Henrik could not see anything in front of him but he was pretty sure what was up ahead. He stayed cautious as he did not know what that thing was currently making all the loud noises.
He felt that the beast was experiencing what he had gone through earlier. There was pungent smell of blood. The air seemed to have gone from cold to warm. It was a surprise as the cold had tried to constantly invade his body.
Fortunately, his body could adapt to most environments. The temperature was not a problem to Henrik. Originators were a race that had once traveled outside their world and conquered many realms in the past. Their history and heritage have been lost due to time and unknown causes.
He slowly made his way over to where the beast was. It seemed to have quiet down. He checked for several minutes after confirming that the beast was not a danger anymore.
He was before the beast. The stillness and quietness had ensured him that it was okay for him to try and use his bloodline ability.
His hands came forwards, in his face were hesitance that anytime it could go awry.
His palms came in contact with beasts body. He felt blood all over. He was not disgusted by it. He activated his bloodline ability and tried to absorb the essence of the blood inside the beast.
Runic characters flashed all over the skin on his body as they glowed with dazzling light. The abyss that was so dark was suddenly enlightened by golden light.
He saw what the beast looked like and he was shocked as it look like some kind of devil that was bred from a cow and a demon.
Accurately speaking, it looked similar to a Minotaur but its back was covered in many spikes and had a lions mane in its neck.
It was a weird combination or simply an abomination. It was different from what Henrik saw above the world where he would fight monsters or other races.
It did not make sense on where this beast originated from. The Abyss really does have a lot of secrets Henrik mused.
The Bloodline ability: Assimilate began its magic and the blood inside was being concentrated right in front of his palms. The blood turned into a ball and it was full of energy.
Henrik was without his pendant and the only way to assimilate the essence inside the blood was to drink the blood directly without the help of the pendant.
An hour later, the ball of blood finished sucking dry the beast. Henrik began his preparations. Drinking blood directly was a olden way of assimilating the essence from the blood. It was barbaric for him.
He then activated the second phase where the blood shrunk into a small ball that be could easily swallowed. He took the ball of blood and placed it in his mouth.
This was a first for him. Energy was raging all throughout his body making him feel intense pain. Veins began to bulge and his eyes became bloodshot. The veins all over his body seemed as though there were snakes and worms moving from one part to another.
"ARRRRRRGH!" He could not help but scream. The pain was intolerable. He could not take it.
This blood was not normal. Many intense negative feelings welled up inside of him. He was slowly beginning to lose himself. He tried to fight it and slowly he was getting used to the feeling but he was surely affected by the negative emotions that made him want to slaughter.
This was a feeling of madness and insanity.
His body began to improve taking on the physical traits that once made the beast a predator in the abyss that many of the living beings had stricken with fear.
Henrik did not want to know what could possibly do something to this large beast.
The assimilation was soon completing. He would be able to see what surprises would be in store for him.
Later, he closed his eyes and felt his blood. He could see that there were new sources of essence blended with his original essence. This essence was imprinted directly into his blood and soon he would draw power from it.
The Originators were a race that mostly relied on blood on its early days.
The fact that they called themselves the originators made Henrik why though. They could have instead called themselves the Blood Race or Assimilators.
He checked and saw that there were two new abilities that he could see. One was passive and the other an Active abilityl that could be used for offensive purposes.
The passive ability was the one he currently needed the most. It was Night Vision.
He began to clearly see what was in front and around him. He felt happiness as to now that he could finally see what the scenery is in this place.
He looked below and there were still pointy rocks that made his the soles of his feet hurt. His feet were bruised and there was little blood coming out from the wound.
The other ability he received was Body Strengthening. It made his body strengthen to the point of extreme where his energy would all be used up after using it.
He could use this if his life was in danger but at the end of using it would be a state of weakness.
This ability should only be used in life or death battles.
After gaining his new abilities he once again did not where to go. The energy that he followed was from the beast that he earlier found.
It was weird for a beast of the abyss to have energy coming out from its body. It was the explanation that when he drank the blood earlier was full of energy that made him bloated with it.
Similarly, if he tried to eat the flesh his energy could also be restored again.
He decided to go on a random direction hoping something would come up in this dark journey.