"Shirone, let's come up with a plan."
Mordred told her apprentice.
"Yes!"
Shirone was thrilled to think they were going to a rescue plan. This looked like the films of secret agents. Shirone had seen quite a few of these with her friend Le Fay, whom she had met in England, and she had quickly become a fan of them.
"Shirone, you take care of rescuing the fake queen while I cause trouble. Okay?"
Any illusion of Shirone disappeared as quickly as she arrived.
Sigh...
What else could she expect from her teacher? It was obvious that Mordred didn't think much and only threw herself forward into battle, overwhelming her enemies with brute force. Shirone did not dislike that at all, for it was the same style she had learned to fight. And let's not lie to ourselves, the adrenaline you get from close combat is far greater than the thrill you get from coming up with a secret escape plan.
The strategy this time was simple, Mordred was going to make a lot of noise.
"Okay, time to work."
Shirone masked her presence and headed for where the guard had taken Valerie. When she had gotten far enough away from Mordred, she started her game.
Mordred kicked the table and sent it flying, hitting a few vampires along the way.
"What the hell?" Marius went into a state of shock for a moment.
When he recovered, he called a couple of guards who were standing next to him. He ignored the screams of the guests.
"Guards! Activate the alarm!"
Before he could even blink, both guards were on the ground, their hearts impaled by a greatsword.
Everyone forgot to breathe for a moment.
"Those armours are crap. Obviously, mine is much better."
A knight dressed in what appeared to be medieval armour with a helmet protruding two horns stood in front of the two murdered vampires.
Uproar.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"Are we being attacked?"
"Impossible! We are not prepared to shed more blood after the coup with Tepes!"
Marius, for some reason, was facing the knight who had fallen silent after mocking the armour. Seeing him so quiet was making him shudder inside, feeling the powerful aura this knight was emitting.
"What does this mean? Who are you?"
The knight came out of his stupor when he heard Marius' cry.
"We'll talk more about these experience points later, Master, now a fucking vampire is bothering me."
Mordred looked at Marius coolly as she said goodbye to Drako, with whom she was having a mental conversation. Their Master-Servant connection was so powerful that they could dialogue even from as far away as Japan and Romania.
"Now, now. Master has told me that I cannot reveal my identity at any cost, as I can attract unnecessary trouble." Mordred said as she pulled her sword from the chest of one of the guards. "Just know that you're all fucked up, you fucking bloodsuckers."
The Mayor of Tepes glared daggers. "Well, what are you waiting for?!" He snapped at the soldiers. "Slay him!"
At first, they were uncertain. But soon after the screams broke out, the men rushed forward. Others stayed behind to shoot shadows at the intruder from a safe distance while defending the trembling visitors.
More shouting.
More screaming.
More running.
Mordred dodged attacks and continued to plunge his sword into the hearts of the vampires. It seemed that she, instead of using a sword, was using a spear.
"I'll deal with you later."
Marius knew that message was meant for him. The knight was planning to let him see him kill each and every one of his guards, and then kill him.
But he wasn't willing to die here.
"Guards! Protect me while I escape!"
He ran at the moment of giving the order, taking advantage of the moment when Mordred was busy with the guards to escape from it.
The loud knock on Marius' door was his way of showing the fear he was feeling. He placed as much furniture as he could in front of the door, in a futile attempt to make the knight waste more time passing through the door.
Marius felt himself die when the door shook, and a few cracks appeared. The screams kept coming one after the other, but Marius no longer cared. He turned into a flock of bats and escaped from the place.
......
Mordred yawned from her seat at the broken table. Her eyes moved around the room, turning a deaf ear to the pleading cries of the surviving vampires. She glanced down at the floor, smiling in satisfaction at the sight of the bodies of all the guards who had followed Marius' orders. The only survivors left were the noble vampires, who were kneeling and asking Mordred for forgiveness for any sin they had committed against her.
"That was quick." Once again, Mordred yawned. "So, what are these experience points, Master?"
Mordred had been surprised since she killed the first two guards, as some sort of message had appeared in her mind.
The message read as follows.
[Master has received 200 experience points.]
Every guard she killed caused her to receive a similar message. Drako had started to explain a bit, but Marius had decided to meddle in Master-Servant's conversation, so Mordred had to cut the conversation short momentarily to get rid of all the annoying bats.
"You know my strength increases every time I kill an enemy, don't you? That's because I get experience points that help me level up. When I get to a certain level, I can evolve and increase my strength one more step."
"Does that mean that by killing those damn bloodsuckers they serve to improve Master's strength?"
"Yes."
A smile appeared on Mordred's face. If the Master got stronger, that meant she would be stronger too. With such a powerful Master-Servant couple, there was no way they would lose the great war they would fight in the future.
"Putting that aside, how's Shirone doing?"
"Oh, she should be rescuing the holy grail girl. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to finish. She has become strong."
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The cold air made Shirone shiver as she walked down the dungeon's stairs. She had had to knock out several guards she had encountered along the way. In the absence of torches, Shirone felt as if she were watching the twilight through her night vision.
One of the uses of Senjutsu that Kuroka had taught her in that year of training had been the ability to have night vision.
When she reached the top of the stairs, she found herself in a crowd of cells. She stood in front of one of them, where a blond vampire was watching her fiercely and cautiously.
"Who are you?" The vampire asked. His voice was charged with poison and hate.
"You first."
Shirone hid any emotion inside her body, something Mordred had taught her. She did not have to let a stranger catch anything in a conversation or interrogation, so she would always be able to gain the upper hand in such exchanges.
"I am the Lord of the House of Vladi. I will ask you again, who are you?"
"It's none of your business." Shirone shrugged.
She had not intended to speak her name at all. In fact, she had received specific instructions not to reveal her name or identity to anyone, even wearing her face covered so that no one could record her image.
"What do you want then?" the vampire asked.
"Valerie Tepes, where is she?"
Shirone went straight to the point. She wanted to stay in this place no longer than necessary. Everything about the vampires disgusted her, they were even worse than the rumours said.
"Hahaha, so she has her eyes on the holy grail. I don't know how the information about that girl got into your ears or those of your organization, but I don't care. She was taken from here a few minutes ago. If you don't hurry, you won't be able to find her for quite some time. That Marius is very clever, and he has the support of someone very powerful."
Shirone nodded and left the scene immediately, heading for the spot where the vampire was pointing.
...…
A fierce kick was enough to open the doors. A guard with a long spear made it inside first, his eyes scanning the library and his spear ready to pierce anything that lungs at him with bared fangs or sharp claws. He looked over his shoulder.
"The room is clear, Mayor Marius."
Marius moved inside, pushing an empty bag to the guard's chest, almost making him trip over.
"You know what to do." He said after picking a strange-looking gem. "I have to speak to someone."
The guard looked up from the sack. "What should I put inside?"
"Everything." Was his Mayor's response.
Marius activated the stone.
"Euclid! We're under attack! A very powerful knight, with a helmet from which horns come out, appeared out of nowhere and has killed all of my guards!"
Marius cursed after receiving no answer.
"I have already sent the Sephiroth Graal to a carriage. You know the coordinates, we will continue to talk there."
He threw the pearl against the wall and held out the urge to throw all the books off the shelves. He had lost the Castle of Tepes, that was a fact. The Tepes was not prepared for another coup, even if months were to pass, their defences were as weak as a withered tree.
He needed to leave with Valerie. As long as he had the Holy Grail, losing his home wouldn't bother him at all.
Marius looked up when a sudden temblor came after the howl in the corridors, thankful that the doors were locked when the gigantic beasts passed away from them. He definitely knew what those were, their aroma was more than enough to make him puke.
"Werewolves," Marius whispered with a shaky breath, resuming his work. "Not truly werewolves anymore, but they are aberrations nonetheless. I have seen but one in my childhood near the many infamous laboratories funded by the House of Tepes. It is a memory that I hide even from myself."
Indeed, any vampire, let it be Carmilla or Tepes Faction, would sweat bullets at the acknowledgement of such things. Except for Valerie, for an odd reason, she categorizes such creatures as "cute" on her list.
That and boys wearing skirts.
He gritted his teeth and ignored the soldier's odd look. There's no time for fooling around, while he wished to see the Knight smashed, obliterated, nothing left to bury by the Tepes infamous creation. He knows how vital this project he's been working with Euclid is essential for their progress.
...…..
Shirone had informed Mordred of the discovery, so they both ran out of the place.
"Go to the hotel where we're staying. You're not fast enough to catch up with the girl."
If what the vampire said was true, the girl should be at least a hundred yards away. Mordred decided that Shirone was not necessary to continue the mission. Rather, she was totally useless from now on.
Shirone nodded, knowing her limits, and stepped aside. Mordred wanted to get it over with and get the hell out of this place, something Shirone agreed with.
Mordred jumped onto the roof of a building and continued to jump from building to building, looking for Valerie.
"I found you."
Mordred was internally surprised when she saw the huge creature in front of the Dhampir. Valerie was sitting on the ground, one hand on her heart, in a clear state of shock. Well, anyone would be when they saw the grotesque creature standing in front of her.
Mordred was also a little bit in shock. She'd heard about these creatures and how they were the natural enemies of vampires. But the one she was seeing didn't look at all like what they described in the fantasy books.
"Is that a werewolf?"
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