ARCHDEUS

EPILOGUE (1 VOLUME)

Eldnest's death brought nightmares to witches and alchemists. The death of the wizard who was able to use tier 5 magic made the witches a soft food for the knights.

There were 20 knights here who were all under Alex's command. They killed and captured witches. They shut their mouths and tied the arms of the witches so they could neither cast spells nor escape.

"Master!"

The alpha who had escaped from the magic [Mute] rushed to hug Alex. Upon seeing that bloody fight with his mouth suddenly losing his speech ability left him in a slump and in fear.

But now, he can calm down. He has been free. He's been safe. Alpha height is only 125 cm or still around Alex's stomach area.

Alpha is crying. The fear when a knife pointed straight at his neck had become a terror that kept on looming over him. After all he was just an 8-year-old boy who still needed protection from adults.

But more than that, even though he felt happy and touched when he saw Alex save him, at the same time he also felt embarrassed.

Alpha has failed to keep Merry. If he could protect the girl a little longer maybe the girl wouldn't ....

"Sir, sorry .. forgive me hiks ... hikss ...."

Tears of joy turn to sorrow to install Alex's armor. Although the armor was hard and cold but Alpha still buried his face there. He did not want to raise his eyes. Although the hallway is only equipped with a dim torch light but he is still afraid and embarrassed to see the view of Alex who may be full of disappointment and sadness.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry hiks ...."

Alex kept staring at the little boy who was hugging him while crying. He stroked the boy's head.

"Calm down, don't cry. You're safe now."

That low voice further hurt Alpha's guilt. His promise to his daughter's master to always protect her and his guilt for Alex grows stronger.

My fault. I shouldn't have run into the woods. We should never have met.

Feeling that this child was still unwilling to stop crying, Alex still wanted to comfort her. He hugged her, letting all the tears of the child run out.

"What are you sad about? At least we met and nothing bad happened. Don't cry anymore, okay?"

Alex persuades Alpha with a voice as friendly as possible. He even had to give a rare smile to the child. But Alex's tough attitude further scratches Alpha's guilt over time.

"Sorry sir, it's my fault. If I don't go to your house, if I'm not together with the princess, maybe ... maybe the princess is still there!"

"???"

Alex is confused by the word Alpha.

"What's still there?"

Alex's question seems too explicit. But this is true, he did not understand Alpha at all.

Alpha feels that Alex still doesn't know Merry's condition. Alpha thinks that Alex is still looking for Merry who's gone. Alpha can't bear to see Alex's great hopes are in vain. Although Alpha did not see the experimental sessions conducted by the bastards to Merry, but he knew that with a very high ratio of deaths it was very likely that Merry was now gone. Merry must have been the object of failure let alone the girl's body being too weak and definitely unable to withstand any side effects from the experiment.

Alpha strengthens his embrace to Alex. He raised his gaze upwards to be able to look at Alex's red eyes.

Alex's gaze still didn't have any feelings of grief, but Alpha had to tell the truth. The pain in his heart from having to tell the truth was so bitter that he wanted to cry again. Her red face and teary eyes from crying made her look miserable.

"Master .. I'm sorry. The princess ... the princess is dead. He's gone, he's dead. It's my fault, it's my fault."

After saying that, Alpha again buried his face in Alex's arms. It let out a louder cry as if this was the peak of its sadness.

"Huh?"

Alex was surprised by Alpha's words.

"Sir."

At the same time, Rain came over while greeting Alex respectfully. Just as Justin was still unable to use his aura, he had previously remained in the rearguard during the battle.

Alex who heard Rain nodded expressionlessly.

Rain looked at Alpha who kept crying. He was also sad but thought about the suffering that this child might have suffered.

"Sister Al?"

That familiar overtime voice resuscitated Alpha who was still hugging Alex.

The sound made Alpha's mind go blank. His crying voice stopped, then he slowly raised his head and turned his head to the source of the soft voice.

On Rain's back was a small figure carried there. That little figure is no stranger, that's the one who has become his savior and the one who wants to be protected by Alpha. It was Merry who was smiling as usual.

Alpha doesn't believe what he saw. With doubt and hoarse voice he called out the name of his daughter master.

"Princess Merry ...."

"Sir Al."

The girl's smile grew wider after Alpha called her name. Nothing has changed from Merry's appearance, except ...

his eye.

Alex sat lazily on the sofa located in his room. As usual, he was accompanied by a glass of tea, pastries, and of course his little servant Justin.

But unlike Alex who is calm and looks not care about the world, Justin actually works hard with a pile of yellow paper on the table.

He searched through all the piles of papers that were experimental reports taken from the lab they had attacked.

Although this paper is so much, but this is only a report from one specimen and several other general records.

The specimen recorded here is the G-82 aka the codename from Merry. Who would have thought that they had to make preparations for the raid for a month since the raid of the mansion occurred. This was indeed too long but it was natural as this included 200 elite soldiers from the mansion and temple preparations to provide assistance. Not to mention the preparation of logistics and assault strategies. This is to increase the success rate of the mission but at the same time also reduce the life expectancy of the hostages. Any time that passes is obviously very painful for the hostages because they can die at any time.

But it is to be grateful that Merry and Alpha survived. Other than them it turned out that there were some other hostages but their condition was too miserable. Most of them experience mischief such as losing their arms, eyes, tongue, and even having a full body of stitches. They are all objects of research that still survive. All of those people except Merry and Alpha are now in count care. The future of the children remains unclear but at least as long as the count takes care of them and looks after them, it is likely that the lives of the victims of the human experiment will survive.

"Sir, here we go."

Justin smiled as he handed Alex a piece of paper.

Alex took the paper.

"Thank you, you're the best."

Justin rarely smiled but when he heard the compliment he was clearly unable to hide his smile.

"Haha ... Sir, no need to thank me. It's been my job."

Alex then focused his gaze on the paper in his hand.

This paper is the latest report of the G-82 specimen. It displays the associated development of the physical and mental condition of the specimen. It also has some simple formulas regarding the chemical elements given to the specimen.

Alchemy is a branch of magic that consists of various other branches of magic even from natural science. That is why this science is very attached to chemistry, physics, and biology. In Midgard where Magic is the dominant view, there is still no such thing as natural science or science. Natural science is still in the scope of Witchcraft so some theories of the sciences still contain elements of metaphysics. This does not mean that logic is not used. There are many magic spells and theories that use mathematical formulas to explain all the concepts of magic. Indeed there are some whose nature is still abstract but for some views can be explained mathematically and statistically.

After reading through all the documents, Justin put all the papers together and put them in Alex's drawer. Neither Merry nor Alpha are known to the House of Fertiphile. It is to be grateful that this family is adherents of an orthodox aura so they can not see the condition of the two children, especially Merry who is already very different from before.

It's been a very late night and there's no more work. Justin retreats from Alex's room but Merry does not enter his father's room.

This was common because Merry always slept with his father. But this time it was a little different.

Merry's face looked red, her breathing was heavy, and her eyes were even as red as Alex's.

"Dad~"

Merry's voice sounded very soft and smooth. Without waiting for a reply from Alex who was still sitting on the sofa, Merry walked towards him.

Merry then climbed onto the sofa and sat on Alex's lap so they faced each other.

Merry's breathing was heavy and her body temperature was very hot. Tears also fell and her voice trembled as if it was holding back the discomfort.

"Dad~"

If Alex hadn't read the report from time to time he wouldn't have known Merry's condition. But he had read all and had not forgotten all the contents of the report even remembering all the signs.

Alex held his son's hair slowly and then lifted Merry's bangs so that he could see his son's entire face that had been flushed red as if he had a fever.

"Don't cry."

Alex takes a handkerchief out of his pocket and cleans the tears from Merry's face.

Merry who was still uncomfortable buried her face into Alex's chest and let out a heavy breath and a long groan.

Merry's hot breath can be felt by Alex. He also increasingly could not bear to see the condition of his son.

Alex took off his top shirt button so that it showed strong and white shoulders.

Alex raised Merry and then buried his son's face on his bare shoulder.

Merry could feel her father's temperature and body scent growing stronger after coming into contact with his father's naked skin. This made him even more unable to bear and continued to groan.

"Gigitlah" said Alex while stroking his son's hair.

Merry, who got her father's permission, finally opened her mouth. The tiny but very pointed fangs appeared. He immediately bit his father's shoulder as hard as possible until the fangs penetrated the skin membrane and shoulder muscles of his father.

The smell of blood was smelled by Merry so that his behavior became more aggressive. He hugged his father stronger and buried his fangs deeper. His eyes grew redder and his tongue kept dancing swallowing all of his father's blood coming out.

Not all the blood he could suck, some of it escaped and flowed down his father's shoulder.

But there was no pain from his father. On the contrary, only the warm and soft elusan in her hair still remained stable.

Although Merry seemed to enjoy all of this, but in her he cried when he saw his father giving his own blood to be able to calm him. Merry's condition has changed. He is no longer human but some of his blood has been drained by vampire blood. Unfortunately this is a common vampire who has a very high appetite for blood. Who would have thought that all the experiments done on him were very successful. Up to less than a month it has the potential to be gamma. But his condition is very unstable. He must consume a lot of blood to be able to suppress extreme strength and behavior. Otherwise, his vampire instincts will overwhelm him so that he will lose his humanity.

On this day, behind the window screen that separates the moonlight and the light beam, the shadows of two people hugging each other were clearly visible. Although it looks full of excitement and pleasure but it is full of sadness and bloody tragedy.

~ VOLUME 1 [END]~