KING GULF
Chapter 41's

Gulf deliberately only walked to make his way to the palace. He wanted to see the vast territory of his kingdom. But along the way he always saw a lot of soldiers wandering around and also a lot of people talking about the palace. It was unclear what he heard, and Gulf came closer and sat down near the people gathered.

"I heard there was a diistana rebellion. This news spread pretty quickly. Y'all know? The palace was already like a battlefield on that day. Many soldiers fought and many of them died"

"Isn't the current leadership held by the king of the Poompat kingdom?"

"Yes, someone said if one of the higher-ups tried to kill him, so that he could seize the king's position"

"Who?"

"Eitherway. No one knew who it was" Gulf tightened his hands, he had just heard this news. And he knew who the mastermind was, Gulf was immediately curious how Up was now. He stood up to go straight to the palace.

"What about our king? Has he not returned yet? Does he not know what happened in his palace?" Gulf steps stopped, he was a little interested in their chatter and he fell silent.

"Does he deserve to be called a king? He sort of avoided the problem" Gulf knew this chatter was not good for his mind. He had to put this aside, the condition of the palace was more important.

"No!! His Majesty the King is not like that!" Someone's breaking his desk. Gulf glanced at him a little.

"I'm sure he's not avoiding the problem. But he had no idea what was going on with his kingdom. You should know, when a disease that occurred in the next village some time ago. His Majesty the King came and helped. Some people who recognize his face say that he does not hesitate to help from morning to night. He's a good king. I used to hate him too, people said he was a cruel king. But he helped me once, and I could feel his sincerity" Everyone fell silent and nodded in agreement. They realized they hated the Gulf just because the rumors were circulating without knowing the rumors were true or not.

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Nick had gone far enough to search the Gulf everywhere in the city to avoid the hunters who roamed, but he did not find the Gulf even the smell was not smelled. What Nick finds is vampire ashes that he believes are Kao. He could smell it, he did not expect that one of his confidants was dead. But he doesn't care much about it and goes back around looking for the Gulf.

Did they really see the Gulf out? In the palace, he does not exist. Where's she?

Nick turns to look elsewhere, but a sword passes through him scraping his cheek. He turned around and saw Mew running over to him.

"Bother!" Nick was a little off guard because he was too focused to look for the Gulf. He was silent to wait for Mew to attack him.

Mew gets closer to Nick taking out some of his spell paper and throwing it right away. Nick easily avoided her heading up the tree.

"You looking to die?!" Nick pulls out his sword and slashes it into the air, which immediately leads to Mew. He dodges, Nick is quite surprised by Mew's speed. Reminds him of someone he hates.

Mew did not retreat no matter how many times Nick knocked him down he kept getting up and urged Nick until he was a meter away with him, he prepared with his spell and sword ready to stab him.

Nick tilted his torso quickly hitting Mew's hand so that the sword he was holding slipped off and now he ended up with Nick clutching his neck lifting his body up making it difficult to breathe.

"You killed my men, right?" Mew looked at him laughing as he tried to let go of Nick's hand on his neck.

"That's...reply because you killed my friend" Nick tightened his grip until..

Srett!

Mew falls with Nick's hands separated from his body. Nick saw his hand being cut off by a flying sword. His blood came out to wet the clothes he was wearing. He quickly looked for the person who had courageously attacked him.

Nick sees someone who is quickly running around, unclear but he smells the Gulf. Until they look at each other.

While Mew looked at Nick's view, and of course he was very surprised by the people who had helped him.

"Gulf?"

Nick smiled after seeing the person before him until he forgot the pain in his body.

"You Gulf. Finally we can meet" Gulf looked at him sharply. His eyes turned red and also the aura he emitted was extremely dark and pressing. Nick felt his trembling body indicate he was affected by the pressure Gulf exerted. But somehow he felt good to feel it.

"I've been waiting for your arrival for a long time. So come with me. I'll treat you well"

"You've hurt my people a lot. So die!" Gulf approached and took out his knife. He attacks Nick, but Nick continues to avoid his attacks.

Gulf takes out his powers and throws them at Nick so he is bound. Gulf took advantage of this opportunity to stab him immediately. Nick's power was so great that Gulf failed again to stab him and he was attacked by Nick until he bounced away and hit several trees.

"Gulf!" Mew is upset to see Nick throw the Gulf, he who will attack also get an attack from Nick. He bounced far away, making him grimace in pain all over his body.

"Looks like you haven't been able to accept me. All right, we'll meet later. Goodbye Gulf" Nick smiled and left quickly. He could not continue to hold the power of the Gulf with his current condition until he decided to return first.

Mew ran over to the Gulf worried.

"You okay?"

"Damn it! He ran away, I should've killed him" Gulf didn't answer Mew's question because he was still too upset. Mew looked at him a little in disbelief the Gulf was in front of him. Gulf looked at Mew.

"Phi are you okay?" Mew smiled and hugged the Gulf.

"What's wrong?" Gulf did not understand a bit.

"I'm glad you're finally back"

"Yes, p'Po has allowed me back" Mew tightened his arms, he's too happy now.

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After hearing Mew's short story, Gulf stood up to immediately head for the palace followed by Mew behind him.

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Gulf and Mew head to Kara's room being treated. The people around no one noticed his presence, as he still covered his head with the hood of the jacket he was wearing.

Without permission, Gulf opened the door to get the attention of the person in the room to him.

"Who are you?" Tanya Up, she glanced at Mew who was behind her. Gulf also opened the hood of his jacket to surprise everyone.

"Gulf! That you?" Up was very surprised by the person in front of him. For years he had not met her.

"Your highness. You're back" Kara, who was lying down, woke up to pay her respects.

"no need. You rest" Gulf approached Up who immediately got a hug from him. Mew who had followed him a little did not like the view in front of him, but he could not do anything.

Are they that close?

"How come after so long of not meeting, once you meet your condition like this" Gulf smiled.

"Thank you for helping me"

"How are you doing?"

"I am very good, your majesty. Doctor Louis took care of me. I'm so glad to see you're okay"

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They now gather in the Gulf room because they do not want to disturb Kara's rest. Till

Brak!

The door opened violently displaying Bright who was panting after running. He knew it was disrespectful so he immediately bowed in apology. His actions were unwitting after hearing that the Gulf returned he immediately ran towards the palace.

"Bright. How are you?" There is no time to answer. Bright approaches him checking if Gulf has any injuries or anything that harms him.

"Your people are really possessive of you" Sindir Up, and Perth who saw Bright's attitude towards the Gulf, did not expect a harsh Bright nature so gentle towards its king.

"Bright! You're not answering me!" Gulf slightly raised his voice making Bright gasp.

"Sorry your majesty, I'm just worried about you. I'm fine" Up and Perth just held back his laughter seeing Bright's attitude.

"You better fix that attitude. I'm not that weak" Bright bowed apologetically. He could feel the Gulf a little different from the last time they met. He felt the aura of the Gulf growing stronger.

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Nick bandaged his wound that kept bleeding. The wound on his hand should quickly close and his hand grow back. But somehow there's no sign of her coming back.

"Your hand..." Weir was shocked to see Nick. Her hand just felt sore. Is this because of the contract? What if Nick dies? Is he going to die too? He approached her directly.

"How did you get a wound like this?" Weir was a little panicked to see Nick get hurt. If Nick dies, there's no one to help him get rid of the people who are blocking him.

"Whisper!" Nick is sick of seeing Weir right now. He can't take care of his people well until he has to lose his trust.

Weir. He doesn't know how to treat a vampire.

"Master shouldn't vampires be able to heal themselves?"

"It's all because of him! What sword did he use?" Weir doesn't know who Nick is talking about. He looked at her hoping Nick would continue his story.

"You've already eliminated my man" Nick looked at him sharply.

"What?! I really don't know where Kao went"

"I found his body that had become ashes. Who else if not the hunter who killed him" Weir was shocked. Actually he doesn't really care about Kao, for him he's just a weapon. But Kao is dead, but he knows Nick's subordinates are many, he can use them as he pleases. After all Nick has promised him to help get this kingdom.

"I'm sorry. I really don't know. I assigned him to kill the king. But even my people didn't know of his whereabouts after that"

"Forget over! What are you gonna do now? Gulf is back"

"What?!!!" Weir's body stiffened. He doesn't know about this news. Just now he heard if his backup plan to get rid of Up failed. But now he has to face the Gulf again.

"That master.... It can't be, right?" Weir didn't want to believe it. Facing Up might be easy just to kill him, but if Gulf, he should try to take him down without killing him. Weir knows that Nick wants the Gulf. Even Nick often warned him not to kill the Gulf.

"You don't believe me?!" Nick raised his voice so Weir bowed apologetically. He had to think of another plan to deal with it.