Chapter 260: Blood Ritual
Madeline’s speechlessness when Elijah approached her amidst the crowd of ghostly apparition made her retreat backwards, but it was out of mere caution. Unbeknownst to her, another beastly demon chrged at her from behind when she wasn’t looking, but fortunately, Elian was quick to get rid of it with his twin sword.
Madeline’s thankful gaze shifted to Elian, but the Vampire who acknowledged her appreciation, simply paused when he caught sight of Elijah getting rid of the ghostly apparition with them. As expected, a single strike from the skilled Elijah was enough to wipe up to ten ghostly apparitions at the same time. With Elijah surprisingly on their side, it was a greater advantage to them.
"Elijah?" He blinked in awe. The sight before him came as a shock, but he didn’t have the time to fully express his brother’s surprise as more ghostly apparitions lunged his way, and he had to focus.
Elijah quickly made it past the figures and reached for Madeline’s wrist. His unceremonious action had thrown her off guard, but before she could ask what the pure-blooded Vampire was up to this time around, he surprisingly led her to the entrance of the hill, where no ghostly apparition could enter.
"Do what you have to do but hurry, I’ll hold them off." He said, turning away from Madeline whilst his grip on his blade tightened as he prepared himself for some even greater fun. Realizing he was actually on their side, Madeline offered him a smile he could not see, and she entered the hill, quickly climbing the steps that led her up to the top.
Elian joined his brother’s side as they kept the entrance protected. He casted a side glance at Elijah who was more interested in the battle than having any silly conversations with his brother.
"So.... Shall we take them out together? Same way we did during training?" Elian, who felt good to have his brother back by his side, plainly asked, but Elijah stretched his arms forward as if warming up.
"Unfortunately, you always lose in training." Came his heartless retort as the ghostly apparitions began to lunge towards where they stood, their claws and sharp teeths bared.
"I got better, wanna see?" A slight smirk graced Elian’s lips as he darted a glance at Elijah who barely looked at him.