"Mortal enemies," Max responded sullenly.
Ira slowly picked up the conversation. "Because Black Teeth is backed by those vampires from the Dark Land—the ones that should be burned to ash by the sun. To be precise, it's those old, winged bats who are the mortal enemies of the Stone Race."
Through her unhurried telling, Yano learned a great deal about the history of the Dark Land.
The vampire archdukes were once the undisputed rulers of the Dark Land, their shadow even looming over the surrounding Kingdoms.
They ran amok, abducting commoners to serve as blood thralls and weaving a vast, dark web through insidious and perilous blood bonds.
Through their cryptic methods of propagation and terrifying rate of expansion, the vampire race ushered in its golden age a century ago.
