I get woken up by the strong smell of human blood coming from outside. I go over to the window and start using my button-like sniffer.
'About a mile away… A little to the left… Alright, more blood for me!'
I start walking towards where I smell the blood which seems to be coming from the basement of this run-down little house. I walk up to the door and see if I can hear anything.
*mmph!*
"No no no, you can't make a sound little one! That's gonna make the process go by even slower!"
What the fuck kinda weird roleplay is this dude into? I use blood manipulation to make a little needle that I use to destroy the lock on the door quietly. I slowly open the door, making as little noise as possible. Before walking in, I start supplying mana to my eyes again.
I walk into a kitchen/dining/living room. Immediately an overpowering stench hits my nose. Nearly overpowering the smell of blood. Trash is strewn everywhere and there's food left out all over the place. If I weren't a vampire there's no way I would've been able to smell the blood over this. I walk through the house, avoiding the loose boards to the best of my abilities. I reach the center of the house.
'Hey, show me the status of the strongest creature in this house.'
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[Roger Hannaa]
[Race: Lesser Devilish Human]
[Class: Normal]
[Age: 36]
[Bloodline: Human, Imp]
[Active Title: Serial Killer]
[Power LVL: 137]
[Status Effect: High on Vane.]
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Damn, pretty strong compared to everything else I've seen so far!
I slowly creep my way down to where the blood smell is strongest and freshest. I see that a locked door is blocking it. I do the same thing I did to the first one and see stairs leading to a basement.
'How predictable.'
I walk down the stairs slowly, keeping a few blood needles out just in case.
*DING!*
[Skill obtained: Blood needle.]
'JESUS CHRIST DON'T DO THAT IN THESE SITUATIONS!'
[Noted.]
'NoTeD.'
After that rude jumpscare, I reach the basement and holy fuck am I glad the system is fucking with my brain because I would be throwing up. I see multiple corpses of all ages, genders, and races. All hung up by a hook in their collar.
'Fuck, this guy is messed up!'
I slowly creep through this basement, trying to find the smell of fresh blood. I eventually find a source of light and start sneaking towards it. The smell is coming from over there and it's so strong that I nearly go berserk.
'Blood weapon.'
As I activate the skill, a pair of blood red claws comes flowing from the tips of my fingers. They're quite imposing, growing to be longer than my fingers by a good four inches.
'Lycanthropic strength.'
I feel my blood start pumping incredibly fast, fast enough to where my body temperature starts increasing. Nearly increasing by a quarter from what Eve told me. I look at my arms and see veins bulging out like they're trying to escape with everything they have.
Feeling the power literally coursing through my veins, I start to creep forward closer to the light. I hear a few low groans as I get near.
I peek around the corner and see a young woman with her stomach cut open, as well as a man with patchy gray hair facing away from us, licking a knife with blood. He turns very suddenly towards the woman, scaring me and making me jump back into cover.
'Wait, why am I hiding? I'm nearly triple his strength!'
[Power Level: 370 (274 + 96)]
I stand up and walk out of cover, with my claws outstretched at my sides like a certain claw wielding superhero.
…
But the dude doesn't even see me…
He's totally engrossed in cutting that young woman up. I walk up behind him and say,
"BOO!"
"AHHHH!"
The man turns around and tries to cut me with that little kitchen knife of his. I retaliate by kneeling down and slicing up his calf that's closest to me. After that attack, I jump backwards.
"URRG! What the fuck! How the fuck did you even get in here you, you… You're a damn demon-spawn!"
The man yelps at me.
"Kinda ironic coming from a half-devil like yourself,"
I retort.
"Hehehe! I'll add you to my collection! Then mother will recognize me! Yes!"
Without another word, the man charges me swinging wildly.
While I may have joked calling his weapon a kitchen knife, it would still hurt like shit to get cut by it! I use blood weapon again to create a shield in my left hand and a sword in the right. The man tries to grab onto my shield and cut my hand behind it, but I cleave his left arm off for attempting something so stupid.
"Welp, this fights over. Blood manipulation."
The blood from his dis'arm'ing starts flowing into my pores. From both the arm and the shoulder. The man notices this, and starts freaking out.
"Shit… SHIT NO! MOTHER! SAVE MEEE!"
The man starts crawling towards a statue in the corner of his torture room.
"HAH! HAH! HAAAA-"
As he nears it, he reaches a box hidden in the bottom of the statue. Not being one to like surprises, I very quickly sprint to him and jam my blood sword in his skull.
"Ain't no way I'm letting you grab a power-up as I'm watching you!"
I deactivate my skills and kneel down to grab whatever was in there. Lo and behold, it's a red, bloody looking herb.
"Analyze."
[Devil's Weed: Low class Corruption Herb. It's effects are; doubled power level of lesser to normal beings, lesser regeneration, corruption of lesser beings, and eventually the death of lesser to normal beings.]
'Damn, sounds like tobacco. Anyway, is there anything I could use this for?'
[Not right now. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of alchemy yet. You should try again after meeting an alchemist.]
'Hmm. I'll get Angie to take me to one tomorrow.
"Uhhhhg."
Oh yeah there was a woman here.
I walk towards her and use analyze.
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[Nala Turex]
[Race: Lesser Blessed Human]
[Class: Lesser]
[Age: 22]
[Bloodline: Blessed]
[Active Title: Blessing of Halevia
[Power LVL: 23]
[HP: 5 / 46]
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[Blessings:]
[Halevia's Blessing: Blessing of the Goddess of Nature, Health, Wisdom, and Dryads.]
[Effects: Doubled Health value, natural affinity with nature and dryads, Mana sight.]
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"OOOOOOOO! I got me a good catch here!"
I notice there's a bucket underneath her stomach full of blood. How convenient! I start absorbing the blood while also using bloodline transfer on her in order to save her and her blessing potentially. It'll be great in the long run to have someone with holy abilities when going against the hero, if I do.
"Status."
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[Name: Luna Nova Phantasma]
[Race: Half-Vampire Half-Lycanthrope (Lesser Vaewolf)]
[Class:Great]
[Evolution Status: 1 / 10]
[Age: 10]
[Bloodline: Royal Mix-Blood]
[Active Title: Royal Mix-Blooded Princess, +5]
[Power LVL: 346]
[HP: 346 - 519]
[Blessing gained!]
[Blessing of Halevia (Stolen): Gives the same effects as the regular blessing, only weaker.]
[Effects: 50% extra Health value, natural affinity with nature and Dryads.]
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'I'd like to get the full blessing but that's still pretty OP!'
[You would benefit more with a blessing from a Demon God. For example: Taura the Goddess of War, Axes, and Minotaurs was a Minotaur who eventually rose to become one of the most powerful Demon Lords, and eventually a Demon God.]
"How do you even get blessings though?"
[Most people are born with them. Some get them by doing legendary acts. For example: The hero of Jiraal gained the blessing of Thestig the God of the Hunt, Spears, and Carnivores, by hunting a Dragon with a stone spear.]
"Oh, that seems like a story that'd come out of Florida. Is there any God or Goddess that you know of that I'd have a good synergy with?"
[Not that I know of as there has never been a vampire or lycanthrope that has become a God or Goddess. Your mother was the closest to becoming a Goddess but was still very far away.]
"Why is that?"
[Vampires are generally considered the closest demons can come to being devils.]
"What's the difference?"
[Demons are monsters that gain intelligence. Devil's are beings of pure evil. Demons aren't necessarily negative beings, but in order to become a demon a monster must gather souls of intelligent races. Some Demons are born as Demons however. Vampires are one of these races. However, because of the fact that they have to drink blood to survive, and that they generally worship Devilish Gods, they are considered the closest a Demon can get to becoming a Devil.]
"... Huh… Sounds like speciesism to me."
[It is. Also, you may want to get Nala out of the building before she wakes up as no doubt she will have PTSD. I also recommend telling the town guard that you thought you smelled blood coming from this house.]
"Yeah, that's a good Idea. I'll get Angie to do that tomorrow."
After that, I grab Nala and take her back to Angie's place.
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