*Whooosh! *Whooosh! *Whooosh!

Just right ahead of Leo and every one of the 5 Divisions hiding outside, hundreds of Vampires, specifically around less than 500, slowly arrived one by one.

Leo and the 5 Divisions were already long covered by herbal smell, so they're pretty much well-hidden already right now.

"Sir, all of them are hidden inside those 5 big huts!" A Vampire reported after sniffing with his nose to what Leo quickly assumed as the leader of the group.

"Surround the place. Be sure not to let anyone escape. Also, be extremely careful. Hundreds of our men already died while chasing after these damn Hybrids. Moreover, this place should be their last resort, so be sure not to miss anything." The leader named Bland ordered before walking ahead of the group to approach the 5 big huts.

The reason why Bland was so cautious with the Hybrids right now was simply because the Hybrids are very tricky to handle. Due to the fact that the Hybrids have a mix of 3 or more different sorts of Beastman races traits, they can do things out of their expectations. In fact, there were exactly 1,000 Vampires when they began their attack on the Eclipse village. However, because of the trickiness of these Hybrids, catching them became so hard. One Vampire keeps on being surrounded by 3 or more Hybrids that would suddenly arrive out of nowhere before quickly being killed together, then afterward they would quickly go and assist the other Hybrids. Such kind of situation keeps on repeating over and over again, and if only they don't have the numerical and Magic spell advantage, then the Hybrids could have easily won against them. So, right now, he wants every one of his men to be extremely careful so that the situation wouldn't repeat once again.

Well, it wasn't like they really lost the fight, since they were still able to kill more than their total casualties. But nothing bad with being cautious, right? Since it's better to be safe than sorry.

Hearing their leader's order, the Vampire quickly separated into three groups. The first group followed behind the leader, the Mage group readied themselves behind the first group in order to provide support, and the last group went to both left and right side of the 5 big huts to prepare for an ambush.

Hidden in the bush, Ash can't help looking at Leo and the group of Vampires multiple times while feeling slightly bit panic inside. The beginning of the situation right now was so far out from what Leo had just said to them before. There were only 1/4 of the total Vampires who were approaching the 5 big huts while the remaining 3/4 were behind to provide support and hiding to the left and right, which simply means that the herbal smell could only affect a minority of the Vampires the moment they initiated it.

"Just wait!" Leo replied while still focusing on the approaching Vampires.

"Slowly... slowly... slowly... now!" Leo quickly signaled using some small mirror the moment the leader and the men following behind him arrived in the perfect spot, specifically in the middle of the wide-open space between the 5 big huts and the trees all around the place.

The mirror lights quickly spread out all over the place in an inconspicuous manner. No Vampires were able to notice the lights.

Quickly, the herbal smell spread all over the place, immediately hindering the sense of smell of the Vampires.

"Leader Bland, do you smell the herbal smell around us?" One of the Vampires reported.

"Sh*t!" Bland quickly understood the situation as he motioned for his men to prepare themselves. Fortunately, it was only their group who would most likely be affected by the herbal smell due to the fact that the Mages group was out of range and the third group was up above the trees.

"Look, are those Wind Elementals!!" A vampire exclaimed in horror.

"What the heck are those things doing here!" Bland can't believe what he was seeing right now. There were actually 8 Wind Elementals flying up above them...

*Whoooooooooosh!

Suddenly, the Wind Elementals used their Wind Manipulation skill to further spread the herbal smell all over the place, quickly affected all of the Vampire's sense of smell.

"Quickly tell them to begin separating the Vampires!" Leo quickly informed Ash, who was currently opening her mouth widely in shock.

"You created those..." Ash asked in disbelief.

Leo didn't bother answering as he quickly took the mirror from Ash's hand and signaled everyone instead.

Seeing the signal, everyone from the 5 Divisions quickly calms themselves as their Mages began casting some Magic spells to target all of the Vampires, whether they were the first group, the mage group, and the last group up above the trees, there were no exceptions as everyone received their fair share of Magic spells aiming straight towards them.

"Defend yourselves!" Bland quickly ordered as he soon after casted a Magical shield to block some of his nearby men around him.

The situation quickly turned to worst as the first group and the last group's situation turned to every Vampire for itself. Fortunately, the Mage Vampires group were not affected due to some Mages handling the attacks while the others return fire and provided extra support to the first and last group.

Noticing that the situation finally turned into what he had expected it to be, Leo finally sent out the second to the last signal.

*Bang!

The doors of the 5 big huts were suddenly destroyed before Chief Lago, Jeffrey, Charles, Venice, Ahmed, Brad, and Jasmine came out along with the remaining villagers, specifically 200, before quickly charging straight towards the scattered Vampires.

Bland was quickly able to realize that they have already fallen into the Hybrids trap since almost 3/4 of Vampires were scattered all over the place right this moment, just like the situation back in the Eclipse village.

"Retreat!"

However, the 5 Divisions hiding all over the place finally revealed themselves and attacked, perfectly encircling all of the Vampires.

*Whoosh!

*Boooom!

*Bang!

*Peng!

In the middle of the battlefield, Bland can't help becoming shocked at how the situation quickly reversed, specifically only less than 5 minutes had passed. At first, they had thought that they had already encircled everyone from the Eclipse village, which they have thought were all hiding inside the 5 big huts. Unexpectedly, it was actually them who had long been encircled by the Hybrids. The attacks weren't only coming from outside too, but also in the inside of the circle, which just further perfected the Eclipse village trap. Moreover, the hybrid's total numbers actually increased from 200 to 500.

"Don't tell me that those people in the Eclipse village before are actually the weak Hybrids while the powerful Hybrids are hiding in this place?" Bland finally thought of a horrifying thing. If that's indeed the case, then looking at the cultivations of those other new Hybrids, it only means one thing; they have greatly underestimated these Hybrids from the very beginning.

Bland was actually a 9 Star Mage, but the men he was assigned to lead to attack the Eclipse village were only around 1 Star to 4 Star level in strength, while on the other hand, the Hybrids side also have a 9 Star Mage, specifically their Village Chief, who can contend against him, but the difference is that their men were around 1 Star to 6 Star level in strength. There were also 4 Hybrids who are 7 Star level.

Even worst than that, 8 Wind Elementals were actually helping the Hybrids by spreading the herbal smell all over the place, which exactly affects their sense of surroundings since almost all of them always rely on the fragrance of the blood to know who were nearby around them. Simply put, by smelling the fragrance of blood, they easily became aware of their entire surrounding. But, with it being restricted right this moment, they can only rely on what they see in front of them, no longer aware of what's behind them.

Actually, they have encountered this kind of situation a lot of times already, and the so-called herbal smell was just a common weakness for their Vampire race. However, right now, there were only a few experienced Vampires since Bland's men were a mix combination of some newbies and some veterans Vampires. Only the minority were able to adjust to the situation, specifically the veterans, while those newbies were losing out easily. It was even too the point that the newbies could easily be killed by attacking their back.

This was simply caused by over-reliance of the newbies on their sense of smell, and that they still lacked the training in not using their sense of smell in battle, unlike the veterans.

To be honest, not a single one of them were really able to expect that the Eclipse village, a settlement in the middle of nowhere, which supposedly should be ignorant of the outside world, would actually know about one of their common weakness. These Hybrids were always in the Twilight Forest, so how did they even get such information? Moreover, these Hybrids were supposedly their raised livestock, so how did they even become as strong as like this right now? Is it because they are living in a Danger zone? Surely that's not the only reason why right? Since even the Vampires of their West Fortress were trained in the Twilight Forest.

The only explanation for this is that the Hybrids have someone amongst them who is in the same league as those of Commanders.

Quickly looking around, Bland immediately spotted an obvious exception to this group of Hybrids. A female pure White Fox race was standing in the very back of the charging Hybrids, seemingly analyzing the battlefield and also sending out order after another order.

"We might lose in this battle, but I'll be taking with me your Commander!" Bland said as he quickly flew towards Ash. In his mind, it was only because of this person why the Hybrids became powerful as she obviously has the same talents as those of Commander's, specifically she is capable of training her men to easily become powerful. So, if he can kill this person, the Hybrids would immediately become like headless chickens.

"I've never thought that the Chief is just a shield to hide the real master behind the Eclipse village!" Bland thought to himself.