Chapter 502 Demon Power Source

Supernatural Territory, In front of the Vampire King's Castle.

About a thousand armed Vampires are lining up neatly in front of the castle with stern expressions waiting without moving a muscle, they are wearing a different kind of uniform than the Vampire's army which wears armor made of steel.

This army is wearing black thin clothes that grip their bodies tightly with a black hoodless robe outer that hides their body from top to bottom exposing only their head and shoes, their presence seems to absorb the light as their red eyes glow brightly. Black fur also surrounded their necks with blood red breastplates on their chests with a skull symbol in the middle.

Each one of them is standing under the sunlight without any hint of pain or disturbance.

Despite Vampires having an innate weakness against the sunlight this army of Vampires doesn't seem to be disturbed by it, there's a glowing red ring on each of them that protected them from the sunlight.

Amongst the army of Vampires, there are about ten Vampires that stick out from the others.

Mostly because they are wearing a black helmet with two red lines starting to the back all the way to above their eyes, these Vampires with helmet stands in front of the line and has a sharp aura.

This army of Vampires stands still for hours until finally the entrance of the castle is opened.

Queen Nezera is the one that walks out first followed by her beloved daughter Calidora and also Queen Shanaela, they are also armed and ready for battle except for Queen Nezera that is still wearing her usual royalty red dress.

"I will entrust Calidora's safety to you Queen Shanaela...", Queen Nezera said softly.

Hearing this Queen Shanaela replied with nothing but a firm nod, she will need to protect Calidora at all costs if she doesn't want any trouble with the Vampires and also redeem her race.

After saying that to Queen Shanaela, Queen Nezera glanced to the side upon reaching the gate.

Just beside the gate of the castle, there's a Vampire kneeling on the ground with black wings on his back. Queen Nezera instantly recognizes this Vampire as she said, "Seth, your experience exceeds your power. I want your keen judgment to help this campaign"

"I will serve you with all my being my queen... I will not fail you", Seth replied bowing deeper.

Queen Nezera nodded her head before she scans the army of Vampires that looks fierce and strong, she then looks at Calidora that has the Red Cutlass strapped on her side.

Grabbing both of Calidora's shoulders, Queen Nezera looks at her daughter tenderly.

"Don't listen to what your father said, he's under immense stress so he doesn't mean what he said. Forgive him okay? or at least forgive your father for me", she said while gazing at Calidora's eyes directly as if trying to convince her.

Calidora just looks down averting her gaze from Queen Nezera.

This alone makes Queen Nezera sigh but she will not force her only daughter, "I already talked with the Undeads and Werewolves at the stronghold, they are expecting your arrival"

"Each kill must be delivered by the Blood Devourer, remember that", she added.

Hearing this Calidora nodded her head before she walks out of the gate with Queen Shanaela on her side, she looks back one more time to Queen Nezera that is waving her hand lightly before looking back at the army of Vampires.

Queen Shanaela then shouted, "Move out!"

With the signal from Queen Shanaela, the army of Vampires turns around and started marching.

Meanwhile, in the Scarlet Banes Territory.

Ruston is currently dashing inside a poisonous forest where the Dark Prince is currently hiding, he's not alone as Arnulf is also dashing with him on the side. Both of them just got back from their recruitment, and now they just got important news.

Not long after, they arrived at the hideout and finds Zegrath sitting under a tree shade.

Both of them saw Zegrath looks to be meditating with a sizzling dark aura dancing around his body, he then opens his eyes when he felt two familiar auras standing in front of him.

There's a flash of darkness in his eyes, Ruston and Arnulf saw it for a brief moment.

"My Prince, I bring good news...", Ruston said after he kneels on the ground.

Arnulf on the other hand keeps standing without any sign of wanting to kneel, but Zegrath doesn't seems to mind about it, "Speak of the good news Ruston"

Getting the confirmation, Ruston raises his gaze to meet with Zegrath.

"Thanks to Arnulf's presence we manage to gather about 11 Alphas from the 20 Werewolf Chamberlain alongside their packs to join your cause of overthrowing King Baralt, 2 of them are still not fixed but I expect them to join our cause", Ruston explained with a light smile.

But instead of being happy with the result, Zegrath then asks, "What about the other 9?"

"As of right now, approaching them will be hard. They can be considered a loyalist to King Baralt and led by Trion the Slaughterer, talking to a deaf Werewolf is easier than talking to that bastard"

Ruston studied Zegrath's expression worried that he might be angry with the result.

After a moment of silence, Zegrath finally waves his hand in understanding, "Don't worry, 9 is almost half of King Baralt's army. Let's just focus on the more important matter..."

"If devouring the Royal Black Prince is not possible, then who should I devour?", he asked.

Arnulf who is silent all this while steps up before he suggested, "That brings us to the next important matter that you need to know, the Vampires' Princess is about to go on a campaign to the human territory. Why don't we also launch a campaign on our own while using the Princess' army as a smoke?"

"Going to the human territory? The human's wall is guarded heavily"

"We can't use the stronghold like them, there are other Alphas there that might come into conflict with us. It's too risky", Zegrath said with a frown.

But this makes the smile on Arnulf's face become even wider, "Don't worry, my prince. I know the route that the Royal Black Prince is using to get here, we'll be in the human territory in no time"

"How do you find that...? I never saw you do something", Ruston asks in disbelief.

Although they both are recruiting the other Alphas side by side, he has never seen Arnulf leave his side which makes him confused as to how Arnulf knows the route to the human territory that the Royal Black Prince used.

If Arnulf went to check the great barricade, Ruston should know about it.

Seeing Arnulf's expression that shows certainty as if he already checked the place for sure, Ruston frowned before Arnulf replied while raising his hand, "You forgot, I'm not a regular Werewolf"

Upon looking at Arnulf's hands, the both of them widen their eyes.

Although it's not really visible to the eye, both of them saw one strand of hair in his hand.

This made Ruston point at the strand of hair before looking at Arnulf in disbelief, "You manage to track the route used by the Royal Black Prince just using that...? Just how terrifying the Radical Era really is...?"

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Meanwhile, Rex recovered from the attack and went back to Adhara and Evelyn.

While finishing the cleansing of the demonic energy inside Adhara and Evelyn's bodies, the battle near the demon stronghold continues relentlessly with each second passed at least dozens if not more people died.

Gistella who is waiting for Rex watches the fight happening with curious eyes.

Since the spear thrown by the black charcoal demon tore the entire cliff off and created another rigid cliff, the view can still show the battle scene of Humans against Supernatural.

In the midst of cleansing the demonic energy that is already thin, Rex glanced at Gistella.

"Gistella, do you know who this King Saruth is? What kind of demon is this King Saruth?", Rex suddenly asked making Gistella shift her attention away from the battle and towards Rex.

Upon hearing the question, Gistella didn't need to think much, "The worst ones..."

"King Saruth is what we the Undead called the Nismet Archdemon. Other Archdemons have power based on a Sin but King Saruth serves Sins in general meaning he can access all the Sins' power, he has the potential to be indefinite and boundless"

"The world is not ready yet to unleash the real might of the Demon Race, a race that almost reaches the Ancient Humans' level. There's a reason why the Demons are called the Bringer of Doom and also classified as a Combat Race"

Hearing this Rex can't help but frown.

Although Gistella only explains it briefly, the heaviness of her information is unfathomable.

Every sentence that she said contains new information that might even still be a mystery for humanity, King Saruth itself is someone that rarely made an appearance in the war.

Most of the demons are led by the other Archdemons, King Saruth is hardly seen.

'So basically this King Saruth has the ability similar to mine as a Royal Black Prince, while I can be accepted by all the full moon King Saruth can use the sins' power. But so far I never heard any demon use this so-called Sins' power, what is that...?', Rex thought with a frown.

For all he knows right now Demons are classified into two parts, Red Demon, and Blue Demon.

Red Demon has terrifying physical combat and hosts massive Demons such as Ezrud, the Blue Demon on the other hand is more spells oriented. But Rex didn't know they have Sins as their ability.

"When you say Sins' Power, what do you mean by that?", Rex finally asked.

Slowly but surely, Evelyn and Adhara are slowly recovering. Just a tad bit more to fully cleanse the demonic energy inside of them but Rex kept looking at Gistella waiting for an answer.

Gistella then finally replied, "For now, the Demons have no access to Sins power"

"When the world is ready and another break happens, the Demons will have access to Sins power again. Basically, each Archdemons has their own army that will pursue the sin they are associated with, the more they can inflict the sins to others the stronger they get"

"If Alonya, the Archdemon of Lust can influence humanity or even other races to drown in a sea of lust then they will become stronger and also unlock other abilities. The same goes for the others"

With the answer he got from Gistella, not Rex know why King Saruth is prominent.

Archdemons can only be associated with one Sin so their power is fixated on that particular Sin only, but King Saruth has the ability to harness all sins. Any sins inflicted by the Demons will be a rise in power for him, and it's actually pretty terrifying.

'Now this King Saruth is after me, probably because I have the same potential as him. What a stroke of luck...', Rex thought with a sigh, he already got a full plate of problems already.

But just as Rex is thinking, Gistella glanced back at the battle near the Demon Stronghold.

Remembering the blue fiery figure that appeared from the spear before, there's a frown that appears on Gistella's face, "Although that is what the Demon is all about, I don't recognize that Archdemon..."

"I think he's a new one...", she added whisperingly.

After the last strand of demon energy inside of Adhara and Evelyn's body is cleansed, Rex stands up seeing both of them starting to heal again as their regeneration ability kicked in.

Soon their hands slowly regrow bones and even flesh and tendons back.

"New one or not, we're going to leave this place. We're not ready for another attack from that demon", Rex said while looking at Evelyn and Adhara that is slowly standing up.

Despite the demonic energy being gone from their bodies, they're still exhausted.

But just as they were about to leave, Rex glanced at Gistella remembering something, "Right, where were you Gistella? Why didn't you come here with Evelyn and Adhara?"

Since they were just finished dealing with the Wolf Moon, Gistella should go with the others here. Rex only told Kyran to go back so she should be with Evelyn and Adhara, but she's clearly not as he needs to call for her from somewhere to help him with the spear.

"Forgive me, master... I- I..."

Adhara who finally recovered then intervenes, "She passed out, so we left her in Eqosa City"

"Passed out huh... does the bloodlust too much for you, Gistella?", Rex asks while rubbing his chin, and this makes Gistella looks down nervously but he didn't press on further.

Looking at Evelyn and Adhara that is already recovered, Rex then dashes away leaving this place.

This place is going to be remembered by Rex for as long as he lives, this place is the first time he feels and received an attack from a ninth-rank Demon. It's also the place where he swore to himself that after eradicating the Werewolves, he will destroy the Demons next.

While they are already a couple of miles away, Rex glances back at Adhara.

Adhara looks at him questioningly before Rex said while still dashing, "We're going to figure out which bloodline evolution path you will take, so be ready..."