My expression darken after finding out this man is suddenly showing up at my door step unannounced. This is his flat? How can one person be so unlucky to rent a flat from the subject of avoidance?
"Son of a bitch!" I cursed loudly and closed the door. It opened soon after, I am about to really stab Lu Pei to death if he dares come inside my house without permission. But the cute little bald head of Kai came to view, I sighed in relief.
"We are leaving. Go pack." I say turning to the bedroom but hurried knocking sounded from behind.
"What is it?" I glared at Lu Pei.
"I don't have to come inside if you are reluctant. You can just take the photos of the place and send them to this email." He gave me a card with contact information before leaving without giving me a chance to respond.
Lu Pei is taken aback by the hostility in the boy's eyes as if he will really stab him to death without hesitation. That boy is not Mikel. For some reason he found himself panicking when he heard his say he is moving. As if he is about to lose something precious.
He had confidently left his bodyguards downstairs thinking nothing of Mikel but it turned out very dangerous just now.
Stepping outside the hotel he comes face to face with Aang and a few of his friends.
"Uncle." Aang rushed to his side and smiled gently at him. Lu Pei felt annoyed from his interaction with Mikel just now but this gentle expression soothed him greatly.
"What are you doing here?" He asked the boy.
"I have just come back and we are planning on playing for a while to catch up. I will see uncle at home tomorrow." Aang said with a set of deep dimples making his entire person feel like a gentle spring breeze. So refreshing.
Feeling to be in a good mood, he raised his hand and patted the boy on the shoulder before leaving. This harmonious scene is dazzling to the onlookers. A pair of handsome uncles and nephews one obedient and the other doting.
Knowing he is just an adopted son of the Lu family, the friends gaze became heated with envy.
In room 1603 I have started brewing the medicine. Humans have no idea the kind of medicine vampires have developed over the millennial just to purify their food supplies if for nothing else but to feed on superior food supply.
If a human whose blood they drink is sick, it will affect their own growth and ability to attract mana into their bodies.
These potions are brewed by the slaves for the slaves because how can slaves ever hope to run away and spread these formulas to the human kingdom?
The potion I am making today is one that is supposed to show great results in a matter of hours. The price is the immense pain the body will go through.
As if that is not enough, after awakening my skill, I will use it along side the medicine to boost the result. My power is the ability to turn real things into toys and toys into real objects and vice versa.
I envelope an item with my power and then send my Intent. The materials of the item will determine how much mana I spend on the transformation or miniaturization of an object.
At midnight I along with millions of humans will manifest a mana pulse. Although we won't grow a mana core in our hearts like the ghouls we will essentially be evolved from our previous mortal selves.
The body is at a different kind of normal. The regular pulse will no longer apply to us as the organs will now function at an advanced level. This is the ultimate evolution that humans have been searching for all this time.
The mental power surges rising higher and higher, the body is nourished by mana improving every organ's capacity which result in increase in lifespan. As an added bonus, there is a personal skill that can be executed without the use of elaborate spells.
This wonderful evolution is not for everyone however, some will remain the same while others will fail the evolution.
Instead of the mana traveling evenly in their bodies cleaning out sickness, strengthening the blood, bones and tendons it will gather in their hearts and turn into stone, called a mana core or on their heads as a crystal core.
The rest of their body will starve energy turning them frenzy with hunger. They will swallow anything with little bit of energy and life be it werewolves, vampires and humans. Not even bones are spared. The perfect killer.
Those with crystal core in their heads will crave human blood and shy away from the sun. They have superior speed and strength, they are referred to as infected or vampires.
The world is about to become a very scary place which is why I need to prepare my body that has been starved, at times not taken care of properly in the winds and cold. Not to mention the cigarette always on my mouth.
Last time I awakened a power to miniaturize objects, this is useful to store many supplies but that's it. When I was later taken as a slave and my body was purified daily, my power rose enough to threaten a heavens child.
I could wield my power to turn a toy car into the real thing. After coming back I once found a toy store and tried my luck on a toy soldier and just like that, I had made a golem that is a sharp shooter, excellent with close combat and can not be eaten or infected. The perfect minion.
The level of my power determines the level of intelligence these golem can possess. At some point I was able to send and army to attack the base while I was eating shrimp three cities away.
"What is it?" Kai walked towards me covering his nose.
"It is a potion that will help me become stronger. You should also drink some." I drank an entire cup. I am only supposed to drink a sip and only after I have been slowly adding a drop in a cup full of water for at least a month.
"Shit." I went down hard. But just as my face is about to smash onto the tiles, a pair of strong hands pulled me to an embrace.
Sighing in relief at being rescued. But then the boy who seemed a little over half my height carried me princess style.
"Take me to the bath tub." I am about to sweat buckets, can not risk dirtying the new bedding.
"Help me take off my clothes before they are ruined." I asked with a bit of urgency in my tone. I can not even move a finger at the moment, it is a miracle I can still speak.
A top is removed but Kai seems hesitant. "Move fast and go out, so embarrassing." I can feel the muscles loosening I may start farting and pooping myself. Who knows how much filth is in my body?
Kai finished peeling off my sticky clothes and quickly got out. As soon as he was outside the bathroom he looked at the door in confusion as he looks at the bulge in his pants.
Inside the bathroom the body sweat, the pee comes out looking red and all sort of colors. The pain feels like bones being grinded to dust slowly as if to let me savor the pain.
Sweat dripped down until I passed out. I woke up shuddering from the cold so I moved with great pain to open the water to take a bath. After soaking in warm water for a while I feel better but my body still can not make sudden movements.
The entire body feels numb so I just went to sleep after warming up a large frozen pizza for the sleeping Kai.
At noon, a knock came through the front door but I ignored it. Kai couldn't be bothered as well.
When I awoke it is night already and the apocalypse is a few hours away. I get up and put on some clothes, but there is a problem, my bracelet is missing.
I look closer and see a mark on my wrist. Did I fidget too much and broke it in my stupor? That was grandpa's last gift to me and I destroyed it!
Anyways I hope it is in a better place. The next second I am inside water. 'Son of a bitch I almost drowned!'
I quickly come out thinking whether I have developed a teleportation skill in this life. No that's not right, it is dark out but this place has light.
Looking around I see a fog in the distance but a stone in the middle of the place with a single scroll on top.
"Energy convergence." The scrol has a man seated in a lotus position with clear paths for energy to travel in the body during meditation.
I get it, this is my space jade! "Hahaha..." Now the heavens have eyes. The space is definitely not as large as that of Aang but it is enough for a toy maker. The place is as large as maybe one football field in an oval shaped area. I have a lake with fresh water.
Good, I can definitely live like a king in the apocalypse. I came out with ease, in a good mood all of a sudden I kiss the wrist where an illusory image of the bracelet suddenly appeared. "Thank you grandpa."
Seating down I start the application of the illustration and hum the words in the scroll. A long while but nothing happens. I am nothing if not persistent and slowly I can feel the strands of something like a stream enter into my body. Traveling towards a place called a mana palace in the scroll.
I try not to make a mistake and guide it according to the scrol. The wonderful feeling of drawing in mana is intoxicating, rejuvenating the entire body. No wonder those vampires always talk about going to the coffin.
In truth I am only able to draw any mana into my body because the outbreak has started. As time went by, scream of absolute terror sounded from outside.
I couldn't hear them at all throughout the night until morning. When I opened my eyes, they shine with a brilliant light. I extended my hand and turned an entire bed into a small toy that can fit in my hand. "Hahaha.."
This is very powerful. I didn't even touch the bed but I felt my mana come out from me to execute my order.
Walking outside my bedroom I find Kai passed out on the ground. I picked him up and took him to his own bed. This time he is not feverish but something is amiss I can see mana strands rushing towards his body as if being summoned. Such talent!
It seems he is not in any trouble so I take out the clothes for toys I had ordered online and sent my mana into all of them. They are lavish outfits for different occasions such as combat outfits for soldiers and commander toys, winter and summer exquisite designs only seen in anime games.
This was my favourite part about having this ability. Even when the clothes are made from plastic as long as I have a clear enough vision of what I want it to be, it will turn out exactly like how I envisioned.
The blood clan called it a transformation skill. The same can be done by a blood clan members with a spell but they will need an insane amount of mana to pull it off. It is easier to just hire a seamstress to sew clothes for them.
This skill is underrated but in my last life I made them take a second look. In the end they trembled at the thought of me. Sigh... I want nothing else but to retire as a mid level boss villain and live out my life in peace.
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