The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

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"Tuobert is very cautious; he never casually reveals his whereabouts, but tonight, my task is to extract your blood. As long as I contact him, he will definitely appear,"

"Aside from fearing the light, pureblood vampires have almost no other weaknesses. His bat form is a high-order state, unlike me, where only one bat is the real body; every single one of his bats is his real body. If you, Viscount, cannot eliminate these bats swiftly, he will be able to escape."

"However, I am indeed prepared. If I kill him and absorb his heart and blood, I can ascend to being a pureblood... This is a Bloodlight Web, a piece of magic equipment woven for me by a Grand Magician. It can trap a bat in its form. As long as Viscount's hands are fast enough, Tuobert will definitely not be able to escape,"
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Elizabeth said.

She fumbled at the front of her leather coat for a moment, then pulled out a folded red fine net and handed it to Liszt.

Speaking of hand speed, Liszt's was certainly not slow, but he was curious, "You keep things hidden on you? Why can't I tell?"

Elizabeth slowly caressed the front of her chest and smiled lightly, "Please, Viscount, do not doubt my generosity."

The corners of his mouth twitched, and Liszt ignored the vampire woman's flirtation, "When you turn into a bat, where do your clothes and these things go?"

"The strength of Blood Magic is such that it can use Blood Magic Power to transform specially made items, although only a small number of items can be accommodated. This Bloodlight Web took me a long time to forge with Blood Magic before it became a personal item that I carry with me," she explained.

"Interesting. What other items do you have?"

"I'm just a mixed-blood vampire; I don't have that many personal items. I only have one Bloodlight Web, secretly forged to deal with other vampires, and the Blood Extractor Needle was given to me for use by Tuobert," Elizabeth said with a plaintive tone.

Liszt did not press further and simply said, "If that's the case, you go out first; I will change my clothes and then join you in killing Tuobert... The sooner we go, the sooner we return; I also need to take a bath after, feeling uncomfortable all over."

He ushered Elizabeth out the door.

Firstly, he did indeed need to change clothes, and secondly, he wanted to see if she would attempt to flee. Trust was out of the question. Until it was certain that blood could constrain her, what was really at play was a test of acting skills.

Elizabeth turned into a bat, hanging outside the door.

The Eye of Magic could see her dim Magic Radiance, and Elizabeth did not flee until Liszt had changed into his Mithril Armor.

He looked at the thick blood on the table and, struck by an idea, quietly stored it within the Gemstone Space—the Gemstone Space cannot contain living things, as it would extinguish the soul, but it poses no problem in preserving physical matter. This ball of blood clearly had no soul, so there should be no issue with storing it.

As for what to do if there was a problem... he hadn't thought that through; it was just a spontaneous idea.

But the result was good; Elizabeth had no issues. When she saw him come out, she let out a light shriek to indicate it was time for Liszt to depart with her.

Liszt did not react but instead had a Retainer Knight bring him paper and pen to quickly write a letter, "Hand this to Captain Marcus, have him deliver it to my father."

After sending off the Retainer Knight and fetching the Landwalker Bird Loki, he signaled to Elizabeth that they could depart.

Elizabeth paused, confused about Liszt's letter writing, but did not question it and instead flew into the night on flapping wings. Liszt mounted Loki and followed the bat into the twilight. After flying for about half an hour, the bat landed.

Transforming back into the female vampire, she took a breath, "Without the blood imbued with Blood Magic, my magic power is nearly depleted; I hope that you, Viscount, can protect me during the battle to come."

"No problem," he replied.

"By the way, was that letter for your father, the Sea Wave Sword Saint?"

Liszt looked at Elizabeth and calmly said, "Just tell my father that if I get ambushed and if I'm not back by the second half of the night, he should immediately inform the First Prince about the vampires lurking on Iron Hoof Island. I believe the First Prince will have a keen interest in your kind."

Elizabeth opened her mouth to speak and sighed, "Viscount, you really are cautious."

"Behind you are Dragon Knights linked to dragon-slaying incidents, one can never be too careful. Alright, enough talk, hurry up and lure out Tuobert. I need to kill him and then go take a bath."

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This was another forest.

The moon hung high in the sky, its hazy moonlight making the woods seem sinister, with shadows merging into the darkness and the rustling of the leaves in the wind adding an extra layer of terror.

Liszt, hidden to the side, had the Eye of Magic constantly active, keenly observing his surroundings.

He did not trust Elizabeth. After she chose the rendezvous point, he forcibly changed it to another forest. Since the meeting was to be held in secrecy anyway, he had to choose a location where an ambush would be impossible so he could rest at ease.

At that moment,

Elizabeth cast some unknown Blood Magic.

Then she just stood there, quietly waiting.

Twenty minutes later,

Liszt saw a streak of red light appear on the horizon, and as it became clearer, he realized it was a string of blood-red bats. The bats quickly flew in front of Elizabeth, circled around, and then merged into a tall man wearing a cloak with a black front and red lining.

"Mary, you called me in such a hurry, is the mission accomplished?" The male vampire, clearly Tuobert the Black Knight, spoke with a very hoarse voice.

"I'm sorry, Lord Tuobert, the mission failed, and I was severely injured by Liszt. I barely managed to escape," replied Elizabeth weakly.

This was the routine they had agreed upon: to use the failure of the mission to create surprise and shift Tuobert's attention, giving Liszt an opportunity to launch a surprise attack.

However, at this moment, Liszt did not emerge, because he heard Tuobert address Elizabeth as Mary—unsure whether Elizabeth or Mary was her real name. It seemed that this female vampire had been deceiving him all along, or perhaps Mary was the Bloody Mary mentioned as a reward in the Smoke Mission.

The next instant,

Tuobert had already slapped Elizabeth across the face, sending her sprawling to the ground: "Useless thing, you can't even handle such a trivial matter!"

"Ah!" Elizabeth screamed.

This was clearly a signal to Liszt to take action, and while he hesitated for a moment, he ultimately decided to kill Tuobert first.

It didn't matter what conspiracies or tricks there were; in the face of his own unfathomable strength as a Half-Step Dragon Knight, they were nothing but laughable jokes—No one knew how strong he really was; any plot against him would be designed for the ordinary Liszt, not Dragon Knight Liszt.

Boom!

Bursting forth from the bushes, Liszt rushed toward Tuobert. His Sky-Cleaving Greatsword, laden with an abundance of Dragon Dou Qi, executed the Scorching Sun Sting.

The Dragon Dou Qi transformed into flames, piercing through the unsuspecting Tuobert in an instant—under the close-range assault of a Dragon Knight, even the fast reflexes of a vampire were slow.

"Ah!"

The scream shattered the night's stillness.