On the fifth day since they left the capital of the Chutha Dynasty, Vicente and Lauren had already reached the far north of the state, the border between the dynasty and the Andoria Kingdom.

Today, when they stopped for a moment to rest from their journey, Vicente felt something different, a chill, but also a strange tremor in his first pentagram of the Throne of Darkness.

When he opened his eyes and saw the surrounding mountains, he left his lotus position, his gaze apathetic and the tension in the air palpable.

"I feel like this is my last day on the continent, Lauren." Opening his mouth, Vicente broke the silence, sending shivers down his sister's body as she stood guard close to him.

Leaving her observation of her surroundings to look at Vicente, Lauren felt her heart clench at his words. "What do you mean?"

"Something is going to happen soon. I can feel it. You should prepare to hide and protect yourself. This could just be my pentagram approaching its evolution, but I suspect it's because of Demien." He looked around, searching for traces of the enemy.

Vicente easily spotted the 5th stage vampires following them, a group he knew was nearby.

'When Demien and the others arrive, those 5th stage vampires will probably move away from us... That will be the sign of the enemies' arrival.'

Lauren hesitated, afraid of losing her brother and not being able to join him in this fight. She had been preparing for months, but still, at this crucial moment, her heart couldn't help but pound with fear.

Her fear was not of losing her life, but of losing Vice, or even of not being able to see him again.

She had only recently regained her memories and her sight. She had barely spent over two days at her brother's side since her full recovery!

As her thoughts sped up, Vicente's face moved as his eyes narrowed. 'Retreating?' He felt the group he had just observed begin a rapid retreat from the area.

He scanned the area and realized he and Lauren were already surrounded by Demien and the four Archmages accompanying the leader of the vampire coalition.

Vicente ordered the 6th stage armor surrounding Lauren's body to move her out of the area while he moved his mana to prepare for battle.

This armor was one of Vicente's most special, having the ability to teleport its wearer far enough to save one from an area under attack by powerful specialists.

Lauren could barely say anything to her brother when she felt the armor's mana change, just before this artifact took her 25 kilometers away from her brother.

"No"

Her voice was cut in half as Vicente displayed his 11 pentagrams, causing the Throne of Darkness to appear as dark clouds covered the sky in that area.

Lightning appeared in the sky along with powerful gusts of wind that whiffed the trees of the mountains, blowing leaves into the air and forcing the temperature of the area to drop.

The terrain of the mountain shook as the underground rocks felt the influence of his powers, which he could quickly change them and transform their essence into powerful weapons.

"Demien Bloodthorne, come out. I know you're here." Vicente clenched his fists as his voice, deep and resonant, spread across the mountains, warning all creatures to flee while they still could.

Demien appeared above a hill not far from where Vicente stood, while his elders appeared in other positions, each already revealing their cyan pentagrams with indigo lines.

Demien's pentagram was definitely the most impressive, being at a similar stage to Vicente's more advanced pentagram.

'It seems that if he advances to the level of Advanced Archmage, he will be taken to the Supreme Continent... Something similar must happen to these elders.' Vicente thought silently as he looked around.

"Vicente Fuller, looks like you already know me, huh? Did those damn elves help you by any chance?" Asked the creature with red eyes, pale skin, tall and strong, dressed in skull armor.

Vicente met Demien's gaze and remembered the vision he had had.

'Now I'm an Archmage, I have two more pentagrams than in the vision, and the place where we first met is different. Has the future changed?' He then looked at the four elders nearby, also powerful vampires. 'Or maybe the presence of these four is so that he can kill me?'

This was a legitimate doubt he couldn't help but think about right now. Even though he was a talented warrior with many battles under his belt, Vicente was also a living being who didn't want to die.

But on second thought, he controlled his emotions, thinking of Annie and how whatever had to happen should be done for her sake.

"Demien, today I will rip off your head and suck your blood before I exterminate your race." Vicente opened his mouth as he activated his strongest powers, covering the surroundings in darkness and summoning the Darkness Kingdom before the fight even began.

"Hehehe, it seems you have a sharp tongue, human. However, I thank you for your efforts. Nurturing your magical essence for me was truly delicate of you." Demien licked his lips, feeling Vicente's power, which was very close to his, but still inferior in his opinion.

"You were right to bring that little bitch with you. After I kill you, I'll take her with me." He looked in the direction where he could sense Lauren's current position.

Then, with a look of hatred on his face, Vicente raised his arms in the air, causing several metallic weapons to emerge from the ground, while small spatial cracks appeared near the five enemies in their vicinity.

"We'll see who survives in the end. One of us will die today, Demien!" Vicente flew towards the strongest enemy as shadow demons rose from the edge of this mountainous forest area, forming and moving against the vampires.

Just as Vicente was about to deal Demien a fatal blow, the surrounding space distorted as Vice appeared behind one of the four Archmages.

At that moment, Vicente's eyes glowed with his darkness as he unleashed a vicious attack on the unprepared Archmage.

"Shit!"

"Die!" Vicente shouted as he slashed at his enemy's back with a trident of darkness, while invisible tentacles wrapped around the other three Archmages, sucking out their mana and sending it him.