Chapter Summaries

Selena learned that Deacon Frost controlled a powerful North American Vampire faction and traveled to New Jersey with the Deathwalkers to seize the Dragon Balls while avoiding a war. Meanwhile, Soren identified the man the werewolves were pursuing, and Kraven’s plot with Lucien to capture Elder Amelia continued.

• Selena identified the man in the photograph as Deacon Frost and learned about his Vampire Virus and large following.
• Selena weighed the risk of confronting Deacon Frost and decided she needed to avoid triggering a large-scale Vampire war.
• Soren’s squad found surveillance footage showing an ordinary man repeatedly appearing near werewolf sightings, and Soren sent his photograph to Selena.
• Selena dismissed the werewolf investigation to Soren and traveled to New Jersey with the Deathwalkers through Elder Amelia’s channels.
• Kraven learned Selena had gone to America and continued his plan with Lucien, who intended to take Amelia’s blood to become the strongest hybrid.

Lucien revealed his plan to merge werewolf and vampire bloodlines using Michael’s blood and a powerful vampire’s blood as a catalyst. He assigned Leiz, the Doctor, and Conner separate missions to secure the blood and protect the operation.

• Lucien told the werewolves that an ancient book identified Michael, a direct descendant of Alexander Corvinus, as the key to merging their bloodlines.
• Lucien explained that the werewolves also needed blood from a powerful vampire to act as a catalyst for their transformation.
• Lucien ordered Leiz to take an elite squad to the train station and kill Amelia to obtain her blood.
• Lucien instructed the Doctor to draw as much blood as possible from Michael without killing him.
• Lucien ordered Conner to watch the vampire castle and intercept any Deathwalkers who tried to disrupt the plan.

Chang Wei sent Blonsky and ten Demon Warriors to capture Michael, whose Original Virus Blood Hydra hoped to study and spread through inheritance. Blonsky set out to secure Michael before the werewolves could contaminate him.

• Conner promised to keep the vampires contained while the werewolves prepared for battle.
• Chang Wei explained to Blonsky that Michael's Original Virus Blood could help Hydra develop a virus-resistant Super Soldier Serum.
• Chang Wei proposed making Michael reproduce so Hydra could create many inheritors of the blood's abilities.
• Blonsky selected ten elite Demon Warriors and ordered them to protect Michael, who was already in werewolf hands.

Lucien guarded Michael in a werewolf base until an armed force attacked and demanded Michael’s location. After transforming into a werewolf, Lucien faced Blonsky, who revealed a monstrous form of his own.

• Lucien kept Michael captive so he could use his blood to evolve the werewolves.
• Gunfire broke out, and Lucien suspected Kraven had betrayed him and led the Vampires to the base.
• Lucien found his werewolf subordinates dead and fought the attackers, discovering that they were Devil Soldiers rather than Vampires.
• Blonsky asked Lucien where Michael was, and Lucien refused to cooperate.
• Lucien transformed into a werewolf, but Blonsky grew even larger and sprouted Bone Spikes, leaving Lucien stunned.

Blonsky defeated Lucien, captured him and Doctor Michael, and brought them to a secret experimental base on an Atlantic island. Lucien realized the werewolves faced an unprecedented crisis, while Michael found himself entirely under his captors’ control.

• Lucien attacked Blonsky, but Blonsky dislocated his jaw, crushed his breastbone, and let Devil Soldiers restrain him with silver stakes.
• Blonsky’s men searched the Sewer System, found Doctor Michael locked behind an iron door, and took him after confirming he had not been bitten.
• Lucien saw the soldiers recover and concluded that humanity had mastered powers beyond nature, leaving werewolves and Vampires in danger.
• Blonsky escorted Lucien and Michael aboard a flying saucer and flew them from Great Britain to an uninhabited Atlantic island.
• Blonsky welcomed Michael to the secret base, where Michael realized he was under their control and had almost no chance of escape.

Hydra imprisoned Michael and exploited his unique genes, using artificial insemination and blood draws to reproduce his abilities. The experiments produced more than thirty IVF babies with blood traits matching Michael's, and Hydra continued researching how to create superhumans.

• Blonsky had Hydra researchers seize Michael and take him into the laboratory.
• A scientist told Michael that his genes could merge with viruses and grant extraordinary abilities, and that Hydra planned to use artificial insemination and IVF to reproduce them.
• Michael resisted being made a test subject, but Hydra imprisoned him and began regular blood draws and experiments.
• Hydra researchers used Michael's genes to create embryos and studied gene modification to make super soldiers.
• Hydra reported that more than thirty IVF babies had tested positive for blood components and traits identical to Michael's.

Researchers used Michael’s Perfect Blood to create gene-edited embryos and test its effects on viruses. Their Ebola experiments produced Mutated Organism 004, a disease-immune being able to spread a mutated form of Ebola through bodily fluids.

• Researchers identified and edited the genes linked to Michael’s Perfect Blood, then created and screened embryos for implantation.
• Hydra scientists found that Michael’s blood suppressed the ancient Plague Virus and caused bat and wolf Rabies Viruses to produce Vampire-like and werewolf traits.
• Researchers exposed Michael’s blood to Ebola Virus samples in a BSL-4 laboratory and observed the blood neutralize and absorb the virus.
• Researchers discovered that the Ebola interaction had mutated Michael’s blood, creating Mutated Organism 004.
• The researchers found that Mutated Organism 004 had exceptional restorative ability, absolute immunity to disease, and could transmit mutated Ebola through bodily fluids.

Chang Wei explained how Perfect Blood could produce countless mutant life forms through virus fusion, though it could not affect Blacklight Virus. Meanwhile, Blonsky’s researchers injected Lucien with two unknown substances, and Lucien began experiencing heightened senses as his transformation started.

• Chang Wei described possible abilities from Perfect Blood fusions involving Ebola, Zika, influenza, and HIV, and explained that combining viruses could create many more mutant forms.
• Chang Wei told The Leader and the researchers that successful virus fusion depended on biological compatibility, and said Perfect Blood could not fuse with Blacklight Virus.
• Blonsky’s masked researchers entered Lucien’s cell and injected an unknown liquid into both sides of his neck while Blonsky watched.
• Lucien endured intense pain as a strange power surged through him and sharpened his senses.
• Lucien detected disinfectant, microscopic particles, and dust motes in the carefully cleaned laboratory.

Lucien’s Werewolf Virus fused with the T-Virus under the influence of Michael’s Perfect Blood, transforming him into a Tyrant Werewolf. After surrendering to Blonsky, Lucien joined Hydra to build a werewolf unit, leaving him in charge of a hundred newly infected Hydra personnel.

• Michael’s Perfect Blood triggered a violent fusion of Lucien’s Werewolf Virus and T-Virus, turning Lucien into a powerful Tyrant Werewolf.
• Lucien broke free and attacked Blonsky, who knocked him aside; Lucien recovered and surrendered.
• Blonsky explained that Hydra needed Lucien to create intelligent werewolves, and Lucien agreed to join so he could use Hydra’s power against the Vampires.
• Hydra appointed Lucien supervisor of its werewolf unit but refused to let him recruit his own followers.
• Lucien bit a hundred Hydra personnel, who transformed into Tyrant Werewolves within about twenty-four hours.

After the Vampires recovered Elder Amelia's body, Selena went to New Jersey and learned that Deacon Frost's Dragon Ball had been stolen by an armored man. Ivan Vanko upgraded his armor and set off for a newly detected Dragon Ball, flying toward New Jersey.

• The returning werewolves found Lucien and Michael missing, while Kraven suppressed calls for retaliation and arranged to retrieve Elder Amelia's body so the Vampires could revive Elder Marcus.
• Selena asked Deacon Frost for his Dragon Ball, but he showed her footage of an armored man stealing it.
• Ivan Vanko spotted a new Dragon Ball on his radar and upgraded his Arc Reactor and armor defenses to avoid another defeat.
• A third Dragon Ball appeared within radar range, so Ivan Vanko changed course and flew toward New Jersey to search for it.

Ivan Vanko attacked Selena and her companions at the airport, killing the Deathwalkers and leaving Selena near death. A mysterious man arrived and drew Vanko’s wary attention.

• Ivan Vanko destroyed Selena and her companions’ private jet and demanded they hand over the Dragon Ball.
• Selena ordered the Deathwalkers to flee, but Vanko used his armor’s Fire Control System and M134 Minigun to kill them.
• Vanko turned his weapon on Selena, who fell and lay badly injured as she tried to escape.
• A calm, well-dressed mysterious man appeared beside Selena, and Vanko asked whether he was with her group.

Chang Wei used his third persona, Mysterious Person, to save Selena Victor and immobilize Ivan Vanko. He left with Selena, while Ivan remained trapped in his armor for a day and night before it released him; Selena planned to conceal that she was a Vampire and gradually influence Chang Wei.

• Mysterious Person stopped Ivan Vanko’s bullets and locked his armor’s joints with his power.
• Mysterious Person healed Selena Victor’s wound, and Selena thanked him and promised to remember the favor.
• Selena considered taking advantage of the restrained Ivan but decided against it and left with Mysterious Person.
• Ivan remained immobilized in the wilderness for a day and night before his armor regained mobility, then he struggled back to his feet.
• Chang Wei’s narration revealed that Mysterious Person was his third independent persona and that he had saved Selena for entertainment.
• Selena decided not to reveal that she was a Vampire and planned to gradually change Chang Wei’s opinion of Vampires.

Selena returned to the vampire clan’s territory with the Dragon Ball and learned that Elder Amelia had died while she was away. Elder Marcus had awakened and, after confronting Selena, used her blood to examine her memories of the Dragon Ball mission.

• Selena returned to the vampire clan’s hidden territory in Great Britain, where Kraven blamed her unauthorized expedition for Elder Amelia’s death.
• Kraven told Selena that Elder Marcus had awakened and that Amelia’s corpse was in the elders’ secret chamber.
• Selena entered the chamber and faced Marcus, who was disoriented by the blood memories he had inherited from Amelia.
• Marcus questioned Selena about taking three squads of Deathwalkers, then pierced her arm and drank her blood to access her memories.
• Marcus saw Selena’s Dragon Ball expedition, including how she gathered the Deathwalkers, survived dangers, and ultimately seized the Dragon Ball despite the operation’s failure.

Selena told Elder Marcus that the Dragon Balls could grant a wish, and he approved of using them to strengthen the Vampire race. After absorbing Elder Amelia’s memories, Marcus ordered the Deathwalkers to prepare to wipe out the Werewolves, leaving Kraven to mobilize the scattered forces.

• Selena showed Marcus the One-Star Ball and explained that gathering all seven Dragon Balls would let them wish for weaker Vampire weaknesses and greater strength.
• Marcus considered refining the wish, asked about Ivan Vanko and Chang Wei, and ordered Selena to summon the Deathwalkers while he absorbed Amelia’s memories.
• Selena emerged from the chamber and ordered Kraven to gather the Deathwalkers so they could make the Werewolves pay.
• Kraven mobilized the Deathwalkers, while Marcus finished absorbing Amelia’s memories and ordered an attack to erase the Werewolves.
• The Deathwalkers had located the Werewolves’ hiding place, and Kraven knew there was no point concealing it from Marcus.

Marcus led the remaining Deathwalkers into Werewolf territory, where both sides revealed weapons designed to exploit the other's weaknesses. After the battle began, Marcus prepared to face the Werewolves with his Ancient Sword.

• Marcus surveyed how Victor had isolated him and driven Elder Amelia to leave for America, then decided to act without waiting for reinforcements.
• Kraven gathered the remaining Deathwalkers, and they crossed into Werewolf territory as the Werewolves debated Lucien and Michael's disappearance and the Silver Nitrate Bullet wounds on their dead.
• A Werewolf sentry spotted the vampires, and an Ultraviolet Bullet killed a Deathwalker by burning through his body.
• Marcus recognized the danger of the Werewolves' Ultraviolet Bullets and told his Deathwalkers to prepare to fight with their Silver Nitrate Bullets.
• Marcus gripped his Ancient Sword and vowed to show the Werewolves true fear.

Elder Marcus's forces defeated the leaderless Werewolves, though Kraven was killed by ultraviolet bullets. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko showed Justin Hammer two completed Power Armors, and Justin questioned their small helmets.

• Elder Marcus led the Vampires and Deathwalkers in a fierce attack that slaughtered the Werewolves.
• Two Werewolves pinned Kraven down and killed him with ultraviolet bullets.
• Elder Marcus returned to the castle and ordered Selena to help find Iron Man's identity and prepare a surprise attack.
• Ivan Vanko told Justin Hammer his Power Armor was ready and showed him two suits in a warehouse.
• Justin examined the suits and asked Ivan why their helmets were so small.

Ivan Vanko revealed that his supposed Power Armor was actually remotely controlled Mechanical Iron Soldiers, and Justin Hammer agreed to help expand production and approach the military. Ivan planned to use the soldiers for his own purposes, including a possible confrontation with the Mysterious Person, as preparations began.

• Ivan explained to Justin Hammer that the electronic-eyed machines were remotely controlled Mechanical Iron Soldiers, not wearable armor.
• Justin approved of the soldiers and imagined them transforming Hammer Industries' fortunes.
• Ivan planned to use Justin's resources and connections while keeping the soldiers under his control, partly to prepare against the Mysterious Person.
• Ivan acknowledged that limited resources and technology prevented him from building advanced AI, so he began writing basic programs for the soldiers.
• Ivan asked Justin to manufacture more soldiers and provide performance data for the Department of Defense.
• Justin agreed to contact the military, and he and Ivan began intensive preparations over the following days.

Ivan Vanko and Justin Hammer prepared Hammer Industries’ Mechanical Iron Soldiers for a Department of Defense inspection, hoping military backing would help Ivan gain resources for his revenge. Tony Stark learned the project had military support and feared its mass-produced soldiers would threaten his suits and make future conflicts more frequent.

• Ivan Vanko optimized the Mechanical Iron Soldiers and told Justin Hammer that the project needed more resources and technical support to impress the military.
• Justin Hammer arranged a Department of Defense inspection for the following week and prepared to seek military contracts.
• Tony Stark saw a report announcing Hammer Industries’ Mechanical Iron Soldiers and ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to investigate.
• J.A.R.V.I.S. discovered that the military had provided Hammer Industries with funding and technical support and promised to buy soldiers over the next fifty years.
• Tony reviewed a comparison showing that the Mechanical Iron Soldiers were less advanced than his suits but simpler, cheaper, and better suited to mass production.

Tony Stark learned that Hammer Industries had produced one hundred Mechanical Iron Soldiers powered by technology resembling his Arc Reactor. Unable to sue because he had never patented it, he ordered a security review and suspected Justin Hammer had found a rival genius.

• Hammer Industries rapidly built and delivered one hundred Mechanical Iron Soldiers with military support.
• Tony learned that the soldiers used Arc Reactor technology and questioned how Hammer Industries had developed it so quickly.
• Tony became angry at Justin Hammer but learned from J.A.R.V.I.S. that he could not sue because he had never filed a patent.
• Tony ordered J.A.R.V.I.S. to review security for a possible leak, though he doubted anyone could have accessed his basement work.
• Tony considered that Justin Hammer might have recruited a genius capable of rivaling him.

Tony Stark sued Hammer Industries, claiming its Mechanical Soldiers infringed his Arc Reactor design rights. Under pressure from Tony and War God Industries, the military ordered Hammer Industries to halt production and redesign its soldiers, leaving the company facing heavy losses.

• Tony Stark announced that the Arc Reactor designs on Hammer Industries' Mechanical Soldiers infringed his registered design rights.
• Justin Hammer realized Tony's lawsuit could trap Hammer Industries in costly litigation and threaten its new fifty-year military order.
• Justin Hammer tried to settle privately, but Tony insisted on pursuing legal action.
• The military and Department of Defense pressured Hammer Industries after Tony's influence and War God Industries' backing made them reluctant to oppose him.
• The military ordered Hammer Industries to halt production, inspect and modify its Mechanical Soldiers, and submit to tighter oversight.