‘This is strange.’

Eugene was quite puzzled. Even after an hour of exploring the dungeon, he had not encountered any monsters. Usually, he would have at least detected the presence of monsters, but he could not feel even the faintest trace of their energies. The only thing that was out of place was the chaotic footprints of the monsters littering the ground. However, he was able to trace the direction of the monsters’ movement due to the trails.

‘If that’s the case.’

It was quite simple.

Fwoosh!

Eugene ran. He determined the direction of the monsters’ movement with his heightened senses, and Eugene ran like the wind.

Kuwaaagh! Kieek!

He could hear the cries of monsters as he continued. However, the sounds weren’t growing louder as quickly as he had expected.

After a while, Eugene was able to determine the reason for the strange phenomenon.

Kieeeeekk!

Even though an intruder was in their territory, the monsters were running away instead of rushing at the unwelcomed guest.

“…?”

Eugene felt rather flustered after witnessing the monsters jump in fear and frenzy away.

“It’s because the monsters are scared of you, sir! Kekeke! At least they have an eye for people, or rather, vampires!” Mirian chatted excitedly.

“That seems to be the case,”...