[Congratulations, you have received your first quest to begin your ascension. Vampire hunt.]
'As I thought!'
Both Alex and Eri had this thought. They continued to look at the quest description.
[Restart town nights are frightening. Vampires hunt at night. Kill as much you can.]
''Night is about to come. Quickly go prepare.'' Celestine instructed; Alex and Eri shrugged their shoulders but still followed Celestine's arrangements; they both received a room to rest.
Inside Alex's room, he sat on the bed and heaved a sigh.
''I'm a bit tired. First, it was wyvern, then a dragon, a Nine headed Hydra, and now vampires. The tower is sure full of surprise, but I wonder where are the others?"
Whoosh!
''Don't worry, none of them is weak. Believe in them. You must get stronger quickly and find what can help you before leaving this tower.'' Silveria, sitting on the chair near the table, said these words to Alex, who smiled.
''Don't worry, I believe in them. It would be good if that Holy Daughter makes a move during this time.'' Alex recalled how Cecilia was behaving when they were about to be separated; she was scheming something, maybe she would abduct Luna as she kept refusing her invitation. However, she would be surprised because Alex and others were prepared for this eventuality; she would fall into their trap if she tried.
''So, why do you come out?"
Now that he had the time, Alex asked why Silveria came out.
She chuckled and crossed her legs.
''It's because I miss you; what else?"
''I see; please go back. I do not miss you.'' Alex spat out, not hiding his desire not to see Silveria here; however, instead of feeling hurt by this, Silveria chuckled, she was pretty used to Alex's harsh words, and more importantly, she knew that he was not honest with himself, if she were to use Japanese term it would be that Alex was a Tsundere.
If only Alex knew what she thought, he would have spanked her again as she would have deserved it, but fortunately for her, he didn't know.
''Now, now, calm down, Master. I come here to talk about the unusual realm we visited.'' Silveria finally decided to talk about what she came out with.
Alex's face turned serious. Although he had temporarily forgotten about what happened before he came to this town, it was still temporary; there's no way he would completely forget what he saw, especially the word on that stele.
''What [As soon as the sky is colored brightly, a broken bone shall usher forth the end of history and a cursed age.] mean? It's a prophecy?" Alex asked while observing Silveria's reaction not to miss out on anything.
''It could be interpreted as such, but I'm still thinking about what these words mean,'' Silveria said with a pensive face; she indeed was trying to interpret the literal meaning of those words but had yet to find what they truly meant or wished to convey.
''Forget it. We will slowly think about it; when the time comes, we will naturally understand what this prophecy means. For now, I want to know what floor was that. I felt something calling me when I was inside that realm; it was a faint feeling, but I'm sure that I was not wrong; it was like it came from the deepest part of my soul. You who is linked to my soul have you sensed something?"
''No, I did not sense anything back then, maybe because I was too focused on the two monsters before us, sorry.'' Silveria apologized as she couldn't help Alex knowing how important this must be to him; she could feel through his words.
However, while Silveria sensed nothing, there was someone else who sensed the same thing as Alex and tried to trace the source but failed; she couldn't before they were thrown out; if it weren't because she was still injured, she wouldn't have a hard time finding where this feeling was coming from.
〖I have also sensed it.〗
''Nyx?"
''Big sister?"
Two people had an unusual expression on their faces upon hearing Nyx's voice; the first was surprised and was overjoyed because of Nyx's presence, while the other frowned because her sister began to show some unusual side to her; she talked more often.
''Nyx, tell me what you know.'' Alex was first to regain his calm; he had not forgotten what was necessary, he would have more opportunity to chat with Nyx later.
〖I didn't know much, just that the thing destined to be yours is located in that unusual realm, somewhere in that realm.〗Nyx explained and immediately became silent, not saying anything afterward.
Being used to Nyx's personality, Alex said nothing. He was lost in thoughts, trying to figure out what to do, how to go in that realm again. Suddenly, he felt someone's hand on his shoulder, startling him awake.
''Don't worry, we will find a way. We must take one step at a time, don't run before knowing how to walk. What is your will eventually end up in your hands.''
Silveria, her words alleviated some of Alex's concerns; he remembered that he must not rush things; currently, he had some task to complete, so he must focus on this.
Unknowingly night had come, and it was a moonless one; the sky was pitch black like ink, most of the shops had closed already while not many were still roaming the streets because the vampire's attack was becoming more and more violent as days went.
Suddenly, there was a cry that shook the whole area, it was not far from the mayor's mansion, so naturally, Alex and Eri heard it, they immediately exited their rooms, coincidentally they met the mayor, Celestine.
''It's them. It's strange; normally, they don't attack this early; something must be up. Let's see.''
After saying those words, Celestine immediately disappeared; Alex and Eri followed.
Soon they arrived at the scene where the cry came from; there, they saw what could be called a massacre; a small ice cream store was destroyed with the owner and his daughter were killed, dried corpses littered the ground.
〖Master, this is unforgivable let slaughter every one of them.〗Silveria's angry voice echoed in Alex's head, making him chuckle as he understood why she was reacting like this, she is Ice cream lover, after all, so seeing the current situation made her angry because she had planned to visit this store tomorrow, but now it was impossible.
Suddenly, Alex, who was about to say something to the furious Silveria, stopped because he noticed a presence; he also felt the heavy stench coming from this presence, he immediately went after it.
''Alex?"