Blood-red tears welled in its eyes before spilling down its distorted face, streaming like rivers of blood.
Daniel's pupils shrank. 'Those tears…!'
The droplets fell toward the floor. The instant they touched the stone—
*HIssSS~~~*
Smoke curled upward as the stone beneath the droplets blackened and melted away.
Daniel's expression changed. "Watch out!"
He lunged toward Alucard, grabbed him by the shoulder, and yanked him down with all his strength.
*Thud-Thud*
They crashed onto the floor just as another stream of blood-like tears splattered across the spot where they had been moments earlier, the stone bubbling beneath the poisonous liquid as foul, acrid smoke rose into the air around them.
"Are you out of your—"
Alucard's angry words abruptly died in his throat as his gaze shifted toward the smoking puddles. Only then did realization strike him. Daniel hadn't knocked him down for no reason.
A flicker of gratitude crossed Alucard's eyes.
