{Haha! You are a fast learner. Now hurry up, merge with me. Merge!}
'This is the demon's doing. He is deliberately leading me to the core, heightening my senses.'
Zaiden could see the flames were soaring high, he was unable to see past the flames.
The demon had successfully provoked his emotions, leading Zaiden to the broken mental sphere. It proved to be an opportunity for the demon to trick Zaiden into merging, that way he could take over his soul in order to have a physical body.
'This is a trap. He is definitely provoking my rage, I can't let him win and merge.'
Zaiden grasped his senses and calmed himself, he couldn't let the demon merge with him. That would permit the demon to steal his body and take over.
Zaiden inhaled deeply and tried to sense the blood flow in his veins. His blood core stirred and another blow of fireball emerged in his mind. Zaiden imminently calmed his heartbeat which forced the fireball to condense and it vanished.
'Yes, I have to control this heat before he merges with me.'
Zaiden was still feeling the heat in his body, which was the visible sign of his loss. He experienced a dark smoke within his mind, the demon was already spreading its claws. A bright red light appeared in his mental sphere and Zaiden heard the crashing sound.
The crack in his mind became bigger, a demonic face appeared in his subconscious vision.
The demon had crimson eyes with long fangs, his face seemed straight out of some Chinese novels crafting. He had long black hair contrasting with his icey complexion. The demon seemed to be in his mid thirties, he smiled creepily at Zaiden.
{Don't hold back, kid. I know you desire power, I have the treasure of knowledge. Just imagine what we can't do together. All you have to do is merge with me.}
He tried to convince Zaiden with the obvious temptation. The boy lacked knowledge in many aspects, Zaiden wanted to stand atop of the vampiric bloodline. But the demon' doings were questionable and suspicious in many ways. Zaiden couldn't simply trust him considering the powers he held.
[Error: Broken mental sphere 15%]
[Affecting the blood core tendency.]
The system notified him and the mess was consistently increasing. The demon was deliberately destroying his sphere, acknowledging it would affect his blood core. Zaiden could only proceed with his instincts, without any knowledge upon celestial and demons he had no other option.
Zaiden didn't hear him and directed his flow towards his blood core. On the other hand of the flames Anna became injured, in her haphazard attempt to avoid the flames her shoulder was burnt. The demon began to incite the evil in Zaiden by constantly reminding him of the heights he could achieve.
Curtis on the outside of the flaming walls was shouting to keep inquiring about Zaiden. The flames were soaring which scared Anna, and she fell on her butt. Zaiden's mental sphere didn't heal unlike Ellen' physical injuries.
He was soon successful in taming his emotions and controlled his anger. Zaiden became calm when his senses heightened upon smelling blood.
The demon's shrieks increased as Zaiden's mental sphere shrinked, and the cunning entity became trapped in the bubble.
{Okay, okay! You are suffocating me….I'm...I'm warning you, kid. It will be only your loss.}
Zaiden could only trap him inside his body, there was no way yet to detach him. The demonstration of Zaiden's self control was enough to submit the demon. The flames went down and vanished into thin air leaving a faint smoke behind.
"Hey, you! How did you do that?"
Anna shouted at him, stunned. She was still in disbelief upon witnessing the immense energy surge from Zaiden. Anna had been practicing the blood core manipulation, she was told to teach Zaiden how to awaken his core.
Zaiden plunged towards her using his super strength and reached for Anna's forearm. He twisted her both arms and tucked them on her back, Zaiden's thirst for her blood increase. He stuck his tongue out and with growing fangs he bit on her neck.
"Hey, don't you dare feed-"
Anna's words got stuck in her mouth upon feeling an excruciating pain within her body. Zaiden experienced a soothing yet exciting sensation in his 'dying' body. Her blood tasted bittersweet which caused vigorous energy in him.
Anna couldn't break free from his embrace and Zaiden released her silhouette soon. He licked the blood from his lips leaving Anna infuriated upon the non- consensual blood drinking.
[Additional perk: 1 blood pet attained]
Zaiden released her body and Anna slumped on the ground while panting. He had just turned a class B vampire into his blood servant, now Anna was supposed to protect and serve him as blood pet.
{Haha! I don't need to merge with you, huh. You already are evil.}
Zaiden had no clue how did the transformation occur. But upon seeing a mark on Anna's nape caused a curiosity in him. The girl pushed him with an angry expression, and turned around to run back to the dorm.
"Hey, stop!"
He shouted reflexively which made Anna halt right on the spot. Zaiden was amazed at the ability which increased his excitement. He found a backup to strengthen his feet on the land of vampires. Anna couldn't move from her place and she had no explanation for the incident. But Zaiden let her go upon hearing the announcement from the academy to assemble in the front lawn.