Juan's eyes were fixated on Finn's hands. She found it hard to believe what she was staring at. A number of times she had thought that Finn was just putting up an act for reasons she was unsure of. But now, what she saw confirmed it all.
"He is a monster!!"Juan said in her mind with her eyes now moving back and forth from Finn's hand to his face. Eventually, her gaze was stuck on his face. Of all things, a smile was on his face. A smile that made her feel like something was moving beneath her skin.
Agatha on her own behind them remained unmoving. For some reason, just like Juan, she had lost all strength from watching the last moments of the fight.
Finn had suddenly fallen out of the air and for some reason, grabbed Juan's hand and forced it into Felicia. But that didn't stop there, what he pulled out of Felicia made everyone else feel disturbed.
"They are all lunatics!!!"
"How could they gang up on Felicia like that?!!"
"That little one yanked her heart out like it was nothing and look how weirdly he is looking at it!!!"...
The pool of vampires murmured in a horrified tone. The vampire pawns present on the scene who were meant to serve as some sort of military force looked at the King for the next order. But just like everyone else, it seemed like the King was also too shocked to register the stares coming his way.
"Your actions are indeed quite strange. What was the point of using someone else's hand to kill? Although I understand the motive behind hiding until the very end but the execution at the end baffles me" King Shola thought as he stared in Finn's direction.
Finn held onto Felicia's still-beating heart like a trophy. His golden and red eyes glowed fiercely as he examined the specimen in his hand.
"To achieve my goal, certain "unreasonable risks" must be taken. And with the present situation, how unreasonable would it be if I did this?"Finn thought with a smile and as he raised his head looking away from the subtly beating heart in his hand, he took a stance and glared first at Juan who remained on her knees beside a dead Felicia whose body was shrivelling by the second.
Yet as this happened, a light blue glow remained in the right part of her chest. It flickered on and on from time to time.
Finn took a look at Agatha, his mother and saw the look of distraught on her face and almost like she could read his mind, she shook her head with the hopes of negating whatever evil thoughts he had.
But the probability that this tactic worked was a straight giveaway from the moment a smile crept up on Finn's face. One that spread across his cheeks and looked like it was about to tear apart his jaw. Then with one last look at the crowd of vampires, Finn Squeezed the beating heart in his palm with his elongated fingers piercing deeply into it.
"What is he doing?"Juan who was the next person closest to him and rightfully in a position to take action sat down helplessly wondering.
"He is a monster!!!" the sea of vampires below the platform all thought at once as they watched Finn carry out an audacious act.
"We can't let him live!!!"
"Felicia was right. Agatha is only being selfish by protecting him. We are all aware of the dangers that the nether gate poses once it's opened, the horror that creeps out!!! If this monster who by all right will be the cause of our downfall, then I strongly suggest we finish what Felicia started!!!" one of the male vampires amongst the crowd of vampires said.
With the attention given to him, it was clear the rest of them were buying in on the idea. But before they could see to execute this idea, something drastic occurred.
"Arggh!!!!!!"The male vampire who had come up with the idea fell to his knees with a bright blue light glowing at the right corner of his chest. He screamed in agony as he appeared to be in a great deal of pain.
Everyone around him stepped back. They didn't need to be told what was happening to the male vampire as even without prior awareness, the look from the king said it all.
King Shola pointed his fingers at the male vampire and it could be seen that the tip of each finger was glowing blue as well. While this was the colour on his finger, on the other hand, his eyes were blood red.
"You all seem to forget quickly who I am. How dare you question my judgement!!! I'll make an example of you" King Shola declared while moving his fingers in strange patterns almost like he was connecting dots only visible to him.
"My King....my king....please!!!...please... My blood...it's like a thousand little pieces of blade flowing through me. My king, pityyyy!!!" the male vampire begged.
Everyone standing near him already had a fair idea of what was happening to him. Other than the King's unmatched physical strength, being associated with the throne gave him powers that they didn't have.
"He is suffering the punishing effect of the King's Blood link. A reason to remember why he is the king, "Bishop Tinibu observed.
The male vampire eventually fell on his face with blood oozing from his eyes, nose, mouth and ear. When this happened, the once rioting vampires were made quiet and the king turned to face Finn.
But his attention quickly shifted towards Felicia who laid on the floor. He stretched out his hand and said.
"You fought for a cause that you believed to be of goodwill. But your will is merely a false conviction and an insult to the plans made by the gods. Therefore, your core energy shall be stripped from your imperfect body and added to my powers, "
After saying these words, he moved his fingers in a certain way like in the case of the male vampire and the flickering blue light in Felicia's chest faded out.
-I see why no one dares challenge his bipolar reign. On one hand, he appears to be on the throne for the good of these vampires. But in certain situations like this, his true colours are exposed. Too much power in one hand. Though in this weak state, I'm incapable of doing much. Which is why I must let my plan play out- Finn thought while staring at the King.
"You..."The king pointed at Finn still with his fingertips glowing blue. In that split second, Finn felt something tug him from the inside as if it wanted him to move closer to the King.
So taking this as a sign from the King, Finn walked closer to the king and without a doubt, he could feel the immense power coming off from the king. No matter how hard he tried, he fell to his knees faster than he could even oppose.
"Your fate has been decided before this. There is no point going back to the wall of fate. You will be sentenced to the nether in sixty days. But before then, your presence around my people is of great security risk. This is why I have come to the conclusion that you cannot be allowed to interact with any vampire. You will therefore be taken below the surface to await you fate"...
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