90: Pursuit

The moment Locke Galahad saw the corpse lying on the ground, he became fully alert and simultaneously activated all the skills that could enhance his combat power.

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He did this to avoid a sneak attack from Marcus, who was hiding in the shadows.

However, after cautiously searching the room with his sword drawn, he did not find any sign of Marcus.

"Marcus, where did that guy disappear to? Could it be that he also built a secret passage, just like Victor?"

Just as Locke Galahad was completely baffled, a roaring sound of flapping wings came from above, which immediately caught his attention.

He knew that Marcus could fly, and this massive commotion was clearly not something an ordinary bird could make.

Without any hesitation, he immediately raised his sword upward, focusing 100% of his attention to prepare for a potential sneak attack from above.

Although he was confident in his own strength, Locke Galahad had no intention of underestimating his enemy.

However, when he looked up, he did not see the scene he had imagined of Marcus swooping down to attack him.

Instead, he discovered a huge hole in the ceiling that led directly to the surface, and the figure of Marcus, flapping his wings, had just flown out at that exact moment.

Then, he disappeared from his line of sight at an extremely fast speed.

The timing was incredibly coincidental—so coincidental that it felt as if Marcus had been deliberately waiting to see him, though Locke Galahad didn't know why.

After all, if Marcus wanted to run, he could have flown away before Locke Galahad arrived; it couldn't just be a coincidence of timing.

Besides, it wasn't that Locke Galahad hadn't considered that Marcus might have built a secret passage, but he hadn't expected Marcus's approach to be different from Victor's.

Victor's secret passage was built on the ground, which was why Locke Galahad had preconceived notions and overlooked the ceiling, focusing all his attention on the ground.

Unexpectedly, Marcus had adapted to the circumstances and tailored a skylight specifically for himself.

"I was still a bit too careless; I must be more cautious in the future."

Locke Galahad realized his oversight and subconsciously sounded an alarm in his heart.

Because this was something that could have been inferred and anticipated beforehand.

After all, Marcus was the only perfect Vampire in the Vampire Clan, a genuine Extraordinary Creature, and like him, a Sequence 9 powerhouse.

Furthermore, Locke Galahad knew that Marcus was different from all other ordinary Vampires.

Having watched the movie, he had long known that as a perfect Vampire, Marcus possessed huge fleshy wings on his back.

Therefore, he really should have been vigilant about the fact that the other party might have built a secret passage leading to the sky.

Locke Galahad guessed that this should be an Extraordinary Ability possessed by a Sequence 9 Vampire, much like the Night Enhancement ability he possessed as a Sequence 9 Night Demon.

At this moment, Serena and Emilia, seeing him like this, also rushed up and followed his gaze toward the sky.

"Marcus, has he flown away?"

Emilia looked at the empty skylight, her expression showing some unwillingness:

"My Lord, what should we do now? Are we just going to let him fly away like this? If he takes this opportunity to find a place to hide, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for us to catch him again."

"I know where he is going. Even though I cannot fly, that does not mean I cannot catch up to him."

Locke Galahad looked at the sky with a calm expression. He was not disappointed at failing to catch Marcus; instead, he gently snapped his fingers toward the sky.

"Marcus, don't think that just because you can fly, you can escape my sight."

Soon after, a large swarm of bats heard his signal and flew in from above the skylight. As soon as this large group of bats arrived, they circled around him incessantly.

"Go and follow that winged Vampire who just flew away from this skylight. Remember not to lose him, and also, do not get too close to him."

"Squeak, understood."

Upon receiving his order, this group of little bats immediately gathered into a swarm and flew out from above the skylight, chasing after the direction Marcus had just left at an extremely fast speed.

Serena and Erica were long used to this, but it was the first time Emilia had seen Locke Galahad communicate with bats, so she couldn't help but show a surprised expression on her face.

"My Lord, are you talking to the bats?"

Locke Galahad nodded: "I know you are surprised, but now is not the time to answer that question."

He guessed that Marcus was likely intending to go find the secret prison where William was being held.

The reason the other party didn't stay to ambush him was perhaps because he had obtained memories regarding his strength from the dead Vampire just now.

And Locke Galahad also knew that the map to the secret prison was half in the hands of Alexander Corvinus, and the other half was in the hands of Lucien outside the Vampire castle.

Outside the Vampire castle... Oh no, the slightly weaker Lucien might be in danger.

Based on his estimation, although Lucien was not weak, he would definitely not be a match for Marcus. If he didn't obediently hand over the necklace to Marcus later, he would likely be in danger of losing his life.

One had to know that Marcus was not a good person; he was a ruthless man who could even bring himself to attack his own father.

But Locke Galahad could not let Lucien die right now. After all, if Lucien died, the Werewolf Clan might fall into chaos, and his mission would then face many more complications.

Therefore, he could still suppress the Werewolf Clan and the Vampire Clan as a Sequence Transcendent to make both sides reach peace, but that would require too much work.

It was not worth it at all.

Furthermore, he had just given Lucien a huge personal favor. If Lucien were killed just like that, who would he ask to repay this favor later? Could he possibly go to Marcus for it?

Thinking of this, Locke Galahad immediately turned around, unleashed all his power, turned into a phantom, and retreated from the secret chamber.

Before leaving, he only had time to leave a message in the secret chamber: "The situation is urgent; you all take your time, I will go ahead first."

His speed was very fast; before Emilia and Serena could even react, he had already rushed out of the secret chamber.

The reason he didn't wait for the two of them was mainly because Locke Galahad considered their strength; if a battle were to occur later, they would not be able to provide much help to him and might instead become his weakness.

After he left, Emilia and Serena did not rush to follow him out. Instead, they looked at each other, then called over Erica, who was a doctor, and together they began to examine the corpse that had clearly been drained of blood by Marcus.

Since they could not provide help to Locke Galahad in direct combat, they intended to start from the identity of the corpse and other information to help Locke Galahad find out who exactly wanted to awaken Marcus.

On the other side, Marcus, who had just flown away from the secret chamber, was in the sky, overlooking the ground and searching for his target. While searching, he secretly pondered in his heart:

"This guy is truly strange. He has both the aura of a Vampire and the aura of a Werewolf, and there are also some other bizarre auras. With so many different powers mixed together, he is actually able to have the strength of a top-tier Sequence 9. This is truly strange..."

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong; this was a bit too contrary to common sense. "It seems I wronged that Vampire, but no matter. Once I go and awaken William, I don't believe I won't be able to deal with him."