Blood Awakening: The Strongest Hybrid and His Vampire Bride

Jin Seong wondered why he took the job while following the dirty, wet tunnel with a thick stench of sour waste. He couldn't help but doubt the one who made this detailed plan. Was it only meant to help him escape, or something more?

At the end of the tunnel, a luxury car awaited him with the engine already running. "Get in." His guide ordered with a cold voice, ushering him inside.

'Is this it, am I now safe… or will I face another noose?'

He closed his eyes while trying to understand the enemies' goal. Jin's eyes observed the trees and mountains before the city appeared in sight.

'This car's windows are tinted, and the licence plate was private.'

The car drove him into the northwest, an area which Jin recognised well. 'Ryan had a mission here weeks ago.' His son fought against a nest of wraiths in this location.

'Wasn't this place meant to be abandoned?' Jin swallowed his saliva, shocked at the scene before him, an extravagant mansion and various new buildings on a site designated as a landfill.

Slowly, the car slowed with a humming engine cutting out.

"Strange…" Jin muttered.

Once the car stopped before the impressive mansion, but before the gates opened, he could swear that he couldn't see any people or buildings on the road leading to the mansion.

"Mysterious, who are all these people."

His heart suddenly started pounding, the car pulling into the drive, closer to the mansion. This is when he enters the front gates and various maids and servants await him.

"Get out, don't waste our time."

The guide pushed him away, causing the middle-aged male to stumble, and stagger, standing before the maid and servants.

"Guide him to the master's place, Alice."

However, Jin noticed something about the maids and servants, pale green skin, their cold gaze lacking emotions and various wounds or stitch marks hidden at the neck of their dresses, or cuffs of their jackets.

'Wait!' Jin Seong noticed something terrifying about these features and couldn't help but bite his tongue.

'Ugly, discoloured skin, menacing looks. The Nosferatu clan?'

The moment he realised who these people were, his mind started to warn him of the danger and made him focus.

'Is this, really, the Nosferatu mansion?'

He wondered whether the people surrounding him were even alive, walking through the elegant hallways, and grand entrance, he couldn't help but feel cold despite the roaring fires.

"Please wait here, human." A maid ordered him.

Jin stood in a large office, with a cosy and warm atmosphere. On the wall was a massive bookshelf with hundreds, if not thousands, of books.

He spent several minutes checking the titles, and genres of the books ranging from science, fantasy, history, language, and romance.

A sudden chill swept through the room.

"It's been a while, Jin Seong." A low, raspy voice that sounded old, ancient.

When Jin heard it, he trembled like a blade pointed towards his back. He turned from the books and opened his eyes in shock.

A handsome male, with dull grey hair and pale eyes, watched him from the dark red wooden desk, wearing a faint smile on his lips.

"I remember you fifty years ago, a little child still running around with his mother."

'This person is neither human nor supernatural, he is a pure monster.'

Silence filled the office, causing the atmosphere to become awkward, but the old monster just chuckled, tapping his desk and watching Jin Seong with a soft gaze.

"You don't have to be so scared, boy." He then flicked a bell which tingled.

A moment later, a maid appeared out of nowhere and started serving two cups of tea before she quickly vanished. "Come, sit with me. I am not the one who ordered you to kill that boy."

'Liar! Your voice, atmosphere, and tone are identical to that call!' Jin wanted to scream before jumping out the window, but the words didn't come out, and he could only grit his teeth.

"Your eyes tell me you don't believe me, a shame, haha. Good, you're much smarter and worthy than a foolish boy who loses all focus and lowers his guard for mere women."

The man smirked, then tapped the desk.

"I am here to offer you a chance, your last. Jin Seong, will you accept my offer, or die where you stand."

A cold tone, like an unsheathed blade he threatened to cut Jin Seong's throat. This wasn't a mere threat, but a deadly promise.

Unable to reject the offer, Jin's chest pounded with rage infused with terror, and the desire to overcome this monster, but knowing the strength and power because of his knowledge, he couldn't win. His heart collapsed and the desire to fight back became nothing but a tiny thought.

'I couldn't even scratch this monster's cheek.'

Unable to remove his gaze from the old man, Jin's eyes trembled with terror at the old handsome man sitting alone.

'Ryan, your father has been tricked…'

He put his life first and avoided losing everything here.

"What do you desire of me?"

Jin Seong only took the original job, causing this mess, because of the possible prestige which would help Ryan.

'Damn it.'

The mission offered not only money, but they promised to allow his son Ryan to step into a higher rank, something almost impossible in the SSS for humans, thus Jin thought it would help Ryan. However, the truth caused Jin's plan and relationship with his son to collapse. Explore more at empire

"Oh, it is a simple task. I have this meddlesome brother."

"Brother?"

Jin Seong didn't know the old man, rather the only clue was the Nosferatu clan itself.

The handsome man suddenly shifted his face. When the shadows flickered over his eyes, creating an illusion as his pupils turned silver, with black veins visible on his cheeks and forehead.

"I want you to help me kill Alucard Nosferatu, the former patriarch."

Meanwhile, current day.

Jin Seong sat silently, smoking a cheap cigarette and leaning against a black leather seat in his custom M3 Destroyer. A simple car he weaponised with the help of the SSS and his current employer.

"Ryan, forgive your father. I will do anything for you two."

He muttered softly as his eyes closed to prevent the tears falling down his aged face. For the past two weeks, he stayed loyal to the old man, acting like an obedient servant while hiding from everyone, including his two children and wife.

'That old bastard. He set everything up, from turning my oldest friends into lifeless dolls and providing false information about Nikolai Volkov.'

"No, it was my fault."

Jin refused to keep blaming himself, and since the accident, he already contacted Nagisa Fenrir, the only neutral party he could think of to alert them of the issues. He used to be like Ryan, friends with several monsters, but Jin soon reached his limits. When he found his wife in bed with another, unable to resist the charms of a vampire, she ended up betraying him.

'But that's in the past, and I cannot linger on it forever.'

Sighing deeply, Jin tried to forget the pain of betrayal and instead focused on the issue, meaning tracking his son and attempting to contact Nikolai Volkov. From the moment his current boss spread the rumour about Nikolai's blood, the SSS, and dozens of Monster clans started swarming to capture him.

The monitor revealed Ryan walking away from his apartment building and towards the inner market of New Bremen.

Bzzzt

His phone vibrated. It was Ryan.

"Haa…" With a long sigh, he pressed his thumb to open the phone and check the message.

◊ My Dear son

Dad, although the company says you committed a big mistake, I don't believe you would do it without reason. I will always be your son, even if we clash. I will be taking Nikolai's side from today onwards, and cannot betray him again.

Please understand

Be safe

Ryan

◊

"Dumbass…"

Jin muttered softly as he gazed into the screen, a gentle smile forming on his lips.

'This isn't like before, this is truly the end.'

He believed that one day he could be reunited with his family. Though he and his wife became estranged after the incident, Jin still loved her.

To keep his family and self safe, he had no other choice but to join his new boss, and leave behind the past thirty years of life.

'I guess fate had other plans, heh!'

He wiped his wet eyes, threw away his cigarette and let his son leave. Jin disabled his observation equipment and closed his eyes.

"No news on Alucard. That old bastard will be pissed."

However, contrary to his words, the grin on Jin's lips grew as his phone buzzed again. This wasn't the phone he used working for the old man, but an old burner phone.

Bzzzt

The caller ID "Nagisa" flashed.

"Oh? So it wasn't a rumour then. The alliance became serious about resisting the Nosferatu. I should try to make it up to Nikolai, and help Ryan's future."

After he answered the call, Jin smiled brightly for the first time in months. "We've spoken often recently, Big sis'. You can trust me, I'll give you all the information I know."

Although he never expected forgiveness for almost killing her future son-in-law, he would rather make amends than die without a chance.

'You guys, I will let you all rest.'

He thought about his former allies, now mindless zombies in the care of the Nosferatu family. With that said, Jin told her everything and while sitting in a dirty car, he once again tried his best to protect what mattered most to him.

His family.