*3 hours later*
After 3 hours of constant battle,they stopped fighting but i was hoping that my dad had won the battle and comes back home safely... at least not until we heard a voice downstairs.
"listen to me,family of marquis carrick,come out now and we won't kill your dear husband and father."
the man said in a threatening tone of voice.
"NOOO,DAAAAAADDD".
I started running downstairs to check if dad was okay.
"wait,Arnold".
of course,mom and the others followed me.When i opened the door,I saw soldiers of the empire and the one who seemed to be their leader that threatened us.
"WHERE IS MY FATHER".
I yelled at the man and then he smiles,he then beckoned his soldiers to bring my dad over.When I saw my dad's state,8 couldn't help but get angry and sad at the same time.
"GGGRRRRRRRR".
I growled as I ran towards the man and when I tried to punch him,he holds my hand and then kicked me away.He started to laugh and then said.
"to think that the house of carrick fell so far down.how can you be the son and successor to the house when you're this weak.i pity your father for giving birth to such an incompetent son".
he then said something to one of the soldiers and then they came with two girls my age.one of them have similar features with the leader, having black hair and emerald green eyes,her facial features can only be described as beautiful.the second girl looked like a captive, tattered clothes,silver hair and red eye,she was cute, but the captive I knew too well.
"N-no... I-it can't be... ilina".
the captive's name was ilina tarliniov,my best friend in the territory,now she was being held by those people.
"LET HER GOOOOOOOOO".
I screamed as I stood up and ran towards them, only to be stop by the other girl with a punch to the stomach,making me cough out blood".
"daddy,can I kill him?".
the girl turns towards the leader and asked him.
'so, she's his daughter,huh... no wonder she's this strong'.
"No amanda, unfortunately we must keep him alive according to the emperor's orders,but one casualty won't hurt,so I'm going to kill his father".
he said those words while smiling heartily at his daughter.
"N-no... please...don't".
I tried to beg but I couldn't speak well from the unimaginable pain in my mid section.
"I'll just suck him dry!!".
he then proceeds to hold my father up by his head and then opens his mouth,to unveil two fangs in the upper row of his teeth.
'no way,a vampire'.
all I could do was watch as he sucked the blood from my father's body and then he lets go,in which my father then crumbled to the ground.
tears started falling uncontrollably from my eyes as i slowly crawled towards him.
"N-no dad....wake up, please wake up".
I called for my dad but he was on the ground not even responding to my calls.i got to him and sat down, brought his head to my lap and then tried shaking him.
"Dad, it's me,Arnold*sniff*wake up dad*sniff* DAD NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO".
I screamed to the sky as my dad didn't wake up.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, WHAT A TOUCHING MOMENT. Now let me declare this,I, Raphael Roseland,king of the vampires hereby declares this territory as ?ine and now under the rules of the empire".
with those words,he,his daughter and his soldiers all started to leave while cheering with joy.
"GGGRR... RAPHAEL ROSELAND, I SWEAR ON THIS DAY THAT I, ARNOLD CARRICK THE EIGHTEENTH WILL GET STRONGER,I WHEN I DO I'M GOING TO TAKE BACK MY TERRITORY,I AM GOING TO TAKE BACK MY FRIEND AND I'LL MOST DEFINITELY KILL YOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU".
I bellowed as I continued crying
he then laughs and says.
"HAHAHAHAHA,I would love to see you try but are you sure you won't be dead by then".
leaving those words,he left along with his daughter.
'father,I promise,I am going to avenge your death,just you wait Roseland'.
I made a promise in my heart.
.......
*7 years later*
.......
"HAAAAAAAA".
I woke up after having that nightmare.
'huh,my head hurts'.
*knock knock*
"come in" I responded to the person that knocked on my room door.
" big brother big brother mom said you should come down and eat breakfast"
the one who enter was the 10-years old Solomon.
"okay okay give me a few minutes". I said as I patted his head which he squints his eye in satisfaction.
*a few minutes later*
I went downstairs and then greeted everyone.
"good morning".
the first to answer was mom.
"good morning dear,did you sleep well last night?"
the second was Alice.
"probably hard a wet dream,if I'm not mistaking".
I swear, this girl.the last one was Karen.
good morning,big bro, don't mind Alice she's just jealous we only like to play with you".
"hey". Alice says, somewhat hurt by the words.
"okay everyone time to eat".
mom says as she brought the food.we had a nice breakfast,after that,mom got ready to go to work.
"Alice, take care of Karen and Solomon while me and Arnold go to work,okay?".
"okay,mom".
my mom works at a tavern near the adventurer's guild while I work for the guild itself.
"big bro,be safe".
"don't do anything reckless okay".
"big brother, promise you will come home safe".
Karen,Alice and Solomon told me as I wore my adventuring gear.
"I promise I'll come home safe okay,now be good kids and wait for big brother to come back,then we can play lots".
I said while patting the head of the two children.
""yeah"".
they said in unison, excited about playing with me.what can I say, seeing them like this makes me happy.
"okay,see ya later". I said as I rushed out.i heard them screaming goodbye and I wave at them will running towards the guild.
'with this new mission I will take one step towards my goal'.
I said in my mind.this is the beginning,the start of my uprising.