The Accidental Vampire

Another gust of wind opened the door toward the outside. Lilith stepped out of the hall.

For a moment, the people inside the hall were in a daze at what had just happened. It took the mages some time to come out of their daze before they all ran to catch Lilith.

The one person who didn't run after her was the young man who had given Lilith an invitation. He was in disbelief.

Lilith stepped out of the hall, only to find that the entire hallway was empty. There were no guards there like before.

"He sent them outside to hold Lucius back? He probably wants some time. That idiot... He doesn't know that those things are just a feast for Lucius. The only one who can hold back Lucius is him. Then again, it's good for me. Clear path."

Lilith cast a flight spell and flew in the direction where the Portal Room was.

It took her five minutes to reach the room, without much obstruction along the way; her journey was only easier.

In the back, the people from the hall stood confused in the hallway, not knowing which direction Lilith went. They had wasted so much time being shocked that they had missed Lilith.

As Lilith got to the portal room, she finally started seeing some guards. However, this was where she slowed down. She landed on the floor and cast the invisibility spell, easily getting past them without being seen.

Since the guards were standing on the corner of the hallway, she didn't even need to move them aside to get past them, getting closer to her destination.

Not long after, she finally reached the entrance of the room where the portal formation was established.

Before the room, she saw four people guarding the entrance.

A smile spread across her lips. "What could be easier at this point than taking them out when they didn't even know she was here?"

After dealing with the four people, Lilith entered the room.

"Hmm? He isn't here?" As soon as she entered the hall, she realized that there was no one here. The formation hadn't been activated. Not only was it not activated, but Zhang wasn't here either. If he didn't come here, then where did he go?

*****

As Lilith was wondering about the whereabouts of Zhang, Zhang was already outside the Castle.

Lilith was wrong in her assumption that as soon as Zhang noticed the arrival of a Progenitor, he was going to run to call for a backup. She had underestimated the arrogance of Zhang.

This was his home! This was his land! And he didn't consider himself to be weaker than anyone, especially a Progenitor! Just the thought of being weaker was insulting to him!

He was prepared to face Lucius with all he got. Not only was he prepared for the battle, but he also expected to win. This was his place! He had everything he could need? If he couldn't even stop an enemy here, then he believed he didn't deserve to live!

****

In another place, Castiel had also entered the lands of Zhang, crossing the red line.

Even though it wasn't told according to the plan, he believed that Lilith had already done her part because of his misunderstanding.

He passed the alerting line ten minutes before it was seven. However, even as he crossed the line, he didn't see any mage arrive to apprehend him.

The plan was for him to attract most of the mages with his arrival so he could make it easier for Lancaster and Yovana to infiltrate as well. However, it didn't go as he expected.

He had expected to be surrounded by multiple mages by now. Let alone multiple mages; there was not a single person here to capture him.

"This is odd. Why isn't anyone here?" He frowned. "Was that red line just for show?"

"Still, if it was just for show, how could it fool Lilith? She should've found out. Then what was wrong? Why didn't anyone come?

It didn't matter if anyone came or not. The plan was still the plan. He needed to attract the attention of everyone to him so Lilith could have some cover inside. If they weren't going to come on his own, he was going to call them to him!

He stopped holding back his Progenitor Aura, letting it free. His aura spread far and wide, covering the entire place, even countering some of the old aura.

****

Back in the portal room, Lilith also sensed that aura. She realized that Atlas had started taking action. With two Progenitors here, Zhang was going to have no chance but to call for backup.

Unfortunately, she wasn't going to give them the opportunity. Zhang hadn't activated the portal when he had a chance, and now Lilith wasn't going to leave a chance for him.

She bit her thumb, letting it bleed. Using her blood, she started creating an even bigger formation around the portal formation.

She could've easily destroyed it without needing another formation, but she knew that would alert the werewolves about the formation being destroyed here. Just to be safe; first she created another formation to make sure the second node of this formation couldn't sense it.

She worked as fast as she could in creating the second formation.

*****

Back in the cell, Atlan also sensed Castiel's aura. He scratched his temple.

"What a timing."

Out of the Four Progenitors in existence, three were in the same place now. The only one who was missing was Ramiel...

****

[A few minutes ago]

Zhang stood at the entrance of the Castle, waiting for Lucius. All the defense formations around the property were activated already, giving his people even more boost. Through the formations in the land, they could draw even more power for their spells through the reserves.

Unlike the Kingdom of Wolves, the Franc Clan didn't have a Kingdom. Moreover, they also had many enemies. Unlike the Werewolves, the Witches were fragmented. There was no union amongst them; many of them even hated the Franc Clan.

Despite all those enmities, if the Franc Clan hadn't been attacked so far was because of one and only one reason! The Spiritual Reserves under the land. This was also why the Franc Clan was established here.

It was slightly easier to defeat the Franc Clan away from their residence just like Lilith, and Castiel had killed them last time, but when it came to their residence, it was just harder!

The Franc Clan here could draw out the power from the land, through the spiritual reserves, which made them cast their spells without using their own energy. They also didn't need to hold back in fear of running out.