CHAPTER 478: WHEN DEVILS LOCK EYES

The soldiers kept laughing and talking.

They made fun of each other. They showed the pictures of their wives, their daughters, their mothers to their fellow soldiers and they all promised themselves that they would return alive to meet them.

Sera and Hena remained at both sides of Pablo and Pablo let both of them be. He won’t steal these moments from the girls. They might get sad or angry and mess up during the war. It’s best to keep them satisfied. It wasn’t like they were asking for sex before the war.

But Sera surely asked for something after the war.

"If we stay alive at the end of this, let’s get married, dear."

Pablo choked on the water he was drinking and all the other soldiers jerked their heads at him.

Hena also looked at him but before she could ask for something as well, Pablo spoke first.

"We will talk about this after the war. You guys carry on."

The soldiers nodded and carried on.

Sera and Hena also went silent and the night went on with the laughter and voices of the soldiers.

But...

At that moment, Pablo’s senses finally rang.

What he was waiting for, finally happened as he jerked his whole body behind.

Sera and Hena were thrown off but before they could understand what happened...

"Helloooo!"

A voice rang around the Crucible.

Admiral Harlia looked at Pablo and Pablo looked at her.

All the soldiers stopped their talks and stood up.

Only one greeting made the atmosphere turn around three sixty degrees.

What happened was...

"Oh. You all are already here? Nice. Nice."

Someone had arrived in the Crucible.

They all were able to see the face of the person even in the darkness as the person had white glowing skin.

All eyes were on the person and no one moved an inch.

Pablo also stared at the man and he believed it was him. But he wasn’t sure.

"Hmm? Why are you all staring at me? Oh. Right. How stupid of me? How will you know who I am? This is the first time you are seeing me. Fine. Let me introduce myself to all of you..." The man smiled. "Again."

The man spread his arms and...

"I am Malvador Nocturne. The King of the Vampires."

Pablo was right.

This was Malvador.

"I stand in front of you with the intention of war and I will try my best..."

Malvador smiled again, flashing his sharp teeth.

"To kill you all."

Harlia twitched.

She clenched her fists as she didn’t like the confidence of the man.

Meanwhile, Pablo. He was thinking about something else.

He entered without any protection. He is acting like he is hearing no voices in his head. This ground allowed me to enter without killing me. Did he enter because of the same reason? The ground allowed him as well? But he surely must be hearing the voices in his head, right? Even I was hearing them.

Pablo watched the demeanor and attitude of the man and the man acted like he was completely fine from all around.

But Pablo was also acting like this when he had entered the ground so as to not make the soldiers afraid, so Pablo believed the man was acting as well.

Pablo noticed that Malvador had entered from the same entrance that he was staring at before.

Right now, the Vampire king was standing at the far end of the Crucible, there was too much distance between Pablo’s army and Malvador.

But Pablo and Malvador were standing in front of each other. Yes, there was a lot of distance between them but they were standing in front of each other.

Pablo’s eyes were on Malvador and Malvador’s eyes were on Pablo.

There was silence from Pablo’s side and Malvador had a constant smile on his face.

The next second, Malvador placed his hand above his eyes and shouted, "Is that you, Pablo?"

"Yeah." Pablo answered.

Malvador beamed. "You came too. I am glad you heard my wish. Do you have anything to ask? Or..."

Malvador’s smile died.

"Shall I start this shit right now?"

The soldiers gasped.

Malvador wanted to start the war right away.

But soon, Malvador’s smile returned.

"I would like to hear your thoughts first, Pablo."

Pablo sighed.

He was waiting for Malvador to arrive for all this time and now that the vampire was in front of him, he heaved a sigh of relief and like Malvador, he also found a smile on his face.

"Are you hearing the voices inside your head?" Pablo asked.

"Yes. They are shouting some shit. But my mind is already broken. So they won’t bother me that much."

Pablo nodded. His thoughts were right. Malvador was hearing the voices but he just couldn’t give a shit.

But Pablo wanted to test something else as well. So for that...

"Can you see the black smoke around here?" Pablo asked.

Malvador looked around. "I can’t. How can I see black smoke at night?"

"Alright. But can you smell it?" Pablo asked another thing.

Malvador frowned and then he did exactly what Pablo expected.

The vampire king sniffed the air.

Then, the next second...

THUD!

Malvador fell down on the ground.

The ashes began squirming around him and now Pablo was sure that the smoke was really the trigger.

The soldiers and Harlia broke into smiles and some soldiers even chanted for Pablo for using his brain at the right time. This smoke thing never came into their minds at all.

Pablo didn’t pay any mind to the chants of his name and now he was sure of one thing.

Malvador entered the ground because the ground allowed him but he wasn’t immortal to the effects of the ground.

The Crucible worked the same for everyone and the smell of the smoke was the trigger for everyone alike.

But Pablo also knew one thing.

If Malvador was really the man he believed, then this hold of the ashes wasn’t something that could stop the king of the Vampires.

Malvador would surely break free.