These days have been restless ones for Vasini.
Even though, in reality, nothing has happened outside, everything is as calm as if no one died that night.
But he knows that just beyond the Sanctuary, a demon is lurking, ready to devour anyone's life at any mont.
Thus, outside the Sanctuary seems to have beco an eternal long night, only inside the Sanctuary is where safety lies.
This naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of those family leaders; with nothing happening for a long ti, trapped inside the Sanctuary, many family affairs can't be dealt with, and everything is going awry.
More critically, the person deciding all this is Vasini, and whether Vasini is up to sothing secretly, no one knows.
What if this is just a pretext for his grand cleansing?
So, after nearly five days of a prisoner-like existence, these family leaders finally banded together.
"Vasini, we must go ho, it's been five days. We don't understand what exactly you're afraid of, but in fact, nothing has happened, right?"
Vasini remained silent.
He didn't know what the eternal being was up to, but undoubtedly, the opponent's inaction had succeeded; at least, these people were completely lulled into complacency.
He was caught in a dilemma.
"Gentlen, give two more days, and I'll surely solve the trouble, then everyone can go back."
He took a deep breath, trying to speak as calmly as possible.
"What if two days beco another two days? We must go ho!"
Just as the argunt was about to erupt, the door to the Sanctuary was pushed open.
A blood-covered man was brought in by mbers of the Martinos Clan.
One of the family leaders originally confronting Vasini turned pale upon seeing the man.
"Joey, what happened to you? What happened?!"
"Valentino, the family is done for, a monster killed everyone... it's not afraid of bullets, you can't kill it... Valentino..."
The man nad Joey said a couple more words, his body stiffened, finally exhausted his life force, and died.
The entire place fell silent.
An unkillable monster, this did match what Vasini had previously described.
But who knows if this is yet another sche by Vasini laid out in advance?
Especially since the person was let in right during the height of their argunt.
Vasini also realized this point.
He deeply understood that his opponent, the eternal being, was not only powerful but also profoundly thoughtful.
The guy should have realized the might of God and the power of the Sanctuary, so he intended to lure him out.
He succeeded.
Now Vasini must go out, otherwise, he'll face the consequence of being abandoned by everyone.
No one will believe him anymore, the alliance he labored to consolidate will fall apart.
"I will handle this matter, today itself."
He made a promise.
The family leaders exchanged glances, and in the end, none insisted on going ho.
Except for Valentino.
He chuckled bitterly and said, "I want to go back, I want to be with my family."
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As night fell.
Vasini finished his last prayer and headed out with his people.
Their destination was Valentino's ho.
Valentino wanted to return ho, and Vasini thought if the opponent wanted to ambush him, doing so at Valentino's ho would be most fitting.
So why not choose this place as the battlefield for the final confrontation.
Sitting in the car, Valentino stared blankly, as if he had aged a dozen years in an instant, gazing out the window, he slowly said, "Don't kill yet, wait until we get ho, then kill ."
"You think it's ?"
Vasini didn't expect him to think this way.
"Is it not you?"
"You'll understand once you arrive; you'll know who our opponent truly is, and... "
At this point, Vasini took a deep breath and said with boundless reverence, "what kind of great presence stands behind us."
The car arrived smoothly at Valentino's ho.
Valentino's last na was Esposito, their family managed several streets in the central South District, not considered a large family, so their residence wasn't particularly luxurious—
A small three-story building.
The entire Esposito clan's direct mbers lived inside.
Just looking from outside the car, Vasini felt a strong aura of death emanating from the entire building.
Vasini lit a cigarette for himself, took a deep breath, extinguished it, and walked towards the building.
Valentino appeared fearless, seemingly having embraced a certain death, he feared nothing.
Strangely, despite Joey's blood-covered, tragic appearance when he ca to report, there were no bodies visible in the building, not even bloodstains, as if soone had cleaned it thoroughly.
This instead made Valentino emotionally unstable. He turned to Vasini anxiously, asking, "Where's my family? Where are they?"
"Don't worry, we'll find them eventually."
Vasini frowned too, the place was too clean, not normal.
Especially since it was so clean yet the aura of death kept intensifying.
When they were about to reach the third floor, they saw a figure standing on the stairs, seemingly waiting for them.
And as soon as Valentino saw this person, he lost control and was about to rush forward.
Because this person was his daughter.
"Lily! Thank God! You're alive!"
Vasini, however, grabbed him and said, "She is not your daughter, look clearly!"
The figure indeed resembled Lily, Vasini had seen her too, but she was decidedly not Lily anymore, because her eyes were utterly vacant, like those of a corpse.
"Co, Father is waiting for you."
She said this and already pushed the door open to go inside.
And Valentino was angrily shouting, "Who? Who is your father?! I am your father! I'm right here!"
He was consud with rage, broke free from Vasini's restraint, and charged forward.
Vasini followed him in, and together they burst into the third-floor room.
This room should be Valentino's, it was large, with a warmly arranged living room.
At this mont, a man sat on the sofa.
Lily stood beside him.
"So you're finally here; I've been waiting for you a long ti, Vasini."
The man was the eternal being, Kaster, looking even better than before, younger, with more flawless skin.
If one didn't know his true nature, just looking at his appearance, he was as perfectly enchanting as a legendary elf.
"Give my daughter back!"
Valentino cared not for their words, and was about to charge forward.
Instantly, he was hoisted up by a vine that ca from nowhere, wrapping around his neck.
And his daughter showed no reaction.
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