Bloody Petals

Chapter 38

Most branches of the Hunter's Association were in the middle of bustling cities, except the main headquarter. The grand mansion stood in the middle of a forest in the eastern part of the country. It was quite far from the Council's building but Zero and the others managed to cover that far of a distance in just a few hours, considering their number.

Kaname was glad that most of them have exceptional healing abilities and even the nobles were already healed by the time they reached the place.

Zero could already feel dread as they steadily approached the mansion. "It smells of too much blood..." He couldn't help but voice out as he tried to swallow the sudden lump which got stuck in his throat. The air also smelled so putrid that he knew there were twice or thrice more Level Es in the place than both vampires and hunters combined.

"We need to hurry." Kaname spoke just beside him. His eyebrows were creased as he tried to feel everyone's presence in the vicinity. His chocolate-colored eyes were on the verge of turning into crimson as he felt so many noble vampire auras battling not too far from them. To think so many nobles would dare bare their fangs against him and the other purebloods... It still felt surreal to him even now.

The brunette was aware that most vampires feared purebloods way too much and that their existence alone was enough to make any lower-level vampire obey. He couldn't understand why and how Asato could have possibly convinced all those nobles to side with him. He felt that there was something important he was missing...

No matter. He could just ask the grand elder when they finally meet.

Kaname looked at his lover then. He knew that the best course of action at the moment was to group up with the Anti-President hunters who attacked the Association since it would allow them to form a more concrete plan than just blindly charging to the place without knowing anything. However, they still needed to be wary of the hunters since they didn't know who was pro-president and who was against him so simply approaching some unknown hunter could be terribly dangerous. Not to mention the anti-president might think that they were all part of Asato's nobles and attack them indiscriminately anyway.

"Takuma." The brunette pureblood voiced just as they started hearing the noises of battle not too far from them. They were probably still a few kilometers away from the Association's headquarters but they could already hear it – the screams of pain and anger, the sound of swords clashing against one another, gunshots, and the undeniable auras of several strong nobles fighting against some of the strongest hunters. The stiflingly dark auras of the hunters alone could already make any sane vampire change course and avoid any possible collision. However, they didn't have that luxury at the moment...

The blonde noble was immediately by Kaname's side at the mention of the name. Kaname simply looked at him and Takuma already understood. As per their plan, they would not directly engage against hunters as much as they could since they had no idea who was an enemy and who was not. Not to mention they didn't know that many hunters except Zero's small group of friends. "I understand."

The rest of the night class also understood. They had already formulated some basic plans while travelling and they were just waiting for Kaname to give the signal for its execution. The whole night class students were to fight the noble vampires who were Asato's loyal followers. They would try their best not to engage in hunter fights and simply try to help out as much as they could by dealing against powerful nobles and Level Es. The brunette also specifically told them not to separate into three or more groups since they would be more powerful together.

"Then as planned, all the elders will try to get to the bottom of this Level E business and try our best to shut down its production if ever we can manage to find out its source or its weakness." Elder Aido voiced just as he looked at all the other nobles.