Crack! Crack!
Amid the sound of air freezing, frost began to coat Harris's body.
The frost power of a Blood Clan member!
But wasn't there only a high-ranking Blood Descendant here?
Why had an actual member of the Blood Clan appeared?
Wasn't he supposed to be at my secret hideout?
How could he have come back so quickly?
Could this be a setup by that Blood Scion from earlier?
Still utterly bewildered by what had happened, Mouse Tail Alley's new leader roared and unleashed his trump card-
"No!"
More black power was drawn from the shadows, colliding violently with the white frost coating his body.
Snap!
With a sharp crack, the frost covering Harris's body shattered.
At that very instant, Mouse Tail Alley's new leader sank straight into his own shadow.
Red light flickered in the Blood Clan member's eyes. Then he picked a direction and gave chase.
A hundred meters away, Harris tumbled out of the shadows.
By now, Mouse Tail Alley's new leader had reached his limit.
Huff, huff!
Gasping for breath, he looked at the Blood Clan member not far behind him, his eyes brimming with resentment, and shouted.
"I can tell you a secret..."
Shhk!
Before he could finish, a Frost Shortsword pierced the chest of Mouse Tail Alley's new leader, rapidly freezing his body.
It turned him into a corpse.
Then, as the Blood Clan member raised his hand to recall the Frost Shortsword, Harris's corpse shattered into a scattering of ice shards.
Without so much as glancing at the remains on the ground, the Blood Clan member prepared to pursue the mysterious figure-or, more precisely, the abducted Arthur Credos.
He had heard the words "Herke's Laboratory" loud and clear.
If I could obtain that laboratory, perhaps the Blood Clan could rise again!
The thought