"State you business or leave. And don't lie. I know lies very well."
Lucian sighed and facepalmed...Well here goes the truth.
"I need some of your blood as the baseline in this ritual to restore a haunted vampire back to his human self. I only ask for a small amount."
The woman seemed to sit at the door for a while and then she returned inside. As she closed the door, Lucian thought about his options. I can't attack her, I am guild mage and despite her parentage, there was no way to condone the attack. Or I could-
The door swung open again, but this time a small silver vial filled with black and crimson tinged liquid landed in his hands. Looking up the woman seemed to stare at him with a hardened expression but it seemed to be softer to an extent.
"Tell Alistair, I hope for his sake this goes well."
Closing the door behind her, Lucian placed the vial in his pack. So that was easier than I thought, well then I guess we can go ahead and prepare to visit with the vampire. Maybe they will give me the tooth like I have been given everything else. But then again. It is never that easy, is it?
Lucian opened up the map and looked at it for the location of the vampire, and from the looks of it, he was looking for a castle on a cliffside. Turning in the direction of the castle, he jumped out into the night. Coming towards the castle, Lucian looked up to the desolate stone stronghold. It seemed to be empty and abandoned. But the smell of the undead permeated through the structure, and there was no way he wasn't going to turn back without getting this tooth. Especially after all the shenanigans, he had experienced this evening.
Walking through the crush entranceway, Lucian walked into a central room of sorts, sitting in the middle in some sort of ordained armor was a vampire on a throne, his pale skin appeared in the night like an unholy night light. Lucian slid his pack from his back, he knew exactly what was going to happen. This was going to be a battle. He was going to have to extract this tooth on his own.
"I suggest you leave here, Creature before I feed on your corpse. "
The vampire stared at him from the throne and held the hilt of his large greatsword in his hand.
"I can't. I have been contracted to get a tooth from your mouth. And unfortunately, I don't go back on a contract."
Lucian transformed into his half-werewolf form, he knew magic was going to help power him through this fight. Rising from the throne, the vampire knight raised his greatsword and placed it along his shoulders
Lucian crouched into his stance and stalked towards the warrior, the two of them circled one another. The vampire led first, swinging his blade in a wide horizontal arc that whizzed right in front of Lucian. Lucian leaned backward, the distance created in the dodge had caused him to be unable to counterattack. Circling one another again, Lucian seemed to watch for another attack. Throwing his sword, the weapon flew over Lucian's ahead, as he went to attack, the vampire knight met him in his movement and shoulder tackled him. Grabbing hold of the metal, Lucian propped himself up and pushed off the knight. As he went into the air, Lucian came down with a violent ax kick. The maneuver smacked the knight in his head, as the blow knocked him to the ground. Rolling away, Lucian reestablished the distance between them. The vampire knight circled and around and grabbed his sword from the wall. The combatants circled around one another again and prepared for the last pass.
Walking around, the knight walked over and took his sword from his back, swinging downward with a savage strike, the weapon cracked into the ground. Dodging to the left, Lucian rushed forward and gathered the annihilation magic into his arms. Leaning forward he struck with both palms of his hands, the fire and electrical energy rushed through the body of the vampire. Slumping forward, Lucian caught him by the helmet and crushed his helmet, the mouth of the knight opened up as teeth started to appear. Reaching forward Lucian pulled a back tooth from the knight and clasped it in his hand. Letting the vampire knight fall, Lucian walked away placing the tooth in his pack along with the other items.
Returning to the tavern, Lucian handed the pack to the vampire, nodding in agreement. Alistair took them and noticed the contents. Handing Lucian his payment and the empty pack back, Alistair spoke too quickly.
"I will come get you for the ceremony. I feel like you deserve to see the fruits of your labor."
"Will do. Prayers it all goes well."
The two individuals walked away preparing for the fated meeting they would have later.
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