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.
"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."