The bounty hunter —now released from the Penance Stare— was furious and he reached his gun and aimed at Jason.
But as quickly as he reached for his gun, the same as he realized that he couldn't shoot at all.
Endo then looked at his right arm and screamed in pain, holding his wounded area with his left hand.
That was because Vincent had dismembered his hand from him.
He then looked at the young vampire, who was sucking the blood from the hand that was bleeding and levitating.
Suddenly, Vincent's eyes became blood red and his fangs and nails became longer and sharper.
His aura became dark red as well as his hair became more spiky.
"Your blood is as nasty as your personality!! Prepare to die here!!," Vincent yelled at Endo and rushed towards him.
But Tlecaxo appeared and shielded its owner from Vincent's strike, which injured the snake's heart, leaving it in serious agony.
"You brat!! I'll kill you for this!!," he said and fired several rounds at Vincent which made contact.
However, the bullets did not seem to cause any significant damage to the vampire, much to Endo's dismay.
"Thanks to your previous attack earlier and your blood, I'm practically immune to silver!! I'll thank you by killing you with your own bullets!!"
As soon as he said those words, the bullets that were shot recently were levitating around Vincent and he motioned his hand at the bounty hunter.
The bullets then flew towards Endo and made contact, but again with Tlecaxo acting as a shield.
"NOOOOOO!!!!," Endo screamed as his snake dropped onto the ground, barely moving.
Jason was standing there, watching everything unfold but was rooted to the spot in fear after seeing Vincent's new form.
Vincent then turned to Jason with his blood red eyes and suddenly, he reverted to his normal self.
He then said, "Let's go!!," and started flying away from the scene.
Jason then grabbed the sack and started dashing after Vincent.
Endo, still grieving his pet's demise, looked at Vincent flying and yelled, "I'll get you, vampire!!! I'll get you!!! For my hand and Tlecaxo!!"
After the kids were gone, Endo looked at his dead snake and his right arm, bit his lip and let the blood drop on Tlecaxo's body.
He then got up, made a hand sign and chanted these words:
'Death after life
Darkness after light
My vengeance shall me mine
May this blood covenant
Cause Mordan to rise!!'
After this chant, he and Tlecaxo's body started glowing purple which illuminated throughout that part of the marsh.
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Meanwhile, Jason and Vincent met up with Maki at their meeting point, who asked, Where have you two been?! It's almost a minute to us being transported back to Pardour and we still haven't found the Auburn red ruby!!
"Relax, Maki. We found it, more importantly, Jason did!!," Vincent said addressing about Jason's success.
"Huh? Oh, yeah right!! Yeah I did," Jason replied, still in confusion and shock about Vincent's episode of bloodlust and rage.
"Well, that's good to hear. We should start moving by now to checkpoint. And who's sack is that?," she asked, pointing to the sack Jason was holding.
Vincent quickly replied, "We found it and decided to keep the ruby in it to prevent being hunted by others."
Maki then remarked, "Fair point. Good thing you're in my team then!!"
"Yeah," Vincent replied sheepishly with his hand on his head and turned towards Jason, who was still zoned out.
"Everything ok, Jason? You look like you've seen a ghost," Maki asked.
Before Jason was about to answer, a bright white light as of before they arrived here encircled them again.
"Guess the first test is up," Vincent said before they were teleported out of the marsh.
Unknowingly, a creature was watching them from a far distance and had a serpentine figure in the background.
It then hissed and slithered away from that spot to a river flowing outside the marsh towards Pardour, taking approximately about a day's time to reach the capital.