Encounter with the Blood Clan

Outside the Northern Border Defense City, in the ruins of Changhong City, several miles away.

The sudden appearance of vampires and magical beasts in the world, with their superhuman strength, caught all of humanity off guard.

Battles between humans and the other races occurred every day, and the human defensive line was constantly contracting backwards.

Large swathes of territory that once belonged to humanity were abandoned, becoming the territory of vampires or a paradise for magical beasts.

The purpose of Eve and the others’ trip to the Northern Border Defense City this time was to go beyond the defensive line and conduct practical combat training in the ruins of Changhong City, several hundred kilometers away from the Chasm.

This once-human city now only had a few tall buildings that hinted at its former appearance.

Most of the houses had been destroyed by magical beasts and reduced to a pile of rubble, becoming a habitat for them.

In old cities like this, which were relatively close to the border city, the level of the magical beasts living inside was usually not too high, at most around Sequence Three.

For this group of graduates, it was a good training experience.

After Bai Yun led the team and let the students enter the city on their own, she quickly disappeared from sight.

She allowed the bodyguards hired by the students to follow them.

Before departure, these bodyguards had been gathered by the school to register their aura and their employer, and were strictly warned about the consequences of intervening.

Once they made a move, it meant their employer would lose the qualification to continue the exam.

Besides magical beasts, the city ruins occasionally had vampires who came to poach humans hunting magical beasts, to satisfy their desire for blood.

Under the circumstances where humans and vampires were not prepared for an all-out war, city ruins like this had already become a new battlefield between the two races.

Once humans and vampires met within them, it was a matter of life and death.

“Awooo!”

With a mournful howl, the surrounding broken eaves and walls were stained with splattered blood.

A dire wolf’s head, larger than a football, flew into the air, its eyes filled with a very human-like unwillingness, staring intently at the silver-white-haired woman in front of it.

With its Sequence Three strength, it shouldn’t have lost so easily against an opponent of the same level.

In just one encounter, its head had been cut off by the woman in front of it.

It didn’t even have time to react.

The wolf’s head fell to the ground, and then another flash of silver passed.

The intact wolf’s head was split in half, leaving only a pale green magic crystal.

“Wahoo! Eve, you’re so strong! It was definitely the right choice to come with you!”

The girl clapped her hands and said, then skipped over to pick up the magic crystal that had fallen to the ground and handed it to Eve, who was wiping her dagger behind her.

“You keep it, Lily. My points are already enough.”

Eve glanced at the Sequence Three magic crystal in Lily’s hand, shook her head, and did not take it.

There was also a barely perceptible trace of helplessness in her eyes.

Originally, she had refused all invitations to team up, precisely so that she could smoothly get away after entering the city ruins alone.

What Eve had never expected was that there was still someone in the class who hadn’t found a team, and this person was her own roommate, Lily.

Thus, the two remaining sisters who were acting alone were arranged by Bai Yun to enter the city ruins together for training.

With Lily by her side, Eve’s initial plan to get away right after entering the city had to be abandoned.

She needed to find another opportunity to slip away.

The day of the raid was getting closer and closer.

In this ruin not far from the border city, the probability of encountering vampires was also constantly increasing.

Relying on Teacher Bai Yun, a single Sequence Five warrior, to protect everyone was simply too fanciful.

‘If I return to my original form, then I can find their main force through the royal blood and forcibly order them to leave.’

‘As long as they show the slightest sign of insubordination, then I can take the opportunity to kill them all, to let others understand that the dignity of the royal family is inviolable.’

To accomplish all this, Eve needed to find a suitable opportunity to separate from Lily.

Seeing Lily still curiously examining the dire wolf, Eve put away her dagger and walked over to join her.

Suddenly, a sound from not far away startled the two of them.

Unlike the sound of human speech, the sound the two heard was accompanied by the roars of magical beasts.

Apart from vampires, humans did not have a habit of raising magical beasts on a large scale.

The language they heard also corroborated this point.

After a quick exchange of glances, two consecutive days of teaming up had given them a good rapport.

They quickly found the second floor of a house and hid under a broken glass windowsill, concealing their figures.

If it was just one vampire passing by, then it would not pose a threat to Eve and Lily and could be easily killed.

But if a large group of vampires appeared, and the two of them were surrounded, then it would be easy to lose their lives for nothing.

Compared to Lily’s nervous expression, Eve’s heart was very calm.

She was even concentrating on listening to what the passing vampires were talking about.

“I hear Lord Earl will soon make a move against the border city. Let’s hurry to the assembly point, otherwise when the raid starts, we’ll only be left with scraps to pick up.”

“People in the back, be careful! I smell the stench of magical beast blood nearby. It’s likely a human has passed through here.”

After the vampire finished speaking, the sound of various weapons being unsheathed rang out one after another.

Then, the roars of the magical beasts were also deliberately suppressed amidst their vigilance.

After smelling the scent of blood, this group of vampires was on alert for any potential enemies nearby.

“A dire wolf with its magic crystal gouged out? The smooth cut was made by at least a Sequence Three or above.”

“The magical beast hasn’t been dead for long, the blood hasn’t cooled yet. It’s possible they heard our movements and are hiding.”

The vampires below had already seen the dire wolf’s corpse that Eve had killed, and were trying to analyze useful information from the remaining body.

Eve, who was well hidden, secretly glanced a few times.

There were only about three to five vampires below.

The two leading them were riding magical beast horned horses, and their overall strength was also around Sequence Three on average.

In terms of speed, they definitely couldn’t outrun them with their horned horses.

If they were surrounded, she herself would have more than enough to protect herself, but Lily, who didn’t have much practical combat experience, might not.

“Did they find us?”

Hearing the vampires’ conversation, Lily was now a little panicked.

Previously, her opponents had always been magical beasts.

This was the first time she had encountered live vampires.

She was at a loss and asked for Eve’s opinion.

“Lily, you should have heard them too. They are a small contingent preparing to attack the border city. We need to send this news back to Teacher Bai, so that the border city can be on guard.”

Seeing Lily’s state, a simple plan suddenly formed in Eve’s mind.

Eve’s calmness gave Lily a bit of a backbone.

She nodded repeatedly in agreement with Eve’s words, “That’s right, we need to find a way to get the message back. Should we leave now?”

“No, let’s hide first. They have horned horses, we can’t outrun them on our two legs.”

Eve shook her head, her body gradually sinking down under the windowsill to hide.

Lily, beside her, mimicked Eve’s movements and hid, her eyes occasionally glancing at the vampires on the street, waiting for a suitable opportunity to leave.