Such a fierce local custom is not because the Transia people love fighting so much.

It’s only because they’ve lived in a tragic life for many years where not fighting means death. When you get used to something, you naturally won’t resist it. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Moreover, this Vampire Lord has only ruled Transylvania for over eight months, but the efforts he and his officials have shown in establishing and maintaining order is something previous lords absolutely wouldn’t bother doing.

Although people’s lives here are far from prosperous, at least after the chaos was quelled, everyone feels that a beautiful peace has arrived. Anyone with a bit of sense wouldn’t want to destroy it.

To give a simple example: Gnoll Bandits and Wolf People who used to wreak havoc in the wild have been cleaned up, which means farmers don’t always have to carry a knife when going out to work. It means small traders dare leave their villages to do some business in neighboring villages. It means parents no longer need to lock their children at home every night. It means raising livestock is no longer a risky business.

Formers lords only cared if the people of Cardman City had enough to eat, but now Sir Murphy buys grain from Wolf Queen Majesty to send it to every village. It might not be enough for everyone to eat their fill, but at least it ensures no one starves to death anymore.

Additionally, the officials dispatched by Baron Milian to each village, although they have various issues and sometimes come off as overbearing, are much better compared to previous officials.

Well, previously at frontier villages of Transylvania, there was only one kind of official: the tax collector with a whip and torture tools.

The present officials in Transylvania are performing well. Rumor has it that something called "attendance" and "promotion mechanism" restrains them. People think it’s an obscure magic, and rumors spread that Sir Murphy is a very powerful mage who can summon ten thousand invisible eyes on every full moon to monitor whether his officials are diligently working in every Transylvania village.

He also has ears granted by Divine Spirit that can hear the smallest complaints of each subject in the wind.

But Master Murphy is a benevolent vampire!

He never punishes his people; his targets are those thieves who steal his money and those bullies who oppress his loyal subjects. Once he catches those rogue officials’ mistakes, they are in trouble.

Moreover, rumors nosily claim that Master Murphy has a secret army called "Sheriffs." They are trained vampire executioners!

If anyone commits a crime, they immediately appear like ghosts. Guided by those who like jumping around, they precisely find the perpetrators, publicly execute them, and send them to the Maginot Line for hard labor.

Most of these rumors are baseless.

Superstitious Transia people cannot understand the efficient office system built by the Calculating Pearl, but that doesn’t stop them from using their eyes to see the changes in this land over eight months. Although the wartime system has been running for more than three months, local people surprisingly haven’t complained much.

Ha-ha, strict wartime system?

What a joke, this is much easier than what they used to have!

This fully proves that as long as the starting point is low enough, doing anything can be considered a great achievement.

This also fully proves another piece of evidence that Master Murphy is an exceedingly rare benevolent vampire. If anyone still doubts Master Murphy being a good person, the locals could provide more vivid examples.

For instance, see, he has ruled here for eight months, yet he only symbolically taxes a little of the harvest as tax payment, and only once. Isn’t this benevolent act enough to prove Master Murphy is a kind-hearted vampire?

Uh, of course, Murphy has something to say about this point.

He and Milian do not want to levy more taxes.

The place is just too poor!

In the tax collection a few months ago, numerous administrative villages of Transylvania gathered less tax than the business tax from Old Huo’s casino and Blood Rat Gang’s black market in two months. Also, with Wolf Queen Majesty’s grain aid, which is almost given away, and the looming threat of Black Disaster, Murphy doesn’t bother squeezing water from a stone, even if he was bored.

Besides, he is genuinely very busy, not having time to oppress the common people, right?

Murphy doesn’t have an administrative system to evaluate whether his rule over Transiana counts as a success, but Milian told him he is a very excellent ruler. So Murphy, having done virtually nothing, regards himself this way. From the rapid gathering speed of this militia summon, Murphy reckons he may actually be a good ruler?

Hmm, this is truly unbelievable!

Thinking carefully, he did virtually nothing. The dirty and tiring work was all done by Milian, the administrative players, and the civil servants. Ah, this is probably the so-called "governance through non-action," right?

He is truly a genius!

But the tens of thousands of summons sent by Milian under Murphy’s orders were not only for militiamen; some people with special status also received summons. More absurdly, some people voluntarily requested to aid at the frontline.