Not far from the village of Birkenhand.About three villages to the north, there was a luxurious mansion that bordered a very large forest.Although the wall clock showed four o'clock, the atmosphere outside was still very dark.Outside the mansion, there were about thirty people scattered almost everywhere.Some of them were playing cards at the guard post not far from the gate, while most of the others took turns patrolling around the mansion.At night, only the exterior lights of the mansion were left on, while the interior lights were turned off.Tonight, however, seemed different as all the lights were left on."Leopold, it's annoying that you didn't keep your promise for the third time!"An old man's voice echoed from one of the living rooms filled with luxurious and antique furniture.The old man was none other than Myron Barbary, the leader of The Hammer.In front of him, a man about forty-five years old was kneeling on the floor.The man, named Leopold, was the leader of the

"I-It..."Myron seemed to want to say something.However, his mind quickly commanded his mouth to say something else."W-What do you mean? I don't understand at all."Myron tried to speak as calmly as possible, but his expression, especially the look in his eyes, couldn't lie."Really? What part of my statement don't you understand?"Zachary still looked calm, but slowly the look in his eyes revealed sadness."I..."Staring into Zachary's eyes, Myron found himself unable to speak."You ordered me to attack The Rock, but what you really did was hurt my lover. And you're using them to cover up your crime!"At that time, the day before Annabella was found dead in her apartment, Zachary had informed the old man of his visit to the mansion.Coincidentally, Myron was in Rainford at the same time.He was about to go to Zachary's apartment to visit the young man who was in the other town.However, Annabelle opened the door for him, knowing that the guest was the leader of The Hammers, someone

Before noon, Zachary even received news from other groups of Laomen students he had sent out that almost all the sects and gangster groups in Waterside had been defeated."Chief, according to your orders, we took money from every sect and underground organization that agreed to join and destroyed those that refused!" a senior student said to Zachary."Good! It seems we are moving much faster than the time Master gave us!" he exclaimed.When almost all of the Laomen students had gathered, Zachary gave orders."All of you, make great preparations! Tonight, we will have a huge party to celebrate our victory!"***Back to the forest on the border of Birkenhand.Henry used his magical scent tracking technique to follow Gatrix's trail as it continued along the edge of the forest.He followed the scent until it was nearly twenty miles away.Soon he came to a fork in the road."Soon this will lead me to Birkenhand, right?" he pondered. "But why did she go there earlier without waiting for me?

Those were the words from the book that stayed in Henry's mind. While he was still pondering over such questions, a girl named Alexandra walked up to him."Young master, I see that you have a strange power within you! Are you..."Alexandra brought her body close enough to Henry, moving her head slightly toward the professor's body."Do you have the blood of an elf?"Henry shook his head. "No, I am not!"At first he wanted to say, "Yes, but not by birth! I am basically human!"but then he decided not to reveal his true identity.However, Alexandra stared at him with a look of disbelief."Really? Then why do I smell a different aroma from your body, a completely unique scent that I have never encountered before?"It has already been mentioned that interracial marriages between humans and elves are rare.Even rarer is the birth of a half-blood, a child born from such a union."Miss, forgive me! But I have something more important to discuss with you right now!" Henry said politely."Sinc

The eleven vampires took chairs and placed them around the table. Deyja poured the contents of the teapot into their glasses one by one. Earlier, before capturing the nine students, they had caught many animals in the forest and collected their blood in the teapot. "I haven't tasted human blood in a long time! Just sniffing his body, it smelled so delicious!" One vampire sipped his drink while staring at Henry, who still appeared unconscious with his head and hands on the table. Before Deyja's arrival, the eleven vampires in this cave had survived by eating the blood and flesh of animals. This had been their way of life for almost a century, until a few years ago, when there had been a great storm and Deyja had mysteriously appeared in front of them. "Just be patient a little longer!" Deyja said, shaking her head. "We have to perform the last ritual before sucking his blood! I sense that he's not an ordinary human! His blood must contain great power! After successfully drinking