Ascendant Path of a Lustful Vampire

Chapter 1: The Review that started it all...

”... And so, as the Demon Lord’s massive claw tore a gaping hole through Caius’s torso and he was forced to spew out blood in the liters, he grabbed and held on to the claw. He ensured he used every last bit of life he had left to hold the monster in place. His last bit of service.

A tear welled up in the corner of Aurelius’ eyes but he steeled up, tightened his grip on his sword, and charged. He would not let his friend’s sacrifice be in vain...”

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”Hold on,” Kevin said and sat up as he stared at the words on the page he was reading off his phone,

”Caius dies? What bullshit is this?!”

He had let the Chapters of [To Kill a Demon Lord...] pile up because this was the last arc of the story and he wanted to just read through with no breaks and witness the happy ending. But that enjoyment was now cut short. His favorite character, Caius had met his end by the Author’s shitty writing.

”No way,” Kevin mumbled and skipped ahead a few Chapters but Caius was still dead. In fact, his so-called Sacrifice was barely mentioned in later Chapters as the characters moved on to their happy endings. The story ended with no one giving a shit!

In his anger, for the first time in all his novel-reading life, Kevin drafted a ranting review targetting the Author;

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Kevin_The_Man: You killed Caius?? All that edging for nothing? What happened to the ’romance’ subplot? Dude, where’s the sex?? Why even rate it 18+ if you weren’t going to add it you annoying fuck!!!

Ahhhh, Give me back my time! No, even better, get your ass back in your seat or take a stroll about, however, it is you write, just do it and give me a proper ending! One where he lives! Or at least one where he fucks someone before you kill him off, you douchebag!!!

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The rant went on for a whole page and Kevin only stopped grudgingly because he ran out of insults. He was starting to repeat himself a lot.

He wasn’t even sure why he was taking it so personally. Maybe he had just gotten too invested in a fictional character. When he checked the comments, no one else seemed to care all that much about Caius. To them, he was just another among the slew of side characters that had died to serve the Main Character’s goals.

Yes, Caius was not the main character. Until the arc before the last, he had been, at best, a good-natured antagonist that drove the Main character, Aurelius, to be better. A rival of sorts.

But that was not why Kevin liked Caius. In fact, he could care less about the relationship with the main character or even with most of the cast. What Kevin cared about was Caius’ charm and the fact that they only ever quite targeted mature women.

”Dude has taste,” Kevin had mumbled to himself any time Caius shared a glance with a teacher or even the Headmistress. Or any of the other powerful, busty, well-figured mature women that the Author had taken the time to describe in writing.

And the women flocked to Caius too. He had an unnatural charm that drew them in. And the Author just kept edging this fact, sometimes making it look like a pairing would happen and finally have Caius clap some mature cheeks only to chicken out.

”Ugh, I’m so mad,” Kevin said as he tossed his phone to the side and lay down on his bed.

Almost immediately, it vibrated.

Surprised, Kevin scooped it up and when he clicked the notification, he entered a chatting app, with someone whose username he didn’t recognize,

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Sam_Ellis: I’m so sorry I disappointed you. I agree with everything you wrote. I liked Caius too. A lot more than you even. Unfortunately, I had no choice. (>..