Rox... you pathetic leech!

A bright red moon was shining above Sangruil, embracing everyone and everything in its bright red rays, giving the citizens of this kingdom a warm feeling of peace and home all thanks to their Lord, while they were preparing for a great war awaiting them behind the horizon.

The moon was almost behind the big hills which meant that the doom's day was quickly approaching the Royal Capital.

However, the citizens were confident that Sangruil would be the winner of this battle.

Their Lord is one of the strongest powerhouses in the entire Aragos and those who didn't have confidence in him were, of course, already extinguished and evaporated from existence.

So, with those thoughts, the citizens were whistling happy melodies.

After all, this was the end of the tyranny on the side of the Light Queen and her subordinates, as well as the Light herself.

Those destined Dark times were coming. 

This was the end of their slavery as a new era not only for Sangruil but for all Aragos' people was rising on the horizon.

Even the monsters living near Saigia forest, most of the time being just the wild-life of this planet, recognized that a new, true Darkness King appeared and welcomed him with their ceremonial shrieks and roars near the gates of Sangruil.

As if that wasn't everything, flocks of bats and armies of ravens were flying around the Castle as if protecting the precious Blood Royalty living inside.

But one race was still missing, the most fierce race, Leviathans.

The first Monsters created before the Heavenly Father himself who later fought with them, and with the help of his Angels imprisoned them in Aragos.

Also, after the events, he made sure that every single Supernatural being that died would have their soul transported there as well.

'Glowing Bastard...' whispered Christopher in his mind as he pondered upon the knowledge of the ancient race.

As everyone was celebrating their last days in the Light Queen's regime of tyranny and slavery to the four Lords, all of them understood that now, they were bound to bow only to one man.

...

In the deepest place of the dark Sangruil's castle, the throne room with fully black walls decorated with purple and red decorations, Merener was walking towards a man who was sitting on his throne with a bored expression while pondering upon the ancient knowledge the books of Enoch gave him.

As the legend says, the Book of Enoch should have been a book that represents ancient knowledge about Vampires, but as Christopher found out, only half of the legend is accurate.

["Heavenly Father is a sneaky Bastard... How come he stole the second and third volumes and stored them here? Away from his children? "]

'I have no idea... But there must be a reason.' Christopher thought.

You see, the first volume is about Vampires, a knowledge well known to Christopher because the book appeared in numerous Vampire movies he saw in the past.

Now comes the question, what about the other two?

Well, the second volume is about the aforementioned Leviathans and their battle with the Heavenly Father and Angels, as well as their imprisonment in Aragos.

Pictures depict the events, Leviathans' powers as well as their appearance, and every piece of knowledge known about them.

According to the second volume book, a single Leviathan was as strong as a being well-known for its power to break the balance, a Nephilim, about which is the third volume.

'A second volume is about a being of pure Darkness while the third one is about a being that breaks balance just by its own presence.' Christopher thought as his gaze fell upon the two books in his hands, covered with black leather.

'Ardelean, hide them, I want them with me when I leave...' Christopher spoke.

["As you wish..."] Ardelean replied as those two books disappeared from Christopher's hands and were stored in the library of his own soul which from the last time grew and had much more space.

Meanwhile, arriving in front of Christopher, Merener bows in respect.

Seeing his right hand finally back formed a slight smile on the man's heavenly beautiful face, making all those who followed Merener gulp.

A few hours later after Merener, taking Frederic with himself, went with Alex and Tonny to the meeting with other betraying Knights from the Royal Capital, Christopher became bored.

He literally beat the crap out of the Knights Lucy personally trained and with slight anger, he ordered them to turn them into Elities, TRUE Elities.

Until then, they became forbidden to see Christopher which filled Ariel's and Lucy's hearts with so much determination that the Knights started sweating blood instead of their body liquids, having their bodies twisted in hideous ways.

Christopher understood where this was leading him. Not only that his Brides were sneakily making sure that Ariel and Lucy received all those juicy details about what the Brides were making with Christopher in his bed, but even Christopher found himself acting possessively around them recently, like a Dragon protecting his treasure.

'This will kill me one day...' he thought as he closed the door of the training ground and walked through the hallway of his castle.

["What can I say, you chose this..."] Ardelean spoke the truth as he materialized next to his host.

Looking at the shadowy figure of a muscular samurai, Christopher raised his eyebrow.

"I never saw you materialize apart from Styx, so why now?"

["Hah, sometimes, I need some fresh air too you know. Plus, let's train together. I still have a few tricks I wanna show you."]

"Hmm, training? Why not, let's go..." Christopher spoke as he went train with his Shadowy Master but not for too long as everything Ardelean showed, Christopher mastered in minutes.

...

Meanwhile, as he ended up giving orders to his two Commanders, and then also ended the training with Ardelean, everything in Christopher's kingdom was working perfectly. His Generals/Brides came there after he left and suggested Ariel and Lucy, his newly acquired subordinates who got the posts of Christopher's first and second Commanders, a group training.

Ariel and Lucy greatly appreciated a chance to train with the five beautiful flowers of Sangruil and Christopher approved this idea as well when they went to ask him.

Yes, of course, the Commanders were slightly jealous of the Brides' privileges to do literally anything sexual related to Christopher's body but that doesn't mean they didn't have a chance to achieve it as well.

Understanding Christopher's twisted mentality, eye for an eye which meant treat me well and I'll do the same, they gladly agreed to train with the Brides while amid the training asking for juicy details of Christopher's 'just drinking' sessions so they can become more motivated.

All this time, the Knights Lucy with Ariel should have trained before were resting from loss of blood while healing their twisted bodies, all thanks to Christopher's 'training' fight...

For them, it was more like a Survival or a Soul game on the HARD difficulty than a Training fight.

Anyway, as good brides, obsessed with their man and devoted only to him, ready to make him happy even if it meant sharing, the girls revealed all twisted and kinky details that made Lucy and Ariel even more interested and pervert-minded.

...

While this talk was happening, all of them were now in another sector of Christopher's castle while every single citizen who knew how to use weapons was training too, most of the time in 'The Hole' that turned into a literal training ground, so there was nothing that could entertain Christopher's mind much.

Even training became somehow boring when he reached his limit.

These past days, when he became practically a Tribrid, he finally understood his new existence and his previous one on Earth completely.

Well, at least on the combat side.

On the knowledge side, I'm afraid, he will need more time.

Even with knowledge similar to that of a five-thousand-year-old Vampire, he still couldn't fully understand the Dragon inside him.

He knows how to use the powers, and he has the knowledge of the past but only after he merges completely, will he understand fully.

The 'Enlightenment' was needed.

When Ardelean mentioned it a few days ago, Christopher quickly asked what it meant.

He was not ashamed of not knowing what it meant.

He understood a long time ago that life is all one big learning process, it comes with lesson after lesson, and if you ignore them clearly from arrogance, thinking you know everything you need, Karma in an appearance of anything and anyone comes and will kick your arrogant ass for thinking such a nonsense.

Anyway, Ardelean gladly explained that 'Enlightenment' is a state when one individual reaches a wall, a barrier where their progress stops and can't go further until you bypass or destroy this barrier.

And Christopher reached this barrier...

Until he finds a method on how to go further, he is stuck at a current level which is the power of almost ten thousand years old Vampire, three thousand years old Arachne spider, or thousand years old Dragon.

Each species has its own merit of power, you may be strong in the eyes of your race but be weak in the eyes of other races.

It's complicated, Supernatural world was never meant to be easy to understand, and what clearly may look like Fantasy in the Human world, in the Supernatural is an everyday routine.

To progress further, Ardelean said that each being has their own struggle with the Enlightenment barrier and each phase of it through life may become harder or easier, depending on the individual.

Therefore, as Christopher couldn't progress now until he understood where the key to destroying the Enlightenment barrier lies, his mind became occupied by the ways of how he could escape the lands of Aragos, with the memories of his other wives, mainly Vicki whom he missed slightly more, and regrets about that faithful day followed like a shadow.

As someone who was the first he met and even had a few intimate moments in his bedroom like with a true girlfriend, he had a special place in his heart for Vicki.

But that doesn't mean he didn't miss the others as well, but Vicki was special. She was the first he met, acquiring the status of a first wife, but also, she was the first he saw suffer by guys who thought they could take advantage of her right in front of him.

Those thugs sent by an individual named Mr. Word were easily defeated but only now, after some time Christopher returned to that day.

The memories of the SUV they used with the license plate very well known to him, memories of the tattoos on one thug's arm, the memories of those thugs, mainly their leader, all of those things suddenly were put together, appearing in Christopher's mind as a bigger picture only after he understood how to use his powers, and how to access the memories in his mind.

Now with the quicker thinking process, he understood and glued together things he had stored and unanswered in his mind for a long time.

In the past, he never had time for it but now, when he has it more than any other day, at least he tried to be productive, and that thought paid off.

'They were after THEM from the start, and I was just a mere PAWN who got in their way?! ' was one of a few thoughts circulating through Christopher's angry mind after he discovered the truth.

'Ardelean?! '

["Yeah? "]

'What do you know about Mr. Word and his research company? '

["*Chop *Chop *Chop *Gulp..."] Ardelean stopped eating his dark crystalized popcorn, a feast he likes the most and answered.

["*Ahm* Powerful man, acting from shadows. Twenty-five years ago, he built and then sold special missiles to the US government which were five years later stolen and used in terrorist attacks. No one survived..."]

'Syria? '

["*Chop*Chop*Gulp..."] With a half-full mouth, Ardelean replied.

["No, *Gulp*, Syria happened three years ago. It was Japan. The entire North region was decimated and covered in ruins."]

'Any Supernaturals killed? ' Christopher asked, placing his hand on his chin, pondering upon Ardelean's words and their meaning.

["I don't recall any. At that time, I was in the body of Broady Jackson, a drunk skunk who only sat in Vamp clubs. But wait a minute..."]

'Hmm? ' Christopher's eyes opened slightly wide, awaiting Ardelean's next words.

["I remember now! It was one of the smelly days when Broady unconsciously sat next to a pair of Vamps who were talking about the attack..."]

["They mentioned some Japanesse Gods that were badly wounded and a Clan of Japanesse Vampires was extinguished because of it..."]

'Gods huh... So they exist...'

["Of course they exist! Did you not read the books? "]

'I read them but it's still a surprise to know that Gods actually exist. I'm not talking about the Christian God, I always somehow unconsciously knew that he was real but other Pantheons? I had no idea...'

["Well, they do, but they are not as the Christian God. They are not normal. The big G God was not created, he was born while these Gods like Shinto and others were made by the faith of humans."]

["And by the way, don't you recall? You even saw the one from the Egyptian pantheon here on Aragos..."]

'The Credia Empress? Yeah, I did actually... She was beautiful, extremely beautiful... She had a special charm in her eyes...'

["Yeah, they all have it. You should be careful when you would talk to her. They always used to be arrogant like the universe is rotating around them, and I don't think this 'pride' will disappear even after their death..."]

'I will remember that...'

'But I wonder what Mr.Word and Lazarus want from my girls...'

["I mean Power probably? Their Ancient lineage is not what it seems to be at first sight..."]

'What do you mean? '

["In short, on the territory of Redwilnet before Vampires came there, existed a realm inhabited by Dragons. They were not battle types but they knew how to fight. But, with the Progenitor of Vampires, Vlad Dracula Tepes in charge, Vampires won and almost all Dragons from this dimension were extinguished, only a few souls remained. Three to be correct..."]

'Don't tell me...'

["Yep, your three sweet mothers-in-law made a pact with them. Dragons will empower their bloodlines so they can become Countesses and in exchange, no one will have a thirst for their souls. But don't worry, these kinds of pacts were and are used all across the Universe. It's the only way for the weaker individuals to rise in power."]

'So they were just Nobles, huh? But how can you have this knowledge? ' Christopher asked.

["Shared memory... What you know, I know. What I know, you... will know..."]

'Bullshit, this is clearly not how it should work! ' Christopher shouted with his inner voice.

'Why can't I know things you do while you can? '

["I don't know Brother, I didn't make these rules..."]

'Alright, for how long they will have the power? ' Christopher ignored the clear favoritism and unfairness and asked what he wanted to know.

He knew what the pacts were and that all of them had their expiration date.

Basic knowledge he needs to know when he is ruling the Supernatural Kingdom.

After all, these pacts or contracts could become one of the strongest restrictions you can throw upon another kingdom.

Biding them by the contract that can make one's soul disappear, you basically gain a kingdom for free.

["The time was set two thousand years ago and that is also the time the Dragon souls could last without a body. If the pact ends now, they will not have the proper power to stop the Werewolves... Mainly Elizabeth with her cursed and poisoned body..."]

'Yeah, I know... Wait, FUCK! I completely forgot about her condition! ' Christopher shouted in his mind. To this day, he was sure that under Elizabeth's gaze, no one could hurt his wives, and he was right, she was after all a two thousand years old Vampire monster, but with this revelation and the fact that he forgot about Elizabeth's inner condition, he was not so sure anymore.

'I need a way to get the fuck out of here or at least contact them! '

["I'm afraid that for that to happen, you would need to have a word with The Darkness..."]

'Yeah, I know...'

As the talk ended, Christopher pondered upon his options, but not for too long as his thoughts led him back to his wives and their unspoken need for him.

Because of that, he promised himself that something like this, something so reckless and pathetic like dying because of his arrogance would never happen again!

But with this promise, another type of thought started filling his mind. Thoughts about Lazarus Laire, a Vampire who thought that he could take Rose, his precious Ice Queen, and beloved mad scientist, for himself while trying to kill his gorgeous Mother-in-law, Elizabeth Báthory in the process, an information he got from the young Hunter's memories when he consumed him on the field near Phoenix's mansion on Earth.

That piece of Vampiric shit gets a chance to escape Christopher's wrath that day he attacked his and Rose's mansion and from that day, he didn't see him anymore nor heard about him which brought a bad feeling into Christopher's heart.

Somehow, the existence of Lazarus and the mysterious Mr. Word started merging together in his mind unconsciously.

He was not entirely sure if those two were working together but one thing he was sure of was that he would find out the connection between the two.

Also, the possibility of the terroristic attack in Japan happening on Mr. Word's or Lazarus' order was not out of the game because of the wounded Gods.

But extinguished Vampire Clan? He was clueless on that one.

The only thing Christopher was sure of was that the Vamp bastard Lazarus was working from the shadows and was preparing something big Christopher couldn't quite put his finger on yet.

First, the attempt to kidnap Vicki which was a failure, then the attack on Rose's mansion (Failure again), the attempt to assassinate Elizabeth (half success), the attack on Phoenix's mansion (almost success), and killing Christopher which was a true success for Lazarus who thanks to this had now fee hands and could continue in his plans.

Christopher was even sure that the Werewolf prince's proposion was all Lazarus' work but then, all of a sudden, silence.

If it was Christopher, he would already acted during the crisis between the three families but Lazarus went silent and Christopher didn't like the silence he was receiving.

And now, that he is not where he is supposed to be, this silence is even more painful than it should be.

'What if he caught them already, did something to them... used them! ' Christopher's mind was turbulent and paranoia took over him as the walls of the throne room started cracking.

'Oh... How I miss you girls. I should be there right now. Carrying your cheeks and hair and hugging you until you suffocate from all the love I have for you but can't give anyone else,' was the only thought on his mind as good memories of his encounters with Vicki, Rose, Claudia, Sophie, Evie, Alice, and the three mothers played in his mind like a movie.

As time passed, Merener returned and Christopher regained his posture.

'Hah, I need to stay strong. For them. I'm a Lord now and soon, I'll be back! I promise girls,' Christopher thought as Merener rose his head and pointed with his finger at the gift he brought.

He returned and brought the entire army with him.

All two thousand Warriors, wearing bright gold armor with shields and two swords hanging on their backs and holding spears whose spikes glowed yellow, were convinced by the recording of Christopher's capabilities and powers and no one was stupid enough to question them nor run away. 

After all, Ronnie was the perfect example of what fate might await them if they did something like that.

"We are back my Lord," Merener spoke with slight signs of worry in his voice as his gaze fell on his Lord whose face looked like it could break at any second and his eyes were fully black as if he was possessed by a demon.

He looked like a possessed and cracked porcelain doll. Beautiful on the outside but deadly inside.

And no one wanted to know what evil was hiding inside the beautiful shell...

"Good job Merener, Frederic... you too, as well as Ronnie" Christopher then looked at the two knights, Alex and Tonny, and nodded in satisfaction.

He was pleased by the scared reaction of the other Knights who were helplessly watching his every move with fear and slight respect which formed a wide smile on his face.

"My dear army... Welcome to Sangruil. I'm looking forward to our long-time cooperation and what fruits this partnership may bring. Before I'll continue, I want to..." Christopher suddenly looked at Merener with narrowed eyes.

As they were fully black, Merener shuddered under Christopher's gaze. He felt so powerless and small in front of the Monster he served.

"Merener... What are you hiding from me? " feeling his right hand's emotions through the connection that was built between them the first day they met, he knew Merener was hiding something, something important he was hesitating to talk about.

"Come on brother, tell him quickly before the situation is worse..." Frederic whispered to his friend who nodded and regained his composure.

"My Lord... Sorry to disturb your speech but you should watch this before it's too late," he turned towards him with a recording of something and handed it to him.

Christopher narrowed his eyes a little in shock because this type of recording device didn't belong to their kingdom but to the kingdom of Witches.

But still, feeling that his right hand's turbulent emotions calmed, he looked at the green orb Merener was handing to him and took it.

After seeing the entire recording that lasted a few minutes because the individual who was recording it got caught, Christopher understood what happened and why Merener was hesitating to show it.

His face distorted into a dark mess with only eyes and sharp teeth visible as he looked at his subordinates and spoke with a heavy, ordering tone, making the entire throne room fall under a shadow as the lights started flickering, the sky turned crimson-red and blood-red lightning started shooting outside the castle around his kingdom, forming a great storm.

"Merener, inform my brides and commanders about the situation and my whereabouts..."

"My Lord... this could be a trap," Merener spoke.

"I am aware of it dummy but still... I have a promise to fulfill and if that individual dies then how can I fulfill it? Plus, this is the hometown of my future Bride we are talking about."

"As her future partner, I must protect her family at all costs because that family becomes my family too in the future."

"Mainly if they are humans who can't protect themselves against powerful Vampires," Christopher turned his face towards the Knights and stood up from his throne.

"Knights! " all Knights started trembling under the bloody dark pressure Christopher's body was releasing and immediately kneeled on the ground.

Not because of their will but because of that pressure as if a planet fell on their shoulders. Some of them even fell their bones broke because they tried to resist it.

"We will continue later... This is an emergency that needs my full attention," he continued and started walking towards the main door of the throne room with heavy steps as the Knights began to back out from his way.

As if a lump of very tasty meat was thrown into the lion's den, thousands of dark souls made from black smoke-like substances with different shapes, bodies, and shrieks suddenly started coming out of the walls, floor, and ceiling of the throne room towards Christopher together with a soul of a massive Dragon that appeared behind the throne, entering Christopher's body one after another until the last soul entered.

Then, Christopher's silhouette disappeared behind the door, leaving everyone, except Merener and Frederic who were smiling widely, stunned.

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