My Blood Legacy: Reincarnated as a Vampire

Chapter 381 Avoiding a problem.

Dante merely watched the small Dwarf Runa, his mind preoccupied with various thoughts as his penetrating gaze remained fixed on her while the little girl jubilantly celebrated her relentless victory. The euphoria was evident with her body trembling from the adrenaline of the battle, but Dante did not share the same happiness in his thoughts...

'Her eyes... they're glowing red. She tasted victory and now she's going to want more... That's the problem with the sin of gluttony,' Dante thought as the girl's eyes burned with the flame of ascended victory...

'She's going to become a threat,' he concluded.

She had defeated the draconid on her own, using her own hunger and the sin of gluttony as fuel for the power emanating from her. And, in a way, Dante was impressed; however, more than impressed, he was genuinely concerned.

But the concern wasn't really about the dwarf girl herself, the real concern was with something far more important.

'If this is how my life as Lucifer works, then the sin of gluttony must be Beelzebub,' he thought.

That was the problem he had been searching for, the one the sin of gluttony represented, the one directly connected to Runa without her knowing. Something she had no idea was watching her, lurking behind her, something she would never know she would unleash if she let that power consume her. It was that enormous problem that Dante was about to face.

Dante observed, with a detached look, the way she breathed heavily, blood dripping from her shoulder, but the glow in her eyes didn't seem to falter. He saw her as a piece of raw meat, about to be consumed by the very sin she carried.

Intervention was necessary.

'Shit.' As he watched the young girl, his eyes shifted, and his presence became more tense. Within himself, he felt a connection.

The energy of the sin of gluttony radiated from Runa like a raw and uncontrollable flame.

'I've found it...' But there was something else. Something deeper and darker, something he was now feeling. He wasn't here just to observe, nor to let Runa learn on her own. There was no time for that.

Dante focused. He knew what he was searching for. What he could not let slip away.

He felt the energy of Beelzebub, the demon of gluttony. It wasn't just a vague sensation, a floating force in the air. It was something more concrete, more tangible. Beelzebub was here, nearby, hidden in the shadows and the subtle lines of reality. This was what Dante had come for. Not just the young dwarf, but the very demon who had marked her.

"He's here," Dante murmured, his eyes snapping open again, and he turned to Clovis with a newfound urgency. "Stay back and tell your dwarves to hide. I need to find Beelzebub. Now."

Without offering further explanation, Dante extended his hands, summoning the presence of his Cerberus, the beasts that had become an extension of his own body. The three creatures, enormous and imposing, appeared around him, their heads barking and their muscular bodies moving with precision and agility. Their eyes shone with an intensity that only true hunters could possess.

"Find him," Dante commanded.

Clovis watched, astonished, as the Cerberus sniffed the air, their nostrils flaring as they sought the scent of the demonic energy. Dante watched them calmly, a smirk stretching across his face. He knew that with these dogs, nothing would escape his reach.

The Cerberus moved in opposite directions, sniffing the air with each step. They were no longer searching for just any prey. They were looking for something much more powerful, something Dante knew was there, lurking, ready to emerge.

One of the Cerberus, the largest and fiercest, lifted its head and howled, a wave of demonic energy coursing through its body. It was pointing in a direction, its eyes locked on something. Beelzebub was near, and not far.

"He's waiting. And so am I," Dante said, his smile becoming colder and more calculated. He turned to Clovis, who was now silent, his eyes fixed on the Cerberus and the direction they had indicated. "Stay here. Don't get in the way."

With one last glance at Runa, who was still unconscious on the ground, Dante began walking in the direction the Cerberus had pointed.

Quickly, he spread his wings and took flight, scanning the entire mountain as he fully connected with the Cerberus...

"Naturally, demons hide within their own followers, but Runa has no connection to demonic energy. So that means he gave her the blessing of gluttony just to do it. Despite the danger, this guy shouldn't be aligned with Lucifer... since, well... Lucifer wanted to destroy the whole world," Dante spoke before finally sensing the demonic energy.

"I found you," he said and disappeared, reappearing in front of a cave at the base of the mountain in a very secluded area...

"So, you're here. Beelzebub," Dante said, entering the cave.

As he passed by, he saw something that he honestly couldn't even describe... What should have been a demon was just an old carcass of what it once was. Several flies surrounded the old man sitting on the ground, in a lotus pose.

"What the hell is this..." Dante muttered.