Chapter 46: Dean's Past (5)

Under the scorching sun, Helena carried Willy's shrunken body. The dog finally collapsed on the fourth sword thrust. Helena had expected it because Willy's physical condition had declined greatly since they last met. There wasn't much life that Helena could smell.

Still in the forest, Helena was forced to use her strength. Though it was still daytime and she had a taboo against using much when the sun was still overhead. That vampire had looked very weak since her appearance in front of the carriage earlier.

"I am astonished by you. You helped me in such a physical condition. There is no way to heal your dead body from the beginning." Helena muttered to Willy who was being carried in her arms. That dog only growled weakly.

Helena moved quickly in the forest while avoiding the sunlight. It was a stroke of luck that her cloak didn't slip off at all.

During the fight, it was mostly Willy who attacked. Helena was busy dodging rather than attacking. Therefore, Willy brutally attacked the three knights. That's why the dog's body received four sword thrusts.

Blood continued to flow from the dog's body during the fight. Fortunately, the three knights were pushed into the ravine. The Baron, who was there, was killed by Helena by breaking his neck.

The two of them left the place with the corpse of the land monster Helena had brought earlier. Of course, if investigated, they would definitely be identified as victims of a land monster, not an attack.

Helena took Willy's body to the forest in her territory. She had some experiments in place. That's why she hoped to help the dog.

On the other hand, Dean walked around the river and kept counting the time in his mind. He had already thought of his plan when he saw the nobleman's data.

The nobleman highly discriminated against animals and creatures other than humans. Therefore, he strongly agreed not to fold Willy. That's why he closed the safe path and made them move towards a shortcut close to Helena's territory. The nobleman must have gone crazy and wanted to capture Helena if he knew she was a vampire.

Moreover, there was already a lot of talk in the capital about vampires living in the forest, according to the vice-captain of his guild. Whereas when Dean was employed by the nobleman, he was treated well. Apparently, all nobles also had their own masks. If at that time, the noble knew that he was a half-blood, perhaps Dean would have been captured and made a slave.

Dean counted the time before finally walking away from the river. He only calculated how long it would take Helena to attack the group.

The river was just behind a large rock from the roadside. So Dean just walked along the small path until he found a ravine. In the distance, he could see the horse-drawn carriage from behind.

In a bit of a hurry, Dean jumped onto the carriage. There were more horse-drawn carriages in front of him and there was one that rolled over in the ravine. Even some corpses were lying there.

Something caught his attention. The land monsters that never came to that region were there. Dean even saw the corpse of a coachman who had no head.

"This... isn't Helena's attack let alone a land monster." Dean muttered as he looked at the coachman's corpse.

A second later, he realized something. Dean immediately checked the other corpses and found that there were large beast scratch marks.

"Perhaps... Willy! This is indeed his attack mark. Willy, where are you?" Dean realized when he saw that their scars were like Willy's attack marks during his monster mode.

That man immediately jumped towards the trees. "Willy!"

He shouted so loudly that the group of birds in the forest went away. They were frightened by Dean's loud voice.

Dean felt uneasy. He was afraid that something like his parents would happen again. Especially when he remembered that Helena had said she wanted to make them into objects of experimentation so easily.

"God, seriously. I'm forgetting the possibility of that happening. Willy, wait for me."

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It was a very dark forest with a lot of fog. Anyone walking there wouldn't be able to see a thing. Unless it was people or creatures with better eyesight. Helena belonged to those creatures.

She crossed the foggy forest while carrying Willy. They arrived at a house made of wood. The house looked neither too big nor too small. The height was also enough for a two-story house.

Helena opened the door of the house with excessive force until it slid off. It was still late afternoon, but since she wasn't exposed to sunlight, it was a little easier to use her strength.

"I have to go to the lab." Helena muttered as she walked into a room that had nothing in it. There were only a few railings that seemed to protect something.

It turned out that there was an underground room in the room. Helena entered there quickly without closing her door again.

Brugh!

While hurrying down the stairs, she accidentally slipped and fell. Fortunately, Helena tightly hugged Willy's body. The dog had a pitifully weak breath.

Helena laid Willy's body on a table. There were some monster carcasses on it, Helena roughly removed them. She tried to retrieve some of the potions she had made in the past.

"Monster blood enhancer... air circulation facilitator... power booster... adrenaline booster. I don't have any useful potions." Helena muttered not very clearly.

Willy just blinked as he felt the blood flowing out of his body at a rapid pace. Helena said, "I know you understand what I'm talking about. Try to breathe regularly."

That dog was so smart, he immediately breathed even though he ended up bleeding from his mouth. This made Helena feel even more guilty about the incident.

"If only I wasn't a vampire ...." Helena muttered in a low tone. She felt sorry for what happened earlier. However, a few moments later, she realized what she had said.

"That's right, vampire! Your body strong with the mixed blood of beast people must be strong with my blood, right?" Helena immediately searched through the few cabinets there.

The cabinets were covered by wooden doors and there were no markers. So she was a little confused about what she was looking for. A tool to transfer her blood.

"The hose... where's the hose?" Helena kept looking.

Then she realized that the hose was out of stock. Today was her schedule to trade monster carcasses to the merchant guild in the Tryton Kingdom. Because of the incident earlier, she didn't go there.

Recklessly, he grabbed a knife from the cupboard and went straight back to Willy. The dog continued to breathe weakly, seemingly failing to catch its normal breathing rhythm.

Scratch!

Helena slashed her arm and fed the blood into the dog's mouth. Then she pointed at the rather large scar. She could even see some visible organs.

Willy seemed to be trying to move away, but was held back by Helena. "I know you don't want to be immortal. At least you're not pure blood! You can still die if your head is cut off. At least accept my kindness."

Helena continued to give her blood until the incision marks on her hands were covered again. Yes, vampires were creatures with fast regeneration of injured skin.

She tried to clean Willy's body of any blood that did not enter the wound or his mouth. Helena brought a clean blanket and placed it next to Willy's body, then lifted the dog onto it.

Helena also took the bandages from the cupboard and tried to cover the open wounds on Willy's body. As she spoke, "I'm sure if your owner finds out about this, you'll be mistaken for my experiment."

"By the way, thank you. This is the first time I've been helped in a dangerous situation." Helena said those words sincerely.

Willy, the dog closed his eyes. He smelled something very familiar not far from where they were. It kept coming closer to them.

Doom!

Brugh!

The basement door was pushed. Helena also knew who it was. She just ignored him as she continued to gradually clean Willy's body.

"Helena you bastard, where are you taking Willy!" Dean's shout sounded very loud. That meant the man was already on the stairs.

Sure enough, Dean appeared with an enlarged body. Apparently the man turned into his beast mode just to look for Willy. Helena was surprised by Dean's physical body that resembled Willy's when he turned into a monster.

"I won't trouble you anymore, little cute puppy." Helena whispered so that only Willy could hear.

She looked at Dean who was still enlarged and angry. "Owh, look at this hero of the day. You're looking for your pet, huh?"

Helena said in a teasing tone. She did it on purpose because she didn't want Dean to know that his dog got hurt saving her. She wanted to show that she was the one who kidnapped Willy and made him look like an experimental object.

Dean looked at Helena, then at Willy on the table. His condition is rather pathetic as there are traces of freshly cleaned blood there.

"Damn you, bastard vampire!"

Bruagh!