Ellen chose another way of powering up, she searched for a master of her element. Whereas Zaiden and Anna began to spend more time together. After their talk from that day Zaiden visited her in the library more often.
Anna was eager to mold her potential enemy, although Zaiden wasn't flexible and dumb not to see through her. Blood arts or hemomancy wasn't common for any class, no doubt class C vampires were not permitted to seize opportunities.
Whereas the vampires from class A and B didn't reach up to 90% attunement to be able to unlock the potential. After reaching 50% level the pace slowed down and eventually no one was eligible to practice it.
The perks and spells were limited for vampires below 80%, but the soldiers were strong enough to conquer different races. They began to venture across the realms, slaughtering and capturing other creatures.
The neighboring realms were once weaker but after the evolution in the past centuries, they were up to the par with vampires. And since the nobles had vanished the vampires were bound to rely on the elemental powers and basic spells.
Mastering hemomancy was something the vampires failed to achieve in the past eons. Both Anna and Zaiden wanted to hit the target of 90% attunement to be able to get the strongest among all the bloodlines.
Anna required Zaiden' manipulative skills and observant nature, while Zaiden was in need of her knowledge. That's why they both agreed to join hands acknowledging each other's lacking.
{Don't you think you are trusting her blindly? She might have some malicious intentions. Remember you have the rarest element among all.}
"I'm aware of that. How many times will you repeat the same thing, uh? I know what I am doing and no one will know about my powers. I won't let these monstrous creatures drain any drop of my blood to attain powers!"
Zaiden Rivers was determined to maintain his human self during the process of achieving his goal.
He had already deciphered that he could only reach 80% attunement, after that he needed to find a way to master hemomancy techniques. Because the vampires were greedy for powers, Zaiden and Ellen were brought to the place intentionally.
They both were fit to serve in the army of vampires and the higher ups didn't want to give them any choice to ponder. But Zaiden had been considering finding a way to sneak out after yesterday's conversation. Anna disclosed to him the sneaky dirty politics which made Zaiden to look out for somewhere safe.
The real reason why the faculty brought both of them there was to send the recruits on missions. The vampire realm consisted of basic elements but the land was barren, they could only trade the stones to control the Qi surges.
But the surrounding worlds were rich in other elements and gemstones. Zaiden wanted to venture through other worlds but the pending mission was the first step to ascend.
Zaiden walked at the back of the building where Anna was already waiting for him. She was already skilled in the blood core manipulation, and wanted to practice with Zaiden. He sat down on the grassy ground, while Curtis floated to sit on the branch of a nearby tree.
"Now before we start to stir the blood core, let's begin to direct the flow."
Anna closed her eyes with crossed legs and put both her arms on the edge of knees. Zaiden heard her carefully and followed her lead.
"Feel your blood flow within the veins and try to seek the elemental energy in the blood."
Zaiden inhaled deeply and followed her command, he could feel pressure developing over his shoulders. His breath grew heavier when he started to 'see' the blood flowing. It was the moment when Zaiden realized the crack in his mind, the picture playing in his subconscious brain had a small crack.
[Name: Zaiden River
Class: Noble bloodline
Actual blood group: O negative | Chaos element
Powers: Body transformation, slowing time, fire elemental beast, super speed
Additional perks: Demonic entity, ghost partner butler
Attainted blood group switch: AB positive | Fire element
Power level: 25%
Physical state: Null
Mental state: Unknown
Error: Torn mental sphere]
The notification popped up when Zaiden reached the awakening of his blood core. His subconsciousness directed him towards his heart. Zaiden began to feel the heat of the fire element since he had chosen fire to proceed with.
{That's it! You are reaching there. Come to me, haha!}
His hearing improved and the heartbeat become audible in his ears. Zaiden saw the flame flickering which burst into a wild untamed dragon. He opened his eyes haphazardly to catch a breath, only to realize that huge flames had surrounded his body.
"What in the world!?"
Zaiden panicked but soon realized that his body wasn't burning, the fire had surrounded him in a circle. And the flames were huge which shielded his vision of Anna, who was stunned at the unnatural surge of energy.