(A/n : In the previous chapter of Vampire Chronicles)

Guardian Angel : "And what if they come for you seeking revenge?", the AI inquired once again.

Sanguis Rex : "I don't mind their intentions, I just want to make sure that misguided people, no matter where they're from or what side they're with had received medical help and are okay.", he stated. He was a hero, not a monster right.

Right?

(A/n : And now the continuation)

(A/n : Author's POV)

After some time of walking through the rooftops, Sanguis Rex had arrived at the closed basketball court of OAKA. He didn't approach the place, seeing the armored vehicles that were guarding each opening to the basketball court's interior, except for one...

Sanguis Rex : 'The top of the building. The place where they'd least expect it that someone would jump into this place from.', he thought to himself and was about to make his move until he'd heard the sound of sirens belonging to police cars coming.

He looked below him, towards the road, using the night as his veil in order to hide himself from the passing police vehicles.

After these vehicles had stopped, a middle aged man had came out of the vehicle. He was tall, fair skinned with dark brown hair. He was wearing a brown trench coat, black pants and dark brown Oxford shoes.

Yeah... there was no way he would mistake him for anyone else.

That man was Mr. Hatzigeorgiou, the Chief Director of the Trikala Police Force, someone known for his witty comments, serious personality, his bravery to be in the line of fire for his people instead of monitoring everything from the safety of his office and finally, his overall stubborness and dedication to his work.

A dedication known to have made him lose countless hours of sleep, until he had made sure that the mission was fulfilled.

For Michael though, things were getting from bad to worst and how would someone know that?

It's simple...

Mr. Hatzigeorgiou except for being the Chief Director of the Trikala Police Force, he also was the husband of Irene Kalopoulou, which if you put two and two together with the fact that the last name of Michael's mother is Kalopoulou as well...

That makes Mr. Hatzigeorgiou Michael's - and therefore Sanguis Rex's by extension - uncle which further complicated things since if Mr. Hatzigeorgiou had found about it he'd tell his mother...

If his mother also found out about it, she'd tell his father...

And yes...

You wouldn't like to know about the earful that awaits him once he returns back home.

That's what would happen before the awakening of his vampiric traits so if he plays his cards correctly, he has a good chance to sneak by unnoticed as a passer by.

(A/n : Play this song)

Sanguis Rex : 'Now that uncle is here things are getting harder so I'll need to either play my cards correctly or I'll be forced to early hero retirement', he thought to himself, jumping down into the empty alleyway between the building he was on and the one behind him, landing as silently as ever as if the fall distance was that of a millimeter.

Sanguis Rex : 'Vampire Physiology, my blessing and curse.', he thought to himself, having his hands in his jacket pockets as he was walking by similar to a recon mission, gathering information about the placement of both the police force and the Obsidian Cult.

Police Officer #1 : "Halt.. this isn't time for a citizen to walk outside at that time.

Turn back and return to your home or I won't be that generous a second time.", the officer said to him, making Michael to look at him.

Sanguis Rex : "No time to waste...

The end of this nightmare is nigh...

Await the signal...", he said to him cryptically.

Police Officer #1 : "What do you mean?

What nightmare is over?

What signal?", he asked him befuddled, grabbing the mysterious, red eyed male by the wrist of his right arm.

Sanguis Rex : "No time to waste...

The end of this nightmare is nigh...

Await the signal...

Seek the moonlight for guidance.", he stated once again in a cryptic tone, adding yet another line to the mix as he moved his hand counter clockwise,  reversing the grip that the officer had on his hand, then let the officer's hand go as he went away.

That was until, he had seen that the officer had pulled out their walkie talkie, getting ready to send a voice message.

Police Officer #1 : "Officer Papageorgiou to Chief Director, I have a...", he said, but couldn't finish what he'd said, seeing the male's appearance growing darker and more eerie the more he looked at him.

(A/n : Just like that but replace :

Sebastian from Black Butler with Sanguis Rex)

Sanguis Rex : "No time to waste...

The end of this nightmare is nigh...

Await the signal...

Seek the moonlight for guidance...

Look for the shadow.", he said to him in the same cryptic tone, but more sternly, as if wanting to command the officer to say the same thing.

Mr. Hatzigeorgiou : "What do you have Papageorgiou?", the Chief Director's voice echoed through the walkie talkie device.

Police Officer #1 : "No time to waste...

The end of this nightmare is nigh...

Await the signal...

Seek the moonlight for guidance...

Look for the shadow.", he said in an emotionless voice, repeating what Sanguis Rex had told him which meant only one thing...

Hypnosis.

Mr. Hatzigeorgiou : "What do you mean?", he asked the officer, starting to bombard him with questions whilst Michael seeing that this was the perfect time to move away, he had walked away before more reinforcements had arrived at the place.

And after some minutes of either walking or sneaking right past both police officers and Obsidian Cult members, he had arrived close enough to the building where according to the Guardian Angel the hostages were located in.

Sanguis Rex : "Thank you so much for not speaking a word that entire time", he said towards Guardian Angel in a hushed down voice, grateful for the AI's cooperation.

Guardian Angel : "I had found not talking at that point, the logical procedure so I went to sleep mode trying to reserve energy for when it's deemed necessary.", the AI had replied to him.

Sanguis Rex : "I want you to scan the building, find out how many troops are in there, the number of hostages held and other points of interest.", he ordered.

Guardian Angel : "Working on it..

Connecting to the OAKA Basketball Court's security system...

Enabling 25th Century stealth protocol in order to bypass antiviruses and remain hidden within the code...

Encryption Protocol Status : Complete

Connection to the OAKA Basketball Court's Security System Status : Complete

Connection to Cameras : Established

Searching within and outside the building for points of interest...

Loading the points of interest...

Points of Interest Found :

Number of Obsidian Cult Members : Equivalent to five teams of 50 people each.

Number of Obsidian Cult Members within the Building : 50

Number of Obsidian Cult Members outside the Building : 200, spread equally at four groups of 50 at each door

Number of Hostages Held : 10

Number of Obsidian Cult Higher Ups in the Building : 1, identifying The Duke as one of them.

Other Objectives :

- No hostage is located at the center.
- A strange machine is located close to  the Center.
- Identified Helen Kalopoulou within the Hostages.

Current Missions :

- Create a distraction
- Eliminate The Duke
- Save the Hostages.

Only Unguarded Point Detected : The Glass Roof at the center of the Basketball Court.", the AI stated to him.

Sanguis Rex : "Wait a minute, did you just said that you were using programs from the 25th Century?", he whisper yelled to it.

Guardian Angel : "AI Model Designation : Guardian Angel

Date of Construction : 11/8/2582

Other Information : REDACTED", the AI replied to him

Sanguis Rex : "You're not making it any easier", he stated with a deadpan expression, but then steeled his resolve about what he was going to do.

(A/n: Meanwhile with the Obsidian Cult)

(A/n : Still in Author's POV)

(A/n : Play this music)

Meanwhile into the closed Basketball Court of OAKA at Trikala - the Greek city Sanguis Rex is from in this story - and the leader of the Obsidian Cult, The Duke was losing his patience waiting for Xiphias to pick up the phone.

The Duke : " *Sighs heavily in disappointment as he closed his phone* Where is this guy? At one time he's close by when you don't expect it, at other times it's like he doesn't exist", he thought to himself and then they've heard a rhythmical echoing sound similar to someone walking on a metallic surface.

*Clang*

*Clang*

*Clang*

The Duke : "What is that noise?", he inquired.

*Clang*

*Clang*

EOCS #101 : "Check the perimeter ", he commanded the rest of the troops on behalf of the Duke and without expecting it something had happened.

*Clang*

*C-Cr-Crack*

*BOOOOM!!!*

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :
- Nishino-san with Helen Kalopoulou.
- The empty warehouse with the Closed Basketball Court of OAKA.
- Cid "Shadow" Kagenou with Sanguis Rex.
- The white suited man with The Duke)

And then, without anyone expecting it the entire roof of the Basketball court had been torn apart with tremendous force as the armed concrete had crumbled like it was mache...

The metallic rods supporting the roof were either bent to an unatural degree or torn off of their hinges...

The glass windows on the roof were shattered apart as if they weren't there.

In the midst of this destruction a massive gust of wind had made its entrance in the building, pushing debris and dust around, creating a cloudy aftermath whilst a human looking silhouette had landed in the middle of the building, breaking the ground beneath his feet with the force of a small explosion.

On the other hand, The Duke was livid in regards to everything that transpired this instant since it wasn't only the roof of this building that was destroyed, but also the fact that the artifact was heavily damaged on top of all the things he had to deal with.

The Duke : "Who... Are you scum?", he asked in a less than polite way, his piercing blue eyes looking straight towards the silhouette as the rest of the Elite Obsidian Cult Soldiers had came into the building, making them a total of 251 members alongside The Duke.

(A/n : That's how The Duke looks like)

??? : "Who am I you say?

I am the closing curtains to your act of terror towards the people of this city...

The end to the concerto of crimes you and your underlings have committed...

I'm the one who lives in the shadow in order for others to prosper in the light...

I'm the hope of the innocent people who you've unjustly manipulated...

The first and last note in the recital of judgement upon you and the rest of the Obsidian Cult.", he stated.

EOCS #99 : "Ain't no f-----g way that we're facing this guy and the police right now!!!", he exclaimed, realising immediately who they were up against.

The Duke : "I know those lines. You're that vermin who's been sabotaging our work for the last two days.

You're Sanguis Rex.", he stated.

Sanguis Rex : "Guess rumors fly fast as it seems.", he muttered with a sigh.

Sanguis Rex : "Also judging by your voice and the fact that you're literally dressed like a Cyberpunk mafia boss from another century, you're unmistakably the one they call The Duke.", he stated.

The Duke : "Quite the perceptive individual, aren't you?

Too bad for you that no one is going to come and save you", he sneered.

The Duke : "Gentlemen, shall we showcase this fool the error of trying to combat us?", he asked rhetorically towards his troops.

All EOCS At Once : "Yes sir!!!", they stated as they aimed their rifles towards the Sanguis Rex and quite literally shooting a bullet shower towards him.

Sanguis Rex : "When will you all learn?", he asked them, standing in the middle of their attacks, their bullets not even phasing him.

EOCS #80 : "He's immune to bullets!!", he exclaimed, eyes wide as it seems that some of them forgot one significant part about their mysterious adversary.

The fact that bullets were nothing more than pebbles to him.

Sanguis Rex : "Behind this mask lies an ideal and unfortunately for you, ideals worth dying for are imperishable", he stated, moving towards EOCS #80 and his team in blinding speeds.

EOCS #80 : "Where did you go!?", he shouted.

Sanguis Rex : "Right here", he stated, directly in the middle of them.

EOCS # 80 : "Let's see what you can do when's fifty to one scum", he sneered as all of the Elite Obsidian Cult Soldiers brought out their metallic battons (a.k.a police/military close range, blunt force weapon).

Sanguis Rex : "Get all the advantages you want... *shrugs* it wouldn't be fair otherwise", he retorted nonchalantly.

Now hear me out...

I know that movies, comics and games are making it seem easy to go up against multiple people and beat them all up, but hear me out...

Normally, when fifty people are all coordinated and focusing on one opponent, instead of taking turns like it's an action movie, no matter how skilled the opponent may be, he's not making it out alive...

But if it's fifty opponents, against someone...

Who's a vampire that's bulletproof...

Can regenerate nearly as fast as you can blink...

Packs enough strength to level down a big building by jumping on it like some short of trampoline...

And sees you moving nearly three quarters from being in slow motion...

Yeah... see for yourself what's going to happen...

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :
- Tai Lung with Sanguis Rex
- The Rhino Soldiers with the Elite Obsidian Cult Soldiers)

As some of you might have already guessed, it can get easily preeeetty one sided...

As for EOCS #80, you might have been wondering what the heck was going through his mind...

Well...

Let's do a small rewind and see...

(A/n : Once again replace :
- Tai Lung with Sanguis Rex
- The Rhino Soldiers with the Elite Obsidian Cult Soldiers
- The unlucky one to get yeeted backwards with EOCS#80)

Do you see the unlucky one who got his batton broken like glass which resulted to him taking the full brunt of the attack?

Yes...

That's EOCS #80 who got treated like a bowling ball, allowing Michael to use that commotion in order to beat as many soldiers as possible, given the fact that his front was wide open.

(A/n : Once again replace :
- Tai Lung with Sanguis Rex
- The Rhino Soldiers with the Elite Obsidian Cult Soldiers)

Also let's not talk about what had happened to EOCS # 69, who had literally gotten a mouthful of his batton, including the fact that at the timespan that he was kicked upwards like a football, Sanguis Rex had decimated his entire team.

(A/n : Replace :
- Tai Lung with Sanguis Rex
- The Rhino Soldiers with the Elite Obsidian Cult Soldiers
- The one Rhino Soldier that got a mouthful of their mace before getting kicked sky high with Elite Obsidian Cult Soldier #69)

But now some of you might ask, what about EOCS #101?

Sanguis Rex : "I know you...", he said to him with a menacing glare.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :
- The Black Butler, Sebastian with Sanguis Rex)

EOCS #101 : "H-How do you know me?!", he asked him with a poorly hidden stutter, sweating profusely as he looked around at the unconscious bodies of his comrades.

(A/n : Just like this, but replace the sweaty anime character with EOCS #101)

Sanguis Rex : "You where the one who said shut the f--- up to one of the female hostages?", he asked him.

EOCS #101 : "And what if I did?! Do you have any problems with that!!?!", he yelled towards him, trying to mask his fear with seething anger.

Sanguis Rex : "I have because unfortunately for you... ", he said to him and closed the distance between them with one step.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :
- Cid "Shadow" Kagenou with Sanguis Rex and

- The Sword Saint, Beatrix with EOCS#101)

Sanguis Rex : "Unfortunately for you, that hostage happens to be my mother so I won't allow an ungrateful fool to make her cry like that...", he stated, placing a hand on EOCS #101's shoulder.

EOCS #101 : "W-What are you gonna do to me?", he asked him with a terrified stutter, yelping and trying to get away the fingerless gloved hand from his shoulder.

Sanguis Rex : "It's simple...", he stated with the smallest and less creepy grin he could possibly do at that point.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :
- The Statue of God from Solo Leveling with Sanguis Rex)

Sanguis Rex : "Omae wa mou...", he stated.

EOCS #101 : "Nononono.... Wait wait wait!!!", he whimpered.

(A/n : Just like that but replace the man in the gif with Elite Obsidian Cult Soldier #101)

Sanguis Rex : "Sindeiru", he stated.

EOCS #101 : "Naniiiiiiii!!!!", he screeched.

(A/n : Apologies, but I couldn't hold myself back from not using this meme 😂)

(A/n : Act 2 : Start)

(A/n : Author's POV)

Sanguis Rex : "It's simple...", he stated, doing the smallest and less creepy grin he could possibly do.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace the Statue of God from Solo Leveling with Sanguis Rex)

Sanguis Rex : "I'll give you a trip to hospital with nearly all bones of your body being broken", he threatened.

EOCS #101 : "Nononono... Wait wait wait wait!!!!", he whimpered.

(A/n : Meanwhile with The Duke)

(A/n : Play this song)

On the other hand, whilst Sanguis Rex had a field's day at mopping the floor with the Elite Obsidian Cult Soldiers, The Duke had used this occurring commotion in order to escape.

But remember... he's not a coward since he had retreated in order to secure the artifact since if his premonition was correct, that artifact would give him the advantage he seeked in order to put Sanguis Rex down, forever.

His left arm, up to his elbow was looking like a mechanical prosthetic arm to anyone who laid his eyes upon it, but what others didn't know is that it was a part of a powerful ancient relic that was rumoured to give unrivalled power to anyone who managed to combine it with the other half.

And so he did, when The Duke was close to the ancient, mechanical relic, he had clenched the metallic fingers of his left arm in a fist and rammed his metallic fist straight through the circular opening in the machine.

The machine itself had reacted as metallic pieces were flung around and combined together, recreating themselves and opening the machine like case similar to a blooming flower, revealing a black, circular crystal from which an eerie, dark energy presence emitted from.

The Duke : "So this is it. After all these years... those five centuries of my immortal life, I've finally found you.

The Dark Sphere, Tenebrae Anima... with the power laying dormant in this sphere, I don't need any more troops to make this world bow before me.", he stated, picking up the sphere.

The Duke : "The Forbidden Relic, Tenebrae Anima. I summon forth your forgotten power...

Bring me back to my prime age.", he said as he crushed the orb in his hand, feeling its energy surging within his body, his eyes turning an ominous purple when he had opened them again.

The Duke : "Now it's time to see if our adversary was beaten by my troops or not, a pity if he was.", he muttered as he walked back to the centre of the Closed Basketball Court.

The Duke : "Baron to Blue Sentinel, do you receive?", he inquired his patience running thin... but once he arrived at the center, he realised why EOCS #101 - code named as Blue Sentinel - wasn't answering him.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :
- The Black Suited Martial Artist (a.k.a IP Man) with Sanguis Rex
- The White Suited Martial Artist that's getting his ass handed to him with EOCS #101)

The Duke : "Understandable, have a nice day", he stated as he went to take his leave.

Sanguis Rex : "Going somewhere?", he asked him sternly, looking by his side towards him, but spotted something different.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace Cid "Shadow" Kagenou with Sanguis Rex)

The Duke : "That's non of your business since I've gotten what I've came here for so there's no need for a heated dispute between the two of us.", he stated, looking at him locking his eyes with Sanguis Rex's ruby red ones, making the latter to figure out something...

The Duke had purple eyes.

But not only that, there was something else, something more sinister behind it.

Sanguis Rex : "New contact lens?", he asked in a less than polite response.

The Duke : "*smirks slyly* That's for me to know and for you to find out", he answered cockily.

Sanguis Rex : "Now that you mentioned it...", he said to him and in a flash appeared in close proximity.

(A/n : Play this song)

Sanguis Rex : "I don't take no for an answer", he stated throwing a punch at the Duke's direction only to find in his surprise...

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :

- Super Saiyan Blue Goku with The Duke
- Golden Frieza with Sanguis Rex)

That his punch had no effect

The Duke : "Come on now, was that supposed to hurt?" he asked mockingly.

Sanguis Rex : "Oh crap", he muttered under his breath.

The Duke : "*grins sadistically* My turn now.", he said and with a thunderous scream, he landed a devastating uppercut to Sanguis Rex's gut.

(A/n : Just like that, but replace :
- Son Goku with The Duke
- Full Power Frieza with Sanguis Rex)

Sanguis Rex : "*out loud* Argh!!! *In his mind* Holy crap he hits hard', he thought to himself as the force of the punch had knocked him backwards onto a wall, breaking it upon impact before indenting himself onto another one as The Duke was walking towards him with a sadistic smirk.

(A/n : To be continued)