Modern World Warlock-Chapter 177: Vampires and Gemstones
When Dante and Megan returned to the bus, Kim Mi-Yun quickly approached them with a worried expression, asking the pair if everything was okay.
"We heard a loud crash…" the idol said.
"Ah, no worries, ladies. The sound was just a rock from the cliff falling on the road…" Dante replied as his eyebrow twitched a little.
’Damn, he truly is bad at lying…’ Megan thought.
Kim Mi-Yun didn’t really buy Dante’s story, but she didn’t pry any further, feeling glad that the security guards were safe.
Dante could sense genuine concern about their safety coming from the band members, and he couldn’t understand why.
"Oh, I don’t think you were there when Camille talked about it…" Megan commented.
She explained that the previous security guards who worked for Smile were killed when trying to protect Kim Mi-Yun from getting kidnapped, so the band members were still traumatized by those events.
"I see… That’s why their umbra shows so much concern for us," said Dante.
When the bus finally kept moving, Megan reported the incident to Camille on her phone, but she ended up passing the call to Dante so he could explain in more detail.
The warlock could tell the two individuals weren’t humans or demons since they didn’t have a heartbeat. However, they also weren’t brainless undead monsters.
Moreover, the warlock got a glimpse of some of their body features, so he had an educated guess.
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"They looked like vampires…" Dante said on the phone, making Megan raise an eyebrow.
The brunette wondered if he meant the same vampires from the movies who liked to suck blood, and Dante said that they were pretty similar.
The warlock had seen a romantic vampire movie that Sophia wanted to watch. However, he spent over half of the movie correcting the writers on their vampire knowledge.
Contrary to how the movies and media portrayed them, Dante explained that vampires only drank blood to either heal their wounds quickly or to get a strengthening boost for some time.
"Do they turn into little bats and fly away, too?" Megan asked. Her question sounded sarcastic, but she was dead serious.
"Hmm, some of them could shapeshift…" he replied.
"And do they turn others into vampires if they bite them?" Megan continued.
"Kind of… The process is a little more complicated than that," Dante explained.
Vampires in Terra had different categories, as not all of them had the same level of power and experience.
Once vampires became powerful enough, they evolved into powerful beings that were referred to as "Mother" or "Father," respectively—and they were the ones who could turn humans into vampire fledglings.
"I’m guessing none of the attackers was the Mother or Father…" Megan commented.
"Yeah, no—Even I would have trouble fighting a vampire like that…" Dante continued.
The brunette continued her questioning and inquired about the supposed gem that they used to escape the area.
Dante explained that gemstones could store mana inside them, allowing mages to activate them and use magic without spending their own mana.
However, experienced mages could enchant these gemstones with a predetermined spell, making it so the user only had to pour a small amount of energy to use it.
"They had a ’Shadow Exit’ spell attached to the gem… It’s not going to send them back home, but it took them far away from me," Dante elaborated.
Camille, who was still on the phone listening to the whole conversation, interjected and asked Dante if he was capable of enchanting gemstones, but the warlock denied it.
"I can probably charge a gemstone with mana, but it would take me days to fill one—And if you want a predetermined spell, I could do something basic…" Dante replied.
Still, there were a couple of people who would be able to charge the gemstone much quicker than him—the leaders of the GTS.
"If we ask Imera for help, I don’t think she would decline…" he continued.
Camille said she would think about it, as she mostly asked out of curiosity. However, knowing that it could actually help the Jade Dragons made her truly consider it.
After the call was finished, Megan asked a few more questions about the vampires, knowing that there was a big chance that they would see them again.
"Does garlic work against them?" Megan asked.
"What? Garlic? Why would a vegetable be a vampire’s weakness?" Dante asked, unaware of the urban legends on Earth.
"What about a wooden stake to the heart?" Megan pondered.
"Umm, that would hurt them, sure… But they don’t have a heartbeat, so it won’t instantly kill them," he replied.
Megan was slightly annoyed that everything she knew about vampires was utterly fake. Nonetheless, she was glad to have Dante with her, who seemed to know what he was talking about.
Their next destination was a city called Ventis, which used to be the old capital of Novaria.
It was one of the largest cities in the country, and its territory was fully under the control of the Azure Rebels, the mafia group who were favored by the Spring family.
While the Jade Dragons didn’t have friendly relations with the Azure Rebels, they also weren’t at war with each other. Still, Megan urged the warlock to be careful.
The schedule was to spend three nights at Ventis.
On the first day, they would have to accompany the band to a meet and greet at a large mall, where they would sign autographs and take pictures with fans.
At night, they had another formal party at the stadium’s owner’s mansion, where the band would perform.
The second day was the day of the concert, which meant they would be busily running around the entire time.
On their last day, they would have to attend a meeting with another entertainment agency, which was considering sending Smile on a tour around America.
The warlock believed that the job had been pretty simple up until that point. However, knowing that they had two vampires on their tail made him reconsider.
’I don’t think those two can give us a lot of trouble… But if they bring backup, then it won’t be as easy,’ Dante thought.
