The situation in Bucharest was better than what happened to Kai.

Ibaraki, lost in the excitement of freeing herself in a fight, rampaged around and destroyed many Jack-o'-lanterns with her hands. Ripping, destroying, she even bit one of the Jack-o'-lantern's heads and ripped It off from its body.

It had been a long time, more specifically since the Tear appeared in Oni Village, since she was allowed to let loose like this. Her Kimono was ripped, but she didn't care. She still had the leotard-shaped body suit that couldn't be ripped to cover her body.

"Hahahahaha!"

A loud, satisfied laughter rang in the sky of Bucharest as Ibaraki launched herself using the debris she had thrown into the sky. Each of these pieces of debris was, in fact, the house she ripped off from the ground, each heavier than her body.

Her next target was the giant Jack-o'-lantern. She left the small ones and the Boogeymen's fake bodies to the vampires.

The Vampire lord was holding on pretty well and defeated many Jack-o'-lanterns. His two wives, Diana and Liana, also joined and fought with the other vampires under him.

Because the barrier only allowed vampires and not other races, such as werewolves or the others, to get inside, it made the battle prolonged for quite a bit. But that was also a part of the plan.

"Now then.." Robert pulled out a Talisman. It was made on top of red paper with white ink. The ingredients to create Talismans vary depending on what it was used for and the grade.

Low-grade Talisman often used a normal paper you could find anywhere. Normal-grade Talisman used paper made from a tree that grew in a place with abundant Nature power, such as a power spot.

Then there was a high-grade one, which was made with the same tree but added Ink made from spring water from the mountain with more than 3 KM altitude. For example, Mount Fuji or Mount Everest.

Then there was a special-grade one. This was made by using something really special and could not be mass-produced.

The one in Robert's hand was made from an ogre's skin and minotaur's milk processed into ink. This Talisman was a special grade one and was one of a kind to trace a Spirit Power that belonged to a certain someone no matter where they were.

Ogre was rare in this day and age, and the minotaur was said to be extinct because none had been found for at least a few hundred years.

As such, this Talisman was really valuable. And Robert was about to use it.

"Robert. Are you really using it?" Rebecca asked with uncertainty as she looked at her husband. "Isn't that something passed down from your family?"

"Well, do you have any option to find the person we are looking for without using this one?" He raised the Talisman toward his wife's face.

".." She couldn't say anything. The information they collected was far from enough, and she couldn't find any connection between the text she read with the Memento Mori organization.

"Besides.." Robert started. He looked at the fight that happened in the distance. The fight was.. really bloody in literal meaning.

The vampires used their innate ability to control blood to create flying spears, swords, and anything they could make. They tried to fight from a distance as the Jack-o'-lantern's fire was lethal to them.

Ibaraki smashed the giant Jack-o'-lantern's head, blowing it away. It fell to the ground with a loud thud. The ground shook from the sheer weight of the giant falling to the ground. A giant crater was created in the middle, and some of the vampires fell to their butt.

The quake even hit the two of them as a shockwave followed suit, blowing their hair and forcing them to shield their eyes from the dust that it brought over.

".. I think our new boss can get a rare ingredient to create a special-grade Talisman without any problem." He continued.

"Well, you're correct. We can ask people to create as many special-grades using Oni blood or even a Phoenix blood if he's willing to."

"Right? Now then. Will you be a dear and bring me the piece of paper that Kai gave us this morning?"

"This?" Rebecca asked as she handed a paper with a Latin symbol written on it to Robert. "I see. So you will use it to trace the owner?"

"Yes." Robert nodded and held the paper in his left hand, and the Talisman was in his right. "Let's see where he is hiding." He closed his eyes as his Spirit Power leaked out from his hands.

"Hear my pledge."

"Oh, the Goddess of the Greek Pantheon. She, who sits on a chair in Mount Olympus."

The chant started as the Talisman let out a red glow, feeding on the Spirit Power around Robert's hand. The glow wriggled around like a snake, and then it connected to the paper in his left hand.

"Goddess of Hunt and Archery. The member of the Twelve Olympians."

"By calling your name, mighty Artemis. Please show me the way to our prey and its pack!"

With him uttering the last syllable of the chants, the red glow amplified and shot in three different directions. That was a lot more than he thought. At first, he thought he would only get two at most.

Knowledge about where the light pointed was ingrained in his mind. Unexpectedly, one of the directions was really close to him, causing him to choke his head toward that particular one.

"Shit!" A curse escaped his mouth as he stood up. "Wait for me here, Rebecca!"

Leaving that message to his confused wife, he enhanced his body with Spirit Power and covered his legs with it. He leaped toward the nearest direction that Artemis pointed at and quickly jumped around the roof.

He headed toward the Vampire lord, who was surrounded by more than 5 Jack-o'-lanterns. Usually, that wouldn't be a problem for Grigori. The Vampire lord could deal with them easily with the blood sword in his hand.

But.. the story would be different if something happened, such as a blood arrow that came from behind him as he concentrated on fighting the Jack-o'-lanterns.

Grigori didn't notice it as he was drowning in the excitement of fighting. He was drowned in his adrenaline.

"Watch out, Vampire lord!" That was why Robert shouted as he lunged at the person that shot the arrow.historical

Grigori quickly turned around and deflected the arrow with his sword. Then he growled and swung his sword. A blood arc was made, cutting all the Jack-o'-lanterns in half at the same time, destroying their cores.

After that, he looked at a certain roof across from where he stood. The Ruler's subordinate held a person down to the ground at her neck. Looking at the culprit made Grigori's expression sour. He didn't expect her, of all people, to betray him.

The fact that she attacked him meant that she had done much more than that. Maybe including killing the vampires he sent to help the Ruler and leaking some information to the enemy.

So with an expression that looked like he just bit a bitter pill, Grigori asked the girl who had just attacked him. Still, dignity and anger could be detected in his tone.

"Why are you doing this, Meliya?"