Zack and his family, had spent the last few weeks at the castle, the training of the new vampires had begun in earnest,and James and Olivia ,had begun their training, the twins were under the tutelage of Ninx, the commander of the dark legion, and a warlock of great knowledge and power.
Zack dedicated every moment he could, to training and practicing his skills , he did most of his training with Louise, she had become the most formidable of warriors , Zack would train with the soldiers of the Faye, and the dark legion ,he would spend time training with his children every day ,and each day he would go out amongst the new vampires, and help with their training.
The vampires were being trained, in the use of their vampire powers, and they were being instructed in the magic arts ,under the tutelage of Nix and the Faye magicians,there were lessons in tactics as well as martial arts, as well as combat training , the Faye soldiers helped in the training of the new vampires , along side of the soldiers of the dark legion .
Zack and Louise were not holding back in their training , Louise had managed to Sever Zack's arm , thanks to his fast regeneration powers ,his arm had grown back almost instantly ,the severed arm turned into particles of red light and attached themselves to his wound, this stopped any blood loss as the arm regenerated.
Louise had received her fair share of injuries as well ,all of which healed instantly due to her regeneration power.
Louise had a fierce look on her face ,she was deeply concentrating on Zack her opponent, a bead of sweat ran down the side of her face ,it took a lot of effort to make a vampire sweat, and even more to make a vampire of the Queens level of strength and power break a sweat.
The King and Queen were both very strong and powerful ,they were on the same level as one another , and this made them the perfect training partner for each other , it forced the both of them, to push beyond their own limits .
Zack had trained hard for the last month, and came to the realization that he needed to evolve ,he had to become stronger and more powerful if he was to recover his throne , and face the might of the shadow king and his demons, and with that in mind he called a meeting with his counsel , to help him come up with a plan to ensure he would evolve.
All the members of Zack's inner circle, met in the dining room of the castle .
Dain and Valora the Oracle, had arrived through the new gateway from the Dark City.
Nyla and Ninx ,had returned from the London base , also in attendance were the two Faye magicians ,they were all seated around the table with the King and Queen of the Vampires.
"My king, my queen , its a pleasure to be in your presence once again said Dain".
Louise and Zack both smiled warmly at Dain.
" The Queen and I ,are happy you are all here with us today , there is much that needs to be done ,before we are able to take the fight to our enemies , the shadow king and the witch queen, have had a long time to implement their plans , we have uncovered some of what they intend to do , the demons have been gathering innocents, for a dark sacrificial rite in order to bring about the end of the world, as we know it to be , they have established themselves in every level of government ,on this world and others , there are factions from hell at their command , as well as a vast army .
Many of the vampire clans of old have been destroyed, and most that remain are under the shadow kings control, but a few remain loyal to the old ways operating in secret,we will need to make contact with those who are still loyal, the Oracle has discovered in a vision ,that there is a vampire clan hiding here on earth , we shall do what we can to ensure that they will join us , we must grow our forces .
Dain how has the collection of beast crystals been going, do we have enough ?" Said Zack.
" We have hunted many beasts, and have gathered a great number of beast crystals,we discovered several thousand beast crystals, in the storage vaults of the Dark city, there is more than enough to achieve your goal, of enhanced weapons and armor for the new vampires,and there are many high level crystals, that will aid you in advancing the power levels of the vampires, as well as yourself and the rest of your family my king ,I have brought all that we will need to do this with me from the Dark city " Dain explained.
Zack looked at Dain, with warm smile on his face and a confident glint in his eyes,"that is fantastic news my friend , I would like you to begin as soon as possible Dain "stated Zack.
" I will begin with you and the royal family, before moving on to the army ,straight after this meeting , I have already left instructions for the smith's to begin creating the weapons and armor that we will need , I had a feeling that you would wish to get started straight away ," said Dain with a proud smile on his face.
" The Oracle has some interesting information to share with us all,Valora if you would please explain to us what you have learned " said Zack .
" Through my visions I have discovered that there is a clan of Vampires hiding in London it appears that this clan has been hiding amongst the humans for several centuries , however the most interesting thing I have discovered, is there is a large Werewolf pack residing in Scotland , it is no secret that the Werewolves have no allegiance to the shadow king , the shadow king has attempted to invade the world of wolves many times since his rise to power , and every time he has failed miserably , the werewolves are a formidable force and if they were to become allies we would have a greater chance of winning , not much is known about the werewolves king , it is believed that the wolf king has ruled for more than two thousand years , other than a location of where they can be found I have no more information that I can give at this time " said Volara.
" This may be enough , when I was Vincent I was on very good terms with the wolf king, I will have to do all that I can to convince Zoran Sliverthorn the wolf king, that aligning with us is in his best interest .
We have a lot of work to do , this meeting is over let's get on with our work , thank you all for coming here today " said Zack.
The meeting was over and everyone was going about their business, Dain had left the room ,and returned a short while later, two creates of crystals were brought before the King and his family .
Dain piled the crystals in fount of the royal family a pile in front of each of them .
" You will have to eat the crystals , be sure to eat them all , this will most likely cause you pain and discomfort , but it will pass and you will all be given a large boost in power and strength , remember once you start you must continue until you have consumed all of the crystals I have placed before you , I wish I could be of more assistance to you and your family my king , I will remain and monitor your progress " said Dain.
Zack was the first to begin , he placed the first crystal in his mouth and bit down ,the crystal dissolved in his mouth ,and the energy entered his body he picked up another and continued , Louise did the same and the children quickly followed suit , after a hour the group had consumed more than a hundred crystals each, and still they had a pile in front of each of them , pain had started to take hold of their bodies, sweat was pouring from their bodies, and a faint golden light was clearly seen around their bodies , the pain was incredible and it was at this point ,that Dain had to remind them that they must continue ,or it would have all been for nothing ,pushing through the pain and the delirium ,caused by consuming the large amount of crystals, the royal family with the aid of Dain ,eventually devoured the last crystals, before they all collapsed into a deep sleep , the bodies of the royal family were undergoing changes , breaking down and rebuilding over and over again while in the comatose state .
Dain had done all he could to help them, and now all he could do was wait for them to awaken, the royal family remained in a comatose state, for two days before they awoke , Dain had not left them in all that time,when they began to awaken, he breathed a sigh of relief that it had worked ,the King and his family would be fine, in fact they would be stronger and more powerful than before , they needed to feed on blood, and rest for another day ,Dain ordered blood to be brought to the royal family, then left them to rest, as he went on to oversee the vampire army consume the crystals .