News about Max ascending to kinghood spread fast and wide across the vampire society.
Unlike the lord's, the general population only thought that it made sense that the strongest vampire was made king. However, they were unaware of the intricate undercurrents that arose from Max's succession.
Max had become king not through popular consensus but through a show of strength as he had forced the other lord's to submit to his reign by beating them black and blue and not by winning their loyalty.
Although he was the new vampire king on the surface, in practice he was yet to consolidate power as his ascension did not restore the faith of the common people in the future of vampire society, with the gloomy atmosphere created by Regus's death only intensifying as time passed.
