Everyone saw those men die, but they couldn't do anything against Vicente or even defend themselves against the blood and remains of that High-level Mage.

Even the Duke of the Province, who had just arrived there, couldn't help but remain silent, seeing that they had no choice but to go ahead with what Vicente wanted.

He swallowed his saliva and took a step forward. "Indeed, the vampire killed Count Park."

Another old nobleman narrowed his eyes, realizing the situation.

"It's a shame, but Count Park wasn't careful enough in the battle. The vampire destroyed his body."

Everyone in doubt put their questions aside and began to comment on how that nobleman had died to the vampire and not because of Vicente.

They would follow whatever Vicente said from now on, so they gave up their position against him and agreed to his plans.

Vicente smiled as he saw the reaction of these old foxes, satisfied he wouldn't have to kill anyone else to impose his dominance.

He said. "Then everything will be fine. I'm not here to steal or threaten anyone's position. But amid the threat of monsters coming to the south of the continent, we can't stand against each other.

I'll send your resources as soon as my men have them ready. Until then, you'll have to wait. I'll send some men to help rebuild the city, but I expect you to do the same.

That vampire came to me because I was the strongest in the city. But he would have wreaked havoc on the whole city if I hadn't acted as I did."

The local nobles and rich men agreed, not having much choice but to do so.

The city was partially destroyed. If they didn't act together to speed up the local recovery, their businesses could be negatively affected.

"I just hope we didn't have too many civilians among the casualties," Nova commented as she looked around with concern.

Nobody wanted civilians to be involved in anything that had happened today. But they still needed to count the local losses to arrive at the figures for the losses that had certainly occurred.

Vicente sighed and said. "Let's go back to my property. We'll make our deals there, and then you can return to your lives."

The group followed Vicente soon after, returning to where much of the battle had taken place.

Arriving at that spot, Vicente's men on the outskirts saw their leader and sighed in relief, feeling that everything had been resolved.

Two of them had died in the battle, and others were slightly wounded or exhausted.

They were mostly happy about this victory, as they had dealt with a group of monstrous creatures and won. That was very good for these men who already knew about the calamity that awaited the continent.

That had been the first test for the calamity of The Purification!

Vicente didn't speak to his men then and headed into his

estate, one of the only ones in the surrounding area that hadn't

been destroyed.

There were a few small battle marks around the building and

the part of the property where the plants and grass were had

been destroyed. But the house's structure was in excellent

condition.

As the group of noblemen, rich men, and soldiers entered,

Vicente went to his office with the most important of the men,

leaving the others outside to sign contracts with them later.

Nina and Eve left where they had been staying all this time,

arriving in the main living room of the residence where several

strange people were waiting to sign Magic Agreements with

Vicente.

"What's going on?" She asked Eve.

Rory was already there beside her and explained. "They've

discovered the truth about Vicente being Cesar Mazzanti."

"Won't that cause us problems?" Nina asked as she formed a

complicated expression.

"Don't worry, Vicente has already taken care of that. They'll

keep everything a secret." Rory smiled at her as he cleaned

some of the wounds on his arms.

As much as the enemy had, for the most part, been under

pressure from those attacking him, that vampire had many

skills and had used them in many ways.

Several men from the Fuller family had been attacked by the

creature's powers.

The only reason something worse hadn't happened was

because the monster had had to fend off his many opponents

for almost the entire fight.

"Are you going to be all right?" Eve asked Rory.

"Don't worry, my injuries are superficial." The young redhead

smiled at the beautiful blonde woman next to Nina. "Luckily,

Casey arrived in time." He looked at the man approaching him.

Casey had a rueful look on his face, having suffered to endure

the vampire's mental attacks after he had prevented that being

from turning more of the Fuller family men against each other.

He greeted Nina quickly and said to Rory, "We were lucky. If that

vampire had sucked my father's blood, everything would have

been different. I would have failed, and more of us would be

dead."

"Vampires really are terrible," Eve commented to them as the

four watched the Saltstar City specialists come and go from

Vicente's office.

That was how the next 30 minutes would pass, until the last of

those men would sign his agreement with Vicente,

guaranteeing he and his men would not cause any problems for

him because of his identity.

One good thing about Magic Agreements was that they didn't

have to be signed by everyone in a group. By signing an

agreement with the leader of a family, Vicente automatically

gets the promise of secrecy from all the subordinates with

contracts signed with that person.

So, in just a few minutes, he solved this post-battle problem

and saw the last of those men, whether or not they had been

associated with him before, leave his property.

He promised them he wouldn't force them into anything

because of what had happened and his strength. The only thing

they would have to do against their will would be to keep his

identity a secret. For the rest, they were free to agree or

disagree with him, support his plans or not, etc.

When he had the pills and potions from the vampire's body, he

would send each of them a unit, but this should take a few

weeks to happen.

He then stopped in front of Rory, Eve, Nina, Nova, Casey,

Jasmine and Layla, the remaining people there apart from the

men in his family, and sighed.