Spirit King Gnoass was the one who prevented the falling meteorites’plete destruction of the area. The Vampire Lord also helped to some extent. These two beings were the ones who effectively stopped theplete destruction of this ce.


    However, as the Vampire Lord had lost his powers, the aftermath shook up the entire ce. There were dozens of Meteor, the magic that had reached the peak of the 9th Circle, after all. It would naturally be hard for the Earth Spirit King topletely stop the destruction of the area with his powers alone. Well, it might have been possible if they were in the Spirit World.


    <strong>[Do it in moderation! Contractor!]</strong>


    Gnoass’ints reached Davey’s ears. Unfortunately for him, Davey was busy facing the boy who was slowly disappearing from the divine mes that he had unleashed before.


    Anyway, since Davey had recklessly brought out the Meteor Shower, the magic would have clear limitations. Without any sort ofmand from him, the magic would stop by itself soon enough.


    With the divine mes licking all over his body, the boy stood in front of Davey and said, “I can’t…go…yet. I have the duty to protect my race. I am the…Lord…”


    Looking at the boy, who appeared to be gruesomely desperate at how he endured the pain through gritted teeth, Davey could understand his desperation.


    As a Vampire Lord, the boy had the duty to protect the safety of his race. When the entire situation hade about, he did take into consideration the fact that they would be caught by Davey. In other words, he had gambled with his life.


    Needless to say, hasty and rash decisions were very dangerous.


    To be honest, these vampires did not pose any threat to Davey. In fact, the only thing that could bring a huge threat to Davey was aplete Vampire Lord whose body had ess to his authority.


    As for the Vampire Lord confronting Davey right now, he was also fully aware of this fact. The question was why did he do something like this despite having that knowledge?


    “You are very tenacious when ites to survival. Why did you do this fully knowing that this was the only oue?”


    The Vampire Lord smiled bitterly. “There’s nothing more to tell someone who’s hostile to us.”


    “Well then, you leave me with no choice.”


    With no room for further conversation, there was nothing more that Davey could do.


    Why do people resort to war? When two groups were at odds and had been going around in circles without giving in to each other, they would eventually reach the extreme and resort to war as their final choice.


    The ones who had been in conflict with Davey were, just like the Vampire Lord had said, the vampires’ radical faction. As for the vampires’ moderate faction, they had only carried out one action against him and it was all for their race’s long-cherished desire. However, in the end, they had still attacked him all the same. There was also no more room for concessions.


    “Well, I don’t think it matters. I have ced a contagious curse on some of your escaping brethren.”


    “A contagious curse…”


    “Well, there’s not much harm that would befall upon them once the trigger is pulled. However, it wouldpletely expose their location.”


    A helplessugh escaped the Vampire Lord as he said, “You’re quite a vicious and evil human being. However, it doesn’t matter. The magic for the awakening has been safely activated. Human, I’m sure you won’t kill that human girl. Well, I don’t really need you to understand anything. This is the only way for our race to go against those mysterious beings and not borrow their powers.”


    Davey raised his eyebrow. “This bastard, are you testing me?”


    “I beg of you. For thest time, please show mercy to my race and leave us a way out,” the Vampire Lord mumbled as he closed his eyes for all eternity.


    The iplete and imperfect Vampire Lord had fulfilled his duty, so he fell into an eternal sleep with a rxed smile on his face. Not long after, his body started disappearing into the wind.


    —Davey? Don’t tell me, that child Josiah…


    Perserque’s eyes grew wide upon realizing something.


    Davey, however, simply approached the young girl without any hesitation. He also gathered mana on the tips of his index and middle finger to awaken Josiah.


    <em>Thud!!!</em>


    A light shockwave stretched out from Davey’s fingertips and shot into the slumbering Josiah.


    <em>Bite!!!</em>


    Josiah’s eyes snapped open as she lunged toward Davey. She quicklytched onto his neck with her fangs.


    Human beings’ teeth were not sharp enough to pierce through flesh. However, the vampires had evolved, so they had considerably longer fangs that were suitable for blood sucking.


    —Da… Davey?


    “I know. Do not say anything.”


    Davey did not stop Josiah, who was sucking his blood like a newborn baby sucking its first milk. And just like a newborn baby, Davey patted Josiah on the back as if he wanted her to burp. Perhaps, this was a better oue.


    <em>Vwoong… Vwoooooong!!!</em>


    After draining arge amount of power from Davey, Josiah, whose eyes shone with an eerie red light, slowly released her fangs from his neck.


    Davey felt his blood dripping from his neck to his corbone. However, he ignored it and stood up with Josiah in his arms.


    <strong>[First Grade Great Sorcery]</strong>


    <strong>[Human’s Restraining Incantation]</strong>


    <strong>[Stronghold]</strong>


    <em>Thuuuud!!!</em>


    The fact that Josiah had sucked Davey’s blood as if she was following vampiric instincts and trying to satisfy her blood cravings meant that she had sessfully be the bud of the next Vampire Lord. This was done by the boy that Davey had just killed.


    Yes, Josiah had be the next Vampire Lord.


    ***


    Davey ced the dazed Josiah down on the ground. Then, he ced his hand on the nape of her neck as he raised his holy mana.


    Just as Davey pondered to himself deeply, Perserque shouted.


    —Does this even make sense?! How can a Vampire Lord be born into a human’s body?!


    She found everything to be absurd and outrageous.


    —Davey, say something!


    <em>‘She wasn’t human in the first ce.’</em>


    They had to keep in mind the possibility that Josiah had always been a vampire wearing a human mask. However, the most important thing here was that she had gone beyond her ordinary senses.


    The awakening was sessful, and Davey had been the reason for it. He had allowed Josiah’s vampiric strength and powers to awaken by allowing her totch onto his neck.


    However, this was already a better scenario than expected. If things had continued as it had been, Josiah would have failed to endure… Davey was not such a cold-hearted person that he would willingly rip apart the student who he had raised with affection just because she had be a vampire.


    The vampires’ radical faction sought the revival of the Demon Lord while the moderate faction of the vampires hoped for the creation of their perfect monarch, wishing they could live modestly. Both had aspirations and goals that they wanted to achieve. But in the end, it was the moderate faction that had emerged sessful.


    —Then… Are you going to kill that child?


    <em>‘Are you nuts? If I was just going to kill her, I wouldn’t havee all this way to save her.’</em>


    Davey had always been aware that Josiah was different from ordinary human beings. He was just surprised that she turned out to be the bud of the Vampire Lord.


    After confirming that a light green pattern had appeared on Josiah’s forehead, Davey quietly picked her up.


    The unconscious Josiah was still unable to grasp the situation. She remained dazed and unresponsive even as Davey lifted her up in his arms.


    “Since this is the situation, there’s nothing left for us but to take advantage of it.”


    Davey had sealed Josiah’s will as a Vampire Lord, the will that had taken over Josiah’s consciousness earlier on. There was no concept of sorcery in this world, so the First Grade Great Sorcery’s seal that he had ced upon her would never be lifted. There was a slight chance of it being lifted if she were to encounter possible death, but… Now that the Vampire Lord’s will had been sealed, all that was left would be Josiah’s own will.


    Josiah, whose ck eyes had turned red, looked up at Davey in a daze and asked quietly, “In…structor?”


    “This is the first time I have encountered a troublemaker like you.”


    “…” With wide eyes, Josiah still had a nk expression on her face. She turned to look around before hurriedly trying to stand up and get away from Davey’s grip.


    However, there was no way that she could stand properly. She was being held by Davey, who was walking about.


    “Kyaaaack!” Josiah screamed as she covered her face. “Goodness… I can’t believe I’m being held by the vicious teacher. This will be my lifelong humiliation.”


    <em>Thud!</em>


    “Kyack?!”


    With herints and cries being quite grating and bad for the ears, Davey simply let Josiah go.


    Josiah, who fell down and bruised her hips, looked up at Davey tearfully. “What are you doing?! How can you treat ady so roughly?!”


    “Do I need to hold you when you feel humiliated by it? Besides, I have previously mentioned that I’m the sort of instructor to treat my students equally regardless of their gender.”


    Josiah stopped screaming and began grinding her teeth. Then, she looked down at her arms nkly. She obviously knew that she had had one of her arms cut off. However, both of her arms were intact right now.


    Davey hadn’t attached Josiah’s arm, which remained in his Pocket ne. Josiah had regrown an arm upon bing the bud of the Vampire Lord.


    “How can my arm…? Wait, where the hell am I?”


    “There’s about ten minutes left before the Magic Festival begins. It’s toote even if you go now.”


    Josiah paused before asking, “What did you say?”


    “It’s toote. ss F had lost.”