His brother had discovered the Vampiric Lord’s whereabouts out of pure luck.

When the war showed signs of turning into a great war, the Bureau announced their involvement. They couldn’t leave it alone any longer.

At the time, the other Nine Kings and I visited the Cave of Yaanek, where I met the Vampiric Lord.

The Cave of Yaanek was the Bureau’s prison, where they locked up players who’d caused severe damage to the system or the stages. However, because of the looming great war, the Bureau forced Arthia and the Eight Clans to meet in the cave for a conference. The talks failed thanks to the ridiculous demands of the Eight Clans, but Jeon-woo managed to see an important figure by accident.

It was a mysterious woman who’d been imprisoned, but she didn’t look like a criminal at all.  

“Ferenc…?”

Since the talks weren’t making any progress, I came out for a breath of fresh air and relieve my frustration. It was then that she approached me with a blank face.

She’d mistaken me for someone else, and she quickly caught herself with a frown. “You’re not him. Are you Lana’s descendant?”

Jeong-woo had been greatly surprised to hear about his second teacher, Lana, in the cave. He was quick-witted enough to see traces of Lana on the mysterious woman and realized who she was: Lana’s mother, who’d gone missing a long time ago.

Lana once told me in passing that she was the sole...