AUTHORS NOTE: UNEDITED CHAPTER
when zareth discovered this new skill, it was an ecstatic moment for him, for this meant he could simply use void travel to teleport himself out of the dungeon within a split seconds without being found out by the guards.
when he shared the new skill with master Leo, he was genuinely happy to see the progress of his student.
But when Zareth brought up the idea of escaping the dungeon with this newfound skill, master Leo declined once more.
this time around with the excuse that zareth wasn't strong enough. For the first time ever, zareth lost his temper when talking to master Leo.
in his own opinion, master Leo was reluctant about him leaving because he never wanted to face the real world. By extension, he was trying to keep him locked up with himself in this godforsaken dungeon.
During the past year, zareth had missed the company of his friends, loved ones, and family. even though he was a vampire noble, King Alacad had shown no hesitation when throwing him into the dungeon.
Zareth was unsure whether his family had committed treason against the crown or if he had offended the king unknowingly.
The most bizarre thing was the fact that Elena seemed to have vanished into thin air. he missed talking to her, and the time they spent together in Z.W.A.
It was his desire to grow stronger in order for him to be able to stand alongside Elena without feeling like a weakling, which gave him the strength to keep up with master Leo's fierce training daily.
After getting into a heated argument with master Leo for the first time, Zareth spent days without talking to his master.
on the fifth day, master Leo woke him up as usual. Instead of asking him to train, he told zareth the reason why he had been insisting he remained in the dungeon.
"Child, you're only a vampire mage. while you might think you're no longer weak. in the big universe, you're nothing but a bug, and there are millions of formidable warriors waiting to squash you like the bug you are."
The reason why I keep insisting you stay is for you to at least reach the Draconic Vampire rank. for the path that lies ahead of you isn't one of peace but of great terror.
Hearing his master speak, zareth felt like he had misunderstood his master all this while. his master had thought him freely without asking for anything in return, even now his master still had his best interest at heart.
realising this fact, zareth decided he would focus more on his trainings so he could at least reach the Draconic rank.
After coming to this conclusion, he knelt on the ground with both knees and then proceeded to bow several times as a way of paying respect to his master.
From that day, master Leo began helping zareth reinforce his vampiric energy and also guide him through the right part in order for him to reach the next Rank.
[Alacad pov.]
when Alacad visited the fate and realised he would die in the hands of Elena, he felt betrayed.
in his heart, he had treated Elena with love and care. he had provided her with the right resources to grow stronger.
even though he hadn't been completely honest with her about the reason why he brought her to Zastlevania, he knew he had treated her the best way possible.
so he really didn't know why she would stand against him, let alone kill him. the more he thought about dying in the hands of Elena, the more angry he became.
When zareth showed up uninvited, he decided to throw him into the dungeon for one simple reason.
he knew elena was closed to zareth, so he wanted to use zareth as a means to blackmail Elena into doing his biding in the future, which is if she ever showed her face around him.
He was patiently waiting for the day Elena would come back to him. He would use zareth to get her to do whatever he wanted afterwhich he planned to kill her.
Even though Elena was a big threat, he would need to take care of he still had more pressing issues he needed to attend to at the moment.
Presently, the war between the vampires and the humans in the zenox planet was at a stalemate. the vampires were losing as many soldiers as humans.
initially, the war was between the humans and the fraknorv, but the vampires needed to intervene as they technically controlled the entire zenox planet.
zenox was a planet rich in resources. Most of the resources of the vampires came from zenox, so it would be now impossible for the vampires to ignore the humans.
since the initial small battles between the humans and fraknorv have escalated into a full-blown war, King Alacad Vlad in his attempt to deal with the humans quickly, had placed the new Lord, Lord raden and Lord Antoine in charge of the war affairs.
They were to come up with strategies and counter measures against the humans. naturally, Raden was happy about this development since he was also Asura the divine of chaos.
the bigger the chaos, the stronger he became. seeing the vampires die in battle daily, greatly excited him.
He had no business with the humans, but if thousands of humans had to die alongside the vampires he didn't care, so long as he is able to exact his revenge on Maacah he would be happy.
this past year has been one of the happiest for Lord raden[asura] the number of years he spent in prison was worth it since it meant he could lead maacah's greatest creations to their death in thousands daily.
Since the battle was still at a stalemate, more vampires were being recruited into the army, and a new batch of vampires was sent to zenox to assist in the war whenever possible.
As a result of everything going on, Alacad's attention was focused on the ongoing war. Even though he sometimes had nightmares about Elena killing him, it wasn't something he couldn't handle.
For he was ready in case she ever showed up in front of him, he would be prepared to take the right action to prevent his visions from becoming his reality.
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