When the dwarf and Kislev coalition forces quickly marched towards the Winter Palace, the atmosphere in the palace's magnificent meeting hall was solemn. This was one of the few places that Snorri did not visit during his stealth investigation.
Sitting on the throne is a woman with charming eyes, but she is frowning now, shaking a goblet filled with bright red liquid in her palm. The ministers whispering below are obviously vampires, but their temperaments are very different.
"My lords, the traitor has come to the Winter Palace. We must make a decision now whether to fight or to leave."
Caitaline's scarlet eyes kept glancing at the self-ringing clock hanging on the wall. In order to avoid revealing that she had been carrying a strange child before. Being forced to make a choice is always difficult, and the vampires with endless life are no exception.
"We can't leave! How many years have we planned to have this piece of property? Without these people, we have to live a sneaky life again! I Halevi is willing to be the pioneer!"
A guy wearing scarlet plate armor waved his fist and roared. It was obvious that he was a fighting sect of the Blood Dragon family. It would be easy for these vampires to leave on their own, but not for the clumsy and slow undead army.
Desecrating the dead makes them stand on the opposite side of the forces of order. Basically, every believer in the god will make it their duty to hunt them. Most of the vampires have tasted the bitter vampires who lurk in human society like rats crossing the street and are afraid to drink some blood.
I don’t want to continue experiencing it either.
In this world, personal power is limited, and a strong man like Agrim, who is the pinnacle of mortals, will have difficulties facing an entire team of elites. Even a demigod in power cannot say that he can fight an entire army on his own.
For these second- and third-generation vampires who are not very powerful, the demand for blood food when acting together is too great, and it is easy to attract the attention of the lord. If they act separately, a priest will bring a team of protective guards or a Holy Grail knight.
It's enough to make them run away.
"Hehe, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. If you want to fight against the demigods, you better do it yourself, I haven't lived enough yet!"
The insidious words rang out from the side. If the speaker didn't look carefully, he would be mistaken for a zombie. Its pale skin was stretched directly on the bones, and its huge bald head was eye-catching.
"Of course you, Trimble, are very perceptive. Who doesn't know that your Nicholas family is the best at summoning? You can pick up a bunch of skeletons in a cemetery. I, Sir Garfield, swear to advance and retreat with His Majesty the Tsar!"
Opposite it, a gentleman with his legs crossed shook his goblet and mocked. In this hall, except for Caitaline and her maids, this guy is the most human-like.
"That's nice to say! Who doesn't know that you, you can still go back to Sylvania to enjoy your happiness?"
"Are you a beast like you worthy of attending a noble banquet?"
"Just kill it! I have never tasted the divine blood of demigods. I don't know how it compares to dragon blood!"
After Queen Neferata of Lymiya teamed up with Black Arkhan to develop the potion of immortality, out of various considerations, she distributed the first-generation potion to ten of the city-states at the time, including the ambassador of Cathay, the so-called ancestor of the Jade Blood Tribe.
Several important figures, these people became the ancestors of vampires.
There are different opinions on the exact number of ancestors, but after Alkadiza conquered Lamiya, they escaped successfully and spread their branches in the old world. There were five of them in total. They managed their descendants in the form of a family.
The Lymian family founded by Neferata is undoubtedly orthodox, and Catatrien is one of them. The Lymian champion Aborash overcame his blood thirst by drinking dragon blood after slaying a dragon.
His family also called themselves Blood Dragon.
The founder of the Nikolaich family, Vosolun, was a powerful necromancer, and he was also a great contributor to the development of immortality potions. The Strig family was founded by the city-state general Usoran. These guys were once brilliant, but now
At the bottom of the contempt chain.
Most of the most well-known vampires in the old world are members of the von Carstein family. Its ancestor was originally named Ankart. He was a less important advisor in the Lamiya era, but six hundred years ago it stole Shirvani through marriage.
From then on, ADB's dominance became famous.
"Report! Master, gentlemen, the rebels are approaching the first line of resistance!"
While they were quarreling, a blood slave rushed in. Vampires other than the ancestors who were transformed through the blood kiss became weaker and weaker with each generation. When they were so weak that they lost the ability to cast spells, they would be expelled from their "ghost status".
"let me see!"
Garfield of the Von Carstein family tapped his goblet on the armrest of his chair to summon a screen of light, a spell that allowed him to share the perspective of his tamed bat.
"He is the King of the South, Snorri Thorson, who is said to be rare among the shortest in martial arts and whose intelligence is three points better than that of the elves?"
"What kind of trick is this? Storm Hammer doesn't seem to be like this, right?"
"The one with the longest beard must be Krag. No, who is that? The madman from Karak Kaderin is also here?"
The vampires knew how powerful Vladimir was, and their attention was focused on the dwarf.
"The Butcher's Castle is not far from here. Even if we hold on to this wave, there will be a steady stream of troops! The corpses of those stone species cannot be lifted up! You can beat them if you like, I will find another place to stay!"
"How dare you! Back then we made a blood oath to advance and retreat together!"
The vampire of the Nikolaich family turned around and wanted to leave, but Halevi's bloody long sword was directly placed on its neck. The Blood Dragon family does not use magic, and it is the most difficult to deal with those who rely entirely on magic.
"Look again, look again! Originally we didn't expect the first one to have any effect." Looking at this lineup, the most carefree Sir Garfield couldn't help but break the handle of the goblet.
The reason why this group of vampires refused to retreat despite such great risks has to do with the ecology of the race. As a side effect of immortality, their upward passage was blocked.
In the old vampire forces, the top ancestors and their descendants can freely enjoy the pure blood of virgins, while the lowest blood slaves even have human blood as a luxury product, and often have to feed themselves with animal blood.
The difference in food is only a small part. After gaining endless life, no ghost is willing to be an immortal slave. Therefore, many aspiring ghosts will choose to leave the family and start their own business. Count Noctilus is a good example.
"It's time to reach the second blocking position!"
The maid whispered, and a large group of ghouls appeared in front of the dwarves in the light curtain, as well as several corpse trucks to provide them with buffs.
"Tsk!"
Under the gaze of all the ghosts, Master Krag took action. He struck the Anvil of Doom, causing the earth to crack and flying away half of the undead. Mrs. Kislev followed and rushed to clear the way forward.
