I didn't have a lot of time for subtly, every minute that passed would bring me closer to failing my mission and that wasn't an option. I reached the door and ripped the knob right out of the door, the door swung into the room and I marched in. The man I was looking for was passed out on his bed.
My blood pooled at my fingertips into bloody claws, I walked over to him and reached for his neck. The man rolled toward me and a sharp glint caught my eye before a sharp pain came from my stomach.
The man's hand had a long blade coming from his wrist, the man started to laugh. I slashed the man across the throat and his laughter became a gurgle, I pulled the blade hand out of my stomach before I dragged the dying up and fed on his blood. I felt my stomach heal as I drained him.
The sweet nectar was magnificent, I could tell that the blood within the man was the object of my hunger as soon as I entered the same room as him. I gulped down a few mouthfuls before Kirene and Nia came in, they extracted the blood quicker than the last two victims.
Once he was drained I picked up the corpse and brought him to the rover, tossed it in with the others and went back up stairs. We met at the top of the stairs before heading towards my next target, when we reached the door I heard voices arguing on the other side.
Kirene got ready by crafting a spear of ice with her ability, Nia was unarmed but pointed to my belt, I looked down to see my knife, I unsheathed the knife and passed it to her. I didn't know what Nia's ability was but that could wait for later.
I faced the door and readied myself for a fight, with my claws extended I kicked in the door, the door smashed open revealing the identical men. I could smell their blood from the doorway, one might think they were triplets when in fact this was my target's ability. He could make full body clones of himself, and this my real target and he would be coming home with us.
I rushed in, all three of my targets reached for guns at their waists, a flash of purple light came from behind my targets. Nia and Kirene appeared from the light and attacked the left and right targets.
Two bodies hit the floor as a gunshot rang out, I charged forward and knocked the gun from my prey's hand. My prey punched me in the chest but it felt like a child's fist to me, I backhanded him and he flew into the wall. He slumped to the floor, a searing pain came from my leg, looking down I saw a hole where I had been shot.
"Tie them up we need to take out some trash and head home for the evening. The gunshot had taken 15 hp from me, turns out I'm not immune to bullets, silver or otherwise, I tied up my prey and hoisted the man over my shoulder. I couldn't tell which one was the original, they all smelled the same, I would have to turn all of them or unmask the original.
Nia and Kirene worked together to drag one body while I carried one on my shoulders and dragged one on the ground. I nearly sprinted down the stairs even with my wounded leg, the gun shot would bring police eventually and I didn't need that kind of attention.
I tossed my prey into the rover, they landed on the corpses one after another. I had Kirene drive us away from the motel until we reached a silent area of the city. she pulled over by a sewer grate, I jumped out and hauled the grate open. I dumped the bodies quickly before getting back into the rover.
We drove to the outskirts of town before we parked outside of an abandoned factory, we hauled our prisoners inside and dropped them onto the ground. I used my trusted wake up techniques to bring them back from the land of dreams so we could have a chat.
All three of them looked around fearfully, tied up and gagged was not the most pleasant thing to wake up to.
"Alright!" I said loudly to get their attention, "You have two options. One I torture you until you tell me whch one of you is the original or you can make yourself known and answer a few questions before I let you go." the one on the left raised his hand.
I ungagged him but I stopped him from speaking, "Before you get any bright Ideas, I have a way to identify the original. I just didn't want to waste it, If you lie, I will hurt you."
The one on the left shut his mouth, the one on the right grunted at me. I took out his gag, "I am Collin Grenwich, if I answer your questions you promise to let me go?" he asked with a shaky voice.
"If you want to leave by the end of my questions, then yes you can leave." I smiled a toothy grin at him. I had Nia and Kirene blindfold the other two before I bit into Collins neck with the thought of him becoming a thrall. I took a mouthful of his blood and enjoyed the thick warm liquid honey before taking another. I pulled back and watched as Collin went from shock to admiration.
I looked him in the eyes, "Are you the original Collin Grenwitch?"
He shook his head, "No sir, it is the one over there on the left. The one you were originally talking to.��
I clicked my tongue, how wasteful to use my venom on a clone. I walked over to the original and bit into his neck and went through the process once more, this time however I got better results. Once I had turned the original all three of them acted the same way towards me, I ordered them into the rover and had Kirene drive us home.
Once we arrived back in the penthouse we stored the blood in the fridge, except for the AB+ blood, I quickly drained the bottles but it wasn't enough. The clones stepped in and donated blood the normal way, I wouldn't be able to safely feed on them.
They each donated a liter of blood, they were very pale but otherwise fine, the original and Nia donated a liter each, I would drink them when the 24 hours was nearly up. I stored the blood in the fridge and marked its sources. Although Collins only counted as one source for all of his clones, the blood that flowed in their veins counted towards my goals.
I drank a mouthful of the motels lobby kills and heard the familiar pings I had blocked out earlier, more exp had been added and I decided to take a look at my system messages.
+2 FSP Consumed AB+ blood x2 = +4 FSP
+5 exp for defeating an opponent x3 = +15 exp
+5 exp bonus for feeding on new sources x2 = +10 exp
Congratulations! You have advance a level +2 free stat points (FSP)
EXP 0/100
+5 exp for feeding on defeated opponents x4 = +20 exp
+20 exp bonus for feeding on new sources x2 = +40 exp
+50 exp for leveling up consecutively within one week: +50 exp
Congratulations! You have advance a level +2 free stat points (FSP)
EXP 10/200
+100 exp for leveling within 5 days of your last advancement.
EXP 110/200
I whistled after I read the messages. That was an enormous amount of exp, and a great deal of stat points I had raked in for a single night of hunting. I assigned my stats happily adding four into strength and agility bringing them to 20 each while my vitality increased by two from drinking two sources outside of O and AB blood types.
I went to the couch and sat next to Nia who had fallen asleep as soon as she rested her head on the cushion. Kirene on the other hand was ketting up an apartment on the 14th floor for Collin as he wouldn't be able to fit three people in the last guest room.
I flipped open my stats page to take a look at all the changes.
Name: Ezra Serpentis
Level: 0.3
Race: Bloodling
Thralls: 3/8
HP: 100/100
Agility: 20
Stamina: 15
Strength: 20
Vitality: 20
Charm: 20
Exp: 110/200
FSP: 0
STATUS: Quickening: you gain an additional stat point when feeding on your own blood type. Your hunger has grown.
[Weekly Missions]
Level up once more within 3 days. Reward: +150 exp
[Daily Missions]
Drink 10 liters of AB+ blood every 24 hours. Reward: 10 exp. Bonus 10 exp if Terran blood or sentient life form. Bonus 20 exp if it is from a new source. Failure to complete: -10 to all stats
Defeat an enemy. Reward: 10 exp.
Feed on a defeated enemy: Reward 5 exp.
{Bloodline Mission} Evolve from a bloodling. Reward: +3 to all stats.
{Bloodline Mission} Summon a Familiar. Reward: A familiar that does your bidding. Warning! Recommended to wait until after evolution.
{Bloodline Mission} Consume AB+ blood to finish the quickening. Reward: +5 to all stats (Quickening ends in 7 days)
[Abilities]
{Passive}-Minor Regeneration: heals minor wounds, accelerated healing during/after consuming blood.
{Active)-Minor Blood Manipulation: By using your own or your victims' blood to create weapons and armor.
-Neophyte of the Abyss- Refining. Adapting genetic ability to Serpentis bloodline; Time till completion: 1 month.
Looking over the changes I was glad to see Collin only made up one thrall, otherwise it would have truly been a waste. Scrolling downward was my neglected stamina stat, which I would try and make up for while I was under the quickenings influence.
My weekly mission must have updated twice as I only had 3 days left to get my bonus. I had one week till the quickening ended that meant I needed 70 liters of AB+ blood. I could make it. The only thing else that had changed was my Abyss ability which had its time drop again, only one more month till I could access it which was nearly as exciting as the quickening.