Samantha's sword flew high speed toward Zarks but got caught by his whip. A quick move from him guided the sword into another demon's head; the Demon's head got pierced into the wall the moment before it was going to strike Sandra a second time. Zark fought against his pain in the leg as the sword released itself from the wall. He grabbed it and cut off several Demon's heads before Samantha managed to call it back as it slipped out of his hands. Zark quickly stuck his head through the wall as he couldn't see anyone in the corridor. Samantha threw the sword towards Sandra, and Zark whipped it away right before it hit Sandra in the head. He quickly grabbed Sandra's arms so she could support herself against his shoulders, as she knew how worried he was about losing her and the baby's cloth had a little bit of blood but looked fine. He quickly tried to move her through the corridor as the ceiling now had blood everywhere, flowing down as water on the walls as blood covered the ground. They hurried through the corridor. When Zark looked back, they saw Samantha, with her bloody outfit, walking in the corridor with the sword in her hand.

"I AM NOT LETTING YOU ESCAPE!" She screamed out in the air as she swung the sword towards them.

Sandra quickly pulled away, handed over the baby to Zark, and pushed him away, making a backflip kick on the ceiling as it cracked and was going to fall.

"I love you, brother!" She said before the sword plunged through her chest, and she started to cough up blood.

Zark didn't even have time to react as the tears started to flow down his cheek at the realization of his sister dying in front of his eyes as the ceiling crashed down. It was like when he was younger, his sister Madeline sacrificed herself for him. The stones on the ground started to rumble, and Zark turned away and tried to hurry to the portal when someone with white hair walked past him. The mass of stones exploded, paving the way for Samantha. Zark turned around and saw Sandra on the ground, not moving, feeling like a weak person unable to save anyone.

Samantha threw the sword, and a pink fire fended off all the hits. The sword speeded up to reach Zark, but it couldn't pass the pink fire that followed it in the air as the sword suddenly stopped and went back to Samantha's hand. Zark kept going but turned back several times because he got suspicious of the pink light. He tried to think if it maybe was Madeline, but if it were her, she would have searched for him many years ago. He stopped and was going to turn around and ask the woman who she was before she uttered:

"Keep moving; otherwise, I will let this Witch pass through and kill you and the baby."

Zark knew that couldn't have been Madeline because she was a caring and loving person. She would never say something like that to him. He kept walking and didn't hear any battle starting or any voices as it became darker behind him the further away he was walking through the corridor with the baby and managed to pass the portal, falling on the floor in the bar, screaming:

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"CLOSE THE DAMN PORTAL!"

Everyone was looking at him because his sister had followed him.

The gatekeeper looked at Zark as he shook his head at the man who plunged the knife through the paper on the table, closing the portal.

Meanwhile, in the corridor...

"I surrender on the condition of the survival of Zark Van Polan!" The white-haired lady told Samantha.

Samantha was laughing.

"So, that was your brother? I have been hunting you for several years, and here you are, showing up in my mansion and surrendering yourself because of him. Why the sensitive heart, Madeline? Witches do not show any empathy; they only care about themselves." Samantha explained to Madeline.

"My parents showed another way of life, so I came here in the end to give up a life for a life," Madeline answered.

Several humans with red eyes showed up behind Samantha.

"Fine! I won't kill your brother, guards? Throw her in the prison, but I want her transferred to Hell as we need to move our mansion to a safer area." Samantha uttered, and the guards grabbed Madeline's arm and escorted her through the door. A woman walked through the door, laughing and watching as they took Madeline away. She had a child by her side with white hair.

"I see you brought your pet with you, Meldan!" Samantha uttered.

Meldan ignored her sister's mocking and returned a rude answer to Samantha.

"Her name is Victoria Dilara from the Dilara village," Meldan answered because of the unfair treatment of her pupil.

"You know their whole village got wiped out during the war because they were traitors and sided with the citizens of Valiant and the humans. It was a real massacre, which makes me curious about how she survived?"

"Well, I found her on the streets in Valiant, and I am her teacher now. I do not care what you think of her; why did you even call me to the mansion?" Meldan asked, becoming slightly upset about her sister's continued disrespect.

"Fine! I was calling you in for the ritual, but the baby is gone now, so I want you to go on an assignment for me. I need you to go to the Paladin Woods and return the baby to me."

"Wait, you lost the baby? Why do I have to do the work? I don't want to." Meldan answered.

Samanthas eyes turned red as she stared at her sister.

"I will send troops to destroy the village where we took the baby, but your job is to find the baby and bring it back and kill a man with the name Zark Van Polan."

Meldan looked at her sister with a surprised look on her face.

"Where do I need to go, and why do I need to kill someone?"

Samantha smiled and knew that her sister would accept the assignment.

"Well, They escaped to Paladin Woods, and the person you are going to kill has human blood inside him. See it as some time to rest from all the work around here. You have always wanted to taste human blood?"

Meldan's eyes lit up because she had never tasted human blood before, which was an opportunity to do it.

"Okay! We will go and get the baby back." Meldan said with a smirky face.

"Yes, do not come back home until you have killed the human and have the baby," Samantha said and walked past Meldan and entered through the door.

Still a child, Victoria stared at her mentor, who was smiling for herself.