As night approaches, the two boys move to the graveyard. While awaiting the arrival of the imps to start their mission, they notice a figure already in hiding...

Aaron: Well, well, well... Look what we have here...

Suiga: Is that the woman from the manifestation earlier today?

The woman is hiding inside the bushes surrounding the graves. She notices the hunters approaching her but pays no attention...

Aaron: Uuh, excuse me? Hi, vampire hunters, are you somehow authorized to be here?

Woman: Oh, screw me, silver head! I'm taking matters into my own hands! Useless...

Suiga : Excuse me, Aaron. Miss, we happened to come across your speech earlier today. I understand Landen has been in some sort of predicament the past few weeks, and you are more than justified to live in fear, but this is a dangerous situation that you are not equipped to deal with...

Woman: Oh, are you? It took you three weeks to narrow down that a bunch of imps were stealing bones from a graveyard, without any reason or cause. All that, while vampires have been sucking our people dry every other Tuesday!!

Aaron: We... are trying our BEST, miss. I'm sorry that our troops have been lacking because of-

Woman: Let me guess, the expeditions?! The free trips our people have been paying from taxes just so you can go suicide by vampire out of our sights, but first do some sightseeing of the Alban Forest Trees?

Aaron: (Kill, kill, kill) Uuuuuh...

Woman: Exactly. And don't worry, I saw you earlier. Looking at me like I'm spouting off nonsense when you know damn well, I know the truth. You vampire hunters are nothing more than sorry decorations that this city has put in to ease our minds while we await the GRAND BITE-

Suiga: Miss, please calm down! The imps will hear us!

Aaron: Speak of the devil, they are here!! Get out of here, we can't have a civilian tailing us!

Woman: Never, I'm not letting my future to two 19-year-olds!!!

As there's no time, the woman is forced to join them. The imps arrive. Disgusting creatures, lesser vampires, around 1.20m, grey skin, black eyeballs, and rotten, prickly skin. They have zero to little conscience, mostly working by instinct, but they follow a vampire's command by the book and are dangerous in numbers.

The imps start digging and stealing...No jewelry or artifacts, but bones, hair, and leftover flesh. They start leaving one by one through a broken opening in the iron fences of the graveyard...

Aaron: Uh, never going to get over the smell...

Suiga: We truly must follow them, I guess...

The boys quickly start the chase once they notice the strange woman has outpaced them...The opening leads to a small forest behind the graveyard. Given the graveyard's location to the outskirts of town, the forest trees are tall, with dark leaves that spread out enough to cover the forest from the light of the moon...

As they reach farther into the forest, the imps start splitting to sides, using their small stature to enter the bushes and lose the hunters...

Aaron: Wait... Stop!

Suiga: Hah... A problem?

Woman: We almost had them!! What gives?!

Aaron: Zip it! We are walking into a trap. See how the Imps split?

Woman: Of course, I did, since instead of cutting their heads off, you are playing chase!!

Suiga: Miss, please have some respect for my senior here. An alcoholic he might be, he is still-

Aaron: Both of you zip it! We kill them, but we never find the bat behind their plan. They didn't just split, they divided with coordination. Imps can't even shit by themselves.

Woman: We already know someone gave them orders, hunter!!

Suiga: I think what my SENIOR wants to say, is that someone is probably commanding them as we speak, thus leading us into a trap!!

Aaron: Exactly, topknot!! Wait, why am I celebrating, take out your weapon, dammit!!

As they prepare, circling the woman for protection, they start hearing a laugh. While the woman looks to the sides for some sort of figure, the two hunters know to look up at the night sky. One figure, two wide bat wings spread out, descends upon a boulder in front of the group. Tall, pale, chestnut hair in a wolf cut, two fangs, and a pair of crimson eyes staring down at the lost humans. Dressed in a blue coat, he smiles at his enemies...

Vampire: Well, well, well, after so many weeks too... I honestly thought vampire hunters were getting sloppy...

Aaron: OK freak, show's over. Before we INEVITABLY chop your head off your neck, how about you tell us why the hell you robbin' graves?

Vampire: Honestly, THIS HERE is why I hate humans. No suspense, no patience, have a little chat...straight to the bloodshed with you...

Aaron: I don't think anyone would want to have a chat with you and your teeth all over their necks...

Suiga: Aaron, some of the imps have gathered around him...We should prepare for a fight.

Vampire: Hmm? Oh, and you even brought me a snack!!

Not even a minute passed, and the vampire flew next to the woman and lifted her the ground...

Aaron: Hey!!!

Woman: Let me go you freak!!!

Vampire: Honestly, I can't believe you imbeciles. You know we can't drink putrid hunter blood, so you brought me something to fill my stomach after I toy around with your corpses...

Woman: Don't you worry about them! I'm the one you should look out for!

The woman manages to pull out a small, silver knife. She tries to stab the vampire, but to her surprise, even though the knife pierces the skin, the vampire barely moves, just looking at her with pity...

Vampire: I hope that was not expensive... You humans are so naïve like cutlery would kill me...

He grabs her with his two hands over her cheeks, and slowly approaches her neck, his cold yet dense breath grazing her shoulders. She violently tries to escape, with little success. He whispers...

Vampire: So vibrant, so strong for your age... And just when I was searching for a new blood bag...

Woman: Huh? No, no, no...

Vampire: Oh well, why one more dependent would hurt? I'll just tell everyone else that they can use it during my work hours!!

As the vampire shows his fangs, ready to turn the woman to his kind, he feels something coming. He pushes her away and dodges a slash from Suiga, who manages to reach their height with Aaron's help...The vampire retreats to the boulder, and Aaron grabs the woman.

Suiga: No human will turn into another slave for you, freak!! Aaron, allow me to handle him.

Aaron: Starting to like you, topknot. I'll take the imps, then I'm coming to you.

Suiga: Deal!

As Suiga starts reaching for the vampire, the latter tries to send his imps on him. Aaron pulls out a flask filled with a slimy bleak fluid. He throws it to the ground. As the flask breaks, a gas is released from the fluid that surrounds the imps. They suddenly leave the samurai to chase after the fluid...

Aaron: Url was right, they'll chase it like madmen...

Woman: What... is that?...

Aaron: Imp "seductive". It simulates human and animal blood. The scent from the fluid is powerful enough to overcome any control from a vampire because it "stimulates an imp's archaic sensory cortex" or something. Damn Url's a nerd...

Aaron takes out his amulet...

Aaron: Look, miss. As much as I want to agree with you, you got it wrong. You just saw what these freaks are capable of, and for how little they will do it. And you are right, we probably lost the ball the past three months. We are not strong, we are not fast, we are not supernatural beings that can cast spells from hell... But hunters have one thing in common...They are all mad enough to go and chase these vamps out of our lives...

Aaron starts chanting: "Oh Lord of the Sun, bestow upon me thy strength of the wolf to punish the demons: Wolfsbane!" The amulet glows white. The silver starts to liquify and grow, thus transforming the amulet into an engraved greatsword. Aaron holds it by his two hands, grips firmly, and rushes to the pile of enraged imps, slashing upwards violently to chop as many as he can. He manages to get them in one full sweep, sending their limbs and gore all over the bushes.

Woman: He... killed them...

Aaron: You need stronger silver than that butter knife if you are going to stab a bat, miss...

In the meanwhile, Suiga has engaged his opponent. He swiftly dodges the vampire's aerial kicks but remains on the defensive. The vampire taunts him...

Vampire: Honestly, you just had to put your nose in our business. Damned hunters...

Suiga: "Your" business? Who else is there? Did "they" receive the bones you stole?

Vampire: Hehe, quite indeed!! Seems like you are risking your life for nothing.

Suiga: Not necessarily. Once I cut you down, it will be one bat less in our world!

The vampire manages to land a strong kick to Suiga 's guts. His armor prevents a lethal hit, but he still gets pushed back and stunned...

Vampire: You think you can kill us, don't you??

He repeatedly tries to hit him again. Suiga barely manages to dodge...

Vampire: Let me tell you something...You think just because your God gave you his silver and his light, you can somehow manage to kill the US!! We are stronger, we are faster, and we can wield magic like its cheap parlor tricks that your kind wouldn't even DREAM of achieving. So, WE are the superior beings! So, when I want to eat a human, you should bow down and beg for mercy instead of trying to cut me down. Why? Cause livestock and toys, DON'T FIGHT BACK!!!

As the vampire tries to land a sweep, Suiga quickly dashes and slashes off his leg. The vampire loses balance and falls back, his wings retracting. Suiga must have feigned his injury to lead the vampire on.

Suiga: Shout all you want about strength, magic, and whatnot, freak. But do believe me when I say, that just because you are blessed by life, it doesn't give you the right to torture others!!!

He slashes the other leg and keeps the bat at bay...

Suiga: I noticed earlier... You wouldn't need some imps to handle us, no vampire would ever admit he can't handle humans without help. You tried to eat the woman to gain your strength back...It's safe to say then that these legs won't be regenerating soon enough if we keep you starved until support arrives...

Vampire: You brat!!

Aaron and the woman arrive...

Aaron: Nice job, topknot!! You good?

Suiga: Like this starved bat could ever hope to slay me...So, what is next? Our captive just said the bones have already gone to his associates...

Aaron: Well, he better spit out their names before I choke out whatever vampires live off of...

Vampire: You fools...

Aaron: Huh?

Vampire: You have no idea what plot is afoot. My death is but trivial in front of what is to come in a few weeks...

SUIGA: A few weeks? What are you planning?

Aaron: More importantly, us chopping off your head is okay with you. Great!!!

Vampire: Know this, humans! You can struggle all you want, fight us till your bones turn to dust. In the end, my masters shall prevail in this game. Vampires will always be on the top of the food chain, and humans will always be putrid, lowly, live--

Aaron pierces his head before the sentence is finished...

Aaron: Well, we weren't gonna get anything from him. And hearing the word livestock one more time...We'll give his body to support, maybe they'll figure something out...

The woman approaches the two hunters...

Woman: ...I'm...deeply sorry... I-

Aaron: We get it. We can always be better. Until these freaks disappear...

Suiga: We'll keep fighting!

The woman smiles...

Suiga : Um, Sir Aaron?

Aaron: Mate, I told you, we are the same age-

Suiga: If I remember correctly, weren't we supposed to deliver him alive to Salazar Prison for further questioning?

Aaron freaks out.

Aaron: SHIT!!!! WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO NOW!!!!??? SHROUD'S GONNA KILL ME!!!

Suiga: It is my fault for getting caught up in the moment. I shall now commit seppuku!

Aaron: DON'T ADD SUICIDE TO THE REPORT, TOPKNOT!!!!!