The moment they heard Leo's words, all of their faces quickly turned solemn.

There was no need to keep on being shocked anymore. The most important thing right now is whether they would accept Leo's proposal or not.

The 4 leaders can't help turning their heads as they looked at Ash, who was currently in deep contemplation right this moment, hoping that she will decide for all of them.

Seeing the 4 leaders looking at her, Ash raised her chin up, returned them the same look, and said, "Let me hear your opinions first before I decide what to do."

Just like what the 4 leaders were expecting, even Ash, herself, can't easily decide whether to accept or not.

Quickly, the 4 leaders looked at one another as they asked each other who should go first using their eyes.

To be honest, rather than calling Leo's proposal a concern for the safety of the entire Eclipse village, it's more appropriate to call it a concern for the future of the entire Eclipse village. And since it concerns the future, it's expected already that it's not going to be easy for them to decide. In fact, their minds were a mess right now. They really want to accept Leo's proposal, but at the same time, a part of their mind was also telling them not to.

After being used to living inside the Twilight Forest for years now, they can't help getting this feeling of fear once they thought of leaving this place.

The fear of what if the moment they exited the Twilight Forest a bunch of mercenaries, slave hunters, and bounty hunters would be waiting for them?

What if all the people will hate them, especially the Humans since they have caused the Poisonous Mist Disaster?

What if they'll become slaves again? Live a life of misery, slavery, and helplessness.

After experiencing the life of freedom, they naturally don't want that.

A lot of what ifs were going on inside their minds right now, hindering their capability to think and decide clearly. As a capable person, they obviously won't decide something when they are still unclear of themselves, as they might just regret it later on.

"How about I'll tell you my own opinion?"

Suddenly, a voice from the door sounded, quickly making everyone's head inside the room to turn around. It was then that they immediately saw Chief Lago, standing in front of the door, body covered in blood, and his chest has an obvious Vampire's claw mark where a small amount of blood keeps on oozing out.

"What happened..." Ash became shocked as she quickly asked worriedly.

"The Vampires... they finally can't handle the urge to hunt us anymore. So, they attacked all of us back in the Eclipse village. Fortunately, Jeffrey and some other capable villagers were present, so we were able to escape and come to the 5 Divisions camp. Sadly though, we still lost a few villagers." Chief Lago replied with helplessness evident in his voice.

Sebastian and Dan quickly went and help Chief Lago to assist him to sit down on a chair.

After sitting down, Chief Lago motioned them with his hand that he is alright as he then turned to look at Ash.

"I've heard the conversation when I was still outside of the door." Chief Lago said as he turned to look at Leo, "The same as how you have predicted that I'll be a great Village Chief one day with nothing but only your 30% approval before, then this young man with the name Leo over here could definitely do the same thing. In fact, I got this feeling that you have actually underestimated him."

"So, without any further hesitations, let's just accept his proposal, and then we will see whether he will really be able to give us the so-called safe sanctuary he has mentioned or not. Anyways, it's not too late to kill him if he is lying, right?" Chief Lago finished in a joking manner.

As soon as she heard Chief Lago's words, Ash can't help chuckling before she suddenly shook her head seemingly to mock herself as she thought, "Did I perhaps become afraid of the outside world after living for so long inside Twilight Forest?"

"Okay, we will accept it!" Ash firmly agreed, "Chief Lago, Sebastian, Dan, Sele, and old man Torre, go and prepare everyone to pack their stuff and our supplies, we will be leaving this place as soon as possible!"

Unexpectedly though, Leo exclaimed out loudly, "No, no no no no, let's not leave right now! A big piece of meat is currently presented in front of us right now, ready for us to grab our fork and knife to eat, so leaving it would be such a waste, right?"

Obviously, the piece of meat was the Magical resources stored inside each of the Twilight Bear's cave.

"Maybe you haven't heard what Chief Lago had just said before, Leo. So, I'll repeat it once again for you. The Vampires, blood-sucking people to be exact, are currently making their way over here, which simply means if we don't leave here as soon as possible, we will all die!" Sele said with an obvious disappointment in her voice. Just right after agreeing with this young man's proposal, he had immediately made a careless and an obvious full of greed decision. So, not to mention when they finally arrived in his territory. No one knows, maybe Leo would just order all of them a suicidal mission just for the sake of the so-called power, strength, and support.

"If we indeed follow what you have just said, then we all would definitely die in here. So, come beside me, I'll protect you while you guide us towards your territory." Sebastian said.

"Huh?" Leo can't help becoming dubious, "The Vampires coming here doesn't necessarily mean we would lose against them, right? Don't tell me you desire to fight against the Vampires, yet you're actually already feeling afraid even before the fight takes place! If that's indeed the case, then I might as well be considering whether to really assigned you guys in an important position in my territory or not, since you're already showing that you're only confident in fighting someone when you have the upper hand"

"Oh, then what do you propose we should do?" Ash smiled and asked. It's time for Leo to show them whether he was really deserving of their power, strength, and support, or not.

"Very simple..." Leo said as he smiled mischievously.

.....

"Are you sure that this is really going to work, Leo?" Ash can't help but asked as she turned to look at Leo at her side who was currently focusing in front of them.

"Me, Ahmed, and Brad had done this before already, so it will definitely work." Leo confidently said.

Right this moment, he is plotting to trap all of the Vampires who were coming their way over here using the herbal smell that he, Ahmed, and Brad have used before in order to hide from the Vampires.

Different from before though, he isn't going to use the herbal smell to hide from the Vampires anymore, but instead to ambush and kill all of them.

To be more exact, he is planning to use some baits, which are going to be the villagers who were able to successfully escape from the Eclipse village, to make the Vampires think that everyone from the Eclipse village is hiding inside the 5 big huts. Well, those villagers would indeed be inside the 5 big huts, but not actually hiding though, but instead they are preparing themselves to charge outside the moment the trap was activated.

The so-called trap is going to be very simple...

The moment the Vampires arrive within a perfect range, he would then signal for everyone hiding outside the 5 big huts, specifically the members of the 5 Divisions, to begin crashing the leaves they have collected into meat paste, hence hindering the sense of smell of the Vampires due to the herbal smell, which at the same time would also reduce their fighting capability.

Afterward, the Mages will quickly launch Magic spells to try and restrict the Vampires, forcing them to be separated away from one another.

And when that last piece is finally finished, the villagers, who the Vampires had thought were hiding inside the 5 big huts, will then charge towards them, not giving the Vampires enough time to take a breather.

Also, the 5 Divisions, who were long hiding outside, will also launch themselves behind the Vampires, hence successfully encircling all of the Vampires.

"Are you sure?" Ash asked once again. She was really having a hard time believing that mere herbal smell alone would actually allow them to hide from the Vampires. If that was indeed the case, then the villagers of the Eclipse village before would have not been found out by the Vampires, if only she knew about this trick.

"Trust me, okay?" Leo looked Ash straight in the eyes, "Also, I haven't mentioned this to you before, but actually, the Crown Princess of the Crimson Rose Kingdom is my slave, so I know a lot about Vampires after spending my time with her."

There was no need to hide anything from Ash since they don't have any choice anymore but to come along to his territory after this is finished. Their village is already destroyed, which means the deal with the Vampires is over. If they want to go back now, then they will all definitely become a part of the Vampire's menu. They also can't go to another part of the Twilight Forest as that would just increase the casualties. Maybe after finding a perfect location to set up another Eclipse village, there would only be a few of them remaining, and who knows, maybe another Foreign race would come and attack them once again. They also cannot choose a place outside of the Twilight Forest that easily, since they're all Hybrids, so all of the slave hunters, bounty hunters, and mercenaries would all come and capture all of them to sell them to slave merchants. And actually, it's already too late for them to think about escaping too, which Leo had in fact purposely done by choosing to stay in this place rather than leaving in order for them to have no choice anymore but to rely on him with everything. So, all of these Hybrids here were long already put inside Leo's basket.

"WHATTT?" Ash exclaimed in disbelief. Her Mana of Truth was actually still activated, so after Leo had said that he has the Crown Princess of the Crimson Rose Kingdom as his slave, she immediately knew that what he had just said was indeed the truth. Just how many things were Leo hiding? Would he also tell them that he's a member of a powerful organization or something? If that's indeed going to be the case, then what was that talk about he needed power, strength, and support supposedly going to mean if he already has it?

"Here they come..." Leo silently whispered as all of his focus immediately shifted towards the approaching Vampires.