If Solam were to give an honest assessment, Alfred was stronger than a true-blooded vampire!
First, he had originally been a vampire progenitor. His innate spellcasting abilities, combined with the spells he had learned over countless years, made him stronger than ordinary vampires! As mentioned before, vampires were an extremely laid-back race. They were not particularly driven in their pursuit of power, so every vampire trained their abilities according to their own interests.
Vampires were even naturally weaker than the vampire race when it came to spellcasting.
Second, combat experience. From the moment a vampire was born, they fought to survive. Vampires, meanwhile, were not keen on combat because of their laid-back nature. Take Philip, for example. He had lived far, far longer than Alfred! But he had never needed to worry about survival. After all, he was immortal. So compared to fighting, he was more skilled in other areas, such as painting, chasing women, and running away...
But Alfred was different. Any vampire who had survived as long as he had must have made it through countless battles. To them, combat was the guarantee of survival. So in terms of combat strength, Alfred was indeed stronger than ordinary vampires.
Third, he had no shame.
Alfred was a coward—a complete coward. He understood deeply that staying alive came first! That flaw had remained unchanged even after he became an ancient divine vampire. This sort of fellow might be looked down upon, but without a doubt, he was also the hardest kind of opponent to deal with.
To say nothing of anything else, when it came to reading the situation, preserving his life, fleeing, being sneaky, and playing dirty, even ten Philips put together would not be a match for Alfred! Defeating an old monster like him was not a problem,