my vampire paradigm

When seeing Russ enter the room, some were surprised by his presence, but when they thought about it more, it actually made a lot of sense. He had great strength and was a large help against the Dalki.

If it wasn't for him, then maybe Layla, Minny and the others would have never survived before Sil arrived. At the same time, they never got to see the full extent of the powers of Russ when using the black sword, because he had already run out of MC cells when it came to facing H.

"I'll be honest, I am surprised to see you here." Chris said.

Although the two of them hardly got directly involved, Pure was around during the time of the Chained, and knew they were one of the large forces before they had been defeated by Quinn and his gang.

"Is it really that surprising?" Peter said with his arms folded. "I heard that he had actually decided to save Sil, and wasn't it because he let Sil touch him that he was able to defeat H?"

Peter was just repeating what he had heard, and from Minny of all people. His words had silenced the room and Russ had even looked down to the ground.

'Wait, that's right?' Layla thought. 'Back then, I tried to force Russ's hand to help Sil, but he had eventually made the decision to save him. Maybe he isn't one we have to worry about so much after all.'

"Please don't remind me." Russ said. "I have relived that moment in my head too many times before, and If I could I would have taken back that decision."

When Sil and Russ made eye contact though, Sil just smiled at him, despite his words. This just angered Russ even more, because it was hard to hate Sil of all people, why did he have to be one of the few Blades that were still left, then maybe he would still have a goal in his head.

If anything, Russ' anger was rising due to the fact that he was unable to hate Sil as much as he wished.

"Damn it!" Russ shouted. "Where was what I asked for?"

"Don't worry." Muka interrupted. "He will be here, after all what you requested will not just help you but it will help us as well, just be patient, he should arrive soon."

The room went into an awkward silence once again while they were waiting for this mysterious person to arrive, and wondered what was even Russ' request in the first place.

Meanwhile, his eyes started to linger on something that was in Layla's possession, hanging there around her waist. Before he knew it, his own feet were walking toward her. That was when Peter had decided to step out in front.

"What do you think you're doing?" Peter asked, with his hand held out. "You know, I'm not afraid to kick your arse if you try to get close to her."

Russ couldn't help but chuckle at the comment. Were all of these people in the room taking him for a fool, did they all suddenly think they could beat him? The only one he felt that he would struggle against was Sil, and that was because he had his power as well, but that was soon to change.

"That sword, the black one." Russ motioned his eyebrows and eyes toward it. "It was thanks to my power and it that we were able to defeat the Dalki that nearly annihilated all of us. Don't you think that it would be better if it was in my possession."

Immediately, Layla placed her hand on the sword, she felt like at any moment that Russ was going to steal it from her. Lifting his hand, it started to transform and turned into what looked like a Dalki's.

He grabbed onto the wrist of Peter, holding it tight.

"I would calm down a little, remember we are on the same side. You guys want me to risk my life in all of this, to give the best chance for this unvierse's survival, then isn't the answer obvious. If that sword is in my possession, then it will give us a better chance. It would be useless to leave a weapon like that here.

"It's not like she's going to need it."

"We can't be sure that's the case." Muka said. "What if there is an attack here while everyone else is away, and besides, we are already complying with one of your requests."

Although the conversation seemed to have ended there, for Layla actually, she was giving it a lot of thought. The words of Russ had gotten to her. If they really wanted to do everything they could, then they would need the power that Russ summoned.

"Hey, didn't you guys just say that Sil got the same power as Russ?" Chris said. "So doesn't that mean that it could also be used in Sil's hands as well."

"Then that would be a waste!" Russ immediately said. He was waiting for this argument to come up. "You see, Sil is already "If you were to use it the same way I did, then I am afraid Sil would no longer be able to use the powers the way he used to before. incredibly strong, and his power allows him to use multiple powers, but you see that sword, it was the power to negate abilities.

"If you were to use it the same way I did, then I am afraid Sil would no longer be able to use the powers the way he used to before. Whereas for me, it would be more of a last resort, and an additional power."

The others actulley thought that Russ made a good point, but it wasn't their sword to give in the first place, in the end the decision lay with Layla, and surprisingly she had pulled the sword along with the scabbard out.

The sword was held sideways and she walked past Peter holding it toward Russ.

"You did protect us, you helped us back then, and I hope that you use the sword to do the same again. Russ… this is bigger than all of us, this is bigger than our individual grudges. It's bigger than just me wanting Quinn back, and I hope you can see that."

Once Layla's little speech was done, he wasted no time snatching the sword out of her hand.

"I knew you would come back to me one way or another." Russ said, placing it around his side.

"Remember, that is to go back to her." Peter said, with menacing eyes.

"Look, you are all strong." Muka sari letting out a big sigh. "That's why you are all here, so can we just put the strength measuring contest down for a moment, and use all this pent up energy to fight the enemy."

Once again, the group could hear the sound of footsteps coming again. They were light and elegant but had an odd rhythm, as if one was struggling to walk.

"Oh, it looks like the one you requested is here." Muka said.

Finally, coming through those doors they were going to see what deal Russ had made. Bursting through and standing right by the door right in front of them, was a woman they could only imagine, but it was one they had seen before.

The group turned their head to look at Muka, and then back at the person that had just entered the room.

"Mu— another Muka!" Edvard said surprised.

"Hey…I might look like her but I'm not her! I'm the best forger in the world." The other Muka said.?

Muka was a beauty that was indescribable, a lot of vampires already had a natural charm and beauty to them compared to regular humans, apart from their pale skin that in some cases would be liked or disliked depending on one's taste, but nonetheless, the facial features and symmetry for vampires was on point, with nearly no imperfections.

For Muka though, somehow she was able to be one above that. If one thought there was a golden ratio of how one's face was meant to look, she had a goddess ratio on her face.

Which was why, when there were suddenly two in the same room, they without a doubt recognised it as another Muka. This wasn't someone who had imitated her, or looked like her, no, this was a carbon copy from head to toe, at least in the looks department.

The way she stood, the way she walked and the way she talked… they were all completely lost, as if someone had possessed her, but there were clearly two of them in the room.

'Wait what did she say?' Layla thought. 'Forger, Muka isn't a forger, and when they say best forger.'

Thinking about these words, she could only think of one forger, the one that Quinn put all of his trust into, and the one that had created all of the Cursed Faction's equipment for them.

"Wait, are you, Alex Way, the blood fairy forger!" Layla asked.

The others thought Layla was joking when she said this, this looked nothing like Alex, but then again, when they thought about it more, what had happened to Alex, where even was he?

"That can't be true, right?" Chris said.

"Unfortunately, it is true, maybe I can explain a little." Sil said, who seemed to be the only person not surprised by this, other than Russ who couldn't care less.

"You see, for a while now Alex has been trapped in one of the weapons he had created for Quinn, at least his consciousness has been trapped." Sil started to explain. "From what I know, Alex helped Quinn create his current armour set once more, and when doing so, his consciousness was transferred once again to the new set of weapons.

"After the war, I was asked by Quinn to move the conciseness from the weapon into a body, so Alex could continue living his life."

Due to Sil having all of the abilities, he was able to do this and had done it for Vorden, Raten, and Shiro as well.

"Wait." Peter said his mind lingering, it almost looked like one could see the cog wheels turning in his head. "I understand… how Alex is here, but what I don't understand is why he is now as a woman."

"Yeah, or why he looks like Muka!" Chris said, his head still turning back and forth. In truth he also found Muka extremely attractive, and now he was trying to turn off one side of his brain, as he looked at Alex, he knew he was a guy, or at least used to be a guy but was now in a woman's body.

"I think I can do the explaining from here!" Alex said, as he walked forward and pushed out his leg, revealing how long and slender they were.

"You see, when they said my consciousness would be transferred I didn't want to live in the life of someone else's mind. Which was when the suggestion came up, that they could clone a body and I could use that.

"Just how Vincent is also in a clone of Quinn's body. Of course, a clone's body can only last so long, but once we find a nest crystal all will be good. Anyway, when I learned of this, I realised, I could be whoever I wanted to be.

"This is life changing, think about it, have none of you ever thought about what it would be like to be a girl for a day, and now it was possible. I lived hundreds of years as a guy, and now I can experience the best of both worlds. And, if I was going to be a girl, then why not be the damn best looking girl there is." Alex flicked his hair, proud of his new body.

In the middle of the conversation Muka couldn't stop shaking her head, she wanted to reject all of this, but Alex had done so much for the settlement, he was a hero behind the scenes, so if he wanted this, then she felt like she had to comply.

She was going to go back into a slumber after this anyway, so what would she care if someone used her appearance. 

"Alright, I think I understand most of what has happened." Edvard said, nodding his head up and down. "But what I don't understand is why is Alex here? If he is a forger, why is he going on this journey with us?"

Now, Russ was starting to get interested as he looked in Muka's direction.

"He is the one that you requested, or she…" Muka said.

"It's okay, I can't get used to it, so just call me she." Alex replied.

"Alright." Russ said walking forward. "There was a request I needed to be dealt with, and they told me that you're the one I want, that you might be the only person who knows what to do with this."

Pulling out from the opening of one of the special rings he had on his finger, a crystal now appeared in his hand, it wasn't an ordinary crystal, it didn't look like a beast crystal, nor like that of a nest crystal.

It was larger in size for one, and the inside had a strange substance moving in it.

"That's a god slayer crystal, where did you get that?" Alex asked. He had spent enough time recently around god slayer crystals to know what one felt like.

"Does that matter?" Russ asked. "What matters is whether or not you can make something out of this. If so, it will be useful to me, and useful to us on our journey."

Alex smiled as he grabbed the crystal from Russ's hands.

"I may be in a new body, but this body isn't weak, it's strong like that of the vampire leader. Of course I can make something out of this, and I will make sure it doesn't disappoint."

"Maybe you could make it disappoint a little." Layla commented. With the black sword and a possible god slayer item, Russ was going to become incredibly powerful.

"I will return here once I am done." Alex said, and he was off.

"Alright, while we wait for the crystal to be sorted, we need to discuss everything we know about the other side." Muka said. "And the plan for what to do once you are in there, because things are not as simple as they seem and this will be an incredibly difficult task."——-

"What is there to talk about?" Russ asked, sitting down in a sofa seat while the rest remained standing. "Didn't you already give us the low down on everything we need to know. We just have to survive, find Quinn, then help him take down this death god, right?"

On the way to the settlement each one of them had been filled in on the information of why this task was so important. How Immortui was a god from another world, trying to pour in him and his creatures into this one.

The finer details such as him being the creator of the vampires though was somewhat missed out, but all the relevant information that would tell them how important this task was, had been filled in.

"In order to give you the best chance of survival, we have gathered as much information as we can." Muka said. "Logan has gone through all his memory banks, and the information that had been handed to him by Richard Eno, and there was quite extensive research done on this other world.

"At the same time, Peter has been able to gather information from the familiars as well.

"In the other world, there are two types of beings or creatures that we need to look out for." Muka explained. "There are the words natural inhabitants. There are different races like what we have here on Earth, but their appearance does largely differ like that of the familiars.