Inside the Special Containent Car, Paul and Elizabeth are still locked in together, unable to corner one another for good. Now desperate, the General pulls the pin on one of his Flashbangs. Since he’s wearing a Combat Helmet with inbuilt Ear Defenders, he took the risk.

The flash blinds the Saint and him, but knowing that she’s right up in front of him, he unholsters his revolver and fires a shot, sending her flying to the wall.

“F-finally… Jesus, gimme a sec. That tired me out.”

“Not yet!” She stands up, thrusting her sword at him which he dodges at the tight space of the railcar. He once again shoots at her but she teleports and looking left and right, he looks up and sees her dropping down on the Sarcophagus that was sealed in a protective steel case.

“WAIT!”

Paul realizes they weren’t after the Boosters, if they were, they would’ve just sabotaged the plant. He kicks the stand of the Vampire Queen's resting place, making it fall face flat into the floor and Elizabeth misses. She teleports once again, this time attacking him. In return, he holsters his revolver and gets his Glock 19 out. Shooting the shining helmet of the woman as she approaches.

Just as she was about to finally slash the Knight General, a hail of bullets came flying at her from the top. A Blackhawk’s door gunner opened fire on her with his door mounted M134 Minigun. Finally down, he walks right up at her, turning her around and pointing his gun at her face. He uses his free hand to yank her helmet out, revealing her beautiful face with her blue eyes and blonde hair.

“Tell me. What are you planning.” He draws his Glock closer at her face, his finger twitching on the trigger.

“Take me to dinner first.” She kicks him, throwing him at the back of the railcar. The door gunner opens fire once again, riddling the floor with bullets but she has already teleported. Paul looks up once again, and sees she isn’t there.

Back at the rear of the train, the Countess is chasing after the stranger. He was stopped when he met Sir Anthony, struggling against Bahamut. The two were now trapped between extremely powerful foes.

“Ah! Augustus!”

“Mister Anthony! I can see you having a grand time there!”

“Not gonna lie, I’d rather fight a hot Vampire than this!” Bahamut once again lets out a breath, “EEEEK! I NEED HELP! HELP!”

“Later! Still busy with Princess Beauty here!” Dodging Alana’s attacks, he goes inside one of the tanks. Closing its hatch.

“Fool.” The Countess pries the Commander’s hatch. As she opens it, she’s met with a hand, piercing straight into her pretty face and it drags out her entire spinal cord. The Vampire, now mortally wounded, plops down, healing very fast. The man just sighs, knowing it's useless. Instead, he turns into a crimson red dragon, breathing violet fire into Bahamut who uses the upper part of her head as cover. He then grabs the Elf, diving into the canyon.

The Sun was slowly rising and the rain was getting lighter and lighter. Back in the front, Paul who was spamming Healing Potions and drinking anything that’s still left in his inventory gets ambushed by Samantha. The alluring Vampire pins him down while Elizabeth takes care of the Blackhawk, using her Swords Divine power to shoot it down. Not accepting his fate, he teleports but the Vampire was fast, quickly getting to his position even before he could fully appear.

Bahamut, whose head was steaming from the fire breath dives, knowing full well who that Dragon God is.

Back at the front, Paul chooses to teleport a bit far, behind the Sword Saint who immediately turns around to face him.

“Are you insane?! That thing will kill us all!”

“That’s the plan.”

“You scheming… so you want to use a literal inhuman being to… to kill us?! AN ANCESTRAL VAMPIRE?! Do you have any fucking idea how dangerous she is?! She can literally end the world!”

“Yes, you may not know it. But the future, it shows a lot, and most of it shows you and your people ending this world.”

“Like Hell! It’s not like we wanted to be teleported here in the first place! Can’t you see that we’re trying to get back home?!”

“If only you and your kind kept your hands to yourselves. Remember the Corrupted Mana core? Did you know that if that exploded, it would’ve made ten kilometers of land unusable, actually it transforms the land into that of the underworld.”

“I can see. But why didn’t you just tell us?!”

“Your leaders are way too busy scheming and talking amongst themselves, not even realizing the destruction factor of the things they lay down. The unimaginable death you’ll perform in the near future will bring this world to its knees. Didn’t you know? The reason why the Heroes were able to stop the previous world ending disasters was due to the blessing given to them to see the future. Paul, you may not know it. But your leaders, those children and amateurs playing God will bring upon the greatest amount of suffering and death to this land ever since the first Demon Lord.”

“Well fuck! It's not like I wanted this! None of us wanted this! We want to go home! If that’s the future then work with us to avoid it!”

“I am, hence why I am here. It’ll all lead to where it all started. Where you’ll meet your end at either my hands or your very own.”

Suddenly, the protective case that was around the Sarcophagus comes flying out of the first car. The two dodge it and Paul realizes what just happened.

“YOU’LL KILL US ALL YOU CRAZY THOT STREAMER!”

“You seriously believed those rumors?”

“I mean… I saw it in an article. Looked pretty legit.”

She charges at him once again, as she runs towards him, the train turns right, it reveals a massive battle between two Dragon Gods in the Canyon, firing off lasers at one another and leveling entire sections of the mountains and parting the seas as Alana fends off Sir Anthony on the top of Bahamut.

“Tsk.” She tries to slash him once again, he dodges and fires his M16A4. Unloading everything he has on her, seeing the straight line the train was approaching, she lets him empty his mag. Paul ejects it and just as he was about to reload, Elizabeth uses her shield to rattle the railcar. She casts High Level Electric Magic, the large amount of stored energy makes contact with the metal roof of the car. Combusting the contact point, the heavy boxcar flies five feet above the air from the explosion, sending Paul off the blown right side.

He manages to grip its handles, breathing a sigh of relief to not be falling into the absolute death show happening down below the canyon. Elizabeth wanting to awaken the Vampire Queen leaves him be. Thinking, the General sees the Boxcar behind one of the rocket boosters has labels saying “Military Equipment, Do Not Delay!” He let go of the handles, quickly teleporting to its side and kicked the lever to open the Boxcar’s door, going inside and it was full of Gun Cases for M60E4s with 7.62 NATO boxes around it.

“Well well well. Happy Birthday to me.”

He takes one of the cases, opens it and reveals a pristine long barrel M60 meant to be mounted on vehicles. He then slings the boxes to his hip, taking some extra belts by linking it around his chest like rambo. He teleports to the roof of the Supply car and sees that the special containment car barely has any walls left from their fighting.

Teleporting once again, he sees the mummified body of an extremely beautiful woman wearing a Crown full of Jewelry and wearing a Purple Gothic dress and Samantha with Elizabeth, preparing to give blood to the Queen. He immediately starts hip firing his M60E4.

The two were getting riddled with bullets, Samantha though with her Vampiric regeneration jumps at him, continually tanking the 7.62 as bits and pieces of her body are shot out. He once again pins him down but he teleports, Elizabeth on the other hand hastily removes her gloves and using a Knife, she cuts her palm. The blood dripped down onto the mouth of the sleeping ancient Vampire Queen.

Back on the roof of the boxcar behind the special containment one, a fiery Longsword comes flying at Samantha who was hell bent on killing Paul. It goes right into her chest, critically wounding her. As she falls down, Elizabeth is ambushed by one of the Generals, kicking her out of the open sides, making her fall down.

Alana on the other hand feels a great disturbance, one that even sent shivers down her spine as she battled the Elf, successfully wounding him to a critical degree.

“No… it can’t be…”

The Countess lets go of Anthony whom she was about to feed to Bahamut. The two Dragon Gods on the other hand felt the sudden shift in Mana, all flowing towards the first car. They in unison disengage to head to the main point of action and meet the new enemy. A tower of blood forms on the Special Containment Unit, engulfing the entire car.

“If anyone hears me right now, I need all the back up we can.” His help was futile, Paul knows it's already too late.

The Engineer was astonished by the pillar of blood behind his locomotives, realizing that the Ancient One had just awakened.

“Dispatch! Containment failed! We need everyone and everything!”

“Affirmative, we’re having troubles with Insurgencies right now but we’ll try our best to route to you anything that we can!”

Paul and the other Generals on the other hand look in disbelief as the blood slowly disappears. He runs to the first boxcar with his machine gun, a shockwave sends him to his back.

Slowly, a woman appears. Darbed in a beautiful ornate purple Gothic Dress, her pale white skin was that of a dead person. Her long Blonde hair exceeds her feet and her Crown was magnificent. Her Emerald eyes immediately turn at Paul who was materializing his Eldritch Armor.

Her beauty was beyond that of words, thin and curvy, she could make any creature fall for her without even saying a single word. Alana could see the Queen has awakened, she immediately teleports behind Paul, ignoring the wounded Samantha who was taken by Augustus and Elizabeth.

The Vampire Queen was standing on top of a pile of solidified blood. She then looks at Alana, whose hands were on the General's shoulder. She smirks at the sight and lets out a maniacal laugh.

“Yep, that’s Evil alright.” was all Paul could think as the two other Generals who just finished securing the rocket boosters and killed the remaining intruders make a deep sigh. Knowing full well their worst dreams has come to life.

Remnants of the defense force for the train started running to the front where they could visibly see the Vampire Queen, the two generals of the Men of the Woods don their Armor while they order their men to stand behind the first five cars. The General who kicked Elizabeth out of the first car ran to the locomotive, while the other one stood next to Paul. Facing Miss Bartley were three Veteran Dark World VR players and a Purebred Vampire. Curious, she steps foot on the roof of the boxcar, forcing them to back off to the third one while the other one cautiously follows her from behind.

“Where are your manners? The Queen has returned. The magnificent and almighty Queen Elizabeth Marie Bartley has awakened from her sleep!” Her voice wasn’t only alluring but also had immense authority. She has the accent of a caring Mother with a tone of a murderer. To their surprise Alana kneels and bows her head.

“Welcome back Queen of Blood, the one with an unquenchable first.”

“Oh my, Oh my, why haven’t you three followed?”

The three Knights point their swords at her, Paul stepping up.

“I don’t kneel before any man or beast.”

The Train violently turns, rattling and tilting the boxcars. The Eldritch Knight looks at his compatriots, in a combat stance and ready to fight.

“So, I know your Divine, I’m Eldritch. What about you?”

“Me? I’m an Adventuring Knight.”

“Explains the Silver armor.”

“At least I can use a wide variety of Holy and Evil spells.”

“I guess. But be careful, this one’s an Event Level Boss.”

“She can have a hundred breakbars for all I care, I’ll still take fifty with me before I go down.”

The three Knights with their ornate swords started casting spells and even used weapon arts, preparing to fight the Vampire Queen. One of the Generals comments.

“You know, this isn’t any different from that Fulldive Dive VR game.”

“Yea, just that we’re now in an unknown world and people actually die and everything is real real.”

“I guess, and this would be better if we had a few thousand players with us. Event Bosses need entire guilds.”

“Looks like three of us will have to be worth those thousands.”

The Queen then takes a step closer to them, her immense power is overwhelming. Visibility emanating from her. She had such elegance and majestic aura, one could not even say she’s an Evil being but a beautiful angel that has descended upon the planet.

“Alana, don’t kneel for anyone. Stand up.” Paul commented as the Queen got closer and closer.

“I’d love to follow that order. But as one of the first ever Vampires, she has absolute authority over us.”

The Queen then looks at the Purebred kneeling before her, completely ignoring the three Generals ready to cut her open. She seductively bends down, showing her thigh and long slender legs. Leaning into Alana’s ear.

“Tell me, why do you have a defiant heart? Is it because of the mortals' influence?”

“No, but I’ve been bested by one. And through the traditions, I heeded my service to my new master.”

“Then, I shall free you from the crutches of these lowlives.”

“No need ma’am, I have found myself a home better than the family manor.”

“Ehhhh… naughty women like you need some personal time with me. Later we shall converse in my palace.”

The surviving soldiers started distributing extra mags to one another, clocking their guns and readying themselves for one of the most dangerous being to ever walk that planet. She slowly raises her chest, with Alana visibility trying to defy her authority.

Paul immediately sheaths his sword and picks up the M60E4 machine gun; he empties the entire box of a hundred rounds of 7.62. She was confused at the weapon, but after seeing it couldn’t even wrinkle her dress, she merely laughed at the bullets hitting her and with otherworldly speed she immediately closed the gap between them. The two generals between the Eldritch Knight did sense her, but their swing was way too slow for her. A single swipe of the Queen’s claws, his arm is severed. Completely slicing through the armor clean.

He didn’t even notice it till he couldn’t feel the trigger of the machine gun. Looking down, he sees his arm with the M60 on the roof of the boxcar. With such a wound open, blood started gushing out like an open faucet. After cutting the Eldritch Knights arm, the Queen returns to her original position. Smelling and licking the blood on her right hand.

“Ahhhhh… AHHHHHH! HUMAN BLOOD! DELIGHTFUL! SWEET! TASTY!”

“You disgusting abomination!” The two generals of the Men of the Wood started casting spells. Using their enchanted swords, they try to level the playing ground. One of the soldiers with an M4A1 and an M203 40mm grenade launcher underbarrel attachment runs closer and hits her with an High Explosive Dual Purpose grenade. Still in her trance of tasting more blood, the explosion caught her off guard, sending her flying to the Special Containment Car; there the two generals rushed at her while Paul grabbed his severed arm, traumatized and screaming from the top of his voice.

Bahamut on the other hand uses her smell to go ahead of the train and warn Techno City of the impending enemy coming upon them.

Hearing the man's painful wails, Alana’s adrenaline goes up. Slowly, she’s able to defy the Queen's authority as she crawls her way to the panicking man. Behind her, the two generals are giving Miss Bartley a run for her money, though she’s faster. She’s severely overwhelmed by the two Veteran players that were constantly on her tail. Using his Divine Spells, the Men of the Woods General thought of using his armor as a weapon. He touches his own armor, and imbues it with Holy Energy, overloading the Divine Knight armor he’s wearing. The General spits a bit of blood as this drains his Mana greatly.

In the heat of the moment, he leaves an opening for the Queen to strike him which she did, it mortally wounds him but the contact overloads the armor, creating an explosion which sends her to the roof of the seventh locomotive. One of the Engineers pops out of the cabin door with a shotgun loaded with high explosive rounds, blasting the Queen and dazing her when the Adventuring Knight uses himself to tackle the Vampire. She teleports and now with a smirk, she materializes a Rapier. The Silver Armored Knight parries her as the Divine one tries to get her through the opened side. To their shock, she was capable of fighting them both with one hand.

Back on the boxcar, the surviving soldiers drag Alana to Paul, she instructs him to put his arm back in its place for her to heal. Following her orders, he takes a deep sigh as the light rain hits his open wound. The soldiers then charge forward even more, trying to get another chance to disorient the powerful ancient being.

“HEAL!” After her scream, his severed arm snaps back into place. After a few seconds, he stands up and starts casting a crap ton of Buffs. He helps Alana get into a comfortable posture, the Eldritch Knight opens a portal brimming with dark miasma on the Roof of the Boxcar. Kneeling down to grab a Dark Zweihandler made out of the same metal of his armor. Its blade was thinner than that of a strand of hair, and with the weightless property of the metal used to make it, he could wield it like a plastic knife.

On the outer perimeter walls of Techno City, Bahamut lands. The soldiers guarding it panic at the sight of the giant armored Dragon God. Using her telepathy, she speaks to the people around the walls.

“Thou hath cometh to warn thee. A beast of calamity approaches your gleaming land!”

A minute later upon hearing this, an Officer runs up to the gate, exiting and going to the outer perimeter in sheer panic and visibly trembling with his eyes shaking from the thought.

“Has the Vampire Queen in any shape or form at least been damaged?!”

“Nay.”

“Ok. Ok. Ok. Ok.” He quickly raises his radio.

“Hogday to Phoenix and Stork, strike package is cleared. If you reach the one mile zone, you’re cleared to derail the train and do everything you have to stop it. THE VAMPIRE QUEEN HAS AWAKENED! BE PREPARED TO LAY EVERYTHING AGAIN AND AGAIN!”

Two AH-64D Apaches and Three UH-60M Blackhawks flying the logo of the Men of the Woods take off from an Embassy, planning on intercepting the train and stopping the Ancient Queen at all cost. The Officer then looks at Bahamut.

“Can you stay here? The train will be derailing directly North of this Perimeter. As you can see, we have thousands of innocent people inside these walls, both players and natives. Please stay if you can. You must be the final last defense,”

“Thou shall stay. If the pretty Bloodsucker fails, then I shall bare my own fangs into that thirsty beast.”

The giant Dragon’s feet cause small Earthquakes as it moves to guard the railway entrance gate.

Back at the train, he looks straight at the close quarter battle, after casting so many spells, he could basically see even the Queens movement. Running on adrenaline and pure anger, he holds his longsword like a spear and after seeing the right moment hurls it at the Vampire, it goes straight into her thin, curvy chest. The speed of the sword was so immense that it stopped when her skin hit the handle guard.

Now disoriented, with the help of the two generals, he jumps in. Now, three heavily buffed Veteran players are going against her with everything they got. Slowly, the Queen felt the overwhelming motivation of the three to kill her. She tightens her grip on her Rapier and proceeds to cast Ancient Spells. As if the Stage Two of a Boss Fight started, the players renewed their stances.

“What now? She just won’t lay down and die!” The Divine Knight commented.

“Eldritch Knight, what did you use to defeat that Purebred?” The Silver armored Knight opens his palm, trying to make Paul talk faster.

“One of my Special Divine Three-Five-Seven rounds. Melted from a Saint’s Longsword.”

“Can’t you use it again?”

“I only have Five shots left, and I need to materialize it.”

“Do it. We’ll pin her down and fire that bullet straight into her fucking heart and hope to God it kills her or at least defeat her!”

“Alright, let’s try this!”

He materializes his Python revolver, quickly rejecting the normal rounds and loading in the Divine ones.

“Ready?”

“As the day I was born.”

The three knights retreat to the wider roof of the boxcar where the Queen with a laugh attacks them, even with a sword embedded in her chest, she parries and the trio without any problem at all. The soldiers pick up the trembling Alana, still trying to defy the Queen's authority, they put her down on one of the special cars carrying the rocket booster. Safe from the combat happening above them. The scenery suddenly changes as the train finishes its crossing of the mountainous valley with a canyon fall. Now going through a dense forest with hundred meter tall trees.

Helicopters with the logo of the Men of the Wood arrive, the Pilots of the Three Blackhawks and two Apaches see the otherworldly fight happening on the second car.

“Phoenix to Hogday, permission to open fire on the train over.” The Apache pilot bravely descends and flies closer to the train. Watching the Gothic Vampire Queen battle three Knights effortlessly.

“Hogday to Phoenix, negative. But have Spork deploy the MARSOC teams and help in the defence of the rocket boosters, over.”

“Affirmative. You hear it Spork, do the deed.”

The Blackhawk helicopters then descend, the tips of their rotors just inches from clipping the trees. The train was still going at a steady 90 Mph when the special forces dropped the rope, going into the 10th car and running up and down the alternating trail of boxcar and rocket booster. Back at the second car, the three Knights finally manage to pin the Vampire Queen via Flashbang. She unknowingly ignored the ear blistering device, being not used to modern weaponry, the three Knights quickly teleported in and out. The Divine and Silver Knight drive their sword at her chest and neck into the roof of the car as Paul quickly pulls out his revolver and fires the Divine bullet straight into her heart.

She suddenly stopped moving and Alana quickly appeared behind them, spooking the three.

“I-is it over?” The Divine Knight was panting like he ran a ten mile marathon.

“No, but you did defeat her.” The Countess then drives her claws into her chest, rummaging around it.

“Man, what’re those? K Cups? L Cups?” The trio then laugh at the Silver Knights joke.

“I need to rest.” Paul plops to the ground, with his Eldritch Armor punctured and battered beyond use, the other two's armor wasn’t as different, and they also drop dead. Tired from the fight, with blood slowly coming out of their nose, ears and mouth..

“Guess big boobs are the solution to you men.” Alana then rips out the beating Heart of the Vampire Queen.

“That’ll hinder her regeneration for a few minutes. Be prepared, If she still has energy to fight, believe me she’ll leave not one piece of you to suck or eat. She’ll be in serious mode.”

Though tired and collapsed on the wet roof of the boxcar, Paul lifts his hand to ask a question as he tries to collect more energy, the trio gave it their all but they haven’t even killed the woman.

“She...ate humans?”

“Rumor has it her Castle had a gigantic basement full of burly and muscled human Knights and Nobles for her to drink their blood, some say that if she likes a man hard enough, she takes them to her chambers and only for the said man's bones to return as a means to traumatize the Nobles.”

“Huh, a literal Maneater.” The Silver Knight looks around, seeing that no one caught onto his joke, he flops his head back down. Controlling his breath and also trying to gain energy to stand up and ready himself for another round.

The MARSOC team arrives and secures her. Putting her back into the Sarcophagus continually shot her head and one of the Train Engineers used the Welding machine inside the Special Containment Car to seal it, though her pretty face was still exposed, giving the soldiers the ability to take turns shooting her and preventing her from awakening. Though in Alana's hand, the Vampire Queen’s heart still beats even though it wasn’t connected to anything anymore.

After an hour, the train arrives at Techno city, the rain has finally stopped and the Sun is directly illuminating the Modern metropolis, the tall glass buildings sparkle, freshly wet from the weather. Though the Architecture is inspired by American ones, having very large roads and sidewalks, the cars present on the road were both Left Hand and Right Hand drive. Bahamut on the other hand smiles warmly as the train passes her by.

She secretly whispers to Paul “Good work M’Lord.”

Surviving Special Forces soldiers that were tasked to defend the train celebrate as thousands of players wave and cheer at them from the vintage styled overpass and railings. Confetti and snacks were being thrown at the roof of the battered and damaged freight train. One of the soldiers even removed his helmet and balaclava, the blood that splattered at him was slowly washed away as some of the citizens of Techno City pop open bottles of wine, pouring it on the bloody roofs of the boxcars and military vehicles. Tears of joy flow down his cheeks as he reaches his arms out, knowing he just walked away from the entire ordeal alive.

The city was vibrant and alive, with the colourful skies revealing itself, the beautiful mixture of differing colours of the buildings and cars creating a scenic image, making some of the soldiers shed a tear, reminding them of what they were fighting for. A way home, to their original world. To the one where they belong too. Even though they were in a Magical World that’s hostile and dangerous in every aspect, the Metropolis gives them a breather, a familiar place, with familiar clothes, vehicles and people.

The Special Freight Train slowly grinds to a halt at its designated siding, as 100 Ton Liebherr LTM 1080 Mobile Cranes with soldiers from a Logistics company slowly hoist the rocket boosters. The MARSOC team that Bahamut warned slid the Special Containment Car’s side doors open. Putting the Sarcophagus into a trolley and putting it inside an armored 40ft container van. The semi truck disappears into the city escorted by Bradley APCs and M-ATV MRAPs.

Back at the second boxcar, the three Knights are slowly lifted by Paramedics which load them into an Ambulance and are transported to the hospital. Their armor was still blowing steam from using an absurd amount of magic and the three of them were near death. One even went through a Prompt Critical condition briefly. One of the Paramedics noted that all three of them were suffering from severe blood loss and various broken limbs and bones. They quickly use healing magic to stabilize them as they’re taken to the Intensive Care Unit for further monitoring. Being a restricted area, the Vampire wasn’t allowed in until said so by the Doctors. The Queen's heart was stored in an icebox and put into storage, to be collected by the military later on.

Back at the railyard, the last Rocket Booster is loaded into a Fontaine Lowboy, the tri drive Peterbilt 389 hauls it to the rocket launch site two miles behind the city where three Delta IVs are being assembled. All of them had payloads of Satellites which the Modern Guilds would use to finally have Global connectivity and have the ability to launch Intercontinental Missiles. There, a Scientist wearing a “I WANT TO BELIEVE” T-shirt is overseeing the operation.

“If the Weather is good tomorrow, we’ll continue with the scheduled launch.”

“Finally, huh, world wide connection.”

“If the numbers we crunched are correct, yes. Though I do feel like we gave the folks with missiles a new way to wage war.”

“That would indeed be problematic, but at the same time, they’re not pointing it at one another.”

“I just hope they never do. The potential is still there.”

Another Scientist barges in, the cute bob haired girl disturbs the two. The extremely well decorated General looks down on the teenage woman.

“Spit it out child!”

“We confirm that the Vampire Queen is still alive.”

“Then call the Colonel and tell him to prepare the Flamethrowers.”

The young woman proceeds to the hallway and to the first floor, tapping the shoulder of the Radio Operator standing guard on the Reception Area of the Launch Site. After hearing the order, he picks up the longwave radio’s mic and reports the orders. The Colonel inside a warehouse on Techno City’s Industrial Area orders the Engineers to prepare to torch the Sarcophagus.

Back at the Hospital, the respawned players visit the three generals. Giving them their thanks and saluting them while the ones that survived thanked the players who died before them, stating that they fought well to the bitter end.

Resting in his comfy hospital bed, Alana tends to the injured Knight General. The curses the Vampire Queen was extremely powerful, forcing the Doctors to wait a day till they’re gonna use high level healing magic once again as even they got drained of Mana from performing so much powerful healing. For a brief moment, Paul awakened. The man felt nothing but pain and wanted to off himself to stop the feeling.

“I feel… like utter shit.”

“Then stop talking and keep resting.”

Bahamut, who had just finished eating a Peach flew to the bed, digging herself into the blanket and crawling to the injured man's chest where she curled up and started sleeping.

“Oy Dragon, the man is injured.”

“It’s fine, she did a great job defending the military equipment on the train. Let her rest. Fuck, it HURRTTSS!”

“Hah… What's up with our group? Seemed like a Circus to some degree. Here.” The Vampire fixes his pillow and starts gently patting his head. His usually corporate hairstyle parted on the right was a mess.

“At least it's a Circus and not a Freak Show. AHAHAHA! ARRGHHH! THE PAIN!”

“How’re you still making jokes after fighting the most powerful Vampire next to the First King? Please, rest. If you only knew how many times me and Bahamut got heart attacks?! When the Doctors said you were tethering on the edge?!”

“Because we humans make jokes when we are stressed or tired. Right now, I have both and LOTS OF IT.”

“Haaah… You humans are truly something.”

“Yea, now if you want more Dad jokes, you can sit down next to my bed and hear me go.”

Within the next few hours, Paul is deep asleep. Resting like a log, murmuring about Board Meetings and Delivery Schedules as he snores. The room he was in is empty, the stool next to him where Alana was seated is gone and Bahamut who was resting on top of his chest is nowhere to be found.

At the hallway outside his room, a skeleton Black Ops soldier from the Knights of Eldwood is sent flying to the corner of the hallway, Alana with a strange woman in a full black Gothic dress prepares to fight.

“Remember, our Lord is in one of the rooms behind us. Do not go over the top, I know you're considered for his safety, but trust me. If you go all out, this entire city will be gone.”

“Shush bloodsucker. I know full well what I am capable of doing.”