After my usual morning stuff I go down to the fridge and take out a bottle with blood. Delicious as always.
"Are you ready to leave Sophia?" mom asks.
"Yes" I say.
After I have drunk the blood I start to pack my bags in the car with my siblings. After that we leave for the academy.
"I'm so excited" I say to the others as we sit in the car.
"You should be. Life at the academy is fun. You get to meet so many people and make many friends, get much knowledge, become skilled at fighting and spend much time in dungeons" sis says.
"You will love your time there. Just don't brag about yourself too much and use rabbits as target practice in front of others and you will make good friends" brother says.
I pout "blame mother she is the one who raised me".
"Hey, don't blame me. I may have spoiled you, but I don't train you to throw daggers at rabbits" mom says.
We spent the time in the car joking, teasing and lauging.
The car stops.
"Have we arrived already?" I ask. "That sure was fast"
"Clara and Alex, I trust you can get your bags inside by yourself. I will help Sophia" mom says
"Sure" Clara and Alex answer at the same time.
When we came out from the car Clara and Alex took out one box each and did something with it. Afterwards they folded out to a flying board. After that mom touched her storage ring and Claras baggage appeared on her board while Alex's baggage appeared on his board. They walked to the academy while their flying board followed a short distance after. I want one of those, I think.
Then mom and I walked to my dorm. We came to a door with a 69 on it.
"When you touch the door handle it will scan your mana signature and unlock the door" mom says.
I did that and opened the door. What I see is another student that is packing out her stuff. She is a fox girl and her name should be Alice.
When she notices us she stops and faces us. "Hello, my name is Alice. I will look forward living with you"
"Same, my name is Sophia by the way."
I come in and look inside the room. Unlike the hallway that is brown with patterns of gold stripes, the room is much more lively. The walls have a nature theme, the roof is white and the floor dark brown wood. I love it. The beds are big for one person, and look really comfy.
After checking the oversized room I turn to Alice. She has fox ears, three fox tails and has fox-like orange hair. She looks beautiful and I just want to stuff my face in har fluffy tale and pat her ears.
"You're beautiful Alice. And your tail and ears look so fluffy. I hope we get along"
"You're quite the pretty person yourself Sophia, and not to mention really cute. I also love your wings, I'm sure we will get along"
"Nice to see you start off so good, though I must warn you not to compliment my daughter to much because she can start bragging a lot about herself" mom says.
"Mom, I'm not that bad. I think"
"Hehe, if Sophia starts to brag then she will probably just look cuter. I'm sure I can handle it"
"Se mom, she gets it" I say.
Mom just ignores my comment and starts taking out my bags. "I have to leave now" she says and gives me a big hug.
"Take care mom" I say as I hug her back.
After mom goes out I turn to look at Alice to find her staring at me with a serious look. She walks towards me and I find myself taking a step back. When she is right in front of me she says "I'm sorry Sophia, but I can't hold myself back any longer" and pulls me into a hug. "You're just too cute" she adds and starts patting me.
I find the worry I had a few seconds before fade away and I enjoy the feeling that became too good after becoming a blood phoenix. Is it because I'm a bird? "Yes, I'm sure we will get along, and I know. I'm the cutest".
"When you talk like that you become even cuter"
I don't know how long we stand like that, but after a while Alice stops "We should pack out our stuff. Want to join me and look around a bit after that" she asks
"Sure" I respond.
After having packed out and decorated the room we walked around the academy. We find a huge library, cantine, some training areas, fighting areas, our class rooms, healing apartment and a store where students can sell things. Most smiths, alchemysts, crafters and enchanters.
"Alice, what css classes did you pick?"
"Elemental twice an close combat"
"I have the same but ranged too"
"Oh, then we get to spend two of three of those classes together. But what kind of fighting style do you use? I have the fire main element, but my special class allows me to use illusion. I use the illusion and fire element in swordplay and long ranged spells."
"I have the blood element and my skills will later allow me to fight using all of the three mentioned fighting styles"
"Oh, blood magic that's rare"
"Yes and handy too"
"May I be so rude as to ask what race you are? I have tried to figure it out, but I have no idea"
"Hmm, maybe later when our trust and friendship is stronger, but what I can say now is that I'm a unique race that I'm sure you never have heard about"
"A unique race? Interesting. I myself is a beast person or a fox person to be more specific, but I'm sure you figured that out already"
"Yea, but why do you have three tails?"
"That's because of my class. I'm not ready to share it yet"
"That's ok. Want to start a team together? To, you know, the team based dungeons and other team based stuff"
"I would love to" she answers.
"Cool. I'm going to the library. Want to join?"
"Sure, why not"
When we arrive at the library I immediately start searching for books about the blood hunter class. After finding a consol it wasn't hard to locate a book.
I picked it and went to the table Alice was reading a book she had chosen. Then I open the book and start reading.
—The book—
The blood hunter class is a unique class for the blood main element. Even among those with the blood main element it is a rare class. The blood hunter class revolves around the first skill all blood hunters start with that is blood bank. It allows them to store other creatures, monsters and peoples blood and use it as fuel instead of their own. If that blood is from a host with a main element the skill that the blood is used for will be enhanced by that main element. For example if a blood hunter collects blood from a person with the fire main element and uses that blood to create a blood spell, that spell may be on fire or hotter.
If the collected blood is from a host that also has one or more sub elements the skill will also be enhanced by them just with a lower effect.
If the collected blood is from a host with a lower level than the blood hunter the blood will create a weaker spell. If the blood is collected from a host with a stronger level the spell will be as powerful as if the blood hunter used his own blood.
The blood hunter class is stronger against creatures that have and depend on their blood. And weaker against bodies that don't have blood like ghosts and golems.
Skills:
A blood hunter can get many more skills than normal amongst many other classes. And except for the blood bank skill it isn't any other skill that is common to get among the majority of the blood hunters.
—
I learned so much from that. I didn't know that the blood bank skill hid so much. I knew that it can be more to the skills than it says, but not that much. And I also can use the blood from higher level enemies and get stronger skills. That has to be because of my race.
And I can't wait to know what kind of skill I will get next.
"It's beginning to be late. Shall we go back to the room?" Alice says.
I look at the clock: 23:12.
"Yes, let's go back".