Chapter 189 Bloodbath (4)

"Young Prince, we should get going now." Camilla suggested while looking at Kai, "I have just received a report about an aberrant monster going berserk at the edge of the ghost town."

"Ah, then what are we waiting for? Let's get going. We can leave the ghouls for the rest of these... dogs," Kai stared at the werewolves from the corner of his eyes before Nico and he both began laughing.

Those arrogant brats had been making a joke about them the entire duration they had known each other. The werewolves had been ignoring them till now, but enough was enough.

They were completely aware that taking a step against the vampires on their own would not end up good for them. But as long as they could get a single punch in, they didn't care what happened to them afterwards.

However, what the werewolves failed to count for was Camilla. She was faster than them, and as a result, before the werewolves could reach either Kai or Nico, both of them were swiftly knocked out.

It all happened so quickly, that Kai was baffled. He could not believe those weak-ass punks would dare to charge toward him. Just the thought of dogs touching him, made his skin crawl and made him even angrier.

He rushed over to the fallen werewolves and began kicking them. Nico had to restrain him before Kai accidentally ended up killing them.

"Dude, relax!" He yelled into Kai's ears, "If you kill them, things might get messy!"

"I agree with Nico, prince," Camilla whispered into Kai's ears while stroking his hair, "soiling your feet in their blood isn't worth it."

"Then what do you want me to do? Let them go scot-free?" Kai asked in a somewhat calm voice.

"Accidents are unpredictable, your highness. It can happen to anyone at any time, especially in a place like the one we are in." Camilla said with a hint of a smile, "Rather than killing them here, let's just carry them over to where the aberrant beast is. We can use them to bait it and kill it after it kills them."

"That way... they'll die and no one would suspect us! Nice thinking Countess Camilla. I'll be sure to inform my uncle of the kindness you have shown to me over the months I have known you!" Kai's smile stretched from ear to ear.

"It has been an honour to serve you, your highness. That is enough of a reward for me." Camilla bowed before picking up the were mutts, "Let's get going now before the creature disappears."

As they hurried to the isolated edge of the town, Nico could feel something was off. He hadn't seen or heard anything to make him feel that way. But he had a sinking feeling in his gut that something was about to happen... he just couldn't point his finger at it.

Unlike him, Kai didn't have such a feeling as he proudly marched ahead of them. They kept walking and walking and after a while, even Kai could sense something was off. If a monster was around there, then why were things so calm?

It made no sense. Also, who were the people who informed Camilla about the presence of a monster? After all, judging from the map, the area they were in had not been assigned to any of the groups.

However, before he could voice those thoughts, a dozen or so people appeared out of nowhere and surrounded them. All of them had a mask covering their faces but judging by the aura around them, it was clear that they were vampires, just like them.

"What's going on here?" Kai immediately asked Camilla who dumped the unconscious bodies of the werewolves before answering him.

"An accident, your highness. Remember I said accidents can happen to anyone at any time? It can happen to you as well!"

"How dare you!" Kai screamed at the top of his lungs, "You think you'll not face any consequences for what you're doing? Wait till my uncle hears-"

"Oh, you can rest assured. Your uncle, the overlord, would definitely hear about your demise. But he wouldn't know who killed his precious nephew." Camilla smirked, "In the absence of evidence, he will believe whatever I tell him and... blaming it upon those werewolves seems like the right choice."

As she said that, all of the assassins surrounding them began laughing maniacally. Bringing twelve level 25 assassins to kill a couple of level 15 teenagers seemed like overkill, but Camilla did not want to take any chances anymore. As a result, she pulled all the stops this time.

"Do not worry, your highness, your death wouldn't be in vain! It would serve as the catalyst for the global domination of vampires! With your death, your kind would flourish! You will be remembered for generations to come. Isn't that what all of us want?"

"Keep your twisted fantasies to yourself, bitch!" kai spat out in disgust before getting into a battle stance.

"If you think we'll go down so easily, then you're mistaken!" Nico joined him and stood with his best friend and the one he had sworn to protect, "Forget about getting to the prince, you won't even be able to get past me-"

Nico knew they were outnumbered and outmatched in terms of skill. As a result, there wasn't much he could have done to protect Kai... other than make the assassins target him first in the hopes of making a long enough window for Kai to escape and find help.

Nico's plan succeeded. he had all of their attention to himself, but he could not open a window for Kai to escape...

In a flash, the world turned upside down in front of his eyes. He could see Kai was screaming something at him, but he couldn't hear what he was saying. A moment later, Nico saw his torso... but it felt as if he was seeing it with someone else's eyes.

He was confused but the following moment it all made sense as he touched the ground with a thud. His head was decapitated, and the things he saw in the last couple of moments, were the last thing he would ever see.

"NOOO!" Kai roared as he charged toward the Assassin who took the life of his only friend but was swiftly pulled back. However, it wasn't the assassins or Camilla who did that.

"Shit, that move was quick. I barely had the time to react myself." One of the werewolf academy students whom Camilla had knocked down before was standing in between the assassins and Kai, "I don't like the royal brat, but trying to kill him is a bit too much, don't you think?"