Chapter 271: 268. Dracula's inheritance (1)
Chapter 271: 268. Dracula's inheritance (1)
Alucard flew around a construction site that seemed empty and devoid of people. He could see traces of red in his vision, which indicated people.
He landed on the ground before dismissing the wings on his back.
He let out a deep breath of relief.
"After three days of searching, I finally found you," he said with a smile as he raised his fist above his head.
With a low grunt, he smashed the ground with his fist, causing the earth below him to crack and cave in.
The sound reached nearby creatures, causing them to flee in fear.
Alucard looked up to see large metal bars coming at him, and he looked down. As they got close, a pulse wave was released from his body, blowing everything apart.
He smashed the ground once more, and the entire ground below him sank in, causing him to fall into what looked like a large hall.
The rubble clashed against the floor, and the rays of the sun poured in. Alucard looked around, and he could hear silent hisses in the darkness.
"Hm? It took you longer than I expected to find me." A voice came from the darkness, and Lucian, wearing a white suit, stepped out with a smile on his face. Find exclusive stories on m_v l|e-NovelBin.net
"It's nice to see you again, brother."
Alucard only looked at him with a calm face and pointed at Lucian with a finger.
"Don't disrespect me by using that body. Where are you really?" he said, and Lucian chuckled at his words.
"Haha... Of course, you'd be able to figure it out," Lucian said with a smile.
At that moment, a black mist seemed to surround him, howling like the wind. The mist surrounded his body completely, and soon after, it began to dissipate.
"It's nice that you're as sharp as ever." A thick voice came from the mist as another man stepped through.
He had a slight resemblance to the former but had long, wavy white hair that flowed down his back. His eyes were as red as rubies, and his pale skin looked pristine and clear.
"You knew that I was back already? I'm not even supposed to come this early. Are you itching to fight me so much?" Alucard asked with a frown, and Lucian still had a smile on his face.
"You know, Alu, I always had a blast messing with you. But I remember us always fighting, so I missed it. You always beat me up when we were kids, so always winning in our prime has become nostalgic for me," Lucian said, and Alucard gritted his teeth.
"I personally bred the previous vessels, but this one you're in is so much weaker than you at your prime."
Alucard looked at Lucian and brought out the big, black key. It emitted a shadowy aura, and he raised a brow as he looked at it.
"Is that why you gave me this?" Alucard asked with a calm face, and Lucian nodded silently.
"Hm... The boy probably thought no one would know he held the fragment. But the spirit interface reveals information on things. As my name showed on the key that I possessed the first fragment, so did his name pop up too," Lucian said with a chuckle.
The vampires around seemed confused as they had never seen their leader talk so fluently with others.
A red-headed vampire woman standing next to Count Sarah nudged her arm.
*"Have you ever seen him like this?"* The woman, who wore pitch-black clothes, asked telepathically.
*"I guess this is your first time. This... is our master's true body. The others were just experiments that he performed with magic in the past."* Sarah explained to the knight beside her, who nodded.
Alucard sighed as he turned away from Lucian, and then two black wings sprouted from his back.
"Don't you dare go anywhere. Once I claim this, I'm coming for you," Alucard said in a deep tone, and then flames raged around the wings, making the vampires cover their eyes as Alucard flew out of the place.
"Hm... To think he actually broke into our coven forcefully. It seems he's all riled up now," Sarah said as she walked close to her master.
She looked at Lucian's face to see that he was smiling, still gazing outside the hole above them.
"Alu seems annoyed this time that I woke him too early. It hasn't been 200 years yet since he died last time," Lucian smiled and turned around.
The sound of his heels tapping against the ground resounded around the place.
...
Alucard flew high into the air. The blood moon was over, and there was no way to go back to the primal island.
"Hm..." He hovered in the air as he glanced at the city below.
He seemed to search for something as he looked around and then he closed his eyes as he turned to an empty field. When he opened his eyes again, there was a massive tree as tall as the skyscrapers there.
"Hm... Seems like the World Tree still respects me," he mumbled with a smile as he made his way toward it.
This was the same tree that Dexter came to see the memories of Lucian killing him in the past.
Now it was his original self from thousands of years ago that was in charge of his body.
Alucard flew toward the branch of the tree, and he stood on it before gazing around. He walked toward the center to see a swirling symbol on the tree, and then he stood on it.
In the next moment, he vanished from his position.
...
Alucard appeared in a dark room creeping with darkness. A golden flame lit up in his palm, and the shadows receded from him.
He saw a few torches on the walls and proceeded to light them up.
The room echoed as he made every step. There was dust and cobwebs all over the place.
It was an ancient tomb that had never been opened before after it was sealed. On the sides there were seven statues of knights wearing medieval styles armour.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would collect Dracula's inheritance. The first vampire..." Alu smiled in contentment as he approached the casket on the other side of the room.
As he cleaned the top of the casket, which seemed to be made out of stone, he heard the sound of rocks grinding against each other. He turned around to see rocks moving—no, it was the stone knights, which he had ignored before.