Arthur, who had received additional training, deftly drove his sword into the vampire baron's heart. Seconds later, the blood in the body quickly darkened to black and lost its vitality. The body fell to the ground.
"Damn it, he got away."
Arthur was a sixth-tier fighter himself, so he saw clearly that the man had severed his own head to escape.
His knights swung their composite mithril swords, cutting down the vampires.
They cut off their heads, drove their swords into their brain tissue, or destroyed their hearts, forcing their brains to absorb blood purified by mithril.
The fighting on the city walls ended quickly.
After all, these people were weak.
But the scene here was horrifying.
The old knight Cartel beside Arthur asked, "Lord Baron Arthur, as the camp commander, what should we do next?"
"Monsters have appeared here. It's infuriating!"
Arthur glanced at his old subordinate, once one of his conscripted knights and now a squad leader under his command.
"Send someone back to report to Viscount Seward, the regiment commander. Tell him vampires have appeared here. To make sure the townspeople are safe, I'll lead men into the town to search at once."
"As knights, we must uphold the Eight Virtues."
"Yes!" Cartel first gave the knight's salute, placing a hand over his chest, then raised his hand in salute and hurried back to the camp.
Arthur looked at the monsters, then turned to the knights. "Knights, now we have once again become knights of the old era!"
"With the swords in our hands, we will cut down all evil!"
"With the sturdy shields in our hands, we will defend humanity!"
Society had a profound effect on people. After a period of restructuring and reform,
the knights recited the ancient oath together.
In the late First Epoch,