The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

The heart of a vampire probably resembles the Life Box of a lich, except that a lich's Life Box seems to be just a coordinate pointing to the real world, while the heart of a vampire is the core of life itself.

Within the long box, Liszt stored away five hearts, including that of Tuobert.

He would not trust vampires.

However, he tossed the clump of blood back to Elizabeth, "Tuobert is dead, unexpectedly. I originally planned to ask him some questions. Now that the pureblood is dead, how do I contact the other four mixed-blood vampires?"

"As long as you squeeze the heart, they will sense it and come to see you. Having the heart, we all become your vampire servants," Elizabeth quickly changed her attitude, showing full gentleness and obedience, after Liszt took possession of the hearts.

It was clear to her that Liszt had become her master.

"Bring all of Tuobert's personal belongings, and let's go back, otherwise my father will probably go find the First Prince for a chat," Liszt whistled, summoning the landwalker bird Loki.

Elizabeth had already integrated the blood into her body and smiled coquettishly, "My body is still quite weak, sir, do you mind if I ride your mount?"

"I'll just say it, Elizabeth, your tricks are useless on me, understand. There are many noble ladies in the Grand Duchy who wish to share the night with me, but few have caught my eye... So, being a tame vampire servant is the most sensible choice."

After speaking, Liszt climbed onto the bird and headed straight to the port of Iron Hoof City.

Elizabeth stamped her foot on the spot, feeling frustrated and annoyed, but she was helpless. She could only transform into a bat and chase after the departing landwalker bird.

...

Upon returning to the Sunset, Liszt first went to the Tulip to see the Earl.

"Is the matter resolved?"

"It was much easier than I thought. It was just a bat that can't stand the light; pity I acted too forcefully, directly slapping Tuobert Black Knight to death. He also had five mixed-blood subordinates, who now basically belong to my vampire servants. Maybe I can get some secrets out of them."

Liszt simplified the course of events. The arrival of the vampires was not an isolated incident; it had already implicated the internal stability of the Grand Duchy.

"Never would have thought that vampires really exist and are hiding right among us," the Earl pondered for a moment, then said, "Let's act like this never happened. You need to keep those five vampires under control, don't expose them rashly... And let's not worry about the Grand Duke's affairs."

"I understand."

"By the way, why didn't you bring Elizabeth over? I want to see what a vampire looks like, especially one that can turn into a bat," Li Weiliam was also curious.

"After we set sail, I will bring her to you so you can see. A vampire turning into a bat is indeed quite magical."

After not chatting for very long, and taking the Earl's advice to downplay the matter, he went straight back to the Sunset. Elizabeth Black Knight was in his room, playing with the personal items seized from Tuobert.

There were five items in total.

A dagger shimmering with silver light. Elizabeth was familiar with it, "Sir, this dagger is called 'Silver Oath,' one of the magic equipment inherited by the Black Knight family. It enhances the power of blood magic and is the top equipment for a vampire's nighttime assassination."

A set of clothing, including a cape with black surface and red lining, and a tuxedo similar to the one Flack Abaie wore. This suit was similar to Elizabeth's tight leather top and pants, simply a piece of standard magic equipment that could transform, offering only a slight defensive property.

An item that looked like a book.

Elizabeth equally knew of it, "This book is called 'Reincarnation Ritual.,' It has but one purpose. Activated by blood magic power, it can boil a person's blood and gradually transform it into the cold blood of a vampire. It is part of a set with the Blood Extractor Needle you seized... I was transformed from magician to vampire using this Reincarnation Ritual."

She caressed the cover, lost in a brief reverie.

Then she snapped back to reality and took up the fourth item, "I have not seen this mirror before, but I feel it must be a protective item, probably able to resist sunlight and the light system magic that restrains blood magic."

At last.

She picked up the fifth item.

This item was a red mask, "I often use this mask, it's called the 'Blood Mask.'" Every time I briefly take back my heart and start training under Tuobert's supervision, I wear it. It can calm the heated components in vampire blood and keep the blood cool at all times."

Vampire blood is cold.

Daylight or light system magic makes it warm and boil, thereby consuming and disrupting Blood Magic Power, significantly reducing their strength.

After knowing the functions of each item, Liszt took them away one by one from in front of Elizabeth, completely ignoring her resentful gaze.

"I heard Tuobert call you Mary, is that your original name?"

"After I became a vampire, Tuobert gave me the name Elizabeth Black Knight, it's been twenty years... Mary Truth was my name when I was a magician, and later, it became a code name for me within the Black Knight family... Bloody Mary."

"Hmm," Liszt narrowed his eyes.

The Smoke Mission just happened to float in front of his eyes, "Mission completed, reward: Bloody Mary – Elizabeth Black Knight."

Before Liszt could contemplate the dominance of the alias Bloody Mary.

Elizabeth quickly said, "We mixed-blood vampires like me all have a code name; purebloods don't like to call us by our names. Oh, I forgot to mention, the other four vampires brought by Tuobert are called Crimson Peggy, Blood Hamill, Night Demon Wimbledon, and One-Eyed Uso."

They all sounded quite domineering.

Among them, One-Eyed Uso made Liszt's brow raise—his coachman's name was One-Eyed Barton.

Because of this digression, the smoke had already dissipated, and Liszt hadn't had the chance to see the new mission content. But he wasn't in a hurry; instead, he asked, "Do vampires live by drinking blood?"

"Sir, vampires do not drink blood. Purebloods like to call themselves blood clan. Authors of knight novels always portray us as bloodsucking monsters. In fact, we are just magicians who study Blood Magic, only our bodies underwent some unusual changes."

"So you also eat food?"

"Of course, we eat, sir. Whatever common people eat, we eat the same."

Since Tuobert had died and his heart was in the hands of Liszt, Elizabeth answered his inquiries extensively and exhaustively, displaying the behavior of a loyal subordinate.

Liszt gradually understood more about these vampire casters who were neither human nor ghost. Aside from having a more secretive heritage, preferring to stay hidden by day and come out by night, transforming into bats to cause mischief, and having an unsavory reputation, they didn't have too many unique characteristics. They were scattered across the continent but were quite rare in numbers.

One reason was that their birth rate was very low, and it was exceedingly difficult for the original purebloods to procreate. The second reason was that transforming mixed-bloods consumed a vast amount of resources, and those with poor talent had no chance to be promoted to external mixed-bloods.

A vampire family with fifty members was considered a large family.

As they talked, they came to the cause of the current incident. Stay connected with My Virtual Library Empire

Bloody Mary explained, "Originally, Tuobert did not plan to transform you, sir. Even the Black Knight family would be unwilling to waste resources to transform mixed-bloods. Later, when he found out that you, sir, were the youngest Sky Knight of the Sapphire, Tuobert changed his mind and wanted to transform you."

Liszt showed no particular reaction.

However, he understood in his heart that this must have been the backlash from the Power of Destiny due to the failure of the previous mission, drawing Tuobert's malice toward him.

But this malice seemed more like a boon, bestowing upon him five vampire servants.