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Although the disturbance in the room was brief, it still alarmed the guard's retainers outside, who quickly came to inquire.

"My lord!"

"Nothing of concern. Continue back to your post," Liszt didn't intend to alert others, preferring to ascertain the vampire's identity before making further plans.

After the retainer withdrew.

He looked at the bat, which had stopped struggling, and gently released his hand.

The bat, upon hitting the ground, suddenly burst into a blood-red glow and transformed back into a woman wearing tight leather clothing. She didn't run again, and although her pale face appeared calm, disbelief and panic were evident in her eyes. However, she quickly regains a normal expression and masks her emotions with a smile.

"Indeed, the youthful Sky Knight of the highest strength in the Duchy of Sapphire," she said, her Serpent Script clumsy and riddled with grammatical and sequencing errors, revealing she was obviously not from the Duchy of Sapphire... vampire.

"My strength is indeed formidable, but let's talk about you, what is your identity?" Liszt smiled faintly, maintaining the demeanor of a gentleman despite the assassination attempt, "I've always believed in the existence of vampires, but this is the first time I've seen one with my own eyes."

"I'm just passing by. Would the Viscount believe that?"

"Of course not, every move you made from before you entered the door until after you were inside fell within my view. So why not be straightforward, reveal your identity and intention in detail, and then I'll decide whether to kill you or let you go."

"But really, I was passing by, smelled delicious blood, came here to find the Viscount..."

Before she could finish.

Liszt reached forward and grasped the female vampire's neck again, his expression calm but the strength in his hand increasing: "I am usually a very patient person, but I'm feeling uncomfortable for not having bathed tonight, so my patience is wearing thin. If you don't talk, my lost patience will lead me to simply crush you to death."

"Ah... ah... ah..." The female vampire tried to speak but couldn't because her neck was being squeezed.

Liszt seemed to have no intention of letting go, continuing, "I'm actually very interested in your background, but sometimes I can't control myself and have a penchant for killing indiscriminately. If you want to run, feel free, if you escape this room, you win."

Only after completing his speech did he release his grip.

"Cough, cough..." The female vampire coughed violently for a moment, her ample chest trembling continuously, certainly captivating, "Viscount, you're so heartless, women don't take kindly to the heartless."

Liszt said indifferently, "Continue spewing nonsense, testing my patience."

The female vampire, feeling helpless, underwent an internal struggle, her expression torn and hesitant, and she didn't speak again. Liszt didn't rush her, just watched her, but his thoughts shifted elsewhere—he summoned the Smoke Mission to see if there was any prompt from it.

Strangely though.

The Smoke Mission hadn't changed at all, indicating the mission was still incomplete.

"Hmm? Have I not defeated the Bats in the Dark Night?" Liszt looked at the female vampire behind the smoke, furrowing his brow slightly. He was slightly confused about the meaning of the Smoke Mission—did he need to kill this female vampire to consider the mission complete?

Such a frown, and the murderous intent showing in her eyes.
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The struggling female vampire made her decision in an instant, "Viscount, my name is Elizabeth Black Knight, from the Black Knight family of vampires, from the Eagle Kingdom..."

"You can speak Wind Language, I understand it."

"Um, my name is Elizabeth Black Knight, I am a mixed-blood vampire of the Black Knight family, and as for the Black Knight family, we serve Prince Alonso Xenkelai as vampire retainers." Elizabeth Black Knight began speaking in Wind Language and no longer stuttered, clearly expressing her thoughts.

"Alonso Xenkelai?" Liszt had heard the name. It was written on the title page of the Marquis of Bull's book about dragons: "To the respected Prince Alonso Xenkelai".

So he asked, "Who is Alonso?"

"He's a Marquis of the Eagle Kingdom, with Xiankelai as his surname, but he's also one of the Eagle Kingdom's Dragon Knights. My knowledge of him is limited, I haven't even met him, haha, I'm just a mixed-blood vampire, and within the Black Knight family, my status is very low."

"Talk about the Black Knight family, and about vampires, as well as your intentions for being here."

"Certainly, I can tell the Viscount, but I have one condition."

"Sorry, I don't like to negotiate terms with prisoners."

"Wait, Viscount, hear me out… I am a mixed-blood vampire, my heart is controlled by a pureblood vampire. The heart is a vampire's greatest vulnerability; without my heart, it makes no difference whether I am alive or dead… If you help me retrieve my heart, I will submit to you completely!"

While speaking, Elizabeth gently stuck out her tongue and licked around her red lips, "Then you can do whatever you wish, and I will obey your commands."

The female vampire under the light was full of temptation.

Although Liszt's soul was no longer that of a young man in the prime of life, his body still was, and he unconsciously felt a warm reaction, thankfully he immediately circulated his Dragon Dou Qi, pressing down this hint of warmth.

His face gave nothing away, "A vampire that only dares to skulk in the darkness, I have little interest in such allegiance, but I am quite interested in pureblood and mixed-blood vampires. Explain the difference, to me it seems like there might be more than one vampire around here?"

"Pureblood vampires are those whose blood has been highly refined and has completely integrated with Blood Magic, which is a special branch of dark magic that can be passed down from generation to generation within a family, though we have very low fertility. Mixed-blood vampires are those whose blood has not yet integrated with Blood Magic; we are all vampires who have been transformed from humans."

"So, earlier when you had that syringe, were you trying to turn me into a vampire?"

"It was the command of Tuobert Black Knight. He wanted to turn you, Viscount, into a mixed-blood vampire, to exist as his subordinate." Elizabeth continued seductively, "You, Viscount, are very strong. Just kill him, and I will swear allegiance to you, and share all secrets with you!"

"Why should I believe you? In fact, I have sufficient means to make you submit and beg for mercy, to voluntarily tell me your secrets. Now I give you a choice. One, refuse to cooperate, and be killed by me; or two, cooperate willingly, and if you perform well, I might help you kill this Tuobert Black Knight."

He could see that when Elizabeth spoke about Tuobert, a flash of hatred flickered through her eyes.

Of course, he could not dismiss the possibility that she was purposely putting on an act.

After a moment of thought.

Elizabeth decisively chose the second option, "Tuobert is acting on the orders of Prince Alonso to seek out the Grand Magicians of the Goat Assembly. After the dragon-slaying incident, several Grand Magicians of the Goat Assembly went missing, and only they know what exactly happened to the Sapphire Duke and that Sapphire Dragon."