Age of Adepts

Black Rose Manor.

It was already late at night, but the manor was still brightly lit and people were coming and going.

However, those who were able to come in and out of here were some weird guys in strange robes and armor. Looking at the metal badges prominently displayed on their chests, they were the official sorcerers of the Dennell family.

Around the manor, a large number of powerful witch beasts were lurking either openly or secretly. They had formed a tight and powerful protective net, firmly protecting the manor.

Right now, in a sparse forest 3 miles away in the southwest corner of the manor, there was a strange nocturnal bat hanging upside down in the leafy canopy, silently monitoring the movement of the manor from afar with the help of the shade of the leaves.

Flutter flutter flutter....

A slight wing-beating sound came from the night sky, and three nocturnal bats the size of a human head, covered in furry black fluff and with strange scarlet pupils descended from the sky and landed in a forest clearing.

After a bizarre distortion, two men and one woman, three nobles dressed as Bloods, appeared above the clearing.

The vampire bat responsible for staying in the area scrambled out of the canopy and landed on the ground to similarly transform into a fresh-faced noble girl who knelt down on one knee in front of the three and bowed her head in homage.

"Vilya, meet Lord Sparrow, meet Lord Kevin, meet Lord Steve!"

"Okay, get up! How long have you been lurking around here for?" The blood elf shapeshifter Sparrow took a step forward and asked coldly.

"Five days! Ever since the Denel family's forces occupied Amman City, I have been assigned here to monitor this Black Rose Manor. Along with me on this mission are three other companions who are scattered in several other locations..." the noble girl had obviously just transformed into a vampire just a few years ago, and it was easy to imagine her excitement when she suddenly saw this Sparrow who had the identity of a 3rd rank vampire in front of her.

"Since you've been monitoring for so long, can you confirm the location of that Grand Duke Antoinelle?"

"The other party is guarding the manor exceptionally tightly, and we can't even find a chance to sneak in. The last time we saw the Archduke was three days ago, when he briefly showed himself at one of the windows on the second floor. We haven't seen him since then!"

"In other words, being able to confirm that he is in this manor... "Sparrow took a few leisurely steps forward, looking out at the brightly lit manor through the sparse forest gaps, a fierce look appearing on his face.

"Yes..." the 1st rank vampire, Vilya, hurriedly bowed her head and replied timidly.

"Where are the manor's defenses? Presided over by whom?"

"According to our investigation, a 3rd level mind warlock from the Denel family is in charge of guarding the place. In addition, two days ago, an army of strange-looking wizards entered the interior of the manor, and we haven't been able to find out their origins for a while..."

"A 3rd rank..." the look on Sparrow's face grew grimmer at the words.

Blood Lord Mary had let out a word not long ago that she was going to pick an elite among several well-performing 3rd rank vampires and forcefully abduct them as 4th rank vampires in order to strengthen the power of the Blood Clan.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately made the only 7 3rd rank vampires within the family hyperactive beyond words, wanting to rip out their hearts to show their loyalty to the Blood Lord.

But with a crowd of competitors, there had to be a measuring stick!

Thus, the sudden outbreak of the Wizard War immediately ignited the passions of the Bloods, causing them to throw themselves into the fray one by one.

In order to gain a larger merit, Sparrow, who had the rank of 'Shapeshifter', arrived with a few high ranking blood clans that directly belonged to him and a group of blood clan squads, trying to rescue the Crimson Archduke who had fallen into the enemy's hands.

There was no time to lose!

Once the news of Antoinette's presence here spread back to the family, the place would definitely be churning with heads, and it would be impossible for him to get all the merits again.

Therefore, at the thought of this, Sparrow didn't dare to slack off any longer, and with a wave of his hand, the two 2nd rank senior blood subordinates behind him hurriedly bowed.

"What are your orders, my lord?"

"Kevin, Steve, you two take the lead and infiltrate the estate from the flank. If the enemy doesn't spot you, you will enter the small building and search for that Antoinette. If the enemy spots you, you will fight and retreat, remember, retreat to the southeast..."

"Yes, my lord!"

"You're leaving now!"

The two Class 2 vampires nodded to each other, stood up, and brought their hands together around their mouths to give a silent cry in the direction they had come from.

A moment later, there was an oddly soft fluttering of wings in mid-air.

The two vampires banged softly in a burst of red smoke as they reincarnated as vampire bats, rose into the sky to join the army, and flew off into the distance towards the Black Rose Manor through the cover of night.

In the blink of an eye, only Sparrow and the little blood clan were left on the field.

"Go, you lead me to sneak in from the other direction..." said Sparra coldly.

The little blooded Vilya shuddered and hurriedly answered.

She stood up, and her body also twisted and morphed quickly in a rising red mist, turning into a red-eyed bat that fluttered up into the night sky.

Two strange figures, one large and one small, spared a large circle and quickly approached the Black Rose Manor from the other direction.

Hovering high above the night sky, facing the cold night breeze blowing head-on, Vilya's body, although covered by a thin layer of fluff, still felt a bone-penetrating chill.

Below them, a small human manor was unfolding in front of their eyes in a different way.

It was a small manor that was ordinary to the extreme.

The main body of the manor was a wooden, three-story building, and behind the building were some scattered huts and warehouses, as well as a small plantation of a small size. In front of the building, however, was a crude garden square with a circular fountain in the center that had dried up, revealing the mud at the bottom of the pool.

An easy, gravel-paved pathway ran from the entrance to the manor to the not-too-distant city of Aman. One could imagine that at the peak of its prosperity, those high officials and noblewomen would ride in carriages from the city to attend grand banquets here.

And such small manors and villas close to the city were also the favorite places for nobles of all sizes to go for fun!

However, with the outbreak of the Sorcerer War, this place had become a completely different place compared to before.

At the various major road junctions and hidden places leading to the manor, powerful auras could be perceived everywhere, both lightly and darkly. Hordes of witch beasts were patrolling inside and outside the manor, and any guy not wearing the family logo would be attacked by the witch beasts.

At the entrance of the manor, an elite team of witches were guarding the place, carefully and meticulously checking every guy entering and leaving the manor.

As for the three-story building, it was hidden in a strange mist, making it difficult to identify the situation inside.

Guardian Witch Formation... the three-story small building had been covered by the Guardian Witch Formation!

Velia tried to flap her bat wings against the cold wind blowing in her face and communicated to Sparrow in a voice as thin as a fly, "My lord, it's that little building! The other side was last seen in the location of..."

At the moment when the two were whispering, the silent manor below was suddenly awakened by a strange alarm.

The vampire troops that had sneaked into the upper part of the manor from the night sky had just lowered themselves and touched the alert witch array that was spread all over the manor.

As the ear-piercing alarm sounded, the vampire troops stopped sneaking quietly, and instead brightened up and quickly rushed towards the manor's core small building.

"Over here..."

"In heaven...the enemy is in heaven..."

With a loud shout, hordes of witches and a large number of witch beasts arrived from all directions and swiftly surrounded the rabidly advancing group of vampires.

Forced to do so, the two rank 2 vampires could only fall into the sky with more than forty of their men, transforming into their human forms.

And the battle began instantly!

"Look out, they're vampires! Be careful not to get bitten by them..."

There were apparently some knowledgeable guys in the enemy team as well, instantly discerning the vampires from their clothing features and skill changes.

It was well known that vampires were powerful assassins with abnormal agility and a near-immortal body at the same time. The only way to kill them was to attack their only vital wound....

"Wizards with melee abilities block them, and the rest use ranged sorcery. Remember, when attacking, aim for their heart, that's where they really want to be!" The enemy leader shouted loudly as he lined up his troops and took the lead in drawing out his wand and began to condense powerful sorcery.

Vampire sorcerers were a hundred times easier to concoct than ordinary human sorcerers, yet they were never able to dominate the wizarding world. One of the main reasons was that their strengths and weaknesses had been studied thoroughly by the witches, and thus they had also summed up a large number of techniques and means to deal with vampire witches.

'Intense Light Technique!'

'Stinky Cloud Technique - Change (Garlic Edition)!'

'Static force field!'

One by one, simple and practical sorcery modified specifically for vampire witches immediately slammed down on the vampire team. The witches responsible for melee combat also changed into silver weapons, or temporarily possessed strange sorcery that restrained the blood-sucking regeneration effect on their own wizards.......

With the help of these sorceries and equipment, even ordinary sorcerers would be able to kill vampires much more. What's more, what appeared in front of them were the elite troops cultivated by the Denel family.

Almost in a flash, the vampire troops that Sparrow had sent over were met with a head-on attack from the enemy. As soon as the two sides came into contact, the vampire side suffered up to double-digit casualties, while the other side only had three melee sorcerers who were wounded and withdrew from the battle.

However, the Denel clan also lost nearly a hundred witch beasts, but because witch beasts were already expendable, they were not listed as battle losses by the leaders of both sides.

As far as the eye could see, the vampire troops that had infiltrated this place were already exhausted, and began to break through to the outside of the manor.......