...Their reconnaissance group four days ago fell into an ambush set by lizards, from which only seven soldiers were able to escape. Of the twenty fighters, only four vampires, two dark elves, and Darg himself were saved - a half-breed who could not be attributed to any species. Darga's mother was a purebred vampire, but her father was a necromancer. In general, according to the laws of vampires, everyone born as a vampire automatically fell into their clan, since vampire blood turned out to be stronger than any other, which turned any half-breed into a vampire, albeit with slightly less outstanding abilities than purebreds. However, with necromangers such an approach was impossible. The necromangers who ruled the dark empire fought for the purity of their blood with all available means, and even the powerful vampire clans did not dare to contradict them in this...