After half an hour trek through the snow, people from the Cassius church were finally able to reach the village. As they reached the village they saw that most of the village is destroyed. And no soul could be seen around the village.
"I sense darkness around there." The elder said while finally closing his book and pointing towards the other end of the village.
"Vampires?" the archer asked in a serious tone.
"Maybe." The elder said.
"How many?" the red-bearded middle-aged man asked.
"Not sure. I could sense some life up ahead. I will head there, secure the perimeter." The elder said and then he started flying towards the inn.
After getting the order the trio started moving on their own. From what they could see, everything was covered in snow, and as the snow was constantly falling it was hard to see actual footprints on the ground. That made it a lot more difficult for them to see whether there had been any big movements in this place.
Everyone in the team was on their toes as they all were expecting an ambush from the vampires…
The old man gently flew towards the inn, where he could feel a lot of life signature. He spread his golden aura so that it was concentrated on the inn. As he did that he was able to sense everything that was happening inside the inn. He sensed that all the people inside the inn were mortals. He could not even sense a decent warrior inside the inn.
The elder understood that the people inside the inn must be the rest of the people of the village that survived that night. And in this heavy snowfall, they decided to seek shelter in here. He could not feel any sort of mana fluctuations from the building that meant that there was no way that someone had planned an ambush in here.
Just to be sure, the old man weaved a magic circle in the air. After weaving a small palm-size circle, he raised his hands. As he did that the magic circle expanded in the air. Then that magic circle expanded itself upon the inn. And then that old man snapped his fingers.
As he did that the life signatures in the inn, vanished in an instant. And like that all the people in the inn died just like that…
The old man used a spell whose effect was that it send a very strong mental pressure towards his victim that kills them. It was a kind of spell that could be used against Rank-1 warriors or mages. It was a very very strong spell to be used on a mere mortal.
But the old man wanted to check whether it was really an ambush or not. A person could hide his/ her strength from him. But they could never fool this kind of spell. It was a spell that could instantly kill a mortal. But when this spell is cast on a ranked warrior, they all show some sort of resistance to the spell at first. Sometimes they don't even get affected by the spell.
As the spell was cast instantly every life signature in the inn dropped dead. The mana fluctuation of this spell was felt near that area….
The old man had locked down at every moving life signature and killed them. Vampires did not have any sort of life signature. So it was very difficult to sense them. The old man planned to kill everyone here so that he could get some sort of response from the vampires that are laying an ambush here.
Originally he thought that this would be enough to get any sort of response from vampires that might be hiding here. Still, he killed everyone because if mortals in the building were controlled by the vampire then they would be a pain in the ass while fighting with the real enemy. With this thought that old man killed all the life signature in the building.
But to his surprise, his plan actually worked. As he had tracked and killed all moving life signatures in the building, he started sensing movement inside the inn. And the movement was coming from under the building.
The old man smiled as he sensed that. He then combined both of his hands and made a whip from all the mana around him. That whip acted as it was alive. It acted like a snake and on the old man's command that whip went straight towards the building.
The whip pierced through everything that came across. And when it got near its target, it started acting up like a snake and went for the leg of its target. As the whip got near its target's leg, it wrapped itself around the target's leg. Then that whip dragged its target out of the building. The mana whip while dragging its victim tore apart everything that came its the way.
And soon a young vampire was hanging in front of the old man. The old man saw that vampire and saw that the vampire in front of him was a small fry. He barely had any strength. Even from the standards of a remote place like this, the strength that this guy possessed was average at best.
The old man then saw the face of the young vampire. He looked scared. Seeing this the old man started to question whether this small fry right here might just be a bait to lure him here. If this vampire was present on that day, then there was no way in hell that this guy here might have stayed in here. After all, he would be a fool to stay here.
Then this means that this vampire came afterward. But why the hell would this guy come here? Did he plan on coming here or does he just happen to come here coincidently?
As the old man was thinking about this, he sensed that one of his subordinates had died. He looked towards his south and he could not feel his life signature anymore. It was then from the north he started feeling some mana fluctuations. That meant that someone was fighting there.
Angry that he had lost one man, he looked at the young vampire in front of him. It was then he realized that one of the enemies had come close to him. Then the old man used the mana whip to throw the enemy that was zooming towards him from behind at an incredible speed.
As the old man threw the young vampire towards his enemy that was zooming in from behind him. His enemy showing great agility stepped sideways to avoid being hit by the young vampire. While running he took out his saber and jumped 30 feet in the air, straight towards the old man in the air.
As the hooded enemy got near the old man, he slammed his saber onto the old man. But the old man instantly weaved another magic circle and blocked the saber. The old man thought that he had stopped the attack very skilfully. But it was then the edges of the saber started glowing and it tore through the magic circle that the old man weaved earlier.
As the saber started cutting through the magic circle, the old man instantly pushed his other hand towards his enemy. As he did that, the enemy was blown away by a strong gust of wind.
The enemy did a summersault in the air and landed on its two feet after being blown away by the strong gust of wind. By the time the enemy had landed the dark black color hoddie that the old man's opponent was wearing was blown away. And then the face of the enemy was visible to the old man. And as the old man saw the face of his opponent, he was not surprised to find that his opponent has pale white skin with red eyes and white hair. He was a vampire.
As his identity was blown away the male vampire threw away his hoddie and got ready to face his opponent. Underneath the long cloth, that vampire was wearing black color armor. He then took out another saber from his side and prepared to face his opponent.
The old man looked at his opponent with amusement. He knew that he was stronger than his opponent. Although there was a gap between them, but that vampire could beat him if he manages to outsmart him. After all the old man was just a mage. He was still vulnerable when would use up all of his mana. While his opponent was a martial artist. And he could easily overpower him if he loses his mana.
While the old man was thinking about what his next moves should be, it was then he sensed something was wrong. He sensed that one member of the team had died. And there was a fight going on in another direction. That meant that this vampire was not alone. Someone else is here as his backup…