Chapter 6: Chapter 6 – Ambush

Frank and Lenny entered the alleyway and noticed Alfred was nowhere to be found, Lenny was only 10 meters behind him so he was baffled at the discovery.

The alleyway was narrow and had an ‘L’ shape where there was a pile of rubbish at the turn, after the turn, there was a dead end. Alfred was crouched behind the pile, completely hidden due to his tiny frame.

Lenny was the first to walk forward, “there’s no point in standing still we’re already here, and maybe he went past that turn?” He asked Frank.

“I’m not so sure Lenny, something fishy is going on here. Why did the kid just disappear? And why can’t we see his mother yet?” Frank replied skeptically.

“Hmm, you’re right about that. Let’s just go have a peek at that turn and we’ll head right back. Grown men like us can’t be spooked by a scrawny kid, can we?” Lenny questioned Frank playing at his ego, He was blinded by the potential prize and didn’t want to leave without his bounty.

Frank didn’t want to leave empty-handed himself so he obliged, their desperation made them leave their station at the same time instead of leaving behind one person to guard.

They walked together side by side and approached the rubbish pile, Frank wielded his ax as he was still feeling uneasy. Alfred was crouched behind the pile and could hear their footsteps, he gripped his knife tightly.

Lenny was closer to Alfred than Frank, his guard was down and he was looking straight ahead. As soon as the brothers took their first step past the pile, Alfred launched from his crouched position using Accelerate and lunged at Lenny.

He used Accelerate without shouting out the incantation. Alfred was shocked because he didn’t know it was possible, but there was no time to think about it at that moment.

[Vampiric Mode Enabled: All Stats X 2]

His eyes turned red and his muscles bulged, veins spread across his neck like a spider web as immense power ran through his blood. Alfred’s Hair grew a couple of inches and he felt amazing, it was as if he was intoxicated.

Lenny noticed a shadow in his peripheral vision moving towards him rapidly, by the time he had turned towards the threat there was a knife plunged into his left kidney.

“ARGHH!” Lenny screamed in a shrill voice.

Alfred pulled back the knife with a twist and was preparing for another attack when he noticed a large ax descending on his position.

He jumped back as the ax fell to the ground.

Lenny’s blood flowed endlessly from the gaping wound Alfred had just created. His lower garments were drenched in blood, he looked towards Alfred in fear and shock.

“What the f*** is that!” Lenny screamed at Frank while pointing to Alfred, he had never seen a Vampire before.

“I don’t know! I told you something was fishy! Don’t worry brother I got this, everything is going to be fine.” Frank replied reassuringly, however, he knew deep down Lenny was already a goner. His main priority was to make it out of this alive.

Frank had never seen a Vampire either, although he had heard stories he thought they couldn’t make it into the city so he couldn’t make that connection.

Lenny collapsed on the floor as he grimaced in pain, tears started to form in his eyes. His whole life flashed before his eyes as regret filled his heart. He was angry at himself for not being able to even draw his weapon before a fatal wound.

Meanwhile Alfred and Frank stared at each other from 10 meters apart, they were both trying to gauge each other’s strength. Alfred’s red eyes reflected the dim light in the alleyway and made him look menacing. Frank was intimidated by his presence, the intoxication added to his fear making him tremble slightly.

Alfred made the first move, he was racing against time. He couldn’t get lost in his strength, Alfred had to finish the fight before his Shakti ran out.

Frank was startled at Alfred’s speed, all he saw was a blurry figure dashing towards him. He put his ax up before his chest and braced for impact. His fighting instincts had kicked in however, he was not sober enough for battle.

Alfred feinted a slash and reverse roundhouse kicked Frank towards his chest. Frank was able to block due to his initial reaction but was sent flying off his feet and crashed towards the right wall. He slid down and landed on his buttocks.

“Why is it so strong? What is that creature?” Lenny saw the entire altercation and was exasperated. He was in a crouched position, still bleeding profusely as he griped the skin surrounding the wound with both his hands. It was a pointless action, it only brought comfort to him.

Frank got up to his feet and kept his eyes on Alfred, He was dumbfounded by that recent attack.             He understood that this wasn’t an opponent he could take on so he tried to find a way to escape. His eyes darted left and right as he looked for an opening, his entire vision was fuzzy and he felt extremely dizzy.

Alfred knew he was running out of time, his Shakti was already at 14SP down from 20SP. If he didn’t finish the fight quickly it could have alerted bystanders and complicated things for him.

He had hired world-renowned fighters to train him in many Martial Arts during his past life, it was his only hobby outside academics. He was the most proficient in Muay Thai and Mixed Martial Arts.

Alfred sidestepped towards Frank before feinting a jab and kicking him on his inner left thigh using Accelerate, the quickened kick landed and Frank’s knees buckled as he fell forward onto his knees.

‘How could he be so fast?’ Frank thought as he tried to defend but was left powerless. He could barely follow the attacks with his eyes.

Alfred quickly bent his knees and uppercut Frank as he fell.

Frank’s head jerked back violently and left his neck exposed, he was stunned and couldn’t react at all to any of Alfred’s attacks.

Alfred saw his opportunity and slashed Frank’s neck as soon as it was exposed using Accelerate. Blood splattered against his face as Frank made gurgling noises. Almost his entire neck was decapitated from the attack.

Frank was on his knees, he fell back with his legs bent as life left his body, it was a ghastly scene.

Alfred licked the blood on his lips and looked toward Lenny who was taking his last breaths, Lenny’s eyes quivered when he made eye contact with Alfred. To him Alfred was the grim reaper, He cursed himself for his libido before life faded from his eyes.

[Vampire Mode Disabled.

Shakti: 8SP]

[Rank F Blood Detected.

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Would The User Like To Drain The Victim?

Yes/No]

‘Yes.’ Alfred replied instinctively, he had started to get familiar with the process.

All the blood left at the crime scene rushed towards Alfred and entered his mouth, to his surprise his stomach wasn’t bloated at all. There wasn’t a single drop that escaped from Alfred’s consumption, it became evident to him that the blood wasn’t going through his digestive system, it had turned into raw energy before being assimilated.

[Strength + 2, Vitality + 2, XP + 20]

[Level Up, All Stats + 1]

[Downloading Blood Memories: 13%]

As the familiar notifications popped up in Alfred’s view, a question came to his mind.

‘AILA what are the requirements to activate Blood Drain?’ He asked with a puzzled expression.

[The Victims Needs To Be Deceased And The User Needs To Be In Contact With The Blood.]

‘Ok, that’s pretty clear. I must have made contact with Lenny’s Blood for the system to have acknowledged it and started downloading both sets of memories.’

[Downloading Blood Memories: 78%]

The download Increased at a rapid pace, ‘as I drain more blood the system seems to find it easier to download the blood memories.’ Alfred pondered to himself.

[Download Complete.]

Alfred felt the routine pain after the blood memories were downloaded and instantaneously a flood of information entered his mind. There were two sets of memories, both of the previous year. Alfred decided to check his stats first before sorting through them.

‘Stats’ he called out to AILA.

[Name: Alfred

Species: Dhampir  

Level: 4 (XP: 0/40XP) 

Health: 36HP 

Mana: 20MP 

Shakti: 25SP

Strength: 13 

Agility: 8 

Speed: 8

Defense: 8 

Vitality: 13

Charm: 8]

‘I’m progressing nicely!’ Alfred said to himself smugly. His Mana and Shakti went back to full levels as he leveled up. However, he noticed he was losing 4MP every time he cast accelerate and 1SP every second. That would be helpful information for his next fight.

He turned his attention back to his newly acquired memories, the first set of memories Alfred decided to focus on was Lenny’s. Through it, He was able to find out that Lenny and Frank were brothers with the surname Jackbottom. Lenny was the older of the two and usually led Frank around, he was the brains of the pair although this incident proved otherwise.

Lenny and Frank were the most trusted guards of Boss G, They were also the strongest and had impeccable teamwork. Although Ratlid had magic, due to his intellect Boss G didn’t regard him as a trusted confidant. He was also weaker than the brothers when it came to battle.

Alfred realized how lucky he was to defeat them when he saw how well they worked together in battle through the memories. If he had given them the chance, although he might have been able to escape, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to beat them. The fact that they were intoxicated also worked in his favor.

This made him feel uneasy about Boss G’s true strength, if he was able to keep these two in check then he must be stronger than them. He remembered how they refrained from indulging in the whores out of fear of Boss G.

The most valuable information Alfred got from the memories was Boss G’s network and how it ran, He planned to take it over and become the new slum king.

He also learned some ax moves from Frank’s memories but he was more adept with the sword than Lenny so he found his combat skills to be useless.

Alfred loved to practice with a katana at the Dojo he built in his suite, he always got the best teachers to instruct him in any Martial Arts he had learned.

‘Time to cut off the head of the snake!’ Alfred proclaimed to himself with a newfound vigor.

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