Chapter 269: He’s Watching Us
The smell of smoke filled my nostrils as we moved forward. It didn’t take long for the shrill cries of wounded vampires to resound around the forest.
Several birds flew above our heads in a desperate effort to escape the site of the blast.
I stood in the middle of the group while Aceco held my hand. As for Rhett, he stood in front of us with no weapons out except for his claws.
Eventually, we caught a view of the mountain that the humans had blown up. The mountain still stood tall but the parts which had caves where the vampires resided were now reduced to rubble.
However, several vampires took advantage of the smoke surrounding the forest, which acted as a shade of sorts against the sunlight. They jumped down from the mountain, snarling aggressively at the pack soldiers.
The pack soldiers numbered more than two hundred, which should be enough against the vampires coming out of the mountain. But we needed as many of them as possible alive for the final battle within the underworld.
Suddenly, Aceco flew up, leaving me under Rhett’s care. She stretched out her arms, muttering a spell. A few vampires tried jumping up to take her down, but they were shot down by the arrows and bullets of the pack soldiers.
After a while, Aceco opened her eyes, causing a burst of white light to spread out of her body. Things didn’t end there as a burst of wind spread around the forest, causing the smoke from the explosion to disperse quicker than it arrived.
With their cover out of the way, it didn’t take long for the sun to do its work and burn the vampires on the ground to ash. The explosion had fallen all the trees around the mountain, leaving no room for escape.
I glanced up at Aceco just then, wondering if what she did just now didn’t technically count as ’killing’. But oh well, it wasn’t her fault that the vampires were vulnerable to sunlight.
"For RavenWood!" Suddenly, Rhett roared out, causing the pack soldiers around us to roar as well.