Chapter 75: The Sisters' Choice
"Take it out on me, just please let my sister go!" pleaded Liu Xian, her voice filled with desperation as she begged the vampire, Nie Dong, to spare her younger sister.
"Big sis, you don't need to beg him." Liu Ru said, saddened by seeing her sister's despair.
Liu Xian panicked. Her naive little sister didn't understand the danger they were in!
This was no ordinary person. Even some magic users would struggle to handle this kind of threat, let alone two ordinary sisters like them.
Suddenly, a burst of scorching flames lit up the darkness!
A giant flaming demon wolf appeared and lunged directly at Nie Dong. The fiery beast was so fast that Nie Dong barely had time to react. As he struggled, Mo Fan used his powerful magic, Shadow Nail, to pin him down.
The sight of the enormous demon wolf was too much for Liu Ru and Liu Xian, and both sisters fainted from fear. They had never seen a demon in their entire lives, especially not one as terrifying as this battle-grade flame wolf.
Mo Fan stepped forward and coldly addressed Nie Dong. "If you don't want to die, don't move. Even if you escape now, I will find you. And next time, the consequences won't only fall on you, a mere vampire, but also on the entire blood clan you serve."
Mo Fan knew controlling a vampire with shadow magic wasn't easy—killing him would be far simpler than capturing him alive. He needed to intimidate Nie Dong first.
But Nie Dong didn't seem to care about Mo Fan's threat, or at least, he didn't show it.
"I assume your clan's hideout is the Northern Club, right?" Mo Fan said, his tone calm.
Upon hearing this, Nie Dong froze, fear creeping into his expression. The blood clan thrived in secrecy, just like the Church. How did this young man know so much about them?
"What do you want?" Nie Dong finally asked, realizing that escaping wasn't an option.
"It's simple. I want you to perform the blood ceremony to create a new vampire for me. If you comply, I won't go after your clan." Mo Fan replied.
Nie Dong's heart raced—this young man knew too much. Mo Fan wanted to turn someone into a vampire! But what Mo Fan didn't know was that any vampire created through this ceremony would ultimately be loyal to Nie Dong.
"I can agree, but how can I trust you won't come after me again?" Nie Dong probed.
"I don't have time to waste hunting vampires. I'm only interested in turning your kind into my servants." Mo Fan said.
Though Nie Dong internally scoffed at the idea of a human controlling vampires, he didn't dare express it outwardly.
"Take him over there." Mo Fan commanded his wolf.
With a howl, the flame wolf dragged Nie Dong away. As he was carried off, Nie Dong glanced at Liu Xian and Liu Ru, his thoughts churning—if this ceremony happened, these two sisters would become his subordinates.
Once Nie Dong was gone, Mo Fan walked over and revived the two unconscious sisters.
As they woke up, Liu Xian immediately checked on her sister, while Liu Ru looked around, still terrified from the earlier sight of the wolf.
"Don't worry, the flame wolf is my summoned beast." Mo Fan reassured them.
Realizing that Mo Fan had saved them, Liu Ru calmed down. Meanwhile, Liu Xian pieced together that her sister had called her out not because she needed help, but because she had found a magic-user friend to deal with her problems.
"You mentioned earlier that you had a choice for us, right?" Liu Ru asked, still shaken but curious.
Mo Fan nodded. "Yes, I have two options for you."
"The first option is that I kill Nie Dong, and you two continue to live as you did before. However, this kind of problem might arise again in the future. If I'm around, I can help, but if I'm not..."
He left the rest unsaid, but both sisters understood what he meant.
"The second option is that you both gain supernatural powers and become like Nie Dong—vampires. But don't worry, you won't need to drink other people's blood. With my blood as your source, you'll be stronger than ordinary people, even stronger than some magic users. You won't live like normal humans, but you can still lead peaceful lives. And if you stick with me, you'll only grow more powerful."
The sisters fell silent, processing the weight of the decision. Liu Xian was curious about Mo Fan's true intentions and his relationship with Liu Ru. Liu Ru, on the other hand, couldn't understand why Mo Fan was helping them or why he had chosen them.
"In fact," Mo Fan added, "if I hadn't come to find you, your sister wouldn't have had long to live, and you would've eventually been targeted by the vampires as well. Becoming a vampire was practically inevitable for you."
"Why are you helping us?" Liu Ru finally asked.
Mo Fan smiled. "If I had to give a reason, it's because you two look exactly alike."
The world didn't offer kindness without a reason, and Mo Fan wasn't going to hide his motives.
"And what if we choose the first option?" Liu Ru hesitated.
"You can live in peace, and you can still call me if you need help. But your future will belong to me. Of course, you can refuse, and I'll leave as if I never came." Mo Fan answered.
The sisters fell silent, processing the weight of the decision. Liu Xian was curious about Mo Fan's true intentions and his relationship with Liu Ru. Liu Ru, on the other hand, couldn't understand why Mo Fan was helping them or why he had chosen them.
"In fact," Mo Fan added, "if I hadn't come to find you, your sister wouldn't have had long to live, and you would've eventually been targeted by the vampires as well. Becoming a vampire was practically inevitable for you."
"Why are you helping us?" Liu Ru finally asked.
Mo Fan smiled. "If I had to give a reason, it's because you two look exactly alike."
The world didn't offer kindness without a reason, and Mo Fan wasn't going to hide his motives.
"And what if we choose the first option?" Liu Ru hesitated.
"You can live in peace, and you can still call me if you need help. But your future will belong to me. Of course, you can refuse, and I'll leave as if I never came." Mo Fan answered.
"And if we choose the second option... will magic users come after us?" Liu Xian asked.
After experiencing Nie Dong's terror, Liu Xian had realized how powerless ordinary people were in this world. If she wanted to protect her sister, she would need power.
(End of Chapter)