Chapter 82: .
Deep in the Romania mountainous woods, behind a hidden mountain pass, within a dark stoned castle. A council of elder alpha vampier's sat inside a great chamber, but instead of a single king, they formed a distinct U pattern with six on each side. The two at the center being the oldest and strongest of the lot.
Their conversing was interpreted when a messenger arrived, all 24 blood-red eyes staring down at the golden eye beta who did his best not to crumble under the pressure.
Clearing his throat, the beta vamp gathers his courage, knowing not to keep them waiting as he loudly stated,- "Report, the purge of the western filth had to be put on hold due to an unexpected dragon emergence battling an unknown fire creature, wreaking havoc upon the land."
"What! you expect us to believe a dragon suddenly appeared and stopped you, do you take us for fools!" Shouted one elder vamp as he slammed his fist, believing it to be another conspiracy from one of his political foes.
"I agree, dragons aren't real, what on earth are you playing at, is this another one of your games," asked another looking accusingly across the room at their rivals.
Bickering broke out among them as the messenger began to sweat, cursing his luck in delivering such a ridiculous message. Something he questioned multiple times before he had to give in and accept the terms.
One of the middle two raised his hand calling for silence, waiting for them to notice and the voices to die down before speaking,- "I do remember a dragon back in my younger years, but I thought it dead, and overtime even believed it possible to have been an imagination, but if we keep receiving the same report, I'll choose to believe it, so, for now, we shall reconfirm and in the meantime, I suggest we discuss what do we do if a dragon is out there exposing us."
The other one in the middle snorted,- "What do we do? We ignore it, who cares if we're exposed, humans are stupid, things they see nowadays they question, many of them choosing to believe in whatever first rational thought comes to their heads, we may not be able to compel thoughts away like those filthy abominations, but we have our ways to control the flow of information, we haven't been idle in gathering wealth or power over the years, I believe we can weather anything at this point."
Many agreed as another spoke up, "How goes progress with that unique Alpha wolf we caught, is he still babbling about this other one showing up and wiping us all out, what are we doing with him?"
"We're still trying to get some sort of useful information out of him, while also experimenting on him to see how best to deal with them should there be more than a few out there."
Another messenger appeared standing just in front of the last who has yet to be dismissed,- "Report, Dragon heading overseas, human technology ineffective in fighting the beast, unknown creature vanished without a trace, presumed alive, humans in area still in mass panic, field commanders asking if we should resume operations."
One of the previous ones who questioned it, simply snorted, "Dragon."
Another,- "I think resuming operations is best, ignore the humans for now, after we clean house, we'll take over their media and spin tales of gas spills and wildfires and whatnot, they'll eat it up like the stupid sheep they are."
"We should also send scouts across the sea to find out what's going on, we've been couped up to long recovering, and fighting amongst each other, now that we've put our differences aside, it's time we put the witches and their pet abominations back in place and take our rightful spots as heads of this world."
They all unanimously agreed with this.
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A witch riding with Tristan suddenly shouted out,- "Stop!, stop the cars now!"
Tristan leans forwards and asks,- "Why? What did you see?"
"Flames and Death, a great flying lizard seeks something he knows not, drawn to one he fears not, blinded by pride and rage, a titan shall fall this day."
Everyone looks at her weirdly, but Tristan having no reason to not trust her, decides it's best to keep listening to her advice,- "Do as she says, find somewhere nearby to stay, and keep an eye out for anything unusual, no reason to take any unnecessary risks."
Aya gets a call, turning to Tristan once it's over to report,- "We've gotten to most of the politicians, but a few acted quickly and went underground, likely already building a counterforce, what would you like us to do?"
"For now, nothing, we can't spend any more resources, we're already stretched way too thin, and the most important thing is still getting to Elijah."
Aya,- "Understood."
Tristan turns to the witch and asks- "Is this flying lizard a threat to Elijah or Rebecca?"
The witch shakes her head,- "I sense no threat to their lives as of now, I'll be sure to let you know the moment I do."
Tristan nods,- "Good, see that you do."
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