Emyrs stood outside the castle walls. The mist cleared around him as he closed his eyes and slapped his hands together as if praying.
"Forge Legendary item: Orichalcum and celestial sliver create Legendary Estoc."
This command cost a blood diamond, bar of orchalcum and two bars of celestial silver to disappear in Emyrs' inventory and repear as a sword in front of Emyrs. It hung suspended in the air waiting to be claimed.
The silver blade had a thin width and was over a meter long. The handle had a red diamond the size of a large grape fit in. This was the first red diamond Emyrs had gotten as a reward when he unlocked mining in the game. The Eye of Dracula.
The sword gave of a dirty golden glow and a worrying bloodlust. It was as though the blade was alive. Emyrs reach out and took the sword.
[You have claimed and become the sole owner of the Sword of Baptiste.]
[Weapon abilities have been unlocked.]
Emyrs smiled and walked of into the night in search or prey, his sword in hand.
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Emyrs had been having quite a bit of fun. He had gone up by two levels since he started hunting and it was easier than he had expected.
The sword had useful abilities like [Thrust], [Pierce] and [Slash] that were perfect for his tall body and long arms.
So far, he had battled all kinds of monsters that looked like demonized animals from earth and others that were just straight up abominations.
"I wonder. If I live long enough, will I be able to see a modern world again? Will I be the only human surrounded by monsters?"
Emyrs was pulled away from his thoughts when a six foot rabbit with blue eyes, white fur and sharp claws hopped toward his direction with a deadly speed, blurring then disappearing then appearing closer before disappearing again.
"Hmmm, one of you again." Emyrs had fought six of these demon rabbits and won. He managed to drink their blood but had gotten no skills from it. "I guess I will try again then."
Emyrs waited patiently, as soon as his opponent targeted him, Emyrs timed his strike. When the beast disappeared, he held his sword tightly then when it reappeared, it barely had time to utter a sound. The grand vampire spun elegantly, while ducking the monster's attack and slicing open its throat. Warm blood poured out, dying part of its fur red.
The light in its eyes dimmed and as it was about to fall on the ground, Emyrs grabbed it by the scuff of its neck and sunk his fangs into it.
[World skill Dance has been learned.]
[World skill Shadow Step has been liberated.]
[World skill Aerial has been liberated.]
[You have leveled up.]
Emyrs released the corpse after seeing the notifications.
"Interesting. Three new skills. I do not know what good [Dance] will do me though but the two taken from the rabbit might be useful, especially [Shadow Step]."
Emyrs nodded to himself. A pair of black, bat like wings sprouted from his back. It was a higher vampire ability in the game called [Wing Manifestation].
"I have hunted this place dry and only went up three levels. If I want to evolve I need to find another King level beast but I need to be prepared. The sun will be up soon but even that won't stop me."
With one grand flap of his wings, he shot off the ground into the starry sky and went further into the cooler, more vegetated areas of the planet.
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Emyrs landed on a tree whose bark felt harder than Iron. The wings folded into his back with ease.
"This place is dangerous." Emyrs could sense it. His [Night Vision] was almost useless because of the amount of vegetation growing in the jungle, obstructing his vision. Then a hissing sound came. Emyrs immediately leapt into the air as a brown serpent with a horned head struck the spot where he had been only a second ago. Its fangs actually digging into the hardened bark.
Emyrs did not wasted a second. As he came down, he aimed his sword and pierced the demon anaconda's head then sunk his fangs into it.
[You have levelled up.]
[World skill Stealth has been liberated.]
[World skill Camouflage has been liberated.]
[World skill Dermal Armour has been liberated.]
[World skill Dermal Armour has been absorbed by the Unique skill Titan's body.]
Emyrs was stunned after seeing all these notifications and new skills. Hunting creatures whose skills would compliment his own actually bettered his chances of getting new skills. He began to smile again. "I guess I'll be hunting snakes until dawn."
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[You have levelled up.]
[You have levelled up.]
[You have levelled up.]
....
[World skill Venom Secretion has been liberated.]
[World skill Infrared Perception has been liberated.]
[World skill Multiple Heads has been liberated.]
[World skill Multiple Heads has been modified and erased.]
[Unique skills Clone and Parallel Thought have been created.]
[World skill Hypnosis has been liberated.]
[World skill Hypnosis and Game skill Mesmer have combined to form Unique skill Mind Control.]
Watching the notifications pour in, he felt a great sense of satisfaction. He began to feel a little bit tired as the sun rose. "I am a vampire! I do not get sleepy!" Emyrs spoke in surprise as he yawned.
[UI: Due to intense and continuous hunting as well as levelling, your stamina and vitality have greatly decreased. Sleep to regain your full power. Sleep will be necessary in a few days. Precisely seventy-eight hours until your body will shut down, forcing you into sleep. With no evolution, you will have to rest.]
"A few days. So I still have time. Do I have enough power to fight another King ranked beast?"
[UI: Affirmative though a low level King won't trigger another evolution.]
"That will be fine. I just want to increase my level and skills at least."
Emyrs began to walk into the darker parts of the jungle as the the sky began to get brighter.
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"Spiders! Ugh, why did it have to be spiders!" Emyrs complained as he was defending against the hundreds of weak spiders that were coming for him.
When he got the chance he'd drain a few of their fallen comrades. He was using the [Clone] skill and realised he had a seven clone limit and they all had a third of his power but against the spiders, it was more than enough.
[World skill Adhesive Thread has been liberated.]
[World skill Venomous Web Bullets has been liberated.]
The last notification caught his attention and alarm bells went off in his head. His wings shoot out of his back and covered him from a long range assault of spraying web bullets. His wings acted as a shield but his clones fell to the bullets and returned to him as experience and unfortunately, increased his fatigue.
"Enough of this!" He roared and flew up. He thrust his left hand forward and he called on his mana. "[Edo]!" He shouted. Blue flames rushed out of his hand in massive waves and scorched the earth.
[You have levelled up.]
[You have levelled up.]
[You have levelled up.]
[You have levelled up.]
....
[Conditions for an evolution have been met. However, three separate killing intents have become focused on you.]
As the notification came in, three roars could be heard and Emyrs' senses told him that three, very big monsters were coming his direction.