A year and a half had passed since the dragon-slaying incident. During that time, the Sapphire Grand Duchy had launched one Pioneer Order and was preparing to launch a second. Everything seemed unaffected.
But unexpectedly, Liszt was drawn into the aftermath of the dragon-slaying incident once again.
An active dragon knight of the Eagle Kingdom, Marquis Alonso Cyclamen, had sent his vampire servant to Iron Hoof Island to search for the missing archmage of the Goat Gathering and inquire into the true truth of the dragon-slaying incident—apparently, he had been the shadow behind Marquis Bull during that event.
Unfortunately.
Elizabeth Black Knight was merely a mixed-blood vampire. She had been transformed from a human into a vampire by Tubert Black Knight, a pure-blood vampire. By her own account, during the day she was only at the level of an ordinary magician, while sunlight severely interfered with blood magic.
At night, however, blood magic became vastly more powerful, allowing her strength to reach the level of an archmage.
Furthermore, she could transform into a bat, infiltrate many places, and complete missions without a sound.
"Tubert is a core member of the Black Knight Family. His wife is a native pure-blood vampire, while he himself is an outsider pure-blood vampire who was transformed from a human and gradually rose to pure-blood status. At night, his strength is roughly equivalent to that of a peak Sky Knight." Elizabeth explained in detail.
Vampires could be considered a spellcaster profession, or they could be considered an entirely new species.
Most vampires were mixed-bloods—humans transformed through rituals in order to replenish vampire numbers.
The true vampire inner circle was very small, all organized by family and entirely composed of pure-bloods. Most were native pure-blood vampires born between vampires, while a small number were outsider pure-bloods transformed