A week's journey ahead...",
The group was now standing next to a large lake, a green area surrounded by trees as tall as buildings.
On one shore of the lake, about 8 kilometers in radius, Vicente and his people were in a makeshift camp, where some of them meditated and others monitored their surroundings.
The group was in its original formation, with no casualties, despite the various battles they'd had over the past week. In those battles, they had encountered inferior vampires, fighting like they had never fought before on their journey.
They had encountered no Mid-level or High-level Paragons yet, but they had had at least two battles that were even more dangerous to the group's integrity than the confrontation with the 5th-stage Sacred Devotee they had encountered weeks ago.
The group overcame the adversity to gather more resources for the family's future, crystals, body parts, and important items that could contribute to the Fuller family's growth upon their future return to the Seidel Kingdom.
With the challenges Vicente was facing these days, he had to suppress his mana cultivation in order to avoid advancing to the 5th stage, as he needed a pentagram to do so. Meanwhile, Rory was finishing his progress to the level of a Sky Sovereign!
The others in the group were also at the last part of the Earth Sovereign level, but since they were older than Rory and hadn't had all the opportunities he had, they would still need weeks or months to achieve the same as him.
They should all be able to advance to the next level before returning to the Seidel Kingdom in a year or two!
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})While half of them watched their surroundings, Rory took his last step and stabilized his cultivation at the level of a Sky Sovereign!
As he finished his advancement, he vibrated with excitement and left his meditation place to thank his best friend for the opportunities he'd had and for this incredible journey so far.
"Master," Amidst the celebration of the group, Onyx's voice sounded like a warning, silencing the voices and thoughts of those in the group.
"There are superior vampires approaching. Get ready to fight!" Onyx warned as he spotted a group of 4 pale beings hurrying towards them about 8 kilometers away from them.
'These are four superior 4th stage vampires, master. Don't take them lightly. They can kill everyone in the group if we make a mistake,' Torne warned and offered himself to Vicente to supply the young magician with his mana.
Rory lost the smile on his face and turned his attention to the direction where he and his companions could already feel the disturbing aura of the four enemies, all of them newly promoted Earth Sovereigns.
"Lina and Casey, you stay in the rear. Do your job and help us understand what the enemies will do. Rory, you and I will combine our powers to attack the four enemies with all our might. It won't be easy to kill them, but we can't give them a chance.
Layla and Sarah, you will protect Lina and Casey and support us. Don't risk attacking them. They're strong enough to kill you with one blow!" Vicente warned his group and set up the formation he thought would be best for them to fight.
"Onyx will attack with me and Rory."
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})The pentagrams of each of them appeared, concentrating the mana of the area near them as they prepared to attack.
The moment the vampires appeared near them, the group didn't want to wait to try to 'talk'. Vicente led the attack by flying at the enemies, already using Torne's mana to increase the mortality of his powers.
Rory did as he was told, activating his Flame Avatar and quickly raising the temperature of the forest, not caring if he burned a lot of trees in the process.
Vicente changed the electromagnetic configuration of the area, altering the composition of the minerals in the area's subsoil, as well as the free particles in the air.
Lightning suddenly appeared in the area's bluish sky, while charged clouds formed so quickly that some of the area's common organisms couldn't help but be surprised by the sudden change in the area's luminosity.
Strong winds blew, bringing a chill to those around a place where they shouldn't be.
The wind became so strong that it seemed to be made of razor-sharp blades, capable of seriously injuring even Mid-
level Paragons.
Amid this, more than a ton of metallic objects formed in the area, mercilessly striking the four vampires.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Even though they were superior vampires who had taken part in the continent's takeover led by their race and wanted to kill this group, the four creatures changed their expressions when they sensed the abilities of this group.
Even though it was basically a group of Sovereigns, the total strength of them was that of a High-level Paragon!
Realizing this too late, the four Earth Sovereigns reacted as best they could, trying to defend themselves or escape Vicente's powers.
But even creatures as talented and powerful as superior vampires couldn't ignore certain forces!
Attacked by Onyx's high-pitched scream and the negative creature's fog of darkness, the four vampires faced opponents who would get the best of them.
"Whoever wins this battle will take a lot from this place. I like that! Let's see who wins, magicians!" The strongest of the four said, feeling the pressure of the creatures that could kill him.
Either the vampires would win and be able to suck the blood of these talented magicians, or the magicians would win and be able to take the precious blood of 4th stage vampires!
Most of them couldn't use the blood of these vampires in the short term because they had already absorbed the blood of someone of that race recently. However, Lina, Layla and the people of the Fuller family in Seidel Kingdom could absorb this blood, eventually!
"Vampires, it was your mistake to come to us!" Vicente said as he disappeared, doing the same as Layla was already doing, knowing that it was better to fight in hiding than in the open.
Meanwhile, Vicente and his companions felt the quick and decisive movements of the vampires, feeling in a second or less what would happen if they made a mistake.
Some of them would be bitten, others would be knocked unconscious by a single attack from each enemy. As such, they had to be perfect for the next few moments!
Thus began the most dangerous battle in the lives of these six magicians and one beast!
