Alex narrowed his eyes as he took in the sheer scale of the vampire palace. The architecture was unlike anything he had seen before—an eerie fusion of gothic splendor and abyssal darkness, its towering spires piercing the void above like jagged fangs. The obsidian walls pulsed with unnatural energy as if the stones remembered the blood spilled within their halls.
[What now?] Sophie asked, and Alex, with his gaze controlled, replied after a moment. 'I will lurk around, trying to search Lilia before my existence is found.'
With those words, Alex took a steady breath, activating Darkness Veil. His body flickered and faded into the shadows, his form now indistinguishable from the darkness that covered this palace.
Alex now understood why this place was built underground. It was a place for the vampires, and although the high-ranked ones could live freely under the sun, they still preferred being in shady areas like this.
