Chapter 791. Scouting For Mages
Time flew past and soon another month was upon them. After the meeting with her brother, Louis left the Vampire Regions together with Malcolm, heading for Greenham to teach magic to as many humans—who would join the battle—as possible.
Louis also had to consider the probability that some would not be compatible. Therefore, he stated that they might not be able to find as many humans as they hoped, but Jael believed that fewer was better.
Regardless of whether they had magic now, they were still humans whom vampires had to protect, and Jael didn’t want too many burdens. Palers weren’t an easy threat to deal with.
From the letters received from Louis, not everyone had been compatible and the first few days had been a little chaotic as Prince Malcolm chose the most suitable people. Louis needed people with the strength and guts to face Palers.
It also didn’t help that many of them only found out about this expedition for the first time, and not a lot of people were willing to help out. Palers were worse than vampires but Humans were grateful that Palers only preferred vampires and actively hunted them. Palers wouldn’t go out of their way to hunt humans, but accidents could happen if people ventured too close to the Nolands.
Out of the kingdom’s army, only a few had been willing to undertake this. No one wanted to fight a war for a species that had done nothing more than attack them for centuries. Some of them were happy Palers existed. They believed Palers were the only things keeping vampires in check, and if they killed all the Palers, humans would be next.
Unfortunately, out of the few that volunteered, only a handful had any luck with magic. Louis was convinced that some might unlock their potential for magic with practice, but he didn’t have the time to spare.
He needed people who could use spells within the first couple of tries, especially those really good with fire spells. He planned to include some healing spells but only after finding and training those who could use fire spells.
Eventually, Malcolm had no other choice but to announce it to the rest of the kingdom. There was no reward, and he was as truthful as possible, letting the people know what they were getting into. Surprisingly, more people were willing to take part than expected.
Louis ended up taking more than two days to go through the crowd, attending to them in groups. It also didn’t help that auditions couldn’t be done in the daytime. Eventually, he got a reasonable number of people—a little over forty.
However, Louis didn’t intend for all forty people to partake in the war. It would be difficult to protect that many, and they wouldn’t be needed for their fighting skills, only to burn Palers. He only intended to pick the best half, or even less.