Clyde a.n.a.lyzed the first vampire to get a good idea of what he was up against .

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Vampire- William

Level: 77

Type: Monster

Work under: Vampire Emperor .

Special: Darkness Slash [Chance to inflict despair at 40% . Chance for double damage against non-dark foes at 12%]

Weakness: holy, purity x 2, angel, deity x 5, ent.i.ty x 2 .

Resistances: dark, demon, fallen angel, devil, taint, evil, void .

Secret: once tried to have s.e.x with Nina . Nina kicked him in the t.e.s.t.i.c.l.es hard enough to make him limp for a month .

Clyde stifled a laugh then engaged William . His backup, Kitome, and Toru took on the others .

"You motherf.u.c.kers won't be getting in the way of their family reunion . "

[You activated Trust Bond Skill Mimic . ]

[Random skill obtained: Alice's Slip distraction . ]

[Skill stored: Slip distraction . ]

[Party loyalty has triggered . Any companion in the area will be notified . Bonus stats will be awarded to them if they're able to provide a.s.sistance . ]

[Your party has entered combat . ]

Clyde decided not to draw his sword due to his fallen angel resistance . He laid into the bloodsucker with a roundhouse kick, followed up with some well-placed punches . William shook it off, returning surprisingly strong and painful attacks of his own .

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[William activated Triple-thrust fire fists . ]

[Your HP has dropped to 180%]

Clyde rubbed his chest then chuckled . The vampire had weaknesses . The gamer inside was ready to exploit them . He took aim with one hand, confusing the vampire .

"You worthless human will rue the day that you attacked us . She is ours . She belongs to our clan . What right do you have to interfere?"

"That girl belongs to no one," Clyde said . "You're basically kidnappers and slavers . "

"Didn't you do the same for the Maki troublemaker?" he snapped then laughed . "You're putting yourself on a pedestal but is no better than us . "

"Maki is a criminal," Clyde said . "Since no jail can hold her, I'm doing it . Well, mostly Yuki, but that's beside the point . What I have in store for her is none of your business . Now perish . "

"I don't think so!"

[William activated Darkness slash . ]

The vampire was fast, very fast, but not fast enough .

[Clyde activated Holy spirit wave . ]

[WEAKNESS EXPLOITED . Attack has instantly killed William . ]

And to ashes and purple flames he went…

Clyde turned to watch his teammates—he didn't expect for his battle with a vampire to be…so easy . Then again, his advantage with the holy element was a thing now . Oh, and Holy spirit wave also had purity in it . This element showed up as gold on his status page .

Toru seemed to struggle a little with his vampire opponent . Kitome too, her foe being a skilled woman . The magical girl was the first to make her kill, followed by Toru seconds later with an Axis Flash .

The loli vampire stared at them, mouth agape .

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"She needs training . "

"We have demons that will take good care of her," Clyde said . "Now let's do this brat—we can't have you causing Sazuki's sister to go berserk when they hug . "

Nina snarled, showing fang, then fell to a knee…and cried .

"I don't want to die . Please, I'll do anything . "

"Undo your control over her," Clyde said simply . "I can read moods, so don't try any bulls.h.i.+t . "

"If I do that, the prince will feel it," Nina whined . "Everyone's linked to him . He'll notify the emperor . They'll accuse me of betrayal—then I'll be infinitely tortured . "

"Not my problem," Clyde said . "I can offer you my protection, but…it will require a contract . No way in h.e.l.l I'd be using that on a kid . Even if you're not really a kid . That's just creepy . Are you sure you don't want to fight? Are you not going to do the cliché thing and try to attack me anyway?"

The loli cried harder .

"I only take orders, then play games . I swear . "

"Uhm Clyde, she could be useful," Toru said .

Clyde grinned, his trap for his friend laid out perfect .

"Toru, Toru, you know, you're one of the best teammates I've got . "

Toru blinked .

"Really? Thanks—oh cut the bull, and just tell me what I have to do . I've been raped by enough monster girls to know my secret pa.s.sive ability . "

"You will take care of her," Clyde said . "Nina, Toru's rich and can give you all the video games you desire . You can't go bity on him . He does have a holy attack that can instantly kill you . Also don't p.i.s.s off Fumi, his girlfriend . "

Stars were in the gothic loli's eyes as she leapt at Toru, hugging his leg like some leg-humping puppy . He placed a hand on her head .

[Do you wish to bond Nina to Toru? Warning, you can only manually undo this . ]

Clyde selected yes . He was surprised something like this actually worked . Basically, duplicating his contract with Maki, then mentally signing Toru as the master and Nina the servant . Too bad for his epic battle, but he didn't want to go around exploding kids anyway . He figured the other vampires, those higher on the chain wouldn't go down so easily .

[Battle completed . Victory! Reward: 10,000 EXP and $1000 . ]

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"There are more of us around," Nina said . "Not under my control . Sorry . "

"Kiko must be worth a million pounds of gold if you guys are this adamant about keeping her," Clyde said .

"They're idiots if you asked me," Kitome said . "If she's so-called low-blood or whatever you dumba.s.ses cla.s.sify her as, then why go through all of the trouble? You seemed civilized before . What the h.e.l.l changed?"

Nina hid behind Toru then stuck her tongue out at Kitome, causing the blue-haired woman to lunge at her . Clyde put up a hand to settle the bickering .

"Kitome, chill," Clyde said . "We're going to treat this as a patrol . "

[Quest: kill all vampires in the area . Accept? Reward: 150,000 EXP and $50,000 . ]

Clyde mentally selected yes .

"Where the h.e.l.l are the others? They should be here by now . "

He checked the battle log for his party and saw that they were indeed fighting . He wished he could check on his relations.h.i.+p with Seth, but with him out of the party, there was nothing to be done . Hopefully, the guy didn't get himself killed . Clyde wanted Seth back on the team, but not against his will of course . He just couldn't imagine the man just saying, "f.u.c.k it" and walking out without a reason .

Something…just didn't feel right .

"Hey!"

Clyde and the others turned to see Ming approaching them at a dead run . Six vampires chased her .

"Ming, help us fight them—they're weak against holy . Toru, mentally command the vampire kid if you must . "

"What?" Nina said, eyes panicked .

"Welcome aboard," Clyde said . "It's for Kiko's sake—letting you go back would be a terrible idea . So, fight for me or die . "

Nina nodded, defeated .

"At least I have games," she said .

"And you don't have to worry about some priggly priss vampire telling you what to do," Toru said . "Just stay out of my father's way and you'll be fine . He's a secret Loli Saga fan, so . . "

"Oh dear Venus, he's a lolicon?" Nina said . "I'm not kid you know . I'm way older than you—but you'd better not ask my age . "

"I don't know what he is," Toru said, ignoring her "not-kid" protest . "Now, I command you to fight the vampires . "

Nina rushed ahead, unleashed dark slashes and black lightning in her wake . Her fellow vampires were confused at first, but Clyde and his party rushed into the fray, hitting them hard . The enemies were downed in under half a minute . "And Yuki was like vampires are strong . " Toru shook head .

"You could hardly call newborns and low borns vampires," Nina said . "Of course, they're weak . Not enough training and time . The real vampires have more important things to do . With this, you basically declared blood feud on our clan . "

"You're no longer apart of that clan," Clyde said, "so I'd appreciate it if you'd start thinking that way . My patience is running thin . You be a good vampire girl and you'll pretty much get to do whatever you want . I'm not running your life . "

Nina gulped, nodding . Clyde patted on her the head, surprising himself and the loli . The system immediately took advantage of his slip—his hand had to have moved on its own . This…couldn't be . He didn't do such a thing at home .

[Talent, main character stuff: head pat . ]

[You have established a relations.h.i.+p link with Nina . ]

[Your relations.h.i.+p with Nina is friendly . ]

[You have planted an affection seed in her . ]

He made a mental note to close all relations.h.i.+p windows with this one too .

"Let's go," Clyde said, but Nina grabbed his hand as he pulled away, hoping to let everyone forget what they saw . He at least hoped his glare worked .

"Can I live with you, oni—"

Clyde thanked every star in the sky when an explosion of powers caught everyone's attention . He wasn't sure who…but a faint feeling of fiery aura made him think of Seth . Who was the other person?

"We don't have a lot of time," Clyde said . "Ming, come with us . Stick close to me . "

"Sure," she said, face lighting up .

"Kill all vampires in the area," he said then waved at Sazuki and her sister to follow along . "Toru, protect them . You and your new a.s.sistant . "

"Will do, leader," he said . Clyde was glad the loli vampire at least took in the mood and followed Toru . Not that she could go against the contract .

The whirl of magic and aura exploded through the air again like a sudden wind storm . In fact, it was a wind storm, one that lasted about five seconds .

"Let's move!" Clyde said . "I think it's Seth . "

The others nodded, and the party took off . The young man just hoped they'd make it in time .

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