Chapter 83: 83. The vampire Hunter returns
"W... what is that?" Tracy asked in a scared tone as she took a step back, almost tripping over a rock behind her.
"A powerful creature!" Lily said in excitement as she summoned her golden gauntlets and took a fighting stance.
Dexter looked closer to see a blurry image and he was shocked as he should be able to see better.
'I should be able see better. And I can't hear or smell like before. Is it because I haven't drank any blood in a while?' Dexter questioned but he was going to get his answer while facing this.
Dexter stood tall, looking at the incoming creature and as it came close, he trusted his spear forward and he stopped when he finally saw who the person was.
Dreg stood there while panting as he raised his arms up. Right now the tip of Dexter's spear was pointed to his throat.
"Dreg?"
"The guy from the camp?"
"Mister?"
They all called him various things but Dreg just pushed the spear to the side.
"There's a problem. You can't come back to the camp. You have to come with me," Dreg said immediately as he looked at Dexter.
"Why? What's going on?" Dexter asked with a frown as he knew how calm and collected Dreg used to be, for him to be so agitated... something serious must have happened.
"The vampire hunter is in the camp," Dreg said and Dexter's eyes widened as he remembered Brian's face and the feeling of death that the katana always gave him.
"What's he talking about?" Hannah asked but Tracy was just looking at Dexter with a curious face.
"We're not safe," Dexter said with balled fists.
He hated this feeling of fear.
"Lily, take them to the mansion and explain some things to them," Dexter said and he opened up a portal behind Tracy and Hannah and Lily pulled them against their will into the portal.
"W... wait!"
"This brat!!"
Hannah and Tracy weren't able to resist as Lily's strength far outmathes theirs as she was a vampire.
"Wh... what is that?" Dreg asked as he stared at the swirling blue portal.
"Hm? It's a portal to a mini dimension which I control. He would never be able to find us there." Dexter smirked as he walked towards the portal and Dreg followed him.
All of a sudden Dreg looked up and his eyes widened and then he looked at Dexter.
"Watch out!!"
"Huh?" Dexter looked back in confusion as he was just a few steps in front of the portal and an object landed in front of the portal with a loud clank, sending out a shock wave that threw him towards Dreg and the portal was dispersed into tiny particles.
Dexter crashed against the floor and his weapon left his hand and flew further than them, then Dreg helped him stand up.
"What the hell was that?" Dexter asked but Dreg only swallowed.
"I... I think it's--"
*Crrrrr...!*
A loud sound of metal scraping against a rough surface reached their ears and Dexter felt the familiar feeling that the katana gave him and his heart started to beat faster.
"You actually made my mission easier. All I had to do was to follow this vampire and he led me to the one I was looking for." A familiar voice reached Dexter's ears.
Dexter saw Brian come out from an alleyway between two buildings, walking towards them.
Brian picked up the red colored kunai which was responsible for the shock wave earlier and began to spin it on his finger with the ring pommel.
"How do you guys like my new toy? It cancels all supernatural abilities, which means that you guys are just human now." Brian smiled as he kept walking towards them while dragging his katana on the floor, making a loud scraping noise.
Dexter looked back at his spear and he ran backwards to grab it.
Brian immediately looked at him and snapped his fingers. A transparent dome suddenly appeared around them, seperating his shadow spear and him from being together again.
Dreg couldn't use any of his vampire abilities or even summon any weapon from his spirit as all abilities were canceled out. He began to take steps back towards Dexter as Brian got closer and closer to them.
Dexter soon got a hold of himself, realizing that he wasn't going to get his spear back anytime soon, he stood up to look at Dreg.
'Fuck it. I hope he's not too strong without his supernatural abilities.' Dexter thought and he added his six free stat points to strength and he walked toward Brian calmly.
[Strength: 111 >> 117]
[Agility: 97]
Brian looked at the courageous vampire who walked up to him with pity.
"You're a good guy, Dexter. Why did you have to be a vampire?" Brian said as he jumped towards Dexter before swinging the katana downwards.
Dexter breathed out as he dodged by more than an inch and that's when he too noticed that Brian's speed was reduced more than what it was before, making him wonder if this guy was really a human to begin with.
Dexter tried to hit Brian but everytime Brian would dodge and slash at Dexter which, each time, almost cut him.
Dexter knew that just a slash from the katana could make him die so he did his best to try and avoid it while looking for a chance to attack back.
"Looks like you're more than just your vampirism. Let's see how long you can last!!" Brian shouted before attacking Dexter furiously with the katana.
Dexter tried multiple timed to attack but Brian was like rubber, evading his attacks at weird and irregular patterns making him feel suppressed.
Dexter jumped backwards and looked at Brian who dragged his katana while coming towards him.
'Shit. Even with half of my original strength, I can still carry a truck. This guy is something else.' Dexter thought before looking back at Dreg.
"Hey!! A little help here! Aren't you supposed to be a vampire also?!" Dexter shouted but Brian still had a scared expression.
"I can't fight,"Dreg said and Brian laughed loudly at the statement.
"You vampires rely on your abilities too much. Let me enlighten you on what true ability is!!" Brian lunged at Dexter and Dexter could swear this time that he got faster.
There was no way to dodge, no way to escape this attack, Brian was coming too fast.
All of a sudden, as Brian was in front of him, about to slash down at Dexter, a few golden words appeared in mid air in front of him.
[You're fated to die.]
[The wings of fate hears your call.]
[Final adaptation will commence.]