Leonidas gave John a light chuckle. *cough, cough* "And how are we going to escape? I am already good as dead.".
John then smiled, "But I have a plan."
Leonidas then became a little angry. "Don't be stupid, boy; if I weren't present, you would have died; you were scared for your dear life... Tell me, how are you going to kill the troll and move the boulder afterwards? Accept your fate boy; we are just delaying the inevitable. "Leonidas then closed his eyes.
John then felt discouraged for a moment before he remembered something. He searched through his storage ring for the item that could help improve their situation. "Hey grandpa, what about this?"
Leonidas then slowly opened his eye and saw that John was holding a vial in his hand. "Uhmm, an antidote; where did you get it?"
John had a gleeful smile on his face. "Well, after the werewolf incident, I went to Porto and asked him for an antidote in case I ever came across a werewolf again, and now my forward thinking has come in handy... Here, take the antidote, grandpa, and get us outta here."
Leonidas then smiled lightly "hehehe, unfortunately that antidote is only going to work for a low-level werewolf and unfortunately not for an alpha werewolf's venom…you really think a normal werewolf venom can stop me that easily"
Suddenly, Leonidas body began to spasm, and a huge surge of pain enveloped his body. "Aaaahhhh" Leonidas couldn't help himself from screaming. John began to panic: "What is wrong grandpa? what can I do?"
Blood began to leak out of Leonidas's ears, eyes, and mouth. He was in extreme pain; his eyes started to glow red, and his fangs began to extend. Black veins appeared on his neck. "It fucking hurts!" Leonidas yelled out in pain. John quickly decided to take off his coat and cover his grandpa's body. After an hour of twisting and turning, Leonidas fell unconscious. "Damn, is a werewolf's bite that effective?" John said this while scratching his cheek. He then looked around the area, and he saw that there was a huge cloth that covered something. He went closer and removed the cloth.
"Lucky"
Another hour went by, and Leonidas slowly opened his eyes. He heard a crackling sound. He turned his head and saw John sitting near a bonfire and poking the fire with a long wooden stick in his hand.
*Cough, cough*
John quickly left what he was doing and went to his grandfather. "Hey, grandpa, are you alright? Here, drink some blood." John then retrieved a bottle of blood that he had in his storage ring; he gave some to Leonidas, but he quickly spat it out. "My body is rejecting the blood."
"Oh" John then slowly put the bottle of blood back into his storage ring and returned, sitting near the bonfire. He then decided to ask his grandfather a question: "Grandpa, what happened to Decker's daughter? What did you do?".
Leonidas was silent for a moment "Why do you want to know; it won't change the fact that we are going to perish in here".
"I want to at least know why he hates you so much, I could see the anger and pain in his eyes, I am here because of you, I have the right to know"
Leonidas went silent for a moment and let out a sigh "well it is not a long story"
"Tell me"
"It was many years ago; I cannot remember exactly how long. It was daytime, and I was visiting a friend from a long time ago. We were sitting and chatting about the good old days until we saw dark clouds coming out of nowhere. He told me that this is the result of dark magic and that we must find the origins and stop it before it can cause a great catastrophe. We decided to split up and look for the source of the dark magic. I managed to find a small wooden house in the woods, and sensing the energy coming from deep inside the house caused shivers to creep up my spine."
Leonidas then paused for a few seconds. "I knew that I couldn't wait for my friend to arrive, and I decided to act quickly. When I opened the door, a great deal of dark magic and energy enveloped me. As one of the strongest vampires at that time, it had been a long time since I felt that much fear. I saw a girl standing in the middle of the room, holding a book."
John then interjected "I guess the girl was Decker's daughter"
Leonidas nodded his head. "Correct, and the book she was holding was no ordinary book; it's as if the book were alive; it had eyes that looked at me, staring into the depths of my soul. I started to move closer when the girl spoke, but it was not her own voice that spoke to me.
"What did she say grandpa?" John asked
"It said, Stay away, creature of the night. I ignored it. I tried to take the book from her hands when she suddenly screamed, and a huge force blasted the house into bits. I would also have been blown away if I were an ordinary vampire. I managed to snap the book from her hands, but the book began to scream, and a huge portal started to form behind her. I looked at the little girl, and her eyes and teeth were black as coal. She spoke again, but this time it sounded like multiple deep voices; she was possessed by demons."
John then freaked out, "Wait, what? Are you telling me that demons exist?
Leonidas continued with the story. "Black liquid leaked out of her eye sockets, and she started to speak in another language. I did not know what she was doing, but it did not take me long to realize what she, or, should I say, the demons inside of her, were doing. Creatures from the other side tried to come through the portal; however, my friend managed to find us, and he sent the creature back into the portal. Further, he then told me to kill the girl, and I did not hesitate; I pierced her heart, but it did not have an effect."
John then said, "What do you mean, grandpa, with no effect?"
Leonidas sigh "She laughed"
John was confused. "She laughed?" while tilting his head.
"Yes, the demons inside her laughed; she screamed, but there was no sound. I felt something powerful coming towards me, and I decided to block the attack with my hands. My friend yelled out to dodge, but it was too late; both my arms were blown into bits. My arms regenerated, and I burned her with one of my fire techniques. The demon screamed, and my friend used the chance to seal the portal. Then something happened: a huge demon came through the portal with black skin, grabbed the girl, and spoke to her in their demon language. I could see the fear in the girl's eyes, and the demon bit her head off and returned with her to the portal. We manage to seal the portal before anything else can come through it. After that incident, I sensed someone was watching us and found out it was the girl's father, Decker. Furthermore, I acted like I didn't see him, and we left with the book. We later discovered that this book could bring someone back from the dead, but it came with a cost. We discovered that Decker's wife died, and we assumed that he wanted to bring her back to life at some point. The little girl most likely found the book by accident while he was gone, and she became possessed."
John was shocked. "Damn, he probably saw his daughter get eaten by the demon, and now he blames you for what happened."
Leonidas nodded his head. "Afraid so."
"Damn, then how did you meet him?"
Leonidas coughed, "Many, many years later, he came to me as a businessman, and out of pity, I decided to work with him. It never crossed my mind that he would betray me like this; I should have killed him back then, but this is life.".
"Thank you, grandpa, for telling me the story." John then went and picked up more wood and threw it in the bonfire. Leonidas looked at John's back, and he closed his eyes for a minute before opening them. "John, there is something else I want to say."
"What is it, grandpa?"
Leonidas sighed "That time when you and the maid were hunted by the wolf in the forest… I could have saved you… but to tell you the truth, I was hoping for you to die"
John then became angry "What?"
"The first time you came to my castle, I wanted to kill you, but your father saved you. I was disappointed in my daughter for breeding with a werewolf. To this day, I don't know how this is possible, I…"
John was confused and angry. He thought about the struggle and stress he went through in the forest and why his grandfather tried to kill him. Further, being born a hybrid is not his fault, he thought, and he stood up and walked to where his grandfather was sitting."
Leonidas looked up at John and saw the anger in his eyes. "Are you going to beat up a dying old man?"
John gazed down on him and said, "Yes, Fuck you." John then kicked Leonidas in the stomach and punched him in the face repeatedly.
Leonidas was in extreme pain "You little fucker, I will kill you"
John then opened Leonidas's legs and said, "This is for me." John then kicked Leonidas in his balls and said, "This is for Elena," and after that, John kicked Leonidas again and again in his family jewels. Leonidas screamed in agony, "Stop, please."
John was angry. "You don't abandon your family, you piece of sh*t." John kicked Leonidas until he passed out from the pain.
John retrieved a dagger from his storage ring and, with great difficulty, proceeded to cut open his wrist and pour his blood inside his grandfather's mouth. John then took out the antidote and poured the liquid into Leonidas's mouth. He knew this would have no effect, but he wanted to use the antidote as an excuse when his grandfather recovered and he used it to wash down the blood that was still lingering in Leonidas's mouth.
He then took out a white piece of cloth and wiped the blood from Leonidas's mouth and made sure there were no evidence of him using his blood.
John clenched his fist "We have to get outta here".