You Will Only Be Mine-Chapter 297: A server’s request
"Here, keep these with you," he said handing me some vials with red liquid in them. I didn’t need to analyze it because I had already tasted it before, and my eyes widened.
"Kazuki-sama, this is…" I looked at him and all he had was a reassuring smile. "But why give this to me?"
"Just in case you find Ai before me," he replied with the same smile he had. "Now can you please put this back where you got it from?"
I nodded my head and changed places to the laboratory where I picked up the locker. Placing it back, I looked around the very brightly lit white room filled with other such lockers with samples of blood from all sorts of people, humans and vampires alike. No matter the species, this place didn’t differentiate them at all. All of it is put in one room with each box labelled with the name of the owner of the samples. Before leaving for the mission, Kazuki-sama pulled me aside to bring some of his samples with me and I see why. It all made sense.
Though the person before me had the body of someone whom I respected and served under, I didn’t know the animal inside at all. It was hungry, ferocious, reckless, and attacking with no seeming plan in mind. It slashed and bit the air randomly hoping to get a hit on me but I will not repeat the same mistake. Had it been the one I served I wouldn’t have lasted so long but against this wild beast, it would have been harder to find a defenseless human in the night hours to prey upon.
The animal scurried at every last vial that I gave it and drank the contents all in one go. Just how much was she put through to be put into this state? Its mouth was covered in crimson red with eyes glowing looking at me as if I was its prey.
Unacceptable.
"Forgive me Ai-sama," I muttered and finally switched to the offense. I lunged at the animal and let it bite into my arm, though I could feel the pain, it was next to nothing. It ripped off my arm and I let it as I concentrated the wind in my left fist and hit the animal’s chest throwing it on the ground. A big gaping bent was evident where I punched but that should not be able to kill a vampire especially someone as special as her.
As expected, she stopped moving and I let out a sigh of relief. I stood next to her motionless body and before I knew it, the bent in her chest was back to its original shape. Half-bloods really are terrifying. She is only around the age of sixteen but her power to heal physical wounds easily surpasses that of a six-hundred-year-old noble.
"Now I wait for a bit," I said looking at the open door behind me. In the midst of this confrontation, I forgot to realize that Yuna-sama fled leaving the room open. I looked at the blood spilled on the ground and back at the door. "Oh no…"
I started hearing the footsteps of a hundred, no way more vampires rushing towards the room. The blood of Kazuki-sama has attracted them here. This is not good news. I looked at the unconscious body of Ai-sama and took a defensive stance.
"As a servant of Shiba Kazuki-sama…" I said and brought my palms together. The air around me started to concentrate around us and I looked in front as I saw multiple critters and novices jumped at me and I knew this would be difficult for me to take on. But I had no choice. I have already sworn my life to Kazuki-sama, if I cannot defend his loved ones then I am worthless. "…I, Tatara Shiba Akira will be your end."
I created a barrier pushing all the vampires behind. They all fell on their backs and more charged at me. Each and every single one attacking was pushing me to use more of my power. If I were to attack right now, I know I would not be able to defend Ai-sama and take them out at the same time. I have to think of something else.
So, I held on.
GROWL
Their shrieks were enough to burst one’s ear drums but it didn’t phase me. All they were just a bunch of little ants trying to make their way through. They had no coordination whatsoever. They just attacked wildly, just as how Ai-sama attacked before. To think I had witnessed her in such a state…it’s better that way. At least Kazuki-sama would not have to bear the pain of witnessing her like that.
"Ugh…" I bit my tongue and pushed my hands together more. Stopping them was going to take more than just this. Even if ants, their sheer number is still overwhelming. But giving up is not an option.
I took a step forward and pushed myself further toward them. Sadly, all I could do was push them back, their number was not lowering, on the contrary, it was only increasing. Just how many critters was Father breeding in this place? They were stronger than normal critters so that means that most of them were pure-blooded. There is no way he would have been preparing them for this moment, these were easily a few decades old. Then what was his plan?
"Ugh!" I grit my teeth as one bit into my arm. I lost my concentration for a moment. I lifted my arm up and bit into his head. My fangs dug past his skull and I threw him off of me. I cannot lose my concentration anymore.
These were not normal critters; they were far stronger than I expected and different too. That bite should not cause any pain to me, then why? Why did it hurt so much? I had no time to worry about that. I focused back fully on the barrier but it was harder to put up. I looked at my arm and something strange was happening. I could not heal. Why was that the case?
"Disgusting experiments," I muttered. "What is Father trying to do?"
I cannot just defend forever like this if this is how things will be going. I will be overrun by them in mere hours. I twisted my palm turning some of the wind in the barrier into sharp blades. I started cutting off their limbs and heads one by one. Though this was going to be a temporary solution. I slowed them down a little.
"I will not let you get past me!" I screamed and pushed my hands closer to strengthen the barrier. I was slowly getting closer to my limit. Looks like healing the wounds from Ai-sama and the blood I lost was going to be a big disadvantage to me. I have to do something about it.
I closed my eyes and started making the barrier bigger pushing the vampires back. I started to suck more air from the place around me and pull it into the barrier. If I do it well enough, I will be able to create a tiny vacuum in the room outside the barrier. But first.
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I stopped making the barrier and jumped back to get closer to Ai-sama. I extended my hand and closed the door behind the vampires. If I can temporarily stop them from entering, I can manage it better. Just in time, I put up the barrier again and started pulling all the air inside it. I could start feeling the pressure of the air squeezing my body from all directions. My skin started to get pushed inwards and my organs started to feel it too.
"Ai-sama," I looked back at her and realized what I was doing was going to affect her too. I directed some of the air from the barrier and formed one around her making the one I was in thinner.
As a result, the bloodthirsty monsters started pressing closer to me. It’s fine, this is what my purpose is. I continued pulling the air into my barrier and kept making it denser. Just a little more, I am there.
"ARGH!" I screamed as some of my organs started to be slowly crushing. The pain was excruciating but I can manage it. I looked in front of me and the critters started to bloat, from everywhere.
Just a little more.
My bones started to break.
Almost there.
I lost my footing but somehow put up the barrier.
"GROWL!!!" I let out a shriek and before I knew it, every single critter in the room exploded into nothing but a mush of blood and flesh. I quickly put down the barrier and let the air fill the room. I fell on my back and my eyes could not move. My skull had multiple cracks in it but somehow my brain was intact, as for my organs, they were quick on healing. This was it. I could eliminate these monsters this way.
A smile formed on my face but then I looked at my current state and the dread came over that this was only the first time I had to do this.
"Bring it on," I muttered and slowly stood up. My body was in a lot of pain but all my vital organs had healed. I put a barrier around Ai-sama and opened the door with the wind and more critters came rushing in. "Blew up into bits. You disgusting experiments.
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