Mikel looked at the faces all full of mixed emotions. "I am telling the truth. If you want me to give you the formula for the heart mana pill, you have to offer me something else." His expression is very serious as he directed his words to the Lu brothers.
"What do you need?" Lu Pei asked Mikel who smiled and took out a folded paper and gave it to Lu Aang. "This is what I want. If you give it to me, I will give you what you want."
Lu Aang opened that folded paper and scrutinized the drawing, then after a long time raised his head, facing Mikel with obvious shock on his face, he asked with a trembling voice.
"How did you know I have this? Are you spying on me?" Then his face started changing colors. From red to green then a deathly pale complexion.
"You have two days to think it over. My time is very precious." Mikel ignored the astonishment on the onlookers eyes and continued to speak.
"If there's nothing else.." Mikel gave a dismissal tone but his expression looked amiable as if trying to be as polite as possible. But how could he hide the playful glint in his eyes.
"Wait, I have something I can give to you." Wei Han called someone and they took ten minutes to retrieve something from the hotel in the city and into the meeting room.
The person entered with a gray suitcase. Wei Han opened it on the table and let Mikel take a look. Mikel took out a watch and after putting it on, a digital screen emerged and started scanning him.
Then it performed calculations on the screen in front of him before presenting an image if a suit armor made from nano fibers. Mikel hid the deep shock he was feeling at the moment he saw the suit armor.
Wasn't this thing supposed to take several years before appearing in public? What the hell is going on?
The screen didn't know about his inner turmoil, just requiring him to chose color.
After he did, the watch latched on to his wrist and the nanotechnology spread from his wrist to the rest of his body replacing the outfit he had been wearing.
It covered him from head to toes complete with shoes and a helmet. Mikel looked at the materials clinging to him like second skin. Marveling inside. This has to be April's handy work. Sigh... this girl is still just a slave of the old heart. Being used by that Wei Han using the deep affection she has for him.
The screen explained the properties of the suit clearly. "I'm mildly impressed." Mikel nodded to the Wei family after listening to the analysis on the earpiece from his AI April.
"There is one problem. The material is in the hands of Ming family." Bai Ping said to Mikel with a smile that is not a smile. The last time they had a meeting, Mikel had his people send Miny Ye away.
"Don't worry your pretty red head." Mikel ignored him afterwards. The ore for making this thing are numerous within the toy forest. That is one of the many reasons Mikel had that electric fence put up.
April stood up and gave Mikel a hardrive that is promptly delivered to his own April which delivered the light energy blueprint. Mikel looked at April from the Bai family with a raised eyebrow.
"Are you going to give me the suit armor with light energy weaponry?" He asked her and watched with fascination as her face turned red. Either from being exposed to have designed the suit for Wei Han or for hiding the optimum design.
She looked away from his all knowing gaze. She felt like he always looked at her like an older brother looking at his mischievous little sister. As if he already knows all her little thoughts. But how can that be?
"Well. This has been very pleasant. I do hope to see you people soon." Mikel gave a wink to Lu Aang who jumped as if frightened.
As a villain in his past life, Mikel is aware of the protagonist development. A year after the start of the vampire apocalypse, Aang was still just a kid.
The others left in satisfaction. Mikel escorted them out and came back to a surprising scene.
Mikel looked at the people surnamed Lu still seated as if they have no plans leaving. "Problem?" He asked them with a raised eyebrow.
Lu Aang took out a book brimming with black magic and placed it on the table. Mikel grinned. If the Lu family drags their feet on obtaining the heart mana pill, their warriors will be behind others in strength.
"Ugh..wipe that grin off your face." Lu Pei said with a look of disgust.
Mikel's grin widened even furture after hearing this.
"Yeah, it's really unsettling." Lu Aang also looked uncomfortable.
"Mikel, this is heavy magic, the kind that requires sacrifice. Human sacrifice!" Lu Aang trembled in fright, Lu Pei pulled him into his arms.
Mikel looked at their show of affection with not a single ripple in his heart. If it was in the past this scene would have shattered his soul and scattered his bones. But now, he almost feels like an outsider clearly seeing the look of probing on Lu Pei as he looks up at him while holding Lu Aang in his arms.
Mikel took the book into his own space and then produced a prepared formula and recipe for the mana heart. Lu Song sent his brother and Lu Aang back to the hotel but stayed behind.
"Something on your mind?" Mikel looked at the man still in his meeting room. Mikel pulled out a smoker and lit it up. He walked to the balcony and started smoking. Not even caring about leaving someone behind him. If he wants to talk he will talk, if he wants to stare at him, Mikel doesn't mind being started at by the sharp but handsome step daddy.
"You lost a lot of weight." Lu Song spoke his observation. Mikel is first surprised but quickly recovered. He nodded to agree with Lu Song's statement.
This time, his training did drain a lot out of him but Mikel is stronger for it.
Lu Song walked to his wine collection and took a bottle. If it was still before the end, the price would have been an arm and a leg. Mikel put a few drops of mana dew on each bottle of alcohol in his stash, otherwise he wouldn't get drunk.
Seeing him pour a glass for each other them, Mikel wanted to stop him but didn't. Lu Song took a sip. His eyes widened.
Mikel knows this person doesn't show his emotions lightly. That reaction makes him a bit proud.
"This place is really beautiful." Lu Song walked to the balcony and gave Mikel a drink. Then he took a sip of his own drink looking at the city below. "I heard you have opened up a red district, with people voluntarily becoming escorts. How did you manage that?"
For some reason the air is charged with an unknown tension between them. When Lu Song speaks, his voice sounds different from when speaking to him while others are around. There is a charged energy between them.
Mikel is very perceptive at times. However he is very confused as to why this man is still here. "Is there something you need Mr. Lu? I'm a little confused why you stayed behind." Mikel voiced his doubts.
Mikel is not a deep thinker, nor is he very clever. That is why he likes talking to straightforward people.
"Company. I want yours." Lu Song said turning his eyes from the city back to his face.
"I have to confess, I'm a little confused." Mikel gave him a genuine confused expression. Lu Song sighed and put his glass inside a potted plant and his entire body turned to face Mikel.
Even the dimwitted Mikel understood. His eyes remained fixed on those pair of sharp eyes, his heart beat skipped. No matter where you look, Lu Song is neat and oppressive. The air around him make people unable to draw deep breaths.
The man has the air of the elite through and through. Not a speck of dust on him. Mikel leaned against the balcony railing. Watching him carefully.
In his memory, this man is the power behind Lu Pei, Lu Aang and that cold bitch who gave birth to him. Thinking about it, his eyes darkened and he shoved Lu Song away.
"Not gonna happen." Mikel snarled and turned away. But Lu Song pulled him to stop and then closed in on him, specifically on his lips. Mikel didn't stop it, he was thinking about the president's pair of soft looking pink lips too.
As soon as their lips touched, a zap of power coarsed through the two of them. Like a rush of something warm and cold at the same time. The taste is new but the more they kiss, the more this power rustled around them..
It looked like a slow scene, their hair in the air, the kiss slow and deliberate. They both tasted each other thoroughly with no plans of pulling away. Blood rushed, Mikel suddenly felt needy.
Lu Song wanted to reach out and touch. His hand at the back of Mikel's head trembled as his temperature shot up. He wanted Mikel in this moment. He wanted him so bad.
Their hearts beat seem to synchronize for a fraction of a second and in that moment they felt an overwhelming urge to hold on to each other, and they did.
They stopped, gasping for air. If not for needing to breath, they would have been looked in that kiss forever. Mikel looked at Lu Song whose shirt is no longer straight and proper, the pants have a suspiciously large tent which made Mikel lick his lips..
He grinned. Something else is going on here. It can't be because he hasn't been with someone since Huo Jun. That was a very strong reaction.
"What was that?" Mikel finally found his voice.
"I don't know." Lu Song spoke in a raspy voice. So sexy.
"Well whatever it is, you are advised to leave." Mikel said in a harsh tone but his eyes nerver left the swollen pink lips in front of him.
He wanted another taste. Swallowing, he is about to be reckless when the room speakers made a static sound.
A call came through from the walls. "The base is under attack!" April's monotone voice sounded from the speakers.
Mikel sped to the office and opened the surveillance monitors. What he saw made him want to murder somoeone. Blood kin surrounded the east gate. Throwing spells on the base barrier. He used the superior speed to appear on top of the wall.
A few seconds later, he stood on the city wall and watched the many dark figures shifting in an out of existence as it momentarily becoming shadows, continuously bombarding the barrier with offensive colorful spells.
Luckily the base has been on lock down for a while now. So no humans are wondering near the main gate for these guys to kill. Mikel is glad to have had this bit of foresight. After all, he did imprison elders of the blood kin clan. These bastards are vengeful
"The barrier is fully charged and the power is from mana stones. I have plenty of those." He mused but the people of the city do not amused.
Mikel is about to release his golems armed but held himself back. "April, extend the light barrier outward." Apri didn't waste any time isolating the area and soon enough, they are all stuck with in a light barrier.
"April, sprinklers!" The ground shook and opened up revealing many sprinklers that started spraying the figures in the barrier with concentrated sea water. A delightful new alchemy solution by Mikel.
This barrier locks everything inside, not even the sounds of their screams can be heard from outside. The sound is really scratchy, making people feel like their ears will start bleeding the next second.
The 'sprinklers are spraying water aggressively to the point of making an enclosed water balloon with the blood kin struggling inside.
"What is that stuff?" Lu Song vaguely felt something is amiss, the water rising up as the blood kin looking flustered, the large hoodie on their heads coming off revealing melting fesh off their faces underneath. Can this also be done?
Actually melting! Although disgusting, Lu Song found the scene a bit gratifying. But his thoughts are one thing, having someone actually doing something so gruesome is another.
What kind of life did this young person have to be capable of something like this at such a young age?
Mikel gave a devilish smile. "This Toy maker is also an alchemist. Coming to attack my home and expect to leave in one piece? Such a beautiful dream!" Mikel said these words through gritted teeth. Obviously angered by the actions of the blood kin.
When the only thing remaining inside the water bubble turned out to be those long black robes, Lu Song felt his scalp tingle in apprehension. How terrifying!
"Did you just melt people in broad daylight?" A horrified voice sounded from behind. Mikel frowned and turned around to meet Lu Aang's startled eyes. Those light brown eyes, so much like his own, seem to be accusing him of something.
Ah yes, this little brother would give Mikel this gaze in the last life. Then his boyfriends would find a way to make Mikel's life hard in the next moment.
"Mikel, that was a bit much." Lu Pei seem to think he has the right to reprimand Mikel. How laughable.
Mikel's face darkened and he gave his toy soldiers a glare. "Who let these fuckers on my wall?!" Mikel felt his chest tighten. The soldiers who had previously let Lu Aang and Lu Pei up the wall, definitely won't be his toy soldiers.
Indeed, a human soldier came up to escort the two people down the wall. Mikel wanted to kill someone. Huffing and puffing. The eyes that were delightfully smiling at the melting blood kin a moment ago suddenly became murderous in a blink of an eye.
Lu Song is surprised by the intense reaction. How come he seem to think this reaction has something to do with Lu Aang?
Mikel is annoyed to the extreme. Those two people are really in compatible with him. He looked at Lu Song with displeasure. "Take your brother out of my city. The sooner the better." He glared at the man and left him behind, slamming the doors to his building. A clear sign he is not welcome inside anymore.
Whatever happens between them before seem to have been erased the judging gazes of Lu Aang and Lu Pei. Now Mikel feels nothing but annoyance for the three of them.
Lu Song bit the corner of his lip feeling slighted and frustrated. He had intended to follow Mikel and get the recipe for the liquid capable of melting skin and bone from centuries old bodies of blood kin.
When Lu Song found his brother comforting Lu Aang, he couldn't help but feel irritated at the two of them. "Don't you have your own room?" He asked Lu Pei with a cold tone that frightened the two people to scurry away in each other's arms.
Entering his space, Mikel opened the black book with the cover of a human skull. Indeed, the first spell requires a sacrifice. But this is just one spell. Moreover, it is a spell to prevent aging and gaining prolonged youth.
Mikel has youth in spades. As a young mage with more than 5 percent mana heart, he doesn't need such a spell. He looked and looked finally finding the blood curse potion spell. This is what he was looking forward to the most.
Mikel has a feeling, that today was only the beginning. These fuckers will definitely come back and many humans may be enslaved at that time. The blood curse will ensure blood kin is unable to feed on the blood of his people. If they try, something good will happen.
This curse has side effects. Such as suppression of a seed sprout. Those considered seeds may suddenly turn into one of the two clan, but when under this curse, the possibility of turning into a blood kin will be eliminated.
Mikel knows there is a chance he may turn into a blood sucker, with this spell, he can avoid such a thing from happening.
Mikel made the potion and then spelled it before consuming it in one go without even a bit of hesitation. Turning into a blood kin will be very unfortunate since he would rather die than let such a thing happen to himself.
After doing this much, he let out a sigh of relief. This is one of two reasons he wanted this bood. The other reason is the next spell he will be learning.
Spell dismantling. This is a spell that let you see the weak point of other spells, Mikel wants to be able to undo powerful spells with a single glance. His mental power needs to be improved by a lot for this to happen, but he is not afraid since he knows just the potion for this.
For now, he just needs to learn how to undo spells. The problem is that he needs to learn spell casting thoroughly without slacking off. Then learn to see the inner makings of a single spell before learning the weaknesses of the spell.
The task is quite tedious and demanding on mental strength but Mikel is not complaining. Mikel studied for an entire week inside his space, when he came out, the others have left his city and the blood clan had not come to attack just yet.
Mikel has learned to cast the spell that allows him to see the magic circleinside each spell. After seeing the circle, only then can he send out his own magic to 'dismantle' said circle.
Currently, he needs someone else to cast spells for him to dismantle. Therefore, Mikel made his way to the base army castle.
The army had recently stopped recruiting and focused on training the soldiers with all the resources. Mikel came when there is a training spar.
Mikel raised an eyebrow seeing a boy of about 17 years holding an axe that looks very heavy. Although, the boy doesn't seem to be carrying something heavy at all. Mikel thinks the axe probably weighs half his size.
As soon as the boy entered the arena, the axe in his hand started spinning as he played with it as a scare tactic. The trainer, whom Mikel can see is from the Blackwell family disappeared from his spot just as the axe is brought down on his head. That looked way too close.
Mikel didn't stop the fight, these fighting arenas are spelled with special spells, a killing blow will never reach the target. They will be teleported outside as soon as they are about to be killed.
The fight became intense as a sharp whip sounded in the air. The instructor has turned shadows into thorny whips, lashing them to the boy with an axe. Lashes that landed on the body tore open his skin.
The boy grinned. The heavy looking axe started to rotate in the air creating a whirlwind disrupting the black shadowy whips. While the instructor tried to form new whips, the boy appeared behind him with the tip of the axe between his back. Due it its weight, if the boy exert a bit of force, the axe will slice through the spine bones.
The instructor shivered as if the tip of the axe is pressing on a sensitive nerve.
Mikel's pupils shrank. If he is behind the instructor, then who is creating the whirlwind in front of the instructor? It turned out to be a spell! Mikel saw the magic circle with in the whirlwind still blowing in front of the instructor.
It turned out he pretended to be using the axe but instead had just used a simple spell from the library to create that whirlwind.
Mikel's lip twitched. This is what happens when you are taught how to fight by an assassin type instructor.
Mikel went to find someone to help him with his spell dismantling lessons. That fight gave him many things to ponder.
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