34 Zoey Arrived

John chuckled and moved towards his target. He would not lose this time. At least he would send one of these bloodsuckers to hell.

His first target was the golden-haired vampire. He was weaker than his friend, the vampire with a bald head, who now stood silently in the back, only observing his golden-haired companion marching towards him.

John, sending his magic freeze to immobilize him, swung his sword toward his head with incredible speed. 

He thought he would succeed this time, but before his sharp blade could touch the skin of his neck, the bald vampire suddenly appeared between them and blocked his sword.

John was shocked. 

He felt himself flying back several meters in the blink of an eye. When he landed on the ground, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

'Fuck!! My shield seems to be reducing!' John vented his anger towards the vampire as he looked at him sharply.

"You seem impatient. Didn't you say earlier we had to have a one-on-one battle? Why are you helping him?" John sneered while checking his invisible shield. 

He felt stressed out because its power had significantly reduced; now, he only had 20% power left. He would be in trouble if it reached 0%. 

One single blow from them could send him straight to his coffin.

"Bwahaha," The bald Vampire's evil laugh echoed, sending a shiver down John's spine. 

However, John tried to remain calm, staring back into the creature's crimson eyes.

"Tsk... Tsk... Lowly human. We're done playing with you now. We already know your shield is getting weaker. I can't wait any longer to taste your sweet blood and then savor your warm and delicious beating heart..." The bald vampire licked his lips while clapping his hands.

John now realized. Why hadn't they attacked him with full power earlier? They only wanted to reduce his shield power. 

Knowing this made him uneasy. How did they know about his shield? How did they know it's getting weaker? How?

The traitor Elara appeared again in his mind, and he couldn't help but vent his sarcasm, 'Fuck you, Elara! Fuck you!!'

"You will die by my hand!" The bald vampire hissed as he moved fast toward John. Meanwhile, the golden-haired vampire also vanished from his place.

John was stunned. 

He hadn't expected them to have such incredible speed. And now they were coming after him together.

"Enough playing around with the food. Kill him!" The bald vampire shouted.

John gripped his sword tightly, ready to receive their attacks. 

He didn't move but waited while all his senses tried to locate them.

'Gotcha!!' John finally sensed the golden-haired vampire's aura and saw him appear a few steps before him. He swung his sword blade powerfully, aiming his neck, but something shocked him.

John felt a powerful cold aura suddenly appear behind him. He knew what it was; it must be the other vampire. 

He swiftly pulled back his swords and stabbed behind him while leaping to avoid whoever was behind. 

But John was too late; the bald vampire captured his other hand, mighty enough to separate it from his body.

"Aargh—" a loud howl escaped from John's lips as he felt the nameless pain from his injured hand. 

John clamped down with his knee, hitting the ground so hard that it made him scream in pain even more. He could see his blood now splattering around, and the fresh scent of blood was enough to drive all the vampires there crazy, staring at him as if he was their dinner. 

He gritted his teeth to endure the nameless pain that was starting to torture every nerve in his body, his breath becoming heavy.

"Hurry! Kill him now. Victoria needs help!!" The golden-haired vampire shouted. "Stop wasting time!"

John, still on his knee, grabbed medicine from his space ring. He consumed the pills to stop his bleeding and relieve him from the pain. 

His invisible shield now had zero power. He couldn't afford to receive a single blow or would indeed vanish from this world forever. 

After feeling the medicine work — the blood from his severed hand no longer flowed — with his last strength, John took his sword and gripped it tightly.

"You want to kill me? Not before I kill you first!" John hissed as he stood and waited for the bald vampire to attack him. 

John's bloodshot eyes never left the creature as he tightened his sword grip. 

And, 

At the same time, John started to count in his mind, 'Five, four, three, two, one—'

Suddenly, a silver light appeared from behind him with incredible speed, heading toward the bald vampire. 

When the silver light engulfed the bald vampire's body, it instantly transformed into a thousand silver ropes, tying his body from his feet to his shoulders. 

The bald vampire couldn't move, even when he tried hard to free himself from the silver rope.

John didn't wait for this opportunity to slip away. He dashed with his speed toward the bald vampire and swung his swords. 

Slice! 

The bald vampire's head severed from his body, and he fell to the ground with his eyes still wide open as if looking angry at him. 

Everything happened in a couple of seconds, shocking the golden-haired vampire.

"NOOO—" a scream echoed when the golden-haired vampire witnessed his friend lying motionless on the ground. "How dare you! I will kill you now—" 

John looked at the vampire who was raging towards him with a look of disdain. He ignored him; instead, John glanced at Lee Han, who was now shocked, looking in his direction. The female vampires also screamed in sorrow, looking at their companion die. 

'Lee Han, thank you for the help...'

If not for Lee Han, who sent the magic silver rope to the bald vampire, he would not have had a chance to slice his head. 

He continued his words after a mouthful of blood escaped his lips, 'But, this time, I thought... I will not withstand this attack. Please, send my sorry to my lovely general!' 

Even though John could easily slice off the vampire's head, the creature could attack back with its bloody poison through splashes of its blood that landed on John's injured hand. Now, he felt like his body was burning like a thousand bonfires, eating him from the inside.

A gloomy smile appeared on John's lips as he felt all his muscles turn into tofu. With his sword stuck in the ground, he held himself to not fall on the ground. 

John's teary eyes stared at the golden-haired vampire attacking him with his killing intent, now only a few steps from him. 

'How ashamed! I die in this place, in this bloodsucker's hand! Fuck my life...' John whispered, then slowly closed his eyes.

However, after a while, John closed his eyes. He didn't feel anything. He just sensed his surroundings go silent. There was no sound he could hear. He felt suspicious.

"Huh!? Am I dead? Damn!! If I knew dying wasn't as painful as this and as smooth as this, I wouldn't have felt afraid," John chuckled while slowly opening his eyes.

"What the hell—" John's jaw dropped when he saw a female figure standing a few steps before him, her back facing him. Just by looking at her back, John knew who that person was.

"G-General Zo-Zoey—" John's voice trembled, tears spilling from his eyes. He felt so happy that Zoey had finally arrived. And her time couldn't be more perfect.