Moon Witch, embark on the journey!

Claire walked over first and said proudly:

"I knew you could do it!"

William, a short-haired young man, followed behind, somewhat amazed:

"Why was that trick so powerful? A trick? A magic circle? A magic potion?"

There was doubt and inquiry in his eyes, and then he looked at the charred body of the vampire beside him:

"It's a pity that this guy didn't dare to fight back head-on and just wanted to run away. This is a bit boring."

Claire, who was standing next to Luna, immediately glanced at him and said unhappily:

"What, are you going to regret it?"

"No, no, no, this level of strength is enough. The more helpers we have, the better."

While they were talking, Luna also controlled the invisible hand to search and harvest. The charred and tattered cloak was supposed to be an alchemical item with defensive capabilities, but it was useless after being broken into pieces. The rest were some remaining magic stones and some charred materials, which Luna didn't think much of.

The other three didn't care at all, until Luna took a medal from the corpse.

"What is this?"

Luna picked it up and used a stream of water to clean the stains on the surface. On it was a rapier with a drop of blood dripping from the tip. She had never seen such a pattern before, so she showed it to the three people next to her.

William came over immediately. After taking a look, he was a little surprised:

"Member's medal of the Blood Clan Mutual Aid Association..."

"What kind of organization is this?"

It was at this time that Claire came over to explain:

"This is a force within the vampire race. It is a group of weak vampires that help each other. They are extremely hostile to the famous vampire clans... In other words, the vampire in front of us is not a pure blood."

"Well, does killing this guy still count?"

Luna and Claire both looked at William silently, who immediately waved his hand:

"It's a test of your strength, not a test of pure blood. I won't go back on my word!"

"I am a man who keeps my promises. Why would I bother about such a small matter... Are you two ladies very moved?"

Not wanting to reply, Claire continued to speak to Luna:

"This is a good thing. We may be able to gain something by following this line. Because according to our investigations these days, the mixed-blood baron is a member of this organization. He is the protector and organizer of the vampires in this area."

"The Half-Blood Baron..."

Luna was a little curious. Before she became a senior apprentice today, she had not asked Claire much about the target they had targeted.

"Baron Tesos of the Blood Clan was promoted about half a year ago. He is suspected to be the murderer who massacred the nearby Iron Forest City. There are records of him killing more than seven high-level wizard apprentices. He advanced quickly by sucking a large amount of blood in a short period of time."

Claire obviously has some knowledge about this target person.

"Although he is a mixed-blood baron who was promoted not long ago, he is cunning and extremely vigilant. He escaped several times despite being surrounded by our organization's official wizards."

"The bounty offered within the organization is worth eight thousand magic stones... After all, he is a newly promoted Half-Blood Baron."

Claire seemed to think that the price was too low, but it was still a huge sum of money for an apprentice, because this was originally a reward for official wizards.

Claire and the others were still just apprentices, but they actually dared to target a real vampire baron. Their actions can only be described as extremely audacious.

It is worth mentioning that there is basically no bounty for vampires without titles, except for a few geniuses from famous clans.

Whether it was the Dark Ring or the Blood Clan, they didn't pay much attention to most of the apprentice-level members. But the real strong ones were basically all on the list on the other side.

......

From the relics, Luna found some information about the killed vampire, and based on this, she formulated the next plan.

"Kerr is a non-noble mixed-blood vampire who is good at hiding. He is one of the core members of the local vampire mutual aid association. He doesn't trust anyone and has been alone in Zisong Town for a long time. He does not allow other vampires to enter his territory."

Although he was of mixed blood, Mr. Kerr was obviously quite powerful. He occupied a human town by himself as his hunting ground.

Following some debris on the body, Luna and the others found the base of this vampire in Zisong Town. This is a luxurious mansion in the center of the town.

"Be careful there may be a trap."

Standing in front of the door, Luna reminded us that her perception ability had already discovered some formations arranged in the house.

"No big deal! Just a family of a non-titled vampire."

William, a tall, short-haired young man, casually grabbed a few pieces of metal with alchemical patterns on them from his wizard robe, flicked his fingers, and casually inserted them into the ground around him.

Suddenly, in Luna's perception, the originally obscure and orderly elemental fluctuations became disordered.

Claire leaned close to Luna's ear and explained quietly:

"William is good at magic arrays. He was the one who cracked the magic array of the wizard family that we broke before."

Luna was thoughtful. She had not learned much about magic arrays, but she knew that if someone could easily break through a magic array that a wizard family had built up over the years, his attainments must have been close to or even reached the level of a formal wizard.

"Blood......"

As soon as the door opened, there was a murmur beside me. Then a petite black figure rushed into the mansion.

Claire and William seemed used to it and followed without any reaction.

After a while, the petite black-haired girl came out again, looking lost:

"It's human, there are no enemies."

92. Conditions for advancement

After entering the vampire's base, the four saw the scene inside the house. William couldn't help but say in a strange voice:

"Tsk, tsk, what a treasure trove."

Luna was also observing and she sighed slightly.

In the vampire's room, there were sealed bottles and jars on the cabinets everywhere, and inside them were bright red viscous liquids. There was also a wine glass on the table in the living room, which was half full of red liquid, but of course it was not red wine.

"It seems that Luna's arrival has disturbed this vampire's meal."

Claire's tone was also somewhat gloomy. The blood reserves visible to the naked eye alone would drain at least seven or eight ordinary people.

"He has mastered the art of charm, and this is a remote town with few rivals. This place is simply a paradise for that vampire."

There was no living creature in the house. The petite black-haired girl Winnie huddled in a corner in disappointment while Luna and the other two began to search through the house.

Unlike many vampires who are particular and claim to be a noble race, the cautious Mr. Kerr has no servants in his house, and many things seem very messy.

Luna went straight to the master bedroom, and the first thing she saw was some expensive furniture and paintings on the wall. The painting was of a family of three, with a strong and handsome man with a sword in the middle, and a graceful noblewoman and a cheerful and smiling child beside him.

He should be the original owner of the house, but since the vampires have moved in, the original owner is most likely in danger.

There was a notebook in the drawer of the desk, hidden in the interlayer, but it was still discovered by the spiritual power. Luna opened it casually. The beginning made her frown.

"This Knight of Tifaguo has been exercising all year round, and he tastes pretty good. Unfortunately, I don't like men... Madam Jenny tastes average. Maybe her blood would be delicious when she was young, but their children are very..."

Luna turned directly to the next page and continued reading.

It was basically the hunting diary of this vampire. He went out hunting every few days. Sometimes it was a woman from a noble family in the town, and sometimes it was a young and innocent civilian girl.

Like a gourmet, he commented on the taste of each one, throwing away those that tasted bad and keeping those with unique flavors.

"The mayor's granddaughter tastes great, but I don't like raising blood slaves..."

"Tetsi from the Mutual Aid Association found me and wanted me to attend the next meeting. I don't really like such regular gatherings because they are easy to be discovered by human wizards, so I just said a few perfunctory words..."

Luna was immediately excited. She found it. This is it!

She looked at it carefully a few more times, then put the notebook away and returned to the living room.

Claire and William also came back, and together with Winnie who had been huddled in the corner, the four of them began to communicate. Luna took out her notebook:

"I found this notebook..."

She briefly introduced the content. After listening, Claire's eyes immediately lit up:

"We were worried that we wouldn't have a chance to contact that blood clan baron. This might be a good opportunity."

"Since the baron is also a member of this organization, this channel may be able to be used."

While they were discussing the feasibility, William, unwilling to be left out, held up a pamphlet:

"Look what I found in that secret room. This is the model data of the charm spell!"

......

The findings in the vampire's residence were much better than expected and provided new clues.

In fact, charm is not a conventional witchcraft, but a skill of utilizing mental power. Strictly speaking, it has no grades, and most races with excellent mental power can learn it.

"I really don't know where this vampire found this, but this technique is quite practical and quite valuable."

Most extraordinary races believe that the spiritual consciousness of a living being is the core, and the body is a replaceable shell. Therefore, anything involving spiritual power is much more expensive than similar things.

At night, in Claire's room, the candlelight flickered slightly.

The black-haired wizard girl with aristocratic temperament sat elegantly at the desk, her legs covered with white silk stockings tightly closed together. Her fingers in white silk gloves were flipping through the booklet, conducting research.

"Even for high-level apprentices like us, it is only effective against mortals. Starting from the middle-level apprentices, it is difficult to have any effect. However, it can be used suddenly in battle to catch the enemy by surprise..."

"Well, that vampire Kerr used it the same way today. I want to try it too."

Luna sat on the soft bed, her long black silk legs resting on the edge of the bed, her bare feet occasionally shaking.

She was flipping through Kerr's notebook or recipe book, frowning from time to time, with a look of curiosity on her face.

The two girls sat there minding their own business while chatting idly.

"Luna."

Suddenly, Claire's tone became a little more serious. She turned her head to look at Luna with a worried look on her face:

"Although I don't deny your strength, you don't have to follow us."

The silver-haired girl's black silk feet stopped shaking and she closed the book in her hands.

"Why are you talking about this again?"

"No matter what, Baron-level vampires are very dangerous. We all came here with the determination that we might die. There is no need for you to do such a thing now."

"It's one of the requirements for becoming a formal wizard. I want to try it in advance."

Claire's team are all apprentices who have reached the peak of the high level. The next step is to become official wizards.

And one of them, and basically the most important condition, is the semi-materialization of mental power.

The mental power of a formal wizard is much stronger than that of an apprentice. Even without any skills, they can cause certain damage to the apprentice with their mental power alone. This is because their mental power is semi-materialized, which is the prerequisite for performing powerful formal witchcraft.

Generally speaking, there are various ways for high-level apprentices to achieve this condition.

Special potions, strong bloodlines, and most commonly and dangerously, doing it in life-or-death battles.

Especially when entering a formal wizard-level battlefield, using the enemy's mental power that has already entered semi-materialization to drive oneself to explore this realm.

Previously, a formal wizard had brought these apprentices who were close to breakthrough to help out on the edge of this level of battlefield. But Claire and the others still felt it was not enough, so they chose to actively hunt the vampire baron.

"Claire, you don't actually need to do that, do you? Your bloodline should naturally enable you to reach this level."

As an elite apprentice recognized by the organization, Claire had been exposed to the power of blood very early, and her blood concentration was excellent. Logically speaking, her advancement would be the smoothest.

"No, that's not what I want."

Her eyes were determined.

93. Before leaving

Wizards with special bloodlines will receive help from the power of their bloodlines when they advance, which makes it much easier than for those wizards with no bloodlines or weak bloodlines.

"I've looked through the family records. For example, our Helit family has had regular wizards from generation to generation. During its heyday, there were even advanced wizards."

Such blood inheritance is already extremely excellent for many ordinary wizards, but Claire just said it calmly as if she was stating a fact.

"In fact, after a while, there were members of the tribe whose blood concentration was identified as the second level. Generally speaking, as long as they did not die young, they could almost all become formal wizards, but there were still not many who became advanced wizards."