Mommy...where are you...?

No... Please, don't take him away...

No! Please! Not my child! Please!

Please...

Good morning, Adriesta. How are you feeling?

Ugh. I've felt better, but thanks.

Good. We have a long way to go.

You know where we're headed?

In a sense. Ever since we defeated Kielazar, I've had this...feeling that someone is looking out for us.

Someone? Who?

I don't know. It's a very subtle thing, almost otherworldly. But our destination is clear, at least for now.

We need to go to the center of this accursed island. Something is waiting for us there.

Gabriela... I've been meaning to ask...

Mm?

How did you know Kielazar?

I'm sorry, it must be terribly personal.

No... It's all right.

Honor demands that I give you an answer, and honor demands that it be the truth.

But... *Sigh* Very well. Before I died, I ruled a city...

P-Please...mercy...

A toast, then! To wealth, to vice, and to honor!

And as for those who besmirch the hospitality of our coven, such as Lord Vaard here...

A man that we have made prosperous despite this famine, yet has seen fit to bring foul blades from the Inquisition in my presence...

Y-You gave me n-no choice...monster!

Silence! Bah. I tire of your pitiful whining. Toss him and his son to the ghouls. Tell them to make their meal last.

N-Nooooo! Help me! Someone help meeeee!

As you will, mistress. However, a great one has requested for your presence.

Hmph. Very well.

Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy! And remember who has fed you with plenty in these lean times!

Shut the door, then leave me.

As you will, mistress.

I, Gabriela, have arrived in honor of our pact.

Excellent. You do well to not keep me waiting, vampire.

Overlords, a pleasure as always.

Lies, lies, lies! You dance around your oaths so nicely. However, that's quite enough. To business.

My kin have unleashed a Death March upon the land, and a delightful conjunction of events is about to happen where you and I benefit.

How so?

Your elders are demanding that you pick an apprentice, yet you cannot find a soul strong enough to bear your lineage's might.

Fortunately for you, a mortal man in Rehdoon city is your perfect candidate.

Tsch. How absurd.And if I were to refuse?

I expected no less from you, haha! A pity, then, that some reckless souls within the Inquisition are knocking at my door.

It seems that they are getting desperate in their quest for justice. A few dreams here and there, and your life would be rather interesting.

By the way, how was dinner? Exciting, I trust?

Hardly. It seems I am at a disadvantage. Your price then, Overlord?

Mmmmmmm. Be at the eastern quarter of Rehdoon city in seven days, and I will consider our transaction fully paid.

Till then!

One day, you and your kin will die. And I will be there to laugh my heart out.

The siege of Rehdoon city... Was over sixty years ago! H-How?!

Sit down, child. It's a lot to take in, I know.

But pardon me for a few minutes, I'll be right back. We've attracted some attention, it seems.

How...is it possible?