Arwin's Gratitude!

AUTHORS NOTE:UNEDITED CHAPTER.

while Antoine was quickly making preparations to come back to his castle, Elena and the others settled into the various rooms that had been given to them. The rooms were large and spacious decorated with various treasures and antiques.

Zareth finally heaved a sigh of relief upon entering into his room. If anything, the previous trip with elana made him see the latter in a new light.

Just being around Elena was suffocating at this point. Was there anything she was incapable of doing? he wondered.

The various scenes of the previous days played in his head. when they faced the vampire spawns, elena displayed skills that none could rival. when they encountered the elephant-like beast, they all thought they were going to die, but somehow elena was able to defeat the beast, resulting in her being vulnerable for days, but still it was something none of them could do.

when they thought they had missed their way in the vast land of beasts and undead creatures, elena discovered the lost kingdom of the undead king, not only that, she was also able to get the great undead king to help them with the antidote and even went as far as bringing them back to Zastlevania, she was formidable just too formidable.

He couldn't help but feel inferior when compared to her. He was just an ordinary vampire who hadn't even crossed into the mage rank yet? how on Zuk will he be able to tell her about his feelings since he couldn't even hold a candle in comparison to the former. sighing helplessly, he fell into a depressed state.

At this point, Aruh, Lydia, and Emiera were all having similar thoughts as zareth, they wondered how differently things could have gone if Elena hadn't gone with them, perhaps they would still be in the undead territories right now fighting and hoping to Survive.

shaking his head, Aruh remembered the others who left them behind. to think they still hadn't returned, even though they had all the portable teleportation devices. just how much of a monster was Elena?

When going up against him in a duel, she had used the flame ability just like himself, and after spending days with her, he realised she could use other abilities as well. What exactly was her ability? he wondered as he took a mental note never to get on her bad side.

oblivious to the thoughts of her teammates and how much influence she had on them currently. elena settled into her bed while she brought out the crystal that healed her while she was still in the undead territory.

After carefully inspecting the crystal, she gently stroked it while saying, "Thanks for saving me back there."

As if on queue, a buzzing sound vibrated from the crystal, the next moment it levitated in the air, and a bright light began emitting from the crystal.

Seeing this, Elena's curiosity increased. She could feel a connection with the crystal. It was almost like the crystal was trying to communicate with her,it was a pity she didn't speak the language of the crystal, rubbing her forehead she felt like she was going insane, does crystals have languages? shaking her head, she sighed. In her heart, the more time she spent in zastlevania, the weirder she became.

Turning her attention back to the crystal once more, a system notification opened in front of her.

[ding]

A drop of your blood is required to fully establish a life contract with the protector crystal.

After reading the notification over and over again, she created a sharp pin size condensed vampiric energy and used it to prick her palm, dripping a drop of blood on the crystal.

Elena could see the place she had pricked healed at a pace visible to the eye, reminding her of one of the advantages of being a vampire.

returning her attention to the crystal, this time around, she felt a much stronger connection to the crystal. She realised the crystal had a mind of its own and that she could understand and communicate with it, but this communication was only possible as a result of the blood contract.

dripping her blood on the crystal made her and the crystal one in a sense. she could share from the feelings of the crystal.

"Thank you for saving me back then! what exactly are you?" elena asked. in response, the crystal sent a direct message into her mind, informing her of its uses and abilities. After listening to the crystal, a bright smile remained in Elena's face for a very long time.

among the numerous uses and abilities the crystal mentioned, the ones which interest elena the most was that the crystal can heal any type of injury no matter how serious the injury is, whether internal or external.

the crystal has the ability of insight, showing the past, present, and future, while the future isn't fixed, recognising the fact that the future could be influenced it was still an amazing ability to have.

the crystal could also be used to gather and store information. these three uses and abilities greatly interest elena.

After smiling like a lunatic for what seemed like ages, elena spoke to the crystal once more, "since you can be used to peer into the future as well as the present and past and since you can gather any type of information, I'll name you God-eyes.

After saying this, the crystal made another buzzing sound, with its light shining more brightly as if letting elena know it was pleased with the name she had given it.

"All right, there's someone I want you to gather information about, Alacad the Lord of the 3rd city. gather as much information as you can and report back to me in three days." After instructing the crystal, the crystal turned invisible, and elena was stunned.

quickly activating her scrutiny skill, she could tell the crystal was no longer in her room. smiling lightly, she took a sip from the blood flask that was in the room.

Having God-eyes gather information about alacad was less risky than doing it herself,and this will also make the latter less suspicious of her, in the surface she will act like she fully susports the latter while working against him from the shadows. In fact, this was killing two birds with one stone.

She was still deep in thoughts when she heard a light knock on the door. opening up, a serving vampire girl told elena about the arrival of Lord Antoine and how the others were already waiting for elena in the castle hall.

She nodded her head lightly and followed behind the servant. when she entered into the large hall, she noticed the others were all present in the hall. Lord antoine sat in the lofty throne that was placed in the middle of the hall. Standing by his side was arwin. She looked different from when Elena and the rest had seen her not quite long.

Seeing life return to the face of Arwin and seeing a huge improvement on her body, a smile formed in Elena's face, just how powerful was the antidote the undead king had given her? she couldn't help but wonder.

Upon seeing elena entered into the room, Arwin's eyes lit up. Quickly, she ran forward and embraced Elena. "Thank you, Elena!" Tears run down her cheeks. Seeing this, elena smiled. It's nothing. Friends help each other, right?

"Friends help each other." arwin repeated after Elena. somehow, seeing Arwin run up to her something changed inside Elena, she knew not all vampires were bad, she wanted to save the humans from the vampires, she wanted to do everything but trust anyone in zastlevania but right this moment all her defences and guards she had erected over the weeks all came crumbling down.

she was genuinely happy saving the life of arwin, seeing her tears made elena call arwin her friend, and after the latter repeated the word friend, elena realised the words she had used "FRIEND."