Modern World Warlock

After the vampire sentinel, Ezekiel, followed Megan back to her home, he landed at the rooftop of a building, where two of his siblings were waiting for him.

Balthazar, the strongest of the vampire clan besides Mother, was peacefully smoking from a wooden pipe while sitting on the edge of the roof, facing the Jade Palace in the distance.

Beside him, a girl who seemed around the same age as Irina sat on the ground, listening to music on her earphones while bobbing her head to the beat—her name was Madeline, and she was also a vampire sentinel.

"So, the target was transported to the school by one of the students?" Balthazar asked Ezekiel, who was giving them a summary of what he had seen.

"That's how it looked…" Ezekiel replied.

The vampires were trying to learn Megan's daily routine, which would allow them to pinpoint the best moment to attack her. However, the woman didn't seem to have a clear schedule.

"Can't we just use the kids as bait?" Madeline asked, still bobbing her head to the music in her earphones.

The two male vampires looked at each other, considering that Madeline's plan could work. Still, they had to wait for the perfect moment to act.

Fortunately for them, on that same evening, the three teenagers arrived at the Jade Palace, and the vampires confirmed that they would be able to use them.

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After the ordeal at the high school, the teenagers had to talk to the police to explain what had happened, and they ended up taking the thugs to jail.

Remembering that Megan had invited them to the Jade Palace at any time, the kids took her invitation that same day, arriving at the residence early in the evening.

Camille greeted the teenagers and gave them a quick tour of the mansion until they arrived at the small kitchen near the bedrooms, where Sophia was cooking dinner while Dante watched her work.

"I heard you got into a fight," Dante said to the teenagers.

"Erm, well… sort of," Jake replied, scratching the back of his head with a somewhat sad smile.

"I ended up losing anyway and wasting Megan's time…" he continued.

"Same… I barely did anything," Tommy commented.

Lina puffed her cheeks with a pout, exclaiming that the two boys were being too hard on themselves.

"If you hadn't intervened, those senior students would have been sent to the hospital… or worse," Lina said.

"Hmm, I see…" Dante muttered with a gentle smile.

"Then, why don't you guys come over and train?" The warlock asked.

"Can we!?" Jake inquired with starry eyes, evidently excited about the prospect of training with the Jade Dragons.

"Umm, actually, I don't know… But I don't see a reason why Camille and Megan would decline…" replied Dante.

Lina nervously said that she wanted to see her big sister, so Dante guided the teenagers to the training area, where Megan and Zac continued the practice that was interrupted.

When they arrived at the laboratory, the teenagers noticed that there were a lot more people training in different rooms.

Miss Clara was practicing her spells with Paige, who was taking detailed notes beside her.

June and Maya were sparring against the two Tylers, and Alice was practicing her sword skills with Master Hayato.

After spectating the group, Lina greeted Megan wholeheartedly, which made Dante notice the girl's clear admiration for the brunette.

Still, he could see that the teenager wanted to ask them something, but they were too shy to say it.

"I… I wanted to ask for another crystal!" Lina exclaimed while blushing.

The soul shard that Lina used to teleport Megan to her location had been shattered, and Lina explained how having the crystal with her always made her feel safe.

She was reluctant to ask for another one since she knew that Dante had to cast a spell and stain the crystal with a drop of blood, and she didn't want to be a bother to them.

Nevertheless, the girl genuinely felt much safer having the crystal around, so she mustered her courage to ask for another one.

"Oh, yeah, I don't mind…" Dante casually replied.

"C-can we get one too?" Tommy interjected, prompting the warlock to nod affirmatively.

After the warlock produced three new soul shards and attuned them to Zac, Megan, and himself, he gave them to the teenagers to keep safe.

Once they were finished, they all had dinner together in the large dining room before Camille sent them home in an SUV.

On the ride back, the teenagers felt glad that they were able to hang out with Dante and his group one more time.

They thought they wouldn't be involved with them after the problem with the demons had been dealt with, but hearing that they were able to visit and train with them at any time made them pretty excited.

Unbeknownst to the trio, a group of vampires was following them home, so they all arrived at their places and went to bed, giving their pursuers a precise location of their homes.

"We do this tomorrow night," Balthazar said.

The dark-skinned elder vampire had large, bat-like wings coming out of his back, hovering in the air above the residential street where the teenagers lived.

His silver dreadlocks trailed down his back, and his sunglasses fully covered the color of his eyes, even though it was nighttime.

"Why don't we do it right now?" Madeline asked her big brother, catching up to him mid-air.

"It's getting late… Depending on how much time they take, we could end up fighting the target in the daytime," Balthazar replied.

The vampires' powers were depleted by half if they were under the sunlight, so most of their schemes took place at night.

Knowing that it could take hours for Megan to meet up with the teenagers if the vampires kidnapped them, there was a chance that she would arrive early in the morning, which would be detrimental to their plan.

Therefore, Balthazar decided to act early the following evening, ensuring that they had enough time to complete their job.