After Ingrid left the vampire coven where Lucas had to wait for the further instruction of King Lionel.

Supposedly, after her errand, she was expected by King Lionel to report to him regarding the errands he had given to her.

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Her plan was to check on Lucas once again after completing her errands.

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Somewhere in a strange land where the existence of supernatural beings were completely normal without any presence of even a single human.

A city was located in this hidden strange land … the Arcane City!

This was a city managed secretly by King Magnus, the king of warlocks.

He was highly respected and feared within the community of supernatural beings.

Due to his immortality and extremely powerful persona, he has gained such a reputation.

No one knows who truly rules in the Arcane City.

Though, it was a city were black market operates with different auctions every week and misfits hide away.

King Magnus has lost his kingdom after the downfall of the empire of the very first ruler of all supernatural beings.

Many dark creatures targeted his kingdom for betraying the dark lord.

It forced the king of warlocks into hiding with his followers.

Most of his forces scattered all over the world because of their loss of trust towards his leadership.

Since Callisto broke faith from King Magnus' leadership, many warlocks left King Magnus.

Leaving him with only half of his original forces remain.

This prompted for King Magnus to run a city instead.

Where they could use its dwellers as their source of additional magic.

Unlike witches, warlocks had to feed on magic essence of supernatural beings to amplify their magic and perform powerful spells.

Unknown to the visitors and dwellers of the City of Arcane, there is a secret sanctuary of warlocks underground in the middle of the city.

A huge mechanization operated by King Magnus and his remaining followers.

Absorbing some of the magic essence above and uses it for their own interest.

Instead of disposing their crest stones once it's ran out of magic source, King Magnus found a way to recharge their crest stones through exposing it to the absorbed magic essence.

At the bottom of a huge funnel is where the crest stones being placed for recharging.

The entire ceiling of their secret sanctuary was painted with ancient seals and symbols for their secret operation.

Symbols glow every time it absorb magic essence.

There are 4 assigned warlocks that performs the ritual for their secret operation.

Usually, time shifts between 4 warlocks were in place so that everyone could have time to replenish their energy and do some other tasks for their king.

"Magnus, you have visitors above. They are looking for you!" One of his followers tried to inform their king about the arrival of some visitors.

Only the followers of King Magnus can call him by his first name.

Anyone who dares to call him by his first name in his presence met unfortunate consequences, except only for his followers.

Even the late Emperor Odin do not call Magnus by his first name alone. He usually calls him 'King Magnus'. A word king must always be attached with his name.

"Have I not told you numerous times, I do not want to be disturbed during the rituals? Tell them I am not around." King Magnus wished to be undisturbed.

His follower insisted, "You must see them … They have killed some of our mercenary guards. It is the henchmen of King Lionel."

"You should have started with that instead of wasting precious time." King Magnus reprimanded his follower who was clearly nervous and apologetic towards their king.

Immediately he started to move along.

"What are you waiting for? Am I just gonna roam around the city?" King Magnus complained at his follower who was stupefied because of his nervousness.

Instantly his follower realized he has to lead the way.

Taking with him were few crest stones and some powerful accessories for his own reassurance.

As they made their way back to the surface ground, they passed through secret tunnels and passage which were completely hidden.

-Moments after-

[-In a huge tavern-]

There were fights between one vampire and other mercenary guards.

Mercenary guards were employed by King Magnus to be the guards of certain establishment.

Despite of having a chief within the Arcane City, in disguise of having someone else as a ruler of the city.

A facade was needed for him to keep his identity as the real ruler of the Arcane City.

Ingrid was simply standing in the middle with the other henchmen while their lowest ranking member of henchmen was the one dealing with the mercenary guard.

Not even using his special ability.

Simply dealing them with pure strength and speed.

The other henchmen were clearly bored and overly confident of their own abilities.

"Just finish them already!" said by one of the henchmen.

"Nah … I want to play with them a bit more. Been stuck in the castle, having no action for quite some time now. Having to stretch my limbs makes this all worth it."

Until the spectators around got knocked out one by one. Due to the arrival of King Magnus.

He made the spectators fell asleep and placing a barrier around the tavern.

All present henchmen suddenly became alert.

Especially, Ingrid.

"Hmm … Finally!" Ingrid uttered in relief.

King Magnus arrived with his few followers.

"What reason there is for us to deserve this visit from the henchmen of King Lionel?" King Magnus greeted the henchmen.

The henchmen were impressed that they did not feel the presence of King Magnus approaching.

"Magnus, the great warlock …" One of the henchmen was not able to finish his words when he suddenly choked.

Tension arise as one of the henchmen struggle for his own life.

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