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Unexpected!
An earth-shattering turn!
That was exactly how it felt to the Marquis of Einhaas at that moment.
Rewards, joy, anticipation.
In that instant, all of them turned into...
A disaster!
The moment Viscount Windsor exploded into a mist of blood, the Marquis drew his Twin Swords without a second thought. Searing radiance appeared once more.
Twin Sword Slash + Evil-Breaking Slash!
Layer upon layer.
Power upon power.
He did not slash at Heber, the Blood Drinker.
He slashed at the falling blood mist.
The Marquis knew very well how powerful an Ascendant was.
Especially in this Blood Burst form. It was even more terrifying.
Because-
That was a Mystic Art of the Blood Clan.
Even an ordinary Blood Burst was nearly impossible to defend against.
With an Ascendant as its catalyst, it was all the more frightening.
Even now, the Marquis had no idea how the Blood Drinker had detonated Viscount Windsor, but he knew that if he failed to stop the blood mist from falling, he was dead.
"Retreat!"
"Take that idiot with you!"
The Marquis of Einhaas spoke rapidly as his Twin Swords unleashed one Evil-Breaking Slash after another.
Against an Ascendant's Blood Burst, his subordinates would be no help. They would only be burdens. Once the blood mist touched them, they would become its nourishment, making it even stronger.
That was something the Marquis of Einhaas absolutely did not want to see.
Especially when it came to that idiot, Count Bernaken.
Once the count became nourishment for the blood mist...
He really would be dead.
At the Marquis's command, the three barons and four lords immediately sprang into action.
The three barons turned and ran, while the four lords went to carry Count Bernaken.
But unexpectedly, the Old Count, whose life was already guttering like