The Greatest Sinner

After Evan destroyed the group of mages, not ten minutes later, Nessa's brother arrived. He arrived ahead of the estimated time.

Evan immediately used Mammon's Gaze.

[Virion Emerton

Race - Vampire

Stage - Two-Pointed Star, Three Flames

Warp - Purple]

<As Nessa said, her brother is powerful. He really could kill everyone here with one single attack. It's a good thing I went for this deal.>

Evan questioned whether it was worth sacrificing many years of his life there for blood magic spells and rapprochement with the vampire race.  Against his life expectancy, 100 years was not a critical number, but it was still quite a lot.. Nessa's words about her brother's strength added to Evan's confidence in his decision.

Virion really loved his sister very much and was worried about her. That's why he came here so quickly. He assumed his sister might be in trouble.

In the end, if Evan had chosen to fight on the side of the humans and not agree to Nessa's terms, he would most likely have died. Using the power of a demon, Evan destroyed all the mages in less than five seconds. But, if they were fighting against vampires, their fight would definitely take longer than ten minutes. That meant that before the battle was over, Nessa's brother would have arrived here and killed everyone.

Most likely, even Evan would have died. He might be able to survive if he summoned a stronger demon, but then the sacrifice would be two or three times that, and he would walk away with nothing. Strength has always been the deciding factor that could make any situation change at any moment.

Virion looked like a very handsome middle-aged man. He had smooth, snow-white skin, long, blond hair, and eyes as green as emeralds. He was dressed in a long, red coat and tall boots. 

He walked over to Nessa with a slight smile, looked at Evan, and said coldly, "Who is this?"

Virion didn't understand why Evan was alive and likewise why all the vampires were not injured. From the state of the mines, he guessed that there had been a brutal battle here. He could not believe that no vampire had been harmed. It was impossible.

"His name is Evan, and he's some madman. He sided with us and killed all our enemies with one attack." Nessa answered honestly.

"Hmm, what did he ask for in return?" Virion didn't like this situation. He considered Evan an extremely suspicious individual.

"He demanded that you give him every blood magic spell you know," Nessa said shyly.

Virion answered nothing, instead, his 'Warp' swirled. Mana gathered at his hands, and he was about to kill Evan, but Nessa's sudden voice stopped him.

"I used the 'Bloody Agreement,' and he's already held up his end of the bargain."

Virion's hand instantly stopped. He looked at Nessa and saw her serious face, then he removed his hand.

"Okay, on the other hand, thanks to him, you and the others were able to survive and were not injured in any way. What's more, the operation was successful. I will honor my commitment."

"I also said he would be our friend," Nessa added.

Virion frowned. He realized that now he could not attack and kill Evan. Otherwise the scarlet thread would crush Nessa's heart.

"All right, I'll give you the spell books of blood magic." Said Virion looking at Evan.

Tremble.

He was about to use the spatial ring and hand Evan all the spell books he had, but suddenly goosebumps went all over his body. Virion felt a primal fear of something terrifying and unstoppable.

"Let's get out of here, quick! You too!" Virion shouted and, taking Nessa by the hand, ran toward the tunnels.

Beasts and monsters had more heightened senses than humans. The same was true of vampires, but an evolved vampire was a whole other level. Virion instinctively sensed that danger was coming. He was well aware that there weren't many people in this kingdom stronger than him, but he was no more than an insect compared to some people.

When they heard Virion's voice, all the vampires reacted instantly. They had never seen the fear on Virion's face before. They knew something terrible was happening.

Virion personally picked up Laila and threw her on his back, and ran forward. A few kilometers away, there was a vampire base. It was home to Virion, Nessa, and the rest of the vampires.

Evan frowned but decided to run after them anyway. He had no other choice, he had to get the spells, or it was all for nothing.

<It seems my instincts have not failed me. But, what is coming this way? And why now? What's going on?>

Evan was puzzled. He was surprised that such a powerful creature as Virion would be afraid of something. Evan was sure that Virion could fight back against anyone who had not yet reached the stage - the Three-Pointed Star.

<I've never met anyone at the Triple-Pointed Star stage besides Draven and the teachers at the Academy. How strong are mages at that level?>

Evan thought to himself as he ran out of the tunnel. They came out the other side and found themselves in the middle of a forest with huge trees. Virion and the vampires didn't stop for a second. It would take them another three minutes to enter the tunnel system that would lead them to the shelter.

...

Four minutes after the vampires escaped, an ice wyvern flew up to Evan's scorched ground. It landed slowly, and a tall man with glasses jumped down from it. He looked around and began to calculate the reason why even the ground was molten in a large radius. He was trying to find the source that emitted so much demonic energy.

<Hmm, that's just the aftermath of the shockwave, I need to get down the tunnel. Thought the man and jumped down.>

After a while, he reached the tunnel where Evan used the sigil 68th demon, King Belial.

After activation, the sigil was destroyed, and it was impossible to establish that a sigil had been drawn in any place. Moreover, there was also no smell of blood. Even the smallest particles were destroyed. Nevertheless, it would take some time for the demonic energy to dissipate. No more than half an hour. The same was true of divine energy.

The man felt the presence of two types of very different energies.

"It's strange, one mage can't use spells that contain two different kinds of energy. I mean, that's just impossible... but it seems this man has done the impossible. That's impressive." The man muttered.

There was little in this world that could surprise him. He had seen many different events in his long life, but this situation was truly a curiosity to him. After all, he could not explain it logically, and he did not even have any guesses.

He was about to go back when suddenly he heard a peal of thunder above him. The man turned around and saw a lightning griffin, on which a girl with short blue hair was sitting.

She was wearing a golden robe. When she saw the man in the red robe with the image of ebony on it, she frowned.

Suddenly she just jumped off the griffin and landed next to the man. The height from the ground to the griffin was about 200 meters. Most mages would have fallen from such a height and been turned into a pancake. However, the girl was perfectly fine, unlike the ground beneath her feet, which had turned into a small crater.

"What are you doing here?" The man asked coldly, adjusting his glasses.

"I have the same question for you." The girl answered quickly and prepared to fight.

"Do you want to fight? I don't mind, but did your boss permit you?" The man said with a smirk.

The girl frowned and said, "If I bring him your head, I doubt I will be scolded, on the contrary, my elders will be very proud of me."

"AHAHAHA, you're just a dog on a leash, you'll never know what freedom is and therefore what strength is."

The girl's face contorted. She was furious at the man's words. What she disliked most was that he was right. She had no right to conduct a battle of this level without permission from the head of the Tears of Light himself.