A moment before the battle began, Selena summoned Risa.
"This is going to be a fight that determines everything. Nathan has done everything he can to keep us having the biggest upper hand against my family. That's why I don't plan on failing."
Risa nodded. "Of course I know that very well. I'll definitely beat his vampire."
"Although you have gotten stronger, there is one thing that you need to keep in mind. With the enemy being one rank lower than you, you can definitely suppress him. However, you're currently lacking in Ena.
"The last three days, you have been swallowing cores, but that's not enough. Hence, we have to do something special.
"Once you're out there, I want you to hide your power as much as possible, acting like you're still a weak countess.
"The other party will be impatient for sure. That's where you will strike him. Once you're able to cause a heavy injury, your victory is nothing but assured.
"As Nathan always says, the enemy who thinks they're going to win will definitely show a gap. We'll take advantage of it and deal with him."
Risa nodded with a serious expression.
She had been acting like she was weak this whole time, allowing the enemy to gain momentum.
Once she saw the opening Selena talked about, she immediately activated her full power, causing the enemy to feel the blood suppression.
The enemy looked surprised, as he never expected this kind of power from Risa, but it was too late.
She struck him with her nails. The vampire tried to avoid it, but he was only able to keep his life. The nails sliced his right arm and the wing behind it.
And this result silenced every single person. They couldn't help but gasp as they couldn't believe a countess was able to deal this much damage to Victor's vampire.
Victor trembled, as he was confused why his vampire would make such a blunder.
"What the hell are you doing?" Victor roared, angry at his vampire. He wanted to blame him for this mess, but the one responding to that question was Risa.
Risa's Ena erupted from her body.
"This is…" The people couldn't believe what they were seeing.
Risa's Ena had turned into a blood-colored mist.
"Ena turning into a blood mist… No, it's not turning into one. The blood mist is the same as Ena." The vampire gasped. "You… How can you become a duchess?!"
When the people heard the vampire's assessment, the students turned their heads toward each other.
"What? Selena's vampire has become a duchess?"
"But this is the first vampire we're talking about. The amount of Ena she has will be the smallest. It's not weird for the first familiar to be abandoned soon because their strength can't keep up with the group's progress."
"That's true. But a Duchess? She has transformed not to a marchioness but a duchess! Impossible. She's evolved two times?"
"How does she even have the resources to do it? And isn't it just a waste of resources?"
"Still, that's a duchess over there. It's said that a baron is able to have a high regeneration, a count can utilize blood abilities, and a marquis has the Blood Field, which has the power to suppress other vampires within that field. And a Duke is a being who has transcended such a thing. Their Ena has transformed like their own blood into its gas form, which is the mist."
"Then she is truly a duchess. How can that be?"
"They're calling a person who has a duchess a lowly blood?"
"Is the Ashton family right on their head?"
"Can something even be achieved by clinging to a student? I don't think even Flora has the qualification to handle all this resource."
"Does that mean she achieves it alone?"
"Her first familiar has become a duchess. If she summons another vampire, it will be a marquis at the very least. No, it might even be another duchess. What if she summons a royal?"
"Not just a royal. She might be able to summon a progenitor."
"But is it even possible? The Ashton family claims there's no such thing as a female progenitor."
"Who knows, but she has been summoning all kinds of familiars. I don't believe she can't make her own legend."
When they heard such a thing, the people's opinion about Selena had changed.
Selena was smiling inwardly. In the end, the easiest way to tame them is by using strength.
"Understood." Risa flew toward the vampire.
"NO!" The enemy released his enormous amount of energy, trying to show Selena that he still reigned supreme. "Blood Field!"
A torrential blood started to emerge from the ground. The size of the blood field was massive, isolating both of them inside.
Risa clapped her hands.
Another wave of blood emerged. Even though it was only half the size, the massive blood field began wavering.
"Tsk." The vampire gritted his teeth. Before Risa's blood field suppressed his, he formed a massive sphere with all that blood. "Blood Rain!"
Risa pointed her palm at it and shot out a tornado.
As the sphere started turning into a droplet, the blood tornado absorbed them. Still, as one would expect from a familiar who had a lot of Ena.
He actually overwhelmed the tornado with the number of droplets and gradually pushed it back.
Risa raised her other hand and started summoning blood bats in order to distract her.
Because of this, the vampire moved toward the blood sphere, fully aware that Risa wouldn't come this way because she would be hit by those sharp droplets.
And that was what she did.
Risa rushed toward the enemy even though her blood tornado was dispersed by the sheer amount of blood droplets.
"You're a fool?" The vampire shouted. He thought he was going to lose, but since Risa made such a blunder, he believed he could still win.
Unfortunately for him, the blood bats suddenly flew back toward her, protecting her body from the blood rain as she approached him.
"Not good!" The vampire stopped and started to move back, trying to distance himself from her.
But Risa covered her head with her wings and leaped forth. The blood rain pierced her body and wings, but as long as her head was fine, she could recover. There was also Anubis who could help her.
"NO!" The vampire wanted to release another ability, but Risa looped around him, using his exposed right side.
Before the vampire could turn around, she grabbed the guy's neck and used his body to stop her momentum. She then clung to his back and pulled his shirt, revealing his neck.
Victor snapped as he hurriedly shouted, "Stop!"
Unfortunately, it was too late, as Risa's teeth had reached his neck.