The conference room of Petrucca’s Government General alone truly lived up to its name as a wealthy port city, as the floor and walls were laden with ivory marble and decorated with various antique, expensive objects. Dozens of nobles, including Count Rudiger, were gathered in the room, and their faces were filled with fear and anxiety.

They were afraid of the ones responsible for gathering each of them here. The figures lined up against the wall of the conference room were vampire high lords with great statuses in the Roman Empire. However, what was even scarier than the high lords was the knight in the bloodstained armor and the four men and women standing right behind him. The nobles of Petrucca still couldn’t come to their senses. It was impossible to believe the things they had seen with their own eyes.

Unlike other countries, the Roman Empire didn’t see many territorial disputes within its borders. Although there were occasional disputes between nobles in areas not under the direct control of the empire, such conflicts were quickly subdued by the active intervention of the imperial family and its army. As such, the people of the Roman Empire were unaccustomed to blood and death. Evil land subjugations were left to the knights and mercenaries, so the ordinary citizens—especially...