American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 384 Why risk your life for such a meager monthly salary?

"Sister Saltana, what happened?"

"Just look at the sky over Los Angeles!"

It was already 6 a.m., which should have been sunrise in Los Angeles in September.

However, when Roy looked out the window, he saw that the sky was still pitch black, and a blood moon hung high in the sky, which seemed very strange.

"A blood moon? Could it be a vampire?"

"Yes! The elders launched a sudden attack on the Shadow Hunters' base at 8 PM last night..."

Saltana began to explain in detail what had happened the previous night.

Not long after Roy's attention was drawn to the Dark Web, the Elders gathered a large number of vampires and began attacking the Shadow Hunters' base.

Fortunately, Elise was at the Shadow Hunters base, and with her help, the Shadow Hunters successfully repelled the vampires' attack.

However, the elders did not give up, perhaps because Elise did not appear and the entire battle was fought by the Shadow Hunters, so the elders felt there was still a chance.

The result was that 13 third-generation vampires appeared at the same time.

The strength of the third-generation vampires is no joke. Even after sleeping for many years and not yet fully recovering to their peak strength, they are still 13 legendary-level vampires.

The Shadow Hunters' defenses were utterly crushed, without any suspense whatsoever.

With no other option, Elise had to reveal her true form as an archangel to stop the third generation of vampires from attacking.

To be honest, all 13 third-generation vampires were startled when they met Elise, because they had actually witnessed the power of the Archangel before the Great Flood.

The details of the situation are unnecessary to elaborate on: Cain of the ancient vampire clan was brutally beaten by Gabriel, one of the four archangels.

Even the vampire clans couldn't defeat the four archangels, let alone the third generation of vampires.

Elise originally intended to use the power of the Archangel to scare away the third-generation vampires, because she was not confident that her strength after descending to earth would be enough to fight against 13 third-generation vampires.

Unfortunately, smart people tend to be cautious. If Elise had taken down a few third-generation vampires right from the start, she might have been able to scare away the other third-generation vampires.

However, because Elise did not make a move, Valentine saw through her disguise. Then, after some probing by the third generation of vampires, he discovered that Elise was capable of fighting.

And so, a great battle unfolded at the Shadow Hunters' base.

At that time, there was no pitch-black sky or blood moon; at most, there were just some loud noises.

However, the people of Los Angeles were already used to the excitement at night, and no one dared to come and watch. Only the FEA heard the commotion and gathered all the FEAR troops to come and watch.

Well, all FEAR could do was watch, although Paxton Fairtay, the deputy director of the Los Angeles FEA in charge of on-site command, tried to control the clone army to enter the Shadow Hunters' base to see what was going on.

However, all the clones that entered were drained of blood and turned into mummies within seconds.

Unfortunately, FEAR could only evacuate nearby residents and cordon off the area.

The battles inside the Shadow Hunter base are clearly not something ordinary people can participate in, and even ordinary superhumans cannot participate.

Only four witches of the Apocalypse Order are qualified to watch the battle.

After several hours of fierce fighting, Elise finally defeated the 13 third-generation vampires, but the dying third-generation vampires used their last strength to open a portal.

The pitch-black sky and the blood moon appeared at this time.

"We have absolutely no idea what's happening inside the Shadow Hunter base. The electronic interference inside is extremely severe, and the FEA's blockade line had to be pushed back a kilometer before the equipment could operate normally!"

"Let me speak with Mr. Blake!"

Suddenly, Roy heard Paxton Felty's voice; it seemed that this guy had taken Saltana's phone.

"Mr. Blake, FEA desperately needs your help right now!"

"Mr. Felty, don't just talk about what the FEA needs, you should also talk about what the FEA is giving up!"

Paxton sounded somewhat angry upon hearing this.

“Mr. Black, this is a time of crisis. How can you ask for favors at a time like this? Isn’t Ms. Elise your friend?”

"So you mean Commissioner Smith can make a fortune, while the hero deserves to give everything for free?"

Paxton was speechless; perhaps this is the difference between him and Gerald.

If it were Gerald, he wouldn't need Roy's reminder; he would offer the reward proactively, since Elise's importance to FEA is self-evident.

After all, if a different archangel were in charge, they certainly wouldn't cooperate with the FEA.

Unfortunately, Paxton is a bit petty and is still hesitating at this point.

Fortunately, Saltana managed to contact Gerald, who was at headquarters, and spoke with Roy via another phone.

“Mr. Blake, I have heard about what happened in Los Angeles and am currently returning. I urge you to resolve this matter as soon as possible, and I will give you a satisfactory reward afterward!”

That's how a human being speaks!

"I understand. I'll head to the Shadow Hunters' base right now."

Just then, Claudia drove up to the Minos Corporation.

“Needy, Ashley, you two should go back to school first. It will be safer with Professor Elizabeth there. As for you two, if you're scared, you can go to UCLA with Needy and Ashley. I'll deal with you after I've finished dealing with things there.”

The four players who were playing through the game for the second time nodded hurriedly. They were already very lucky to have survived, since none of the four people in the original movie survived except for the male and female protagonists.

"Then let's go!"

Roy led his men straight out.

Although it was only six in the morning, Minos's factory was still guarded by security guards, and the sudden appearance of Roy and his group still attracted the attention of the guards.

"Who are you?"

Roy pulled out his FEA badge and shoved the security guard aside.

"Get out of the way! This is an FEA case!"

The security guard clearly didn't know about the FEA department, so he immediately prepared to draw his gun to stop Roy.

Unfortunately, Roy drew his gun faster.

"I'm telling you, why are you working so hard with such a low monthly salary?"

The security guard then realized he had run into a tough opponent.

"Sir, please don't do anything reckless! Our company is connected to the Los Angeles Police Department!"

Upon hearing this, Roy raised an eyebrow. It seemed that the Los Angeles Police Department had some connection with the dark web.

I looked at the security guard with a critical eye. There was no trace of evil on him. He was probably just an ordinary security guard who had been hired.

So Roy decided to let the security guard go.

"Thank you for reminding me. You can definitely call the police, but we need to leave now."

After confiscating the security guards' weapons and throwing them to Nydy, Roy forced his way out of the Minos Corporation.

"Nidi, Ashley, I have to go first!" "Roy, be careful!"

Ashley looked at Roy with some concern. Although she hadn't heard clearly what happened on the phone, she knew it was a very troublesome matter.

However, Nydy had great confidence in Roy.

Roy, don't forget your promise!

"I won't forget!"

After leaving those words, Roy drove Claudia away.

As the black woman watched Roy walk away, something suddenly occurred to her.

"Nidi, is your boyfriend that Olympic champion?"

"Hmm! Roy did win the Olympic gold medal this year."

The four second-time players exclaimed in amazement, but they didn't linger outside the Minos Corporation any longer; if they did, the Los Angeles Police Department would really be there.

The Shadow Hunter Base, this ancient museum, is now riddled with holes; the ceiling has collapsed, and many walls have large holes in them.

However, a kind of black haze enveloped the museum, preventing the FEA outside from seeing what was happening inside.

Inside the museum, Elise, holding Genesis, faced a handsome, noble-looking, but pale-skinned, black-haired youth.

Elise looked somewhat disheveled; her once pristine white nun's habit was now covered in dust, and in many places it was torn, revealing glimpses of her fair skin.

Behind Elise was a large group of wounded Shadow Hunters protected by a wall of light, and Claire was using her bloodline power to heal them.

The dark-haired youth stared at Claire with greedy eyes, seemingly unconcerned about Elise in front of him.

"Cain, God mercifully banished you; you should not have returned!"

This black-haired youth turned out to be Cain, the progenitor of vampires, much to Claire's surprise as she was treating the Shadow Hunter.

Upon hearing Elise's words, Cain turned his gaze back to her.

"Uriel, you have no right to speak to me like that; only God has that right! It's a pity that the old man is no longer here!"

The disappearance of God represents a power vacuum in the three planes of Earth, Heaven, and Hell. Cain was not the only one to develop ambitions, but he was certainly the most outspoken one.

"How dare you question the power of God! God has always existed!"

Elise was furious and glared at Cain, rebuking him for his words.

Cain gave a cold smile and then made an international friendship gesture.

"Oh? If that old bastard is still around, let him come out and see me! See what he's turned me into! That old codger, scum, pervert..."

Cain could be said to have insulted God with every swear word known to mankind, and even the most good-tempered person would be angry to hear such words.

However, God's absence without anger made Elise tremble with rage.

"How dare you blaspheme God! God said, 'Let there be light!'"

A beam of holy light descended from the sky, but it was quickly swallowed up by darkness.

"Heh, I think these swear words can't express the resentment in my heart! Do you know how I've lived these past years? I was banished to the ends of the universe by that old man. There's nothing there, just chaos and darkness, making you want to commit suicide out of despair!"

But ironically, because of the curse, I can't die even if I want to!

Cain possessed an immortality curse bestowed upon him by God, making him unlike other vampires.

Other vampires would die from the sun or be burned by holy water, but Cain would only fall into a state of suspended animation under the sun and would revive on the spot when the sun disappeared.

This curse of immortality has a very high priority because it was placed by God.

Back then, all four archangels could beat Cain to a pulp, but none of them could completely kill him. This guy was even more tenacious than a cockroach.

Finally, God could no longer bear it and banished Cain to the ends of the universe.

It wasn't until today, when 13 third-generation vampires opened a portal using their bloodline connection before they died, that Cain was pulled back.

It now seems that Cain must have acquired some special power during the thousands of years he was exiled, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to easily break Elise's Great Prophecy.

Even though Elise had just fought a battle against 13 third-generation vampires.

"Uriel, I sense your weakness. Can your human form continue to withstand your power?"

Cain had already seen through Elise's true state.

To be honest, Elise had only been on Earth for half a year, yet the troubles she encountered were about the same as those Michael had faced a hundred years before.

Mammon, Samael, War Knight, Leviathan—they're practically workaholics.

This is a huge burden for Elise's human form, often requiring her to face new challenges before she has even recovered.

Especially after the battle against the War Knight and Leviathan half a month ago, Elise's power has not fully recovered yet, which is why she feels so frustrated facing Cain now.

"Or are you stalling for time, waiting for a miracle to happen?"

Cain sneered at Elise, then reached out and grasped her hand. Suddenly, a dark abyss appeared beneath Elise's feet, from which countless black tentacles emerged and wrapped around her body.

If Roy were here, he would find that this attack method is very similar to his Dark Touch and Slender Man's attack methods.

Both used dark elements to form tentacles for attacks, but Cain's dark power was much stronger, so concentrated that it became almost liquid.

God said, “Use light!”

Elise could only cast the Great Prophecy spell again, using holy light to dispel the surrounding tentacles.

But just like last time, the holy light that Elise summoned was quickly swallowed by darkness.

Left with no other choice, Elise could only continue to expend energy to transform into an angel, relying on herself as the source of holy light to barely dispel the surrounding dark elements.

The problem is that Iriski is expending more and more energy maintaining her Archangel status while also using the light wall to protect Clary and the Shadow Hunters behind her, and her human form is on the verge of collapse.

Cain saw Elise's condition, so he didn't rush to attack, but instead planned to wear her down slowly.

"The greatest truth I've learned at the ends of the universe is that light and darkness are twins, neither more noble than the other. Light can overcome darkness, and darkness can suppress light; it all depends on who wields these powers!"

God is powerful enough to rule the world with light. If I control enough darkness, could I also become another God?

Cain finally revealed his ambition.

Elise shook her head, looking at Cain with disdain.

"I never imagined that when God banished you to the ends of the universe, all you could think of were these things. How utterly disappointing!"

"Shut up! What do you know..."

Before the words were even finished, everyone present heard a whooshing sound.

Elise

(End of this chapter)