Maledictus Nobilitatem

Chapter 2: Transparent Darkness

"The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"- Lost Paradise

The trio arrived by an outstanding white brick wall that was obviously meant to keep unwanted guests out, it had a silver iron gate, that looked antique yet very potent. Which only created a curiosity within Malachi; what exactly is being protected. No sign of any form of life was evident from where the trio stood. This was Malachi's first time in this city called Ndalo, he had always desired to come to this city, his father always spoke about how it was full of life and that soon the Van Locke family was going to conquer it. He always prepared for that day seeing it from a distance but up close standing next to this outstanding wall and iron gate, he was more ecstatic to know what this city had to offer.

In the land of Sahyun there are two grand cities, each populated with human tribes. The first city is Goudstad; the city of gold. Even though it is primarily known as the city of gold, it is also rich in numerous minerals. This is the city where Malachi and his coven is from. All vampires from every rank live in this city but at the same time there are a few human tribes that dare reside in Goudstad, it has been said that some of the human tribes and wanderers have made a treaty with the vampires to cohabit in the city of gold, exchanging a taste of blood for a taste of power and mineral.

Then there's the Ndalo city, where nature thrives abundantly, hundreds of years ago the first humans chose this city as their home for their cultivation. This is a city of chaos there is always war within Ndalo because every tribe wants to protect it's own and have enough land for survival, the humans want to be surrounded by nature, even though most humans have lost the ability to cultivate like their forefathers, their cultivation is at a minimum level because half the sun has been eclipsed by powerful vampires.

The humans in Sahyun are constantly being attacked by vampires because their blood makes vampires euphoric,their blood is a drug to vampires, a drug that is on demand. Sahyun is a dog eat dog type of world, where only the fittest are worthy of survival.

"I'll use my pass so we can get through the gate." said Mel nervously, her hands were shaky as she took a metal pass out of her black backpack, she inhaled a deep breath to try calm her nerves down but it proved to be fruitless, she eyed Malachi who somehow through all this still managed to remain composed, and godly, he had a smirk on his face, a curious look in his eyes, his face always showed his feelings, it must have been a side effect of him not being able to control his emotions, he couldn't hide them either, so as dark as he was, he was very transparent.

"Just follow my lead. " She instructed to Mike and Malachi. Mike nodded with a look of uncertainty whilst Malachi still kept his attention on the antique gate. Mel began to walk closer to the gate and the other two followed right beside her. They reached the gate, and Mel put her pass inside a slot and an identification screen appeared, she pulled her pass out of the slot and touched the screen and pressed on it, then on the screen popped up a man who looked directly at her.

"Melissa, are you alright, you pressed The Code. What is going on"

"Y-yes Sir Chad, I'm with Mike, we're fine. We found a human in Goudstad, we need to help him, he was attacked by night creepers..."

And before she could finish, the gate began to open

"Get in Melissa, all three of you, go to security to get cleared" commanded sir Chad

They walked through the gate, where a group of armed men were waiting for them, all dressed in black. One man grabbed Malachi, whilst Mel and Mike were instructed to walk through a scan where they disappeared. Malachi began to get anxious, he had no idea what was going on he began to feel like an unwanted guest. He was led past a similar looking scanner that Mike and Mel went through, when he walked through he was put into a white small room and was forced to sit on a chair by the man who had grabbed him.