Night had fallen, and dark clouds crowded the sky. Clearly, something was about to come down.
In the outskirts of New York, Yang Bo brought Lily to a deserted forest, where the occasional eerie birdcall broke the silence.
"Sir... what are we doing here?"
Yang Bo surveyed their surroundings and nodded slightly, apparently pleased with the location. Hearing the hint of fear in Lily's voice, he smiled and said, "Recruiting some help, of course."
"Recruiting help?"
Lily looked at the pitch-black woods around them. Without the torch in Yang Bo's hand, she felt she would not even have been able to see ten meters ahead.
Don't tell me he's summoning ghosts?
The thought made her shudder. Vampires existed, so ghosts seemed perfectly reasonable too.
A stone tablet appeared out of thin air before her. Its runes emitted a soft white glow, illuminating several meters around them and giving her some sense of security.
"This..."
Before she could ask, white light flashed, and an enormous bat appeared within it. Under her horrified gaze, he flew straight toward Yang Bo.
"Bor, you've lost weight again..."
Beaming, Yang Bo held out a hand to stop Bor from throwing himself at him. The chubby bat looked rather nice, but once he thought about Bor's size and gender, he decided against it.
Bor was beside himself with excitement at seeing Yang Bo. "Boss, you have no idea how much I've missed you."
Poof...
A cloud of white smoke burst forth. The bat vanished, replaced by Bor's corpulent body.
Yang Bo looked him over carefully and smiled. "Bor, how did you lose so much weight? You're only a little over two hundred kilos now, right?"
Bor looked down at his still-protruding belly and thick arms, then nodded excitedly. "Every time my vampire level goes up, I