The Witch Hunter System
chapter-703

After witnessing Vaan's manner of speech and confidence, the leading Fergus and the rest of the high-ranking vampire group frowned at him in doubt. They re-evaluated his strength but noticed nothing besides his powerful physique and unique aura.

"It seems you are the one who doesn't know what you are talking about, Human. This Royal One admits your body is strong, and while you stay on this iron mountain, there's nothing we can do to you," Lucien calmly acknowledged before revealing contempt.

"However, once you leave the protection of this iron mountain, you'll quickly realize that this brute strength you are so proud of is nothing in front of our magic."

"This is rather disappointing… To think a Body Refiner this strong could be so ignorant about the power dynamics. But then again, what was I expecting from a low-life-value world in the new chaosverse?" the eighth-rank Royal Vampire, Faine, uttered disdainfully.

"We are wasting too much time here. We still need to complete the Blood Ancestor's task. If we don't finish subjugating this human settlement before the Blood Ancestor arrives, the Blood Ancestor will punish us," the seventh-rank, Duradel, reminded.

"That's true," Haera nodded in agreement before mentioning, "However, we can't catch this human while he is on this iron mountain. And if we let him be, it's uncertain what he could do."

"Should we try to force him out by threatening him with the lives of these other humans?" Haera shortly suggested.

However, her suggestion quickly received strong disapproval and disgust.

"Lady Haera, I can't believe you would utter something so distasteful," the elegant Viessa commented with discontent. "How could royalty like us resort to such low-life, disgraceful means? I will not allow such a stain on my honor."

"That's right!" agreed the refined gentlemanly Dimitri, adding, "Even when we face our enemies, we must act with class and never stoop down to the same level as ruffians and street rats."

"After all, such an act shames the entirety of our royal lineage, and our Progenitors might even condemn us to forced slumber," Dimitri stressed with concern.

After Haera received such strong criticism, even she felt ashamed of her suggestion. She had not given it enough thought.

Nevertheless, the attention was quickly shifted back to Vaan as Lucian apologized, "Please excuse kin. It seems she lacks education."

"That aside, do you dare leave the mountain to challenge us since you are so confident, Human?" Lucien goaded with a provocating smile.

Vaan knew he was being provoked, but he was also willing to fall for such provocations.

After all, there was no better way of confirming his strength than to test it in battle. And he had to admit the members of Abaddon's Night Parade were just the right opponents for it.

Conserving his strength for Abaddon was important, but thinning the vampires' numbers was also crucial.

"Why wouldn't I dare? I'm just afraid you will soon learn the word regret and flee faster than the time it takes you to ejaculate," Vaan coldly smiled.

He had, more or less, retrieved information on all sixty-six demons of the Night Parade, albeit limited. He couldn't read more detailed information until he improved his Fourth Dimensional Sense.

Meanwhile, Lucien's face completely darkened from Vaan's insult.

"Do not interfere! I will be this human's opponent! I must teach this arrogant human a lesson he will never forget!" Lucien furiously declared.

"Go on then, Lucien. Let him understand the great divide between our two races," Fergus finally spoke after an extended period of silence.

On the side, the second-rank Royal Vampire, Ozul, briefly glanced at Fergus with doubt but kept his surprise in silence.

However, it wasn't just him who noticed Fergus's unnatural behavior. Several other high-ranking vampires also noticed it. But, like Ozul, they chose to watch in silence.

After all, Fergus was the strongest vampire in their Night Parade and was the best candidate to show off the might of their race.

However, surprisingly, he was not keen on fighting and actually passed the opportunity on to someone else. After seeing Fergus act like that, naturally, the rest of them were even less eager to fight until they learned more about the human.

Meanwhile, Fergus was more than happy to see someone else test Vaan's power. He had grown wary after his mind control failed to produce its desired effect.

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Come, Human! Get out of your turtle shell and fight me! I will show you the difference between us!" Lucien roared with impatience.

Vaan smiled indifferently and said, "Since you are in a hurry to die, let me send you on your way."

In that instant, the Vampiric Demon Bats seemed to have sensed Vaan's intent; they immediately flew out of the way, making a clear sky path between him and Lucien.

However, Vaan didn't use it.

He took a step and disappeared in the blink of an eye, vanishing right in front of the high-ranking vampires' countless gazes. Such a sight immediately startled all of them as they heightened their senses with alarm, realizing Vaan truly meant business.

"Let us change the battle location. It would be a pity if the plants and herbs in this region were harmed because of our battle."

Vaan made a calm suggestion as he appeared behind Lucien. However, the latter wasn't even given a chance to respond or react before he was dragged into a spatial leap, disappearing from the airspace.

After all, Vaan hadn't even finished speaking by that point.

If Vaan had waited until he finished speaking before dragging the person away, Lucien would have long made a move against him.

"Where did they go? Quickly locate them!" Fergus urged with alarm, not expecting a male Body Refiner to possess such advanced spatial abilities.

Within moments, all sixty-six demons of the Night Parade split off in every direction to look for Vaan and Lucien. However, it didn't take long before they tracked his unique scent and headed in the same direction.

Meanwhile, the suffocating pressure of the vampires was lifted from the territory of the Black Mountain, allowing every martial warrior to sigh with relief.

The high-ranking vampires' intimidation was so great that many martial warriors didn't dare to let out a single squeak during their presence. But since the vampires finally left, the Black Mountain quickly erupted with heated remarks.

"Did everyone see that?! Sir Pendragon moved so fast that my eyes couldn't even keep up with his movements! I didn't even see his shadows!"

"That wasn't a high-speed movement; that was a spatial leap! I noticed the spatial distortions during Sir Pendragon's spatial leap!"

"What?! A spatial leap?! Sir Pendragon had such a spatial ability? No wait… Spatial ability?!"

Very shortly, Berucha and the other martial warriors quickly recalled a certain prophecy from the Sacred Tirtha, and their eyes instantly beamed with greater shock and excitement.

The destined overlord!