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Chapter 10 - schemes and opportunity

Draig stirred in his sleep.

----- dream

A man in full armor concealing his features was standing before an army slicing and obliterating anyone within reach. His laughter piercing through the sounds of battle as he hacked his way through the forces surrounding him.

"Come now gods is this all you can muster, I demand a challenge." He roared causing several divine figures in the distance to bristle with anger.

"Do you fear me?" He called out as the blood around him began to bend to his will and form into blades and weapons that furthered the carnage as entrails flew along with limbs and other parts of his victims.

He swung his sword heavily bisecting two more people before he set his gaze upon others causing them to seemingly burn from the inside.

"I can smell it the fear of the gods for this monster they bore." He roared with glee as one of the blood weapons shot at those divine figures so far away.

The God in question shirked away from the attack causing those fighting to pause at the act.

"Ha ha, look at that. Your almighty dare not even take a glancing blow, they are--" the scene seemed to freeze except for that one warrior.

Draig who had been watching ignored by the participants suddenly felt an overwhelming pressure that tried to force him to his knees.

"Boy... How are you here interrupting my fun .. the line is dead save for that little cripple." Demanded the man as he focused glowing baleful eyes on him.

Draig was confused and lost by the line of questioning.

The man seeing this growled as he approached.

"You will answer me boy!" Came the rough voice though he was rather intrigued a child was able to stand under his pressure even if it was only a drop of it.

"I don't know what you're talking about you damn scrap heap." Barked out Draig trying to maintain himself despite the perilous situation.

The man now standing before Draig growled despite the intrigue in his eyes before delivering a deadly slap that knocked the young vampire from his feet and made him spit blood.

The man's eyes seemed to glow as he took in the scent before a hidden grin crossed his wicked face beneath the helmet.

"An heir lives." Stated the man as he grabbed Draig up and inspected him.

"Pathetic... Weak.... But I can fix this. Consider this a gift boy from your founder." Stated the man as he grabbed Draig by the throat and reached his hand into the vampire's head in a sickening display.

Draig felt his brain surge and burn as information he never knew became his.

Eyes wide and squirming while his body convulsed he saw many things from times long past while he felt a burning in his blood causing specks of white to tinge his hair turning it peppery in color.

"Now leave me boy until we should meet again, grow stronger so I won't be sickened by your filth." Stated the founder banishing the vampire from his dream.

-----

Shooting up wide awake Draig clutched his throat looking around warily before clutching his head as the knowledge assimilated.

However unknown to him far away in a mansion holding the classifier and old decrepit looking man was alerted by the machine.

----- Tullani Manor

"Oh my.... Now this is unexpected. How intriguing." Chuckled an old man as he deleted the message.

-------Draig's

Sweating as his menu forcefully appeared before him Draig couldn't even pay attention except for the addition of a section called traits. Where 13 symbols stood however only four were unlocked.

However his necromancy had leveled up along with the loss of his blood armory and vampire kata. The latter replaced by the conquerors kata. His stats also saw a major spike as he continued to endure the effects of the founders 'gift'.

------- Crimson Castle

Thirteen individuals sat gathered as a blood red jewel began to gleam on a throne.

"What is the meaning of this!" Growled a large man with crimson eyes and fangs as he glared at the throne.

"It seems that bloodline has resurfaced somehow..." Stated an elegant looking woman.

"Impossible we wiped them out just after the dark age. It's not possible for one to appear after all this time." Shouted an aged looking man a book held firmly in his grasp.

"Did we though?" Chuckled another woman.

"The cripple? You can't be serious." Spoke another.

"Perhaps he found a stable vessel among our clans." Suggested another.

"Then we should investigate immediately, the last thing we need is another of those arrogant wretches." Spat another.

These assembled individuals soon moved on to other matters though it was clear that they were all thinking about this occurrence.

----- district ten

Draig was finally recovering sweat pouring from his pores as he shakily stood.

His eyes brimming with a new gleam of knowledge and cunning.

Walking to his water storage he seemed to step with a collected grace that only those of the elite carried.

Taking a sip it seemed his delinquent bearing had dissipated.

"Was I really so disgraceful... No matter, I should begin making preparations to further myself. A bit of kind malice..." Chuckled Draig at the end as he dressed himself and went to the door, he would be taking a quest worthy of his stature.

'Then I can truly begin to "help" these people' smiled Draig as plans began to form in his mind.