Taming the Vampire

CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE

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"That guy stabbed the Supreme with my dagger, and the fragment of his blood was left on the blade. You know, the dried blood, making it the perfect recipe for my material," pagkukwento ni Paolo sa magandang bagay na nagawa ni Bernard bago siya namatay.

Isang sakripisyo kung ito ay kanyang tawagin.

"It was just that? But isn't it too impossible to happen?" Pilit na binigyan ni Logan ng atensyon ang sinabi ni Paolo.

"The Supreme getting stabbed? Are they kidding me?"

Dahil bago pa lang siya rito ay hindi niya alam ang buong kwento ng naganap na pagkidnap ni Aaron sa anak-anakan niyang si Axel. Wala rin siyang alam sa parte kung bakit at paano napuruhan ng isang ordinaryong bampira ang pinakamalakas na personahe ng kanilang lahi.

"Uh, I didn't say that the Supreme got defeated. It was just a lucky moment that he was not paying attention to Barnard." Dagdag ni Paolo sa nauna niyang paliwanag. May sasabihin pa sana siya nang mapansin ang bagot na tingin ng dalawa pa niyang mga bisita.

Pagod na ata sila sa pakikinig sa kwento ni Paolo na maraming beses na nilang narinig mula sa kanya.

"Well! So that's what happened, as a result I am able to create these magnificent tools from the material I made." Iniangat niya sa ere ang punyal na hawak niya na para bang isa itong estatwa ng diyos na sinasamba niya.

"Sinasabi mo ba na ang lahat ng mga nakahandusay na bampira rito ay nasawi dahil sa munting sandata na 'yan? Sigurado ka ba na hindi sila natutulog at naghihintay lang para mag-regenerate ang kanilang mga sugat?" Hamon ni Aaron sa siyentipiko.

Hindi naman sa kontra siya sa sinabi nito. Sadyang hindi niya lang maintindihan kung bakit kailangan ang dugo ng Supreme para maging posible ang pagka-sawi ng isang bampira.

"Aah~ Uh... Uhm," napaisip tuloy si Paolo kung paano ipapaliwanag sa tatlo ang mekanismo na nagbibigay ng pahintulot sa mga Lorenvetti na makontrol ang daloy ng dugo ng katawan ng mga bampira.

Saglit siyang nag-isip bago lumiwanag ang kanyang mga mata at sabik na suminghap.

"Ganito kasi 'yan," panimula niya. "Alam naman siguro ng lahat na ang mga Lorenvett–"

"Wait. Wait, wait, wait. Why are you suddenly speaking Tagalog?" angal ni Logan.

"Oh. So-Sorry, I thought you could understand."

"I do. But I would still prefer it if we converse in this language."

Tumikhim naman si Aaron nang marinig ang pag-iinarte ng binatilyo.

"Sige na, sige na. Magpaliwanag ka na, Paolo. We don't have the whole day."

"S-Sige– Uhm. Right. The Lorenvettis are the direct descendants of the original vampires. With their blood closely related to the unchained and unrestricted vulgar blood of those late ancestors, the chosen one, a.k.a the Supreme, will acquire those unrestrained abilities of the ancient vampires. It was said that the clan leader of the very first clan of vampires received that ability when he began to devour his own kind. It–"

"Basically, vampires are like the lions of ancient times. We sit above all kinds because of our strength, and even the first vampire threatened to devour other creatures if they dared to oppose him. With that wild blood running to the Lorenvetti today, they become the most powerful. They are like the main tree or the source from which it connects to its branches. We are merely branches while they are the core. They are allowed to see through our body because of the vampire blood itself. While us, all of us are nothing but a once mighty vampire degraded into a bunch of fictional characters that can only be heard of during Halloween and in horror stories weak humans created."