“I am Nian Stuart Grete. The witch Sophia Brunt has entered my manor and become my property. Her life and death are in my hands, and no one else has the right to interfere. I hereby order you to leave immediately and not to attack my manor again, otherwise it will be tantamount to declaring war on me.”
Dracula was so angry he almost spat blood: that old woman had made her words known to the entire vampire clan again. What did she mean by that? Was she trying to tell him that Sophia was now under her protection?
At the same time, possibly due to sound wave interference, the isolation barrier he set up in Anna's room was also broken, and Anna finally discovered that war was raging outside, and even her manor had been burned down to the ground.
She rushed out of the room and found the castle in ruins, surrounded by fire, with no way to get downstairs. In the end, she had no choice but to jump out of her room's window.
After landing safely, she grabbed a servant who had been putting out the fire and asked, "What happened? Who burned down my manor?"
The servant said in a panic, "It's the witch Sophia. She cast a large-scale burning spell, which not only burned down the manor but also burned many vampires to death."
Anna's expression changed upon hearing this, and she asked in horror, "Where is she now?"
The servant replied, "I heard they have retreated to Prince Nian's estate."
Anna demanded, "What do you mean?"
The servant said, "Your Highness, she has completely betrayed you and is now under the protection of Prince Nian."
Anna didn't have time to think it through: This was clearly the territory of the vampires. Even if Sophia had the prince backing her up, Dracula was still the king. How could Sophia have the guts to start a war with the vampires?
She was so enraged by the servant's words that she never imagined that the witch she had brought back would burn and kill her own vampire brethren.
She rushed towards Nian's manor.
"Sophia, come out here!" Anna rushed to the manor gate, and the third and fourth generation vampires bowed and retreated before her. She shouted angrily into the manor.
Sophia was utterly disappointed in Anna. She had almost been killed by the entire vampire clan, and now Anna had only just appeared, and in such an angry and interrogative manner.
Seriously, shouldn't she be the one who's angry?!
At that moment, the vampire who was responsible for petitioning the king arrived, bowed to Albert, and reported: "Duke Albert, the king has ordered a full-scale attack."
Albert looked at Anna and asked, "Your Highness?" After all, with the princess present, the attack strategy depended on her orders.
Anna had never participated in any war before, so how would she know how to wage war? She simply said coldly, "Since the king has given the order, then let's fight!"
Albert, upon hearing her words, continued to command and ordered the entire force to attack.
Despite the continuous rumbling sounds, the blood-red barrier remained as solid as ever, showing no signs of weakening.
This was, after all, a barrier personally set up by Dracula. Even if a group of third and fourth generation vampires tried their best, they couldn't break through it! Everyone was quite troubled.
Seeing this, Anna joined the battle, working together with the others to attack the barrier, but the barrier still showed no signs of weakening.
Albert then sent a report to the royal court regarding the battle situation, since the king had already given the order, and if the siege dragged on for too long, the king might blame him.
When Dracula heard that the barrier he had set up was too strong and that no one could break through it, even the princess had personally joined the attack, the barrier showed no signs of weakening, which made him even more furious. In his anger, he smashed the wine glass in his hand directly at the little vampire who came to report, scaring the little vampire so much that he almost fainted.
Dracula roared, "A bunch of useless trash! That was just a barrier I set up on a whim, its main purpose being to monitor Nen*Stuart. And you guys, after attacking with all your might for so long, still haven't broken through!"
Therefore, he had no choice but to go to the site in person and personally remove the barrier he had set up. This was not a difficult task for him, but if he said he wouldn't do it, no one dared to object.
When he arrived at Nian's manor, he exuded an imposing aura that made everyone present feel cramped, and all the vampires knelt down on one knee.
Dracula ignored the people kneeling on the ground and raised his hand to dispel the barrier he had set up. Unexpectedly, the barrier remained unmoved, still shrouding Nian's manor with divine light.
Dracula frowned slightly. Could it be that something went wrong with his blood energy circulation? He tried to remove the barrier again, but the barrier remained unmoved.
Dracula now understood that the barrier was slightly different from when he had originally set it up. But that didn't matter; even with the changes, Dracula could break through it with ease.
Dracula unleashed a powerful blade of blood energy, which slammed into the blood-red barrier with a deafening boom. The barrier trembled briefly before returning to its original state.
Seeing this, Dracula frowned and threw out a second blood energy blade, but the barrier only swayed for a moment before returning to normal.
Dracula unleashed his blood energy once more, this time incorporating lightning power. Several electric snakes crackled and crackled along the blood energy blade as it struck the barrier.
But the barrier remained intact; only a few electric snakes darted across it before disappearing.
The atmosphere instantly became tense. The vampires looked at Dracula with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.
Dracula's fourth attack... fifth attack... sixth attack...
A cool night breeze carried an awkward, inexplicable feeling outside Nian's manor.
Some vampires even began to suspect that the Dracula King before them was a vampire traitor in disguise.
Not to mention Dracula himself, even Anna felt that at this moment, she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into and tell everyone that she did not know this Dracula.
Dracula gathered all his blood energy into his hands and used all his strength to bombard the barrier once more.
The barrier only swayed a few times before returning to normal.
It's like the mistress of the manor; no matter how much Dracula tortures and destroys it, it just won't break.
"Ugh!" Dracula was already panting heavily, whether from exhaustion or anger, it was hard to tell.
Anna thought for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this barrier may have been enhanced by Sophia's magic, which is why it's so sturdy. Neither Sophia nor Nian can stay in this manor indefinitely. Why don't we go back and rest first? Once they come out, are we afraid we won't be able to handle them?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than Sophia's voice rang out from the manor, saying, "Nian, since this barrier was set up by Dracula, why can't Dracula break through it?"
Then another woman, who looked a bit older, replied, "You don't know, Dracula is just here to make people laugh."
When Anna heard this, she immediately understood that Dracula was just there to put on an act.
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