Chapter 329: Finally got it (2)

Well I got my audience with the vampire king. Brennon Elrod, if you forgot his name. Even if he has a busy schedule, princes and princesses have slight priority for an audience for him. We can just waltz in, but he rather we make an appointment beforehand.

"It's very unusual for you to seek an audience with me" he commented as I greet him

"Well I'm sure you heard of my loss, so I'm here for a request."

"I think I know what you want but ask anyway."

"I need the gift the first king left."

"What's the point?" he asked "I used the gift, all I got was an audience with him not what the gift is itself."

"Well he was god pretending to be a regular vampire after all, but you have no idea what gift it is, right?"

"No idea, only the dhampir queen have managed to achieve it. She then leave it behind for the next generations till someone can use it again. But to think you know all of this...only me and Urie knows, did he tell you?"

"No, a goddess did."

"Well I will not be surprised that you have contact with one." he chuckled

< Dabria knows what it is, abilities left by the first vampire king. You have to be a godly being or a reincarnate to use it. >

"Can I trust you?"

"Well you have no choice, you can easily tell, my potential surpasses everyone in the world, but it's still not enough. If I have a hundred more years, then sure, I'll wait. But Eros is planning something, and it will happen in the next several years and I will need the help of the gift to help."

"Are you asking as my prince, demon lord or as Perseus Silver?" he asked

"...I ask as the protagonist of this story, my desire is to be strong so I can beat the shit of anyone who goes against me in the future, I have a plan of retiring peacefully and Eros is now in my way, I plan to kill him."

"Protagonist?" He repeated "Sounds a bit pretentious. You seem to be in a rush, you even come here without your bonds." he commented

"Well there's a certain banquet that I'm invited to, and I'm a 100% sure that he will crash it alongside with other gods. Me and my bonds need all the advantage we can get...so I plan to use the gift of the first king."

"Even though your reasons are good, if I were to give it to you, we would be breaking tradition." the king reasoned "Even if a prince can wield its power, you will still need my blood to activate it and grant you an audience. To think that you would figure out that the first king is actually a god is surprising whether a goddess really told you. I want something in exchange."

"Fair enough, I would say money but that's not something you want."

"I want you to swear an oath to me." the king requested "Urie have reported to me that you plan to fight the gods themselves, so I need your word that you will do whatever it takes that when the war occurs we will help you fight them."

"What are you trying to say? I mean, I am going to ask for help, I need numbers."

"Young or old, us vampires love to fight, but I want you to help bring us with you on the front lines not let us fight a defensive battle."

"That's it? Seriously?"

"Yes, when the gods or angels whoever they're sending to attack, I want you to take us with you on the offensive."

"The vampires will die, you know. This is reckless even for you."

"Reckless? It's our honor and pride on the line here, I want us to fight and die on the high ground with good morale rather than fight in a struggle. I want it to be written in history that despite being merely night creatures, we managed to muster the courage to fight strong beings like the gods instead of waiting for others to fight for us."

"For my division and the ones under me, I can make that decision, but I don't think the others will be able to follow the same decision, Urie maybe, but even as a king, you can't force vampires to fight even if we like it just for a page in the history books."

"You don't have to worry about that" He chuckled "What I'm scared of is your allies refusing our help or ordering us to retreat for 'being too weak', I want you to swear an oath that you will allow us to help you fight among the front lines and even if your allies object to it, they will tolerate us fighting alongside you."

"Their blood won't be on your hands alone you know, by searing by this oath, their blood will also be on my hands."

"Will you swear the oath and get the gift or will you not and we'll continue as we usually are?"

"Fine, I'll swear an oath to you and to this kingdom to make sure to bring you along with me and my bonds when we go on the offensive, but I also want your word to not force a vampire to fight if they are not willing. We are fighting gods, angels and celestials beings of my current level or even higher, it's natural to want to spend time with family instead since our world might just end."

"Of course, you will have my word." he nodded "I'll also grant you an audience with the first king and hopefully you will be able to acquire the gifts of the first king...because if you do, you might just go down in our history as one of the strongest vampires of all time or even the strongest."

"Well I'll be the strongest, King Elrod. I'll take my revenge against Eros, and I'll defeat everyone on his side so that I can finally retire from fighting once and for all, I'm currently sick of it, I want proper rest."