Even though Golem, Stephanie, and their group had left five minutes early, they failed to make a clean getaway.
Their pursuers had used some ability to immediately locate the newly excavated underground safe passage and seal it off.
As a result, they were trapped in the underground tunnel, unable to advance or retreat.
One Blood Race Count and ten Viscounts, plus a number of other members of the Blood Race—it was impossible for the resistance fighters to survive on their own.
Casualties appeared instantly. One member's blood was drained from a distance, leaving behind a desiccated corpse.
"Tell me the whereabouts of Governor Oliver. Otherwise, death will become the one thing you desire most," the leading Blood Race Count said, having made an example of one to terrorize the others.
Their goal was never just to kill these few resistance members, but to find Oliver, the third-generation Blood Race member.
A few little mice were of no consequence.
