"Dimitrie Vatler..."
That name was at least somewhat familiar to Luo Zhen.
Even if he had never heard it before, he had certainly heard it by now.
"He's a vampire noble of the War King's Domain, a pureblood vampire descended from the First True Ancestor, the 'Forgotten War King.' He's also the lord of the Duchy of Aldeia, known as the Duke of Aldeia. Although he's merely a vampire noble rather than a royal of the Second Generation or an elder of the Third Generation, he's highly valued by the First True Ancestor, the 'Forgotten War King.' That's why he was directly granted an autonomous country to rule. He also has numerous vampire nobles serving under him. He must be an existence whose reputation surpasses even those of the Second and Third Generations, right?"
Luo Zhen listed the man's information as though reciting something he had committed to memory.
The Nilepci Provisional Autonomous Government had attacked this vampire noble's territory. The Duke of Aldeia who had gone to meet them was none other than him, yet in the end, even his castle had been destroyed, and he himself had become missing and presumed dead, just like the Ninth Prince of the Dynasty of Annihilation.
Therefore, Luo Zhen had already guessed that this man was the War King's Domain's Candidate King, and that, like Iblisbel Agiz, he possessed a Core of the Fourth True Ancestor. That was why he had been attacked by Nilepci under Zaharias's command, only to be defeated.
In other words, Zaharias had already obtained the Cores kept by the two great Night Imperial powers—the War King's Domain and the Dynasty of Annihilation. All that remained were the Core within the Chaos Domain and Aurora, who was on Kageno Island.
Because of this, Luo Zhen wanted to go