A vampire stood on a stone platform beside the cocoon.
The moment he felt the pressure from their blood, his expression changed.
He had seen them indirectly before, but seeing them in person was completely different.
It made him wonder whether he would have canceled his plan if they had come earlier.
Mingyue raised her sword and pointed it at him.
"Stop the formation."
The vampire smiled.
"You give orders quickly for successors who arrived too late."
Alex's green fire appeared around his hand.
"Who are you?"
"Soren Veyr." Soren turned toward the cocoon. "The vampire race waited for the promised successors, but none came. Our people continued dying while we waited for a salvation that never appeared."
He placed his hand against the cocoon.
"So we created our own."
The cocoon shook beneath his palm.
THUMP!
The sound passed through the chamber. The blood below rose, and the black chains around the cocoon shook.
Alex could feel many lives inside the formation.
