Princess & Cyberserk

Draco's Vampire Castle

"Why are you so insolent and stupid?" Dan couldn't look at the clone calmly. The jerk was being careless and stupid again. "Why are you singing songs from our former lives in this world? How did the Sailor Moon spell come into your head? This is nonsense!"

"Orcs have too primitive poetry and have crude melodies," Tom excused himself. He scratched his chin and smiled. "And you've always liked Princess Sailor Moon. She's cute."

"i***t! You're doing the wrong thing for all the people who will get into this world after us! Tom, you and I are the ones who aren't afraid of anything and we don't care about the wrath of vampires and the rest of the ancient nations. Vampires will remember your words. Now, these young bloodsuckers are telling stories about orcs wielding strange spells. That's good. We wanted to cause a commotion. The more vampires leave the castle, the easier it will be for us. We'll find the treasury and deal with the guards. But vampires know how to search, and they're good at remembering important moments. One day they will meet a man who will explain to them that the Moon Prism is the spell of a heroine from the planet Earth. And people will be blamed for our crimes. That's not good," Dan finished.

"Oops. I didn't think it was that serious," Tom realized he didn't care about the other players at all. He didn't care about the other players from Earth. If these guys get a hard time it's a good thing. Struggle makes you stronger. Either way, the vampires of this world will blame Dan Raven and his advisor clone Tom of the Abyss for everything. "Frankly, I don't care what difficulties the rest of the humans face. I only care about your well-being."

Dan shook his head. He knew that the clone had no sense of solidarity with the other players at all. To the phantom, all players were only tools for profit and development.

"Okay, you did well anyway. Now the entire inhabitants of Draco Castle have rushed out to find the two brazen orcs. We insulted their children and showed a few dishonest tricks. Orcs shouldn't know the skills of vampire warriors. I purposely applied the Cut of Kornelius and the vampires' magic colored my attack. They will seek out the traitor who began to teach the orcs. They will run through Night Hill and ask questions. Let's go and meet Draco Castle. Don't you think the vampire Dracula has something to do with this lineage?"

"All vampires have strange names. Dracula means descendant of dragons. I don't think dragons do bloodsucking. It's kind of insignificant for such great creatures." Tom laughed.

After their bold provocation, the friends became more cautious. Now they walked quickly toward the ancient vampire castle. According to the gnomes' information, this particular clan had stolen the drawing. Grograb even gave the man a detailed plan of the rooms in the castle. The problem was that the vampires possessed strange magic that could detect a living being with blood in it. 

Tom immediately made all the vampires nervous. They didn't understand his nature. Dan under every mask bore the mark of Koreima. And it was an unpleasant mark. The young man didn't want his girlfriend to have any trouble. On the other hand, it's fun if the vampires have a little fight with each other. But Dan respected his girlfriend's intelligence, and he was afraid that the sly beauty would figure out who was responsible for the outrage at Night Hill. Tom was not at all worried about that. He said at once that Algrin would, in any case, infer their involvement in anything unexpected and impertinent. The clone was sure that this quest would be a great test for Algrin and Koreima. The girls will quickly figure out that Dan and Tom are the only ones to blame for all the unexpected stuff. Now people will find out just how strong their girlfriends' loyalty is.

Dan quickly made the Phantom skill activation. After defeating a group of young vampires, the friends had a lot of game experience. And they had too many skills that required development. Magic skills had lost their perfection, but with the ring of My Precious, Dan could achieve a powerful effect from control spells.

The young man quickly raised the level of Wound Healing and Healing spells. Slowing and Speeding also gained their share of the dueling experience.

Now the friends did not seek to take advantage of the disturbance among the vampires. They both applied the invisibility skill and hurried to the castle of Draco's clan. 

The vampires of that clan had long ago stolen a valuable drawing from the gnomes. In this world, all nations had grievances against each other. In ancient times, elves and vampires, supported by gnomes and orcs, attacked the cities of their enemies. Since those times, the main castle of important clans became an impregnable fortress to withstand a sudden attack. But quietly breaking into any castle was possible. It required audacity and the use of ordinary skills for sabotage.

The friends could not see each other. But Dan wasn't worried about the clone. In any case, destroying the phantom could not bring problems to the player. Tom had applied the Coward's Mask skill and was now disguised as one of the vampires of Grossroads City.

Dan Raven wasn't worried and calmly waited for the right moment to infiltrate the castle. It turned out to be easy. Vampires were constantly passing through the gates of the large building. In the Night Hill, the search unfolded for traces of the two deranged orcs who had defied the children of the Night.

The player was able to walk cautiously past the castle guards. Several vampires stood at the entrance and acted as decorative guards. The vampires watched the entrance but did so inattentively. For the most part, the guards were constantly talking to acquaintances from other clans. 

The inside of the castle was to Dan's liking. Draco's castle had many places to hide. Light came into the castle through small windows. There were few inhabitants in the corridors. Everyone had enough important things to do and assignments to complete.

Stairs led up and down from the great hall. Dan took the stairs that led to the underground part of the castle. Draco's family treasury was in the dungeon. The young man was surprised that there were no special guards. But then he thought that vampires do not wage war and are willing to rely on the power of their magic and traps.

It came as a surprise to the young swordsman that the underground rooms of the castle were not inferior to the upper part. He descended a wide staircase and passed large rooms. Some of the rooms served as housing and practicing for vampires. In some of the rooms, Dan saw vampire warriors and mages practicing their skills.

The young man was on his way to a place called the Council Hall. The gnomes had long ago learned that important trophies were kept without much supervision. For the vampires, the drawing and other trophies had value as an opportunity to show their influence. The vampires had done many daring and bold adventures and had managed to anger and humiliate many lineages in this world. They proudly admired such trophies and did not hide them in safe vaults. Dan did not understand this moment. In this world as in the city of Grossroads, there were banks! And each bank enjoyed independence as an organization. Each bank could hold its valuables. No master of secrecy or espionage risked damaging the bank's reputation. Vampires used the banks and had a supply of resources and gold in them. But many of the artifacts were precisely the spoils of a peculiar hunt for other nations' valuables.

Grograb warned at once that the return of the ancient blueprint would be the reason why the vampires of Draco's clan would begin to hunt humans. And it would bring discomfort to most of the inhabitants of the Community. But the daring mission would not cause much disturbance. Dan concluded that this daring adventure was like a sporting contest! Every year daring individuals from different nations set up provocations and sought to disrupt the peaceful course of affairs among the nations.

Cautiously and slowly the young man descended the stairs and found the necessary place.

It was a very large room that evoked sincere respect for the ancient clan. The young man thought that the total area was as large as a gymnasium with a basketball court. In the center of the room, there was a large table and chairs for important persons. There were no guards in this room. Dan walked along the wall and saw many magnificent artifacts. These artifacts were arranged in special recesses. There was lightly falling on things and the young man could safely examine and appreciate the many epic items. Dan quickly found the drawing he needed.

[Body salvation. Drawing features. Level 7 - Epic. Requirements: Master, level 1. Property: gives the item the ability to restore health.]

The young man looked at the item and did not understand what the trap was. He understood that it does not matter how many artifacts you steal. Even if you touch just one trophy of vampires you will provoke the wrath of an important family. But Dan was embarrassed by such strange carelessness on the part of the children of the Night. Perhaps it was a demonstration of the vampires' audacity and impudence. 

The player stopped to think about all sorts of weirdness. He quickly wrote a message to the group's chat room.

"Found the drawing. Waiting for you on the spot."

He took a coin out of his inventory and placed it on the floor. After a few seconds, the coin disappeared and reappeared on the floor. Dan realized that Tom was standing nearby in invisibility. They could not communicate by voice when this powerful cloaking skill was in effect.

But ancient and powerful cloaking spells were all nations! Dan and Tom saw no enemies or guards. But they feared strong specialist vampires were watching over the order nearby.

"Take the drawing. I am ready for battle," the clone wrote.

Dan Raven quickly took the drawing and hid it in his inventory. Now the task before them was to leave the castle. Unfortunately, no movement skills worked inside the important rooms. The player could not place a tag to teleport inside the bank or the temple. Everyone could move to a regular hotel or another convenient place in the city. The problem was that it was impossible to activate the relocation spell is particularly important places.

"I'm confused. Let's look at the rest of the artifacts. Maybe we'll see something very valuable," Dan suggested.

"You insolent and stupid man. Do you want to cause trouble for humanity? It's too early for us to acquire powerful enemies," Tom instantly responded.

"Let's take a close look at the values. These vampires dare to call for their robbery. They have no respect for the nimble adventurers of other nations."

"I don't like it. But no one has forbidden us to look at the exhibits," the clone confessed.

The two friends began to examine with interest the valuables of Draco's ancient clan.