NOVEL WEB Chapter 18 Dracula’s Castle
A light blue orb flew out of the body of Yoko Belnades and into Zero's hands. Instead of absorbing it, he stores it inside his chaos soul dimension skill. After storing the soul he stood over Yoko's body and slit his wrist causing blood to drip into the stab wound and Zero begins chest compressions. As he continued the compressions as the blood continued to drip in her chest the wound slowly healed and Yoko's heart started to beat again.
After restoring Yoko's body he then placed it inside his soul dimension also. Zero then walked to Mrs. Yoko's friend and mesmerized her again. "Yoko Belnades is currently away on a trip to visit family and won't be back for a while. You will also remember nothing that occurred in the last 30 minutes and continue your day as usual" said Zero
Zero then left the apartment and headed to Hikaru's hotel which he was staying at tonight since he told Mina and Yuto that he would stay at a friend's house. Arriving at the hotel he then went to the gym to train with Hikaru. The castle would be appearing in 13 days so he needed to be ready for it.
Hikaru was waiting for him and picked up a sword as he entered. With his katana in hand, Zero walked until he was about 2 meters from Hikaru and took his stance. Hikaru was releasing a cold bloodlust, unlike the oppressive one that Hammer released this one made one feel the need to run away instead. Zero released his own bloodlust which gave off the feeling that you were prey to be hunted by an apex predator. They began to clash while holding nothing back trying to kill each other. After 3 hours of fighting; the combat session ended and they both returned to their room to shower and sleep.
The next day he left for Hakuba shrine and on the way there ran into Soma. "Hey on your way to see Mina?" asked Zero
"Yeah we're going to catch a movie and grab some lunch." said Soma
"That's good she's been in a great mode recently so I assume this is the reason" said Zero with a smile
"How are things going with Mrs. Belnades?" asked Soma who still had the misunderstanding from the last conversation from before.
"You could say I have her within my grasp so to speak." said Zero as he laughed
'Wait she actually accepted his feeling' thought Soma as he had been preparing how to comfort his find after finding out he'd been rejected.
"Well enough about me. I was wondering if you could come to Hakuba Shrine in 13 days." said Zero
"Sure why?" asked Soma
"Nothing I have a surprise for you and Mina." said Zero smiling
"What the surprise?" asked Soma
"Not telling but let's just say your lives will never be the same after it." said Zero with a meaningful smile
Arriving at the shrine Mina came out to meet us and then proceeded to leave with Soma. Meeting Yuto in the living room Zero decides that he might as well take care of one of my last minutes preparations before the castle appears. Zero mesmerized him and gave him the order to travel to a hot spring in another city in 12 days and not return for a week. He also included another order. Zero had already informed Hikaru to block off the shrine for everyone except Mina, Soma, Hammer, and Genya so Yuto was the last remaining person to take care of.
Mina and Soma returned from their date in the evening. Zero greeted them when they came into the living room. Zero asked Soma if he would like to stay over at the Hakuba Shrine. Soma was nervous as he wanted to say yes but felt that he would be insulting Yuto if said yes. Yuto told him he could if he wanted to do that so Soma accepted and would sleep in Zero's room.
Later at night, it was time for Zero to give these two lovebirds a little push. He grabbed Soma's shoulder and asked him if he was serious about Mina. Some answered that of course he was serious and planned to marry her in the future. Hearing this Zero shook Soma's hand and passed him something that shocked Soma when he noticed what was in his hand. "Mina is waiting for you in her room so you better hurry up Soma." said Zero
"I don't think it's proper to do this." said an embarrassed Soma
"The only improper thing is to make a lady wait or say something you both desire." answered Zero
Soma left the room and headed to Mina's room and spent the night there only returning to Zero's room before dawn. Zero didn't ask any questions and Soma did not speak about what happened and they were both okay with that. Zero had encouraged them and their relationship had grown so much stronger as a result. Mina was feeling a tad bit sore so when Zero made some tea for her he dropped a drop of his blood and Mina looked to be getting better as she drank the tea.
The next day with only 12 days left Zero told Hikaru to prepare 2 extra katanas and 20 Glock G17s for him. Once he was transported into Dracula's castle he would be unable to leave until the castle's source of power for the castle was destroyed. So he needed to prepare the weapons he planned to use ahead of time. The next 12 days passed quite quickly with no issue and today was the day the castle would appear at night. The day passed by unremarkable and night fell.
Zero noticed a person sneak on the shrine ground with his dhampir senses which he knew was Genya. Soma and Mina were waiting outside the shrine for Zero's gift. When the clock struck midnight and a lunar eclipse happened and everyone at the shrine staring at the eclipse was transported into the eclipse. Dracula's castle existed in another dimension within the eclipse. It normally existed with Dracula himself but he hadn't existed until Soma was born.
Zero was hiding so as to not be noticed by any of the four individuals inside the castle for his plan to be executed. He snuck away from the courtyard and headed into the castle looking for the demons whose soul he would be needing for the future.
Zero's Demon Target List
Souls needed
Chronomage x 2
Valkyrie x 999
Erinys x 999
Lilith x 999
Siren x 999
Nemesis x 999
Witch x 999
Curly x 999
Dryad x 999
Arc Demon x 100
Demon Lord x 100
Alura Une x 999
Mandragora x 100
Alastor x 999
Succubus x 999
Flame Demon x 100
Final Guard x 999
Shadow Knight x 999