"Jacob was nearly killed again."
"Again!"
"I thought this nightmare would finally end."
"But he seemingly returned from the dead once more."
"He is different now. He is stronger. Much stronger."
"Something has happened to him. He possesses strange powers that I cannot understand."
"This is no longer the Jacob de Vile I once heard stories about."
"What has happened to him?"
Michael's hands trembled.
"No way!" he blurted out in shock. "So this is the Vampire King's backstory!"
He couldn't believe that Jacob de Vile had such an origin.
Luca nodded with a solemn look in his eyes.
"Jacob was the fiercest General of King Louis d'Aubigny," he said.
Seeing Michael's frown, he explained. "The city you guys call the Adventurers' City. In the past, it used to be called Valcourrone. It was the capital of the Valouis Kingdom."
The frown on Michael's face deepened.
"Wait… how do you even know all this?" he couldn't help but ask.
