Not every noble who submitted to Louis turned into a vampire.
The current ruler of the South Grand Duchy was a woman.
The South Grand Duke's lands, along with the entire southern part of the Empire, were the areas worst hit by the plague. The South Grand Duchy had also faced Goblin attacks for some time.
Its National Strength had declined.
Then the vampires launched a sudden attack.
The South Grand Duke had no choice but to surrender.
Now, with the Northern offensive growing ever fiercer and Leticia's arrival,
she had secretly dealt with countless vampire scouts.
Because of the plague, these people had become Puritans. In a sense, the southerners
could be considered members of the Church. In other words, a large proportion of them could wield holy light.
A messenger from the North arrived.
The South Grand Duchess Luo Li quickly assembled her troops and called on the nobles within the southern Grand Duchy to rebel.
Louis had been given a little kick in the rear.
However, although the South Grand Duke's army had many soldiers who could wield holy light, making it look like the Church's army,
they were all weak when it came to holy light.
She also had no Heat Weapons. The weapons factory Yuffie had established had originally been intended for the Empire,
so it wasn't within the South Grand Duke's territory.
Louis and Leon looked down on the South Grand Duchess, who had no Heat Weapons.
They only sent some troops over to build new-style fortresses for defense.
Even so, Louis was especially furious and helpless.
He wasn't short of money, but aside from money, he was short of just about everything.
He had no usable allies, no particularly elite troops, and no fine weapons.
Mikhail, the one person he could rely on,