Opening my eyes I sat up. A wave of understanding washed over me as I took in my situation. The soft glow of the moon felt inviting as my body filled with boundless energy. The night enhanced my stats by a small margin.
I felt the need to be free. Away from humanity. To hunt and devour. Leaving the sanctity of my room I passed by the guards on duty before leaving the gates. Breaking into a sprint I let my instincts guide me to some prey. I could feel their strength, I coveted their fear as they felt me sprinting towards them.
Using my E rank stats I appeared before them and swiftly punctured their brain with my hand. Licking the blood and flesh off of my hand I felt ecstasy. The subtle honey-like flavour made the blood taste divine. If it was low rank blood imagine what high rank blood would taste like! Salivating I grabbed the beast by its neck before puncturing it with my teeth. Slowly I sucked all the blood I could without spilling a drop.
Sitting on a nearby rock I felt satisfied with my meal and I began to look through 'her' Dimensional storage for vials and tubes to store blood. Luckily it seemed she had the same idea as I found multiple empty bottles and a flask. This led to another issue which was how I was going to siphon the blood from monsters. Would I have to bleed them into a pan and then pour the blood manually?
I had tried manipulating the blood of other beings however I couldn't do it, there was some kind of resistance like they could stop me from manipulating their blood. Then it hit me, I was so stupid. I tried to manipulate a living beings blood but what if they were dead?
Instantly standing I looked for more prey and found some porcupine/Lizard hybrid. Not wanting to hurt myself I used my blood to create a short spear to pierce it's head, It took a couple of attacks since it's defence was high but it wasn't a problem.
Focusing on the blood in the body I felt a connection like a switch had been toggled, Slowly the blood floated out of the creature and formed a sphere. Taking out a vial I proceeded to manipulate the blood into the vials before storing them in my inventory.
It was a tiring process since it was my first time so I sat down under a tree and rested. Curious as to what the flask contained I pulled it from the inventory and opened the lid. A smell similar to a mixture of honey and flowers filled my nose as I salivated at just the smell.
It was blood. High rank blood!
Taking a taste my eyes widened. There were no words for the taste except from heavenly. Gulping it down I savoured the taste down to the very last drop before putting the lid back on and throwing it into my inventory.
I felt a slight burning coming from my stomach before it started radiating to other parts of my body. It felt warm and cozy and then it spread to my bones. The burning turned to scorching as it entered my blood and the pain started to increase.
Keeling over in agony I felt the burning get more intense before my nerves were set on fire. The feeling of pain everywhere gave me a severe headache and I was on the verge of passing out. The pain kicked up a notch and I couldn't hold my sanity as I started drooling before I finally passed out.
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Awakening after an unknown amount of time I instantly noticed a difference. I felt lighter, more free than I did before like an invisible weight was removed from me. Unfortunately I couldn't test out my strength as I couldn't move and my body was still burning quite badly. I could bear the pain however it was not pleasant. It was not like I had any resistance or nullification to the pain so I had no choice but to suck up my issues and lay there.
Thinking of other ways to see my strength I looked at my status and all I could do was look in surprise at the change.
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STATUS =========================================
Name: Jacob Fyre [Noir]
Race: Primordial Vampire
Title: BLOODED VAMPIRE [DRAGON]
LVL: 15
STATUS:
Str: E+
Agi: D-
Sta:D
Int: A+
Mana : D+
Aura: D+
Skills:
Hypnosis
Blood control
Space/Time control
Dimensional space
Hide presence
Passive skills:
Weapon mastery E-
Gunmanship- E+ (SS+ Locked)
Swordsmanship G- (B Locked)
Scythemanship E (SS+ Locked)
Calm Mind
Parallel processing (Awakened) 5%
Mana Blessing (Awakened) 10%
Dragon scales 0.1%
All elements affinity 0.7%
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That was dragon blood!?
The increase in my stats showed that the blood must have been from one of the strongest beings and I drank it like a cheap liquor. Instant regret washed over me as it must have been hard for even her to gather. I doubt a dragon would just let someone take a flask of their blood.
My stats had risen especially in the magic area however I could feel that I had hit a bottleneck.
It seemed that I had to train and I couldn't rely on blood to push myself up the ranks, This meant that I would have to have a even distribution between training and drinking blood, And I could tell that I had fucked up as that blood was high ranking meaning the training that I would have to do to balance it would be immense.
An affinity to all the elements and dragon scales seemed perfect but I had no clue on how to increase their proficiency. Would I need more dragon blood or did I need to use them? Skills couldn't be learnt from books and items instantly, you needed to read the book and follow the steps until it became second nature for it to show up as a skill. That meant that I would have to learn how to harness elements and create scales for protection all on my own as I doubted there were any books on something that came naturally in others or was chosen at birth (Elements).
I felt a severe hunger after all the pain my body had been through. Was it normal to require so much blood or was it because I was so hurt? Either way it was a problem since I couldn't move.
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After a few hours the hunger became unbearable as my fangs elongated and my nails sharpened, however it was all in vain as i still couldn't move a muscle. That blood had done some serious damage to my body or I was too exhausted, it was probably a mixture of both.
My body craved blood, I just needed some to recover and then I could continue without worry, but that was also cause for concern as for all I knew I could get addicted to blood or the time between needing to feed myself could get smaller.
I had no choice but to wait until I could actually move anyways, the best I could do is rest until I had enough energy to move, maybe someone will find my body or a beast could and I can use magic against it and drain its blood. either way I needed help and I needed it quickly.
Closing my eyes I controlled my bloodlust before finally settling in for a deep slumber.