—Grr… Graaaaa…

Hundreds of dozens of vampires howled and growled as they trudged around the area. The situation appeared utterly dreadful, as if the entire place was being terrorized by a large-scale zombie magic.

However, these creatures were quite different from the zombies created by conventional zombie magic. Unlike the slow, light-sensitive, and mindless zombies, these peculiar monsters, resulting from the transformation of vampires into zombies, possessed lower intelligence. Moreover, they exclusively targeted other vampires and showed no signs of sluggishness. In fact, they were swifter, had sharper fangs, and were sturdier than ordinary zombies.

The reason behind this disparity lay in the fact that the host of the transformation was not a human, but a vampire. The worst part? The symptoms manifested solely in vampires, leading them to attack their fellow brethren. This revelation sent shockwaves among the vampire community.

Questions arose regarding the origins of these vampire zombies and how they became entangled in this predicament. It wasn't just low-ranking vampires; even intermediate-ranking vampires would mutate and turn if they left the vampire bite untreated for an extended period. Once transformed, infected vampires could not revert to their original form and relentlessly sought out and attacked other vampires in their vicinity....