"Half an hour has passed. Why hasn't your friend returned yet?"
Krul gazed toward Shibuya, but no figure appeared on the horizon.
Gradually, she grew impatient with waiting.
Why was that woman taking so long?
The only thing missing was Shinoa's return. As soon as she came back, the summer festival testing could finally begin!
"Could that girl be in some trouble?"
Victor lay on his side across the lawn. He raised his hand and gestured toward Krul, an invisible force gently pulling her into his arms.
Patting Krul's small head, Victor comforted her. "Don't worry, she must have been delayed by something."
He wasn't concerned about Shinoa Hiiragi's safety.
With Shinoa's current strength, no one could threaten her unless the First Progenitor, Shikama Dōji, were resurrected!
Even if they took a step back and assumed Shikama Dōji had been resurrected, she would still face no danger, he would protect her instead.
After all, Shikama Dōji was still counting on them to resurrect his son.
Krul took a deep breath, calming her anxious emotions, then turned around and leaned against Victor's chest.
Just as she was about to say something, she noticed that Victor had suddenly turned his head to look in another direction, interest flickering in his eyes.
"What's wrong?" Krul asked.
Victor replied, "Someone is approaching this way, and it seems that one of them is someone you know."
Upon hearing this, Krul immediately expanded her spiritual sense, instantly covering an area of five kilometers.
Soon she also discovered that a group of vampires was heading in their direction.
They weren't moving particularly fast, appearing to simply be traveling with purpose.
What surprised Krul was that the leader of these vampires was actually her former rival and colleague, Rest Ka, who was also a Third Progenitor!
"How did that fool end up in this country? Wasn't he active in Europe?"
Victor stroked his chin thoughtfully and speculated, "That guy has always regarded you as a competitor and has always coveted your territory. Now that you've been missing for a long time, according to his personality, I'm afraid he's already occupied your domain."
Hearing this, Krul nodded. "That's exactly what that bastard would do."
"How about meeting your former colleague?"
"He's just a clown. Why should I go out of my way to see him?"
Krul withdrew her consciousness and continued to lie in Victor's arms, her face pressed against his chest.
"Anyway, according to their route, they'll have to pass through here. We just need to wait for him to come to us."
"That's right."
Victor nodded slightly and withdrew his consciousness as well.
Time continued to pass minute by minute.
A few minutes later, the sound of intensive footsteps reached their ears.
The vampire forces led by Rest Ka finally approached the two of them.
Rest Ka was the first to notice the two people lying on the lawn, basking in the sun comfortably.
At first he didn't take it seriously, thinking they were just two lucky human survivors.
But when he drew closer and saw one of them clearly, a look of surprise and shock appeared on his youthful face.
"Krul Tepes?"
Look what he had discovered!
He had actually found the long-missing Krul Tepes!
What he found most unbelievable was that at this moment, Krul was actually nestling in the arms of a human man, acting like a little girl in love!
Was this still the Krul Tepes he knew?
Krul slowly stood up, looking past Rest Ka and scanning the vampires behind him.
Among these vampires, she saw many familiar faces.
Those were her former subordinates, vampires from Sanguinem.
"It seems that you haven't been idle at all during my absence. Are you sitting comfortably on my throne in Sanguinem?"
"Hahahaha..."
Rest Ka laughed, a laugh that was both maniacal and bloodthirsty.
"Krul, I thought you had been killed by the Japanese Imperial Demon Army, but what I never expected was that you're not only still alive, but you seem to have fallen.
"Fallen to the point of consorting with humans."
"Everyone listen up! From now on, Krul Tepes is no longer a Third Progenitor, but a traitor to us noble vampires!"
"Go! Kill these two degenerates!"
For a long time, Rest Ka had been wanting to kill Krul and replace her.
But as a Third Progenitor, if he attacked Krul without any justification, he would inevitably draw condemnation from other vampire nobles.
But if Krul was branded a traitor, the situation would be different.
Even if he killed Krul now, the other vampire nobles wouldn't say anything!
Thinking of this, Rest Ka's smile became even more deranged.
Following his order, a group of vampires drew their weapons and rushed toward Victor and Krul.
"You and your bunch of worthless lackeys want to kill me?" Krul smiled contemptuously.
Not to mention that she was no longer the same person she had been before, even in the past, she would never have taken Rest Ka seriously.
As she had said before, he was just a clown!
"You..."
That contemptuous look disgusted Rest Ka.
He was about to continue his harsh words, but suddenly found that Krul in front of him had simply vanished.
Just as he stood there in a daze, a breeze brushed across his cheek.
Before he could react, his subordinates had been decapitated and fallen to the ground!
"Your men are as worthless as you are."
Krul's voice came from behind him.
Rest Ka's pupils contracted, and just as he was about to turn around, he found that Krul had appeared in front of him again, extremely close.
Those cold blood-red eyes revealed a chilling murderous intent that made him shudder.
Rest Ka subconsciously tried to raise his hands to attack, but then discovered that his arms had appeared in Krul's hands without him knowing when.
When had this happened?
Rest Ka's eyes widened, his face filled with horror.
Looking at the severed arms that were bleeding profusely, Krul remained silent for a moment, then threw them away like garbage without hesitation.
If she hadn't yet committed herself to Victor, she might have directly drained the blood from the severed limbs.
After all, consuming the blood of Rest Ka, who was also a Third Progenitor, could greatly increase her strength.
This was why Rest Ka had always wanted to kill her.
But after tasting Victor's blood, she no longer had any interest in anyone else's blood.
"Damn it! Why is this bitch so powerful?"
Rest Ka endured the severe pain and stomped his feet on the ground to quickly distance himself from Krul.
"Escape! I must escape!"
Knowing that he was no match for Krul, Rest Ka turned around and fled without hesitation.
But before he had run very far, a sword energy came from behind and cut him in half instantly.
The vampire's powerful vitality prevented Rest Ka from dying immediately.
But the loss of blood made him feel that death was approaching.
"Trash, slowly welcome death in despair and pain."
Krul sheathed her sword and lay back down beside Victor.
The scent of blood in the air made her feel restless.
Seeing this, Victor stretched his neck toward Krul.
"Don't hold back, drink as much as you want."
After hearing this, Krul could no longer restrain herself, so she embraced Victor's neck and bit down gently.