8 years

Going down the step to the under ground cell with professor Layla whom he hated for no reason ran down with him,the academy was currently out of professors most of them had gone on mission due to unexpected events that had been caused by vampires and beast's but Ryan knew the truth it was probably planned for this event.

When they had reached the under ground cell Layla turned around to Ryan with a cold glare saying "do not hold me back if you cannot handle anything just go hide somewhere" she said sounding brave but Ryan didn't have time for this as he ran forward looking around him "where was Ian being held" Ryan asked her impatiently,the confused Layla asked angrily what has that got to d-"before she was interrupted "shut up, shut up, shut up all you do is keep blabbing your mouth like a fool just because you are a professor at a young age does not mean you have any authority for God's sake just tell me where the fuck he was kept"Ryan said shouting at her, what Ryan said was true Ryan was 12 years old while Layla was around 15 years old this was because of her magical abilities she was beyond some professor's level even due to this the school treated her specially which she enjoyed and eventually joined them tho it was a great achievement to Ryan it was nothing to brag about.

"y-you how dare you"she said looking at Ryan madly but Ryan didn't even have the time to listen to her blabbing so he ran around the underground cell looking for Ian and Peter he walked around until he saw them both going up the steps they had seen him but had continued running through he followed but when he reached the surface he was stopped by a masked person.

Seeing this Ryan was enraged as he attempted to pass through but was stopped not wasting any time he used wind storm to attack but was easily cleared by the enemy 'this one is not going to be as easy' he thought "hello Ryan, hope you can spar with me a little" the masked person said, Ryan knew this voice very well but he himself didn't want to believe the fact of who this voice belonged to.

Coming forward the masked person came straight at Ryan with an elemental sword which was wind Ryan made his own but it was not wind it was an ice blade, clashing swords together they were forced to back off as they turned in opposite directions moving back a little Ryan said "ice blades" as blades of ice moved towards the masked as he stabbed the wind sword in the ground "wind barrier rebound" as the attack that was made by Ryan was sent back to him Ryan was shocked by this as he tried to get away but he could not as he had been injured by his own blades, clashing at each other more and more they fought extremely well that everything around them was in pieces ad Ryan's body was covered by scratches he was injured while they was no such thing on the masked.

The masked started laughing maniacally as he said "wow this is the king they are supposed to have hahahaha so weak I wonder if vampires are all weak" he said in the masked opinion Ryan had used everything he had at hand to play and had tried his best to stop Ryan from using the ring storage, but what he hadn't known was that Ryan hadn't even used his vampire powers not to talk of the ring he had just used his physical ability and had limited himself when fighting.

Getting impatient and angry at how cocky the masked was, Ryan then ran towards the masked as he was really fast grabbing the head of the masked he smashed it in the ground, packing a punch he hit the mask with his right hand asked it passed through easily hitting the masked.

"Max!.... so it really was you huh too bad I have to kill you" he said holding up Max's head he pushed his hand through his stomach easily as he removed it letting Max's body fall to the floor but something was wrong and he knew it as Max's body seemed to be standing one of his eyes were pure white while the other remained normal.

"huh I did not really expect you to make me do this how did you get so strong wow you really have me suprised" Max said as he starts showing a different aura.

Ryan was just tired right now as he had fought for a long time thinking the fight had been over he was really happy but as Max had just shown of this aura he knew he had no chance of winning but he couldn't give up with his pride as the past vampire king he could not just back down from a fight.

Ryan had been set and ready running forward he had his elemental ice sword he slashed at Max but max didn't even do anything as he stood in place no damage could be seen but Ryan hadn't given up yet going out in the open he ran of course Max thought he was running but after going far away from the building he stopped "The whales of the deep ocean strengthen me for your tear's may be my weapon to slaughter the enemy before me" casting this spell used most of Ryan's power and he never intended to use it on Max.

Water like needles starts falling from the sky as this attack was not only meant for Max but he had another thing in mind "elemental combination,ice swords" moving his arms he directed it all at Max he was stabbed by a lot of them this indeed injured Max.

"Without the royal blood I would be crap" he said looking up at Ryan "well since my cover had been blown no need in hiding anymore the royals sent me to tell you this,you have only just 8 year's Ryan stay alive" Max said as blood was still dripping from he was really injured but hearing about the royal blood and the Royals caught more of his attention 'so they know huh maybe I will just have to be careful from now on.

Knowing that Max had the royal blood he knew that he could not be killed but he still took the privileged of taking off his head as the body of Max immediately disintegrated Ryan was exhausted he fell to the floor tired looking up at the sky.

The upperclassmen that were supposed to key them safe were all hidden expect from one of them who Ryan himself didn't think he could handle but he didn't have the time to think about all this things as finding Ian and Peter was his priority trying to stand up he used his ice blade limping little by little he fell but was caught by someone but he had blacked out before he could see the face of the person.

In another place Max could be seen as he had a smile one his face in the shadows two men then appeared "had enough fun" the leader said walking towards Max stabbing him in the stomach Max's face was serious at this moment as he knew this man could kill him at any moment.

"why did you disobey my orders" the leader said,"I got carried away when fighting I didn't Know he could break the mask" Max said looking at the leader just thank your stars that he didn't use everything he had unless you would be more than injured.

"well I really did like the way everything played out now he will be wary of who he chooses to be his comrades" the leader removing his arm from Max's stomach before wiping it off with a white towel "now we just have to wait 8 years to see the outcome of how he would be like with the people he knew being killed I doubt he could stay sane anymore."

'well Ryan guess I'll have to wait 8 years to see you again' Max thought.