"Hunters on the second floor, intruder incoming." Tyler informs them thru the special watches every hunter have.

"Copy." A girl from room 206 slowly gets up from the bed making no sound if possible. Her roommate is asleep and it's better if she doesn't know anything. She went for the door and readies her dagger. She successfully gets out of her room and heads towards the stairs. There are two girls already waiting for the intruder. She runs to their side and finds a place to surprise the intruder with a sneak attack. They can hear footsteps that are almost faint.

"Phase 1 of the training. Open your senses. Vampires can move at unimaginable speed. Even feels like a gust of wind. As hunters, you should know the difference between the two." Li finds it better to train them in actual combat while reminding them of all the lessons Carolina discussed with them. The three girls looks at each other and signals one another to be more alert. With just a few second they feel a sudden gust pa.s.sing by them. They followed him and calls on the other hunters on the third floor.

"The intruder's going up. We lost him."

"Got that, we're on the move." Hilda resides at the third floor. She witnessed how Carl fights back with the vampires when they're attacked. She can hear the vampire getting closer. She wears a night vision gla.s.s that Tyler upgraded which can detect movements and locate how far they are. The intruders is just 17 meters away from her. She runs towards it while it's heading up the stairs and stabs it with the dagger. The vampire blocked her attack and pushes her to the wall. She groans in pain but still able to stand up. The other girls arrives and helps her deal with the vampire.

"Phase two. Observe your enemy's movements. Know when an enemy attacks."

"Yes Miss Li." One girl slowly steps back to keep her distance from the intruder. The intruder no longer runs away but is now ready to fight. He transforms into his vampire form and attacks instantly. The girls failed to block his attack nor dodge it. He pulled the hair of one of the girls and tilts her head showing up her neck. Before he can do something to her, Hilda fired a silenced gun hitting his back. He's obviously hurt and let's go of the girl. He suddenly stand beside Hilda and takes away the gun from her hands. He choked her up but Hilda just smiles instead of showing fear. Erica stabs the intruder's heart with a katana made of silver. The vampire looses his grip on Hilda and drops her to the floor. The others help her while Erica deepens the katana inside him and finds it's way out on the other side. He grips on the blade trying to push it back but it only causes him to bleed even more. To make sure he won't survive, Erica twisted the katana before pulling it out. The intruder didn't disappear instantly unlike the first gen vampires. Just like what Carolina suspected, third generation vampires turns into ashes when they lost enough blood to sustain their bodies. Later on it slowly turns into ashes and disappears. Hilda's injuries are not that severe. Having trained their body's to endure pain really helped. But still they lack skills when it comes to combat.

"Phase three. Don't ever bleed in front of the enemies. Blood will make them rage unable for them to think straight. They're not use to their bodies yet so it will be troublesom for us to counter them in that certain state." Li appears in front of them transforming from a bat jntor her human form.

"Miss Li, I'm sorry I failed." Hilda looks down with tears falling from her eyes.

"You did great. But this kind of fighting skills won't do when we're up to an army of them. We really need proper training grounds."

"Not just training grounds but trainers as well. Carolina already taught them everything there is to know about the enemies. Her combat skills suits her style perfectly but not for the other hunters. If Volton finds out how were having trouble with just one vampire he'll take this opportunity to wipe us out entirely." Nicholson shows up while gasping his breath from walking up the stairs.

"You're truly right Mr. Dean. By the way Erica, where did you learn to use a katana?"

"Oh, my grandfather had a dojo ones and I grew up with him in j.a.pan. He taught me everything till my parents decided to migrate here in the US." Even though Erica's shy, she's very fierce when she handled the enemy.

"By any chance, is your grandfather still alive?"

"Yes, do you want me to convince him to teach her at Sun University? He's also quite a disciplinarian. I'm sure we can learn a lot from him."

"If you can convince him of course."

"I'll do my best. Can I tell him every detail as to why we need him?"

"Sure, but it'll be much better if we can tell him directly." Slacovich arrives at the area as well together with Diego and Ara.

"President Demonfire." They all greeted him.

"I'll book a flight there by tomorrow. I'll bring along Erica and Ara. Li, I need you and Tyler to negotiate with the blacksmiths I've hired. Bring them along to the facility. The island is filled with silver ores which can help us with the gears that we need. As for you Diego, I need you to gather up information on Volton's accounts. His latest transactions and his a.s.sets market value. If one's market value sinks grab it immediately."

"What if it's a trap?"

"We'll figure it out when we're getting a hold of it."

"Okay." Everyone returns to their rooms to rest. They still need to train harder. If they need to suppress the enemy's power then they should be more capable and skilled in order to deafeat them. Nicholson, Slacovich and Carolina stays in the University field to take some fresh air.

"President Demonfire, any news on Queen Sofie?" Nicholson lights up a cigarette and takes a few puffs.

"Nothing yet, but I'm sure she'll figure out a way."

"I don't want to be rude but can't you just ask her straight away to deploy the legendary black knights here to help train the hunters?" Carolina seems irritated by the thought.

"It's not that simple my dear. The legendary black knights will do as what the Queen orders but, the Queen and the black knights should be one."

"What do you mean father?"

"The Queen's orders are only absolute if the black knights accepts her as their Queen."

"What the purpose of the coronation then?"

"It's just a formality but the real deal lies after that. Even if Sofie holds the t.i.tle and the ring that serves as an indicator, only the black knights approval and recognition will only allow her to take full control over them."

"So her t.i.tle as Queen is currently useless."

"Not entirely, the t.i.tle plays a great role so as the ring. The two serves as requirements for them. Her judgement day is about to come. Let's just wait for her news. Pressuring her will only confuse her heart's desire."

"You really know a lot about it father." Both of them looks at Slacovich's expressionless face. He may seem cold on the outside but they know he's been missing Sofie that much.

"Nicholson, Sofie. When I leave, please be in charge of the matters here at Sun University."

"We will."

"Let's just hope Volton won't make a move yet."

"He won't, knowing that his man never returned will give him the thought of us being prepared on whatever he throws at us."

"But if you leave then, we will be left open."

"Quite the opposite. When I leave he'll be more anxious. He'll think I'm that confident of my own army's capabilities. He will take matters into consideration first before taking action. Maybe he'll keep producing new armies. For now let's just be on total defense mode."

"Reverse psychology huh. You really know him too well."

"Sometimes I think knowing him too well will put us all in danger. That's why I'll always have a plan b to anything." The three of them went inside as the breeze gets colder and colder as the night deepens. Wondering what will happend tomorrow keeps them on guard every bit of time. Slacovich is in the position where one simple mistake can put the people he wants to protect in danger.