Worship

Alucard turned his head toward the few men left standing, his red eyes shining behind the orange round glasses as he gave out a stern order with his deep gravelly voice.

"Tell me which one here is the leader." He said, his voice reverberating around the walls of the building.

The reaction was immediate as a man stepped forward toward him.

"I'm the leader of the gang, my name is Nicolas." The man answered almost on instinct.

Alucard's face split as a smile grew on it.

"Good, come closer to me," he said as he beckoned the man with his index finger.

Nicolas's body moved on its own as he walked to stand right in front of the terrifying monster.

The monster's eyes shined vermillion as Nicolas felt like his very soul was being observed.

As if his very existence was grasped by the man before him.

"From now on, you will be loyal to me until death, and even in death, you shall follow my orders without question. You will never go against me and will forever try your hardest to be of any use to me." Alucard said slowly, emphasizing every syllable of his words.

And then Alucard turned towards the rest and unleashed a full-force daze.

Even the men and women who had gone unconscious were affected by his will as they turned into loyal minions for him to use.

Turning back toward Nicolas, Alucard gave him a toothy smile.

His snake-like fangs protruded causing the man to feel fear in the very depths of his soul, however, he couldn't do anything. He was now well and fully in Alucard's control for the rest of his existence continuing forwards.

"I'll give you a small gift." The deep voice worded out as Alucard grabbed the man's neck and then bit his nape with those very same fangs that Nicolas had seen.

He felt pain, unimaginable pain course through his body as if every fiber, every nerve of his body was screaming out, was lashing out.

It was miserable, it was a pain that Nicolas didn't wish upon even his worst enemies.

Falling down to the floor, Nicolas kept shaking and rolling around, anything to get his mind off the pain itself however it was all-consuming. 

There was no running from it as the pain was coming from deep inside of his own body.

This continued on for a few minutes as the rest of the gang members watched their leader in horror.

Watched as his hair fell out and as his bones protruded out of his body and then got engulfed in the flesh once more.

It was a scene straight out of a horror movie, and even that felt like an understatement.

This was reality after all.

Finally, the transformation finished and Nicolas got back up on his feet.

Looking around he saw everything so clearly, it was like he had been blind all his life and had finally gotten a new pair of healthy eyes.

His body didn't feel any pain anymore, it instead felt powerful, so much so that Nicolas felt like he could crush anything with his bare hands.

Clenching his hand in bafflement, Nicolas raised his head to look at the man who had done this to him.

If before the connection and loyalty felt forced as if an outside force was urging him and making him follow the orders.

Now it felt as if his very body instinctually wanted to revere the man, wanted to follow him to the pits of hell and back.

Kneeling down, Nicolas's eyes shined with loyalty as he awaited his next orders.

'Good' Alucard or Alex said as he looked at his new minion.

'It seems that I've managed to create an even stronger minion than Harry, he still shows a lot of the side effects but he's clearly stronger, much stronger at that. I tried to infuse him with as much blood as I could without breaking him completely however his body simply stopped accepting any more at one point so this was the farthest he could get' Alex thought as he looked at Nicolas.

Turning his head toward the other men, he voiced out his next orders.

"You will all follow Nicolas as if he is an extension of me, every order must be followed, if he tells you to kill yourself then you do so without complaint," Alex said and saw the gang members nod their heads.

Turning back toward Nicolas Alex said.

"Get up, we're going to the next gang, you're coming with me" 

Nicolas nodded his head got up from the ground quickly and started following Alex from behind as they walked out of the gang house.

Their next destination? The S/S Bounty Hunters.

"Do you know where their headquarters are located?" Alex asked Nicolas as he walked toward the alley where he had told the woman to wait for him.

Alex could already see her figure even though he was quite far away, and he saw her as if it was broad daylight and she was standing right before him.

"Yes sir, I can lead you there," Nicolas answered with a voice that sounded like how worshippers talked to their own god.

'This guy is treating me differently than how the others in Port Angels did, maybe because he has more of my blood? That's most likely the case' Alex once more thought, surprised at Nicolas's tone as he talked to him.

Finally, before the young woman, Alex simply erased her memories with a daze and told her to go away.

'There's no need for two guides, though it would be interesting to see if there are any changes between a male and female transforming into one of my vampire minions' Alex thought but shook his head, the woman was already gone and he wasn't about to rush after her.

Turning toward Nicolas Alex nodded his head and motioned for him to lead him.

"Go direct me to the S/S Bounty Hunters, It's time I fully got a grasp of this city's underworld."

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