Neverending screams and ferocious shouts erupted from all over. Wherever Kim Jin-Woo looked, all he could see were evil expressions, and the red blood that painted his surroundings stung his eyes.

“Gwaaaaaar!”

“Kaaaaargh!”

“S-save me!”

In the sea of curses and unrecognizable roars, the screams of the Vampires were drowned out.

“Master! There aren’t many of us left!”

“Fuck, aren’t the Dukes done yet!?” Kim Jin-Woo cursed under his breath.

It had only been three hours since he followed the confident Taurus into the Ursus’ labyrinth, and yet more than half of his troops had already been sacrificed. Despite that, he had yet to even see any of the traps that the Ursus had prepared. The first skirmish alone had halved his force’s military strength. Even if his troops were an improvised force of Vampires, the loss was still a painful one.

Naturally, Kim Jin-Woo was unhappy with the outcome thus far. He muttered, “Phew, how much more are they planning on dragging this out?”

Surrounded by his bodyguards, the Taurus King was unusually relaxed, in spite of the chaos on the battlefield. The Ursus had launched a concentrated attack, but the Duke’s bodyguards had formed an iron wall to prevent their approach, resulting in the slaughter of only...