Chapter 290: 287. Moonlight Sirens
In a dense rainforest, a tall man with a full beard walked through a clear path. He wore a black cloak, and his purple-colored eyes darted around the surroundings.
Barn sat on the ground and focused on his senses. After he took vampire blood from Dexter, he had indeed grown stronger physically. It was ecstatic.
'Hm... It's weird how the sun doesn't affect me like other vampires. It's just like the Sunwalker camp I went to before...' Barn thought.
He couldn't help but think about the process by which Dexter turned into a vampire. Heaven's Tower holds a lot of items, but blood... He hadn't found anything like that in the tower.
Plus, Dexter got the blood from fighting a monster zombie, which wasn't a vampire zombie, so what exactly caused it?
'It's obviously the gods who overlook this world. I hope they won't be too harsh on us when the third phase starts. It's going to be dangerous,' he thought with a sigh.
Barn was startled as he heard the sound of grass being crushed under someone's feet. He turned around with a frown and saw Asher coming toward him.
"I thought you wouldn't come," Barn said, smiling as he approached Asher.
Asher had dark circles under his eyes and looked sleepy.
"Hey, Barn. What's the discussion about?" he asked, yawning widely while blinking.
"You look like you haven't slept for a week," Barn frowned.
"I've... been having some disturbing dreams, so I don't think I'll sleep anytime soon," Asher said, and Barn shook his head.
"Dreamweavers... Seeing the future can't be that disturbing," Barn smirked.
"It isn't, unless the future is disturbing. That guy... He's supposed to be dead by now. He faced the Vampire King and survived," Asher said in a low tone, and Barn seemed surprised.
"Hm...? Who?"
Asher swallowed before speaking.
"It's the boy, the leader of the Sunwalkers coven," Asher said with a sigh, and Barn couldn't help but sigh too.
"But of course, you didn't call me all the way here to talk about that." The silver-haired man smiled and looked at Barn.
"R-right. I'm a vampire now. I mean, part vampire," he said in a calm tone, surprising Asher.
"I did check the theory, and it seems like Alexander really became part vampire and part witch," he explained, and Asher squinted his brows.
"Even if that's true, I don't think taking blood and turning into a part vampire is okay. It's been forbidden and respected for more than a thousand years," Asher frowned.
He had noticed that Barn's aura had changed when he saw him today.
Asher couldn't help but just sigh at the situation.
"We're going to need a lot of power to face the wolves and Silas himself. So, grow stronger," Barn said before vanishing into the shadows on the ground.
Asher sighed. Ever since the natural veil was lifted, the supernatural creatures of this world had been doing things out of the ordinary. But it was to be expected — there was now freedom, no laws anymore.
The supernatural world had been turning upside down ever since the Tiran impact arrived.
"I just hope Silas comes back when the third phase arrives. He and the aliens will definitely go to war... But if it's before the third phase..." Asher trailed off, looking down at the grass.
"He'll destroy everything..."
...
In a secret region in Russia, there was a cave entrance that led underground.
Within it was a place with more than a hundred people. There were shelves, books, wands, and floating crystal balls of light.
This was the home of the Moonlight Sirens and their main hideout.
The disciples all wore the signature yellow cloaks as they walked around.
Carina stood in a large room with shelves and a bed by the side. She looked into a mirror, carefully tying her long black hair.
She clutched a pendant on a necklace. It was a round stone, as smooth as marble.
"So they're finally coming after us?" she said, smiling to herself before closing her eyes.
The door opened slightly, and one of the disciples entered the room.
"Lady Carina, the lake practical has started," the person said, and Carina nodded before tucking the pendant into her dress.
She walked out of the room, following the student past hallways and classrooms.
Soon, they arrived at a lake, also underground. The ceiling above had various outcroppings of different shapes and sizes, and the lake seemed to have a subtle light shining from it.
She entered the area to see 25 females standing around the pool, and she smiled as she walked forward.
"Okay, maidens. Remember where the power comes from. Now, sing," she commanded, and the students began to recite an enticing verse.
She nodded as the students sang the correct verse.
The walls of the wide room caused the song to echo, and a magical hum could be felt in the air.
The pool suddenly started to bubble, and the subtle glow from before was replaced with a bright light that shone on them.
A ball of water floated above each student's head, and they all closed their eyes, reducing their voices as they switched up the song.
The water gently caressed their hair before pouring over them.
Unlike other witches, the Moonlight Sirens derived their power from two sources: the moon and this pool of divine water. Even after generations of witches had passed, the pool hadn't diminished one bit.
They answered directly to the spirit residing within the pool, and as it granted them power, they were able to stand among the other covens as a major power in the supernatural world.
...
"Is that the place?" Karim asked as he looked beside him at Tarzon, the white-haired werewolf.
Both of them hid behind trees as they glared at a huge rock that seemed stuck in the ground.
"It's merely an illusion. I'm sure this is the witches' hideout. I've seen them go out and come in," Tarzon said calmly.
"Well, how do you think we should approach it?" Karim asked, and Tarzon couldn't help but smile.
"We break the entire thing down, of course."
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