Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires-Chapter 159: A Moment of Truth

Not wasting any time, Midnight addressed Zaroth as soon as she reached him.

Grabbing his hand, she spoke, "We have to talk."

He raised an eyebrow in response, "Sure, about what?"

Midnight shifted her gaze to the three people that were alongside him as she whispered, "It has to be in private."

Lily immediately put her hand over her mouth as she pieced that this was the woman that Zaroth had been most likely talking about for such a long time.

Roran was watching them silently with unreadable emotion on his face.

Meanwhile, Zack’s eyes had widened significantly, he had the gift to be able to see what kind of blessing an individual possessed.

But what did he see when he was looking at a demon? They didn’t possess blessings of any kind.

Would he be able to see beyond it, realizing that the woman in front of him wasn’t human, but a vampire instead?

Sensing trouble, Zaroth went with Midnight to somewhere private, reassuring his friends that he would soon be back.

"What is it?" he asked as he gazed at Midnight.

By her serious facial expression, it was clear that it wasn’t good news, especially as she approached him so openly in public.

Parting her lips, she spoke, "They… are gone."

"What? Who are they?" he asked in confusion.

"The Purifiers, they have deserted all the churches."

"Wha—" Zaroth began to speak but stopped midway as he wasn’t sure how to take the information.

The Purifiers were gone? Just like that? How and why? What would happen to the millions of believers in the empire?

"What do you mean they are gone?" he asked, just to make sure.

"I mean that they are gone. One day they were in churches, now no matter how hard I look, all the churches are closed with not a single member of their organization in sight," she replied.

"Could… we be the reason for that?" he asked.

"Maybe. For all I know, the Purifiers are operating in several continents across dozens of empires, so if they thought being here was too much of a chore, they might have left."

Zaroth massaged his forehead as it suddenly began to hurt.

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A second later, his heart skipped a beat as realization hit him.

Midnight was here because she was hunting Purifiers, but what happens now when all of them aren’t in the empire anymore? Would she leave?

"What do you plan to do now?" he asked as his gaze fell on her.

She might have been a vampire, but he had gotten attached to her. Not to mention that he was sure he could still learn more demonic skills from her. So he would want to keep her close to him as long as possible.

With a sigh, she responded, "I… am not sure, honestly. Do I go to another empire and start my hunt there? But considering that I will have to find a way to blend in all over again, it would be troublesome…"

Staring, he put his hand out and grabbed hers. Her crimson eyes widened for a moment in surprise as she met his gaze.

"Stay," he spoke firmly as he took a step toward her.

She looked away in response, "I… Zaroth, I am a demon… a vampire, so I need to feed on humans, even if it’s not for me to get stronger, at the very least to survive, and now that my source of food is gone, I wouldn’t be able to stay here much longer."

Hearing her words, he grimaced, he knew that she was right. Elysia no doubt knew that she was a vampire but had let her roam free because she was killing Purifiers that had sided with the emperor.

But would she overlook it if Midnight started to hunt normal people? He wouldn’t care in the slightest, but it was hard to say when it came to Elysia…

"Fuck!" Zaroth cursed in frustration. No matter how hard he thought, nothing came to mind. How could he find a source of food for Midnight that Elysia wouldn’t object to?

And seeing that Luna was keeping silent, she didn’t have an idea either.

Or she had one, but was reluctant to share, as maybe she didn’t like Midnight all that much…

Zaroth’s thoughts were interrupted as he heard footsteps behind him.

As he turned his head, he saw his three friends looking at him with hostile gazes… no, not him, but behind him… they were looking at Midnight.

After a second of silence, Zack began to speak.

"Zaroth, do you know th-"

"I know everything," Zaroth immediately responded as he got between them and Midnight.

"It’s a long story," he added with a grin, trying to lighten the mood.

Now he not only had to worry about finding food for Midnight, but also had to see if his friends would object to him dating a demon.

"How long?" Lily questioned, catching everybody off guard.

Was she asking how long they knew each other or how long they were dating?

"About a few months," Zaroth responded, truthfully, he was bad when it came to remembering dates, so this was the best answer he could give.

Taking a step forward, Lily approached Midnight. Roran seemed on edge but didn’t move, most likely because he had talked with Lily before this.

"What are you to Zaroth?" Lily asked, stopping before Midnight.

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After a second, she responded, "A fri-... a lover."

"And why are you here?"

After a moment of hesitation, Midnight responded, "To get stronger."

A brief silence fell on them, until Lily sighed.

"Well, if he is fine with it…" Lily spoke as she took a step backward.

"I mean, we’re all aware that we’re abnormal, so accepting another abnormality isn’t that difficult." she added.

Zaroth sighed in relief, at least it seemed his friends didn’t seem to be hostile towards Midnight anymore.

But his relief didn’t last long, as he still had to come up with a way to find Midnight’s source of food.

An idea suddenly came to his head. He had been thinking about too many things at once and wasn’t making any progress. So the solution was to relax a little, and maybe something would come to mind.

Shifting his gaze between his friends and Midnight, he sighed.

’Fuck it, things have been crazy enough already, there isn’t a way to make it worse,’ with that thought, he spoke.

"We were actually planning to get hammered at a bar…" his gaze stopped at Midnight.

"Do you want to come along?"

Midnight seemed stunned for a second as she gazed at Zaroth’s friends for a moment.

"I… doubt that they would want me to come."

"Ridiculous!" Lily spoke as she met Midnight’s gaze. "There is not a chance that I’m going to miss the chance to speak with the woman Zaroth is seeing!"

Grabbing her hand, Lily pulled Midnight along firmly.

"You are coming with us no matter what!"

Midnight’s eyes widened, moving her gaze, she stared at Roran and Zack, Who were watching silently.

They didn’t agree… but they didn’t seem to be against the idea as they didn’t object.

It seemed that today, the four legends had gained a new member.