While all of the mafia families were dealing with Netherius' necropolis on the western side of the country, the Jade Palace was left wholly empty—except for three individuals who decided to stay.
Lilith, the Succubus Queen, was relaxing on Dante's hammock that he had left in the inner garden of the mansion, eating fruit from a plate without a care in the world.
Standing not too far from her, Master Hayato, the high-ranking member of the Kuroi Tengu, stood with his back straightened while practicing basic overhead strikes with a wooden sword.
"12,849… 12,850… 12,851…" Hayato kept counting each time the wooden sword went down.
Sitting in another corner of the inner garden, Ms. Clara— Zac's mother— a woman who became a "forged warlock" after being subjected to demonic umbra for a long time.
The redhead woman was flipping through a book while pointing her palm at a bullseye target, slightly squinting as she could barely understand the handwriting.
