Uzenio seemed to stiffen on the grass he was stuck sitting on, as he stared at Brimo with sharp claws. Halia's eyes also widened, and she slowly looked at Uzenio who was just staring in shock at Brimo, and there was still a trace of fear on his face.
"How are you, my favorite foe?" Uzenio slowly looked at the vampire who spoke as he remained stunned. The vampire smirked at Brimo as if he was tired of wanting to attack Brimo but he still chose to hold back and just smiled to annoy him, because he still didn't underestimate Brimo.
That's one of Uzenio's fright because it doesn't seem Brimo looked as he was just too dangerous. But the vampire seemed to know he was strong.
"You're not going to hurt anyone here, Torth," Brimo spoke harshly as if threatening the vampire.
Halia, on the other hand, kept her magical bow focused on the vampire. The vampire cracked his neck again, something that made Uzenio even more scared. He was so frightened that he recoiled from his stuck seating on again. He still wonders why Halia seems to know anything about what he saw on Brimo now.
“Stop being a hero, Brimo. They just that people who can't accept us," Torth reminded him the truth as he grinned. But his teeth up and down parted because of his fangs
“We must protect them against your race. Whether they accept us or not," Brimo insisted softly, but there was a hint of pissed-off in his voice.
Torth laughed and later he was calmed to look at Uzenio. Uzenio, on the other hand, tightened his grip on the grass as if gasping for air to breathe, because his heartbeat throbs erratically. His chest moved up and down so fast, and his sweat was still dripping down from his forehead.
"But why did you bring me a snack then, Brimo?" Torth's words were threatening and he stepped closer to Uzenio. Brimo immediately intercepted Uzenio and Uzenio did not know how to escape the situation.
"Don't hurt him!" Halia berated Torth and stepped closer to Uzenio while her arrow was pointed at Torth.
"My love," Torth whispered to Halia who made Brimo even more annoyed.
"Love the sharpness of my arrow, Vampire!" Halia said snappily and stared sharply at the vampire Torth.
"Don't claim what's not yours, Torth," Brimo smirked as if he was making him envious.
"H-Halia, let's get out of here," Uzenio said but no voice came out from his mouth.
"I'll get her soon, Brimo—"
"He's mine Torth," Brimo snapped at Torth's speech.
Torth stared at Halia and Brimo in amazement. Eventually, he laughed and looked straight at Brimo.
"Then I'll just claim the one with you." When Torth said that he acted quickly in a flash, Brimo followed him. Within a second, Torth was standing behind Uzenio and Brimo was standing in front of him.
Uzenio slowly looked up at Brimo and the vampire who were both standing near him. He saw Brimo holding the vampire by the neck.
Uzenio shouted and was horrified to see Brimo's gold-colored eyes. He just stared as he watched at them and Brimo's jaws clenched as he strangled the vampire.
"Do you think I'll let you hurt him?" Brimo hissed Torth in a whisper.
"You have to choose, then," Torth dared Brimo with a grin. "The woman you love or your friend?"
Because of what Torth said Uzenio slowly looked at Halia.
"H-Halia," Uzenio only whispered when he saw that a vampire was already holding Halia.
Even though Brimo didn't look back, he still knew that a vampire was already holding his girl. Torth suddenly pushed Brimo, and he quickly forced Uzenio to stand up and hugged him from behind.
Brimo didn't fall but he got away from Halia and Uzenio. He knelt on one knee on the grass as he looked at them.
Torth is already hugging Uzenio and a vampire is also holding Halia. Uzenio is currently crying because of fear and he is also worried about Halia.
"Brimo!" Halia whispered and Brimo looked at her.
"I'll save you," Brimo promised as he stood up calmly.
He boldly stepped closer to them.
"Now, prove to me that you are strong, Brimo." Torth challenged Brimo. He grinned, even more, to make Brimo even annoyed with him. "Your friend or your lover?"
"I'll assure you, I'll get them both alive," Brimo assured and looked at Uzenio who was already crying in fear.
"Save Uzenio, Brimo," Halia requested and then struggled from the vampire's arms. Brimo looked at her.
“N-no. You should choose to save  Halia's life," cried Uzenio who was looking at Brimo, and Brimo's eyes turned to him.
“I can handle myself, Brimo. Please, save Uzenio over me," Halia pleaded as she worried about Uzenio.
"If you love Halia, just save her!" Uzenio yelled and Torth laughed out loud.
Brimo's heart began to choose. Uzenio was his friend, but he loves Halia. Uzenio does not fight and Halia has only the strength of an arrow. But the vampire that captivates Halia is Torth’s seneschal or so-called right hand. That means he’s the second strongest to Torth.
And the one holding Uzenio is Torth. Torth is the prince of vampires. He can self-replicate up to three and his fangs have power. When Torth's fang bites a man, to make him a vampire as he gains an ability that Torth has. And that's what Brimo doesn't want to happen to Halia but he also doesn't want Uzenio to die especially since Torth is holding him.
"You seem to have a hard time of choosing, Brimo," Torth commented to him as he noticed him thinking about how to save the two people who were important to him.
“Uzenio is just a human, Brimo. He could not bear to fight— ”
"Even you, Halia!" Uzenio quickly interjected Halia. "You still don't have the ability—"
“No, Uzenio! I don't want you to be hurt!" Halia shouted and tried to remove the vampire's hand that was holding her neck.
"Why it seems like there is a competitor in your loved one, Brimo?" Torth teased him.
“I don’t have to explain anything to you Torth. Let go of him if you don't want me to use my true ability on you— "
"Are you threatening me Brimo?" Torth asked sarcastically to Brimo as he burst out of a laugh. "I know what you are—"
“You just know that I am the center of my lineage. But you don't know what a center of the lineage ability is," Brimo gritted his teeth as he spoke. "You may have forgotten, that I killed your twin— "
Brimo stopped speaking when Torth moved toward him in a flash and grabbed him by the neck. But that doesn't mean that Uzenio is free because there is a clone of his body was still clasping Uzenio.
"Do you think you can do that to me?" Torth said sarcastically to Brimo in an undertone way and gritted his teeth, especially since he remembered that Brimo had killed his brother.
But his mind still wonders how Brimo killed him. Because the truth is, he couldn’t believe that Brimo was able to kill his twin brother who was the strongest vampire of their race.
"I can do that to you, if you are going to hurt one of them," Brimo also hissed and glared at Torth.
In Torth's outrage, he lifted Brimo and threw him away. Halia, on the other hand, remained worried as she screamed. But Brimo fell to the ground remaining standing.
“I thought, I'm a loser here. Why does it seem, you are now afraid of what I said? Do you want to know what I can do, Torth? ” Brimo's wording was also annoying.
"Maybe you forgot what power my fangs have, Brimo," Torth also rebutted, and the replica of him holding Uzenio the one who spoke.
Both Halia and Uzenio were startled by what they saw with Torth. They did not expect that his clone body would also speak.
But Brimo smirked. “I know what can happen to my friend once you make him look like you. And I also know the bite of your fangs on werewolves is poison. But why aren't you surprised, when I still survived your from bites— "
"And I also survived your sharp claws," Torth clarified to Brimo.
"Because I didn't use my real power on you," Brimo also clarified the reason for Torth being stunned.
Brimo smirked at his reaction. Halia, on the other hand, remained to wonder. Even though she was very scared about Uzenio's life.
"What do you mean?" Torth said almost in a whisper.
Brimo just laughed. “You just don't know me Torth. Why don't you ask your king why he remained to follow quietly to my father's decisions? "
Torth tightened his grip on Uzenio out of annoyance.
"Don't challenge me Brimo," Torth's clone in front of him said.
Halia was alarmed when Uzenio shouted out of fear. "No!"
“I'm the one you don't dare, Torth. You don't know who you're collided with," Brimo asserted meaningfully.
But suddenly Torth rushed, in a flash, but Brimo moved immediately and his hands penetrated Torth's body. Torth knelt in front of him as his body smoked and soon turned to ashes.
But that doesn't mean that Torth is finally dead because one of his bodies is still holding Uzenio.
"B-Brimo," Halia only whispered in extreme fear.
Torth even released a self-replication and faced Brimo. But Brimo was just strong and he defeated him again. He released another replica again but that was not what he was dealing with.
In a flash, he rushed at a replica of Torth holding Uzenio and held him by the neck.
"Halia!" He shouted at Halia and Halia seemed to immediately understand his call inexplicably.
"Protect me!" Halia suddenly shouted and Torth's vampire seneschal flew from behind her.
Their eyes widened as the energy came out of Halia's arrow and it pushed a vampire.
Even Halia was shocked with extreme shock.
"Y-your bow ..." Torth whispered out of himself while staring at Halia's bow.
"Did you see that?" Brimo whispered teasingly to Torth and he simply grabbed Uzenio's arm and pulled him from Torth's arms.
Uzenio even looked at Brimo's long claws on his arm. Halia ran to Uzenio and hugged him to calm down.
“That’s what you don’t know yet, Torth. So if I were you, don't rush your decisions just to try me," Brimo threatened Torth. But suddenly a replica of Torth came up behind Brimo and strangled him as well.