The Vampire Prince

Something had changed in Rael, even he didn't know what but he had changed a little more.

Inside his Soul Sea, three beautiful flowers took growth upon the leafless tree which was inside.

It had a monochrome color full of vigor and a death aura.

The slime instantly became scared of it. The vibes it was sending were scary, the devil would cry if he was near it.

Rael inspected his Soul Sea and realized something, last time when he got enlightenment, a flower had taken growth and when he wanted power, it wilted and a drop of water fell upon the sea giving him a boost in strength.

So this means that the flowers are the way to unlock the super mode he had, three flowers, three times.

He could only get a super boost like that three times, no more than that unless he gains enlightenment which would give birth to more flowers.

That is what he speculated.

Rael took a deep breath and exhaled out air, he wanted to get stronger, strong enough to destroy an entire realm with just a flick of his fingers.

Luck stared at Rael with hatred and fury in his eyes, directly gazing into Rael's eyes.

Suddenly Luck found himself in a blackness, a blackness deep enough to make him crazy, it was the abyss.

He then blinked his eyes and cried out loud, "I am alive!!!.. Pant... Pant..."

Clutching his throat he looked at Rael with fear, he had been in that darkness for a total of three days but in the real world not even a second had passed.

Even Rael himself didn't know what had happened to Teno, the golden glint in his eyes disappeared and they returned to the normal violet color.

Luck was sweating, he had now sworn to himself that he would never in a million years offend or even talk to him again.

Monster wasn't a word that would describe him, a demon even less.

God? God is too divine for him and Demon is too innocent for him.

He is the Abyss itself.

~

Rael didn't know what Luck was thinking and was simply taking a good hot water bath.

"Ahh~ this hits the spot...." He sighed as he tried to drown himself in the tub while playing with his rubber ducky.

Getting out of the bathroom he quickly wore his clothes, to go out and explore the new school.

The others were still passed out while Luck was going through a trauma, so he was devouring all the food in the fridge. Luck had never thought that food could be this tasty!

Rael quickly started to walk out of the dorm, heading towards the campus.

On his way, he started to take notice of his surroundings, the school was pretty similar to the Imperial Academy but just more high-tech.

He didn't have to walk because using electromagnet waves and mana, the road would guide him to wherever he would want to go.

Heading in a random direction he stumbled across a garden. Nobody was present in the garden except for the lust prince he had seen before.

It seemed as if he was trying out an instrument.

'A guitar?' Rael wondered as he sat across a wall upon his knees.

Closing his eyes he started to immerse himself in the melody, he never liked to play the guitar but was kind of annoyed when he was missing some notes and opportunities to make it even more amazing.

'Again he did it..." He grumbled as the tempo of the song was missed by milliseconds.

To Rael, even milliseconds were very important.

"Ugh, I can't take this any longer."

He walled towards the Lust prince and snatched the guitar away from him.

Startled by his actions, Yohann looked up to see who had taken his guitar.

He saw a silver-haired boy with icy jade eyes and instantly a smile erupted upon his face.

"Stepdad!"

Rael's face crumpled as he stared at Yohann, his ears must have been ringing. He looked at him and replied to him coldly.

"Watch and learn."

With an amused smile, Yohann looked at Rael, he wanted Rael to be his friend since he never had friends and was a loner because of his good looks and Rael seemed similar to him.

He had investigated him a bit and had found out that he came from the human country a month back, he had been disowned along with his sister and in school, he was a loner.

"Alright, then show me your skills."

Rael looked at him with a smile and then the guitar, he closed his eyes and placed his pinky finger on the board and the palm on the string, chucking it.

His left hand which was holding the fretboard went up and down following the A minor pentatonic scale to E harmonic minor.

He unconsciously began to use his spiritual energy, which sent calming vibes across the area.

Yohann was quite shocked, he had never heard such flawless playing, instantly the spiritual waves and spirits colliding hit him.

He closed his eyes as a world formed inside.

Rain conjured a sweet pattern upon his skin, the thousands of liquid globes reflecting the greenery of nature. It was cooling on this warm day, a welcome shower to add to the senses.

Each raindrop was the drop that kissed his skin during the days he was with his mother before she died due to a sexually transmitted disease.

If the rain is one drop it is millions, cascading from a confident sky. It is the sort of weather that washes everything anew, bringing deep puddles into which children splash.

And in that happy congregation of water and air, is the sense of being alive, that from such beautiful simplicity becomes everything ever loved, the flora, the fauna, the very essence of nature.

He could feel it, he felt like as if he was rain himself, his body started to melt into nature as tears flowed from his eyes.

Nostalgia, he was feeling intense nostalgia.

When his mother died he was never able to cry holding his feeling and topping them up all for it to come crumbling down.

He opened his eyes with a slight smile on his face, he raises up his hand and tilted his face towards the sky, feeling the sunshine.

As he did this, a melody stirred from the guitar, one that feels as if it means 'thank you' and 'love"'all at once.

Perhaps this is joy, a happiness that feels pure.

Rael finally stopped playing and himself gazed at the sky with a longing expression. A sigh couldn't help but escape from his mouth as a bitter smile came upon his face.

Yohann immediately hugged Rael and cried his heart out, all Rael could do was caress his long hair. To him, everyone was a child due to his old age except for women.

"You have suffered haven't you?" He asked with a gentle smile.

Yohann didn't reply and kept on crying.

Rael simply sighed as he looked into the skies again.

His music is always intense and emotional.

It can open the worst memories or maybe make people remember the best ones.

He could change people's ideas and beliefs through his music.

He could make arrogant people remember why they were successful.

He could make old people feel young again.

Some people make music and some people feel the music.

And then, there are people who are music.

~

"Do you want to join the school band?" Yohann asked with stars in his eyes.

"Nah I will pass that, I am not really interested in it," I spoke with nonchalance.

"Ah.." He sighed and looked down.

"Don't worry though, if you guys ever need help then I will be happy to aid you all."

At that line, his expression brightened up.

I have a feeling that he is going to mess something up on purpose just to make me come and help him out.

"Anyways I am quite bored, do you mind showing me around?" I asked Yohann.

"Let's go and play Spar World." He spoke with enthusiasm.

I sighed inwardly, wait... this is a good idea... I wonder if I can connect with the WorldWide server which connects most of the countries.

"Alright, let's go." I was a bit excited now, there could be people who could match my power, I also had a feeling that I was close to evolving both my angel and demon bloodline.

The Arcade Room in this school was quite different, it had many people filled in. In the Imperial Academy, people didn't come to the Arcade because many of them already had their own pods.

The students in this school must be poor.

There were three main schools in the Education Country, 1: Swan School, 2: Imperial Academy, 3: Royal Rousseau High.

Swan school, was filled with mostly peasants, Imperial Academy with rich peasants and nobles, Royal Rousseau High was composed of Royalties and nobles purely.

Entering the pod I logged into my account while Yohann paid for me.

Shameless?

Yeah, I am.

Logging in, I saw the familiar trap guy.

"Stepfather" The trap greeted.

I nodded and selected a worldwide server.

"Are you sure?" The trap asked to cross-check.

"Yes."

"Well then Stepfather, I wish you the best."

A different screen came right into my face as the scenery changed to become a blurred one.

[ Waiting...

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Matched, battle starting in 3...2... 1 and 0]

[Stepfather VS Vampire Prince]

Hm? Vampire Prince? This guy is very proclaiming, is that his real identity or fake?

Anyway, I shook my head, ready to fight him.

In front of me stood a white-haired boy with red eyes and elf ears. He was in a warrior costume and had an enormous blade in his hands.

Maybe he really is the vampire prince and if he is then that means he is my enemy.

From what Aria told me, Jericho the crown prince of Undis, the vampire prince was supposed to marry her and was deeply in love with her.

Aria was his Aunt, the sister of his father but it seems that he got cucked by me. I honestly feel bad for him but Aria never liked him so he is my enemy.

I don't know if he is real, but I hope he is, I would love to humiliate him before killing him off.

"Stepfather? I your grandpa!" The Vampire Prince screamed enraged at my username.

I ignored his antics and started to ready myself for the battle this guy was a level above than the earlier ones I could feel it.

~

The enormous blade in the vampire's hand was ferociously swung out, carrying a gust of howling wind with it. He looked at Rael, and in midst of sneering, said with a very low voice.

"Consider it your misfortune to have met me."

Amidst his sneer, Jericho did not wait for Rael to take out weapons and rushed forward at a brisk pace. His frame was robust and huge, and the blade in his hand was also quite enormous, but his speed was not slow in the slightest.

With a low cry, he raised the enormous blade and slashed it down toward Rael's left arm while utilizing blood arts.

The blood blade that came toward him was extremely vicious, without the slightest intention of holding back. Rael slightly shifted his body to the side and dodged the blade strike, yet Vampire Prince's blade then swept upwards in the next instant... The direction of its sweep was clearly Rael's face.

'You can hit anywhere but not the face!'

Rael's gaze focused. Then, he flew into an extreme rage, his stepson actually wants to ruin his artificial beard and avatar face!

Courting Death!!

A glimmer of vicious light flashed through Rael's eyes. He shifted his body down low, dodging this blade strike. Instead of retreating, he advanced; he suddenly rushed forward like a bolt of lightning, and his elbow violently smashed into Vampire Prince's abdominal region.

He could feel pain because his pain sensitivity settings were close to normal, unlike Rael who couldn't feel pain. After all, his pain sensitivity settings were non-existent.

The degree of shamelessness...

Rael forcefully advanced and attacked the Vampire's abdomen, yet the blade that was suspended above him did not conveniently swing down but froze there. After Rael straightened his posture and took two steps back, his arm still did not drop down.

*Clang...*

The blade in the Vampire's hand fell down onto the ground.

"Ugh… ug…" Hoarse sounds leaked out from his mouth. His eyes fixedly stared wide and bulged out in an extremely exaggerated manner as if they were almost jumping out from their sockets.

He slowly knelt down onto the ground, held his abdomen with both hands in agony, and curled up there like a baby shrimp. His entire body trembled, and the cold sweat on his head flowed down like a rainstorm.

His HP almost went down but then he got up and roared.

"You fucking old man!!!!!! I will show you what despair is!!!!!!!!!"

His HP bar immediately got full again! He seemed to have gotten an adrenaline boost.

Blood aura flowed from everywhere and started to make wisps around him.

"AAAAAAARGHHH!!"

He lashed out onto Rael's body, immediately Rael started to generate electricity and ice beneath his feet.

*Boom!* *Boom!!*

Ice spears appeared from everywhere entrapping him into it.

"You think this pitiful ice can trap me?!" He wiggled his way out destroying all the ice pieces with blood bombs.

"FUCK YOU!!!!" He sent dozens of blood bombs in Rael's direction.

*BOOM!!!* *BOOM!!*

Smoke appeared but his HP was by no means 0, an old man could be seen jumping around like as if walking on water gracefully.

"How are you still not k.o?"

"It's because you tried to ruin my beard!"

*Swoosh!*

He crept behind the Vampire Prince binding him with chains of blood.

"Do you think that you are the only one with blood arts?" He smirked as he kicked him in his guts.

Then he disappeared and appeared above him, stabbing him over and over with his faith sword.

[HP BAR: 100...70...50..30....1..]

"H...how can you use bloo-"

Before the Vampire could finish talking, Rael stomped on his head.

"Aaa-" The vampire instantly teleported out.

[0 HP left]

[K.O!]

[WINNER: STEPFATHER]

[AUTOMATIC EXIT IN 10.. 9....8...7...]

"Show virtual stats"

[ Player: Stepfather

Matches: 14

Wins:14

Losses: 0

Current Status: Streak.

Ranking: 69th across all registered users worldwide (New: A leap of a million ranks! Due to defeating an Elite Champion Player and taking his position!)

Likes: Increasing every minute.

Profile visits: Increasing every passing second.

Description: I shall steal your wife if you haven't got time with her.]

"Whoaa that's quite a leap!" Rael was amazed by what was going on.

His profile visits and likes were increasing at a fearsome rate!

"I guess that's not bad."

[EXIT]

"Okay time to start another match."

Unbeknownst to Rael, a storm was taking place in the Virtual Community.

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