The smell of sulfur was replaced by the smell of dry decay and fresh blood. Then a piercing wail pierced my skull as something burst through the mouth of the portal, shrouded in an unnatural darkness made worse by the fading rune lights. Gritting my teeth against the sound that threatened to shatter my eardrums, I loaded a new round into the rifle's chamber and fired at the nearly invisible creature. The wailing stopped as the invisible monster took the blow, and for a moment I hoped it would be that easy for once. Then the laughter began, if you could call it laughter, more like a peevish cough full of mirth. This was rarely a good sign. "Hello damn, I'll see that I continue to reject the masters." A soft, refined voice said, horribly at odds with everything I'd heard from the thing so far. The creature took a step forward, shedding the darkness like a cloak, leaving me to stare at a humanoid creature with overly large ears, pointy teeth protruding from a wrinkled snout, and a fur-covered body with leathery skin under its arms. I knew a vampire when I saw one. Summoned from whatever dimension he called home. I would have a long night ahead of me to release this kind of monster