins, who had his head down, walking forward.
"You're strong, I'll give you that..." Lucian said, and then he stood up.
He floated into the air, and his eyes glowed brightly. A red aura surrounded his body, and the markings on his skin began to spread, emanating a dark aura that petrified all other vampires.
He gazed up at Lucian, who only smiled, and then, suddenly, darkness blinded everyone present there.
The darkness suddenly vanished, and then Collins was introduced back to the real world.
He looked around and saw that all the members of the camp were back. Some had bad injuries, but they all seemed to be healing nicely.
"Dexter!" He turned around and then spotted Kila and Lily on a roof with Dexter still unconscious, not saying anything.
"I don't know what that vampire king did to him. It's not his body; it's a problem with his mind," Kila complained, and then Lily frowned as she looked around to find herself back in the camp, which was covered by a light blue barrier.
"Kila! Where's Dexter?!" Hannah's voice came from below, and she hopped on the roof to see Dexter unconscious in her hands. She frowned deeply as her heart skipped a beat.
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She jumped up and then saw that Dexter was unconscious, and she looked at Kila with a questioning gaze.
Jude soon reached their side only to see that Dexter had still not woken up.
"W-what's wrong with him?" Hannah stammered as she tried to speak.
*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.