The Lamia thought for a moment, but she wasn't in a position to make demands. The deal she had proposed to Vicente was much better for him than for her, so there was no reason for him to betray her.
Of course, that could happen, but in this disadvantageous situation, she had to step forward and accept the danger.
"What do you want to know?" The Lamia asked.
"Let's start with why your group came to this place. What were Ogres, Cyclopses, and Lamias doing together in the Seidel Kingdom? Your home is in the north of the continent, far from here." Vicente said as Joshua watched the situation in silence.
The Lamia sighed before she started with the most important thing. "The Purification. Have you ever heard of it?"
"I don't know much about it, but I've been told about it." He pointed to the young soldier not far from them.
The Lamia looked at Joshua and instantly realized that Vicente's knowledge of the subject must be shallow.
"Well, then, you know next to nothing. The Purification is not just a plan. It's a prophecy. In the ancient past, in the largest clan of this race, the Demonix, a great vampire with phenomenal powers arose.
But contrary to what one would expect from such a great vampire, he did not become one of the pillars of his clan or his people. This monster betrayed his people by revealing to the continent the legend of The Purification, a then-distant destiny. Still, one that he ensured would be the beginning of chaos and the end of the Age of Magicians.
That was 50,000 years ago, when Cassius single-handedly sparked the Third Vampire Uprising, causing widespread war in the north of the continent.
According to legend, Cassius informed the continent's forces of Demonix's plan to bring revolution to Polaris Realm.
Vampires have always been among the strongest in the land, but they have never truly ruled the continent.
The vampires have always wanted to change that. They have been planning a tremendous demonic ritual to increase the power of their race. They would then purge the continent of those they consider to be the main pillars of society today.
That includes not only magicians but also special beings such as fairies and elves. The vampires want to wipe out everything we know today and turn the continent into one big granary where we are all food for the damned."
"This is much worse than I thought," Vicente muttered as he clenched his fists.
"Of course." The Lamia said, unable to hide the worry in her eyes. "They want to destroy us, but first, they'll sacrifice their own people. Do you think sacrificing vampires is a simple matter? The result will surely be disastrous!
Unfortunately, all of this is not just a legend. We don't know how much of the story is myth, but the vampires are planning what the legend says they are planning.
Recently, signs have begun to appear in the lands of the Ivory Desert. The vampires are finally ready to put their plans into action!"
"When is this going to happen?" Onyx asked.
"During The Seven Day Tsunami. That's an especially opportune time for a massacre to begin. There will be a lot of blood and fighting all over the continent during that time."
She turned her eyes to Vicente and, after a brief pause, finished answering his questions. "When they start, it will be hell on the continent. The south should suffer less, so many magical beings from the north are already moving south.
Traveling from there to here is difficult, so groups like mine are forming to ensure their own survival. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough for many of us." She looked at the bodies of her fellow travelers.
Vicente didn't feel bad when he heard that. The fact that these monsters were fleeing from the north did not mean they were innocent. He himself had seen how these creatures acted more than once.
The weaker ones, who didn't need to eat human flesh, would simply steal from magicians, but the more brutal ones, like Ogres, would try to kill and devour people who came near them.
They were on the run, but that didn't change the disturbing nature of these creatures.
They probably did not intend to invade the cities and cause havoc in the Seidel Kingdom, but they would certainly leave blood wherever they went.
Their escape was for their own good, but it would be at the cost of the lives of the weak and innocent who stood in their way.
Vicente had no mercy for these creatures, so even though he understood the monsters' motivation, he didn't change his mind about what he would do if he encountered more of them.
He would kill them without blinking an eye!
"I see. So it's likely that several groups like yours are scattered throughout the kingdom." Vicente commented, looking at the Lamia, while Joshua couldn't help but worry.
"Probably." She confirmed.
"Shit! That's terrible! What are we going to do when these monsters turn on our cities? The kingdom is in great danger!" Joshua commented to Vicente, very worried about the future.
Vincent ignored Joshua for a moment and asked the Lamia. "I found a vampire in the Chutha Dynasty. Is there any possibility that this vampire went to that place because of the problems approaching us?"
"A vampire in the Chutha Dynasty?" Joshua's eyes widened in awe.
The Lamia narrowed her eyes. "It's hard to say. There are definitely cases of vampires who turn against their clans or even their race. But the vast majority of them are loyal to the groups they belong to. Hardly any of them would run away because of The Purification.
And I think it's unlikely that a vampire would go to the Chutha Dynasty to carry out a plan related to The Purification. Unless others of his race accompanied him, he was probably only there for matters unrelated to it."
Vicente sighs, thinking that things wouldn't be so worrying if that were the case. Better a vampire acting alone than vampire clans acting around him and his family!
He looked at Joshua and said. "Don't worry so much. As much as it's likely that the whole continent will suffer from these monster movements, they're on the run and probably don't want any trouble.
They'll certainly leave a trail of blood and damage wherever they go, but it's unlikely that they'll try to invade or attack cities. This movement isn't about fighting the magicians on the continent. It's about running away from the problem in the north."
Joshua didn't know if he could be satisfied with that because, as much as it was probably true, it didn't change the fact that several groups of monsters were already in the kingdom.
When The Seven Day Tsunami began, those closest to the monsters would suffer!
