NABC Chapter 11 More Assassins? Really?
Chapter 11 More Assassins? Really?
The system informed me that the nexus points and their connecting tubes would eventually be used to channel and harness Vi, but the liquid life essence was the fuel the Vi would be created from. I wasn't in the Vi Condensation Stage yet. I was preparing for it.
After a few hours had passed, Victoria burst into the room and closed the door. "I talked to the Elder Ravenkin. He said he would look into the assassination attempts, but aside from giving you bodyguards, he had no ability to prevent vampire families from sending assassins after you."
"Why did you burst in here?" I said.
"I'm getting to that. He gave me some bodyguards to take to you, but assassins attacked us on the way here. The bodyguards were killed, and I made a run for it. I could've handled at least a few of them myself, but there were too many of them," she said.
"Is the door going to hold up? Couldn't they just break in here?" I said.
"They'd have to be very strong to do that. The doors and walls are reinforced against unwanted entry," she said.
"How many were there? We might be able to handle them if we work together," I said.
"About twenty," she said. "We might be able to handle them, sure. Or we could stay in here forever."
"Funny," I said. "Seriously, though. We should try to take them out."
I pulled the bolts out of my body as we walked. I watched the wounds heal right before my eyes. Well, vampiric regeneration worked, so that was a plus.
"Is there a place we can train?" I said. "I need to get stronger, fast. If the lead elder can't help us with the assassins, I just need to be stronger and preferably faster than them. And some more abilities would be nice."
"Well, the monster habitat system works down here too. I could throw some more monsters at you," Victoria said.
"That sounds good. I assume you only have unintelligent monsters at your disposal," I said.
"Yeah, the sects have a treaty where we aren't allowed to keep members of any of the sects prisoner. Trolls aren't included in that because they've never formed a sect. Probably don't have the organizational skills for it," Victoria said.
"Makes sense," I said, remembering my troll opponent wasn't the smartest creature I'd ever met. "This time I want you to throw another troll at me but I want a torch or something with fire. I have an idea."
Victoria led me to a large building in the corner of the complex. When we entered it, I saw that 80 percent of the room was monster habitat and 20 percent was outside of it.
I entered the airlock and walked through the other side. "Troll me," I said. I had a duffel bag full of molotov cocktails and a couple lighters. I brought a backup in case I dropped the first one.
Victoria opened her mouth like she was going to make a joke, but then she decided against it and just released the troll.