Chapter 10: A Dance in the Fire

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I gritted my teeth and growled.

Now, apart from my intermittent whispering, there was silence all around.

All of them retreated to what they thought was safe, and only one remained in front of me. He was holding a bag of things in his hand, which I guess was used by the villagers of the place to light fires.

"Vampires." There was silence for a moment, and then the man standing in front of me spoke, "Your end has come, pray." ”

As he finished speaking, I could see the contempt on his face.

"Stop!"

Just as the man in front of me was about to scratch what was in his hand, a calm, clear voice came from a short distance behind the group.

I looked up and followed the voice.

Now, under a large tree not far from us, a man is standing. My vision was a little blurry and I couldn't really see what he looked like, but even if I couldn't see clearly, I could hear him clearly.

It was a voice I knew very well, and Jack was standing there.

I didn't expect him to come out at this time. When I realized this, my lips trembled a little. A complicated and strange feeling rose up in my heart.

"Who are you?" The man who had already raised his hand, ready to light the firewood, asked aloud in the direction where Jack was standing.

"Vampires." Jack's words were calm, so calm that they felt unreal to me.

I remember when I was a human, Jack's voice was always loud and powerful when he was in danger with me, when a group of people were about to break out into war.

Today, the scene is somewhat similar to the past, but, Jack, it is completely different.

"Vampires?" Obviously, the man didn't expect Jack to say that, and he subconsciously took a step back, as if the person who had just spoken was me, not Jack.

The dozen or so people not far behind the man also panicked when they heard Jack's voice, and the crowd that had been calm suddenly became flustered.

"Vampires?!" In that crowd, the word was like a hot potato, tossed from one place to another by these people.

After Jack had said the words that had caused a commotion, he did not stand long beside the big tree before slowly walking forward.

"Quick, Ronnie, burn that one on the ground first, don't hesitate, do it quickly!" Someone in the crowd soon came to his senses, it was an old man's voice, and he said in a panicked voice.

The villager named Ronnie, who was standing in front of me, heard this, and with a vague agreement, he raised the thing he had held in his hand again, and at this moment, his hand trembled a little.

Seeing all this, my heart rose to my throat. As soon as he ignited something in his hand and threw it next to me, I would be consumed by the flames in an instant like a burning petrol bomb.

The man's hand trembled not far in front of me, but he managed to calm down, lit the flame, and looked at me.

The moment he threw it out of his hand, I saw Jack come to me in a flash, and when the flame reached where I was sitting, he raised his hand and grabbed my clothes, and with a great deal of force, he threw me a few meters away, and as soon as I left the place surrounded by gasoline, the danger was temporarily away from me.

Although I was dizzy from the fall, even so, the first time I fell to the ground, I looked at Jack.

The moment I was thrown out, the flames touched Jack's body, and, almost instantly, set his clothes on fire, for there was gasoline running everywhere where he stood, so that when his clothes were on fire, they were immediately engulfed in flames.

"Jack!" I didn't expect it to turn out like this.

Jack was churning in the fire, and there was silence except for the "crackling" sound of the flames burning the gasoline and branches around him.

Now, the villagers, each with a strange and terrifying look on their faces, looked at everything in front of them.

And I, too, was stunned.

I don't want that to happen, Jack, and I shouldn't have died at this time.

The fire was still burning, and Jack's figure was dancing in the fire, and although it was not as painful as when humans were burned, this scene was unforgettable and terrifying for me and the other villagers.

And so, eventually, the flames slowly faded from Jack's body, and when everything was gone, Jack stood in the clearing, and now, all his clothes were burned, and his skin was dark and full of an indescribable strangeness, but until now, he was still standing.

Just like that, Jack stood motionless.

Everyone around Jack held their breath.

And when Jack finally moved slightly, I heard a frightened, suppressed scream from the crowd around me.

Jack is not dead! He didn't!

When I realized this, I almost screamed for joy.

He survived, he survived the fire.

At this moment, Jack was like an indigenous from Africa, and he blinked his slightly blue eyes, and now, the pale blue looked white and bright against the background of the pitch-black skin on all sides.

Just as my heart was beating faster with excitement, Jack slowly turned his face and looked at me.

"Not all vampires can't be burned." He said slowly, calmly and without any emotion, "For a vampire with shallow skills, you don't need to pour gasoline on them, and a fire can burn them to death." ”

Hearing his words, I was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Now, one way or another, the situation has been completely reversed, and it has been reversed by Jack's appearance.

At this moment, I feel excited, this excitement, the excitement of the kind of person who has experienced death, and sees life again. A thrill of rediscovering hope after a helpless struggle in despair.

"Jack, help me, I'm stuck with this vine, come help me, damn it, they're too tight。。。。。。" At the moment, because my mood is much more relaxed, my voice has become much more relaxed.

Jack looked at me, the expression on his face didn't change much, he stared at me quietly for a moment, and finally said, "Lyle, if you want to survive, no matter what form you exist, you need strength. You can't rely on anyone's strength。。。。。。 So, now, the only one who can save you is yourself. ”

"What do you mean?" I looked at him and didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Break free from that rope, you have the ability." Jack said slowly, "If you don't even have this ability, I think, for you, whether I saved you today or not, the result is the same." ”