Ithania and Azriel glanced at the people in front of them with scowls on their faces. Especially Ithania, she looked completely annoyed.
"Ugghh… I miscalculated…" She groaned in annoyance.
If it was any other time, Azriel would have snickered and wouldn't miss this opportunity to tease her, however, this time, he didn't say anything.
"Those fucking Beastmen… how can they be so reckless?"
Ithania complained even more.
"You can't predict that, Ithania. Don't be too hard on yourself."
Azriel comforted Ithania and patted her back.
A surprising action indeed.
Then, Azriel's eyes turned cold.
"But those Beastmen and Humans are going to pay."
Ithania's eyes turned cold and she nodded as well.
"They will pay for sure."
Saying that, the two of them glanced at 100 vampires in front of them.
Just like every other human Town, Town Crimson had around 400 vampire slaves in it as well, and when the Beastmen attacked, the humans pushed the Vampire Slaves forward as the meat shield to defend against the Beastmen.
The Beastmen didn't care about it either,
They were just Slaves, just kill them and move forward.
Those were their thoughts.
Actually, this action wasn't out of Ithania's expectation, she knew that the attacker or the defender would hardly care about slaves.
What she didn't expect was that the Beastmen would directly attack Crimson Town.
That was too reckless.
She only thought they would attack one random village to send their message, she never expected them to go all out like this.
The Beastmen destroyed 8 Human Villages and 1 Human Town in one attack!
That was fucking ridiculous!
According to Ithania's plan, they would attack 1 village, then humans would attack back and the fight would commence slowly, but surely.
In the meantime, they would start similar skirmishes between the Dwarves and the Elves.
The two races already hate each other, so that wouldn't be too difficult.
The next step would be them saving all the Slave Vampires, in times of war, no one would care about the Slaves, they will only be used as cannon fodders.
Of course, even the vampire slaves, who are nothing but cowards now wouldn't accept that.
Then, Azriel and her would start saving the vampires and spread rumours about it, the other slave vampires can learn about it and take the risk of running away.
Even if the slave vampires do not run away because of how scared they were, the two of them would come and get them, of course, these vampires would be the last batch that they would save.
They will always prioritize those who were willing to take the risk.
Those were the vampires who could actually do something for them.
Those who didn't even dare to run away even after knowing that they will die soon would be nothing but extra weights that she and Azriel probably would need.
Well, back to the plan, this way she and Azriel would get more vampires and would be able to grow their army.
And at the same time, they would essentially weaken other races to some extent.
A simple and perfect plan.
Of course, Ithania didn't think everything will go according to her plans and she expected something to go awry, but this?
What the hell?
Why are the Beastmen so reckless?
"Umm… so what do we now? The way Beastmen and Humans are reacting, the fight would escalate a lot more quickly than we expected.
Are we going to change our plan?" Azriel questioned.
Hearing his words, Ithania came out of her thoughts as well.
"Yes, we will change our plans," Ithania muttered and then, she closed her eyes.
Azriel didn't disturb her either.
He knew she was thinking and he knew that he wasn't good in that department.
He just walked forward and glanced at the 100 out of 400 vampires they were able to save, the other vampires noticed him as well and glanced at him with different expressions on their faces.
Some were scared, some were thankful, and some were confused, then, one of the vampires suddenly stood up and questioned.
"U-Umm… sir… may I know who you are?" His voice was fearful and weak, it was as if he was afraid of offending the man in front of him.
And why wouldn't he be afraid of him?
This man annihilated 10 Beastmen who were running after them within 5 seconds.
He was strong!
Very strong.
"I am Azriel Ruinous, a True Vampire." Azriel introduced.
"A True Vampire?" the vampires frowned.
"S-Sir… I-If I may ask, w-what is a True Vampire?"
"You do not have to know that right now. Just know that you do not have to be slaves anymore."
"W-What…?" The vampires couldn't believe what they were hearing.
"Yes, don't worry, I will take you all to a safe place, there you do not have to work as a slave."
Of course, he didn't say that they would have to work as soldiers, that is even more torturous than working as slaves.
Well, at the very least they will get good food.
The vampires who heard it couldn't believe their eyes.
However, not every vampire was dumb, one vampire frowned and stepped forward.
"Why are you doing this? Why would you help us without getting anything in return?" She questioned.
Azriel glanced at the girl, that should be no older than 12, in front of him, another woman, which Azriel presumed was the girl's mother was trying to pull her back, afraid that she would offend him. However, the girl didn't back down and continued to look at Azriel.
A smile appeared on Azriel's face and he answered,
"Well, it's not free. You would have to do something in return for everything I am doing for you."
Hearing him, the girl frowned,
Ithania, who had finally reorganized her thoughts couldn't help but shake her head when she saw how Azriel was dealing with them.
She then walked forward and interrupted.
"Don't make it sound like we are doing something wrong."
Then, she turned toward the girl and muttered,
"A safe place to live and good, nutritious blood, every single day. That is was you will get if you follow us."
The girl, however, didn't look very impressed, rather, she was even more doubtful right now.
"However, you won't be receiving any of these things for free. You will be working for it."
"What kind of work?" The girl questioned.
"You will become soldiers,"
Ithania answered with a smile on her face.
The girl and the other vampires narrowed their eyes and started looking around. Soldiers? Them?
Can't you see their frail weak bodies? In what way do they look like soldiers?
As if she knew what they were thinking, Ithania shook her head,
"Of course, you can't work like as soldiers with how you are right now, you would have to change, you would have to get stronger.
The stronger you get, the better soldier you will become and more benefits you will receive."
"How will we get stronger?" the girl questioned.
"You don't have to worry about that, we have a way, I promise you, if you are willing to work hard, you will get strong, even stronger than those Beastmen and Humans."
The vampires' eyes widened in shock, Ithania noticed an unusual glint in the girl's eyes, she could see that the girl wanted to talk more, however, she didn't have the time for that right now.
"Alright, you all stay here, we all will leave this place soon."
Then, her eyes turned cold and she muttered,
"Remember, do not cause us any trouble, we have saved your life, and we can take it as well."
The vampires flinched when they heard her words, then they nodded readily and stayed silent.
Ithania then turned towards Azriel and muttered,
"I was thinking about calling Aunt Amaya and the others here, they can help us manage all these vampires, this way, we can start sending them to the Mansion."
"Even with my speed, I would need 10-12 hours to reach Moonlight Town, Amara and the others would probably need 15-16 days to reach here, are you sure you want to wait for that long?"
"I was thinking of using the Flying Carpet."
"Huh? You know that only 2 people can travel on the carpet at the same time, right? You do not want me to use the flying carpet and again and again to bring all those 40 women here one by one, right?"
"Well, that is what I was thinking of…" Ithania muttered.
Azriel raised his left eyebrow however before he could question, Ithania's ring shined and a bucket full of blood appeared in her hands.
Then, her icy blue eyes shined and the blood inside the bucket rose up.
Then, it changed its shape and turned into a whip.
An unusual glint shined in Azriel's eyes.
He now had a vague idea of what she wanted him to do.
Ithania then described what she was thinking and Azriel's eyes shined uncontrollably.
'Has any vampire ever used his power that way before?'
This was the only question in his mind right now.
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