The Accidental Vampire

“If it was real Castiel, I might’ve been concerned about it for a moment, but he’s not. It’s been too evident when I spent time with you all. Just because I pretended to fall for your lies didn’t mean I actually did!” Yovana declared.

“That man? He isn’t a threat to me! He doesn’t even hold a power close to what a Progenitor is supposed to possess, let alone someone like Castiel! If I’m not wrong, the real Castiel is already dead, and someone else’s soul is inside his body!”

“In one way or another, I’m doing the same thing you did, Lilith! The only difference is that you let another person take over Castiel’s body while I’m taking over Atlan’s body personally! If what I’m doing is wrong, then you committed this wrong much before me! You have no right to question me!”

“It shouldn’t be me who gives up! It should be you! Stop your virtue signaling after you did the same thing as me! And if you don’t, I’ll be forced to teach you a lesson! Because, unlike that weak Castiel’s copy, Atlan would be much stronger under my control! I’ll bring out his true strength! I’ll bring out his peak strength and destroy everyone who stands in my path! Including you all!”

“You gave me the time to think? No! It’s I who is giving you the time to think! Think and retreat! Last time I didn’t kill you, even though I could’ve! I let you live because you helped me! I’m not your enemy, but if you make me your enemy, the outcome will be much different this time!”

Instead of taking Lilith’s advice, Yovana issued a threat of her own. And she sounded extremely serious._.

“If you’ve already decided, then hear my answer as well!” Lilith’s eyes appeared as if they were shining. Winds started circling inside the barrier as lightning cracked around her.

Lilith was prepared to fight.

“Gravity manipulation!” She raised her hand, casting her first spell. Even though all that Mages had her spells, and the combined strength of fifty people behind each spell, she was still the queen of spells who had hundreds of years of experience! Those people had just learned the spells, but she was the one who made them.

“Vision Distortion!”

“Sense stealth!”

Lilith cast a spell one after another, without even a second of delay between each spell. In the time the enemies could cast even one spell, she had cast three already.

Her first spell made the Mages lose their control momentarily. The sudden change in the gravity pulled all the Mages down, who barely controlled themselves at the last moment. However, before they could do anything, Lilith took over their senses and vision.

The people were already dead, and their vision and senses were being used by Yovana to fight her. Lilith knew that if she took their senses away, Yovana couldn’t see anything or fight back.

Unfortunately, it didn’t work. Other than the fifty who were fighting Lilith, there were more on the ground who could still see.

Yovana made one of the Undead keep an eye on the sky. Through that vision, she fought back.

Yovana wasn’t only fighting one person either. She was fighting on three fronts, dividing her attention into three battles which reduced her efficiency in the battles. However, her real goal was to keep them engaged until she succeeded. She couldn’t afford to focus on just one battle.

Lancaster was the one who was given the least amount of attention. Even though he was a Royal Wolf, in Yovana’s eyes, she was still a kid. She had spent time with the group before. She knew quite a lot about this group of people, especially how they fought and who was stronger or weaker.

“Child, you don’t belong here. If you take even one step forward, you’ll be killed!” Just like Lilith, Yovana issued a warning to Lancaster as well.

Around ten mages stood before Lancaster, blocking his path.

Lancaster observed all the enemies before him and then how many of them were in the sky. Through that, he was able to guess how many were sent after Atlas.

He found it slightly insulting that only so few were sent to stop him. It felt even more irritating since it was after his fight with Atlas.

“You’re going to regret sending so few after me,” Lancaster declared as he rushed ahead.

He was angry at being underestimated, but he also understood that this was to his advantage. Since he was so underestimated, he only had a few people to pass through. It was easier for him to pass through and stop Yovana.

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At the third and the last front, almost as many Mages blocked Atlas’ path as there were in the sky.

“Atlas… The person who possessed the body of Castiel. Why are you so greedy, Atlas? Why don’t you want others to achieve what you did? Why don’t you support me instead? Together, we can find the right person to possess the last two Progenitors as well, starting a new era where old Progenitors would be extinct!”

“You wanted to change the world, but when you have the opportunity, you are hesitating? Come with me! Support me! Together, we can make the world a better place, as you wanted! Together, we can make it a world where no mortal’s family members will lose life at the hands of the Immortals!”

“Instead of fighting me, support me!”.

With Atlas, Yovana used a different approach. She knew that Atlas used to be a mortal. She had realized it as soon as they went to Atlas’ village. She also understood that he hated Vampires and loved family! She used the love of family to lure him to her. She used his goal of changing the world to make him change his mind!

Amongst all three, she only believed that Atlas could be swayed. Lilith was too stubborn for that. As for Lancaster, he wasn’t going to budge. It was only if Atlas agreed to switch sides that Lancaster was also going to agree. So she placed her main focus on Atlas.

Just as Lilith had stated before, there were still two more Progenitors that worried Yovana. Even if she took over Atlan’s body, those two weren’t easy, especially Lucius, who seemed to have returned as well.

She needed people to stand beside her! She needed people to fight with her, and Atlas was the perfect choice! He was on the same boat as her, after all, occupying someone else’s body! She believed that the two of them were the same to some extent.

“So, what is your answer? Will you help me change the world for the better?”