At the same time, on a small hill near the Lucas Family's base in another corner of the Shadow City, which was burning fiercely, three figures stood on an exposed rock, gazing down at the smoke-filled city below. Two of them were tall, powerfully built men, while the other was a petite, slightly frail-looking woman. All three wore identical black trench coats and carried enormous, ingeniously designed battle crossbows on their backs. The man standing at the front had short gray-white hair, several terrifying scars across his face, and an eyepatch over one eye. His expression was stern and cold as he watched the raging fires below without a trace of pity.
The other tall man standing beside him had dark skin and a shaved head, looking somewhat like a Black South American. He kept his eyes slightly narrowed, as though listening to reports coming from afar. Then he opened his eyes and looked at his leader. "Elder Hasu, the attack on the western side has been halted."
"The western side... Is that the Vampire group called the Heiserana Family?" The one-eyed man known as Elder Hasu nodded. "Those Vampires seem somewhat different from the usual kind. They appear to be rather troublesome?"
"They've set up machine-gun bunkers, tank cannons, land mines, howitzers, chemical weapons, and poison-gas traps. Every one of those weapons carries magical effects," the dark-skinned man said with a strange expression. "It feels as though we're attacking a human fortress, not fighting Vampires. Dealing with those light and heavy weapons is extremely troublesome—they have too many of them. The reports from the front also mention that those Vampires can actually resist holy power. The Demon Hunters' holy water and exorcism spells are practically useless against them."
A hint of surprise appeared on Hasu's face. "Resist holy power?