Dain had completed his task of advancing the vampire army, through the consumption of beast crystals.
The master smiths were hard at work, creating the weapons and armor for the vampire army ,they would complete the task in a couple of weeks , ensuring that the vampire army, would be properly equipped with powerful armor and weapons,the day would come when the vampire army would have to fight, all that could be done to give the king's army the edge that they needed, was being done in the creation of the weapons and armor,magic and the blood of the King and Queen, along with beast crystals ,had been used in the creation of the weapons and armor.
The vampire army had adapted to their increased power , all of them had risen from the vampire rank of Noble vampires, and noble knights ,to a level two ranks above what they were before ,the Noble Vampires were now Noble knight commanders, and the Noble Knights were now ranked at vampire lords .
Dain thought that this was precisely what they needed , the vampires would become the commanding officers of the vampire army, and they would increase the ranks of the army by turning people, the people that they turned would be at the knights level of rank and power , and any people that they went on to turn, would be at Noble vampire rank or fledgling.
The more removed from the king ,the more diluted the blood of the vampire would be ,until the vampire could only create fledgling vampires by turning a human.
That was why the King and Queen ,used their own blood on so many ,instead of turning just a few ,and then letting them turn the others who chose to become vampires , this strategy gave the King and Queen, many high ranking officers to lead their troops .
The vampires and the dark elves, were led by Nyla on missions ,to track and find evil doers for food ,and rid the world of the scum, but their main objective was to find people suitable to become vampires , and increase their numbers , through the use of the magic of the Faye magicians ,and the dark elf warlocks,portals could be opened up any where in the world,to the best locations for finding the people that they need to build their army.
Zack and Louise ,would go to the vampire clan that was hiding in London , they would do everything possible ,to convince them to join with them against the shadow king .
The children would return to the dark city with the Oracle , and would continue their training and study , Zack and Louise wanted their children to be in a safe place until they returned.
After saying their goodbyes to their children, Zack and Louise, left the castle and returned to their home in London, through the portal Ninx had created .
Zack thought with the information provided by the Oracle ,it would be easy to find the Vampires hiding in London , the hard part would be convincing them to join him , he was also wondering if it could be accomplished with out a fight, he hoped it would ,but his gut instinct was telling him that there would be blood lost, before he achieved it his goal ,of the vampire clan swearing loyalty and joining him .
Zack and Louise ,left their home in London, and headed to the location of the vampire clan given to them by the Oracle, as soon as the sun set .
One hour after sunset ,the rightful king and queen of the vampires ,stood outside of the home of the vampire clan , the vampires had been hiding in London for centuries , and now for the first time in hundreds of years, they were to be seen by vampires outside of their own clan .
Zack and Louise ,approached the front gate and were met by two guards ,
The guards looked at the couple with suspicion and surprise , the guards could clearly tell that the couple were not human , they knew that they were vampires , the guards could sense that the two vampires before them were very powerful beings , high ranking vampires far beyond the level of power that they possessed , it was obvious to the guards that any confrontation between them would result in their own deaths.
"We seek an audience with the leader of your clan " stated Zack.
" Who are you ,that wishes to meet with my master " asked one of the guards.
" You can tell your master ,that the rightful king and queen of vampires are here to speak with him " explained Louise.
The guards were shocked by the statement , but quickly they recovered their composure .
" I will take you to the leader of our clan , please follow me " said one of the guards.
The guard led them inside the lobby, of the large Georgian home of the vampires, he could feel power radiating from the couple, the power coming from them was overwhelming for him , a mere fledgling vampire could not resist the pressure coming from Zack and Louise .
" Please wait here, I will inform my master that you are here and wish to meet with him, please be seated I will return soon " said the guard.
The master of the clan was relaxing in his chair almost asleep , in the center of his home , he was surrounded by his family and servants, suddenly he looked around he could sense two powerful auras , and a look of worry and wonder appeared on his face .
" I can sense the presence of two powerful beings " he said out loud to himself .
A moment later the door opened and one of his guards came in , he bowed before his master .
" Master there are two powerful vampires here that wish to meet with you " said the guard.
" Who are they " asked the master.
" Master they claim to be the king and queen of vampires " explained the guard .
" What did you say " asked the master .
" My master they said that they were the rightful king and queen " said the now shaking guard.
The head of the vampire clan ,gripped the arm of his chair so hard upon hearing what his guard had said ,that the arm of his chair could be heard breaking , fine bring them before me and I will see who they really are, the king is dead , the one that rules is the shadow king, and he is a usurper of the throne , the shadow king would not be here , so who is this imposter to come here to my home, how dare he claim to be the king , bring them to me now ,I will see for myself who they are,and then I will kill them" he said.
The guard bowed once again before his master, and left the room to fetch the couple and bring them to his master , the guard knew that his master was powerful ,he would deal with the unwanted guests .
The guard returned to the lobby where Zack and Louise were patiently waiting .
" My master will see you now please follow me " said the guard .
Zack and Louise, followed the guard to the room where the master of the clan sat waiting, with his family and some of his most powerful clan members .
The guard showed Zack and Louise into the room where his master was waiting .
" I am Alexander Ambrose ,the leader of the Ambrose clan ,tell me who you are and what you want " asked Alexander.
" My name is ,Zachary Vincent Eldridge and this is my wife, Louise Elizabeth Eldridge , I am the rightful king of vampires and the lands of night " explained Zack.
Alexander stood up from his chair and stared at Zack and Louise , he was a tall man standing at six foot six inches tall his long black hair was tied back in a ponytail, and his black eyes were turning red, he was a handsome man as all vampires were ,he had a serious look on his face .
" The true king Vincent Eldridge died a thousand years ago , you are an impostor and you will die for your insolence " said Alexander.
Zack smiled back at the clan leader, then opened his storage dimension and clad himself in his armor ,his sword appeared in his hand , Louise did the same as her husband ,and was now in her own armor with her sword in hand.
Alexander stared at the two vampires in their armor.
" That is the king's armor, and the sword of the king " he said in a voice that sounded filled with fear.
" You are correct , that is because I am the king , my soul was trapped by the shadow king ,doomed to reincarnate as a mortal over and over for eternity , but my curse was broken by my friend and commander of the dark legion Ninx Salvatore ,I have been reborn ,I am the true king, i am Zachary Vincent Eldridge, once known as Vincent Eldridge, the rightful king of the lands of night, " said Zack .
Zack was no longer suppressing his aura, he now allowed his full power to be felt by all in the room , Louise also no longer held back her power .
The power emanating from the couple was so strong, it was overwhelming all in their presence .
" I came here to ask you and your clan to join us ,in reclaiming the throne now decide ,join us or die ,as an enemy of your true king " said Zack.
All the vampires including Alexander fell to their knees in front of Zack and Louise , the pressure coming from the couple was too much to resist.
" Forgive me, my king, I believed that you were dead.
I pledged my allegiance, and the allegiance of my clan and will gladly serve you, my king and my queen, " said Alexander.