**Present Time.**


    K stood in front of Rose, and then she hissed as she rushed at the count. Rose smiled as she leapt towards K too, with an excited smile.


    The two of them engaged inbat, and powerful blows were being thrown at each other.


    Dexter stood up from the ground with the help of Grim, and then he gazed at K, who was fighting the leader of the Snow Coven all by herself.


    She was filled with rage. After ruining her life, this woman tried to "dispose" of her and now had even forgotten her.


    This crazy woman...


    K kept getting more and more tired as she attacked the vampire count. She felt like her strength was running out of her quickly.


    ''No! She should suffer for what she did!'' K thought as she gritted her teeth and ran forward.


    A red aura started to surround her, and all the blood on the walls, ground, and even on her body rose into the air.


    She ran towards the count, who only vanished from her spot, appearing in the air above K, ready to strike down.


    Blood gathered above her head in the blink of an eye, and Rose smashed her hand against it, causing a loud bang.


    The wind caused by the impact and the force it produced made the blood disperse, and K jumped up, twisting her body before smacking Rose with her feet, sending her flying.


    Rose was shocked by the sudden boost in strength and ability that K had, but she quickly regained her momentum and cracked her neck.


    She looked forward with a yawn, and then the surroundings began to get colder, and a light-colored blue me appeared over her hand.


    The me burned her hair, making it glow, and her gaze became cold. She struck her hand down on the floor, making the cold me spread all around.


    K, who approached her, noticed this and jumped towards her with her ws outstretched.


    Rose only looked at her and then caught K''s hand in front of her face.


    "I guess that''s enough ying for today. To think you would try to kill the vampire you follow now, just for strength... Tsk, tsk. I guess it was a good thing I got rid of you after all." Rose bent K''s hand, snapping her arm backward.


    "AHHHHHH...!!!" K let out a loud scream as her arm was snapped, and then she gritted her teeth as she used the second one to strike at Rose, but her hand was grabbed.


    The mes on Rose spread over to K''s arms, and then her arms began to freeze at a rapid speed. A blue light appeared behind K.


    Rose noticed this and jumped back, dodging a sharp de that came for her neck in that instant.


    She held her neck, feeling as though the de had already been in her throat before she even moved, and then she frowned as she saw Jude standing behind K with a cold expression.


    He brandished his trident, and then Rose looked at him from head to toe.


    "Who the fuck do you think you are?" she said to him, and then Jude nced upwards at Winter, who was still looking at Dexter.


    Dexter was still trying to get back on his feet; he felt like his strength and stamina had been sucked out of his body.


    He looked forward to see K, who had part of her arms frozen, and then Collins still holding back the coven leader of the Sagittarians on his own.


    Dexter looked up to see Winter still staring at him, and he looked at his hand to see that he was still holding the fragment of the key.


    He gritted his teeth as he looked at her.


    ''Fuck, I can only use Mark of Ascension for four minutes now before I go into a full day''s sleep,'' Dexter thought, gritting his teeth as he got ready for any move Winter was about to pull.


    His spear appeared in his hand, and then Grim suddenly wrapped around him for ayer of protection, covering his head and only leaving his eyes and nose exposed.


    He and Winter only stared at each other. Winter soon fell to the ground andnded on the floor.


    Her ck bat-like wings retracted, and she walked towards Dexter before standing in front of him.


    "You''re out of strength?" she asked with a raised brow, and Dexter couldn''t help but grit his teeth, gazing into her blood-red eyes, which seemed to radiate a subtle bloodlust.


    Dexter let out a breath, and then he stretched forth his hand and gave her the fragment of the key.


    If he really wanted to defeat her, he would have to use the remaining four minutes for the Mark of Ascension.


    There was still the world of blood at the highest floor in the castle. He wouldn''t want to use all his strength now. Also, this singr fragment wasn''t going to give him power. His priorities now were the lives he was responsible for.


    ''Perhaps if the fragments are together, I will have a chance at getting strength... I can''t help but wonder now how I became so obsessed with strength.'' He furrowed his brows, watching Wintere closer to him.


    She took the fragment from his hand, and with a smile, her wings spread out, and she flew backward andnded on a window where she sat before.


    Dexter nced over at K, who rolled on the ground. He could see a huge wound on her stomach, which came close to her heart, and she was bleeding profusely.


    "How interesting. That little amount of blood from that kid could actually make you keep those powers for this long?" Rose said in a surprised tone, fascinated as she gazed over at Dexter.


    She couldn''t help but find him interesting now.


    "I''ll kill you. You... I hate you..." K stood up from the ground, and then a sword with a thin red de appeared in her hand.


    The wound seemed to be affected by Rose''s powers as it began to freeze.


    *''K, stand down. I already have the fragment away.''* Dexter said to her, but she still stepped forward towards Rose.


    Dexter gritted his teeth in anger as he saw this, and his mouth twitched.


    "KILA!!!"


    His angry voiced echoed all around the surroundings, making even vampires studder.


    K who was about to charge towards the count froze in her tracks as she heard his name and she felt him walk beside her.


    "That''s enough."