Gellus didn’t even get a chance to feel a presence. He didn’t even hear the rustling of the grass nor a heartbeat. He didn’t smell the distinct scent of humans nor the sweet scent of blood. Besides, he had cast a barrier surrounding this place that isolated it from the outside world.

Even if Davey had used a sword to cut through the barrier, for him to show up without a trace?

It was possible for Gellus to feel nothing if he had been attacked at the same time as the barrier had been slashed open, but that was not the case at all. This was an assassination so secret, natural, and fatal that Gellus could not believe it.

As a high-ranking vampire, Gellus had been given a stronger power of immortality on top of the regular power by the person he served. However, even he was bound to lose a substantial amount of his power now that he had lost his heart, the origin of his power.

Thud!

When Gellus’ sharp hand that had penetrated through the Empress Dowager’s stomach lost strength and slid out, Davey also retrieved his hand with Gellus’ heart still in his grip.

Gellus’ heart had been removed from the rest of the body, but it was still beating strongly.

Crash!! 

No longer staring into space, Gellus flew through the air. He fell to the ground only after crashing into a huge tree. He groaned, “Keugh! Cough! Cough!”

Should it be surprising that Gellus was still alive even though his...