"Ughhh… my head." I grabbed my cranium trying to stop the pounding in my skull.
…
"Ahh!" I have fingers, and...and hair, toes, a...body. Oh god, this is weird, oh god where is Raven?!
Note: Contracted beast Raven is currently undergoing bloodline change in her sanctuary. Time remaining 7199:59:58|
Notice: You have been connected to the 10th Heavenly Tribulation|
Notice: Connecting to orbital satellites 1-20.|
Notice: Downloading information of planet A03|
Notice: Download Complete.|
Came a dull voice that most certainly wasn't Alex. Oh...yeah, I guess system rules now apply to me as well, damn. I'm going to miss our chats together. Ok, I have 300 days to get to level 60 to be above Raven so there is no backlash from our contract. Better get started. "Alex, can I see my stats as well as my quests?"
Status
Name, Seras Victoria|
Race, Ancestral Vampire: Bloodline Locked|
Contracted with Sacred Beast Raven|
Nanite Infused|
Classification, Sage|
Cultivation ?|
Martial Art ?|
Level 1 Exp 0/100|
HP 160 MP 200|
Attributes|
Str 5|
Agi 8|
Con 6|
Int 10|
Chr 9|
Luck 8|
Will 100|
Skill Points 0|
Inventory
2/100|
Beginners Package, Raven's Sanctuary|
Shop
Locked, reach level 10
Skills
Inspect 1/10|
Blood Sense 1/10|
Constant Regeneration|
Transformation 1/5|
Vampiric Eyes 1/10|
Natural Grace 3/10|
Talents
Immunity to holy element|
Because you are an Ancestral Vampire you take no damage from the sun.|
Skill Steal: If you fully integrate a being's bloodline you can take one of their skills.|
Affinity's
Blood: 10%|
Darkness: 10%|
Titles
Shadow Walker: Info, ability to traverse the shadows and enter the shadow realm.
"Seriously Alex! You named me Seras Victoria and made me a Vampire?! Really, out of the millions of races you could have gone with, you chose vampire." Of course, I knew who Seras Victoria was. When it was just me and Alex observing Raven, he would talk about his life on earth and what he did. One of his favorite pastimes was watching anime, he always talked about anime this, and anime that.
Talent Gained: Immunity to holy element|
Note: Hahahahahahahahahaha. Mosis and I thought it was funny, but because you are in a world where they worship the church Mosis decided to give you some help.|
I'm glad he is using the trick we came up with to talk to Raven, all we had to do was add a Note to something she had gained or inspected. Well, I may as well accept this new body and learn how to use it.
Quest Available: Learn to walk, run, and climb.|
Reward: +20 Xp|
Y/N|
Just as expected the basic quest for all new bodied hosts popped up. "Yes, before I start though can you pull up a 3D simulation of what I look like please?" The first window disappeared when I confirmed the quest while another one popped up showing a beautiful young lady wearing black tactical clothes with spiky blonde hair, ruby-red eyes, and an enormous bust. Jesus Christ, how am I supposed to fight with these things bouncing around all the time. "Alex, you're a sick twisted bastard, you know that right?" No answer. "Fine, can I have my beginners package please?" Inside my mind, a big package disappeared into light particles and five new items entered my inventory.
Congratulations, Unique martial art gained: Krav Maga.|
Unique martial art Krav Maga has mutated into Blood King Krav Maga because of users' race.|
Congratulations, Rank S Cultivation Manual Gained: Blood Refinement: Absorb the blood of your enemies and gain their strength solidifying your blood pearl. Blood Pearl: A pearl inside your dantin that is not unlike spirit qi that humans gather, you, however, gather blood qi of the beings you drink from.|
Congratulations, Blood ring has been gained: The blood ring allows you to store excess blood for you to feed on. Info: to use a blood ring just put it on the beast you would like to drain and it will drink as you drink. Caution, the fangs of the ring are as lethal as yours.|
Congratulations, Holy Grimoire gained: The Holy Grimoire contains holy spells, light spells, and healing spells.|
Congratulations, Skill Inspect gained: Inspect allows you to see the name, race, and traits of anything you see.|
Everything on the list made me happy, well, almost everything on the list. "Seriously Alex, a Holy Grimoire, I'm a fucking vampire and you gave me something that could kill me!"
Reminder: Talent immunity to the Holy element|
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Never mind, thank you." Well, my contracted beast is a freak of nature, I guess I can be one as well. A vampire that uses holy magic, why not. May as well start practicing these manuals. Seeing as there were no animals around me I completed my first quest and then started to practice my martial art, I wanted to get to at least the Teacher level before I left this forest.
For an entire week, all I did was practice my martial arts. There was so much more to it than I thought. When I had taken it out of my inventory it turned into a stream of light that beamed into my brain. It showed me how to take down my opponent in the most efficient way possible, not only on humans but also on beasts. There were also various ways of using different weapons that I could integrate into the fighting style. I just wish I had a sparring partner to practice with.
Notice: it is possible to create a shadow clone to practice with.|
...How could I be such an idiot? I've been alive for generations and seen things that most people wouldn't dream of and I forgot that I could create things with my magic. I blame it on me never being an actual being before. Slowly I concentrated on my shadow, imagining it to form its consciousness and become a living extension of myself. Most practitioners who study the darkness element only figure out that they can do this once they master the shadows. I however have a little cheat since I was part of the Heavenly Library for millennia and read whenever I could. My shadow slowly detached itself from my body and rose from the ground.
Unique Skill Shadow Clone gained: Because the user willed her shadow to gain its consciousness it will be able to do tasks for you without you mentally telling it what to do at all times.|
A sly grin appeared on my face. "Alex, can my shadows drink blood as well?"
Your shadows have the same powers you do. However, they are weakened in direct sunlight.|
"Excellent." Looking at the shadow before me I realized that I would need to name it, after all, there is power in a name. After thinking for a while a name popped into my head. "You will be called Cinder Black, you will be my sparring partner from now on." As soon as I named my shadow something extraordinary happened. My shadow, no, Cinder's originally black eyes turned into cinder, it looked as though her eyes had become embers to a roaring fire. I had to inspect her.
Name: Cinder Black|
Race: Ember Shadow Clone|
Level 1|
HP 240 MP 400|
Life Bound Contract with Seras Victoria|
Attributes|
Str 5|
Agi 8|
Con 6|
Int 10|
Chr 9|
Luck 8|
Will 100|
My jaw almost fell off. "Hello Seras, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Thank you for creating me and giving me a name." "I...you're...how?!" Before she could answer Alex interrupted me.
Congratulations on creating a new race. Ember Shadow clone is a living part of you that has gained sentience and therefore gained an identity.|
Because you are already part of the Heavenly Library the new race has been uploaded and cataloged.|
+10 levels|
+10,000 XP|
Shop has been unlocked|
My god, Raven is rubbing off on me. I created a new race without realizing it. Ok, well I may as well get used to it. If Raven is rubbing off on me there is no telling what I might do next. "It's a pleasure to meet you Cinder, would you mind being my sparring partner." "Not at all, after all, you are my master. I will do as you command." I didn't really like being called her master, but looking at her face I knew I wouldn't be able to change her mind. I allocated my points and then looked at Cinder. "Well then, let's get started." For the next two weeks, we sparred. My mastery of martial arts reached new levels once I had someone who was always at my level and knew what moves I would use. She and I were always pushing each other to our limits.
Congratulations, Martial Art Blood King Krav Maga has reached the Teacher stage. You are now within your rights to take in 10 students and pass down your teachings.|
Before I could ask what it meant to take in students a loud rumble came from my stomach. I blushed hard while Cinder just laughed at me. "Shut up, I haven't eaten in almost 2 weeks, I'm allowed to be hungry." "Well go hunt then, I'm going to rest." She said as she slipped towards me becoming my shadow once again. Closing my eyes I reached out with my senses looking for any blood signatures near me. It was odd instead of seeing colors all I saw were black outlines of my surroundings. Anything with blood would show up as a red outline of their circulatory system, I could see the blood flowing through their veins. It made my mouth water, however, all that was around me were a few mice, and birds. Just as I was about to give up, a huge signature popped up. It looked like a giant snake although I couldn't be sure as all I saw was its heart beating and blood flowing. My eyes shot open and I sprinted towards my prey breaking the earth as I leaped off the ground. When I reached my prey I saw that it wasn't alone. Five humans were fighting it, they were losing. I wasn't surprised, not after inspecting the beast.
Forest King Python|
Classification King|
Level 50|
HP 40,987/80,000|
???|
???|
???|
Raven is rubbing off on me because even though it is 40 levels above me I was still preparing to attack it. The only good thing the humans had done was lower its health for me. I decided to wait until it was almost dead before going in for the kill.
5 hours later
There was only one left, a female elf mage who was on her last leg, so was the Forest King. I guess it's my time to shine. Leaping out of the shadows I attacked the python using my blood magic to form spears from all the blood that had spilled during the battle. The python wasn't expecting another attacker and was still focused on the elf mage. I shot the spears at its eyes just as it noticed me, killing it instantly.
Forest King Python Killed|
+20 Levels|
+2,000 Gold|
+20 golden python scales|
+1 Skin of the Forest King|
+40,000 Exp|
Sweet, it really did count as me killing it by myself and not stealing it from the party of adventurers. Speaking of which, I glanced over at the mage only to see that she had fainted. Even better now I don't have to show my Vampiric nature. I was getting a bit excited, this would be my first time eating something. Walking up to the snake I sank my fangs into its hide, piercing it easily. On instinct I started to suck the blood out, it was delicious. I've never eaten anything before but I cannot think of anything that could be better than this. I stayed like that for an hour sucking the snake dry until there was almost nothing left I put my blood right onto its skin and it sucked the rest of the blood up into its storage.
Damn, I can eat, this beast is almost a hundred meters long and I drank almost all of it. The thing is I could still eat more, I didn't have to, but I wasn't full. I glanced over at the elf who was still unconscious. Shaking my head I walked over to her and sat down, as much as I would love to drink her blood. I needed someone to take me out of this forest. I sat down next to her and opened up my cultivation manual, this would be my first-time cultivation as well. Closing my eyes I reached into my dantin. There was nothing but a huge cave with a lake of blood in the middle. I focused on the lake, the manual stated that I force the lake to form a pearl. Slowly the red liquid rose and started to form into a small dot the size of a grain of rice. It started to rotate and slowly more streams of blood rushed out of the lake condensing more and more until the lake was empty all that was left was a shiny red pearly.
Congratulations Blood Pearl Formed|
Blood Qi gained|
Your Blood has gained the Traits of the Forest King: All beasts of lower level will cower before you.|
You will gain extra stats by drinking the blood of others.|
You have gained +20 Agi +30 Str|
I slowly exited my dantin. That took a lot more effort than I thought it would. Glancing at the sun it seemed like 5 hours had passed since I started cultivating. I looked at the elf next to me, I better heal her so she can take me to a city. Opening my inventory I grabbed my Grimoire and looked through the healing spells I could use. Transfer Health seemed to be the most suitable, it converted my HP into mana and then healed her. Since I had constant regeneration it wouldn't be detrimental to my health. Placing my hand on her wounds I chanted the words and she started glowing a deep shade of red. That's probably not normal for holy magic but I just chalked it up to a vampire using holy magic. Seconds later her eyes flew open and she sat up, a panicked look on her face. "Shh, it's alright, you're safe." She immediately jumped back a few paces and pointed her staff at me. "Who are you, where am I?" I just pointed at the giant snake. It's much easier for people to remember things than having people explain them to you.
"My name is Seras Victoria, and I came upon your fight just as you were about to die. I couldn't let that happen so I jumped in saving you from the beast and then healed you." I couldn't very well say that I watched as her team died until it was easy pickings for me. "Oh, um thank you." Then she burst into tears as she saw her teammates on the ground, dead. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to save them, you were the only one still alive when I arrived." She just nodded, not saying a word. While she was looking the other way I mentally asked Cinder to come out and dig some holes so we could bury them. Five minutes later Eva and I, as I learned her name was, were standing over four graves. "Thank you for saving me, if there is anything I can do just tell me and I will do it." She seemed to have gotten over their deaths pretty quickly, however, I didn't say anything. "I don't need anything, let's just get you back home ok." "Ok let me just harvest the Forest King before we leave." A couple of hours later we were walking towards Sapphire City.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Info on skills, talents, and others: Cultivation: Blood Refinement, absorb the blood of your enemies, and gain their strength solidifying your blood pearl. Blood Sense: Ability to sense the blood of those around you. Constant Regeneration: Constant Regeneration draws energy from the laws of the universe to provide a consistent and repeated level of regeneration. This Ability can fully restore lost limbs, heal destructive wounds, and restore damaged organs at a moderate pace. Transformation: This allows her to transform into any creature she drinks from, however, she can only pick 5 and will have to live with them for the rest of her days. Vampiric Eyes: A passive Ability unique to members of the Vampiric Race. Vampires have the ability to see through illusions and to see when there is little or no light. Natural Grace: An ability allowing them to move naturally with their physical form, no matter the injuries or obstructions one suffers. This Ability also boosts the reaction speed and natural agility of a being.
Let me know if you want me to keep adding descriptions of talents, skills, and other things.