A Love In Dark Times

The city looked like it had been hit by a hurricane of the highest order, the streets where the pieces of buildings were mixed with human remains, and where the old castle stood, they found the chewed remains of their companions, includ Michel.

-It can't be, this was carnage, who knows what did this to them,” the grandmaster was horrified.

We are the vampire council, you shouldn't have messed with us, we have the power of millions of years, in our veins, bu don't worry, we will soon send you to your friends.

The vampires attacked the surprised masters because the sun was still setting.

-Be careful, attack with everything, come on, don't let yourselves be caught by those claws, it seems they are the ones wk killed our companions, we can't trust them, we must ill them, revenge is our right” ordered Francisco shouting with all h strength.

The claws of the vampires stretched all over the place as if they were made of chewing gum, breaking everything in their path like a knife through butter. The spells of the masters seemed to do them no harm, even the light weapons were breaking through their grey skins.

Hold out as long as you like,” one of the vampires said, “Soon the sun will set and we will have all our power, we will pulverise their bones, and then we will do it from city to city.

Desperate the masters attacked with their best techniques, with powerful blows they tried to stop the fangs that moved great speed weakening their barriers, soon the great master announced:

Stop, don't let them play cat and mouse with us, it is better to retreat and look for another way.

We will not let you go, this place will be your grave” proclaimed the chief vampire showing his long fangs that shone like diamonds and threw himself on a careless master, breaking with a blow his barrier of enchantment.

-Vll cover you. -The grandmaster commanded, typing at the vampire.

No, great master, we will not leave him behind, if we have to die, we will all die fighting," interjected Luisa cutting the cla of an attacker with her Mery sword that glowed with a violet fire, “Come on, let's not let fear invade us, we have sworn to win and we will win!

Master Francisco with his spear pierced the vampire boss, while he wounded him with one of his fangs in the clavicle.

-As if that wasn't enough, his attacker pulled out his spear and the wound closed completely,

One by one the masters succumbed against these mutant vampires, only the great master and Luisa, who were fighting shoulder to shoulder, were still standing fighting without success, because these beings possessed the quality of regenerating instantly, even if their heads were cut off or their hearts pierced, they recovered and their energy did not seem to run out.

“Wait, why do they want to kill us," asked Louise, to stall for time, considering accepting Lucifer’s deal to save her companions.

Because you're the only ones stopping us from wiping out humanity,” the chief replied as he snapped the grumpy maste neck.

-It's stupid, if you wipe out humanity, you'll wipe out their food and the opportunity to create new ones of their own,” sai Luisa, trying to analyse her options, which were running out as the night came, increasing the powers of these things. “Well, we will eat other animals or we will become frugivores like some races of bats, while that happens we will be carnivores and we will fulfil that objective that we set for ourselves millennia ago.

“Wait, I can cure you," it occurred to Luisa to stop them from continuing the slaughter.

-since you are the priestess, it occurs to me that you can be useful to us to do experiments, we will discover the secrets c your inner self by chopping you into a thousand pieces in one of our laboratories, of course we won't finish with all the humans, some will be our slaves and others for experiments, also to cultivate them as cattle, it will be a beautiful new er; That is a very insane thing to do," interjected the great master, cutting off his head with his sword of white flames.

His head was born again in its place, and he rambled: “It's normal, there are many humans who go through life without tf greatest purpose or sense, their only success will be to leave an adult corpse, I don't see the difference if we raise them 2 cattle, it will be the same as giving them subsidies for everything, I bet they will be happy all day eating and reproducing without any more worries.

That never works, some leader always emerges to lead the sheep in a revolution,” said Luisa, raising her hand in victory. That's what is used in case the farm's quality drops, they are given a threat or phantom targets so that the meat is not damaged by depression.

That's bullshit,” declared the grandmaster, while splitting a vampire in half through a portal, and that didn't work either. Meanwhile, Luisa heard a scream of pain, she turned her head a little looking for the origin and found a vampire that was disembowelling a master that was very kind to her, this convinced her to accept the pact, she couldn't think what else to do, because all the attacks were useless even those of the great master that certainly were far from all the others, what great precision and strength, so she closed her eyes tightening the sword saying: Lucifer, Lucifer...

A blue and orange flare split the vampire boss in two halves and others were hit crashing against the floor or another wal Luisa first saw Marco hitting one of those vampire generals, then Yaqui conjuring three beasts wanting to explode them from inside and Angie with her sword fulgor, cutting in pieces the boss of those monsters.

-Luis," sighed Luisa, admiring his warrior bearing, how he looked so sexy, so dashing, as he swung his swords, fighting against these invincible mutants.

Hello Luisa, it's good to see you, I was so worried about you. -He lunged, dodging the claws of one of those beings that increased in size with the night.

-Luis, I'm also glad to see you, thank goodness you are well, not like your master Michel and the others, who knows if Gui is also under that rubble?

-Guio is on another mission,” interrupted the great master, wiping his sweat, showing his tiredness.

Everyone was attacking relentlessly without success, the vampires increased in size and speed as it got darker.

-My Luis, we must do something, at this rate we won't resist,” Angie shouted worriedly.

-it seems it will be an honour to die with you, great master,” smiled Yaqui.

We will find a way to triumph, we always do,’ Marco interrupted them, receiving a blow that destroyed his barrier and se him flying.

-Luisa runs away while I cover you,” Luis proposed, trying to block the attacks aimed at her, however, he received a blow from behind that shot him against some walls that he had just knocked down.

Luisa became desperate, she began to see everyone dead, even Luis was not moving, so she had to say that name three times.

A black lightning bolt fell on her hand, leaving everyone stunned. It was the sword Darmela that shot out at his commanc The vampires who were attacking them took a few steps back, Luisa saw their faces of panic and bewilderment, she took the opportunity to attack by jumping, releasing her Mery sword to grab two-handed hold of Darmela, and began to break into pieces her attackers who crumbled like statues of clay.

The great master watched as Luisa moved without touching the ground, annihilating each one of those vampires without giving them a chance to flee, he only managed to hear a plea:

-If you don't kill me, I'll give you whatever you want, I'll give you Xkalibur.

-It's too late, you deserve to be erased from existence,” and I cut him into several pieces before he disintegrated.

Marco helped Luis up from the rubble, asking him:

-Mijo, are you all right?

“Where is Luisa, I don't matter, she does, how is she?

she’s fine, she was the one who miraculously saved the day, she's over there. -The great master answered, pointing to an empty place and looking for her with his eyes all over the place.