Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 49 Vampire

The vampire wizard apprentice was incredibly fast. In an instant, he rushed into the crowd, overtaking the wizard apprentices in the enforcement team and arriving behind them. He then locked onto the wizard apprentice who was using light magic and posed the greatest threat to him.

Before the wizard apprentice could finish reciting the spell "Sunshine Flash," someone pressed down on his head and then, with a 'crack,' crushed his skull.

After the wizard apprentice died, there seemed to be special magical substances on his body. A flash of lightning transformed into an arrow of lightning that struck the vampire wizard apprentice in the chest.

The vampire twisted its strange head, revealing a sinister grin, ignoring the wound on its chest, and attacked its next target.

This elite second-class wizard apprentice of the Blood Curse Court had far too much combat experience. He knew that when facing multiple opponents, the worst thing he could do was to get into a stalemate.

If he manages to hold out against even one of the wizard apprentices from the enforcement team, he will be struck by a dozen spells in the next moment, losing his ability to resist.

Therefore, taking advantage of his speed, he weaved through the dwarven streets, using the chaos as cover to continuously attack the wizard apprentices who posed the greatest threat to him, those specializing in light magic and fire magic.

Light magic and fire magic can suppress the vampire's immortality.

Locke had learned from his course on everything that vampires possess powerful immortality and are immune to most magical damage, but fire magic and light magic do have a damage bonus against them.

This dark wizard apprentice displayed combat experience far exceeding that of the wizard apprentices at Lilith's Hut from the very first move.

The same magic, in his hands, becomes a deadly weapon.

Unlike white wizards, black wizards spend most of their time researching and creating, while black wizards are constantly engaged in battles and raids. They are full of combat experience, and among wizards of the same level, black wizards are definitely stronger.

Captain Bruno Suarez shouted, "Is there anyone who can use magic to restrict his movement?"

A female second-class wizarding apprentice chanted a spell, attempting to use Lesser Exhaustion Breath, a spell that would restrict the vampire's movement.

Secondary Fatigue Breathing is a technique that uses negative energy to infuse a target's body, thereby depriving them of their ability to move.

It is a spell from the school of incantation.

Lilith Hut is a comprehensive university, so it has second-class wizard apprentices in various magical fields.

However, the gray gas formed from the secondary fatigue breath struck the vampire monster, but instead of depriving it of its ability to move, it caused the vampire monster's wounds to heal rapidly and brought it to its best condition.

The female second-class wizard apprentice screamed, "Oh no! I forgot that the negative energy flow manipulated by the Lesser Exhaustion Breath weakens living beings, but strengthens vampires."

Locke glanced at the female second-class wizard apprentice; her timing was perfect, having predicted the vampire's movement.

However, she clearly had a shortcoming: in the midst of battle, she forgot that for undead creatures, all magical attributes are reversed.

Healing nature magic and light magic can actually harm undead creatures, while negative energy magic that damages or restricts can heal them.

Clearly, even the enforcement team in Lilith's Hut is still inferior to those skilled in combat dark wizards.

The vampire seemed to think that keeping this second-class female wizard apprentice around would actually benefit him, so he bypassed her and came behind Captain Bruno Suarez and Locke.

The vampire grinned maliciously at Captain Bruno Suarez. "Bruno Suarez, your teammates are utterly ridiculous."

"He actually healed his enemy during the battle."

The next moment, two vampire claws fell towards the backs of Locke and Captain Bruno Suarez.

This vampire's self-modification has reached at least the level of 0.5, and may even be close to 0.6.

The other party clearly wanted to continue living and was still thinking about fighting his way out of the dwarf street and escaping the area of ​​Lilith's Hut. He was unwilling to die as a pawn of the Blood Curse Court.

At that moment, Locke immediately used [Green Grab]. The branches and leaves of the Invisible Mandragora Vine, which had been synthesized and strengthened to level 6 in the past few days, grew rapidly and formed a small shield in front of Locke.

'Boom~'

A heavy, immense force emanated from the plant shield, and the vampire's blood claws tore the plant shield apart almost instantly.

Locke looked down at his shoulder and found that his clothes were torn and there were three bloody marks on his skin.

He himself was thrown more than five meters away by the heavy force.

The vampire swept past Locke and attacked Captain Bruno Suarez, glancing at him with surprise, as if wondering why his claw attack hadn't torn this mediocre second-rate wizard apprentice in two.

In fact, this vampire's magical power is very close to 200, possibly even over 190.

Locke's spell model was average compared to his, and his magic power was also inferior, but he still managed to withstand it because of the excellent basic magic power of the level 6 Mandrake Vine.

However, since Locke's magical power seemed too insignificant, this experienced vampire wizard apprentice immediately focused all his attention on what he considered his greatest enemy, Captain Bruno Suarez.

Using its speed and stamina advantage, the vampire relentlessly swung its claws at Captain Bruno Suarez, attempting to kill the enforcement team captain within 10 seconds.

“Bruno Suarez, you died today at the hands of Taren Curry, a second-class wizard apprentice of my Blood Curse Court.”

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Under his rapid attacks, Captain Bruno Suarez suffered greatly. It wasn't that he was unable to fight back, but the vampire was too fast, fully utilizing this advantage and preventing him from using magic to counterattack.

Captain Bruno Suarez could only activate his Thorn Armor for protection, but that enchanted item was torn to shreds by the vampire's blood claws in a very short time. Just when he was in dire straits, he suddenly sensed that the vampire had stopped attacking.

Captain Bruno Suarez looked up and saw the vampire suspended in mid-air, seemingly imprisoned by something unseen.

The invisible mandala vine that Locke had kept hidden on his right hand was now revealed.

The vampire second-class wizard apprentice stared in disbelief. "When? This is Hand of Vines, such a low-level spell!"

Under the influence of the vine hand, the Mandela vine transformed into a plant hand and seized the vampire.

It's no wonder that the vampire wizard apprentice was surprised and annoyed, because the vine hand was a rather low-level trick.

Moreover, given his combat experience and the speed advantage of a vampire, spells like the Vine Hands should have been absolutely unable to get close to him.

However, Locke's mandrake tendrils had the ability to become invisible, which meant that the vampire wizard apprentice did not notice Locke's tendril hands approaching him.

The vampire second-class wizard apprentice immediately realized that he had to quickly break free from Locke's vine-like hands.

The reason he was able to dominate here wasn't because he was truly exceptional, but because he created local advantages through his combat experience and speed.

Another issue is that the white wizard apprentices lacked combat experience. They didn't realize he was a vampire in the early stages and didn't use spells specifically designed for vampires. He relied on his vampire immortality to withstand a lot of spells.

But as soon as he gets even slightly bogged down, his local advantage disappears.

In a sense, the reason he didn't instantly kill Captain Bruno Suarez was because he was held up.

Originally, this wouldn't have been a big problem; he was confident he could kill Bruno Suarez within ten seconds. However, he hadn't expected that an unknown, ordinary second-class wizard apprentice would actually control him with a low-level spell like the Vine Hand.

The next moment, Captain Bruno Suarez used the Thorn Spear, and the magical vines transformed into a spear that pierced through the vampire's chest and heart.

Flames, sunlight, and even wood piercing the heart can all break a vampire's immortality.

Captain Bruno Suarez shouted to Roque, "Well done, new guy."

"I never expected you to be so capable."

"Thanks to you for controlling him, if I had controlled him for just a moment, I could have killed him."

"Your magical vines were specially bred for you by Lady Sophia, weren't they? They're truly amazing."

The vampire monster's face was contorted with hatred and resentment as it glared at Bruno Suarez and Locke, "No...no..."

"Do not……"

"Do not……"

His entire body burst into golden flames, screaming in agony as he gradually turned to ashes, leaving only a pierced, still-beating bright red heart on the ground.

Captain Bruno Suarez breathed a sigh of relief as he surveyed the horrific scene around him. "This time, our enforcement team lost three wizard apprentices and two wizarding prospects."

"The war is getting more and more intense."

"Thanks to you, newcomer. We killed this vampire together, and according to the rules, the spoils belong to both of us."

"But you just saved me, or at least helped me, so this vampire heart is yours."

Captain Bruno Suarez added, "Vampire hearts are excellent materials for brewing potions and alchemical creations."

Locke glanced at the vampire heart on the ground and didn't refuse, after all, a vampire heart was quite expensive. "Okay."

Captain Bruno Suarez looked at his players. "Clean up the scene and write a report."

"We must report this to our superiors."

The witch apprentice who had accidentally cast the wrong spell and healed a group of vampires said with some lingering fear, "Captain, patrolling has become increasingly dangerous lately."

"We simply don't have enough manpower."

"There's a group of people in the enforcement team who used connections to leave, greatly reducing our combat effectiveness. And the new wizards haven't even developed any real combat experience yet..."

She glanced at Locke guiltily. After all, in the battle just now, Locke seemed to have more combat experience than her.

"Captain, could you talk to the higher-ups about our current predicament and ask the academy to assign us some local wizard apprentices?"

“The magical skills of local wizarding apprentices are definitely much better than those from overseas.”

Captain Bruno Suarez gave her a cold look. "Helia, just mind your own business."

“Where are there any local wizarding apprentices willing to join our enforcement team now? Besides, based on your performance just now, you were not as good as the newcomers… not even as good as Augustine.”

(End of this chapter)