The Witch Hunter System

Chapter 723 Tenacious Will

Back in the Holy Knight Empire, Eniwse was prepared to leave after selecting her candidates for recruitment when Astoria suddenly received news of the Great Ratholos Empire's situation from Chaezi.

After Astoria relayed the news, Eniwse decisively dropped her original plans and decided to join the reinforcement army with Astoria.

In the Black Rose Kingdom, Henrietta soon finished mobilizing half of Blackthorn City's military force. She awaited word from the Red Dragon Clan to assist their deployment while Victoria recalled her search teams, intending to bring them into the upcoming battle.

Nevertheless, whether it was the Holy Knight Empire or the Black Rose Kingdom, their large-scale mobilization of troops quickly alerted the spies hidden within their countries.

Before long, even the neighboring countries were alarmed by their movements, prompting them to mobilize their own forces to guard against the potential invasion.

The Scarlet Flame Kingdom deployed five hundred thousand battle witches to the eastern borders.

On the other hand, the Divine League concentrated the forces of its twelve city-states in its northernmost territory, the Divine Sword City. Despite the short notice, it gathered a two-million-strong army to defend its borders.

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The Divine League soon received words from their spies that the Holy Knight Empire's army had suddenly disappeared into thin air. Similar news from the spies in the Black Rose Kingdom was relayed to the Scarlet Flame Kingdom.

This buffer period of confusion gave the Divine League and the Scarlet Flame Kingdom a chance to consider their neighbors' real intentions.

If their neighboring countries were truly planning to launch sudden invasions on them, they would not have gathered their armies in their capital cities.

However, if those armies weren't mobilized for war against them, then what were they mobilized for?

More importantly, where did they go?

These questions prompted the Scarlet Flame Kingdom and the Divine League to investigate the matter seriously. The unknown gave birth to fear and unease. Thus, they had to know the reason.

Knowing nothing made them feel vulnerable.

During the vampire outbreak in the Great Ratholos Empire, the Black Rose Kingdom and the Holy Knight Empire were the first countries to learn about it despite being the most isolated from the Great Ratholos Empire.

However, it didn't take long before other countries started learning what was happening inside the Great Ratholos Empire.

Naturally, the first country to learn the truth besides the Black Rose Kingdom and the Holy Knight Empire was the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, situated south of the Great Ratholos Empire.

As its name suggested, the Nine Kingdoms Alliance was comprised of nine kingdoms that had allied with each other.

On the surface, they appeared to be an independent group with no other affiliations. But in truth, they were closer to the vassal kingdoms of the Great Ratholos Empire.

After all, they lost their talents to the Great Ratholos Empire all year round. Regardless of status, whether commoners or nobles, their talents rarely returned to their home kingdoms after heading there to train.

Nevertheless, after the Nine Kingdoms Alliance learned about the Great Ratholos Empire's situation, they did not choose to send support.

Instead, they cut off all routes to the Great Ratholos Empire and built blockades to prevent the potential threat from spreading to their lands. In their opinion, the Great Ratholos Empire was a lost cause; they were doomed to fall to ruin.

No existing power could possibly stop the Great Devil Abaddon and his army of vampires from overturning the Great Ratholos Empire.

Within the following twelve hours, the Nine Kingdoms Alliance quickly spread the news to the rest of Pangea like wildfire, hoping to receive aid in fortifying their border defenses.

After all, once the Great Ratholos Empire fell, they were likely next in line.

…

As Emperor Varan was locked in battle with Kazamir, he did not know that the whole continent was already paying close attention to his country's situation.

However, he didn't have the spare energy to consider.

After fighting such a high-intensity battle with Kazamir for so long, he was exhausted in body and spirit. His sense of responsibility and willpower were the only things that kept him moving.

He couldn't fall; he wasn't allowed to fall.

His empire needed him.

"I think I've played around with you long enough, Human Emperor," Kazamir suddenly grinned and said, "I don't know what took the Blood Ancestor so long, but it seems he is finally about to descend since the rest of our people are coming."

Actually, Kazamir wasn't sure if Great Devil Abaddon was coming. However, he could sense many vampires emerging from the crimson light domain.

"Kekeke, our main vampire army is here," Kazamir rejoiced.

In fact, Kazamir wasted so much time on Emperor Varan because he didn't dare go anywhere else—at least not after seeing Vaan kill a high-ranking vampire with a single touch.

As such, Kazamir could only use Emperor Varan to bide his time until reinforcements arrived. Now that they did, he didn't need to play with Emperor Varan any further.

Peng!

Kazamir stopped pulling his punches and suddenly used more force, sending Emperor Varan smashing into the ground with a strong smack.

Given Emperor Varan's weakened state, the strong smack almost robbed his life. However, he persistently clung to life.

"Hmm…" Kazamir glanced at Emperor Varan thoughtfully before saying, "Alas, we did fight for so long, after all. Maybe I have grown attached, but it does seem like a pity to kill you now."

"I guess I'll let you live a bit longer to witness the fate of your empire, Human Emperor," Kazamir said magnanimously with a cruel smile.

Just as Kazamir turned to leave, he felt his ankle grabbed by Emperor Varan's dirty and bloody hands.

"Let go of your filthy hands, Human! I said, let go! Let go! Do you hear me?!" Kazamir said with disgust, stomping down on Emperor Varan's hands with his spare leg.

However, no matter how many times he stepped on Emperor Varan, the latter refused to let go, even when his hands turned into mangled flesh.

"Our fight isn't… over!" Emperor Varan spat with determination.

Kazamir was suddenly shocked by Emperor Varan's tenacity and strength.

"How could you still have this much strength? Where is this strength coming from?!" Kazamir exclaimed with disbelief, finding it unreal to see a half-dead human burst with greater strength than before.

At the same time, he could hear Emperor Varan's heartbeat becoming louder and more powerful!

Ba-dump! Ba-dump!