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As for the things he had shouted earlier, they were not lies. Alfred truly wanted to kill every last one of them, but he had never said he meant to do it now, had he? Vampires were famously known for the saying, "A gentleman takes ten years to avenge himself; a petty man seeks vengeance from dawn till dusk." If their enemy was powerful, they became "gentlemen"—displaying extraordinary patience, bearing grudges for a lifetime or even across generations. But if their enemy was weaker than them, then they had better watch out. Unless they beat their enemy to death, they would never let the matter rest.

Alfred truly hated this bunch, but given the current situation, forget killing them all—whether he could escape himself was uncertain. So, on one hand, he said those words as a declaration of revenge, making it clear that he would remember them. On the other hand, he also wanted to deceive his enemies into thinking he was about to fight desperately.

And sure enough, after hearing Alfred's words, Solam and the others really did think he was about to go all out. Every one of them focused to the utmost, preparing for Alfred's strongest counterattack!

Unfortunately, their precautions proved largely useless! Alfred vanished into thin air with a whoosh. At first, everyone thought he had used some invisibility spell, but before anyone could employ a method to reveal the invisible, a paladin suddenly sprayed blood and collapsed. Before the others could investigate what had happened, another paladin far away from the first victim fell in exactly the same manner.

After that, people began to lose their heads one after another without warning, or were disemboweled. Yet some suffered only minor wounds. It was exceedingly strange. In short, without being able to see their enemy, Solam's