章 127: Arise

"Gulp…" he swallowed in fear and continued cooperatively. "So… anyway, Cough… we're hired for territory wars between the high rankers. The winners get to loot the losers' tokens."

Neveah's brow furrowed. "Territory wars?"

"Yeah, fights between established contenders – the viscounts and counts to be," the vampire elaborated, his voice regaining a semblance of composure. "They crush each other to secure their seats. There are also alliances of people helping each other to secure nobility slots. Rumor has it, there's even a title above Count, The Marquis, that will be rewarded to the absolute best and exceptional. That makes the competition for tokens fierce. And that's where we come in. We work for them, fight their battles, and they give us scraps of the spoils."

Neveah was now deep in thought over the newly acquired information, which was very interesting.

"Okay, then why were you people surrounding me, ready to attack?"