"I don't understand. Just more power made you betray him? You say you made it to the 150th floor. What kind of power could you have been looking for?" Jas asked, and with that Vladimir's smiling face filled with sadness.
"I'm not a good man young man but it wasn't just power, I was a father too, I would have done anything to save my daughter, I would have betrayed even my closest friends for her if she was being held in an undisclosed location and as you know I did betray him."
By the ti Vladimir's words reached Jas' ears, Jas was on his feet.
"First I learnt of Desmond's existence, then I learnt that Juliet died before the war even started when betrayals happened, and now I know where the person who caused Juliet's death was. You betrayed her and Desmond...And what should I say? Why does the past continue to have more and more tree branches every ti I et soone?" Jas said, and with these words, Vladimir's expression changed once again.
"I can see everything in your eyes, young man. You are kind but cruel and you care about your family just as I do. However, I hope that if such a situation arises, that is, if you are in my situation, you will not make the sa mistake." Vladimir said.
With these words, Vladimir's hands turned into claws again, Jas thought that the test was over and so he dropped his guard, just as he was about to take a defensive position, sothing he never expected to happen.
"COUGHSHK!!!"
Vladimir suddenly opened a huge gash in his stomach with his claw and fell on his back.
Jas ran to Vladimir, not realising what had happened, and then shouted:
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, YOU IDIOT!!!"
This was the first ti Jas had ever insulted one of the people his bloodline considered 'family'. He was so shocked, so disbelieving, that these words managed to co out of his mouth.
"Kehkehkeh...So you can get mad," said Vladimir, speaking normally for his ripped-open stomach.
"Why? How could you do such a thing???" questioned Jas and then his attention was diverted to his surroundings.
"DAMN IT!!! WHY WOULD YOU EVEN DO THIS?!" he suddenly shouted, so distracted by the conversation, the things he had heard, that he completely forgot he was in a dungeon.
"Yes...You won't be able to get out of this dungeon unless I die, so I should kill myself while you can't hurt , and even if you won't get experience points, at least the dungeon will give you an item." Vladimir said, that even if he was breathing deeply, there was no limit to the joy in his eyes. It was as if he was pinning his hopes on Jas.
Jas was just about to cry when he was suddenly distracted from his sadness by the glint of the family heirloom ring on his finger.
"What's going on?" Vladimir asked. When he uttered that question, his whole body began to crumble into dust. While both Jas and Vladimir were trying to figure out what was going on, the glow of the ring faded and sothing white ca out of Vladimir's body and entered the ring.
"What the fuck?!" Jas said, and the spirits inside the ring and when he tried to feel it, he realised that there were now four spirits inside.
Jas knew that he was holding the lock open to let all the souls out, but Vladimir didn't seem to realise what was happening.
Both Vlad, Abby and Emily were stunned when he forced all the souls out of the ring.
Vladimir's soul was standing in front of everyone, and Vladimir himself seed to be the most surprised.
"How can it be? An item that can hold the soul? Where did you get it?" Vladimir suddenly asked, and Jas, hearing this, smiled and said, "This is our family heirloom, an item that can hold the soul of everyone who is family...".
When Jas said these words, Vladimir's eyes filled with tears, and it took a very short ti for tears to flow down his face.
"Pleased to et you, sir, my na is Vlad, and I'm Desmond's firstborn, it's an honour to et the one I'm nad after." the older Vlad said suddenly, and it seed to move the vampire lord even more.
"I'm Abby, the last child. Next to is Emily, Jas' aunt," the beautiful Abby said.
After these words, Vladimir waited for a few seconds without saying anything.
"Oh, Desmond...my dear friend. Did you na your daughter after my daughter? I'm so sorry, my friend, forgive ...." Vladimir said and with that everything beca clear.
Despite all the deaths, it seed that Desmond still loved Vladimir madly and cared for him just as much. Desmond loved him so much that Vladimir was chosen by the heirloom itself as soone who could enter the family heirloom.
"His war against you must be to bring you back to yourself, Vladimir. Indeed, fate works in strange ways. I know that Chaos does not control , which ans that every step I take, every breath I take, and every action I take is what brought here..." Jas said.
As the four spirits looked at him, he gently reached out to Vladimir took one of the spirit's hands and then said the following words:
"Welco back to your family my ancestor, please watch over so I don't make the sa mistakes you did."
As Jas spoke these words, Vladimir nodded as if he had co to his senses and then said, "I will do that, I will be there for you in the future when you face others as powerful as , so that you can live, so that you can protect your loved ones and fulfil your dreams."
Jas was about to thank him with honour when suddenly a system notification popped up in front of his eyes:
["Blessed's second test has been cleared to a level above perfect!
This is the item that drops with the death of Sun Vampire Vladimir: 'Sun Vampire's Core"]
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