In a flash, Zero waves his hands, and then, several jars containing blood-red pills appear on the ground.

Seeing what appeared out of Zero's space ring, all the men keep quiet and don't say anything as their eyes are fixed on the jar.

'My lord is so smart. I haven't even told them about the pills, yet they are already curious,' Bryce thinks inwardly with a smirk on his face.

"As I was saying earlier, I wouldn't have smuggled y'all out of prison if I didn't have any plan. These pills you are seeing here can increase your evolution to the next stage if you ingest one of them," Bryce informs the men, causing excitement to appear on their faces. The urge to pounce on Bryce and collect the pills from him can be seen on their faces.

'That's it... The greedy nature of every life form. They didn't even bother to ask if it will have a downside to it; heck, if they had the chance to kill me and hoist all these pills for themselves, they wouldn't hesitate one bit. Thanks to Zero's presence that's warding them off.'

"Zero, give everyone of them a pill," Bryce instructs Zero.

In a flash, Zero grabs two jars, opening them. With the lid opened, the aura emitting from the jars is so strong that even Zero becomes shocked. He instantly covers his nose with a piece of cloth because of the temptation to ingest the pills.

In a flash, Zero moves at an incredible speed, giving each and every one of the men one pill each. Within seconds, he is back to his position beside Bryce.

"Now, y'all should ingest the pills at the same time," Bryce commands.

Without hesitation, the freedom-hungry men don't hesitate to swallow the drugs with flashing speed.

Abruptly, all the men that ingested the pills fall on their knees and clutch their throats in pain, blood dripping from their mouths while all the veins in their bodies expand and contract as if they are about to burst. At the same time, the men begin to elongate in size as their once skinny appearances change into bodies with well-defined muscles.

However, the pain doesn't stop there... The men continue to cry and roll around on the ground in pain.

"You bastard! What did you give to us?"

"Aargh, I am in pain...."

The men start cursing at Bryce and Zero.

"Hahahaha, you idiots, you didn't ask before you used the pills. Do you think anything comes for free? After using the pills, y'all are going to become nothing but my loyal dogs, muhahahaahahah!!!!" Bryce laughs hysterically at the condition of the men.

Suddenly, with a burst of energy, the aura of all the men who ingested the pills changes and expands while the pains that once plagued them vanish away as if they never existed. However, their eyes can be seen dilating and glowing in a different manner compared to a normal vampire. The glow on their faces is akin to when vampires are extremely angry, a situation that is rare.

"So now we have two hundred and fifty noble vampires, two hundred vampire lords, and fifty vampire warlocks, kekeke" Bryce mutters with a sadistic smile, looking at the vampires stationed in position like loyal dogs without moving an inch.

"Y'all dogs, are you listening to me?"

"Aye, master!" The vampires answer, making Bryce nod his head in satisfaction.

"I think I am being generous enough for giving you these pills; however, I am going to be even more generous. I'll give y'all one extra pill so that if you face a life-threatening situation, you'll use it. However, it comes with a huge downside. Regardless, it's better to die in honor than to die in shame," Bryce utters.

"Ahoorrahhhh!!!!" The vampires raise their voices, jubilating due to what Bryce said. Furthermore, they all have one thing in common; an evil grin on their faces.

"Zero, give them the pills," Bryce instructs, and in a flash, Zero disappears from his position, moving through the vampires at an astonishing speed, giving them each pill.I think you should take a look at .cοm

Within seconds, Zero returns to his position. Abruptly, Bryce begins to give orders to the vampires and also gives the supplies of weapons and gears.

Once all the vampires leave to fulfill the order Bryce gave them, Zero and Bryce watch them till they get out of their sight.

"Don't you think that pill is bad news?" Zero suddenly asks, looking somewhat worried.

"Pfft. Do you think such a tremendous boost in power comes free of charge? Those vampires are hardened criminals that were going to be later killed either way. So, putting them to good use is a nice way of ending their misery," Bryce replies with a grin.

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The moons hanging in the sky shine brightly on the gloominess market, the most popular market in the vampire planet. The red sky also adds an eerie atmosphere, specially tailored for vampires and their sub-species.

Suddenly, a vampire clad in armor, bearing the crest of the Sanguine family appears in the market and stands in position without walking. Slowly, he begins to unsheathe the long sword strapped onto his waist.

Although this action raises eyebrows from many vampires, they don't care much about it as it's a common occurrence for soldiers to act in a weird manner like this. Besides, this particular soldier is bearing the crest of the Sanguine family, a highly reputable family.historical

"Mommy, I want you to get that candy for me!" A beautiful small girl persuades her mom as she gently tugs on her mom's clothes.

"Fufu, Rika, mommy doesn't have enough money. I'll get you a lot of candies some other day," The mom says to her daughter, patting her head as they walk past the vampire that is clad in armor from top to bottom.

SHIMMM~

With a small movement, the stationary guard suddenly thrusts his sword into the woman from behind, bursting through her aura heart.

Retracting the sword from the woman, the armored vampire disappears from his position as if he was never there. And the woman, she slowly falls backward, surprise and regret evident on her face.

BAM!

The woman's body hits the ground, and she dies instantly.

"Mommy!!!!" The woman's daughter bellows as she sees her mom lying on the floor in a pool of cold blood.

It doesn't take a split second before another cry can be heard inside the market while people begin to run around.

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