Aoki The Vampire Elf (Part 3)

Aoki's focus diverted from the dragon that was close to him. His body sensing the danger from the two casting light magic. Without hesitation his body shot forward in their direction. At a dead run his eyes locked on them as his target.

Knowing that the executioner intended to go after Zoe and the priestess the dragon reacted without realizing it himself. Bredret had no time to think as he went after Aoki from behind. Giving the vampire no time to get away from him.

"Mmph!" Aoki was taken by surprise as his body violently pulled backwards while in a dead run by the grasp of the dragon.

"Keep him away from them!" Prince Leo shouted.

"Do you think I am an idiot like you?" Bredret scoffed as he held the vampire by the back of his clothes. Reaching out his hand to grasp him by the back of the throat from behind.

Aoki flinched as he heard the prince's words. He felt a sense of being trapped that he had not felt in a long time. It made him uneasy. The vampire bared his fangs as he swung his body around. A violent kick from his leg spinning around as he moved. His foot smashing into the dragon's head causing it to stumble away from him.

A thunderous growl could be heard from Bredret as he stood there with a dazed expression. Holding his hand to his head. How could someone be so daring to kick a dragon like him?!

"I'm gonna kill him." Bredret coldly said as he began to step towards Aoki.

"Calm down!" Prince Leo felt a cold chill in the air as he shouted for the dragon to not loose his temper.

"Hah." Aoki smirked. Finding Bredret's reaction amusing.

"You-!!!" Bredret began to swear angrily internally as he tried to calm himself down.

"Oh~" Ashley felt like he had witnessed something strange. To think the dragon would calm himself down rather then explode. It wasn't like Bredret to listen to the prince.

Swish!

Aoki swung his dagger at Bredret. The movement was so fast it was difficult for anyone to follow the attack. Unlike the others Bredret was able to keep up with what was happening. Dodging to the side in order to counter attack with his fist.

It felt like he was wasting his time on the dragon. His heart pounded at the thought of the two light mages in the distance. They were trying to hide out of his reach while casting however they had to maintain visual on Aoki in order to do what they intended.

Seeing the dragon's fist heading straight for him there was no intent to flee. From behind Aoki could also sense the prince, Leo, swinging his sword in his direction. Intending to blind side him. Completely aware of the prince's sneak attack he laughed under his breath.

Aoki took the punch to his stomach from Bredret. Coughing up a bit blood from the fierce impact of the strike. It was more violent then he initially thought because Bredret was struggling to hold back his temper. His body felt shaken but he quickly collected his thoughts.

CLANG!

Turning in time to block a strike from the prince's sword with his dagger.

Crunch! Grrrr!

Aoki felt a sharp pain in his leg. The wolf had bitten down on his leg. Its fangs digging roughly into him as it growled at him. Those bright red eyes determined to not let him near Zoe and the priestess.

Aoki tried to swing his dagger at the wolf only be find his attack blocked by Ashley's blood scythe. The vampire had found himself surrounded by them all from different directions. Wanting to lash out his mind raced to think of a method. No matter how much he thought he could not come up with anything quickly because the desperation was making his mind unstable.

On the ground below a bright golden light began to take form. It was a beautiful magic circle. As soon as it began to take form the others quickly backed away from the executioner.

His pink jeweled eyes flickered a bit of light as if he was tempted to use his mana. It only lasted a moment before fading. The wolf wondered why the vampire would choose to not use his mana in order to escape. Did Aoki think his ability was useless in this situation? Since he had come across Aoki at the temple he had yet to witness what element Aoki belonged to.

Vorbuk had no knowledge of what this vampire's ability was. Why did Aoki fight with a self designed dagger? Was it because his element didn't belong to a class that could fight with their mana?

"... No!" Aoki snapped as the feeling of being trapped began to consume him.

Memories of his past flashed in the back of his mind. As a child when his home was burned down and how he witnessed his family getting slaughtered. Getting dragged away from that scene he was thrown into a cold cell and shackled to the wall. Those men that smiled and laughed as they experimented on him. It felt like he was suffocating; as if someone was trapping him in that place once again.

He bared his fangs as he tried to rush out of the magic circle behind the others. Not wanting to be trapped once again like he was as a child.

"Watch out!" Vorbuk shouted as he saw Aoki rushing towards the prince from behind.

First to react was Ashley who decided to take action. Shoving the prince side he raised his scythe and swung at the executioner. Stopping the vampire from coming any closer in their direction. Ashley did not even spare a second look to check on the condition the prince was in as the prince had landed on the ground. Sitting there as he glared up at Ashley.

Was that repayment for how I reacted when he tumbled earlier? Prince Leo felt like Ashley was simply taking revenge for earlier.

Golden chains made of light began to rise up from the magic circle. Entangling themselves around Aoki as they pulled him towards the center of the circle. Smashing his body into the ground as they held him down. This was magic that the priestess and Zoe had to put bother their effort into controlling.

It could be used to shackle someone but only while they both were working to keep the magic circle open. Once the spell being cast stopped the divine chains would dissipate. They had to work quickly while Aoki was trapped by the two of them.

A black smoke enveloped Vorbuk as he stepped towards the center of the circle. His human form taking shape. On the ground he could see the vampire's desperate eyes on him as he approached him. They were judging him but at the same time he could tell Aoki was not able to comprehend everything at the moment. He wasn't able to respond properly since he couldn't control himself.

"Bring out Damien quickly!" Vorbuk shouted at Ashley.

The others did not say a word as they watched Ashley rush to grab the man. He was still hiding completely out of sight where there were less people. If things had went south the man was clearly planning to escape by himself.