Chapter 68: Chapter 68
[Third person POV]
Damien was walking impatiently a little far away from the castle of Vampires. Though the castle was visible from the place where he was standing, his eyes were fixed on a particular window of the castle. The castle of the vampires has a spooky look unlike the werewolf palace of werewolf which has lots of similarities with the ancient palace of the human realm. The main reason behind this may be because werewolves love to stay with humans and as one of them where Vampires always look at humans as their weak prey.
The dark brown castle was standing alone in the middle of the dense forest of the underworld like a monster as if it was also waiting for prey like the habitants of that palace. The weird-looking trees which were surrounding the castle were looking like the followers of that monstrous castle. It was midnight almost and the whole forest was covered with a dark veil of night. As there was going to be a full moon the next day so the moon was huge but its light was quite dim and not enough to enlighten the enigmatic darkness of the underworld forest.
Damien looked at the watch impatiently. He was waiting for so long that he had lost track of time. He noticed every single outside activity of the vampires for the last 5 hours or something like that. Sighing Damien started searching his surroundings then within a few seconds he found a huge stone nearby him. Taking a few steps towards that direction he sat on that stone and again looked back at that particular window of the castle.
The moment he looked at the window of the castle he jumped up from that stone. In the dim light of the moon, a pair of werewolves eyes didn't mistake at all. A small piece of red velvet cloth was hanging from that particular window of the castle. Damien was waiting for that signal only. He immediately started walking in the direction of the castle hastily. Exactly after reaching, Damien selected a particular corner of the castle which was quite deserted with only two guards. He directly headed to the backside of the castle, towards that particular corner of the castle.
Thud!
With a low thud sound, Damien jumped inside the castle. only two guards were watching that part of the castle. Damien took the advantage of that time when both of them were at the opposite side of the wall. He visited the castle a few times before though he was not very well acquainted with the backside of the castle. He was blindly following the instruction of Selene which she explained to him on the phone.
Selene was waiting for Damien inside the castle. She already prepared all the ingredients needed for the rituals. They were going to start the rituals exactly at midnight when Selene was going to perform the rituals Damien would guard the door for her. Though Selene had some trustworthy vampires in the castle who were going to help her most of the guards and other vampires were loyal to their kind. It is better if I say that they are loyal to the crown. They used to follow the royal orders and rules very strictly.
In front of a huge glass coffin, Selen was sitting kneeling on her both knees and closing her both she was chanting some chants in a foreign language. She was dressed in a black cloak and her head was covered with a red-bordered hoody. Two other pale-looking girls in the same clothes as Selene. Both of the girls were singing some hymns in a foreign language.
Sighing worriedly Selene looked at the door but didn't stop her chanting. Though Selene already started the rituals she was still waiting for Damien who was coming with the main ingredients of rituals without that the ritual was impossible. So Selene was more worried about that particular ingredient.
Former King Vlad was lying on a velvety bed inside a huge luxurious coffin. His eyes were closed and he was wrapped in red clothes only his closed eyes and blood-red lips were visible. While chanting constantly, Selene stood up and started walking towards the direction of the wooden coffin which was designed with gold, diamonds, and various other precious gems.
She slowly started unwrapping the clothes while the other two girls also came near her to help her. Within a minute the extraordinary and devilish beauty of King Vlad started to reflect all over the room. His face looked too young, like a person of mid-thirty with sharp facial features. His pale skin was reflecting a bright glow unlike other Vampires, not even King Ralph had such an overpowering aura. Though Xander was also extremely charming, he has more of a young handsome face where King Vlad is a symbol of aristocratic ancient beauty.
Selene created a small fire in a mud firepot. Adding some green and purple herbs in that fire, Selene started fanning the fire and within a minute, thick smoke covered the whole room. Waiting for a few seconds Selene picked up a knife from the ground and cut her wrist. Immediately fresh drops of blood started to come out from her wound. She placed her bloody wrist over the fire bowl anD a few drops of her blood fell on the bowl which instantly changed the color of the fire and the thick smoke started to disappear. A sweet smell of blood filled the entire room instead of the smoke. Selene made the sleeping King Vlad sit, supporting two pillows on his back. Then placing a table in front of him she placed the fire bowl in front of him so that he could inhale the sweet smell of blood.
It hardly passed two or three minutes when all of a sudden a surprising change happened in the sitting posture of King Vlad. Previously he was sitting as if someone forced a sleeping person to sit and his head was hanging in front of him but the moment he inhaled the smell of fresh blood he sat straightening his back. Though his eyes were still closed, the rest of his body started responding slightly.
Damien entered inside the castle as silently as possible through the backdoor which one of Selene's men unlocked beforehand to help Damien. Damien took the back stairs and started to climb towards the direction of the top floor though there were a few guards the number of guards was very fewer than usual as King Ralph and Roxana both were in silver city. Along with them lots of their loyal followers left as their bodyguards. Some vampires went to the silver city to attend the blood moon festival and as it was nighttime half of the remaining guards were away from the castle in search of their prey. So for Damien entering inside an almost empty castle that also through the back door was an extremely easy job. He was only one floor away from the top floor when all of a sudden heard a footstep from behind. He immediately hid in a corner of the empty passage. He was a werewolf so his hearing ability was too sharp. Two vampire guards while chatting among themselves passed him. Damien was silently hiding so well that they didn't even bother to pay any attention to that corner. When the silhouettes of two guards disappeared from Damien, he slowly came out of his hiding corner then checking that direction in which the guards went, he sighed in relief finding that there was nobody. Then he again started towards the direction of the top floor,
Damien barely took one or two steps when all of a sudden he heard a heavy voice behind him. The voice at first came from quite far from him exactly at the next moment Damien heard the voice exactly behind him, shouting in its raucous voice, "Smelly Dog! You bastard! How dare you enter-" Even before the guard could finish his sentence, Damien turned his body in a swift motion and broke the neck of the vampire with a single scratch of his sharp nails. The numb body of that guard fell on the white ground of the castle in a blink of an eye. A small smirk curled up Damien's thin lips. He mumbled in a little proud tone, "Smelly dog! Huh.."
But hearing that guard's voice two more guards also appeared within a few seconds to check on that part of the palace but that time Damien was prepared. He was hiding in a corner of the corridor. The moment both of the guards appeared, he jumped on them from behind. Like the previous guard, he easily killed one of them but the second one didn't even bother to fight with him. In a blink of an eye, he disappeared towards the direction from which he came.
Damien knew he didn't run away in fear so definitely he ran away to inform the other guards. So without wasting any more time Damien headed towards the top[ floor. He was climbing as first as possible. Reaching the top floor as Selene instructed he started searching for that particular luxurious hall where the vampires kept their formal king Vlad in hibernation with all his belongings. That floor was full of the rooms of such ancient vampires who were resting in hibernation. Damien was careful checking each room when he heard footsteps from behind again. But that time it was the footsteps of a group of vampires. He immediately started walking in the opposite direction as fast as possible but surprisingly he started hearing footsteps from every direction. Even before he could understand what was going on, Damien found himself in the middle of a group of guards. They surrounded him from every direction. Furrowing his eyebrows with a surprised expression, Damien mumbled, "These cunning bloodsuckers! What tracker they are using!" Then looking down at the small bottle which was tied with his belt, he shrugged his shoulder slightly.
The next two minutes were quite chaotic in the hall on the top floor of the Vampire's castle. Though the guards of the vampires were extremely good trackers, they were nothing in front of Damien. He was killing them one by one with only one stroke of his hand. His fighting movements were so smooth that it was looking like he was practicing Waltz with them smooth yet effective. Soon the white marble floor of the hall started to cover with the crimson blood of the vampires. Though in the fight Damien also got some injuries but nothing serious.
The fight went on for more than half an hour. Damien already started to feel tired but the number of guards was still a lot as if all the guards of the castle gathered at the hall. Damien was fighting with three guards already when all of a sudden, he felt a sharp pain in his back. He immediately looked back and found three guards were targeting him with bows. Pulling out the bow from his back, Damien tried to attack the guards but immediately three more arrows penetrated his armor and struck in his chest.
Struggling Damien growled loudly in pain then holding the arrows he pulled them out from his chest one by one, but immediately warm blood started oozing out from his wounds. He angrily looked at the three guards while growling. His eyes started to change color. He growled, throwing the arrows on the ground, "Enough playing with you all. Now I guess it is time to show you all my real strength." Then looking at the ceiling he growled once again and jumped on them in his werewolf form. In a blink of an eye, he transformed into a werewolf and started tearing the vampire guards. He was about to kill all of them.
Exactly at that moment, two more vampires entered the hall. One with a silver sword, another with a silver dagger. They both were in royal costumes. It was clear from their appearance they both were from the royal family.
Damien's wounds already healed and he was almost done fighting with the guards. He was in too hurry to notice those two new guests in the hall. He only realized their presence when a sharp sword's blade cut his back. Damien turned immediately with a painful expression on his face and was about to jump on them when a dagger from the opposite side stabbed him in his belly. Then another sharp cut from the sword. Then another two.
Damien couldn't take it anymore, his blood-soaked huge body fell on the ground. Damien was staggering and trying his best to stand up. The only thought he had at that moment was, 'I have to reach Selene at any cost or we will never be able to awaken King Vlad and without his help saving our kingdom is impossible. No. No. I can't die like this. Not before I am done saving Xander." He was even at that moment worried about Xander when he was swimming in the pool of blood. Slowly his eyes started to close. His wounds were from silver blades so no way it was going to heal easily. Damien's vision started to become blurry. When his inner wolf was constantly shouting and asking him to stand up, his body was in too much pain to even move an inch.
Grabbing the small bottle in his belt, Damien closed his eyes. His whole body was trembling in pain and slowly he started to feel dizzy because of so much loss of blood.
On the other side, Selene impatiently looked at the door as the time of rituals was about to end soon. If they wouldn't complete it within fifteen minutes then in no way they wouldn't be able to awaken him until the next full moon.
Selene was impatiently waiting for Damien who almost lost all his strength, even fighting to stand up.