Moon Witch, embark on the journey!

Rumble, rumble!

The bloody storm exploded over there, and Kadiel's body shook. After losing a lot of blood power, he became somewhat exhausted.

The dark curse on his waist and abdomen took the opportunity to crawl all over his body, making the originally handsome vampire look extremely hideous. He felt extremely weak and painful.

"What the hell is this?!"

Just as Kadir was forced to deal with the curse, his eyes suddenly widened.

In the bloody storm, Claire's aura still did not dissipate. The mark of hatred was still within his perception.

The blood color gradually faded away, and at the core of the storm, there was a tough black shield lying across the sky. A few cracks spread, and soon it exploded into countless pieces.

"F...Flory..."

That was the promotion gift he personally gave to his sister. He himself did not have such a good protective alchemical item.

Kadier looked back suddenly and saw a silver torrent gathering on the rooftop in the distance behind him.

The tranquil moonlight came quietly, transforming into a cold beam of light that pierced the vampire's chest.

The beautiful silver-haired girl stood high up, like the moon goddess bringing down her punishment.

115. The Wounded

“How…how is this possible!”

Kadiel looked down at the big hole in his chest, and woke up from his extreme anger. He was at a loss for a moment. His blood core had been completely pierced, and coupled with the pain and weakness brought by the forbidden technique and curse, he swayed and fell to his knees.

The cold light from behind easily penetrated the vampire's strong body. Large patches of blood spread on the ground.

"In the end... am I going to die in this foreign land too? In the end... I still can't get my revenge."

He finally looked towards a certain distant direction with great nostalgia, his breath gradually dissipated, and he slowly closed his eyes.

"My hometown..."

.......

"Ha...it's finally over."

Luna, who was standing on the roof, sat down, sweating profusely.

She looked up at the sky, breathing heavily, her chest shaking.

The timing of this move is very critical.

The time when the female vampire was killed was before the sun rose this morning. Now it was approaching dusk, half a day had passed, and the ring with the first-level protective magic had just been restored to use.

"He should have known I was here, but he took advantage of it."

From the initial attack to the later arrival, the other party was so sure to go straight to the Fatira family's residence. Luna guessed that they might have some kind of tracking mark on them.

Yes, Kadir knew throughout the whole process that there was an apprentice watching the battle from a distance, but this actually completely harmed him.

There is no doubt that Claire, who has reached the level of a formal wizard, is the target that deserves the most attention. An apprentice, who is injured, should be left alone. Anyone would think so.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for an apprentice who is hundreds of meters away to intervene in a battle of that level.

However, Luna has the observation and control abilities of a formal wizard, and she even has first-level magic that only formal wizards can have.

Then [Moon's Punishment] also has the characteristic of being quiet and silent. By the time Kadier realized something was wrong and turned around, it was too late to react.

“Ah… it hurts, it hurts.”

The girl lying on the roof covered her head with her hands, sweat dripping down her neck, her soft silver hair scattered in a ball under her body.

In the case of severe injuries, she also triggered a first-level item and used her innate witchcraft. After spending a lot of mental energy, Luna felt a splitting headache and her whole body was in great pain.

She was picked up in a somewhat cold embrace.

"You saved me again."

The face of the black-haired girl was right in front of him. Her charming and seductive face had become cold at this moment, but her eyes revealed some complicated emotions.

"No, I can't do anything without you drawing the fire. And, Claire, congratulations on becoming an official wizard."

"Thank you... I'll get you to a safe place first."

Luna felt a little ashamed being held by Princess Claire, but she was a little surprised when she passed by the vampire who was frozen into an ice sculpture by Claire after his death.

It was the first time she saw the face of this vampire.

"Kadir Morandi...isn't he the guy we met on the outskirts of Dusk Forest?"

In that gathering place, Luna was accidentally harassed by a formal wizard. The situation was very awkward for a while, and it was only later resolved with the help of Claire and the wizard Grein.

Luna had a bad impression of the guy who had pestered her without permission, but she didn't know about the vampires at that time, and there was no way she could do anything to a "formal wizard".

In the end, he still died at her hands.

......

Kadiel, who should have had the upper hand, died suddenly, and he felt the approach of the cold wizard. The other old vampire was frightened and ran away quickly. Feller seized the opportunity to hit him hard, but he didn't dare to fight back, and flew away spitting blood.

Claire was not in good condition, and she didn’t even know the magic of flying, so of course she had no way of chasing.

The battle broke out suddenly and ended just as suddenly, leaving only scars on the city that would take a short time to heal.

It wasn't long before Luna saw her other two companions.

William, who was covered in bandages, was lying on the hospital bed. When he saw Luna coming to visit him, he immediately put on a smug look:

"Did the vampire think he was invincible just because he knew the tracking spell? In the end, he was defeated by my fake death magic array..."

"You talk as if you beat him, but it turns out you did it by playing dead!"

"Playing dead is a skill! Others can't learn it!"

Luna found that this guy, who looked so arrogant when they first met, was even more aloof now, probably because he had just been through a life-and-death situation.

In comparison, the other one was much more serious.

The petite girl Winnie broke an arm and suffered severe fractures all over her body. She is still in a deep coma and is not completely out of danger.

She was found in a house in the city. She had lost too much blood and was only breathing her last.

I don’t know whether to say it’s fortunate or unfortunate, because Kadir had slaughtered half of the city’s residents in one go, almost turning it into a dead city.

The seriously injured and dying Winnie was neither killed nor rescued. She dragged her seriously injured body to the nearest room and hid herself until she was found by Claire using her formal wizard-level mental power.

Luna was the least injured among the three, at least she could still walk. She casually dealt with William's nonsense and sat beside Winnie's bed to observe her condition.

"This is really tragic. I don't know if there will be any sequelae."

There was no way Winnie's injury could be cured here. She had to be sent to the headquarters, where a formal wizard who was proficient in medicine could treat her with a large amount of magic potions, in order to achieve a perfect regeneration of the broken arm.

Of course, less-than-perfect repairs or simply prosthetic limbs are much cheaper and there are many ways to do it, but that would have a huge impact on a wizard who is good at melee combat.

Although Winnie is an elite apprentice, she is not a descendant of a wizard family. She would not be able to come up with such a large amount of magic stones with her own wealth.

"Although Kadiel is powerful, he was not famous before. He only has the most basic bounty of a pure-blooded baron... I don't know if it's enough. If not, can we add in the previous earnings from Flory?"

William, who was lying on the side, was stunned for a moment, then said:

"I have no objection. Anyway, I didn't contribute much this time. You can discuss it with the captain."

He looked at Luna with a complicated expression, and then said softly:

"Even in our big family, there are many guys with average talent who are abandoned after being seriously injured. Even those formal wizards can heal them with a little bleeding."

116. Decisive Battle

Late that night, a top wizard from the William family arrived in the city, exhausted.

After seeing the miserable state of William and the others, he angrily scolded them all:

"You're just an apprentice and you dare to provoke the Baron vampires! You guys are really amazing! Don't you all want to live?"

Despite the scolding, by noon the next day, after the conditions of the wounded had stabilized, the wizard escorted them all the way back to the headquarters.

Luna thought she would have to wait until the war was over before returning to the headquarters, but she didn't expect to return early because of such an accident.

The missions that Luna and Claire had received earlier had already been cancelled, and there was no reward at all. However, they now looked down on the few magic stones they received from the apprenticeship missions.

The huge headquarters was empty at this moment, but not completely deserted.

There are many wizards and even apprentices in the logistics departments such as alchemy, potions, scrolls, and medical care, and they are continuously producing various supplies to provide to the front line.

Luna then realized that Claire had originally wanted to use her connections to transfer her to a similar place. At that time, although her alchemy attainments were already quite high, at least she would have no problem being an apprentice assistant, but on the surface, she had only joined the organization for a year and had not even completed the basic courses, so she was ruthlessly rejected.

These days, Luna has been recovering from her injuries, and she visits the other two injured people from time to time.

Claire had just been promoted to an official wizard and still had a lot to learn. At least she had to learn a few more first-level spells to enrich her basic spell pool before the new transfer order came down.

Furthermore, the impact of killing Kadir was greater than expected.

The strange secret treasure he used at the time attracted the attention of the organization's top leaders, and the evidence on his body that had not yet been completely destroyed also vaguely pointed to the ongoing conspiracy of the vampires.

As the team that killed this important person, Claire's team has not yet received any specific reward. However, the headquarters has waived all their medical expenses, including the huge cost of regenerating Winnie's broken limbs, which made them worry in vain.

Kader's death seemed to have caused some chain reactions.

......

The wizards of the Dark Ring began to search for some kind of scarlet gem-like secret treasure of the vampires.

Various secret lines and spies were mobilized, and in a short period of time some clues were actually found, and those vampires who were making small moves were fought against.

Afterwards, in the four principalities of the Dark Ring, blood-red halos erupted from various hidden locations. The magic arrays that the wizards relied on to defend themselves were largely ineffective, and the wizards, who had lost their geographical advantage, could only devote more combat power to defense.

That day, the vampires attacked.

Luna was just finishing a round of meditation when she suddenly heard an alarm ringing throughout the headquarters.

"How could I possibly run into this? I've only been back for a few days!"

She didn't dare run around and could only stay in her mentor's house and look at the sky outside the window.

The weather today is exceptionally gloomy, with dark clouds in the sky and heavy humidity, showing signs of impending storms.

At the horizon, a huge floating boat was visible to the naked eye, breaking through the clouds. It was extremely large and looked like it could carry tens of thousands of people. There were a large number of formation patterns on the floating boat, and a large amount of elements were swallowed and exhaled around it. The airflow it expelled caused storm turbulence.

"Can the headquarters stop this kind of thing?"

Luna didn't know the true background of the Dark Ring, a large wizard organization, but just by looking at this huge ship, she knew that the enemy was extraordinary.

The giant boat flew over from afar and soon stopped above the Dark Ring.

A tiny figure appeared at the bow, but the voice was so loud that it spread downward like a torrent:

"Chiss! Agree to my terms and this battle can be avoided!"

Luna was a little surprised. She couldn't see the man's face clearly, but the pleasant and majestic voice showed that the legendary and mysterious mastermind behind the vampires was actually a countess.

And in a wizard tower not far away, an old voice responded, rushing towards the sky:

"You are a stray dog ​​from the Dark Night Continent, and you dare to run wild in the Dusk Continent! Your fate is only defeat! I will never agree to any of your conditions!"

It was rumored that the only high-level wizard of the Dark Ring was very old and had not taken action for a long time, which made many wizards very worried. But now he seemed to be full of confidence and did not look weak at all.

"What a pity! Then, in the name of Count Morandi, a famous vampire clan, I will formally launch an attack on the Ring of Darkness!"

After this sound, various formations lit up on the huge airship, and dark and gloomy power gathered like a tide, obviously some large-scale magic was about to be launched.

At the same time, the interior of the Dark Ring also rumbled. The huge witch formation was activated, the elements fluctuated wildly, and several rays of light rose from the sky.

"One, two, three... there are actually four!"

Luna counted the lights that lit up in the headquarters. Although there were many tower-shaped buildings in the Dark Ring, at this moment, these four towers exuded an extremely powerful and vast force, just like the majesty of four high-level wizards.

These four are real wizard towers. They have been accumulated by the Dark Ring generation after generation for thousands of years. Each wizard tower contains the hard work of at least one high-level wizard. Even most high-level wizards cannot afford to build it alone.

"What a great trick! But can you really use it?"

Following the sneer of the countess, a layer of crimson light covered over, quickly enveloping the entire headquarters of the Ring of Darkness.

In an instant, the huge outer protective magic formation failed, and three of the four wizard towers suddenly went out.