Sebastian and the others somewhat timidly left the dense forest together with Locke. All along the way, they didn't dare speak loudly, fearing they would disturb the formal wizard.

On this journey, they were even more nervous than when they came.

After all, when they came, Locke was just a wizard apprentice. Although his status was higher than theirs, everyone was still in the same class but at this moment, Locke was already a formal wizard.

However, as soon as everyone left the Forbidden Forest entrance, Locke frowned, because Teacher Halen Vera hadn't waited here for him as agreed.

Nor had he arranged for any students to wait here.

Sebastian and the others looked puzzled. They raised their heads to look at the sky, only to see a huge blood-red stake appear in the sky. That stake was as massive as a meteorite, descending from the sky toward the port city of Lilith's Cottage headquarters.

The stake was slowly falling from the sky at a very slow speed, but blood was dripping down from it. The moment that blood fell to the ground, it would nourish the land, making the earth bloom with green grass and fresh flowers, a beautiful sight.

Where the blood flowed, all magical plants became full of vitality. Not only that, this blood also nourished all the magical creatures on this land. Even ordinary people who were touched by the blood rain all began to have their bodies become younger.

Sebastian and the others were stunned.

"What is that? Is that new magic developed by our school?"

"Don't be silly. Didn't you see the curse magic patterns circling on that magic? Those are foldable curse patterns unique to high-level curses."

"What about our school's large protective barrier, the Life Force Field?"

Only then did everyone realize with horror that the large Life Force Field that had always protected the academy headquarters had actually disappeared.

The expressions on Sebastian and the others' faces became serious.

Locke also looked up at the sky, a thoughtful look flashing through his eyes. The stake in the sky was undoubtedly advanced blood curse magic from the Blood Curse Court.

Moreover, they were feeding back the flesh and blood energy plundered through curse magic to this land, as well as to the flora and fauna on the land, and all ordinary people.

At this moment, rain was already falling toward their heads, only blocked by Locke's magic.

Locke reached out to catch a drop of blood and began observing it.

"There's actually no curse magic contained within."

"This blood should be gathered from blood plundered from different wizards, ordinary people, and magical creatures by the Blood Curse Court over thousands of years. This kind of thing can indeed nourish everything, because it was originally plundered from life."

Locke frowned, "Wait a minute, accepting gifts is equivalent to accepting bribes..."

Based on his current magical level, Locke quickly analyzed the current situation and came to a shocking conclusion, "Those who accept bribes are like being given bribe money. Those who accept bribe money are like being harmed and touched."

"Accepting bribes is also a form of harm."

"While giving gifts, they are cursing. The Blood Curse Court's curse target... is this land."

Locke frowned. If following this reasoning, then the scale of the Blood Curse Court's attack this time might be very large, completely different from before.

He looked around and saw curse energy everywhere. The blood rain contained powerful curse magic, suppressing the natural magical radiance of Lilith's Cottage.

Therefore, Locke also wasn't clear about what was happening at the academy headquarters now.

The earth just occasionally shook violently, and rumbling sounds came from the distance. Clearly, relatively large battles had occurred in the city.

Locke was somewhat worried about his botanical garden and personal potion laboratory.

He had just taken one step when he suddenly looked down at the ground, only to see a black hexagram pattern appear on the ground, with five circles of inscription layers around the hexagram's perimeter.

Waves of negative energy swept in from all directions, attaching to him and Sebastian and the others.

Immediately, Sebastian and the others screamed. One by one, they bent over, enduring tremendous suffering. Waves of negative energy combined with their magical power.

The magical plants they carried on their bodies quickly withered and rapidly withered under the accumulation of massive amounts of negative energy.

"What's happening? We can't cast magic anymore."

"What is... this?"

A look of surprise flashed through Locke's eyes, because beneath his feet was actually a First Circle level small six-fold curse barrier.

He had only encountered this thing before at the Blood Curse Court's curse technique research institute.

At some point, several vampires appeared around Locke, six in total, each looking strange and bizarre.

One vampire had a pointed head. One vampire was pot-bellied with a giant mouth on his belly. One vampire was skeletal, his entire body burning with blood-colored flames. Another vampire had two holes in his chest, looking very strange.

Of the remaining two vampires, one was a female vampire wearing gold chains, leaning against a tree, looking at them with contempt.

The bark of that tree was actually touching the curse, causing it to peel off piece by piece.

The last vampire was his old acquaintance, the noble young master of the night, Hussein.

The female vampire let out a shrill laugh. Her laughter made the nearby wild grass shrivel up one by one from dehydration, as if fearing the curse contained in that sound.

"This time, to kill them, a wizard seed from Lilith's Cottage, our Blood Curse Court actually had to dispatch six major wizard candidate sequences and rely on a magic trap set by a senior curse master—the six-fold curse barrier."

"Eye Demon Wizard, the higher-ups of our Blood Curse Court really think too highly of you. Hussein, wouldn't you say so?"

The female vampire deliberately posed seductively. Unlike Sephilin, her appearance was very beautiful, like a delicate girl, "Let me introduce myself grandly. I am currently ranked second, Laurie Vick. Because the previous second and third were both killed by you, so me, the fourth, has now become second."

Laurie rolled her eyes, "But I won't thank you."

"Hussein, what do you say?"

Hussein remained silent, only saying briefly, "Laurie, don't let this drag on."

The other four vampires each let out shrill laughter, laughing heartily as they looked at the people from Lilith's Cottage within the six-fold curse barrier, as if looking at fish on a chopping board.

Sebastian and the others, at this moment, were not only wrapped in negative energy all over their bodies, but also covered with blood-red spores. These spores wrapped around them, preventing them from moving.

Laurie noticed Locke's gaze and snapped her fingers, "This is a curse I designed, the Spore Curse. It's quite troublesome. The overlapping patterns of this curse are particularly intricate."

"However, I really must praise you. Located within the six-fold curse barrier, not only did you not fall victim to my Spore Curse, but your expression remains calm as usual."

"Not simple at all. If there were no six-fold curse barrier, you might really have been able to escape."

Locke stood in the six-fold curse barrier, his expression becoming strange, "Escape?"

"This apprentice, you've really taken the joke too far."

Laurie's face showed a puzzled expression, "Joking?"