Meeting the Vampire Clan Lord

"Identify yourselves!" 

A loud shout blasted into Leonardo's face when he, Zaylee, and Victoria suddenly appeared on an elevated altar stationed at the peak of a barren, red mountain. 

Seven elderly men with long silver hair and crimson eyes housing vertical pupils bore down on them with a heavy aura of peak divinities. 

"Elders, I am Zaylee from the 83rd branch family," Zaylee quickly stepped forward and slit her wrist, a drop of lustrous blood that diffused a martial intent resonating with the smudged clots of ruby on the dry mountain path. 

"So it is that child Zay, why did you return so early?" 

Asked one of the female elders, though her tone didn't care a hint of warmth— it was more accurately defined as derision and rebuke. 

Zaylee didn't seem to mind as she bowed, "I came to report in regards to my task— I've found someone who might be able to rid our blood essence pools from the contamination derived from the mixed bloodlines…"