"Let's go down, Viktor," commanded Caleb, his eyes flashing, radiating the aura of a god of death thirsty for new prey. "It seems we just ruined someone's favorite car. We should greet the owner downstairs and collect the parking fee."In the VVIP parking area in front of L'Etoile Nightclub's lobby, chaos had exploded. A young man in a silver suit screamed hysterically, kicking a terrified, trembling valet attendant. The young man was a distant cousin of the Aegis bloodline, the owner of the pearl-white Bugatti Chiron whose roof was now crushed and covered in the blood and brain matter of the Commander."My car! My three-million Euro car is ruined because of this pig carcass!" roared the young man, his face flushed red. He looked up towards the fifth floor. "Who is the bastard who dared to throw this garbage onto my car?! I will skin his family alive!""You don't need to bother looking for my family. I am right here," Caleb's baritone voice interrupte

"We have studied your weakness very well, Demon!" the Black Knight Commander's laughter boomed triumphantly, lowering his pistol barrel right at Caleb's forehead, who was still kneeling on the street asphalt."Brother Caleb! Don't die! Please don't leave me!" screamed Lisa hysterically from inside the car, tears flooding her pale, beautiful face. Her trembling hand tried to reach her brother's back, which was billowing pungent white smoke, but she didn't dare come out of her hiding place.Caleb bowed his head, letting the pitch-black blood mixed with silver glints drip from his chin and hit the freezing street asphalt. The white smoke from the gunshot wound in his right shoulder hissed wildly. The pure holy water from the bullet tried hard to burn his necrotic cell tissue from the inside, causing pain that could make an ordinary human lose their sanity.However, the Commander's condescending smile slowly faded when he heard a low, vibrating laugh from the

"What is that creature?! Tell me what kind of creature just chewed up that armored car?!" shrieked a family head from the end of the round table, jumping from his chair until he toppled over with a loud thud.Far from the hustle and bustle of the blood-soaked streets of Geneva, inside the VVIP meeting room at the top of the Aegis Syndicate's secret skyscraper, a giant monitor screen was broadcasting a nightmare live. A secretly hacked street surveillance camera projected footage of the giant bone dragon swallowing the Vatican's Black Knight troops as if they were merely light snacks. The sound of crunching metal and grinding bones echoed through the room's theater speaker system."You said the Vatican Knights had demon-burning weapons, Arthur! You said their holy artifacts could destroy Caleb Thorne's shadows easily!" roared a female CEO from the Dubois Family, pulling her own hair in panic. Her eyes bulged staring at the screen displaying the ruined street."Are you blind?! That arti

"Our modified attack helicopter is ready on the rear landing pad, Mr. Thorne!" reported Dr. Hans Gruber with his wide smile that always looked terrifying, his fingers busy pressing the screen of his digital tablet. "Weapon systems fully loaded, AI-based autopilot engaged, and anti-radar activated.""Good," answered Caleb flatly as he put on his black leather gloves. He turned to Isabella, who was now wearing tight-fitting black tactical combat gear. "Let's give your brother a birthday surprise he will never forget for the rest of his life.""This will be the most special package delivery," chuckled Isabella with a deadly hoarse voice, slipping a dagger into a sheath on her thigh. "I can't wait to see his pale face."At the same time, hundreds of kilometers away from Geneva, the Alps stood firmly enveloping a giant military facility worth trillions of Euros.Inside the main command room buried deep within the belly of the mountain and lined with fi