Modern World Warlock

The moment Vincent entered the office, he found himself before the two other Dons of the Onyx Cartel—The two individuals who held the same amount of authority as him.

The three Dons had utterly different facial features, except for their burly, strong bodies and tall figures.

When Vincent opened his jacket to showcase his bomb vest, he pulled on the safety pins on the grenades while simultaneously pressing the button to activate the C4, making the two men wince in anticipation.

From outside the mansion, Lilith witnessed the massive explosion blasting away the walls and windows of the office. However, before she could smile with satisfaction, she felt a sudden surge of energy coming from the building.

'What is that…?' Lilith pondered, sharpening her gaze.

As the Succubus Queen considered entering the mansion to check out the source of the strange energy, she inspected it for a few more seconds and decided against it.

The flow of energy she saw wasn't umbra or mana, and it was so condensed and powerful that it reminded her of Dante's overwhelming aura, making her body reject the idea of getting closer out of pure intuition.

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At the Jade Palace, the large group watched how Vincent entered the mansion and blew himself up in front of the other two leaders of the cartel.

Even after the explosives went off, the mini-camera attached to Vincent's jacket was still active. However, it was now pointing at a random spot on the office's burnt ceiling.

"Did it work…?" Zac pondered aloud.

At that moment, Don Darius picked up the mini-camera and glared at it severely.

"After you went through all that trouble with demons, I didn't expect them to be used against us…" Don Darius said to the camera, his voice deep and intimidating.

The man seemed to be utterly healthy and clean as if he wasn't present for the explosion that detonated mere meters away from him.

Moreover, the fact that he was able to see and grab the mini-camera shocked the group who were spectating, as it wasn't easy to see with the naked eye.

Without saying another word, Don Darius used his fingers to crush the mini-camera in his hands, ending the transmission.

"Huh… That man looks a bit different from before," Imera commented, placing a hand on her chin.

The Golden Fox, who had been around to see all of the leaders from the different mafia families, remembered seeing Don Darius when he was still a teenager, learning the ropes from his father.

However, even though the man was much older now, she believed his facial expression was utterly different from how it used to be.

"He certainly looked familiar…" Dante muttered.

"Are we just going to ignore the fact that the explosion didn't destroy the camera, but that guy just crushed it with his fingers? No…?" Zac wondered aloud, receiving silence from the group.

Before they could keep discussing the results of their mission, Camille heard Lilith on her earpiece, who seemed to have engaged in battle.

"Lilith…!" Camille shouted on the microphone, but she didn't receive an answer from the succubus.

'I got a bad feeling…' The handler thought, turning her gaze towards Dante to signal him to break the soul shard.

Right at that instant, Dante jumped through the briefing room window to land on the inner courtyard of the Jade Palace, believing he would need ample space to bring the succubus queen back.

When the soul shard dropped and shattered on the ground, Lilith was transported to his location, generating a vortex of shadows that materialized her there.

However, when the succubus appeared, Dante noticed she had transformed into her demonic form, catching him by surprise, as he didn't expect she would go all-out in such a short amount of time.

Moreover, the warlock brought her back while she was charging a powerful spell, which was about to blast a chunk of the mansion.

"Lilith!" Dante shouted, trying to bring her back to her senses to no avail.

When the succubus released her spell, a ring of purple flames appeared around her, quickly expanding and scorching everything in its path.

*Tsk* 'I don't have a way to stop that without hurting her…' Dante pondered, clicking his tongue with annoyance.

Imera, who was watching everything from the hole in the window, used a spell called "Air Walk," which condensed the air below her feet into what looked like small glass platforms, allowing her to walk freely in the air.

Dante extruded his black wings and rose up so as not to get caught up in the fire ring. When he gazed at Imera, he was surprised to see her mana rising.

"Sacred Art: Aegis," Imera chanted, producing a blinding light from her palms.

As Lilith's ring of fire's diameter kept expanding, a golden dome appeared around her, slightly bigger than the purple flames.

Dante recognized the Sacred Art as one of the most powerful "shield" spells, which could only be learned by Sacred Beasts.

While it was his first time seeing it in person, he felt slightly relieved about it, knowing that Lilith's attack wouldn't be able to burn through it.

When the flames made contact with the golden dome's inner walls, the fire instantly dissipated, making Lilith fall unconscious in her demonic form.

"Thanks, Imera… I was about to use other methods," Dante said to the Golden Fox, who was standing in the middle of the air.

"What made her go berserk like that? I didn't sense any mind-control on her…" Imera asked, knowing that the warlock was more knowledgeable when it came to demons.

"I'm not sure—She was in full survival mode. She didn't even notice we brought her back…" Dante replied.

Camille called the servants and medical team to take care of Lilith for the time being, and it wasn't easy to move her to another room, as she was a little over 7 feet tall, and her wings were massive.

Still, once they prepared a bed that could hold Lilith's entire body, she was left to rest, prompting everyone to wait for her recovery, as they wanted to know what pushed her so far.