Chapter 565 Escape?
As the creature's entire body exploded, spilling its guts all over the forested part of the peak where the group was, Layla and Casey looked at Vicente in shock.
"You..." Layla muttered as she opened her mouth, thinking that Vicente had killed the creature.
As Joseph's body fell lifeless to the ground, stained with his master's mortal parts but also with his own blood, Vicente said to his two nearly exhausted companions.
"I didn't kill him. I just destroyed his body." He said as he walked towards Casey. "Anyway, let's run. He'll need a few hours to recover, but eventually, he'll come after us. If we don't get far enough away, we might have to face him again in a few days!" nove(l)bi(n.)com
Layla and Casey understood the problem since they had both learned the basics about vampires the same way Vicente had.
They knew that vampires had great tracking abilities. Once one of these creatures was trapped by their opponents, they would become much more cautious.
In short, the same strategy as today would not work twice with this creature, and if the group had to face it again in a few days, their situation would be much worse than it was now.
Vicente had used almost everything he had today and still hadn't been able to kill the vampire... If they had to fight again before one of them could advance a level, the result of a new confrontation would be no better than today!
So Casey didn't stop Vicente from attacking him, while Layla soon started running after them, using what little energy she had left to get away from this area.
While she drank a potion, Vicente gave Casey a similar restorative item. "Drink this and recover. I have the energy to move like this for the next 40 minutes. After that, we'll have to take turns moving west."
"West?" Casey asked, not expecting Vicente to want to go in the opposite direction of the Seidel Kingdom and Scott Province.
Vicente quickly explained. "I'm on my revenge mission. I'm going to the Bone Mountains in the northwestern part of the Chutha Dynasty. I will take revenge on one of the two Sovereigns who caused my mother's death and my family's tragedy."
While we'll be able to enter cities and operate without hiding, he as us.
While we'll be able to enter cities and operate without hiding, he must take precautions that will waste his time.
That's our advantage, and we must use it as much as possible!"
"Do you want to change our plans?" Layla asked.
So far, they had traveled as much as possible through forested areas, stopping only in towns to rest and shop.
Vicente said. "Yes, from now on, we'll stay among humans as much as possible. That will slow us down a bit, but it will make it much harder for the vampire to reach us.
He'll have to investigate us in cities, which means he'll have to waste time hiding. This will give us the time we need to grow stronger and complete our mission."
"I see... All right, let's do it." She agreed while Casey remained silent, feeling that it all made sense.
But then he sighed and said. "I didn't think we'd have to deal with a vampire in our way... Hell, my damned father had surrendered to that creature!"
"I was shocked too," Vicente commented as he looked at the man he was carrying with one of his swords. "But it's not so strange for a vampire to control a human's mind... Anyway, this is the third monster I've seen in this southern part of the continent."
"It looks like something extraordinary is going on," Layla commented. "I wonder what Jasmine will find out."
Vicente replied. "I don't know, but it could be that in a few years, the continent will be even more agitated... We have to get stronger and increase the strength of the family. Times are changing!"
