"Move faster."
Master Michal nonchalantly shouted and the three of them entered the valley. The transformation spell made the journey easier for them. Curtis was still entangled in the error presented by the system. Whereas Zaiden seemed to overlook the last slot in his over-excitement.
Zaiden experienced pressure in his body, he could suddenly feel the flow of his blood. The demonic energy surging in the air made both the kids feel nauseous. Mr Michal smiled seeing the transformation spell fading.
Both of them slumped on the grassy ground on their four limbs. Their smokey lower abdomen returned to normal, Ellen reached for her injured arm while wincing. On the other hand Zaiden proved to be a resilient one. But the pressure of blood enhancement atmosphere made him vulnerable.
Mr Michal gave them proper time required for the process, Zaiden ended up puking blood while being able to withstand on four limbs. The old man noticed the blood turning a patch of blackness and vanishing. Their groaning soon faded and both of them gasped for air, the process reached to its completion.
{I have to admit I'm impressed by your determination to suffer pain.}
Curtis inquired about Zaiden's wellbeing since being a celestial creature he was immune to the affects. Zaiden figured out why only the exceptional recruits were brought to that place. Ellen rolled her sleeve to see her scars had healed already due to the manipulative atmosphere.
"This valley is the ancient treasure of the vampires, a place blessed by the progenitor himself. The transformation you just experienced is one of the gift by the energy present here."
The old man explained that the mystical power in that place tend to heal the soldiers. It manipulated the blood by directing it to a vampire's heart, whom it deem worthy of the ancient place. Zaiden noticed that his body had gained some muscles, while Ellen could feel all her hidden old wounds healed.
[Minor Task 1: Find the Blood Clover with three petals.]
The reminder popped up again, while Curtis dismissed it. All of them were led inside the building which appeared to be a castle. Zaiden silently followed Mr Michal towards the orientation hall, Ellen cast a serious gaze at Zaiden. The hall was noisy with the recruits of more than thousand in the number.
'Something is wrong with me.'
Zaiden could feel his senses had suddenly heightened, he was able to use his smell to figure out what the redheaded boy ate in the breakfast. He put his hand on the chest only to observe his heartbeat became fast and irregular.
'Is this because of the atmosphere here?'
He concluded on the basis of assumption, while Ellen sat in the row opposite to him. A tall burly man with a long white beard walked in the hall, his loud but clear voice greeted them all.
{I hope this old man has something interesting to say. I'm bored with your previous lectures.}
Zaiden focused on the speech the headmaster gave, beginning from the aim of the hemomancy school. The selected students in the hall were above 20% attunement, which Zaiden understood from the encouraging speech. Attunement was based on the awakening of the core accordingly the physical changes.
In turn the awakening would lead to the execution of blood manipulation. Zaiden and the other pals were shown their rooms. Coincidently Ellen was his roommate, after collecting their gems they headed towards the allotted dorm.
{Oh, it seems you are going to learn the blood sorcery now. This will help you break the seal over your core, which is limiting your powers.}
Zaiden sat on the bed with the crimson gem in front of him. Whereas Ellen put a cut on her finger and spilled it on the gem, it glowed and transformed into a visible red air. She lifted her ponytail and placed it at her nape, the information about the blood magic travelled to her brain.
Zaiden followed her lead but his gem turned into a black smoke, instead of placing it over his nape he shoved it inside his chest. Zaiden didn't want to lose the only source of useful information, thus he preferred to keep it close to his blood core. A lot of runes and images filled his mind while his eyes glowed red.
Curtis went on his search to find anything about the blood clover. Apparently he hadn't find anything upon his transformation. The menu on the system was empty regarding his levelling up. The demon became interested on what technique Zaiden would want to proceed with.
Nonetheless hemomancy had a lot to offer him, and considering his O negative blood group Zaiden was a living lethal weapon. His chaotic element combined with the blood manipulation was inherited by progenitor. Blood sorcery could offer him multiple manipulation arts and spells.
The summoning of celestial beasts were the forbidden spells. Whereas the usage of elements of nature was directly linked to their blood groups. It left blood sorcery being an advanced study limited to only the exceptional vampires, who were supposed to venture across realms as soldiers.