Chapter 31: Seven knights

After forcing myself to stop guessing how Vale is going to handle things from now on I focused more on making the potions that the pack members were sent out to collect the ingredients for. The mid quality healing potion needed me to be more careful because a single mistake can ruin the potion and waste the magical ingredients that the werewolves must've searched hard to find. So it took longer to make than the low quality healing potion and anti- poison potion.

In five hours I only managed to make seven healing potions, if it were the low quality healing potions I would've made about ten in those five hours. Seven were enough cause it's not like Vale ordered me to make more of them, to him and Zik it looks like I'm doing some experiment. They have yet to know their effects and showing is better than telling. The mid quality healing potion's colour was green just like the low quality healing potion but instead of constantly swirling there were tiny white shines floating in the green liquid making it look more magical than the green swirling healing potion.

A content smile decorated my face while staring at the seven small bottles that contained the potion. I felt proud that I managed to make them without having to waste any magical ingredients. There were no mistakes or failures and even if I did fail, I wasn't going to feel discouraged because that's also another way of growing.

I could tell that Zik was curious about the potions but one glare made him keep his mouth shut. I didn't have the luxury but most importantly the patience to explain. The second potion I was going to make would help no one else but myself. If I'm going to assist the witches in battle I have to make sure I don't end up being a burden. I felt very embarrassed that I fainted after exhausting my energy, how can one faint when surrounded by hungry monsters. This potion will help me recover my energy. The witch's energy is different, our energy is the battery that powers magic and this potion is specifically made for witches and their unique energy. Unlike the mid quality healing potion the energy potion wasn't too hard to make and I stopped after making ten potions. It was orange in colour making one think I poured an orange juice in these bottles.

The energy potion made me feel more confident, I was now certain that no monsters would be spared and as much as I wanted to continue making the third potion I was too exhausted. I didn't forget to tell Zik that no one should touch the potions I made today, even on the day we head out they'll be staying with me.

I took my food that was placed on the round table to eat it in my room. The plate had fried rice, chicken stew and potato salad. I devoured the food as a beast would and I rolled my eyes when I heard Zik chuckle. He is used to seeing me eat like a pig. This was also a good time to ask about vampires because unlike the werewolves I'm still new to this world. I don't know much thanks to Serena and the enchanted forest. "Zik, I remember that one of the vampires that attacked us acted like he knows you and you also knew his name. Can you tell me more about him?"

"Oh you mean Zara one of the vampire knights? That old playful bstard is the weakest knight and because of that he bullies his prey just to feel good about himself"

"Wait what do you mean by one of the vampire knights?"

"Oh right you don't know much about vampires. In fact you don't know about the world itself it's like you've spent your entire life living under a rock" I didn't get offended by what he said because it was close to the truth.

"The vampire lord is known as the strongest vampire and then there are his seven knights. Vampires who aren't just the strongest but they also have exceptional abilities and Zara is the weakest of the seven" But just because he is the weakest of the seven doesn't mean he is weak. His strength is on par with mine and even though he wasn't using his full strength because it was day time it's very impressive of you to actually injure him"

Oh so the vampire lord didn't send an ordinary vampire to kidnap me, I don't know if I should feel proud or worried about that. " Can you tell me more about the world...what you know at least" these conversations of knowledge and information I appreciate the most.

"Okay I remember that you read a book that explained a little about vampires and it must've told you that silver is their weakness and the sun doesn't affect them too much. Their strength is reduced when they are out during daytime but that doesn't count as a weakness because they are still incredibly strong. They are even more terrifying during night time, after all they are creatures of the night.

The strongest vampire knight is Kantilla who enjoys toying with men and I don't know much about her ability just that it has something to do with blood. The second strongest is Letho, his ability is to control bats and not your tiny cute bats that you're used to. His bats are as big as adult dogs and there are hundreds of them. The third strongest is Vicki, his mind powers are on par with the vampire lord. Vesemir has a terrifying ability to control blood, he can do anything with it. Auckes and Serrit have never done anything extreme so I'm unaware of their abilities. Lastly there's Zara who can manipulate shadows however he likes. It was a good thing that he underestimated you and tried to kidnap you during daytime because if it was during nighttime you wouldn't have survived. None of your attacks would've landed on him. "

Well that's not too comforting but it's better than not knowing at all about the seven knights. I pray I never meet the one that controls bats because what the hell is up with that.

"Many packs big and small had fallen because of the monsters, the packs that still remain are very far away from ours. The cowards are relaxed because we are handling the monsters, to them we are like a wall that's protecting them from the monsters. No one is lending us a hand, us werewolves should've been sticking together during these times!"

Yes I also guessed that there must be other packs as it can't be that they were all that remain of werewolves. I can understand the way Zik feels, it's sad that the others are watching while they struggle but in every race there will always be those that are selfish.