The first time in an eternity Urd fell asleep after lying down on his bed. The emotions that flooded his head him were indescribable. Furthermore, he even dreamed about his past, something he thought impossible. After living through everything that had happened on to this point, the next time he opened his eyes Rose was gone, he jumped up and searched for her everywhere. She was nowhere to be found. 

However, he heard a slight noise from under the bed. So he went to see what it was.  What he discovered was a small two-tailed cat. He distanced himself quickly considering that he didn't know if it was hostile towards him. It came out and sat down just looking at Urd who was not moving. A  circle of light covered the cat as it changed to a humanoid form with cat ears that looked almost like... 

"Rose?"  he said surprised, lowering his guard.

"No mister vampire, I am not Rose-sama. I am just copying my masters' appearance. It is easier to talk to a human form rather than a cat right?" she didn't move.

"Your master? ...then where is she?" he questioned. 

"My master has summoned me to inform you about that. After getting some fresh air outside of the vampire capital, she was paralyzed due to strange sorcery. The werebeast people took her, nevertheless, Rose-sama always takes measures to avoid a total defeat on her side. So a summoning like me is constantly on standby when she operates alone." the cat revealed "She askes that mister vampire does not intervene and waits patiently until she returns. Ah, yeah and the master has changed her mind on the annihilation of the sect. She wants to assassinate all of its members the next opportunity she gets." 

"Don't joke around as if I will wait here when she might be in danger right now," he spoke dangerously. The cat-girl blinked a few times before responding.

"Master has predicted that you would react like that. I will not allow you to disobey her wishes," she announced maliciously while an ominous light enveloped her.

"Huh? So you want to fight me then? Don't stand in my way demon." he drew his sword "Drink my blood," Urd commanded as his blade turned ruby.

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{Urd...} Rose slowly forced her eyes open feeling the weight of her body {Where...!} she shot up noticing the chains locked on her wrists and neck. "Bastards! Too scared to fight a small and weak girl?!" she roared angrily. 

Noises could be heard from the entrance of the dungeon "Small? I guess. Weak? I am not that naive girl. You're dangerous, no, much more than that. We are not even aware of what you are capable of. Yet you harbor a large source of destructive power inside of your body. I have countless questions to ask but let's start with the simplest one. Why are you working with the bloodsuckers?" the young male asked.

"Are you truly thinking I am going to answer any of your questions?" she growled.

"Hmm, I think you're smart enough to know what will happen if you don't answer them." he remained emotionless.

"Hmm and I think you don't know what you got yourself into. Did you capture with me because you thought the vampire king would come running here, acting totally brainless?" she started confidently {I guess he would...} she got more silent.

"He will come, certainly.  That monster will knowingly fall into our trap, just for you. We are prepared to hold back even a thousand of his caliber outside, he will never reach his destination no matter how hard he tries. That is what makes the vampires a lower-ranked race in comparison to us. They refuse to research magic just because some Progenitor from thousands of years ago forbid it. How very weak of their leader. " 

Finally, a smile appeared on her face. "Are you acting tough now. You can't blind me I am as strong as a pureblooded god. Nothing can scare or deceive me anymore" he exclaimed stepping slowly away as he suddenly felt his instincts roaring at him to run as fast as he could. 

"God?" an ominous atmosphere surrounded her "If you're a god then I just need to become a devil... nothing I wasn't before in the past..."

"I learned to play the instruments of war and paint in blood."

-Chapter 22 END-

Next Chapter: The calm before the storm.