This guy was a great swordsman, endowed with remarkable endurance and was not going to die anytime soon. Seeing his dorm buddy coming to his rescue, he was deeply moved, almost to the point of tears.
After the trio regrouped, Cheche released an alchemical smoke bomb for cover and they began retreating towards the second hall as originally planned.
But the three frenzied vampires were not about to let them go, pursuing and attacking them relentlessly, quickly putting Ayu, who was tasked with defense, under immense pressure.
They should be thankful that all the vampires in this "instance" had been sucked dry of their Blood Essence by Salockdale's secret technique and had entered a state of Origin Weakness. Otherwise, facing three Black Iron Rank vampire hunters would have spelled instant death for them.
"Fuck, there are people ahead!"
As a psychic, Cheche quickly sensed the dark spiritual energy fluctuations blocking their way ahead, indicating that another vampire was closing in.