**Present Time.**
Kila stood in front of Rose, and then she hissed as she rushed at the count. Rose smiled as she leapt towards Kila too, with an excited smile.
The two of them engaged in combat, and powerful blows were being thrown at each other.
Dexter stood up from the ground with the help of Grim, and then he gazed at Kila, who was fighting the leader of the Snow Coven all by herself.
She was filled with rage. After ruining her life, this woman tried to "dispose" of her and now had even forgotten her.
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This crazy woman...
Kila kept getting more and more tired as she attacked the vampire count. She felt like her strength was running out of her quickly.
'No! She should suffer for what she did!' Kila thought as she gritted her teeth and ran forward.
A red aura started to surround her, and all the blood on the walls, ground, and even on her body rose into the air.
She ran towards the count, who only vanished from her spot, appearing in the air above Kila, ready to strike down.
Blood gathered above her head in the blink of an eye, and Rose smashed her hand against it, causing a loud bang.
The wind caused by the impact and the force it produced made the blood disperse, and Kila jumped up, twisting her body before smacking Rose with her feet, sending her flying.
Rose was shocked by the sudden boost in strength and ability that Kila had, but she quickly regained her momentum and cracked her neck.
She looked forward with a yawn, and then the surroundings began to get colder, and a light-colored blue flame appeared over her hand.
The flame burned her hair, making it glow, and her gaze became cold. She struck her hand down on the floor, making the cold flame spread all around.
"You're out of strength?" she asked with a raised brow, and Dexter couldn't help but grit his teeth, gazing into her blood-red eyes, which seemed to radiate a subtle bloodlust.
Dexter let out a breath, and then he stretched forth his hand and gave her the fragment of the key.
If he really wanted to defeat her, he would have to use the remaining four minutes for the Mark of Ascension.
There was still the world of blood at the highest floor in the castle. He wouldn't want to use all his strength now. Also, this singular fragment wasn't going to give him power. His priorities now were the lives he was responsible for.
'Perhaps if the fragments are together, I will have a chance at getting strength... I can't help but wonder now how I became so obsessed with strength.' He furrowed his brows, watching Winter come closer to him.
She took the fragment from his hand, and with a smile, her wings spread out, and she flew backward and landed on a window where she sat before.
Dexter glanced over at Kila, who rolled on the ground. He could see a huge wound on her stomach, which came close to her heart, and she was bleeding profusely.
"How interesting. That little amount of blood from that kid could actually make you keep those powers for this long?" Rose said in a surprised tone, fascinated as she gazed over at Dexter.
She couldn't help but find him interesting now.
"I'll kill you. You... I hate you..." Kila stood up from the ground, and then a sword with a thin red blade appeared in her hand.
The wound seemed to be affected by Rose's powers as it began to freeze.
*'Kila, stand down. I already have the fragment away.'* Dexter said to her, but she still stepped forward towards Rose.
Dexter gritted his teeth in anger as he saw this, and his mouth twitched.
"KILA!!!"
His angry voiced echoed all around the surroundings, making even vampires studder.
Kila who was about to charge towards the count froze in her tracks as she heard his name and she felt him walk beside her.
"That's enough."