A red bat flies through the corners and sees a castle in the distance. Arriving there, it descends and lands on Enrico's shoulder as he walks toward the castle.
"Good work, Lunaris."
"Kiii."
She seemed hungry, so he just took a little from the vial and placed it in her mouth, which made her satisfied. Closing the rest, he saw that he had two left now, having used another on the way to dominate a few more vampires. It wasn't a problem since he only planned to use it two more times.
"Lord Sylas, we have arrived."
Valen was in front, stopping when he saw Solin's castle ahead. Verlate and Nyxaria were at both sides protecting him, since he had already said on the way that he was on the side of the rebellion.
"So, Nyxaria, are you sure you're going to keep following me even though I'm on the side of those who want to kill your master?"
"…you have total control over me thanks to this blood… but don't be mistaken, I am following the owner of this blood, not you. If I beg, maybe he will let my former master live."
"Tsk… from what Verlate says, that master of yours mistreats you a lot."
Nyxaria glares at Verlate, who turns his face away, whistling. With some irritation, she remembers her life being saved by him—even if it was only on a whim, she had been saved.
"I simply want to return the favor of having been saved… but I promise that after I repay it, I will follow my new master with absolute loyalty."
"What an idiot."
"Young master Valen, don't speak to me like that."
"So, you are Sylas?"
Hearing a voice from behind, they all turned and saw two people, one being Solin and the other the leader of the rebellion, Eldric Roderic, a circle eight who could have a good fight with one of the counselors.
"Yes, I am, and I came to help you in the name of my master Belthar."
"Belthar? It's impossible for him to be alive."
"No, it's not impossible, because I follow him."
Gathered at a table, the story he told them was the same up to a certain point. What he changed was the side Belthar would take in this war.
"He did all of this because he thought his race would leave all the others behind, but upon waking from his dream he realized that everything he had done was in vain, with his race sinking deeper into the pit."
"In a way it makes sense for him to feel that way, but why doesn't he do it all himself?"
"He is very weak at the moment, so he made a plan that I will now tell you."
The plan was simple: when the blood hunters returned, they would immediately seek the corpse of Zerathis. At that moment, the rebellion would begin.
So that they would not seize that body immediately, it would be good to send Solin and Eldric to wait for the right moment and attack all those who were tired, secretly reducing their troops.
"Surely Draven will also be at that location, so it would be good to send Lord Solin."
"That is a good plan, and all this calmness you demonstrate… are you sure you are only 15 years old?"
"I will turn 16 this year."
"So you are 15 years old."
Placing a map in the middle, he showed several locations he had asked those vampires to describe, which could be weak points in the five territories. This plan would not work with humans in the original world, but here, in a place with few vampires separated into five territories, it would be easy.
"In these places are the weak points with less vigilance. If you follow this plan perfectly, I can promise that we will take power in just one day."
In addition, there was the trust of the vampires who would be destroyed at the times of the attack, thus reducing the casualties of the rebellion's vampires. The original plan had been only to attack the counselors first, which was not a bad plan, since they wanted to cut off the head, leaving them without a leader.
"Reverse Sanos will be a good place for me and my subordinates to invade, so you can leave it to us and just worry about the other four territories."
Eldric observed this plan, finding it perfect. On that map there were also other weak points that could be used if something went wrong with the first one. For him, there weren't many flaws he could correct.
"Young Sylas, I would like to talk about the part of the plan where only Lord Solin and I will be sent."
"Of course, go on."
"Why only the two of us? It is certain that almost the entire council will be there. How do you have so much confidence that we will win?"
Remembering something, he put his hand in his coat and took out two vials. Ysabella, who was beside him, got excited and ran to grab them.
"They're not for you."
"Whaaaat?!"
She sat down, pouting in irritation, thinking he was mean, because to her, too much time had already passed since she had drunk it the first time and she was getting hungry.
"With this vial you will be able to evolve, but I would like to ask that you use it only at the important moment to take them by surprise, because with Draven's unique ability he will be able to sense who is at a higher level than him."
"Will this make both of us evolve?"
"Yes, father, this is the blood I told you about."
He was curious to open it but decided to wait and save it for the right moment, as Sylas had said. Eldric had the same thoughts, so he would wait as well.
"Besides that, you will face them tired, since their opponents are as monstrous as they are."
"Are they really that strong?"
"Yes, they have some circle eights hidden from the eyes of the continent in their ranks of mages."
The two were increasingly admiring the one who made this plan and thought that perhaps Belthar was the one who had devised it, since he was his master.
"Your master made an incredible plan."
"Of course he did. He's not one of the first vampires just to look cool."
With this confirmation of who had made the plan, they sighed in relief. Being outdone by a 15-year-old child would have been humiliating. Solin stood up, looking at the table where only the five of them sat—Sylas, Corvina, Ysabella, Eldric, and himself—all completely trustworthy.
"Well, that's all. We will begin the attack when they depart, so prepare yourselves in the meantime."