Max was someone who liked to strive one more time and one more time, so he shifted all his insensate strength to his biceps in order to pull up one more time, closing his eyes as he ceased swaying all of a sudden. His efforts were in vain, however, due to the insufficient supply of blood in his body and that of oxygen in his whole system.
But then:
[Your depleting body condition is currently tamed by the external intervention of !?#&*#?! your master is using]
[You are recovering your strength far beyond your natural ability]
Lucas was assisting his favorite slave. Blue radiance appealing to the eyes glowed mildly all over Max's body as his breathing, cerebral blood flow, entire blood circulation, body strength, livelihood and everything started functioning like normal.
He couldn't think of any reason why his master was doing so but anyway, he was ironically happy to have that assistance — not something he can admit. Lord forbid, not even in his thoughts box.
The healing process felt like the first time they met: an assistance from Lucas when Max had no one to help him and had no other way out of his troubles. Who knows, maybe — which sounds like a definitely — this wouldn't be the only time he would need such an assistance from Lucas as far as Royalty Pack is concerned. Maybe, he might need it in the cave house…
Max was currently feeling alive one more time and hoped that none of Gold's people should come in at this moment.
The Vampire Slave drew himself up to begin moving his legs in a 180° direction — his strength was back! As he swirled his body around the same axis to relatively twirl the unholy rope around his right leg, his head pointed to the ground. He furthermore entangled the wicked rope suspending him using the same leg so as to lower the stress on his neck. By lowering the stress gradually but more, he used his hands to remove the rope.
He then fell down on the floor:
'Time I leave this hell.'
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«Yes, we got him trying to escape.»
Gold sighed in irritation:
«How did he free himself? Exchange convincing words with him. If he proves stubborn, we're gonna make him a Wild Vampire for his blood.»
The armless young woman nodded and continued walking in the hallway. She was an assassin, more precisely belonging to the last twenty of the lower forty Electeds of the Gold Gang. Behind her were Max, whose hands were cuffed behind him and his mouth tied with a disgusting rug, together with a frowning bulky member of the Foot Soldiers rank of the Gold Gang who caught him trying to run away.
The trio arrived at an indoor garden-like location, sooner than later. Because the bulk of its flora and decorants were of those colors, the quiet place brimmed the color purple and modest pink. It had a round big blue pool in the middle, benches around the inclines of the pool, and a mighty Snow Apples tree growing out of the shallow pool that of course passed through the cycle purple ceiling.
'Wow.This place is so beautiful...'
The woman with no arms paced gently like an aged mother and sat on one of the benches bordering the undisturbed pool. "You might free his mouth then wait outside." she gently told the frowning gang member. He nodded in response before he freed Max's mouth, then he obediently walked out.
Max stood motionless as he stared at the beautiful young woman with questions, suspiciousness, pessimism and many more that were hard for her to keep listing inwardly.
She leaned back on the bench's support, her eyes softly looking at the calm pool. "I mean no harm." She smiled without knowing she did as she noticed a snow-white leaf falling on the water to generate distinguished, fast-dying ripples.
'Ohf, yeah, really yeah! Dark truth is, you have no arms to harm me after all.'
"Ya people should just leave me alone. Live're lives and let me go and live mine. Why is it so hard to understand?" Max's voice was hoarse, being tied around the neck for hours was definitely all the cause.
Imagine if he wasn't a Vampire talkless of being a Vampire Slave. Wouldn't he be in the hospital?
Shrugging, "You can go if you like." she offered with a mocking smile. "Who is holding you from doing so?" Her eyes still looked at the floating white leaf as she said so.
"Funny."
The woman giggled at Max's funny sarcasm. She glanced at him before saying, "That is exactly what you are. Funny. In case you didn't notice, you are the one holding yourself from going because of how funny you are." Bounds and bounds of words said in small words, she thought, and Max knew so, and he knew the meaning they carried so, so much well.
Max's hands itched; he badly wanted to hold his hair in his palms due to frustration!
"Really funny. Holding myself while my hands are cuffed? Who're ya by the way?"
"Sorry, though I'm a good chatterbox, I can't keep chatting with you all day."
"Then allow me t'go! It is as simple as it is. Who wants to chat with ya by the way?"
"Surely simple." She calmly stood up. "Then accept the deal Gold offered you so that you can go." She began approaching Max with determined steps.
'Oh man, not that again. Not that damned deal again.'
Max followed doing the same as she was doing. "What damned deal?! " he said the second he remained standing firmly right in front of her, their proximity disintegrating their intimate space for which he could perceive blossoming flower scent coming off her body and she could smell desiccated blood odor generating off his body.
She smiled mockingly. "So you are now into it easily huh? Gentle words twist the mind faster than bloody punches do."
"Never accepted something ah have no knowledge about
." Max stated firmly.
"Gold knows you are a Vampire Slave. Just recently, he worked with your master, Lucas, in bringing in some necessary materials into Royalty Pack. But unfortunately for your creator, he did not keep the end of their deal."
'Like I care...'
"Which is?"
"Giving him his promised golds."
'I don't care, alright! I never cared for a damned second!'
In contrary to his mind, Max was calm. "So now, am to keep the end of the deal because am my master's good slave or what?" lazily said the Vampire Slave.
The woman giggled. "You can't. The golds are many even for your arrogant master. Because he can't wait until they arrive at the Valley of the Dead, the deal is for you to take Gold's message to the ears of your master, that he should bring him his golds..."
'Wait. What!?! Why me?'