The Accidental Vampire

"He really took out the Kingdom of Wolves in such a short time? How is that possible?"

The revelation stunned most of the Blood Lords at the meeting. Some found it really hard to believe as well.

It hadn\'t been long since the break-in happened. How could the Kingdom of Wolves and the Franc Clan be destroyed in such a short time? Both of them weren\'t that weak.

"Even I found it hard to believe, but I saw it with my own eyes." Ramiun sighed. "This is really a disaster. We really need to stop him."

"I still can\'t understand one thing. Why would she free Vor when he wants to kill us all? It\'s not as if he would have let her live. Then why? Just what was she hoping to achieve from it? Did you get any answers before she died?"

"I\'m afraid I didn\'t get any answers. I\'m just as confused as you are. I did try asking her, but instead of answering, she attacked me. I had no choice but to fight back in response." Ramiun made up a basic story where not many questions could be directed to him.

"I find one thing quite interesting though. I wonder if it\'s just a coincidence." A blood lord gazed at Ramiun, with slight suspicion.

"Just a few days ago, before she took Vor, you suggested that we wage war on the Kingdom of Wolves. After we denied, this happened, and the Kingdom of Wolves was destroyed in this attack. A coincidence?"

"Are you saying that I had a hand in it?" Ramiun frowned. "Because that would be quite a big accusation."

"I didn\'t say it. You are the only one who mentioned about this. I just talked about this coincidence," the Blood Lord smirked.

"My dear friend, if you think I don\'t get what you\'re trying to imply, then you really underestimate my intelligence, don\'t you?" Ramiun rolled his eyes. "If I really had a hand in it and was working with her, why would I kill her?"

"To remove all pieces of evidence." The Blood Lord shrugged. "You wanted something at the Kingdom of Wolves, and I believe it was more than just freedom of Atlan. With the Kingdom being destroyed, you probably received whatever you were looking for. Now to make sure no one was suspicious of you, you killed her so she couldn\'t answer us."

"Good story. Too bad the real world doesn\'t run on conspiracy theories. Even I\'m not stupid enough to free Vor since that just puts my own life in danger."

"You think she was stupid enough not to know the risk it placed on her? If she can do it, why can\'t you?"

"If you\'re really that suspicious, find evidence and prove it. And if you can\'t, just shut up and let us find a solution. After that, you can cry all you want."

Ramiun didn\'t play along, even though he was slightly surprised as to how this guy managed to guess this much. Even though the guy was correct with his long shot guess, Ramiun didn\'t give up.

"Anyway, we were talking about our problem." He turned to the others. "Anyone have any plans on how to counter Vor? By the way, I have already sent a message to the leaders of other Witch Clans since I knew the importance of time. They should be here soon as well, so we can count them in the plan that we make."

"Is Atlan free now? If he is, we can ask him for help as well," Another Blood Lord suggested. "With him on our side, the victory should be inevitable."

"Atlan isn\'t free. He is the captive of Vor from what I was able to guess," Ramiun answered. "If we want Atlan\'s help, we would have to free him during the battle."

"In that case, we can use what the Werewolves used when taking him down last time. Use the witches for passive support to slow him down as we fight him. Meanwhile, one of us can free Atlan. When Atlan recovers and joins the battle, that should solve the problem from the code. I\'m sure Atlan would be looking for revenge from Vor as well."

Hearing the response from another Blood Lord, Ramiun was quite pleased. That\'s exactly the plan he wanted there to be, but he didn\'t want to be the one to suggest it. Now that the plan was out, he could agree with it.

"In that case, we would need to select one of us who is good at stealth and quite fast as well." The old man glanced at the woman\'s dead body on the side. "She was the best at that. Albeit, she had to betray us."

"After that, I think the choice would be between Ramiun and Rin. You can all tell a name that you want to be on a recovery task."

It was decided that everyone was going to decide who would be on the recovery task of Atlan.

One after another, everyone started giving the name that they believed could be most suited for it.

"She was the fastest at it. But if Ramiun was able to kill her, that can only mean he was even better than her. I think Ramiun should be on it."

"I think it should be Rin. I still don\'t trust Ramiun."

"Rin."

"Rin."

"Ramiun."

"Ramiun."

One after another, all the Lords started giving names that they believed were most suited for this task. Before long, Ramiun had an absolute majority in the voting, even when the old man\'s vote wasn\'t given.

"Since you all want Ramiun to be on the duty, that\'s what we shall do."

The old man didn\'t give his vote since his one vote couldn\'t change anything.

"Now that we have decided who will free Atlan as we keep Vor busy and try to take him down, we should talk about the specifics of how we\'ll achieve that. Firstly, we need a place where we can lure him..."

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The Blood Lords were talking about luring Vor; meanwhile, he had already entered the city where they were currently residing.