The calm before the storm

(POV: Noah)

I looked at the bustling street filled with people as I ate meat impaled on a stick. I noticed some people glancing at me curiously; when I looked back at them, they quickly turned away. Ha.

I finished the meat and tossed the stick on the ground, sighing as I murmured, "Just one day..."

I decided to have a little fun in the kingdom. This "challenge" would give me so much power... my excitement increased with each passing second.

I walked through the crowded streets, looking for something interesting to entertain me. As I strolled, I noticed knights without helmets patrolling the streets for safety. I ignored them, feeling bored. This was more disappointing than I thought it would be; it seems I had raised my expectations too high.

While walking, I remembered seeing a large castle in the distance. The royal family would be there, right? Along with the nobles.

I smiled and decided to head there. I wanted to have fun bothering people and taking care of the impending war. The humans were going to be a nuisance.

As I approached the castle, the streets became even more luxurious. It seemed I had initially entered the commoners' area or something like that.

I saw horse-drawn carriages, people in fancy clothes laughing, and children eating ice cream. Ice cream? Well, this is another world, although it feels more like an isekai without the anime elements. I sighed and continued towards the castle.

While walking, a carriage almost ran me over. The carriage stopped abruptly.

"What the--" I heard a voice inside the carriage. Someone fell and got hurt. The carriage door opened, and a teenager emerged, shouting, "WHO THE FUCK DARES TO--"

He looked at me for a few seconds, paralyzed. Feeling a bit disgusted by his gaze, I said with an irritated smile, "Hey asshole, stop looking at me like that or I'll put my fist up your ass."

The boy blushed, then turned red as a tomato. Angrily, he pointed at me and said, "HOW DARE YOU TALK TO ME LIKE THAT!? THE GREAT JOSHUA VALTEFORD!?"

"Haa... shit, a classic young master," I said with a smile full of annoyance. I approached him and stood in front of him. "Haa... boy, fuck you. I don't care about your family, your ancestors, nothing," I said, giving him a small blow on the forehead that made him fly back. He fell to the ground, knocked out, while a bump quickly formed on his forehead.

People gasped in shock, looking at me and then at the boy lying on the ground. Was this boy super important or something?

"Pfft... hahahaha!" I heard someone laughing. I looked and saw a 15-year-old girl laughing while covering her mouth. She had brown hair that reached her back and wore luxurious clothes. Next to her was a boy the same age in a butler's outfit. The girl was laughing, and the boy next to her tried to quickly tell her not to laugh at what had happened.

"That was great! What's your name?" the girl asked as she looked at me and wiped tears from her eyes.

I looked at her and said, "Deez..."

"Deez...?" the girl said with confusion. I smiled and said, "Deez nuts."

The girl looked confused for a while, then blushed hard as she understood. Haha.

A knight tried to grab my shoulder, but I dodged him. I looked at him and said, "Hey, that asshole bothered me. I just defended myself."

The knight said in an annoyed voice, "You just hit the youngest son of the Valteford family. It's a crime!"

I frowned and said, "Really...? Well, this is normal these days."

I sighed as the knight unsheathed his sword. It seemed this was a serious crime.

I was about to teach the guy a lesson, but the girl from before stood in front of me and said to the knight while pointing her finger at him, "Wait! I, Alexia Targaryen, say that this girl is not to be harmed!"

Targaryen... she's the king's daughter?

I heard gasps in the crowd. The other nobles around quickly knelt, and the knight knelt quickly, saying in a desperate voice, "I'm sorry, princess!"

"Forgive my life!" the knight said, his voice full of desperation. The girl said, "Obviously, I'll just give you this warning: don't touch this girl!"

I looked at the girl in front of me and then at the boy accompanying her, who had his hand covering his face in shame.

I sighed and said, "Hey, girl..."

The girl turned around and said, "Don't worry, I'll help you!"

I rubbed my forehead with my fingers and said, "Haa... shit."

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I found myself sitting in what resembled an old-fashioned ice cream parlor. Across from me, the girl with brown hair, Alexia, was enjoying her vanilla ice cream. Her butler, stood nearby. I sighed and said, "Thank you for helping me with that, although it wasn't necessary."

Alexia smiled brightly and said, "It doesn't matter! I just wanted to help you!"

I sighed again and glanced at the butler. "Are you her butler?" I asked.

The boy nodded with a serious face, causing me to smile. He seemed to tremble slightly. So, it's true. This kingdom is doomed.

"So, you're the princess, huh?" I said while taking a bite of my chocolate ice cream.

"Ah, yes, I am," Alexia replied with a smile, though her expression seemed tinged with melancholy.

"Well, how is your life?" I asked nonchalantly.

The girl just said, "Well, fine."

I sighed, "Yes... I come from outside. Vampires are crazy. I survived pretty well." I looked Justin in the eyes. He quickly looked away. At least hide it better. Idiot. It seems like he is quite young.

"Yes... I heard stories about vampires, although I never saw one. My mother told me they were terrifying beings that killed for fun," Alexia said with curious eyes.

"Yes... they kill and absorb people's blood. They gut, they destroy, they take lives. That's what vampires are like," I said with a smile. She nodded, then said with shining eyes, "How did you make that boy fly in the air!? You were shorter than him!"

"Training. I am a hunter of supernatural entities," I said with a smile, using the first thing that came to mind. Alexia's eyes lit up even more, "Hunter!? What is that!?"

"We hunt monsters, vampires, werewolves, all that. It's our job," I said while finishing my ice cream.

"Wow!! My mother told me they no longer existed!!" Alexia said with excitement, seeming quite happy with the story I told her. She seems like a pretty naive girl.

I looked at the butler again and asked, "What's his name?"

Alexia replied, "His name is Justin. He is my butler! We've known each other since childhood!"

I smiled, "Well, he's a good... friend."

I stood up from my seat and said, "I have to go. It was fun talking to you, but I have work."

She wanted to say something else but stopped and said, "Well... I hope you do your job!!"

I nodded and as I passed Justin, I whispered, "Haha... I hope war is fun..."

I saw the boy get nervous, and he whispered back, "How the hell do you..."

I smiled and whispered, "A hybrid...?"

I saw him clench his teeth. It seems to be true. I ignored it and walked down the street. It seems that he was indeed a hybrid. It's possible that's why he can be under the sunlight, or maybe it is something magical.

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(POV: Justin)

I looked at the mirror in my room. My ruby-red eyes stared back at me. I clenched my teeth and fists in anger, grabbing my hair in fury. That damn bitch!!

How the hell did she discover me!? The plan was perfect!!

I looked at a photo of Alexia and me from when we were children and threw it to the floor, hearing it shatter. Shit, shit!!

"Shit, shit, think, think... how the hell do I fix this...!? It's very close to the big day!!" I said with desperation in my voice. The plan should go perfectly. Our king was coming. I had to hurry now...

Also, I am not receiving information from the cathedral. That fucking Edwin, damned worthless bastard...

"Haha... so it was true..." said a soft voice I remembered. I turned around and saw her sitting in a chair, the window open, the cold wind blowing in. She looked at me with her legs crossed and said, "So that's what it was... this place is doomed..."

I stared at her, looking into her red eyes. I felt scared. IMPOSSIBLE!! SHE SHOULD NOT BE... NO!!

"You... you are another...?" I said with fear in my voice. I was not informed of this. They did not tell me anything. No...

"Another...?" The girl said with a confused face. So, no... well... but...

"Well, I think YOU are useful, much more than that Edwin or Nasiel guy..." her words made my heart clench. That bitch...

"YOU--" I couldn't finish speaking when she appeared in front of me with immense speed, grabbed my face, and lifted me as if I weighed nothing.

What is this force!? It's absurd. I tried to escape, but I felt my face tighten. I grunted in pain. I saw her smile, and that smile sent chills even to my soul.

She said, "This is quite interesting... you are a real hybrid, you are great... useful... hahaha..."

Her laugh gave me chills. This bitch is fucking crazy. Suddenly, I felt a cut on my hand. I saw her making a small incision, and with horror, I watched as my blood floated in the air. What the hell is she!?

I felt my blood floating, and I grew increasingly weaker. My arm moved without my control.

"Hey, do you know what happens when you combine hemokinesis and telekinesis?" The girl said with a big smile. I felt a horrible premonition.

I watched in terror as my arm began to inflate slowly. I clenched my teeth in immense pain, but then the pain stopped. My arm returned to normal, but suddenly, I felt absurd pain.

Spikes of blood erupted from my arm, piercing through it. Blood flowed endlessly, but as more blood poured out, more spikes pierced my arm. I tried to scream, but the girl blocked my mouth. My screams were muffled, and I felt my mind hurt without stopping. I felt like she let go of me, but then my legs were in pain. I saw blood in my pants.

"No--" I tried to scream, but something pierced my cheeks. My trembling hands touched sharp spikes. I couldn't scream. My whole body hurt, blood spikes protruding from my arms and legs. I felt dizzy. It hurt... a lot.

"Haha... it seems to work better than I thought," said the girl's voice. I started to get dizzy, but suddenly, the spikes disappeared. But that was worse—the blood flowed like a river from my body. I vomited on the floor, bile and blood nonstop. I moved my head and looked at her, smiling in the middle of the night.

"What are you?" I said with pain in my cheeks. Every word or noise made my cheeks burn with pain. I felt weak, very weak. I was so close...

"I...? I am... the original, the first, the true..." she said with a big smile. That smile sent chills down my spine. She is a monster. She is a... demon.

She stopped smiling and asked, "Are you scared?"

Cold sweat ran down my forehead. I dragged myself as fast as I could towards the door. It was so close, so...

Blood spikes emerged from my hand. I clenched my teeth. I couldn't feel my hand; it even went through my bone.

I felt weak. My mind wandered with blurry thoughts, my eyesight fading.

"What a shame... you're disgusting trash, just trying to escape. But it doesn't matter... now I want to try something else..." Her voice terrified me. I've never felt this amount of fear. I tried to crawl away again but couldn't. I felt like something lifted me into the air. Blood chains lifted me, putting me in front of the girl. She sat in a chair and said, "Haa... you know something...? I'm not interested in your story. I don't care about your shit, this kingdom, or anything. I wouldn't mind killing everyone here. I don't care about vampires, werewolves, or whatever. I just want to have fun, so... I hope your king can do it... because I will probably extinguish them..."

I was terrified. She was a monster, a catastrophe. That smile terrified me. Suddenly, I felt something tear away from me. I looked slowly to my left. My arm was gone. I tried to scream, but the blood covered my mouth. I screamed as loud as I could. The pain was horrible. Tears fell nonstop. I started to shake. I didn't want to die.

"Please... let me live..." I couldn't help but beg. The pain was absurd. My mind hurt, my body hurt. Every slightest movement hurt.

"Haha... hahahahaha... you're so useless..." said the girl while laughing, covering her mouth.

"Haa... well, you already bored me. You're not worth it. Goodbye," said the girl as she greeted me with a smile.

I saw a spear of blood materialize behind her.

"N--"

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(POV: Noah)

"N--" I saw how he tried to scream, but the spear went through his skull. I moved my hand a little, and the spear cut Justin's head off. I lifted his body with my telekinesis and brought it closer to me. I bit his neck and started to devour it. Blood splashed in the room. After a while, I licked my lips. I grabbed Justin's head and said, "It seems like it's the calm before the storm, don't you think so, Justin?"

I smiled as I saw his head destroyed. It's time for fun.

I threw Justin's head onto the bed and thought about the memories I had absorbed. The invaders would come from an underground place and through the sky. Flying monsters, not bad. Wings... that doesn't sound bad at all! I smiled to myself. Suddenly, I heard footsteps approaching from outside. Quickly, I changed my appearance to Justin's and moved all the blood and his body to float near the ceiling, hiding it from view.

A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts. I opened it slightly to see Alexia standing there. She looked at me with concern and asked, "Justin, are you okay...? I heard noises here."

I smiled at her, trying to imitate Justin's demeanor. "It's okay, miss. I just dropped something."

She looked at me, slightly annoyed. "I told you to call me by my name when we're alone..."

"Ha... okay, Alexia," I said with a small smile. She smiled back and said as she walked away, "Good night!"

I closed the door and almost laughed out loud. I sat down in a chair and started to chuckle, "Haha...hahahahaha..." My voice slowly changed to my usual one. After a while, I stopped laughing and my expression turned serious.

"Ha... looks like I'll have to give some surprises... haha..." I said with a big smile on my face, already planning a beautiful surprise underground. This kingdom had no idea what was coming.

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N/A

[Goals:

Kill 50 enemies: 50 / 50 !

Kill 100 enemies: 100 / 100 !

Kill 200 enemies: 200 / 200 !

Kill 500 enemies: 443 / 500

Kill 1000 enemies: 443 / 1000

Kill the special enemy: 0 / ???]