Chapter 114: No retreat

"How was your interrogation?" Urie asked

"It went smoothly, so when can we meet this king of yours, I need to carry out my contract quick, there's a lot of people that I need to kill"

"We'll meet him tomorrow, I already got an arrangement" Urie shrugged it off "You 2 can still dress as your usual self, and you can leave right after"

"Well I'm excited" Rex joined in "I never met the king before, you reckon he wants to be my subject?"

"Better not ask him that question and embarrass me or I'll join him in killing you" Urie warned

"We're supposed to be on the same side here!" Rex replied

"Well you're too annoying!" Urie retorted

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We were in front of a castle that is much bigger than Urie's, the guards were equipped with much better equipment, and the security was much tighter as we got inspected and escorted to the throne room.

It was a black throne with red cushions, on it was what looked like a middle aged man, 180cm tall, white hair, red eyes and had a black cloak on.

We kneeled and got permission to stand up.

"You are now in the presence of his majesty, emperor of the Crimson kingdom, Brennon Elrod" a vampire announced

"I don't usually see another person with white hair other than myself a lot, so this is interesting" the king chuckled "I heard that he was your son, Urie? I also heard that he is a dhampir?"

"They are both correct" Urie nodded to which I sigh in defeat "And he also dream of becoming the vampire king just like you"

-More like I want to become king so that I can boss the vampires around-

-That's why when you become king, you'll become a terrible one- Dabria sighs

-Please have more faith in the protagonist, I can do anything-

"I look forward to it, unlike you he has ambition to become king. I would give you this position and my vote, but..." the king trailed off

"Of course, I would refuse" Urie responded "When you retire, maybe you should consider giving Perseus your vote"

"Well I'll think about it" the king chuckled "But he needs to ascend to the position of a prince first, I've heard that Dillard is retiring in 2 years and is hosting a tournament then, the top 2 of the tournament will be chosen as the candidates which will later be voted for the position by us"

-My protagonist luck is shining already, it'll take me only 2 more years to become a prince-

-I still honestly don't know why that there are actually women out there that are into you, like what do they see?- Dabria responded

-Wow, rude-

"Well I'm sure to get him prepared for the tournament, I already promised to vote for him" Urie replied

"I might have to come too, maybe there will be an interesting vampire that would actually accept to be my subject" Rex noted down

"Stop right there, intruder!" A voice shouted outside the throne room

The door to the throne room was then kicked in, the guards then aimed their spells and weapons toward the door, the one who kicked the door was a green haired man, a scar on one eye, and had 3 swords on his waist.

"Sorry, I needed direction, so I thought that I come to the big boss" he apologized

"Wrong universe, Zoro!"

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3rd person view

"Still no word from Balor?" James asked his spy

"No word, his family was also recently attacked but there are no evidence to suggest that it was a retaliation from the Golds. Count Golds have now reported to the authorities and the royals about their abduction, and it won't be long till they tie all the evidence down to us, not just that, some of our noble backers have now backed out after the recent assassinations" the spy reported

"Still no clues on who the assassin is?"

"No, a servant caught sight of one, a tall male dressed in a white hood, but the assassin left her alive after leaving her a message"

"What was the message?" James asked

"The servant couldn't remember much," the spy shook his head "Only the last line, 'We work in the dark to serve the light, we are the assassins' "

"So it's an organization, this is bad, they are killing everyone that are associated with us, it won't be long till they come for me" James facepalmed

"We have caught a strange sight of them jumping into haystacks, we assume that it might be their signal to something, but we haven't caught any of them, so it is still an unknown, I would personally suggest that we retreat for now and strike back later"

"I refuse, tell everyone to start the rebellion, we will have no retreats, it took a long time just to get this far, we better start our attack now while we still have allies" James ordered

But as he did, a light beam shot through his spy's head, killing the spy instantly. James got up and tried to prepare a spell to fight back, but light beams shot through his arms and legs before metal ropes come out from the ground and restrain him to his seat.

"Who's there?!" James shouted

2 hooded figures then came out from the shadows.

"Whatever they pay you, I'll triple it!" James pleaded "Just let me go!"

1st person view

"Well, give me all your money in this house and I'll consider it"

Me and Diana who was in her human form ambushed him because we can hide our presence, Ace, Damon and Siege also came into the room after they killed all the guards. Like me and Diana, Damon was also hooded.

"My spatial ring, i-it has some money, I can erase my imprint, th-that v-vault over there..." he then ranted several more locations in the house that contained treasures for us to loot

-You guys go look for it, me and Diana can keep him company- I ordered as they ran off

"Can I go now?" he asked nervously

"Not yet, until we get the money, you'll be staying like that"

After a few minutes, they came back.

-We got it in our spatial storage- Damon said -Should we kill him now?

"Please let me go, I gave you all my precious items!" James begged

"Well I'll let you go alright, I'll make sure you go to hell" I smiled

"My father is the king! You-" He got cut off as I shot a light bullet through his head

"I can't believe that you made me say that long phrase" Damon said as he took off his hood

"Well as embarrassing as it was, it worked" Diana responded

"Let's go finish all the people we have on this list, James' death will cause chaos, making it easier for us to kill them"