The group had gathered up and were standing in the reception area of the castle. Even though they now felt confident that the outcome wouldn't be the same and Fex had a fighting chance. They couldn't help but feel nervous that something unexpected might occur. Especially since it seemed like unexpected things were happening more often than not lately.
Standing at the front of the group, Arthur had opened a large shadow on the floor.
"I think it's best if you hand all your weapons over to me. They won't let us in that room with all this equipment on." He explained. "If it's on me, I can use my ability to hand it over to you at any time." Giving a wink to them all.
It was a way for them to still have their weapons in case of emergency, while not having them at the same time, following the rules.
"Of course, the grand judge of the vampires would best know how to bend the rules," Fex said.
As for Quinn, he never had weapons on him to start with since he could use the skill shadow equip.
Exiting from the castle, around thirty or so vampires were standing outside lined up opposite each other in two rows. With them, was Muka, the ninth leader.
"We are here to escort you to the king's castle." Said Muka. "Everyone who was involved with the incident yesterday evening is to be present."
After saying these words, the group was escorted along with the rest of the vampires standing by their side. When walking through the settlement, the vampires made sure to walk in synchronised form, blocking the view of the people going towards the king's castle.
"Everyone?" Layla said, a little nervous.
"Yeah, does that mean even the people we were fighting against are going to be there?" Vorden asked.
"I wouldn't worry too much." Arthur replied. "The king will be present for this. The vampires respect the king quite greatly. Even if they don't agree with his ideals or such, they will still follow his orders. It's only after he disappears where the cracks that weren't apparent before, start to appear."
Finally, the group had arrived and they were continued to be escorted into the large room. It was the vampire king's table. The fourteen seats were all empty at the moment.
"Looks like we are here first." Arthur said as he naturally went towards one of the biggest chairs that was stationed on one end of the table. It was opposite the king's chair, and he sat down. It was as if he had done this a thousand times before.
Muka looked at him as if Arthur was a bit of a mad man, but then he guessed that chair was always for him after all. Just he would have thought Arthur would have asked for permission from the king before doing such a thing. Did he know how long that chair was empty for? The other vampires would not react well to this move.
The vampires that were with Muka had gone to line up along the side. Muka had also ordered those with Quinn to line up by the side as well, towards the back of the wall. Muka explained to them some basic rules. That they were not allowed to speak at all unless being spoken to. It was strange, but Logan was happy to see that even for Leo, Silver and Fex had the same rules applied to them.
It wasn't like the humans were being treated any differently during this meeting. Quinn naturally went to line up with his friends on the back wall.
"What are you doing?" Arthur said. "Your place is not there." He then pointed with his finger to one of the seats.
"Arthur, you can't be serious?" Muka replied.
"If what you have told us is true Quinn, then that seat is rightfully yours. You sit there and show the rest that this is your rightful place, it is important to not let the vampires push you around."
Hearing this, Muka didn't say anymore. Because perhaps Arthur was right.
"Quinn, Arthur seems to be a wise man who probably knows the council better than they know themselves. I will tell you if he gives you bad advice or not." The system said.
Doing so, Quinn walked over and looked at the seat. For some reason, it felt like a strange power was emitting from it, but it seemed no different from the others, and taking in a deep breath, he finally sat down.
"Does it feel good?" Arthur said.
But Quinn didn't reply, he didn't know if it felt good or bad. Just different.
They waited patiently until the other leaders started to enter the room one by one. This time, they had their vampire knights by their side, some with knights they hadn't seen before. Ones that weren't a part of the battlefield. Most of the leaders who had fought looked to have made a full recovery. Even Lee as he entered the room.
Both Fex and Silver looked in Lee's direction, but he quickly looked away and sat in his seat.
However, some of the leaders had still yet to recover, and these were the ones that had been hit with Qi infused attacks. Their wounds were healing, just at a slower rate.
When Edward had entered the room, he had gone over to Quinn's side and stood by his seat. Acting as if he was his vampire knight.
"You look good in that seat," Edward said with a smile. Hoping to calm the boy down. He could see Quinn got more nervous as more leaders started to enter the room.
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